The Memoirs of Bābur 932.12.8

932.12.8

The (P.) _yāsman_ (jasmine) is another; the white they call (B.) _champa_.[1897] It is larger and more strongly scented than our _yāsman_-flower. (_n. Seasons of the year._) Again:—whereas there are four seasons in those countries,[1898] there are three in Hindūstān, namely, four months are summer; four are the rains; four are winter. The beginning of their months is from the welcome of the crescent-moons.[1899] Every three years they add a month to the year; if one had been added to the rainy season, the next is added, three years later, to the winter months, the next, in the same way, to the hot months. This is their mode of intercalation.[1900] (_Chait_, _Baisākh_, _Jeṭh_ and [Sidenote: Fol. 288b.] _Asāṛh_) are the hot months, corresponding with the Fish, (Ram, Bull and Twins; _Sāwan_, _Bhādoṅ_, _Kū,ār_ and _Kātik_) are the rainy months, corresponding with the Crab, (Lion, Virgin and Balance; _Aghan_, _Pūs_, _Māgh_ and _Phālgun_) are the cold months, corresponding with the Scorpion, (Archer, Capricorn, and Bucket or Aquarius).