Year overview
2012 — 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.
2012 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
15 Jan 2012
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2012
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
25 Dec 2011 – 23 Jan 2012 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
24 Jan 2012 – 21 Feb 2012 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
22 Feb 2012 – 22 Mar 2012 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
23 Mar 2012 – 21 Apr 2012 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
22 Apr 2012 – 20 May 2012 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
21 May 2012 – 19 Jun 2012 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
20 Jun 2012 – 19 Jul 2012 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
20 Jul 2012 – 17 Aug 2012 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
18 Aug 2012 – 16 Sept 2012 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
17 Sept 2012 – 15 Oct 2012 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
16 Oct 2012 – 13 Nov 2012 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
14 Nov 2012 – 13 Dec 2012 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
14 Dec 2012 – 11 Jan 2013 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 15 Jan 2012 00:50 | 08:50 – 16:50 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2012 13:50 | 07:26 – 20:14 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2012 10:43 | 04:19 – 17:07 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 13 Apr 2012 19:13 | 12:49 – 01:37 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2012 16:03 | 09:39 – 22:27 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 14 Jun 2012 22:38 | 16:14 – 05:02 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2012 09:28 | 03:04 – 15:52 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 16 Aug 2012 17:52 | 11:28 – 00:16 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 16 Sept 2012 17:47 | 11:23 – 00:11 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2012 05:44 | 23:20 – 12:08 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2012 05:31 | 23:07 – 11:55 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 15 Dec 2012 20:08 | 13:44 – 02:32 |
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 →