Kharmas will start from Dhanu Sankranti on Sunday: Sun will enter Sagittarius on 15th December, know what auspicious things can be done on this festival.

The Sun rotates through 12 zodiac signs in 12 months of the year. The Sun stays in one zodiac sign for about a month. Sankranti festival is celebrated 12 times in a year. When the Sun enters from one zodiac sign to another, this event is called transition i.e. Sankranti. Sun is the king of the nine planets and is the lord of the Leo zodiac sign. Surya Dev is the father of Yamraj, Yamuna and Shani Dev. Sun and Saturn are father and son, but in astrology it is believed that Saturn considers Sun as an enemy. On Sankranti, Surya Puja is done after getting up early in the morning. Fill water in a copper pot, add kumkum, rice, red flowers and offer Arghya to the Sun while chanting the mantra Om Suryay Namah. Dhanu Sankranti is a festival of charity and charity. On this day, there is a tradition of donating grains, money, clothes, shoes, food and study materials to the needy people. Since it is winter time, you can also donate woolen clothes on this day. There is also a tradition of taking bath in the river on Sankranti. If it is not possible to take bath in the river, then you can take bath by mixing Ganga water in water at home. On this festival, devotees visit pilgrimage places like Mathura, Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Kashi, Jagannath Puri, Dwarka. If you cannot travel long distances, you can visit and worship in the temples of your city only.