people get busy wishing, making new resolutions, refreshing old ones. but does anything truly change? our joy? our peace? our wisdom?
when did 2006 really start?
and jan 1 of year 0001—what day was that?
how was it decided? before that, did day and night not exist?
when does a day begin anyway? 6 am? 4 am? or 3:30?
it depends on when you wake up.
why not happy be every day?
wake up to the truth.
why wait for another 364 days to be happy?
as sudhanshu trivedi recently pointed out—
the calendar itself is a patchwork:
january named after the roman god janus,
shaped by roman kings and julius caesar,
corrected by pope gregory in 1582,
adopted by the british centuries later, in 1752.
and we still celebrate “new years” with great seriousness 🙂
today, though, is different.
today is makar sankranti.
the sun turns northward—uttarayana.
a clear, visible, cyclical moment in time.
time is cyclical, not linear.
that’s why we celebrate
every autumn, winter, summer…
again and again, come with different festivals,
reminding us about change.
change is constant.
six ritus keep turning, quietly, without asking us.
this is when rishis notice the turn.
now, let’s review our course.
strengthen our practice.
take firm, quiet decisions.
time, seen this way, becomes a teacher.
so today, let’s mark time the rishi way.
less noise. more clarity.
gita says:
jyotishām raviramshumān—
i am the sun among the luminaries (gita 10.21);
māsānam mārgashērshoham—among the months, i am mārgashērsha,
dhanu—december–january (gita 10.35);
rutūnām kusumākaraha—i am vasantham, the spring,
among the ritus (six seasons) (gita 10.35).
may this uttarayana give clarity to our goal,
strength to walk the path.
try to see the changeless in the changes.
happy makar sankranti to all.
be happy for ever.
14 jan 2026
