Makar Sankranti · puja vidhi

How to do the Makar Sankranti puja at home

The sun turns north. Til, gur, and kites.

Every step is named here and the first 3 are given whole. The whole puja, every mantra with its meaning, is in the Kalava app.

Bathe at first light
At the river where there is one, with til in the water where there is not.
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Give arghya to the sun
Water poured facing east at sunrise, with a few grains of til and red flowers in it.
Continue in the Kalava app · free to read
The other 4 steps of the Makar Sankranti puja, whole
Every step with its drawing, every mantra in your own script with its meaning, at your town's own hour, and the samagri each step needs. With a membership, the pandit says each step aloud and waits for your hands.
Point your iPhone's camera here.
1. Make the til and gur
2. Give it round with the line
3. Give khichdi and til away
4. Fly the kites
These 4 steps are in the app

The same turn is Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Magh Bihu in Assam, Maghi in Punjab and Uttarayan in Gujarat — one sun, five names.