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THE HINDU CALENDAR.

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	d.		w.
The given figures are	80	4
Collective duration (Table III.) for Mârgaśîrsha	236	236
Given date (5) − 1	4	4
	320
	− 1	(Rule VI.)
	319		244	÷ 7 = Rem. 6
319 = (Table IX.) November 15th. 6 = Friday

Answer.—Friday, November 15th, A.D. 1776.

Example 3. Required the A.D. equivalent of Kârttika kṛishṇa paṅchamî (5th) of the same luni-solar year.

	d.		w.
As before	80	4
Collective duration (Table III., col. 3a)	236	236
Given date (5 + 15) − 1	19	19
	335
	− 1	(Rule VI.)
	334		259	÷ 7 = Rem. 0
334 = (Table IX.) November 30th. 0 = Saturday.

Answer.—Saturday, November 30th, A.D. 1776.

Example 4. Required the A.D. equivalent of Kârttika kṛishṇa pâdyami (1st) of K.Y. 4923 expired (4924 current). This corresponds (Table I., col. 5) to A.D. 1822, the Chitrabhânu samvatsara, and col. 8 shews us that the month Âśvina was intercalated (adhika), and the month Pausha suppressed (kshaya). We have therefore to add 30 days for the adhika month and subtract 30 days for the kshaya month, since Mâgha comes after Pausha. Hence the relative place of the month Mâgha remains unaltered,

Table I. gives 24th March (83), (1) Sunday, as the initial day.

	d.		w.
Initial date	83	1
Collective duration (Table III., col. 3a)	295	295
Given date (1 + 15) − 1	15	(Rule I.)	15
	393		311	÷ 7 = Rem. 3.
3 = Tuesday. 393 —January 28th of the following A.D. year (Table IX.).

Answer.—Tuesday, January 28th, A.D. 1823. This is correct by the Tables, but as there happened to be an expunged tithi in Mâgha śukla, the first fortnight of Mâgha, the result is wrong by one day. The corresponding day was really Monday, January 27th, and to this we should have been guided if the given date had included the mention of Monday as the week-day. That is, we should have fixed Monday, January 27th, as the required day A.D. because our result gave Tuesday, January 28th, and we knew that the date given fell on a Monday,