[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s20.197 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.197 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.197 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.197) (5) The passages of the Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹⁴⁶ and the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,¹⁴⁷ which treat the full moon in Phālguna as the beginning of the year, give as an alternative the full moon in Caitra. Probably the latter month was chosen so as to secure that the initial day should fall well within the season of spring,¹⁴⁸ and was not, as Jacobi believes, a relic of a period when the winter solstice corresponded with Caitra. Another alternative is the Ekāṣṭakā, interpreted by the commentators as the eighth day after the full moon in Māghās, a time which might, as being the last quarter of the waning half of the old year, well be considered as representing the end of the year. A fourth alternative is the fourth day before full moon; the full moon meant must be that of Caitra, as Ālekhana quoted by Āpastamba held, not of Māgha, as Āśmarathya, Laugākṣi and the Mīmāṃsists believed, and as Tilak believes.¹⁴⁹ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.196) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.198) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.197) · Pramāṇa