Indian Epigraphy c15.t1.25

c15.t1.25

A lunar month consists of two fortnights or *pakṣas*, viz. dark and bright. The fifteen *tithis* or lunar days of either of the dark or bright fortnight, called respectively the *kṛṣṇa* or *bahula* and the *śukla*, are counted from 1 to 15. In North India, the lunar month is generally counted as *Pūrṇimānta*, i.e. ‘ending in the full-moon (i.e. sudi 15)’ or lasting from *Kṛṣṇa* (i.e. badi) 1 to *Śukla* (i.e. sudi ) 15, while, in the land to the south of the Narmadā, the lunar month is *Amānta*, i.e. it begins on *Śukla* (sudi) 1 and ends with the new-moon (i.e. badi 15).²