84 Stirga-Siddhanta. The process will be best illustrated and explained by an example. Let it be required to find the sum of days to thhe beginning of Jan. 1, 1880, It is first necessary to know what date corresponds to this in Hindu
- e©koning. We have remarked above that the 4980th year of the Iron
Age is completed in April, 1859; in order to exhibit bhe place in the next following year of the date required, and, at the same time, to present the names and succession of the months, which in this treatise are assumed 8By:nown, and are nowhere stated, we have constructed bhe following skele. tok of a Hindu calendar for the year 4961 of the Iron Age, Sola year uni-Bola Year Anonth. first day. (I. A, 1960) 12. Chitra Max, 13, 1859. (I. A, 4981) 1. Vaibha, Apr 22, ao. 2. Jysishtha, May 13, de. ३. Kahabha, Jubs 1s, do, 4. Q¢h vapa, ३uly 15, do. 5. Bhbarapada, .Aug. 16, do. 8. A t¢vina sept. 16, do. 7. RArthika, pct 16, do. 8. Margs¢¢rsha, No. 16, ad. 9. Pausha, Dec. 16, do. t0. Megha, J al. 28, 1860 1t. Shlguna eb. 11 do. 2. Chitra, May 22 a० mont }} first day. (I. A. 49t.) Chitra. Apr . 4, 1859. , bignkha, May १, ad. 3. Jybiehtha, ype 2, do. A. Babaha. July ३०, ३. ravage, July Bl, ad. 6,Bhadrapada Aug. 20, do. . R. ¢via = Repl28, he. 8. Earsik४, 0ct. 27, do. 9. Morga¢trkha, No. 26, do
- 0. 2ausba, Dec. 25, do.
11. Magha, an. 24, 1860. 12. Phalguna, Heb . 22, do. (I. A. 4962.) 1. Cajta, 1 al. 28, do, The name of the solar months are derived from bhe names of the asterisms (see below, chap. viii) in which, at the time of bheir being first so designated, the moon was full during their continuance. The GEme names are transferred to the lunnz months. Each luna month is divided into two parts ; the irst, called the light half ¢k/ 2pg%xha bright side ""), lasts from new moon to full moon, or while the moon is waxing; the other, called the dark half (lar४h¢t paksha, blaek side '), 188ts from ful ton to new moon, or while the moon is waning. The table shows that Jan. 1 1880, is the eighth day of the tenth month of the 4861st year of bhe Tron Age. The time, then, for which we hava to find he sum of days, is 1,955,884,980 y, 3 m., 7 d. Number of complete years elapsed, multiply by number of solar montha in B year, 1,855,884,960 12 28,470,619,823 Number of months add months elapsed of ourent year whole number ot months elapsed, 28,70,819,829