On Sunday 11 July 2010 17:00:09 Arun Venkataswamy wrote: > This is because the Tamil calendar year "averages" 365 days for a year. The > length of the months vary from 29 to 32 days. Also the same month can have > 30 days in one year and 31 days in another year. A new month begins with > "sankranthi" (the sun entering a new zodiac sign), but the complication is > brought in because of the fact that if the sankaranthi occurs after sunset > (6 PM) the month starts the next day and an extra day is added to the > current month. >
I was looking at the calendar on my wall - all the days are there and July 1st is always Aani 17th. But in practice this is not so - from what you say and from what I have understood. Therefore the printed tamil calendar can only be accurate with a margin of error of two days. Right? - only the name of the year can be more or less accurate - but even that, for the beginning and the end of the year there is a two day margin of error? -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
