Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 c11.30

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45. Besides the system of the division of the moon's path among the stars into 27 equal nakshatra spaces, there are two others, called Garga's system and Brahma's system, by which the sidereal month of 27·32166 days is divided into 27 convenient but unequal stages. Our Table III gives the collective duration of the nakshatras according to the unequal systems, and the ending moment of each nakshatra according to either of these systems can be found by adding the corresponding collective duration to the ending moment of the last Nakshatra Revatī, which should be first determined. We have also given in Table III the names of the deities presiding over the several nakshatras.