Indian Antiquary Vol 20

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

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JANUARY, 1891.]
THE EASTERN CHALUKYA CHRONOLOGY.
there on the Wednesday. And the moon was in the Maghi nakshatra at sunrise on the Wednesday, by the Brahma-Siddhanta and Garga systems of unequal spaces; and, later on in the day, by also the equal-space system. Under these circumstances, and because this Wednesday seemed to be undoubtedly the real equivalent of the given date, I asked Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit to determine the times accurately; and he has done so, with the following results, in which the times are all for apparent sunrise at Rajamahendri:- Chaitra bukla 10 commenced at 6 gh. 48 p. on the Tuesday, and ended on Wednesday, 13th March, A.D. 664, at 1 gh. 1 p., = 24 min. 24 sec.; and it is the tithi sukla 11 which, ending at 55 gh. 39 p. = 22 hrs. 156 min., on the same day, was the expunged tithi. And on the Wednesday, there was the Magha nakshatra for the moon, by all the three systems. By the equal-space system, it began at 29 ghasis on the Wednesday, and continued during all the rest of the day. By the Garga system of unequal spaces, it began at 45 palas on the Wednesday, and ended at 57 gh. 12 p. on the same day. And by the Brahma. Siddhanta system of unequal spaces, it began at 55 gh. 5 p. on
the Tuesday, and ended at 50 gh. 55 p. on the Wednesday.11 Saka-Samvat 588 current ; Chaitra sukla 10 ended on Sunday, 2nd Maroh, A. D. 665, at about
40 gh. 35 p. Saka-Samvat 589 current ; Chaitra sukla 10 ended on Saturday, 21st March, A.D. 666, at about
42 gh. 30 p. Saka-Sanyat 590 current; Chaitra sukla 10 began on Wednesday, 10th March, A. D. 667, at
about 10 gh. 20 p., and ended on the Thursday, at about 10 gh. 55 p. But the moon was not in the Maghå nakshatra on the Wednesday. Even by the Brahma-Siddhanta system, the moon did not enter Maghå till about 7 hrs. 52 min., = 19 gh. 40 p., On
- the Thursday. Saka-Samvat 591 current; Chaitra sukla 10 ended on Wednesday, 29th March, A. D. 668, at
about 20 palas. And on this day there was the MaghA nakshatra for the moon, by the equal-space system only; it was current at sunrise, and it ended at about 10 hrs. 30 min.; = 26 gh. 15 p. By the Garga system of unequal spaces, it had ended at about 22 hrs. 2 min., = 55 gh. 5 p., and by the Brahma-Siddhanta system of unequal spaces, at about 19 hrs. 24 min., = 48 gh. 30 p.,
on the Tuesday In my published version of this grant, the date was given as lying somewhere about SakaSamvat 591 current (ante, Vol. VII. p. 186). How this statement came to be made and was allowed to stand, especially in the face of the fact that in the same paper a date in the fifth
11 It is not necessary; still, I may mention that on this occasion, simply from want of leisure, I furnished Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit with no information ag to the object that I had in view ; bat gave him merely the details of SakaSathvat 586 expired, Chaitra sukla 10, and asked him to determine with extreme accuracy, for R&jamahêndri, the wook-day and ending time of the tithi, and the nakshatras. - The above results are by the original Sürya-Sid. dhanta. By the present edryo. Siddhanta they are very similar: -The tithi bakla 10 began at 6 gh. 10°p. on the Tuesday, and ended at 82 palas on the Wednesday; and the tithi kukla 11, ending at 55 gh. 20 P. on the same day, was expungod. By the equal-space system, the Magbi nakshatra, for the moon, began at 28 gh. 53 p. on the Wednesday, and continued during all the rest of the day. By the Garga aystem of unequal spaces, it began at 32 palus on the Wednesday, and ended at 57 gh. 13 p. on the same day. And by the Brahma-Siddhanta system unequal apa.ces, it began at 54 gh. 52 p. on the Tuesday, and ended at 60 gh. 51 p. on the Wednesday.-In determine ing the apparent times, only the chara-correction has been taken into account.