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
Adhik Maas "adhika"; "maal", "māla"; "maas", "maasa", "mās", "māsa", "mas", "mass". This is the thirteenth month of the lunar calendar. Adhik Maas adopts the name of the month that follows. Purushottam Maas is considered inauspicious and no activities like weddings or moving into a new house are conducted. It is a time for prayer, fasting, charity, and self-improvement. According to "Vasishtha Siddhantha" (the treatise of Vasishtha), Purushottam Maas or the extra lunar month occurs after every 32 months, 16 days and 8 "ghati". (A "ghati" is th of a sidereal day, approximately 24 minutes, so 8 "ghati" is about 3 hours.) In