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 c10.9

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N.B.—The main point to which the reader's attention should be directed is that the lunar month following a new moon has its name determined by its occurring before a particular sankranti. Thus, a lunar month commencing at any time between 0 day of the solar year and the 30·9353rd day is called Vaisakha; similarly, a lunar month commencing at any time between 156·4942 days and 186·9355 days of the solar year is called Asvina and so forth. The lunar month commencing before the Mesha Sankranti is called Chaitra.