Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons in Telugu (With Pronunciation)

Knowing the days of the week and the months helps children talk about their routines, birthdays, and festivals. In Telugu, these words also carry beautiful links to the planets, the moon, and the seasons.

Days of the Week in Telugu

Each Telugu weekday ends with vaaram (వారం), meaning “day of the week,” and most are named after a celestial body.

• Sunday – ఆదివారం (Aadivaaram) – the Sun
• Monday – సోమవారం (Somavaaram) – the Moon (Soma)
• Tuesday – మంగళవారం (Mangalavaaram) – Mars (Mangala)
• Wednesday – బుధవారం (Budhavaaram) – Mercury (Budha)
• Thursday – గురువారం (Guruvaaram) – Jupiter (Guru); also called బృహస్పతివారం (Bruhaspativaaram) or లక్ష్మివారం (Lakshmivaaram) in some homes
• Friday – శుక్రవారం (Shukravaaram) – Venus (Shukra)
• Saturday – శనివారం (Shanivaaram) – Saturn (Shani)

Useful words:

• Today – ఈరోజు (eeroju)
• Tomorrow – రేపు (repu)
• Yesterday – నిన్న (ninna)
• Week – వారం (vaaram)

Example: ఈరోజు సోమవారం (Eeroju Somavaaram) – Today is Monday.

The 12 Telugu Months (Telugu Nelalu)

The traditional Telugu calendar is lunisolar, and the new year begins with Ugadi. Each month usually overlaps two English months.

1. చైత్రం (Chaitram) – March/April – Ugadi, Sri Rama Navami
2. వైశాఖం (Vaishaakham) – April/May
3. జ్యేష్ఠం (Jyeshtham) – May/June
4. ఆషాఢం (Aashaadham) – June/July – Bonalu
5. శ్రావణం (Shraavanam) – July/August – Varalakshmi Vratham
6. భాద్రపదం (Bhaadrapadam) – August/September – Vinayaka Chavithi
7. ఆశ్వయుజం (Aashvayujam) – September/October – Dasara, Bathukamma
8. కార్తీకం (Kaarteekam) – October/November – Karthika deepams
9. మార్గశిరం (Maargashiram) – November/December
10. పుష్యం (Pushyam) – December/January – Sankranti
11. మాఘం (Maagham) – January/February
12. ఫాల్గుణం (Phaalgunam) – February/March

Festivals are a great memory aid: children remember Chaitram because of Ugadi, and Bhaadrapadam because of Vinayaka Chavithi.

The Six Seasons (Ruthuvulu)

Telugu tradition divides the year into six seasons, or ఋతువులు (ruthuvulu), each lasting about two months:

• వసంత ఋతువు (Vasanta) – Spring
• గ్రీష్మ ఋతువు (Greeshma) – Summer
• వర్ష ఋతువు (Varsha) – Monsoon
• శరదృతువు (Sharad) – Autumn
• హేమంత ఋతువు (Hemanta) – Early winter
• శిశిర ఋతువు (Shishira) – Late winter

Fun Ways to Practise

• Say the day every morning at breakfast: “Eeroju Shukravaaram!“
• Make a Telugu calendar with your child and mark family birthdays and festivals.
• Sing the days to a simple tune.
• Seasons art: Draw a picture for each ruthuvu, such as mango blossoms for Vasanta and rain clouds for Varsha.

Final Thoughts

Learning days, months, and seasons in Telugu connects children to time, nature, and the festival calendar at the heart of Telugu culture.

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