Re: Reclaiming the chronology of Bharatam: Narahari Achar

From: G&P
Message: 59275
Date: 2008-06-17

> But the solstice always and by definition falls on ca. 21

> December.

Actually, it moves.  That’s the “precession of the equinoxes”.  It’s due to the wobble of the earth around its axis, like a coin spinning on a table.  The solstice can be (at least) on the 20th, 21st, or 22nd.

Peter