[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911) › 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 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.2) 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. - [Previous: c18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c18.33) - [Next: c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.3) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.2) · Pramāṇa