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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA sun 51º 2ʹ 52″.[1] And his heliacal rising after the conjunction took place before sunrise of either the 25th May,[2] when his true longitude was 54º 21ʹ (while that of the sun was 64º 23ʹ 35″), or the 26th May, when his true longitude was 54º 35ʹ (while that of the sun was 65º 20ʹ 31″). Whichever of the two days may be absolutely correct, it is clear that before sunrise of the 25th or the 26th May A.D. 518 Jupiter─ since his true longitude in either case was more than 53º 20ʹ─ by all three systems of the nakshatras rose heliacally in the nakshatra Mṛigaśiras, and that therefore the year which then commenced was a Mahâ-Mârgaśîrsha year. That year of course included both the 15th September and the 15th October A.D. 518 ; for Jupiter’s next conjunction with the sun only took place some time before sunrise of the 17th June A.D. 519,[3] and his next heliacal rising about the 1st July A.D. 519,[4] when a Mahâ-Pausha year commenced. I may add that, according to Mr. Dikshit’s calculations, a Mahâ-Mâgha year commenced on the 3rd August A.D. 520, and a Mahâ-Phâlguna year on the 4th September A.D. 521. The result is that the month Kârttika of the Gupta year 199 which is quoted in the date must have fallen in A.D. 518, and that the date probably corresponds to Monday, the 15th October A.D. 518, but may possibly correspond to Saturday, the 15th September A.D. 518. _____________________________ ________________________________________________________________
[1] The calculations which have yielded the above results have all been made according to the Sûrya-siddhânta
By the Ârya-siddhânta, at mean sunrise of the 11th May A.D. 518 the true longitude of Jupiter was 51º 43ʹ, and
that of the sun 51º 4ʹ 18″ ; and at mean sunrise of the 12th May A.D. 518 the true longitude of Jupiter was 51º 57ʹ,
and that of the sun 52º 1ʹ 36″. This shows that, according to the Ârya-siddhânta, the conjunction would have taken
place between one and two hours before mea sunrise of the 12th May A.D. 518.
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