Year overview
2020 — 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.
2020 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
15 Jan 2020
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2020
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
27 Dec 2019 – 24 Jan 2020 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
25 Jan 2020 – 23 Feb 2020 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
24 Feb 2020 – 24 Mar 2020 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
25 Mar 2020 – 23 Apr 2020 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
24 Apr 2020 – 22 May 2020 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
23 May 2020 – 21 Jun 2020 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
22 Jun 2020 – 20 Jul 2020 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
21 Jul 2020 – 19 Aug 2020 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
20 Aug 2020 – 17 Sept 2020 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
18 Sept 2020 – 16 Oct 2020 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
17 Oct 2020 – 15 Nov 2020 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
16 Nov 2020 – 14 Dec 2020 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
15 Dec 2020 – 13 Jan 2021 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 15 Jan 2020 02:13 | 10:13 – 18:13 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2020 15:09 | 08:45 – 21:33 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2020 12:00 | 05:36 – 18:24 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 13 Apr 2020 20:30 | 14:06 – 02:54 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2020 17:23 | 10:59 – 23:47 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2020 00:01 | 17:37 – 06:25 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2020 10:53 | 04:29 – 17:17 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 16 Aug 2020 19:18 | 12:54 – 01:42 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 16 Sept 2020 19:14 | 12:50 – 01:38 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2020 07:12 | 00:48 – 13:36 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2020 07:01 | 00:37 – 13:25 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 15 Dec 2020 21:39 | 15:15 – 04:03 |
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 →