Year overview
2021 — 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 2021
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2021
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
15 Dec 2020 – 13 Jan 2021 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
14 Jan 2021 – 11 Feb 2021 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
12 Feb 2021 – 13 Mar 2021 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
14 Mar 2021 – 12 Apr 2021 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
13 Apr 2021 – 11 May 2021 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
12 May 2021 – 10 Jun 2021 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
11 Jun 2021 – 10 Jul 2021 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
11 Jul 2021 – 8 Aug 2021 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
9 Aug 2021 – 7 Sept 2021 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
8 Sept 2021 – 6 Oct 2021 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
7 Oct 2021 – 4 Nov 2021 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
5 Nov 2021 – 4 Dec 2021 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
5 Dec 2021 – 2 Jan 2022 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2021 08:20 | 16:20 – 00:20 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 12 Feb 2021 21:18 | 14:54 – 03:42 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2021 18:09 | 11:45 – 00:33 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2021 02:39 | 20:15 – 09:03 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 14 May 2021 23:31 | 17:07 – 05:55 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2021 06:07 | 23:43 – 12:31 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2021 16:59 | 10:35 – 23:23 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2021 01:23 | 18:59 – 07:47 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2021 01:19 | 18:55 – 07:43 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2021 13:18 | 06:54 – 19:42 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2021 13:09 | 06:45 – 19:33 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2021 03:49 | 21:25 – 10:13 |
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 →