[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) › v2.c4.s9.9 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.9 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.9 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.8) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.10) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.9) · Pramāṇa