The Auspicious Timing of Ganpati

Mu. Ga. likely abbreviations for "Muhurta Ganita," the calculation of auspicious time ...added to the number four 4, divided by one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five original: "vana-shaila-gajendra-indu"; using the "Katapayadi" or "Bhuta-sankhya" system where Bana=5, Shaila=7, Gaja=8, Indu=1, read right-to-left as 1875 || 6 || Added to one hundred thousand 100,000 and divided by sixty, the remainders are the elapsed years according to the Jovian 1 measure The Jovian or "Barhaspatya" cycle tracks time based on Jupiter's transit through the zodiac, starting from the year Prabhava in their proper order. || 7 ||

Now, the Names of the Sixty Years

The years are: Prabhava, Vibhava, Shukla, Pramoda, and then Prajapati; Angiras, Shrimukha, Bhava, Yuva, Dhata, and likewise Ishvara; || 8 || Bahudhanya, Pramathi, Vikrama, and then Vatsara usually known as Vrishapra or Vishvavasu in other traditions; Chitrabhanu, Subhanu, Tarana, Parthiva, and Vyaya; || 9 || Sarvajit, Sarvadhari, Virodhi, Vikrita, Khara; Nandana, Vijaya, Jaya, Manmatha, and Durmukha; || 10 || Hemalamba, Vilamba, Vikari, Sharvari, and Plava; Shubhakrit, Shobhana, Krodhi, Vishvavasu, and Parabhava; || 11 || Plavanga, Kilaka, Saumya, Sadharana, Virodhikrita; Paridhavi, Pramathi, Pramoda, Rakshasa, and Anala; || 12 || Pingala, Kalayukta, Siddhartha, Raudra, and Durmati; Dundubhi, Rudhirodgari, Raktaksha, Krodhana, and Kshaya. || 13 || These are the sixty years SamvatsaraA full cycle of 60 years in the Hindu calendar proclaimed in their sequence. The wise should understand that the fruit the astrological influence or omen of each year corresponds to its name. || 14 || l 2

Now, the Calculation of the Year for the Region South of the Reva River

The Shaka era The Shaka calendar era starts in 78 CE and is widely used in Indian astronomy year is first increased by ten... Rama / 1