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Sajjana Singh Lishk & S. D. Sharma Second month of Grişma.. Citra (a Verginis) for 14 ahorātras, Svāti (a Bootis) for 15 ahorätras, Visākha (a Libra) for one ahoratra
Third month of Grüşama. . Višākha (a Libra) for 14 ahoratras, Anuradhā (8 Scorpii) for 8., ahorātras. Jyesthā (a Scorpii) for 7 ahorāțras and Mula (^ Scorpii) for one ahoratra.
Fourth month of Grişama.. Mula Scorpii) for 14 ahorātras, Purvaşadhā (8 Sagittarii) for 15 ahorātras, and Uttarāsādhā ( Sagittarii) for ono ahorātra."
These data may be seen at a glance in table No. 4
TABLE No. 4
Table of Nakşatras (asterisms) and their number of ahorātras (days and nights) associated with different months of the year.
Season
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Varşa (Rainy)
Sr. No. of Nakşatras and their number of ahorãtras (days month
and nights). Uttarāsadhā 14, Abhijit 7 Sravaņa 8, Dhanisthā 1. Dhanisthā 14, Satabhişā 7. Pūrvābhādrapada 8, Uttarābhādrapada 1.. Uttarābhādrarada 14, Revati 15, Aśvini 1. Ašvini 14, Bharan 15, Kșttikā 1., Kșttikā 14, Rohiņi 15, Mrgaśīrsa 1, Mrgasirşa 14, Ārdrā 8, Punarvasu 7. Pusya 1 Pusya 14, Āśleśā 15, Maghā 1 Magha 14, Pūrvāphālguņi 15, Uttarāphalguni 1 Uttaraphā!guni 14, Hasta 15, Citrā 1 Citrā 14, Svāti 15, Višākhā 1 Visakha 14, Aunrādhā 8, Jyethā 7, Mula 1 Müla 14, Pūrvāşādhā 15, Uttarāsādhā 1.
Hemanta (Winter)
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Grisma (Summer).
This shows that twenty individual pakşatras (asterisms) plus four pairs of nakşatras (asterisms )i.e, Abhijit ( Lyrae) and Śravaņa (a Aquilae), satabhişā ( Aquarii) and Pūrvābhādrapada (a Pegasi), Ārdrā (a Orionis) and Punarvasu (B Geminorum) and Anuradhā (8 Scorpii) and Jyesthā (« Scorpii) have been allocated 15 saura days each. This hints upon a 24-fold division of the zodiacal circumference comprised of 360 saura days (one saura day equals the time taken by the Sun to move on 1/360th part of zodiacal circle).
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