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of the Hindoos, and its Divisions, 
which begins with an invocation to the Deity, and then gives 
a whimsical account of the four Yoogas, or ages, and of the 
inferiority of each succeeding age to that preceding it, and 
concludes with astrological remarks. 
There are no titles to any of the columns of which the al- 
manacs are composed, nor is any explanation of them given 
in any part of the work ; but by a careful examination of the 
numbers, a person acquainted with astronomical computations 
may, without much difficulty, find out their meaning. 
The calendar part contains one page for each half of the 
lunar month. At the top of each page is given the year of 
the eras of Veekramadeetya and Salavahana. After this comes 
the name of the month, and in one almanac is given also the 
name and number of the month used by the Mahometans. 
The part below this consists of eleven columns. The first 
gives the day of the month, according to the civil reckoning ; 
the next the day of the week ; and the two following contain 
the time of the day, that is the danda and pala at which the 
lunar teethee ends. The fifth column contains the name 
of the nakshatra * which the moon quits during the course 
of the day ; and the two next shew the time at which she 
quits it. 
The three next columns are very odd ; they serve to shew 
the moon's place in what may be called a moveable zodiac, 
the first point of which moves backwards with the same velo- 
city with which the sun moves forwards, and coincides with 
the sun at the beginning and middle of the Hindoo year. 
This zodiac is divided into twenty-seven equal parts, and the 
* Otherwise called the 27 lunar mansions. 
