Year overview
2011 — 14 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 2011
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
17 Jul 2011
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
6 Dec 2010 – 4 Jan 2011 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
5 Jan 2011 – 3 Feb 2011 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
4 Feb 2011 – 4 Mar 2011 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
5 Mar 2011 – 3 Apr 2011 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
4 Apr 2011 – 3 May 2011 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
4 May 2011 – 1 Jun 2011 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
2 Jun 2011 – 1 Jul 2011 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
2 Jul 2011 – 30 Jul 2011 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
31 Jul 2011 – 29 Aug 2011 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
30 Aug 2011 – 27 Sept 2011 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
28 Sept 2011 – 26 Oct 2011 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
27 Oct 2011 – 25 Nov 2011 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
26 Nov 2011 – 24 Dec 2011 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
25 Dec 2011 – 23 Jan 2012 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2011 18:36 | 02:36 – 10:36 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2011 07:35 | 01:11 – 13:59 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 15 Mar 2011 04:26 | 22:02 – 10:50 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2011 12:53 | 06:29 – 19:17 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2011 09:43 | 03:19 – 16:07 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2011 16:18 | 09:54 – 22:42 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 17 Jul 2011 03:13 | 20:49 – 09:37 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2011 11:41 | 05:17 – 18:05 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2011 11:40 | 05:16 – 18:04 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2011 23:39 | 17:15 – 06:03 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2011 23:28 | 17:04 – 05:52 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2011 14:07 | 07:43 – 20:31 |
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 →