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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Art. 28. The beginning of a solar month 12
Rule I. (a) The midnight Rule (Bengal).
Rule I. (b) The any-time Rule (Orissa).
Rule II. (a) The sunset Rule (Tamil).
Rule II. (b) The afternoon Rule (Malabar).
Art. 29. Pañchâṅgs, tithis 13
Art. 30. Extract from an actual pañchâṅga 13
The Ahargaṇa 16
Art. 31. Correspondence of tithis and solar days 16
Performance of religious ceremonies, śrâddhas, vratas 17
Art. 32. Adhika and kshaya tithis 17
Art. 34. Variation on account of longitude 18
Art. 35. Examples of the same 19
Art. 36. True and mean time 19
Mean sun, mean moon, true and mean sunrise 19
Art. 37. Basis of calculation for the Tables 20
Elements of uncertainty 20
Art. 38. Nakshatras 21
Yoga-târâs. Equal and unequal space systems. Garga and Brahma Siddhânta systems 21
Table. Longitude of Ending-points of Nakshatras 22
Art. 39. Auspicious Yogas 22
Art. 40. Karaṇas 23
Art. 40a. Eclipses 23
Oppolzer's Canon. Note by Professor Jacobi 23
Art. 41 Lunar months and their names 24
Season-names, star-names 24
Art. 42—44. Modern names of, derived from the nakshatras 24
Table shewing this derivation 25
Art. 45. Adhika and kshaya masas. Rules 25
Table 26
Art. 46. Their names. Rules 26
Art. 47. Their determination according to true and mean systems 27
Change of practice about A.D. 1100 27
Śrîpati. Bhâskarâchârya 28
Art. 48. Rules given in another form 28
Art. 49. Different results by different Siddhântas 29
Art. 50. Some peculiarities in the occurrence of adhika and kshaya mâsas 29
Art. 51. Intercalation of months by pûrṇimânta scheme 30
Years and Cycles.
Art. 52. The Hindu New Year's Day in solar and luni-solar reckoning 31
When the first month is intercalary 32
Differs in different tracts 32
Art. 53. The sixty-year cycle of Jupiter 32