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The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar - Being a continuation of the Author's Indian Chronography" with an article by the Late Dr. J.F. Fleet on the mean place of the Planet Saturn"

1924

The planetary names of the days of the meek--the day of the sun of the moon etc.- were iLtroduced. [...] The Singhalese Dipovethsa however the compilation of which ceased about the middle of the 4th century mentions the nakshatra in which the moon stool at the time of the anointing of one of the kings of Ceylon. [...] And again it must never be forgotten that whereas the Tables deal always with the moment of mean sun-rise on the civil day concerned the almanac employed at the time of the composition of the record may have been prepared for the moment of true sunrise at the principal town in the locality. [...] AZirdi ixamth which commences at the Iteginning* -. of the civil year or in other ivords at the day after the full moon gi thattatural month during which the sun enters the first Hindoo sign. A consequence of this way of counting the months is that the first half of Chitra falls in one year and the latter half in the following year In these almanacs no notire is taken of solar months. [...] Sometimes this may be due to mere accident; sometimes it may arise from the use of the name of the sarvatsara current at the moment of the action commemorated by the record instead of that of the saihvatsara current at ME..sha-sa riakranti of the current year.
humanities general
Pages
628
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146118
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii Robert Sewell view
Frontmatter
i-iv Robert Sewell view
Errata Page
v-vi Robert Sewell view
Preface
vii-xvii Robert Sewell view
The Cycle of Jupiter and the Names of the Samvatsaras Applied to Hindu Solar Years
1-44 Robert Sewell view
The True Longitude of the Sun in Hindu Astronomy
45-130 Robert Sewell view
The Siddhanta-Siromani
131-227 Robert Sewell view
The First Arya-Siddhanta
228-359 Robert Sewell view
The First Ārya-Siddhānta. Mean System
360-446 Robert Sewell view
The Brahma-Siddhanta of Brahmagupta (A.D. 628)
447-512 Robert Sewell view
The Brahma-Siddhānta of Brahmagupta A.D. 628
513-599 Robert Sewell view
Tables For Finding the Mean Place of the planet by Saturn
600-609 J.F. Fleet view

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