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- 1 ThuHoli →Holi is the spring festival of colour, celebrating the arrival of the season and the triumph of devotion over pride.
- 14 WedMeena Sankranti(this page)Meena Sankranti is the moment the Sun enters the sidereal sign of Pisces, the last solar month before the year turns at Mesha Sankranti.
Also this month: Sankashti Chaturthi (1), Ekadashi (2), Pradosh Vrat (2), Masik Shivratri (1), Amavasya (1), Vinayaka Chaturthi (1), Masik Durga Ashtami (1), Purnima (1), Satyanarayan Puja (1).
Local horizon calculations
City-wise timings
| City | Local date | Tithi window (local) | vs. New Delhi |
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| New Delhi | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| Varanasi | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| Mumbai | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| Bengaluru | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| Kolkata | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| Chennai | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| London | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
| San Francisco | 14 Mar 2029 | — | Same day |
Tithi window shown in each city’s own local time — the underlying instant is the same worldwide.
Meena Sankranti marks the Sun's passage into Meena, the twelfth and final sign
of the sidereal zodiac, corresponding to Pisces. It is determined by the Sun
reaching a longitude of three hundred and thirty degrees against the fixed
stars, using the Lahiri ayanamsa, and normally falls in mid-March.
Like the other sankrantis it is a solar event, set by the Sun's ecliptic
longitude and not by any lunar day or phase, which is what separates it from
festivals fixed to the lunar month. The transit instant is converted to local
time, so the observed date and the timing of ritual bathing or giving can vary
by a day between cities.
The month that begins here closes the solar year, which turns over at Mesha
Sankranti about thirty days later. In Odisha the fortnight around it is kept as
Meena Sankranti or Phagu Dasami with fairs at Shiva temples, and in the Tamil
calendar it opens the month of Panguni.
