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 c26.17
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 c26.17
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161. Next, suppose the reader wishes to know the ending moment of the 8th tithi or *ashṭamī* in the bright fortnight following the new moon of 6th July 1910. For this we have to calculate first of all the *mean* ending moment of the 8th tithi, and then its *actual* ending moment. The mean ending moment is given by adding the collective duration of 8 tithis according to the Eye-table to the *mean* moment of new moon.