The Arctic Home in the Vedas c11.42

c11.42

| Parts. | Days. |
| 1. The introductory Atirâtra . . . . . | 1 |
| 2. The Chaturvimsha day, otherwise called the Ârambha-nîya (Ait. Br. IV. 12), or the Prâyanîya (Tâṇḍ. Br. IV, 2), the real beginning of the Sattra . . . . . | 1 |
| 3. Four Abhiplava, followed by one Pṛiṣṭhya ṣaḷaha each month ; continued in this way for five months... | 150 |
| 4. Three Abhiplava and one Pṛiṣṭhya ṣaḷaha . . . . . | 24 |
| 5. The Abhijit day . . . . . | 1 |
| 6. The three Svara-Sâman days . . . . . | 3 |
| 7. The Viṣhuvân or the Central day, which stands by itself, i. e., not counted in the total of the Sattra days. | |
| 8. The three Svara-Sâman days . . . . . | 3 |
| 9. The Viṣhvajit day . . . . . | 1 |
| 10. One Pṛiṣṭhya and three Abhiplava ṣaḷahas . . . . . | 24 |
| 11. One Pṛiṣṭhya and four Abhiplava ṣaḷahas each month ; continued in this way for four months . . . . . | 120 |
| 12. Three Abhiplava ṣaḷahas, one Go-ṣṭoma, one Âyu-ṣṭoma, and one Dasharâtra (the ten days of Dvâdashâha), making up one month . . . . . | 30 |
| 13. The Mahâvrata day, corresponding to the Chaturvimsha day at the beginning . . . . . | 1 |
| 14. The concluding Atirâtra . . . . . | 1 |
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| Total Days........ | 360. |