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 c19.2
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 c19.2
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107. The ordinary or normal mode of citing an Indian date is by means of *gata* or 'expired' years (already explained, sec. 5 supra), *amanta* months (or months beginning with the first *tithi* after new moon or *amâvâsyâ*), and *Chaitrâdi* years (or lunar years beginning with *Chaitra*). The lunar year can begin with *Chaitra* only when the solar year begins with *Mesha Sankrânti*. Therefore a reckoning by *Chaitrâdi* lunar years is the same as reckoning by *Meshâdi* Solar Years.