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Makar Sankranti: Marks the transition of the Sun into Makara Râshi (Capricorn) on its celestial path, and the six-month Uttarayana period. [2] Makar Sankranti is also called Uttarayana - the day on which the sun begins his northward journey. The traditional Indian calendar is based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event.
List of initialisms, acronyms ("a word made from parts of the full name's words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the Philippines.
Dakshinayana (Sanskrit: दक्षिणायन, romanized: Dakṣiṇāyana) [1] is a Hindu astronomical concept that refers to the movement of the sun to the south of the equator, [2] [3] and is also a term that indicates the six-month period between the summer solstice and the winter solstice.
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It is known as Pedda Panduga'/'Makara Sankranti in Andhra Pradesh, Makara Sankranti in Karnataka, Telangana, and Maharashtra, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, [30] Magh Bihu in Assam, Magha Mela in parts of central and north India, as Makar Sankranti in the west, Makara Sankranti or Shankaranti in Kerala, [31] and by other names.
A host of mythological creatures occur in the mythologies from the Philippines. Philippine mythological creatures are the mythological beasts, monsters, and enchanted beings of more than 140 ethnic groups in the Philippines. Each ethnic people has their own unique set of belief systems, which includes the belief in various mythological creatures.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also addressed a ruling by a judge requiring him to take a paternity test in case regarding him being the biological father of a 27-year-old woman.
[28] [29] Today, the term is still occasionally used to mean nobleman, but has mostly been adapted to other uses. In Filipino martial arts, it is equivalent to the black belt rank. [30] Beauty contests in the Philippines have taken to referring to the winner as lakambini, the female equivalent of lakan.