History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.859

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(1) The Śaka era should be used in the unified national calendar. The Śaka year 1876 corresponds to 1954-55 A D

(2) The year should start from the day following the vernal equinox day.

(3) Normal year is to consist of 365 days, while a leap year would have 366 days After adding 78 to the Śaka era year, if the sum is divisible by 4, then it would be a leap year. But when the sum becomes a multiple of 100, it would be a leap year only when it is divisible by 400; otherwise it would be a common year.

(4) Caitra (or Chaitra as often written) should be the first month of the year and the lengths of the different months should be fixed as follows :—