462 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ November, 1906. 
On the undermentioned days poisonous snakes ( A ata) will 
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rise from beueath the earth, causing diseases to people inhaling 
their breaths :— 
; lst November 1906; 12th November 1906; 13th Hocembae 1906 ; 
December 1906; 19th Jannary 1907; 20th January 1907; and 14th February 
1907, 
The Tibetan heck, whieh poalebande in itself the clei 
tions of the Chinese and Indian Astrologies, has been re con- 
siderably complex by the inclusion in it of the Buddhist Metaphy- 
sics, In the Tibetan Almanac there are noted not only the auspi- 
cious and inauspicious junctures (att Ss ) of the be Astro- 
logy such as Siddhiyoga ( fataata 5EAI ys ) etc., but also 
favourable and unfavourable _prognostications are made from the 
Chinese diagrams (Pah-Kwah, JAA) such as Li (Fire), ‘Khon 
(Harth), Dwa (Iron), Khen (Sky), Kham (Water), Gin (Hill), 
Zin (Wood), Zone (Air), and Yos (Hare), Hbrug (Thunder), 
Sbrul (Snake), etc. Terms of the Tibetan Metaphysics are also 
assigned to particular days with a view to mark them as auspi- 
cious or inauspicious, Thus days are marked as sy RAT EJ | 
AY] 3ay-0R | (Avidya, Samskara, Vijiiana), etc. The influ-” 
ence of the Indian Astrology seems, however, to be predominant. 
Thus, though the first month of the Tibetan year begins on 
Tebeuney, the Tibetan Almanac opens with the 3rd Tibetan 
month in April, corresponding to the first month of the 
Hindus. 
