Year overview
2019 — 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 2019
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
17 Jul 2019
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
8 Dec 2018 – 6 Jan 2019 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
7 Jan 2019 – 4 Feb 2019 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
5 Feb 2019 – 6 Mar 2019 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
7 Mar 2019 – 5 Apr 2019 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
6 Apr 2019 – 4 May 2019 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
5 May 2019 – 3 Jun 2019 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
4 Jun 2019 – 2 Jul 2019 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
3 Jul 2019 – 1 Aug 2019 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
2 Aug 2019 – 30 Aug 2019 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
31 Aug 2019 – 28 Sept 2019 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
29 Sept 2019 – 28 Oct 2019 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
29 Oct 2019 – 26 Nov 2019 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
27 Nov 2019 – 26 Dec 2019 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
27 Dec 2019 – 24 Jan 2020 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2019 19:56 | 03:56 – 11:56 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2019 08:54 | 02:30 – 15:18 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 15 Mar 2019 05:45 | 23:21 – 12:09 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2019 14:15 | 07:51 – 20:39 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2019 11:07 | 04:43 – 17:31 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2019 17:44 | 11:20 – 00:08 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 17 Jul 2019 04:39 | 22:15 – 11:03 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2019 13:08 | 06:44 – 19:32 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2019 13:09 | 06:45 – 19:33 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 18 Oct 2019 01:09 | 18:45 – 07:33 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 17 Nov 2019 00:58 | 18:34 – 07:22 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2019 15:34 | 09:10 – 21:58 |
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 →