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 c31.2

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225. The uses of these important tables will have become familiar from the explanation of Table VIII, contained in Sec. 223 and elsewhere. They enable us in fact to use Table VIII, whether for the Sûrya Siddhânta or for the Ârya Siddhânta, and whether for Solar or for Luni-Solar dates. Instead of giving constants, as Prof. Jacobi has done, for K.Y. 3100, 3200, etc., we have given constants for K.Y. 3101, 3201, etc., being the equivalents of A.D. century years. We thereby arrive at a very simple, and at the same time handy, method of determining the A.D. month, day and fraction of day, marking the commencement of any Hindu solar year. We believe it is the first time that this method has been used for this particular purpose.