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Addenduin. 



[No. 3^, 



of reckoning may be seen in Oriental Historical M.SS. vol. 2, 

 p. 121, or with the northern orthography in Campbell's 

 Telugu Dictionary, Appendix p. 10, 11. The Tamil solar 

 months are : 



1. Tai, Jan. 12, to Feb. 11. 

 Masi, Feb. 12, to Mar. 11. 

 Panguni, Mar. 12, to April 11. 

 Chittari, April 12, to May 12. 

 Vaiyasi, May 13, to June 12. 

 Ani, June 13, to July 14. 



The Northern solar months are 



1. Meslia,* aries, March, April. 



2. Vrisha, taurus, April, May. 



3. Mithuna, gemini. May, June. 



4. Carcata, cancer, June, July. 



5. Sinha, leo, July, August. 



6. Cany a, yii'go, Aug. Sept. 



7. Adi, July 15, to Aug. 14. 



8. Avani, Aug. 15, to Sept. 14. 



9. Piratasi, Sept. 15, to Oct. 15. 



10. Arapisi, Oct. 16, to Nov. 14. 



11. Carticeya, Nov. 15, to Dec 13. 



12. MargaH, Dec. 14, to Jan. 11. 



7. Tula, libra, Sept., October. 



8. Vrishchica, scorpio, Oct., Nov. 



9. Dhanus, sagittariu.s, Nov. Dec. 



10. Macara, Capricorn, Dec. Jan. 



11. Cumbha, aquarius, Jan. Feb. 



12. Mina, pisces, February, March. 



With the Northern solar months, the lunar months are made to 

 coincide, by intercalations. Each lunar month is divided into 

 two, or more A^acshetras, termed mansions, and as 2^ Nacshetras 

 correspond with one zodiacal sign, or thereabouts, it follows that 

 there are only 27 lunar mansions, with an Abhijit, or intercalary 

 portion. 



Observe first the general coincidence of Solar and Lunar months. 





Solar. 



Lunar. 



Solar. 



Lunar. 



1. 



M esha. 



Aswini. 



7. Tula. 



Chaitra- 



2. 



Vrisha. 



Cartica. 



8. Vaishchica. 



Vaisac'ha. 



3. 



Mithuna. 



Margasir- 



9. Dhanus. 



Jyaisht'ha. 







sha or Agrahayan. 



10. Macara. 



Ashara. 



4. 



Carcata. 



Paush. 



1 1. Cumbha. 



Sravana. 



5. 



Sinha. 



Magha. 



12. Mina. 



Bhadra. 



6. 



Canga. 



Phalguna. 







Where mention occurs of the lunar month, the corresponding 

 Bolar month is hereby seen ; and the corresponding Tamil solar 

 month can be found, by looking back, with sufficient accuracy. 



The next thing is the correspondence of the lunar mansion with 

 the lunar months ; as follows : 



Anciently coinciding with the middle of April, N. S. 



