Kanuma Festival The day after Sankranti, kept for the cattle that worked the land.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Kanuma
- తెలుగు
- కనుమ
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಕನುಮ
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
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This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
The day after Sankranti, kept for the cattle that worked the land. The bullocks are bathed, their horns painted, garlands and bells put on them and cock fights and bull races held in the coastal districts. It is a day on which people traditionally do not travel, staying with the family and the animals.
- Deity
- Gomatha, Indra, Krishna
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
The whole day after Makara Sankranti; the cattle are decked and worshipped in the morning.
The fast
No fast. The non-vegetarian meal of the festival, which the first two days avoid, is usually eaten on Kanuma.
Where the regions differ
The Telugu counterpart of the Tamil Mattu Pongal, which falls on the same day. Karnataka keeps the cattle day as Kicchu Haisodu with the bonfire the animals are led across.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.