Year overview
2014 — 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 2014
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2014
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
3 Dec 2013 – 1 Jan 2014 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
2 Jan 2014 – 30 Jan 2014 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
31 Jan 2014 – 1 Mar 2014 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
2 Mar 2014 – 30 Mar 2014 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
31 Mar 2014 – 29 Apr 2014 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
30 Apr 2014 – 28 May 2014 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
29 May 2014 – 27 Jun 2014 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
28 Jun 2014 – 26 Jul 2014 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
27 Jul 2014 – 25 Aug 2014 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
26 Aug 2014 – 24 Sept 2014 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
25 Sept 2014 – 23 Oct 2014 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
24 Oct 2014 – 22 Nov 2014 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
23 Nov 2014 – 22 Dec 2014 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
23 Dec 2014 – 20 Jan 2015 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2014 13:07 | 21:07 – 05:07 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2014 02:08 | 19:44 – 08:32 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2014 23:02 | 16:38 – 05:26 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2014 07:33 | 01:09 – 13:57 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2014 04:25 | 22:01 – 10:49 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2014 10:59 | 04:35 – 17:23 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2014 21:49 | 15:25 – 04:13 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2014 06:12 | 23:48 – 12:36 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2014 06:08 | 23:44 – 12:32 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2014 18:08 | 11:44 – 00:32 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2014 17:59 | 11:35 – 00:23 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2014 08:40 | 02:16 – 15:04 |
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 →