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 c20.25

c20.25

(13) *Dakhan Fasli* (current year = A.D. year minus 593) was up to A.D. 1556 (when its number was 963, *vide* Table XV, p. 195) a Hijra year, but from that year forward it has been kept as a solar year (identical in number with Bengal San), beginning, in parts of Bombay, when the Sun enters the Nakshatra Mrigaśira,* i.e. (now) about 7th or 8th June, The months, their periods of beginning, and number of days, are the same as in the Muhammadan calendar.