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 c19.5
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 c19.5
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109. In the *Pûrnimânta* system, each month beginning with a full moon is named after the next *amânta* month, but takes the dark fortnight preceding each new moon. It is to this system that we owe the name *paksha*, lit. a wing, the dark and bright fortnights being the wings on either side of a new moon.