[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) › c19.4 # 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 c19.4 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 c19.4 - **Language:** English ### [c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.4) \*Varttamâna\*, or current years, opposed to \*gata\* (expired); \*Pûrnimânta\* months, beginning with the tithi after full moon; and \*Kârttikâdi\* lunar years (or "southern" years) beginning with the lunar month \*Kârttika\*. - [Previous: c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.3) - [Next: c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.5) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.pillai-1911.c19.4) · Pramāṇa