[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883) › c7.6 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c7.6 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c7.6 - **Language:** English ### [c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7.6) The Sûrya Siddhânta rule, as explained, is as follows:—Divide the expired years of the Kâli-Yuga by 86, add the quotient to the dividend; divide the sum by 60, and the quotient gives the number of cycles expired. Then, if the proposed year should fall less than 31 from the last expunged year of the Chakra, add 28 to the remainder; but if it should be more than 31, add only 27; and the remainder so increased will indicate the current year of the Chakra. Take the year 223 A.D. = 3324 Kâli-Yuga, as an example: - [Previous: c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7.5) - [Next: c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7.7) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Sūryasiddhānta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta) — Maya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7.6) · Pramāṇa