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 c10.3
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 c10.3
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19. Thus the lunar Vaiśākha must begin sometime in the solar Vaiśākha (Bengal) or sometime in the solar Chittirai (Tamil). The lunar month being only 29.53 days in length, there may be two new moons between the beginning and end of a solar month, and in this case both receive the same name, the first being called *Adhika* and the second *Nija* or true. The second is called 'true' because it immediately precedes a saṅkrānti. *Adhika* months occur ordinarily once in three years, as may be seen from Tables X and XII.