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Robert Sewell; Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896).
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418:Agrahayana (Margashirsha)
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178:Calendrical Calculations
81:Capricorn (astrology)
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102:References
59:Kumbh Mela
613:(पुस/पौष)
398:Shraavana
28:Capricorn
645:Category
563:Baishākh
433:Phalguna
383:Vaisakha
605:Mangsir
565:(बैशाख)
489:Vṛścika
469:Karkaṭa
464:Mithuna
459:Vṛṣabha
393:Ashadha
388:Jyeshta
378:Chaitra
128:682–683
39:Sahasya
599:Kāttik
587:Bhadau
504:Kumbha
499:Makara
423:Pausha
413:Kartik
408:Ashvin
403:Bhadra
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51:Kumbha
20:Makara
629:Chait
623:Fāgun
619:(माघ)
494:Dhanu
479:Kanyā
474:Siṃha
454:Mesha
447:Solar
428:Magha
371:Lunar
47:Dhanu
43:Magha
617:Māgh
593:Asoj
581:Sāun
575:Asār
569:Jeṭh
509:Mīna
484:Tulā
316:ISBN
285:ISBN
256:–11.
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187:123
96:Sun
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