Makar Sankranti is celebrated on a fixed date i.e. 14th January every year.
This festival one of the major harvest festival which is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm.
This festival is a traditional and oldest event that happens on an equinox that is the length of day and night remains equally long.
After Makar Sankranti, the days grow longer and the nights shorter till the next equinox. It is said that on the day of Makar Sankranti,
the Sun enters the sphere of Capricorn zodiac known as Makar. Further the term ‘Sankranti’ signifies the movement of the Sun from
one zodiac sign into another. Thus, the auspicious day is named as Makar Sankranti, which perfectly defines the movement of the
,Sun to the sphere of Makara.
