Year overview
2016 — 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
15 Jan 2016
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2016
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
12 Dec 2015 – 10 Jan 2016 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
11 Jan 2016 – 8 Feb 2016 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
9 Feb 2016 – 9 Mar 2016 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
10 Mar 2016 – 7 Apr 2016 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
8 Apr 2016 – 6 May 2016 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
7 May 2016 – 5 Jun 2016 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
6 Jun 2016 – 4 Jul 2016 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
5 Jul 2016 – 2 Aug 2016 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
3 Aug 2016 – 1 Sept 2016 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
2 Sept 2016 – 30 Sept 2016 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
1 Oct 2016 – 30 Oct 2016 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
31 Oct 2016 – 29 Nov 2016 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
30 Nov 2016 – 29 Dec 2016 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
30 Dec 2016 – 27 Jan 2017 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 15 Jan 2016 01:25 | 09:25 – 17:25 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2016 14:25 | 08:01 – 20:49 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2016 11:18 | 04:54 – 17:42 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 13 Apr 2016 19:49 | 13:25 – 02:13 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2016 16:43 | 10:19 – 23:07 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 14 Jun 2016 23:21 | 16:57 – 05:45 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2016 10:16 | 03:52 – 16:40 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 16 Aug 2016 18:41 | 12:17 – 01:05 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 16 Sept 2016 18:37 | 12:13 – 01:01 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2016 06:33 | 00:09 – 12:57 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2016 06:20 | 23:56 – 12:44 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 15 Dec 2016 20:57 | 14:33 – 03:21 |
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 →