Tulā calculates the duration of Tula to be 29 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes and 24 seconds. In contrast, the "Arya Siddhanta" calculates the duration of the Tula month to be 29 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and 48 seconds. The Indian solar month names are significant in epigraphical studies of South Asia. For example, "Tula" month, along with other solar months, are found inscribed in medieval era Hindu temples. Tula is also an astrological sign in Indian horoscope systems, corresponding to Libra (astrology). Tulā Tulā is one of the twelve months in Indian solar calendar. Tula corresponds to the zodiacal
Calendar year ("leap days" or "intercalary days"). The Gregorian year, which is in use in most of the world, begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. It has a length of 365 days in an ordinary year, with 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, or 31,536,000 seconds; but 366 days in a leap year, with 8,784 hours, 527,040 minutes, or 31,622,400 seconds. With 97 leap years every 400 years, the year has an average length of 365.2425 days. Other formula-based calendars can have lengths which are further out of step with the solar cycle: for example, the Julian calendar has an average