Makar Sankranti is a Hindu celebration celebrated in all parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh in numerous social structures. It is a harvest celebration that falls on the Magh month.

Makar Sankranti marks the move of the sun into the zodiacal indication of Makara (Capricorn) on its divine path.The day is additionally accepted to check the entry of spring in India and the Magh month in Nepal and is a customary occasion. Makara Sankranthi is a sunlight based occasion making it one of only a handful couple of Hindu celebrations which fall on the same date in the Nepali schedule each year: 14 January, with a few exemptions when the celebration is commended on 15 January.

Maghe Sankranti (Nepali and Maithili: माघे सङ्क्रान्ति, Nepal Bhasa: घ्यःचाकु संल्हु) is a Nepalese celebration saw on the first of Magh in the Bikram Samwat Hindu Solar Nepali date-book (around 14 January), conveying a conclusion to the poorly omened month of Poush when all religious functions are taboo. On this day, the sun is accepted to leave its southernmost position and start its northward voyage. Maghe Sankranti is like solstice celebrations in different religious conventions.

Adherents scrub down amid this celebration, remarkably at promising waterway areas. These incorporate Sankhamul on the Bagmati close Patan; in the Gandaki/Narayani waterway bowl at Triveni close to the Indian fringe; Devghat close Chitwan Valley and Ridi on the Kaligandaki; and in the Koshi River bowl at Dolalghat on the Sun Koshi. Merry nourishments like laddoo, ghee and sweet potatoes are circulated to relatives and companions. The mother of every family wishes great wellbeing to all relatives.

The legend expresses that an effective businessperson was interested with reference to why his supply of sesame seed appeared to be endless. When he examined the pack he found a symbol of Lord Vishnu, the preserver.

As per Mahabharata, Bhishma, who had the ability to control his own particular passing, dieed upon the arrival of Maghe Sakranti. Hence, it is trusted that one who bites the dust on this day may accomplish Moksha, a discharge from resurrection cycle.

According to Kirat and Madhesi people group this celebration is praised as a begin of another year which is called Yele Dhung. In light of the rical[clarification needed] proof, the Kirat and Mithilacalendar was begun when King Yalamber and Janaka separately and they vanquished Kathmandu valley

It is praised with grandeur in southern parts of the nation as Pongal, and in Punjab is commended as Lohri and Maghi. Rajasthan and Gujarati gaze respectfully upward to the sun, as well as offer a great many their brilliant oblations as excellent kites everywhere throughout the horizon. 

The Festival acquaints kite devotees worldwide with the interesting excellence and social assorted qualities of India.

In Uttar Pradesh, Sankrant is called 'Khichiri'. Taking a plunge in the heavenly waterways on this day is viewed as generally promising. A major one-month long 'Magha-Mela' reasonable starts at Prayag (Allahabad) on this event. Aside from Triveni, custom showering likewise happens at numerous spots like Haridvar and Garh Mukteshwar in Uttar Pradesh, and Patna in Bihar.

In Bengal consistently a major Mela is held at Ganga Sagar where the stream Ganga is accepted to have plunged into the under district and vivified the fiery remains of the sixty thousand precursors of King Bhagirath. In Maharashtra on the Sankranti day individuals trade multi-hued tilguds produced using til (sesame seeds) and sugar and til-laddus produced using til and jaggery.

In Gujarat there is a custom of offering endowments to relatives. The Gujarati Pundits on this propitious day award grants to understudies for higher studies in soothsaying and logic. Kite flying has been connected with this celebration bigly. It has turned into a globally understood occasion.