The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c6.2

c6.2

Primitive calendar co-eval with the sacrificial system—Prajâpati = Yajna = *Samvatsara*—Civil or *sâvana* days—*Sâyana* and lunar months—Lunar and solar years—Intercalary days and months in Vedic times—Solar year was siderial and not tropical—Old beginning of the year and the sacrifice.—The Vishuvân day—Vernal equinox and winter solstice—Uttarâyana and Dakshinâyana—Devayâna and Pitriyâna—Their original meaning—Bhâskarâchârya’s mistake about the day of the Devas—The two year beginnings were subsequently utilised for different purposes.