History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.874

v6.c82.874

These arrangements would ensure that the religious observances determined by the sun such as the Viṣūva-saṅkrānti, Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti and Dakṣiṇāyana-saṅkrānti would follow astronomically correct seasons, but those determined by the lunar calendar would continue to be observed in times conforming to the present practice and the correction introduced by this report in the length of the year would prevent their further shift in relation to the seasons.