Siddhanta Parity API Documentation - v1.3.0
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    • Get the name of the Lunar Month.

      [Ch. XIV, v.1-3]

      Siddhantic Proof: Manadhya (Systems of Measurement) v.1

      Sanskrit (Devanagari):

      ब्राह्मं दिव्यं तथा पित्र्यं प्राजापत्यं च गौरवम्‌। सौरञ्च सावनं चान्द्रमाक्षं मानानि वै नव।।

      Translation (Burgess):

      The Brahma, the Divya, the Pitrya, the Prajapatya, the Gaurava (Jovian), the Saura (solar), the Savana, the Chandra, and the Nakshatra - these are the nine systems of measurement.

      Siddhantic Proof: Manadhya (Systems of Measurement) v.1

      Sanskrit (Devanagari):

      ब्राह्मं दिव्यं तथा पित्र्यं प्राजापत्यं च गौरवम्‌। सौरञ्च सावनं चान्द्रमाक्षं मानानि वै नव।।

      Translation (Burgess):

      The Brahma, the Divya, the Pitrya, the Prajapatya, the Gaurava (Jovian), the Saura (solar), the Savana, the Chandra, and the Nakshatra - these are the nine systems of measurement.

      Traditional lunar months (Meshadi) are named based on the solar Rashi occupied by the Sun at the preceding New Moon.

      Parameters

      • ahargana: number

        Current day count

      • system: "amanta" | "purnimanta" = 'purnimanta'

        Naming system ('amanta' or 'purnimanta')

      • OptionalinjectedPaksha: boolean
      • OptionalinjectedSunAtNM1: number
      • OptionalinjectedSunAtNM2: number

      Returns string

      The traditional month name (e.g., 'Chaitra')