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 c23.15
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 c23.15
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127. The Muhammadan day is reckoned from sunset to sunset, and the first day of Muharram is that on which the moon is for the first time visible at sunset after new moon. This is called the heliacal rising of the moon. Our readers are familiar with the Muhammadan usage of observing the heliacal rising of the moon from eminences of any sort, and passing word as soon as she is seen, so as to give notice that Muharram has commenced.