Tulā
Tulā is one of the twelve months in the Indian solar calendar.[1][2][3]
Tula corresponds to the zodiacal sign of
The Tula month is called Aipassi in the Tamil Hindu calendar.[1] The ancient and medieval era Sanskrit texts of India vary in their calculations about the duration of Tula, just like they do with other months. For example, the Surya Siddhanta, dated to c. 400 CE, calculates the duration of Tula to be 29 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes and 24 seconds.[6] In contrast, the Arya Siddhanta calculates the duration of the Tula month to be 29 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and 48 seconds.[6]
The Indian solar month names are significant in epigraphical studies of South Asia. For example, Tula month, along with other solar months, are found inscribed in medieval era Hindu temples.[8]
Tula is also an astrological sign in Indian horoscope systems, corresponding to Libra (astrology).[9]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8.
- ^ a b Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896). The Indian Calendar. S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp. 5–11, 23–29.
- ISBN 978-81-250-2297-8.
- ISBN 978-0-521-88540-9.
- ISBN 978-0-69112-04-85.
- ^ a b c Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896). The Indian Calendar. S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896). The Indian Calendar. S. Sonnenschein & Company. pp. 9–10, 149.
- ^ E Hultzsch (1906). Epigraphia Indica. Education Society Press. pp. 6, 275.
- ISBN 978-81-208-1397-7.
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