The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c8.17

c8.17

It will be clear from the above, *first*, that the theory of the lunar seasons, started by Sâyaṇa to account for the position assigned to the Phâlgunî night in the Vedic works, cannot have a permanent place in the Vedic calendar; *secondly*, even accepting the theory, the beginning of the solar Vasanta might be put off to the month of (lunar) Vaishâkha, but could not be brought back to any day in Phâlguna; and *thirdly*, the express texts in the Brâhmaṇas declaring the Phâlgunî full-moon to be the new-year's night are inconsistent with Sâyaṇa's explanation. We must therefore look for some other solution.