Det sker i Hyderabad, India året igennem

Tætpakket — Numaish, Sankranti

• Festival

  Numaish

  1. jan. – 15. feb.Stor festivalTætpakket

  The All India Industrial Exhibition has filled the Nampally grounds every January since the 1930s: two thousand stalls, food from every state, and half the city going at least once. Evenings are shoulder to shoulder. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Sankranti

  13.–16. jan.HøstLukninger

  The harvest holiday empties the city as Telugu families go back to their villages for three days. Kites go up over the old city, and a lot of restaurants and offices simply shut. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Cool dry season (15. nov. – 15. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Numaish, Ramzan and the haleem season

• Helligdag

  Ramzan and the haleem season

  1. feb. – 25. mar. · normaltRamadan & eidTætpakket

  The one month a year the old city cooks haleem, sold from clay ovens outside every bakery around Charminar from late afternoon. The night markets at Madina and Pathergatti run until two. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Numaish (1. jan. – 15. feb.), Cool dry season (15. nov. – 15. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Ramzan and the haleem season, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Ugadi

  15. mar. – 15. apr. · normaltReligiøs højtidLukninger

  Telugu new year, kept at home rather than in the street: mango leaves over the doorways, the bitter-sweet pachadi, and offices and most shops closed for the day. Nothing to watch, but plenty shut. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Deccan summer heat

  20. mar. – 5. jun. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Heat advisories start in late March and the middle of the day goes indoors until the rains break. Golconda and the Qutb Shahi tombs have almost no shade, so they are a first-light or last-light job. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Ramzan and the haleem season (1. feb. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Ugadi (15. mar. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Deccan summer heat (20. mar. – 5. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Muharram and Ashura, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Helligdag

  Muharram and Ashura

  20. maj – 5. jul. · normaltMuharram & ashuraLukninger

  Hyderabad's old city keeps one of India's largest Muharram observances, with mourning processions past the Ashurkhanas around Charminar and roads closed for Ashura, a gazetted central holiday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Deccan summer heat (20. mar. – 5. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Muharram and Ashura, Bonalu

• Sæson

  Southwest monsoon

  10. jun. – 30. sep. · normalt

  The Deccan rain arrives in bands rather than a wall of water and the city stays workable, with the lakes at Hussain Sagar and Osman Sagar full and the rock outcrops around Gandipet green.

• Festival

  Bonalu

  25. jun. – 15. aug. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakketLukninger

  Four consecutive Sundays through the month of Ashada, one for each of the big Mahankali temples in turn, with pot-carrying processions, drumming and the Rangam prophecy at Lal Darwaza. Roads round each temple close for the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Deccan summer heat (20. mar. – 5. jun. (normalt)), Muharram and Ashura (20. maj – 5. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Muharram and Ashura, Bonalu

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Muharram and Ashura (20. maj – 5. jul. (normalt)), Southwest monsoon (10. jun. – 30. sep. (normalt)), Bonalu (25. jun. – 15. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Bonalu, Ganesh Chaturthi immersion

• Festival

  Ganesh Chaturthi immersion

  20. aug. – 30. sep. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakketLukninger

  Ten days of pandals ending with the Khairatabad idol, one of the tallest in India, hauled to Hussain Sagar in a procession that takes over the Tank Bund and most of a day and night. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Southwest monsoon (10. jun. – 30. sep. (normalt)), Bonalu (25. jun. – 15. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Ganesh Chaturthi immersion, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Bathukamma

  20. sep. – 25. okt. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  Nine evenings when Telangana women build and float tiered flower stacks on the tanks and lakes, singing round them in a circle. Tank Bund on the last night is the version everyone photographs. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Southwest monsoon (10. jun. – 30. sep. (normalt)), Ganesh Chaturthi immersion (20. aug. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Diwali and the smoke after

  15. okt. – 15. nov. · normaltRisiko

  The old city sells little but crackers for a fortnight, and the monitors spike for two or three days either side of the night itself. It is the worst air of Hyderabad's year, and it clears within the week. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Bathukamma (20. sep. – 25. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Cool dry season

• Sæson

  Cool dry season

  15. nov. – 15. feb. · normaltTætpakket

  The stretch worth planning around: dry, mild, clear enough to walk Golconda in the afternoon. It is also wedding season, so hotels and the roads around the convention centres run full.

Stadig i gang: Diwali and the smoke after (15. okt. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Cool dry season, Winter break i India

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Cool dry season (15. nov. – 15. feb. (normalt))