Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c51: Table XIX. The Dakhini Cycle of Jupiter
Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c51
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Table XIX. The Dakhini Cycle of Jupiter
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The Jovian cycle of 60 years, as used in Southern India, is a simple period of 60 solar years, in which year has a separate name. There are no omitted years as in the Northern reckoning, and the cycle has no longer any connection with Jupiter's revolution. The cycles begin in the following years A.D., with the year named Prabhava :
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| A. D. | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | 67 | 367 | 667 | 967 | 1267 | 1567 | 1867 |
| | 127 | 427 | 727 | 1027 | 1327 | 1627 | 1927 |
| | 187 | 487 | 787 | 1087 | 1387 | 1687 | 1987 |
| | 247 | 547 | 847 | 1147 | 1447 | 1747 | 2047 |
| | 307 | 607 | 907 | 1207 | 1507 | 1807 | 2107 |
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The names of the 60 years of the cycle of Jupiter are the same both in Northern and Southern India. They are as follows:—
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| 1 | Prabhava. | 16 | Chitrabhanu. | 31 | Hemalamba. | 46 | Paridhavin. |
| 2 | Vibhava. | 17 | Subhanu. | 32 | Vilambin. | 47 | Pramadin. |
| 3 | Sukla. | 18 | Tarana. | 33 | Vikarin. | 48 | Ananda. |
| 4 | Pramoda. | 19 | Parthiva. | 34 | Sarvari. | 49 | Rakshasa. |
| 5 | Prajapati. | 20 | Vyaya. | 35 | Plava. | 50 | Anala. |
| 6 | Angiras. | 21 | Sarvajit. | 36 | Sabhakrit. | 51 | Pingala. |
| 7 | Srimukha. | 22 | Sarvadharin. | 37 | Sabhakrit. | 52 | Kalayutka. |
| 8 | Bhava. | 23 | Virodhin. | 38 | Krodhin. | 53 | Siddhartha. |
| 9 | Yuvan. | 24 | Vikrita. | 39 | Viswavasu. | 54 | Randra. |
| 10 | Dhatar. | 25 | Khara. | 40 | Parabhava. | 55 | Durmati. |
| 11 | Iswara. | 26 | Nandana. | 41 | Plavanga. | 56 | Dundubhi. |
| 12 | Bahudhanya. | 27 | Vijaya. | 42 | Kilaka. | 57 | Udgarin. |
| 13 | Pramathin. | 28 | Jaya. | 43 | Saumya. | 58 | Raktaksha. |
| 14 | Vikrama. | 29 | Manmatha. | 44 | Sadharana. | 59 | Krodha. |
| 15 | Vrisha. | 30 | Durmukha. | 45 | Virodhakrit. | 60 | Kshaya. |
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As an example of the use of this Dakhini cycle, I may cite the date of the Kurda inscription (Royal Asiat. Soc. Jour., III., 104), which is recorded as Sake 894 (A.D. 972), with the Jupiter year named Angiras. As this is the 6th name, we obtain the date intended by adding 5 years to the 1st year of the cycle, which began previously to A.D. 972. This is A.D. 967, to which adding 5 we get 972 A.D., in exact accordance with the Sake date of 894.