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 c7.8

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That is, the first mean new moon in the year A.D. 1910-11, K.Y. 5011, occurs 25·91343 days after the commencement of the solar year, and as the solar year itself commences, as we may see from other columns of the same tables, on Ap. 12·62041 +·58756 *i.e.*, on April 13·20797 it follows that the addition of 25·91343 days, or 39·12140 days from 1 April, in other words 9·12140 days in May 1910, will give us the time of occurrence of the first mean new moon in K.Y. 5011. We may, if we like, convert the decimal places into ghaṭikas and palas or hours and minutes, according to Table XIX or XX, and we shall have as the result, 9th May 1910, 7 ghaṭikas and 17 palas or 2 hours and 55 minutes. This is the time of occurrence of mean new moon. About the actual ending moment of this or any other new moon tithi, we shall learn presently.