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131. The standard time in the Indian calendar is therefore called Lankâ time, and 6 a.m. at Lankâ is the mean sunrise from which all times are, in the first instance, calculated. The time marked in Table XII is invariably Lankâ time, *i.e.*, time reckoned from 6 a.m. at Lankâ. The correction to be made at the present epoch (A.D. 1840 to A.D. 1920) in order to deduce the actual time from local sunrise at thirty of the most important places in India is given in seconds of time in the column "Total Correction" in Table XIII. In no calendar that we are aware of is the correction worked out for so many places in India in a shape ready for instant use.