The festival of Kanya Sankranti 2025 will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 17, with the Sun entering the Virgo zodiac sign at 07:32 AM. This time is considered highly auspicious for charity, bathing, tarpan, and appeasing ancestors. According to astrology, people born under the Sagittarius, Pisces, and Taurus zodiac signs are likely to receive special benefits from this Sankranti.
Kanya Sankranti 2025: According to the Hindu calendar, Kanya Sankranti will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 07:32 AM with the Sun's transition into the Virgo sign. This Sankranti is considered special for the peace of ancestors, acts of charity and merit, and spiritual purification. Bathing, charity, offering Arghya to the Sun, and performing Pitru Tarpan hold great significance on this day. Astrologically, this transit of the Sun will be beneficial for those born under Sagittarius, Pisces, and Taurus, while Gemini and Libra natives will need to exercise patience.
Religious Significance of Kanya Sankranti
The Virgo zodiac sign is considered a symbol of knowledge, dharma, service, and karma. When the Sun God enters this sign, it is regarded as a highly sacred time for ancestral peace and charitable deeds. It is said that every good deed performed during this period yields eternal results. It is believed that on this day, the Sun God opens the gates to the ancestral realm, and ancestors await tarpan and Shraddha from their descendants.
Timing of Kanya Sankranti 2025
The Sun God will enter the Virgo sign on September 17, 2025, at 07:32 AM. The auspicious period (Punya Kaal) of the Sankranti will commence from this time. Bathing, charity, chanting, and tarpan are considered particularly important during this period. Devotees perform their morning ablutions in the Ganges water or any sacred river, followed by acts of charity and merit.
Worship Method and Special Remedies
On this day, after bathing in the morning, one should wear clean clothes. Bathing with Ganges water mixed in is considered auspicious. After bathing, donating food, sesame seeds, clothes, and Dakshina to the poor and needy is considered best.
Offering Arghya to the Sun holds special significance. Water is taken in a copper vessel, to which red flowers, unbroken rice grains (akshat), and jaggery are added, and then offered to the Sun God. This pleases the Sun God and brings prosperity and happiness to the home.
Performing Pitru Tarpan also holds special importance on this day. Performing Shraddha rituals, Pind Daan, and Tarpan brings peace to the souls of ancestors and bestows their blessings.
Chanting mantras and meditation are also particularly fruitful on this day. Reciting the mantra 'Om Ghrini Suryaya Namah' invokes the grace of the Sun God and leads to ancestral peace.
Astrological Effects
According to astrology, the Sun's entry into the Virgo sign will have a significant impact on several zodiac signs. This period will prove beneficial for individuals born under Sagittarius, Pisces, and Taurus. Salaried individuals may receive new opportunities. Businessmen are likely to experience financial gains, and students can expect success in their educational pursuits.
Conversely, those born under Gemini and Libra will need to maintain patience and composure during this time. This period may prove somewhat challenging for them. This transition of Kanya Sankranti is not merely a shift in planetary positions but also a special time for ancestral gratitude and adherence to dharma.
A Special Opportunity for Ancestral Grace
Performing bathing rituals, charity, tarpan, and worship on Kanya Sankranti day bestows the blessings of ancestors. Religious belief dictates that meritorious deeds performed on this day help in overcoming life's obstacles. This period is considered highly suitable for spiritual purification and liberation from ancestral debts.
