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 c22.23
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 c22.23
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120. Ordinarily, the greatest difference between Siddhânta and Drig-ganita pan-chângams occurs from the 6th to the 10th tithis. For the reason of this divergence, the reader is referred to the article on the Moon in the Encyclopedia Britannica, where we are told that ancient astronomers were unacquainted with the evection and variation, as per-turbing elements of the lunar theory.