2.In this calendar the date of an event takes the following form: month, fortnight (either waning or waxingMoon), name (usually the number) of the tithi in that fortnight, and the year of that era which the writer follows.
7.As it circles our planet, the changing position of the Moon with respect to the Sun causes our natural satellite to cycle through a series of phases:New, New Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Old Crescent and back to New again.