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Kumbha Sankranti
February 13, 2023 @ 6:47 am - 9:27 am IST
Kumbha Sankranti is a special day for the Hindus as certain activities are done by the sun on this day. The sun’s motion changes, and it changes its direction continuously from one point to another. The Sun reaches the next point in the same sense as it starts its motion from the moving point. Hindus perform certain activities on this day during this motion of the sun. The Capricorn and Aquarius signs are two signs followed by the sun during its movement. The Sun moves from the Capricorn position to the Aquarius position. Kumbha Sankranti is also a festival that is related to religion, and specific religious tasks are performed on this day, like the other festivals.
Kumbha Sankranti in 2023 details
Kumbha Sankranti day
The day for this unique festival is like other festivals. It will be on Monday, according to the days’ order in 2023.
Kumbha Sankranti date
The celebrations of Kumbha Sankranti will start in the month of February. There is a proper date that is fixed for this festival which is the 13th of February, 2023
Kumbha Sankranti duration
The celebrations of this day are performed only for a few hours. The total duration of Kumbha Sankranti consists of a few hours, whose exact duration is 1 hour, with an additional 53 minutes.
Ceremony of Kumbha Sankranti
In the ceremony of Kumbha Sankranti, specific activities are done, and bathing is one of them. The followers of this day go to their holy rivers. The sacred river is Gnaga on this day, and it gets used for bathing. In addition to bathing in Ganga, people also go to their religious temples where specific actions are performed related to worship. The holy castles are also fed up with the fantastic food and visit the sacred river’s shores to get ultimate blessings.
Other activities on Kumbha Sankranti
The other activities that are performed on Kumbha Sankranti are fasting and dipping in holy rivers like Ganga and like this. The Indians served these tasks to seek the greatest blessings of God. the dipping purpose in a sacred river is to get free from all sins and be fresh from sins like a newborn baby.