Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c8.14

c8.14

But the same result may be obtained by the shorter process which I have proposed in my account of the 60-year cycle. Thus, to the Saka date add 195, then divide the sum by 85, and add the quotient to the Saka. Then divide by 60; the quotient will give the number of cycles expired, and the remainder the number of expired years of the current cycle. The above example will therefore be as follows:—