Year overview
2015 — 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.
2015 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 2015
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
17 Jul 2015
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
23 Dec 2014 – 20 Jan 2015 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
21 Jan 2015 – 18 Feb 2015 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
19 Feb 2015 – 20 Mar 2015 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
21 Mar 2015 – 18 Apr 2015 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
19 Apr 2015 – 18 May 2015 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
19 May 2015 – 16 Jun 2015 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
17 Jun 2015 – 16 Jul 2015 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
17 Jul 2015 – 14 Aug 2015 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
15 Aug 2015 – 13 Sept 2015 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
14 Sept 2015 – 12 Oct 2015 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
13 Oct 2015 – 11 Nov 2015 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
12 Nov 2015 – 11 Dec 2015 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
12 Dec 2015 – 10 Jan 2016 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2015 19:24 | 03:24 – 11:24 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2015 08:24 | 02:00 – 14:48 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 15 Mar 2015 05:16 | 22:52 – 11:40 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2015 13:45 | 07:21 – 20:09 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2015 10:36 | 04:12 – 17:00 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2015 17:10 | 10:46 – 23:34 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 17 Jul 2015 04:01 | 21:37 – 10:25 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2015 12:23 | 05:59 – 18:47 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2015 12:19 | 05:55 – 18:43 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 18 Oct 2015 00:16 | 17:52 – 06:40 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 17 Nov 2015 00:04 | 17:40 – 06:28 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2015 14:42 | 08:18 – 21:06 |
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 →