88 SEASONS. 



2nd, The Hindoo, or Limi-Solar Year. 

 The former requires no description, being 

 the most simple of all divisions of time, and 

 well known as the year used by all Ma- 

 homedan nations. The latter is a more com- 

 plicated arrangement, as the months are cal- 

 culated according to the revolutions of the 

 moon ; but the seasons are rendered subser- 

 vient to both solar and lunar year, by the 

 addition of an embolismic month to one of 

 the three seasons successively, every third 

 year ; and at such times the season into which 

 the intercalary month is introduced contains 

 five instead of four lunar months. 



In India proper the year is considered to 

 consist of three seasons of four months each, 

 viz. : — 



1st, the cold season. 

 2nd, the hot season. 

 3rd, the rainy season. 

 The Sindhees reckon only two seasons, viz. : — 

 1st, Si3^aro, or the cold season, six 

 months in duration, from Assan to 

 Phaghan, included. 

 2nd, Unhalo, or Ashar, the hot season, 

 which contains the rest of the months. 



