Year overview
2025 — 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 2025
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2025
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
31 Dec 2024 – 29 Jan 2025 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
30 Jan 2025 – 27 Feb 2025 | 29 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
28 Feb 2025 – 29 Mar 2025 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
30 Mar 2025 – 27 Apr 2025 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
28 Apr 2025 – 27 May 2025 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
28 May 2025 – 25 Jun 2025 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
26 Jun 2025 – 24 Jul 2025 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
25 Jul 2025 – 23 Aug 2025 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
24 Aug 2025 – 21 Sept 2025 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
22 Sept 2025 – 21 Oct 2025 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
22 Oct 2025 – 20 Nov 2025 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
21 Nov 2025 – 20 Dec 2025 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
21 Dec 2025 – 18 Jan 2026 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2025 08:54 | 16:54 – 00:54 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 12 Feb 2025 21:55 | 15:31 – 04:19 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2025 18:49 | 12:25 – 01:13 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2025 03:21 | 20:57 – 09:45 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2025 00:11 | 17:47 – 06:35 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2025 06:43 | 00:19 – 13:07 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2025 17:30 | 11:06 – 23:54 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2025 01:50 | 19:26 – 08:14 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2025 01:45 | 19:21 – 08:09 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2025 13:45 | 07:21 – 20:09 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2025 13:36 | 07:12 – 20:00 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2025 04:18 | 21:54 – 10:42 |
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 →