History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.669.3

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(30½ days in a month), the lunar month a half day less (i. e. 29½ days), the nākṣatra month is of 27 days, the intercalary month is of 32 days ( *or* occurs in the 32nd month?), the month is of 35 days (for the wages) of those who tend horses and of 40 days for those who are keepers of elephants. The month for workmen was of 30 days, but it need not have coincided with Full Moon or New Moon, while lunar months end with amāvāsyā or pūrṇimā. The Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta quoted by Utpala on Bṛhat-saṁhitā II 4 p 40 provides that from the saura reckoning one derives the extent of Yuga, the year, Viṣuvat, Ayana, seasons, the increase and decrease in the length of the day and night, from the cāndra the details about tithis, karaṇas, intercalary month or *kṣaya* month, all acts to be performed at night; from *sāvana* reckoning sacrifices, the *savanas* (the three soma libations) the motions of planets, fasts, impurities on birth and death, medical treatment, expiations and other religious rites Vide Viṣṇudharmottara I. 72. 26-27 for similar verses.