Year overview
2010 — 13 masas, one of them adhika
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.
2010 carries an adhika masa.
An intercalary month is inserted to keep the lunar year in step with the solar one. Every
festival in the masa that follows it moves about thirty days later than the year before, and
most observances are kept in the nija (true) month rather than the adhika one. If a date
matters this year, this is the row to check it against.
Uttarayana begins
14 Jan 2010
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2010
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
17 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
16 Jan 2010 – 14 Feb 2010 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
15 Feb 2010 – 15 Mar 2010 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
16 Mar 2010 – 14 Apr 2010 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
15 Apr 2010 – 14 May 2010 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
15 May 2010 – 12 Jun 2010 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
13 Jun 2010 – 11 Jul 2010 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
12 Jul 2010 – 10 Aug 2010 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
11 Aug 2010 – 8 Sept 2010 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
9 Sept 2010 – 7 Oct 2010 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
8 Oct 2010 – 6 Nov 2010 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
7 Nov 2010 – 5 Dec 2010 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
6 Dec 2010 – 4 Jan 2011 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2010 12:30 | 20:30 – 04:30 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2010 01:30 | 19:06 – 07:54 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2010 22:22 | 15:58 – 04:46 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2010 06:50 | 00:26 – 13:14 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2010 03:40 | 21:16 – 10:04 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2010 10:13 | 03:49 – 16:37 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2010 21:03 | 14:39 – 03:27 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2010 05:26 | 23:02 – 11:50 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2010 05:22 | 22:58 – 11:46 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2010 17:20 | 10:56 – 23:44 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2010 17:11 | 10:47 – 23:35 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2010 07:51 | 01:27 – 14:15 |
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 →