Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.9

v2.c4.s9.9

Its duration was, according to the concurrent evidence of the Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas, 360 days, divided into 12 months, being, no doubt, roughly a lunar synodic year, which, however, it exceeded in length by 6 days.² As a solar year it appears only in the Nidāna Sūtra³ of the Sāmaveda, where the sun is stated to spend 13⅓ days in each of the 27 Nakṣatras.