[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c81.862 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.862 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.862 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.862) The twelve Saṅkrāntis in the year are grouped into four classes, viz. there are two \*ayana\* saṅkrāntis (that is Makara-saṅkrānti from which \*udagayana\* starts and Karkaṭa-saṅkrānti from which Dakṣiṇāyana starts), two Viṣuva saṅkrāntis (that is, Meṣa and Tulā saṅkrāntis when the day and night are equal in length), the four saṅkrāntis called Saḍaśīti or Ṣaḍaśīti-mukha (i. e. Mithuna, Kanyā, Dhanus and Mīna) and Viṣṇupadī or Viṣṇupada (that is, Vṛṣabha, Siṁha, Vṛścika and Kumbha).⁵⁵⁰ - [Previous: v6.c81.861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.861) - [Next: v6.c81.863](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.863) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.862) · Pramāṇa