Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c8.11

c8.11

Practically, every eighty-sixth name is expunged, and consequently the omissions are confined to six names out of the twelve; or, in other words, the omissions fall only on the alternate names in regular succession. Thus the six omitted names are Srâvana, Aswayuja, Mârgasiras, Mâgha, Chaitra, and Jyeshtha. The rule for finding the year of the 12-year cycle is only a slight extension of that for the 60-year cycle.