Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000
Methods and tables for computing tithis, nakṣatras, yogas, planetary positions and the eras, with worked verifications of dates from inscriptions.
- Language
- English
- Author
- L. D. Swamikannu Pillai
- Extent
- 6,022 passages, 111,120 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Madras: Graves, Cookson 1911; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (L. D. Swamikannu Pillai †1925); published before 1931:…
Contents
- c1 Indian Chronology — 18 parts
- c2 Preface — 10 parts
- c3 Contents — 10 parts
- c4 Addenda — 4 parts
- c5 Part I.—Relations between Indian Astronomy and Indian Chronology — 1 part
- c6 Chapter I. The Synodical Month and the Indian Solar Year — 13 parts
- c7 Chapter II. Fixing the Moment of Mean New Moon — 8 parts
- c8 Chapter III. Sun's and Moon's Anomaly and Actual Moment of New Moon — 18 parts
- c9 Chapter IV. The Solar Months — 5 parts
- c10 Chapter V. The Lunar Months in Relation to Solar Months — 33 parts
- c11 Chapter VI. Nakshatras — 30 parts
- c12 Chapter VII. Yogas — 13 parts
- c13 Chapter VIII. Karanas, Ahas and Tyajyam — 1 part
- c14 Chapter IX. Sunrise — 32 parts
- c15 Chapter X. Lagna — 51 parts
- c16 Chapter XI. Sunset — 9 parts
- c17 Chapter XII. Eclipses — 48 parts
- c18 Chapter XIII. Jovian Cycles, Years, and Months — 33 parts
- c19 Chapter XIV. The Varttamana, Purnimanta and Karttikadi Systems of Citation — 21 parts
- c20 Chapter XV. The Eras Now in Use or Met with in Inscriptions — 34 parts
- c21 Chapter XVI. Notes on Tithis in Relation to Festivals — 39 parts
- c22 Chapter XVII. Modern Equations for Lunar Inequalities — 29 parts
- c23 Chapter XVIII. The Muhammadan Year — 25 parts
- c24 Part II.—Use of the Tables
- c25 Chapter XIX. Use of Ephemeris or Table XII (Solar Dates) — 55 parts
- c26 Chapter XX. Use of Ephemeris or Table XII for Lunar Tithis — 36 parts
- c27 Chapter XXI. Use of Tables XII and XI-A (Nakshatras) — 8 parts
- c28 Chapter XXII. Use of Table X — 10 parts
- c29 Chapter XXIII. Theory of Anomalies and Equations of the Centre. Construction of Table IX — 50 parts
- c30 Chapter XXIV. Use of Table VIII — 28 parts
- c31 Chapter XXV. Use of Tables VII, VI and Table V—Lunar Cycles — 10 parts
- c32 Chapter XXVI. Use of Table IV (Vara or Week-Day), Tables III, II and I — 25 parts
- c33 Part III.—Construction of the Tables — 1 part
- c34 Chapter XXVII. Tables for Converting Space into Time — 28 parts
- c35 Chapter XXVIII. Construction of Table for Nakshatras and Yogas — 39 parts
- c36 Chapter XXIX. Investigation of Adhika and Kshaya Months — 6 parts
- c37 Chapter XXX. Construction of Planetary Tables XVII and XVIII — 8 parts
- c38 Part IV.—Planets and Planetary Chronology — 33 parts
- c39 Tables — 43 parts
- c40 Index — 41 parts