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of the Hindoos, and its Divisions. 
It appears, therefore, that the two parts of the month where 
the intercalation takes place, are separated from each other by 
the interval of the whole intercalary month, and have the word 
Neeja prefixed to them ; and the two parts of the intercalary 
month are called by the same name, but have the word Ad- 
heeka prefixed * 
In these almanacs no notice is taken of the solar months, 
notwithstanding that a column is allotted to the day of the 
Mahometan calendar, which seems to shew that, in the coun- 
tries which use the Benares patra, it is not customary to date 
by the solar month ; for it is very unlikely that the computers 
of these almanacs should have given the days of the Maho- 
metan calendar, and yet have omitted days used in their own. 
In those parts of India which use the Nadeea patra, the case 
is quite different. This almanac contains the name of the solar 
and lunar month, with the corresponding days of the week 
and solar month, and the number of the lunar teethee which 
* What has been here said, agrees perfectly with Mr. Wi l k i ns’s almanacs ; the only 
doubt is, whether there may not be some different method of regulating the month, 
which may also agree with these almanacs, and may be the true one. It is proper, 
therefore, that I should state my reasons for the account here given. Du Champ, 
who seems a very accurate writer, says (see Bailly, p. 320) that he was informed by 
a Hindoo calculator, that whenever the sun enters no sign during a lunar month, that 
month is doubled. This passage agrees very well with these almanacs, if by month 
we mean the time between two new moons; but disagrees entirely with them if we 
mean by it the time between two full moons; and moreover, in Mr. Wilkins’s 
almanac it is the period from one new moon to another, which is called Adheeka. It 
seems certain, therefore, that in this passage the word month must mean what I have 
called the natural month; and that the rule for intercalation is such as I have men- 
tioned, namely, that it shall take place whenever the sun enters no sign during the na- 
tural month. It is certain also that the ordinary civil month begins at the day after the 
full moon ; and granting these two points, I cannot see any way in which the months 
can be regulated so as to differ in substance from what I have said. 
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