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 c10.25

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26 In this year there is nothing specially worthy of note till we reach Asvina: but for that month there is an Adhika Asvina just as we had an Adhika Srávana in A.D. 1909. There is a peculiarity about Nija Asvina in the year B.C. 1, which we must note carefully. The mean Nija Asvina at 187·1816 days is not before the sankrânti at 186·9355 days, but the actual new moon, after calculation of anomalies, is found to be before 187·1816 days and is therefore Nija Asvina, not Kârttika. Generally speaking, when a nija or adhika month is within ·6 day on either side of a sankrânti, calculation, or at least a consideration, of the anomalies is necessary before we can determine its true character.