Year overview
2013 — 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 2013
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2013
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
14 Dec 2012 – 11 Jan 2013 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
12 Jan 2013 – 10 Feb 2013 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
11 Feb 2013 – 11 Mar 2013 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
12 Mar 2013 – 10 Apr 2013 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
11 Apr 2013 – 10 May 2013 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
11 May 2013 – 8 Jun 2013 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
9 Jun 2013 – 8 Jul 2013 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
9 Jul 2013 – 6 Aug 2013 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
7 Aug 2013 – 5 Sept 2013 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
6 Sept 2013 – 4 Oct 2013 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
5 Oct 2013 – 3 Nov 2013 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
4 Nov 2013 – 2 Dec 2013 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
3 Dec 2013 – 1 Jan 2014 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2013 06:52 | 14:52 – 22:52 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 12 Feb 2013 19:54 | 13:30 – 02:18 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2013 16:50 | 10:26 – 23:14 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2013 01:23 | 18:59 – 07:47 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2013 22:16 | 15:52 – 04:40 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2013 04:50 | 22:26 – 11:14 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2013 15:40 | 09:16 – 22:04 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2013 00:02 | 17:38 – 06:26 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 16 Sept 2013 23:57 | 17:33 – 06:21 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2013 11:55 | 05:31 – 18:19 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2013 11:44 | 05:20 – 18:08 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2013 02:23 | 19:59 – 08:47 |
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 →