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 c11.8

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38. When we wish to find the ending moment of a nakshatra, the following method is preferable. This method, which is very simple, is indicated in Table XI which is provided in ghaṭikas and palas as well as in decimals of a day. To use this table, we should know the number of the nakshatra and the number of the new moon which the nakshatra follows, i.e., whether it is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th new moon, and so on, and then under the new moon in question we look out the "interval" opposite the number of the given nakshatra. The next step is to deduct from the interval so found the equivalent (according to the Correction Table in Table XI) of the time of occurrence of the first new moon in the Solar Year (given in Table X). The result, added to the date of the New Moon, gives us the mean ending moment of the nakshatra. If we wish to have the absolute ending moment, we take the equation for the nakshatra (Table IX j to l) corresponding to the moon's anomaly, and if we wish further to have the absolute ending moment in local time, we add or subtract the corrections according to Table XIII for the given latitude and longitude.