[INDOLOGY] Date and place of a manuscript

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,

There was a discussion in January about problems with Dr. Yano's Panchanga
on certain browsers and a suggested solution by Charles Li.
See discussion :
https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/2026-January/061610.html

Thanks,
Harry Spier



On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 3:33 AM Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Jean Michel,
>
> I just tried Prof. Yano's Pancanga
> <https://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~yanom/pancanga/index.html>, and it worked
> for me:
>
>   AD 1771  9  18 Wednesday | JD (at noon)= 2368165 | Kali-ahargana= 1779699
> ===============================================================================
>   Pancanga based on Suryasiddhanta (AD 1000 ca)
>     at latitude=23.2, longitude=75.8
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Indian date (luni-solar year and amanta month)  (*) local sunrise... 5h 56m
>    (Nirayana True Longitude at sunrise. Sun:   5s  4d,  Moon:   8s 28d)
>  year(atita):Saka 1693 |Vikrama 1828 |Kali 4872 | ayanamsa: 19d  5m
>              Jovian(North):zubhakRt(36) |Jovian(South):khara(25)
>  lunar month, paksa, and tithi(at sunrise):
>        Bhadrapada Suklapaksa 10 (fraction = 0.497)
>  solar month and day: Kanya   5 (samkranti: on 1771  9 14 at  0h 13m)
>  naksatra.... U-asadha  /  karana...taitila     /  yoga...zobhana
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Martin Gansten
>
>
> Den 2026-10-19 kl. 07:47, skrev Jean Michel DELIRE via INDOLOGY:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Some weeks ago, I submitted to your discernment the analysis of a colophon
> I found in a manuscript from Kota, and I was not at all disappointed by
> your answers.
> This colophon contains the following date : In the year 1693 (śake ® 1771
> AD), bright half [of the month] Bhādra, in the tenth tithi, a Wednesday,
> but I can't translate it into a precise A.D. date, because Yano's program
> seems not to work on the net.
> Do you have better access to that program so that I could find the day and
> month ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jean Michel Delire
>
> Le mer. 2 sept. 2026 à 11:34, Jean Michel DELIRE <
> jeanmicheldelire at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> I recently received a copy of a manuscript from Kota, entitled
>> *rekhāgaṇitalaghubodha, *of which I attach the last folio, with the
>> colophon.
>> The date śake 1693 is given, which corresponds to 1771 AD, compatible
>> with the date of the Jaipur's  *rekhāgaṇita*, with which this manuscript
>> offers some similarities.
>> My question concerns the word preceding the date, that is rāmā(or śarmā
>> ?)kabhūpāla. Does it indicate a king of that period and/or does this
>> word alter the date ? A place is also mentioned : dillīnagare tu
>> korāvakaṭake. Is korāva(or ba) a place near Delhi ?
>> Finally, does anyone know something about the author miśramohanalāla,
>> son of miśrahīrādhara ? And about malikhadvāla ?
>> I don't find anything in Pingree's *CESS*, except a mohanalāla, who
>> lived after 1850 (*CESS*, vol.5, p.317), which is a century too late.
>>
>> Best regards and thanks for your help,
>>
>> Jean Michel Delire, Brussels
>>
>
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