Singhalese Chronology. 



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NAMES. P. W. I H. 9 r ' 



Tula.... 4 57 Libra . 1 58 48 



IVurehika 5 15 Scorpio, '2 6 



Dhanu 5 29 Sagitarins 2 11 36 



Makara 5 17 Capricornus... 2 6 48 



Kumbhu 4 43 Aquarius..,.. 1 53 12 



Mina 4 19 Pisces 1 43 36 



From this table it appears that all the Rasies are not of 

 equal size, consequently some take a longer time than others 

 in passing through the horizon. 



Of the twelve Easies. that called Singha, "Iieo" is ap- 

 propriated to the Sun, and the one next before it, called 

 Kataka "Crab," is given to the Moon; the rest of the 

 Easies are appropriated to toe rive ancient planets in the 

 order of their position with regard to the Sun. Thus. 

 Mithnna an :i Kanp". the Basics or signs coraeririg en each 

 side of the mansions of the Sun and Moon, belong to Mer- 

 cury. The two beyond these on each side, namelv TTar- 

 sabha and Tula, are appropriated to Yenus : the two beyond 

 these, namelv Mesa and TVurchika. belong to Mars, "ihe 

 next two, Mina and Dhanu. are the mansions of Jupiter, and 

 the remaining two, Makara and Kumbha, belong to Saturn. 



The Snn. the Mc :n, anl the Planets. move through 

 these Rasies in their courses. 



Aurudda ei the year, 5 * is the time during which the Sun 

 travels through all the twelve Sasies in his course, beginning 

 from the first point of Mesa Rasi. Sixty years make a 

 cycle. The number of the cycle of any given year is found 

 by adding 11 to the given year of S&ka (which is 78 years 

 Itees than the Christian aera) and dividing the sum by 60. 

 The remainder, after this process, is the number of the cycle 

 of the given year ; and if nothing remains, 60 is the cycle. 

 The Singhalese have four <eras bv which thev date the 



