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Year converter

This page holds the year converter of the guide on its own. The part of the guide on dates explains the Saka era, the sixty-year cycle and the other elements of a date.

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This converter turns the year of a record into a year of the Common Era. Each step shows its rule and the printed page that gives the rule.

The converter offers the eras of Kakatiya and Chalukya records. These are the Saka era, the Chalukya-Vikrama era, the sixty-year cycle and regnal years. Hijri and Fasli years are also included.

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Accession year of the king (CE, from other evidence)

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Leap years of the 30-year cycle as in Table XVI of Sewell and Dikshit (16th year a leap year) the usual list (15th year a leap year)

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Part of the Fasli year Not known: show both From the New Year's Day to 31 December From 1 January to the next New Year's Day

The sixty year names

The second column follows Table XII of Sewell and Dikshit. The third column gives the spellings that C. P. Brown printed in 1850 for the Telugu and Kannada countries. Brown notes that Vijaya and Jaya frequently change places. Sewell and Dikshit 1896, Table XII, p. cxxi · Brown 1850, pp. 1–2

No.	Sewell and Dikshit	Brown (1850)
1	Prabhava	Prabhava
2	Vibhava	Vibhava
3	Sukla	S′ucla
4	Pramoda	Pramóduta
5	Prajapati	Prajótpatti
6	Angiras	A′ngirasa
7	Srimukha	Srímukha
8	Bhava	Bháva
9	Yuvan	Yuva
10	Dhatri	Dhátu
11	Isvara	I′s′wara
12	Bahudhanya	Bahudhánya
13	Pramathin	Pramádi
14	Vikrama	Vicrama
15	Vrisha	Vishu
16	Chitrabhanu	Chitrabhánu
17	Subhanu	Swabhánu
18	Tarana	Tárana
19	Parthiva	Párthiva
20	Vyaya	Vyaya
21	Sarvajit	Sarvajit
22	Sarvadharin	Sarvadhári
23	Virodhin	Viródhi
24	Vikrita	Vicriti
25	Khara	Khara
26	Nandana	Nandana
27	Vijaya	Vijaya
28	Jaya	Jaya
29	Manmatha	Manmatha
30	Durmukha	Durmukhi
31	Hemalamba	Hévilambi
32	Vilamba	Vilambi
33	Vikarin	Vicári
34	Sarvari	Sárvari
35	Plava	Plava
36	Subhakrit	Subhacrit
37	Sobhana	Sóbhacrit
38	Krodhin	Kródhi
39	Visvavasu	Visvávas
40	Parabhava	Parábhava
41	Plavanga	Plavanga
42	Kilaka	Kílaca
43	Saumya	Saumya
44	Sadharana	Sádháraná
45	Virodhakrit	Viródhicrit
46	Paridhavin	Parídhávi
47	Pramadin	Pramádicha
48	Ananda	A′nanda
49	Rakshasa	Ráxasa
50	Anala	Nala
51	Pingala	Pingala
52	Kalayukta	Kálayucti
53	Siddharthin	Siddhárthi
54	Raudra	Raudri
55	Durmati	Durmati
56	Dundubhi	Dundubhi
57	Rudhirodgarin	Rudiródgári
58	Raktaksha	Ractáxi
59	Krodhana	Kródhana
60	Kshaya	Xaya