Year overview
2017 — 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 2017
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2017
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
30 Dec 2016 – 27 Jan 2017 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
28 Jan 2017 – 26 Feb 2017 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
27 Feb 2017 – 28 Mar 2017 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
29 Mar 2017 – 26 Apr 2017 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
27 Apr 2017 – 25 May 2017 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
26 May 2017 – 24 Jun 2017 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
25 Jun 2017 – 23 Jul 2017 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
24 Jul 2017 – 21 Aug 2017 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
22 Aug 2017 – 20 Sept 2017 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
21 Sept 2017 – 19 Oct 2017 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
20 Oct 2017 – 18 Nov 2017 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
19 Nov 2017 – 18 Dec 2017 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
19 Dec 2017 – 17 Jan 2018 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2017 07:40 | 15:40 – 23:40 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 12 Feb 2017 20:41 | 14:17 – 03:05 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2017 17:36 | 11:12 – 00:00 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2017 02:07 | 19:43 – 08:31 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2017 23:00 | 16:36 – 05:24 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2017 05:36 | 23:12 – 12:00 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2017 16:28 | 10:04 – 22:52 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2017 00:50 | 18:26 – 07:14 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2017 00:44 | 18:20 – 07:08 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2017 12:40 | 06:16 – 19:04 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2017 12:27 | 06:03 – 18:51 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2017 03:05 | 20:41 – 09:29 |
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 →