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THE INDIAN CALENDAR.

is given below. The entries of "½" and "1½" in subcolumn 3 mark the variation in length from the average.

The nakshatras by any of these systems, for all years between 300 and 1900 A. D., can be calculated by our Tables (see method "C", Arts. 139 to 160). The indices for them, adapted to our Tables, are given in Table VIII., cols. 8, 9, 10.

The ordinary or equal-space system of nakshatras is in general use at the present day, the unequal-space systems having almost dropped out of use. They were, however, undoubtedly prevalent to a great extent in early times, and they were constantly made use of on important religious occasions.[1]

Longtitudes of the Ending-points of the Nakshatras.
Order of the Nakshatras. System of Equal Spaces. Systems of Unequal Spaces.
Garga System. Brahma-Siddhânta System.
1 2 3 4 4
Deg. Min. Deg. Min. Sec. Deg. Min. Sec.
1 Asvini 13° 20′ . . . . 13° 20′ 0 13° 10′ 35½″
2 Bharaṇî 26 40 ½ 20 0 0 19 45 52½
3 Kṛittikâ 40 0 . . . . 33 20 0 32 56 27½
4 Rohiṇî 53 20 1½ 53 20 0 52 42 20½
5 Mṛigaśiras 66 40 . . . . 66 40 0 65 52 55½
6 Ârdrâ 80 0 ½ 73 20 0 72 28 12½
7 Punarvasu 93 20 ½ 93 20 0 92 14 5½
8 Pushya 106 40 . . . . 106 40 0 105 24 40½
9 Aśleshâ 120 0 ½ 113 20 0 111 59 57½
10 Maghâ 133 20 . . . . 126 40 0 125 10 32½
11 Pûrva-Phalgunî 146 40 . . . . 140 0 0 138 21 7½
12 Uttara-Phalgunî 160 0 1½ 160 0 0 158 7 0½
13 Hasta 173 20 . . . . 173 20 0 171 17 35½
14 Chitrâ 186 40 . . . . 186 40 0 184 28 10½
15 Svâti 200 0 ½ 193 20 0 191 3 27½
16 Viśâkhâ 213 20 1½ 213 20 0 210 49 20½
17 Anurâdhâ 226 40 . . . . 226 40 0 223 59 55½
18 Jyeshṭhâ 240 0 ½ 233 20 0 230 35 12½
19 Mûla 253 20 . . . . 246 40 0 243 45 47½
20 Pûrva-Ashâdha 266 40 . . . . 260 0 0 256 56 22½
21 Uttara-Ashâḍhâ 280 0 1½ 280 0 0 276 42 15½
(Abhijit) . . . (Balance) . . . . 280 56 30½
22 Śravaṇa 293 20 . . . . 293 20 0 294 7 5½
23 Dhanishṭhâ 306 40 . . . . 306 40 0 307 17 40½
24 Śatatârakâ 320 0 ½ 313 20 0 313 52 57½
25 Pûrva-Bhadrapadâ 333 20 . . . . 326 40 0 327 3 32½
26 Uttara-Bhadrapadâ 346 40 1½ 346 40 0 346 49 25½
27 Revatî 360 0 . . . . 360 0 0 360 0 0½

39. Auspicious Yogas. Besides the 27 yogas described above (Art. 9), and quite different from them, there are in the Indian Calendar certain conjunctions, also called yogas, which only occur when certain conditions, as, for instance, the conjunction of certain vâras and nakshatras, or vâras and tithis, are fulfilled. Thus, when the nakshatra Hasta falls on a Sunday there occurs

  1. ↑ These systems of nakshatras arc more fully described by me in relation to the "twelve year cycle of Jupiter" in Vol. XVII. of the Ind. Ant., (p. 2 ff.) [S. B. D.]
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