Year overview
2022 — 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 2022
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2022
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
5 Dec 2021 – 2 Jan 2022 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
3 Jan 2022 – 1 Feb 2022 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
2 Feb 2022 – 2 Mar 2022 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
3 Mar 2022 – 1 Apr 2022 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
2 Apr 2022 – 30 Apr 2022 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
1 May 2022 – 30 May 2022 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
31 May 2022 – 29 Jun 2022 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
30 Jun 2022 – 28 Jul 2022 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
29 Jul 2022 – 27 Aug 2022 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
28 Aug 2022 – 25 Sept 2022 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
26 Sept 2022 – 25 Oct 2022 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
26 Oct 2022 – 23 Nov 2022 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
24 Nov 2022 – 23 Dec 2022 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
24 Dec 2022 – 21 Jan 2023 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2022 14:33 | 22:33 – 06:33 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2022 03:32 | 21:08 – 09:56 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 15 Mar 2022 00:21 | 17:57 – 06:45 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2022 08:47 | 02:23 – 15:11 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2022 05:35 | 23:11 – 11:59 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2022 12:09 | 05:45 – 18:33 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2022 23:01 | 16:37 – 05:25 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2022 07:27 | 01:03 – 13:51 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2022 07:27 | 01:03 – 13:51 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2022 19:28 | 13:04 – 01:52 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2022 19:20 | 12:56 – 01:44 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2022 10:02 | 03:38 – 16:26 |
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 →