of the Hindoos, and its Divisions. 3S7 
new moon, the natural month. The civil month Visakha be- 
gins at the day after the full moon of that natural month 
which commences at the beginning of the civil year, or, in 
other words, at the day after the full moon of that natural 
month during: which the sun enters the first Hindoo sig;n. 
Jyeshtha begins on the day after the full moon of that na- 
tural month during which the sun enters the second sign, 
and so on. The names of the civil months, with the names 
of the signs which the sun enters during the natural month 
at the full moon of which the civil month begins, are given 
in the following table, to which I have also added the day of 
our month when the sun entered that sign in the latter 
part of the year 1784, and beginning of 1785, taken from 
the Benares almanac, the time of the day being counted 
from sun-rise, and expressed in the Hindoo manner. 
Civil Month. 
Sign. 
Day on which the © 
enters it. 
Visakha - - - 
Mesha ----- 
1784. 
day. dan. pa. 
April - 9, 37, 7 
Jyeshtha - - - 
Vreesha - - - - 
May - 10, 34, 8 
Ashara - - - - 
Meetoona - - - 
June -11, 0, 8 
Sravana - - - 
Karkata - - - - 
July - 22,37,38 
Bhadra - - - - 
Seengha - - - - 
August 13, 7, 11 
Asweena - - - 
Kanya ----- 
Sept. - 13, 7, 36 
Karteeka - - 
Tool a ----- 
Octob. 13, 32, 55 
Margaseersha - - 
V reescheeka - - 
Nov. - 12, 25, 38 
Powsha - - - - 
Dhanoo - - - - 
Decern. 11, 54, 18 
Magha ----- 
Makara - - - - 
1 7 8 A 
Jan. - 10, 13, 11 
Phalgoona - - - 
Koombha 
Feb. - 8, 40, 21 
Chitra ----- 
Meena ----- 
March 10, 30, 38 
