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Uttarayana is referred to as the day of new good healthy wealthy beginning. In the Mahabharata , this day marks the death of Bhishma . Bhishma had the ability to choose the time of his death and although mortally wounded in war, he chose to delay his death until uttarayan. [ 1 ]
It is the sign for farmers that the sun is back and that harvest season, Makara Sankranti/Mahasankranti, is approaching. This is considered one of the most important harvest days in India as it also marks the end of winter and the beginning of the harvest season. Many cities in Gujarat organize kite competitions among their citizens.
Uttarayana, as Makar Sankranti is called in Gujarati, is a major festival in the state of Gujarat [52] which lasts for two days. 14 January is Uttarayana; 15 January is Vasi-Uttarayana (Stale Uttarayana). [53] Gujarati people keenly await this festival to fly kites, called patang. Kites for Uttarayana are made of special light-weight paper and ...
Dakshinayana (Sanskrit: दक्षिणायन, romanized: Dakṣiṇāyana) [1] is a Hindu astronomical concept that refers to the movement of the sun to the south of the equator, [2] [3] and is also a term that indicates the six-month period between the summer solstice and the winter solstice.
Makar Sankranti: Marks the transition of the Sun into Makara Râshi (Capricorn) on its celestial path, and the six-month Uttarayana period. [2] Makar Sankranti is also called Uttarayana - the day on which the sun begins his northward journey. The traditional Indian calendar is based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event.
Bhishma is regarded to have chosen to die on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, during the propitious period known as the Uttarayana. Bhishma Ashtami is observed during the month of Magha in the Hindu calendar. It corresponds to the months of January–February. [1]
Finally, Bhishma gave up the fight, focusing his life force and breath, sealing the wounds, and waiting for the auspicious moment to give up his body on the arrow bed. He did wait for about 58 nights for the winter solstice or first day of Uttarayana to give up his body on the arrow bed. His body was later cremated by Emperor Yudhishthira in a ...
Nuakhai is celebrated to welcome the new rice of the season. This is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of western Odisha . Navaratri: Garba dance in Ahmedabad: First nine nights of the waxing moon of Ashvin: Navarathri is the Hindu festival of worship and dance. In Sanskrit the term literally means "nine nights".