Indian Antiquary Vol 17

Author(s): John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JANUARY, 1888.
Antya-pâdam akhilar tat adya-chatasrð nádyclusive; with Jupiter's apparent longitudes at Haribhasya,"this is the longitude of Abhi- the time, and his nakshatras determined from jit; the whole last quarter of Visvedeva those longitudes. The dates of the risings of (Uttara-AshAdha), (and) the first four gharis Jupiter are taken from ordinary Panchange (i.e. the fifteenth part) of Haribha (Sravaņa)." in my possession, printed in different Presses And other later authorities give the same role. at various places. The lanar months in which A quarter of a nakshatra is 3 degrees, 20 the risings took place, are all given by the minutes; and a fifteenth part is 53 minutes, Amanta southern reckoning. The longitude 20 seconds; and the sum of the two amounts of Jupiter at each rising, is calculated from his to 4 degrees, 13 minutes, 20 seconds. In other longitude, given in the Panchångs, at some words, Abhijit consists of nineteen parts; of stated interval; for instance, of seven or fifteen which the first fifteen come from, and properly days. In naming the nakshatras, the Brahmabelong to, Uttara-AshAdhâ; and the last four Siddhanta system of unequal spaces, in the come from, and properly belong to, Sravana. last column of Table II. on the lower part And the name of the sasivatsara is to be deter- of page 3 above, is the one that has been mined as AshAdha or Sråvaņa, according to the resorted to. In the last column, the months, particular part of Abhijit in which Jupiter rises. that is the names of the earAvatsaras which
As a practical illustration of the working then began, are given. It will be seen, that of the rules, I give, in Table III., immediately MArgasirsba is omitted in each of these two below, & list, in which the dates of the cycles. Other samvatsaras also may be omitted, heliacal risings of Jupiter are shewn for twenty in the same way, according to the circumfour years, from Saka-Samvat 1780 to 1803 instances of the particular cycle.
TABLE III. Details of two Twelve-year Cyoles of Jupiter.
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Saka-Samvat, expired.
English Date.
Longi. tude of Japiter.
Nakshatra
Month and Name of the Samvatsars
Deg. Min. 1780 Adhika-Jyoshtha sukla 10...7th June, 1858 ... 41° 47' Rähini ..., 1781 Ashadha sukla 14...... 13th July, 1859 ... 77 2 Panarvasu ... ... Pausha. 1782 Sravaņa krishna 13 ... ... 15th August, 1860 ... 110 20 Ablêsha ...... ... MAgha. 1783 Bhadrapada sukla 13 ... ... 16th September, 1861/141 38 Uttari-Phalguni ... PhAlguna. 1784 Åsvina krishna 9 ... ... ... 17th October, 1862... 171 55 Chitra
Chaitra. 1785 Karttika bukla 6 ... ... 16th November, 1868201 32 Visakh ... ... ... Vaisakha. 1786 Märgabfrsha krishna 3 ... 16th December, 1864 232 3 Mala ... ... ... ... Jyêshtha. 1787 Magha sukla 2 ... .. ...
18th January, 1866... 263 48 Uttarl-AshAdhi ... Åshedha. 1788 Mágha krishna 4 ... ... ... 22nd February, 1867 298 o Dhanishthi ... ... Sravana 1790 Chaitra sukla 5 ... ... 29th March, 1868 ... 334 3 Uttara-Bhadrapada.. Bhadrapada. 1791 Adhika-Vaisakha krishna 106th May, 1869-..... 10 27 Agvini .. .
Åsvina. 1792 Jyôshtha sukla 14......
12th June, 1870 ... 46 39 Bohiņł ... .... Karttika. 1793 Sravana sukla 1 ...... 18th July, 1871 ... 81 47 Punarvasu ... ... Pausha. 1794 Śrávana krishna 1 ...... 19th August, 1872 ... 11445 Magha ......... 1793 Bhadrapada krishna 14 20th September, 1873 145 53 Uttard-Phalguni PhAlguna. 1798 Asvina sukla 11 ... ... 21st October, 1874 ... 175 Chitra ...... Chaitra. 1797 Kärttika krishna 8 ... 20th November, 1875205 36 Visakha ... .. ... Vaisakha. 1798 Pausha sukla 1 ...... 16th December, 1876 285 21 Mala ... ... ... ... Jyêshtha. 1799 Pausha sukla 15 ... ... 18th January, 1878... 267 22 Uttard-Ash&dha ... Åsh&dha. 1800 Phálguna sukla 6 ... 27th February, 1879.. 46 Dhanishtha ... ... Sravana 1801 Phálguna krishọa 10 ... ... 4th April, 1880... ... 0 Uttari-Bhadrapad.. Bhadrapada.
... 15 1803) Vaišākha sukla 12... ... ... 11th May, 1881
30 Bharani .........
. .. ... Åsvins.
Magha.