Singhalese Chronology. 187 



The length of each of the twelve solar months, or the time 

 during which the Sun continues in any one of the Rasies, is 

 given in the following Table. 



d. p. w. 



Mesa 30 55 32 



Warsabha 31 24 12 



Mithuna 31 36 38 



Kataka 31 28 12 



Singha. 31 2 10 



Kanya , 30 27 22 



Tula 29 54 7 



Wurchika 29 30 24 



Dhanu 29 29 53 



Makara 29 18 7 



Kumbha 29 48 33 



Mlna 30 20 21 



Total 365 15 31 



From this table it appears, that the Sun does not pass 

 through every Rasi in an equal length of time ; he sojourns 

 the longest time in Mithuna, being 31 d. 36 p. 38 w. 

 From thence he continues less and less in every successive 

 Rasi, until he comes to Makara, where he passes only 29 d. 

 18 p. 7 w. From Makara, again, the time of the Sun's 

 sojourn in each Rasi successively becomes longer and longer, 

 till he comes up to Mithuna again. The difference of the 

 Sun's longest and shortest sojourn in these two Rasies is 

 2 d. 18 p. 31 w. 



The longest day here is said to be 31 p. 22 w., and the 

 shortest 28 p. 38 w., or according to English reckoning, the 

 longest day is 12 hours and 31 minutes, and the shortest 

 day is 11 hours and 29 minutes. In order to find the 

 gradual change of the different length of day and night, the 

 following table is given. 



