Year overview
2018 — 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.
2018 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 2018
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2018
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
19 Dec 2017 – 17 Jan 2018 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
18 Jan 2018 – 15 Feb 2018 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
16 Feb 2018 – 17 Mar 2018 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
18 Mar 2018 – 16 Apr 2018 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
17 Apr 2018 – 15 May 2018 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
16 May 2018 – 13 Jun 2018 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
14 Jun 2018 – 13 Jul 2018 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
14 Jul 2018 – 11 Aug 2018 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
12 Aug 2018 – 9 Sept 2018 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
10 Sept 2018 – 9 Oct 2018 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
10 Oct 2018 – 7 Nov 2018 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
8 Nov 2018 – 7 Dec 2018 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
8 Dec 2018 – 6 Jan 2019 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2018 13:50 | 21:50 – 05:50 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2018 02:52 | 20:28 – 09:16 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2018 23:47 | 17:23 – 06:11 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2018 08:18 | 01:54 – 14:42 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2018 05:09 | 22:45 – 11:33 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2018 11:42 | 05:18 – 18:06 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2018 22:32 | 16:08 – 04:56 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2018 06:55 | 00:31 – 13:19 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2018 06:52 | 00:28 – 13:16 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2018 18:50 | 12:26 – 01:14 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2018 18:37 | 12:13 – 01:01 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2018 09:14 | 02:50 – 15:38 |
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 →