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The following table shows the additions to be made to the 

 figures given in the foregoing tables to ascertain the correct 

 time : — 





The Time in 



The Time in 



The Time in 





the First Ten 



the Middle 



the Last Ten 



Name of Month. 



Days. 



Ten Days. 



Tin 



ua 







Pi vara 



J- X V.CUJLCU. 



Angcil. 



Pi vfi.ra, 



J. IV Hj! CU. 





Piyara. 



Angal. 



Mesa 







8 







11 



1 



7 



Varsabha 



1 



11 



2 



2 



2 



5 



Mituna 



2 



6 



2 



8 



2 



6 



Kataka 



2 



6 



2 







1 



9 



Sinha 



1 



4 



1 











7 



Kanni 



1 







1 



4 



2 



4 



Tula 



2 



4 



2 



10 



3 



6 



Varchika 



3 



7 



3 



10 



4 







Dhanu ... 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



Makara 



4 



2 



3 



10 



3 



6 



Kumbha 



3 







2 



6 



2 



6 



Mina 



1 



4 



1 



4 







6 



The village husbandman has a graphic way of conveying 

 to others the time at which something or other occurred. 

 First and foremost, — and very early it is too, — is cockcrow. 

 Not content with the general term, he distinguishes two 

 "cockcrows," called first and second cockcrows. The first 

 occurs about 3 A.M., and is a mere prelude to the real or 

 second cockcrow, which occurs about 4.30 A.M., when — 



The cock with lively din 

 Scatters the rear of darkness thin. 



This immediately precedes dawn (elivenawd, ude, or 

 davasdebdge). Dawn is also called aluyama, aliyama mean- 

 ing light, pdndara (pahan "light" and dara "to bear") 

 vaitdla. 



Several expressions are used to denote the advance of 

 morn. Vatin godin eliya vetenawa, " light falls on hill and 

 dale"; mppeyo kin bin gdna veldiva, " the time when birds fill 



