Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c26.36

c26.36

The differences are not very great; but in dealing with the establishment of an era, the strictest accuracy is imperatively necessary. What may be the cause of these differences I can only guess at. I notice that Buchanan refers the beginning of the year to the full moon of Ashâdha.[*] But I was informed in Tirhut that the Lakshmana Samvat begins with 1st Mâgha-Badi, while both the Vikrama and Saka years begin with the 1st Chaitra-Sudi. Babu Râjendra also states that the Lakshmana year is a luni-solar one, “commencing from the 1st of the month of Mâgha,” that is, *Mâgh-Badi* 1, or middle of January.