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Samvatsara

Samvatsara(TimeinputTime)

Gets the bSamvatsarab the name of the Hindu lunar year from the 60year Jupiter cycle e.g. Prabhava Vikari Sarwari for a given time. The method 1. scans backward new moon by new moon until it finds the new moon with the Moon in sidereal Pisces this new moon begins the lunar month of Chaitra and Chaitra Shukla Pratipada the day after it is the Hindu lunar new year 2. takes the calendar year in which that Chaitra new moon fell always MarchApril 3. counts years by simple succession modulo 60 from a verified anchor the lunar year beginning at Chaitra 2019 was Vikari 33. Anchor crosschecks from classical literature B.V. Raman My Experiences in Astrology records Vikari as 1899 A.D. 1899 60 60 2019 Ramans Hindu Predictive Astrology Chapter III lists the 60 names in order. Effects of each year are given in Brihat Samhita Adhyaya VIII. Note names follow simple succession the system used by modern pancangas not the meanJupiter motion method with expunged years used in some northern traditions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
inputTime	Time

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Endpoint base: https://api.vedastro.org/api/Calculate/Samvatsara

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