Year overview
2029 — 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.
2029 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 2029
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
16 Jul 2029
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
17 Dec 2028 – 14 Jan 2029 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
15 Jan 2029 – 13 Feb 2029 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
14 Feb 2029 – 15 Mar 2029 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక చైత్రం
Chaitra |
16 Mar 2029 – 13 Apr 2029 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
14 Apr 2029 – 13 May 2029 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
14 May 2029 – 12 Jun 2029 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
13 Jun 2029 – 11 Jul 2029 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
12 Jul 2029 – 10 Aug 2029 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
11 Aug 2029 – 8 Sept 2029 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
9 Sept 2029 – 7 Oct 2029 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
8 Oct 2029 – 6 Nov 2029 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
7 Nov 2029 – 5 Dec 2029 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
6 Dec 2029 – 4 Jan 2030 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2029 09:19 | 17:19 – 01:19 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 12 Feb 2029 22:21 | 15:57 – 04:45 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 14 Mar 2029 19:16 | 12:52 – 01:40 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2029 03:47 | 21:23 – 10:11 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2029 00:39 | 18:15 – 07:03 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2029 07:13 | 00:49 – 13:37 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 16 Jul 2029 18:04 | 11:40 – 00:28 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2029 02:27 | 20:03 – 08:51 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2029 02:22 | 19:58 – 08:46 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 17 Oct 2029 14:17 | 07:53 – 20:41 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 16 Nov 2029 14:04 | 07:40 – 20:28 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2029 04:43 | 22:19 – 11:07 |
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 →