Year overview
2023 — 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.
2023 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 2023
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
17 Jul 2023
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
24 Dec 2022 – 21 Jan 2023 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
22 Jan 2023 – 20 Feb 2023 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
21 Feb 2023 – 21 Mar 2023 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
22 Mar 2023 – 20 Apr 2023 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
21 Apr 2023 – 19 May 2023 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
20 May 2023 – 18 Jun 2023 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
19 Jun 2023 – 17 Jul 2023 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక శ్రావణం
Shravana |
18 Jul 2023 – 16 Aug 2023 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
17 Aug 2023 – 15 Sept 2023 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
16 Sept 2023 – 14 Oct 2023 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
15 Oct 2023 – 13 Nov 2023 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
14 Nov 2023 – 12 Dec 2023 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
13 Dec 2023 – 11 Jan 2024 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2023 20:48 | 04:48 – 12:48 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2023 09:48 | 03:24 – 16:12 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 15 Mar 2023 06:38 | 00:14 – 13:02 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2023 15:02 | 08:38 – 21:26 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2023 11:48 | 05:24 – 18:12 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2023 18:19 | 11:55 – 00:43 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 17 Jul 2023 05:09 | 22:45 – 11:33 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2023 13:35 | 07:11 – 19:59 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2023 13:33 | 07:09 – 19:57 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 18 Oct 2023 01:33 | 19:09 – 07:57 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 17 Nov 2023 01:22 | 18:58 – 07:46 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2023 16:00 | 09:36 – 22:24 |
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 →