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== Reconciliations in the Vedanga Jyotisha ==
== Reconciliations in the Vedanga Jyotisha ==
The Vedic literature does have scattered references to many terms that help in understanding the division of time during the vedic times. However, it is the Vedanga jyotisha, the earliest available work dedicated to the field of Astronomy that mentions in detail about the divisions of time that finally evolved from the vedic period. Some facts of note from the Vedanga jyotisha are as follows:
The Vedic literature does have scattered references to many terms that help in understanding the division of time during the vedic times. However, it is the Vedanga jyotisha, the earliest available work dedicated to the field of Astronomy that mentions in detail about the divisions of time that finally evolved from the vedic period. Some facts of note from the Vedanga jyotisha are as follows:
# The five-year yuga of the Vedanga Jyotisha contained 61 civil, 62 lunar, and 67 sidereal months wherein the year consisted of 366 civil days which were reckoned from sunrise to sunrise.
#According to the Vedanga Jyotisha, each yuga was taken to begin with the asterism Shravishtha and the synodic month of Magha, the solar month Tapas and the bright fortnight (parvan), and the northward course of the sun and the moon.<ref name=":5" />
# After every thirty lunar months one intercalary month was inserted to bring about concordance between solar and lunar years.
# The five-year yuga of the Vedanga Jyotisha contained 61 civil, 62 lunar, and 67 sidereal months wherein the year consisted of 366 civil days which were reckoned from sunrise to sunrise or 372 tithis.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" />
# Thus, after every thirty lunar months one intercalary month was inserted to bring about concordance between solar and lunar years.
# Similarly, to equate the number of tithis and civil days in the yuga of five solar years, the thirty full moon tithis which ended between sunrise and midday were omitted.
# Similarly, to equate the number of tithis and civil days in the yuga of five solar years, the thirty full moon tithis which ended between sunrise and midday were omitted.
# There were six seasons of equal duration in every year, each new season beginning after every 61 days.<ref name=":1" />
# There were six seasons of equal duration in every year, each new season beginning after every 61 days.<ref name=":1" />