[4][5] The Makara marks the month with lengthening day lengths on the Indian subcontinent.
[2] The start of this month is almost always January 14, the day of the Makara Sankranti festival, and periodically the Kumbh Mela.
[1] The ancient and medieval era Sanskrit texts of India vary in their calculations about the duration of Makara, just like they do with other months.
For example, the Surya Siddhanta calculates the duration of Vrschika to be 29 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes and 12 seconds.
[5] In contrast, the Arya Siddhanta calculates the duration of the Vrschika month to be 29 days, 10 hours, 57 minutes and 35 seconds.