360 Days Versus 365 Days Ayear

Reservation on using 360 lunar days year ================================= Followers of 360-day year (whether 360 civil-days year or 360 lunar-days year) presume that this denition of year is dierent from solar calendar! "owever# $ consider it a misconception! misconception! Firstly# $ try to e%plain 360 lunar-days year! &ut actually 360 lunar-days calendar is not a stand-alone lunar year! 'he so-called lunar calendar of $ndia is ' at all lunar# *ut +uni-,olar! ro*a*ly# "i.ra ($slamic) calendar is the only purely lunar calendar that /eeps drifting reverse and in no way related to ,un! n the other hand# $ndian luni-solar calendar is constituted *y tithi (lunar-day)!  tithi is a time-span when dierence *1w 2oon and ,un changes e%actly 4 degree! ,o the role of ,un is very much there in the root of tithi!  'he elongation of a lunar-day lunar-day or tithi may may vary# depending on velocity of luminaries# *ut has mean of 43h53m547s! $n this way# =8 30 tithi = 49!:306 savan days! =8 360 tithi = 3:;!364 savan days! "ere savan day stands for civil day# from one sunrise to ne%t sunrise! ,avan or civil day is *asic reference point for nding wee/days and comparing dierence calendars!  'here e%ist e%ist variety of +uni-,olar +uni-,olar calendars calendars in $ndia $ndia (es# 3 lunar months (due to adhi/a-maasa)! =8 3 luni-solar years ? 36 lunar months =8 3 luni-solar years = 3 lunar months = 0 tithi (appro%imately)! (appro%imately)! fter every few years @leap or intercalary month@ (adhi/a-maasa) is generally added to luni-solar calendar# in order to align it with solar calendar! ll $ndians accept and practice this ad.ustment# *ecause itAs a centuries-old tradition! &ut what in 40th century! 'he proponents of 360 lunar-days year do ' consider adhi/a-maasa ad.ustment while dealing with dashas! 'hey /eep adding 360 tithis (=3:;!364 savan days) for all upcoming years# without any

ad.ustment! ,imilarly# computer programs developed on this misunderstandings# ta/e 360 tithis as seed without adding leap-month# while calculating dasha! For e%ampleB Computer assumes5 ,un 2ahadasha = 6 year = 6 % 360 tithis = 460 tithis! &ut in reality5 6 year = 6 % 360 tithis D 60 tithis (i!e! D 4 adhi/amaasa) = 4440 tithis! $f leap-month (adhi/a-maasa) is *eing added while computing dasha (*ased on 360 lunar-days year) then ,olar >ear and +uni-,olar >ear will ultimately coincide! >et# it is *etter to rely on 'rue ,idereal >ear! E%ample -----------,uppose a person was *orn on 'hursday cto*er # 9; midday in ew elhi! Guestion5 Hhat will *e his age today5 (a) according to +uni-,olar Calendar# (*) according to ,olar CalendarI nswer-(a) &irth5 cto*er # 9;! Convert *irthdate into luni-solar $ndian calendar =8 shvin 3# 736 ,ha/a Era# or 9
ow if the a*ove Nuestion is forwarded to a person who presumes that $ndian calendar is purely lunar and *ased on 360 tithi! "e would compute the age in follower manner! First the dierence of days *etween 0-0-40; and 0-0-9; = 36#:4: savan days! =8 36#:4:13:;!364 = 03!0 years Hithout leap-month luni-solar formula# the native was reached his 00th year three years *ac/ on cto*er 7# 40! nd has now crossed 03rd years! 2y reservation is5 should we add num*er of years in luni-solar calendar (