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The Lakshmana Sena Era 46
The Ilâhi Era 46
The Mahratta Râja Śaka Era 47
Art. 72. Names of Hindî and N. W. Fasali months 47

PART III.

Description and Explanation of the Tables.

Art. 73—102. Table I. (general) 47
Art. 80. "Lunation-parts" or "tithi indices", or "t." explained 49
Art. 81. Relation of " tithi-index " and "tithi-part" 50
Art. 82. To convert "t." into solar time 50
Art. 83—86. Lunar conditions requisite for the intercalation or suppression of a month 50
Art. 87. Reasons for adopting tithi-index notation 51
Art. 90. Method for arriving at correct intercalated and suppressed months 52
Art. 91. Plan of work adopted for Table 1. 52
Art. 96. Moments of Mesha-saṅkrânti differ according to Ârya and Sûrya Siddhântas 54
Table shewing difference 55
Art. 102. a, b, c, (cols. 23, 24, 25) fully explained 56
Table. Increase of a, b, c. in a year and in a day 57
Art. 103. Table II., Parts i. and ii. Correspondence of amânta and pûrṇimânta months, and of months in different eras 57
Art. 104. Table II., Part iii. Do. of years of different eras 58
Rules for conversion of a year of one era into that of another 58
Art. 105. Table III. (Collective duration of months) 59
Art. 106. Tables IV., V. (w, a, b, c for every day in a year, and for hours and minutes) 59
Art. 107—110. Tables VI., VII. (Lunar and solar equations of the centre 60
Equation of the centre explained 60
Art. 111. Tables VIII., VIIIa., VIIIB. 62
Art. 112—117. Tables IX. to XVI. 62
PART IV.

Use of the Tables.

Art. 118. Purposes for which the Tables may be used 62
Art. 119. To find the corresponding year and month of other eras 63
Art. 120. To find the samvatsara 63
Art. 121. To find the added or suppressed month 63
Art. 122—129. To convert a Hindu date into a date A.D. and vice versâ 63
By methods A, B, or C 63
Art. 131—133. To find the nakshatra, yoga, and karaṇa current on any date 64
Explanation of work for nakshatras and yogas 64
Art. 134. To convert a solar date into a luni-solar date, and vice versâ 65