Year overview
2039 — 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.
2039 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 2039
Makara Sankranti — the sidereal turn a sankalpam recites
Dakshinayana begins
17 Jul 2039
Karka Sankranti
The masas
| Masa | Runs | Days | Ritu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
పుష్యం
Pausha |
26 Dec 2038 – 24 Jan 2039 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
మాఘం
Magha |
25 Jan 2039 – 23 Feb 2039 | 30 | శిశిర ఋతువు | |
|
ఫాల్గుణం
Phalguna |
24 Feb 2039 – 24 Mar 2039 | 29 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
చైత్రం
Chaitra |
25 Mar 2039 – 23 Apr 2039 | 30 | వసంత ఋతువు | |
|
వైశాఖం
Vaishakha |
24 Apr 2039 – 23 May 2039 | 30 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
జ్యేష్ఠం
Jyeshtha |
24 May 2039 – 21 Jun 2039 | 29 | గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు | |
|
ఆషాఢం
Ashadha |
22 Jun 2039 – 21 Jul 2039 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
శ్రావణం
Shravana |
22 Jul 2039 – 19 Aug 2039 | 29 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
భాద్రపదం
Bhadrapada |
20 Aug 2039 – 18 Sept 2039 | 30 | వర్ష ఋతువు | |
|
అధిక ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
19 Sept 2039 – 17 Oct 2039 | 29 | శరద్ ఋతువు | Adhika |
|
ఆశ్వయుజం
Ashwina |
18 Oct 2039 – 16 Nov 2039 | 30 | శరద్ ఋతువు | |
|
కార్తీకం
Kartika |
17 Nov 2039 – 15 Dec 2039 | 29 | హేమంత ఋతువు | |
|
మార్గశిరం
Margashirsha |
16 Dec 2039 – 14 Jan 2040 | 30 | హేమంత ఋతువు |
Sankrantis — the sun's twelve entries
| Sankranti | Raasi | Exact time in Hyderabad | Punya kalam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makar Sankranti | Capricorn | 14 Jan 2039 23:16 | 07:16 – 15:16 |
| Kumbh Sankranti | Aquarius | 13 Feb 2039 12:16 | 05:52 – 18:40 |
| Meen Sankranti | Pisces | 15 Mar 2039 09:07 | 02:43 – 15:31 |
| Mesh Sankranti | Aries | 14 Apr 2039 17:34 | 11:10 – 23:58 |
| Vrishabh Sankranti | Taurus | 15 May 2039 14:23 | 07:59 – 20:47 |
| Mithun Sankranti | Gemini | 15 Jun 2039 20:56 | 14:32 – 03:20 |
| Kark Sankranti | Cancer | 17 Jul 2039 07:45 | 01:21 – 14:09 |
| Simha Sankranti | Leo | 17 Aug 2039 16:07 | 09:43 – 22:31 |
| Kanya Sankranti | Virgo | 17 Sept 2039 16:03 | 09:39 – 22:27 |
| Tula Sankranti | Libra | 18 Oct 2039 04:02 | 21:38 – 10:26 |
| Vrischik Sankranti | Scorpio | 17 Nov 2039 03:51 | 21:27 – 10:15 |
| Dhanu Sankranti | Sagittarius | 16 Dec 2039 18:31 | 12:07 – 00:55 |
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 →