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calculations, this may well be transferred to a century, when Java 

 Sinha, it is said, translated the Logarithmic Tables into Sanscrit and 

 introduced many corrections into the Hindu Science of Astronomy 

 But the exact date of the correction of the Hindu year cannot be 

 ascertained before the Sanscrit works of Jaya Siiiha are brought to 

 light. 



The table shows the Hindu months with the corresponding English 

 months at two different epochs. 

 Precession of the equinoxes 0° 0' 0". Precession 3° 10' 



Va.eakha, r March and April, April and May ' 



Jyaishtha, b April and May, M wd JnM 



Ashadha, n May and June, JlIne all( , j. 



fravana, a J une md J nlVj Jnly ^ _ 



Bhadra, h J„ ly .ndAnguat, Ali&ngt alu , g 



Acvma, m August and Sept., Sept. and Oct. 



Kart.ka, - Sept. and Oct., Oct. and Nov 



^grahayana, n. Oct. and Nov Nov. and Dec 



Pausha, t Nov. and Dec, Dec . am , Jan 



Magna, y, Dec. and Jan, Jan . an( , ¥ ^ 



Pndguna, S Dec. and Feb, Feb am) ^ 



^A P ^ a Feb - andMarCh ' March and April. 



in A C. 538 when the Hindu year commenced with Vaieakha in 

 Apvini the sun . longitude was 0° 0' and that of the moon 2° 12' 



That the year should begin in one of the equinoxes or solstic'es is 

 very natural, they are the four principal points in the heavens The 

 commencement of the year from the vernal equinox dates from great 

 J ; T The ~ ° f «<™ b*- ^th the vernal equinox 



1 xr or r ; The Hindu year > howeve '-' - -2* — 



be c an wrth the wmter solst.ee. The derivation of the name A'cvina 

 peaks a htstory. A 9 vini being the first of the 27 asterisms and 

 .one supposed by the Hindus to be coincident with the sign Aries 

 ■determmes the beginning of the yea,. The month having a full 



C°e n of TT Hsm , is called AVina - The con J' Hnction - ^ 



tude of the three, the moon, the sun and the asterism may naturally 

 N looked upon as the starting point of heavenly motion. The ex- 

 Wanatmn given by Amara Sinha, the lexicographer, that the month 

 '« wh.ch the full moon happens in Acvini is A'cvina clears all doubt 



