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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; APPENDIX III. 167
TABLE X.
Details of two Twelve-Year Cycles of Jupiter.
Śaka-Saṁvat, expired. English Date. Longitude of Jupiter. Nakshatra. Month and Name of the Saṁvatsara.
deg. min.
1780 Adhika-Jyêshṭha śukla 10 . . . . 7th June, 1858 . . 41° 47' Rôhiṇî . . . . Kârttika
1781 Âshâḍha śukla 14 . . 13th July, 1859 . . 77 2 Punarvasu . . . Pausha
1782 Śrâvaṇa kṛishṇa 13 . 15th August, 1860 . 110 20 Âślêshâ . . . Mâgha
1783 Bhâdrapada śukla 13 . 16th September, 1861 141 38 Uttarâ-Phalgunî . Phâlguna
1784 Âśvina kṛishṇa 9 . . 17th October, 1862 . 171 55 Chitrâ . . . . Chaitra
1785 Kârttika śukla 6 . . 16th November, 1863 201 32 Viśâkha . . . Vaiśâkha
1786 Mârgaśîrsha kṛishṇa 3 . 16th December, 1864 232 3 Mûla . . . . Jyêshṭha
1787 Mâgha śukla 2 . . 18th January, 1866 . 263 48 Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ . . Âshâḍha
1788 Mâgha kṛishṇa 4 . . 22nd February, 1867 . 298 0 Dhanishṭhâ . . Śrâvaṇa
1790 Chaitra śukla 5 . . 29th March, 1868 . . 334 3 Uttarâ-Bhâdrapadâ Bhâdrapada
1791 Adhika-Vaiśâkha kṛishṇa 10 . . . . 6th May, 1869 . . 10 27 Aśvinî . . . . Âśvina
1792 Jyêshṭha śukla 14 . . 12th June, 1870 . . 46 39 Rôhiṇî . . . . Kârttika
1793 Śrâvaṇa śukla 1 . . 18th July, 1871 . . 81 47 Punarvasu . . . Pausha
1794 Śrâvaṇa kṛishṇa 1 . . 19th August, 1872 . 114 45 Maghâ . . . . Mâgha
1795 Bhâdrapada kṛishṇa 14 20th September, 1873 145 53 Uttarâ-Phalgunî . Phâlguna
1796 Âśvina śukla 11 . . 21st October, 1874 . 175 52 Chitrâ . . . . Chaitra
1797 Kârttika kṛishṇa 8 . 20th November, 1875 205 36 Viśâkhâ . . . Vaiśâkha
1798 Pausha śukla 1 . . 16th December, 1876 235 21 Mûla . . . . Jyêshṭha
1799 Pausha śukla 15 . . 18th January, 1878 . 267 22 Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ . Âshâḍha
1800 Phâlguna śukla 6 . . 27th February, 1879 . 302 46 Dhanishṭhâ . . Śrâvaṇa
1801 Phâlguna kṛishṇa 10 . 4th April, 1880 . . 339 0 Uttarâ-Bhâdrapadâ Bhâdrapada
1803 Vaiśâkha śukla 12 . . 11th May, 1881 . . 15 30 Bharaṇî . . . Âśvina
the entries of 3/4 and 1 1/6 in the previous sub-column, mark the spaces which differ from the
average space.
Now, the additional nakshatra Abhijit, introduced in this system, is not taken into
account among the nakshatras from which the names of the months are derived.¹ The
question, therefore, occurs,—What name is to be given to the saṁvatsara, when Jupiter
rises in Abhijit? It can be solved thus. Abhijit is considered to be composed of the
last quarter of Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ, and the first fifteenth part of Śravaṇa. This is stated in
the following verse of Vasishṭha, as quoted in the commentary, called Pîyûshadhârâ, on
the Muhûrta-Chintâmaṇi;— Abhijid-bha-bhôgam êtad Viśvêdêv-ântya-pâdam akhilam
tat | âdya-chatasrô nâḍyô Haribhasya,— “this (is) the longitude of Abhijit; the whole
last quarter of Viśvêdêva (Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ), (and) the first four ghaṭis (i.e. the fifteenth
part) of Haribha (Śravaṇa).” And other later authorities give the same rule. A quarter
of a nakshatra is 3 degrees, 20 minutes; and a fifteenth part is 53 minutes, 20 seconds;
and the sum of the two amounts to 4 degrees, 13 minutes, 20 seconds In other
words, Abhijit consists of nineteen parts; of which, the first fifteen come from, and
properly belong to, Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ; and the last four come from, and properly belong to,
Śravaṇa. And the name of the saṁvatsara is to be determined as Âshâḍha or Śravaṇa,
according to the particular part of Abhijit in which Jupiter rises.
As a practical illustration of the application of the rules, I give in Table X.
above, a list, in which the dates of the heliacal risings of Jupiter are shewn for twenty-
¹ See the verse varshâṇi Kârttik-âdîni, &c., at page 162 above.