590 ON THE ANTiaUITY OF 



monih and day : 2d. If the number given, falls in 

 the table before the day on which Bysack begins, — 

 the month and day of the month corresponding will 

 belong to the year following i and must be dated 

 accordingly. 



I. To find the instant the Sun enters a sign or the 

 Sonkranti. 



Precept. With the years expired of the Caliyug 

 enter Table I, and take out the days, &c. correspond- 

 ing : take from Table II, the days, &c. opposite the 

 given month, and add them to the former : divide 

 the days thus found by 7, the remainder will shew 

 the day of the week, and the fraction the time elapsed 

 from 6 A. M. when the Sun enters the sign accord- 

 ing to true motions. 



II. To find the day on which the civil month 

 begins. 



Precept. If the Sun enters the sign between sun 

 rise and midnight, add 1 to the day of the week on 

 which the Sonkranti fallsj but if between midnight 

 and sun rise add 2, and the sum will be the day of 

 the week on which the civil month begins at sun- 

 rise. 



III. To find the corresponding time, according 

 to the European calendar. 



Precept. 1. To the number of days found from 

 Tables 1, and II, add 1 or 2, according as the 

 Sonkranti happens to fall before or after midnight 

 as in the last, and reserve the sum. 2. To the years 

 «^xpired of the Cali yug add 3, and divide the sum 

 by 4 : add to the quotient the years expired of the 

 Cali yugy and subtract the suni from that which you 



reserved. 



