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 c26.36

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173. *Adhika* or *Trisparsa Tithis* and *Kshaya Tithis*: A tithi which begins on one day, is current for the whole of the next day and ends in the morning of the third day is called an *Adhika* or *Trisparsa* tithi. *Trisparsa* means "touching three days." An example is furnished in the above table by *sukla navami* of the Kanjarûr Panchângam, and *sukla dasami* of our own and the College Panchângam. The fact that a tithi is current for the whole of a day is indicated in the panchângams by entering '60 ghat' as its ending moment, *i.e.*, it does not come to an end all that day. On the other hand, a tithi which begins and ends between one sunrise and another is *kshaya* or in defect and is suppressed. Such a tithi is *krishna saptami* by all three Panchângams in the above table.