Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.20

c18.20

In A.D. 331, the Hindu luni-solar year began on the 23rd February, according to Cowasjee Patell, who, throughout his chronology, has used the tables of Aryabhatta. In this year the month of Bhâdrapada was intercalary; but as this month is later than Ashâdha, the date will not be affected by the intercalation. Now the 12th of Ashâdha-Sudi is the 101st day of the Hindu luni-solar year; and as the 23rd of February was a Tuesday, the 101st day was a Thursday in A.D. 331, according to Aryabhatta’s tables. But according to Varâha Mihira, the Hindu luni-solar year began one day later, on the 24th February, and consequently the 101st day would be Friday, 4th June.