Year overview
2009 — 13 masas
The year as the Andhra & Telangana tradition counts it: amanta months for Hyderabad. A Gregorian year never contains a whole number of lunar months, so the first and last rows spill past 1 January and 31 December.
Uttarayana begins
14 Jan 2009
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2009
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
28 Dec 2008 – 26 Jan 2009 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
27 Jan 2009 – 25 Feb 2009 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
26 Feb 2009 – 26 Mar 2009 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
27 Mar 2009 – 25 Apr 2009 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
26 Apr 2009 – 24 May 2009 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
25 May 2009 – 22 Jun 2009 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
23 Jun 2009 – 22 Jul 2009 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
23 Jul 2009 – 20 Aug 2009 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
21 Aug 2009 – 18 Sept 2009 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
19 Sept 2009 – 18 Oct 2009 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
19 Oct 2009 – 16 Nov 2009 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
17 Nov 2009 – 16 Dec 2009 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
17 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2009 06:20 | 14:20 – 22:20 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 12 Feb 2009 19:18 | 12:54 – 01:42 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2009 16:10 | 09:46 – 22:34 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2009 00:41 | 18:17 – 07:05 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2009 21:34 | 15:10 – 03:58 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2009 04:11 | 21:47 – 10:35 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2009 15:01 | 08:37 – 21:25 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 16 Aug 2009 23:22 | 16:58 – 05:46 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 16 Sept 2009 23:17 | 16:53 – 05:41 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2009 11:14 | 04:50 – 17:38 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2009 11:04 | 04:40 – 17:28 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2009 01:45 | 19:21 – 08:09 |
Sankranti times are the instant the sun enters the raasi, shown in Hyderabad's clock. Which civil day a solar month is taken to begin on differs by tradition — Tamil Nadu uses a sunset rule, Kerala an aparahna rule, Bengal a midnight rule — so those presets will not simply read this column. Why →