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 c25.41

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(2) In Bengal, when the fraction of the day at which the Sankrânti happens does not exceed 45 ghaṭikas, the Solar month begins on the next day: and when the Sankrânti occurs after 45 ghaṭikas, the Solar month begins on the next day but one. Accordingly the Bengal months corresponding to *Ani* A.D. 1910 (Bengal Solar *Ashâdha*) and Malayâlam *Dhanus* A.D. 1910 (Bengal Solar *Pausha*) will commence on 15 June 1910 and 16 December 1910 respectively and not on 14 June and 15 December 1910 (the days of the Sankrânti), while Bengal Solar *Mâgha* A.D. 1910-11 will not commence till 15 January 1911 (*i.e.*, 2 days after the Sankrânti).