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TABLE OF CONTENTS


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List of Errata in the "Indian Calendar" xi.
Additional Notes xii.
Introductory 1
Dates of early inscriptions 2
Explanations and definitions 5
Solar Reckoning—
Saṁkrāntis 9
Calculation by mean motion 11
Tropical saṁkrāntis 11
Rules for finding moments of 12
The śōdhya, and Dr. Schram's calculations 14
Professor Jacobi's "Indian Antiquary" (Vol. XVII.) Tables 1 to 4 (pp. 161, 162) 18
Note on the Kollam era 18
Days of a civil month—The four rules 18
Conversion of results by the Ārya into results by the Sūrya Siddhānta, and vice versa 19
Correction I. (year-lengths) 19
Correction II. (month-lengths) 21
Correction III. (śōdhya-lengths) 22
Mēsha saṁkrānti according to the Original Sūrya Siddhānta 23
Mēsha saṁkrānti according to the Brāhma Siddhānta 25
Mēsha saṁkrānti according to the Siddhānta Śirōmaṇi 26
Luni-Solar Reckoning—
Preliminary 28
The beginning of the luni-solar year 29
The ordinary civil beginning 30
Amānta and pūrṇimānta systems 31
Computation by true lunar months and tithis 31
Rule for finding a, b, c in very early years 32
Professor Jacobi's "Indian Antiquary" (Vol. XVII.) Tables 5 and 6 34
Adhika and kshaya tithis 35
Computation by mean lunar months and tithis 36
Intercalations and suppressions of lunar months. True and mean systems 37
Conversion of results by the Ārya into results by the Sūrya Siddhānta, and vice versa 39
(a) The "true" or "apparent" system 39
(b) The mean system 40
Nakshatras, Yōgas, and Karaṇas—
Nakshatras 40
Yōgas 45
Karaṇas 45