🌾 Makar Sankranti & Pongal 2026: Date, Significance, Traditions & Wishes

📅 Festival Dates 2026

• Makar Sankranti: 14 January 2026 (Wednesday)

• Pongal: 14 January – 17 January 2026

🌞 What is Makar Sankranti?

Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu festival that marks the Sun’s transition into Capricorn (Makara). This astronomical shift begins Uttarayan, an auspicious phase believed to bring growth, success, and spiritual upliftment.

Devotees worship Surya Dev, take holy dips, donate food and clothes, and celebrate with kite flying and traditional sweets made of sesame and jaggery.

🌾 What is Pongal Festival?

Pongal is a four-day harvest festival celebrated mainly in Tamil Nadu. It is dedicated to nature, farmers, cattle, and the Sun God, symbolizing gratitude and abundance.

🔹 Four Days of Pongal

• Bhogi Pongal: Cleansing old energies, welcoming new beginnings

• Thai Pongal: Offering freshly cooked Pongal to the Sun

• Mattu Pongal: Honoring cows and bulls

• Kaanum Pongal: Family bonding and social gatherings

🌟 Spiritual & Cultural Significance

• Celebration of harvest and prosperity

• Gratitude toward nature and farmers

• Auspicious time for charity and donations

• Beginning of longer and warmer days

• Symbol of unity, harmony, and renewal

🌾 Regional Names of Makar Sankranti

• Pongal – Tamil Nadu

• Uttarayan – Gujarat

• Magh Bihu – Assam

• Khichdi – Uttar Pradesh & Bihar

• Pedda Panduga – Andhra Pradesh

🎉 Makar Sankranti & Pongal Wishes 2026

🌞 General Wishes

• May the Sun bring happiness, prosperity, and success into your life. Happy Makar Sankranti 2026!

• Let this harvest festival fill your home with warmth, peace, and positivity.

• Wishing you abundance, good health, and joy this Sankranti and Pongal.

🌾 Pongal Wishes

• May the sweetness of Pongal fill your life with happiness and success. Happy Pongal 2026!

• May your home overflow with prosperity just like the Pongal pot.

• Warm wishes to you and your family on this joyful harvest festival.

📱 Social Media Captions (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp)

Short Captions

• 🌞 Sunshine, sweetness & success – Happy Makar Sankranti!

• 🌾 Grateful hearts, festive vibes. Happy Pongal 2026!

• 🪁 Let your dreams fly high this Sankranti!

Devotional Captions

• Offering gratitude to Surya Dev for light, life, and prosperity. 🙏

• Harvest blessings, divine grace, and new beginnings.

Business / Brand Captions

• New harvest. New hopes. New opportunities. Happy Makar Sankranti!

• Celebrating growth, gratitude, and togetherness this Pongal.

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