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 c27: Chapter XXI. Use of Tables XII and XI-A (Nakshatras)

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 c27

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Chapter XXI. Use of Tables XII and XI-A (Nakshatras)

174. We next suppose the reader to be desirous of calculating the nakshatras in order for a particular lunar month. The longest interval between each mean new moon and the mean ending moment of each of the 27 nakshatras following new moon is given in Table XI-A (pp. 134, 135) in days, ghatikas and palas. The interval is subject to a single correction which holds good for the whole of a Solar Year. For the years A.D. 1840 to A.D. 1920 the corrections for Nakshatras are shown in the last column of Table XII "Deduct for Nakshatras". The deduction for the solar year A.D. 1910-11 is 1 day 56 ghatikas 18 palas. Taking, for example, Lunar Âshâdha in this year, we find at p. 134 that the first Nakshatra for Âshâdha from which the deduction can be made is No. 7 Punarvasu, and we proceed to determine the mean ending moment of Punarvasu Nakshatra.

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| | d. | gh. | p. |
| (Table XI-A, p. 134.) Interval for Punarvasu, No. 7 Nak. in "Âshâdha" | 2 | 49 | 41 |
| (Table XII, p. 151.) Deduct for the year 1910-11 | -1 | 56 | 18 |
| | 0 | 53 | 23 |
| *Add* mean ending moment of Âshâdha New moon. (Table XII, p.151.) | July 7 | 10 | 57 |
| Mean ending moment of No. 7 Punarvasu Nakshatra | July 8 | 4 | 20 |

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175. Starting from this point, the following Table illustrates the whole of the processes for determining the ending moment of every nakshatra in the series of 27 from 6th July to 2nd August A.D. 1910. As in the last table, a comparison is also instituted between the ending moments of nakshatras, recorded in the "No. 28" and "College" Panchângams respectively, and those arrived at in the present table on the principles of Sûrya Siddhânta. The reader will note that the agreement among the different panchângams is, in this particular month, closer in regard to nakshatras than in regard to tithis. However, an extreme variation of 5 ghatikas has to be looked for even under nakshatras between Sûrya Siddhânta and Nautical Almanac results.

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Table showing mean and actual ending moment (Lanka time and Madras local time) for each Nakshatra from 6th July 1910 to 2nd August 1910.

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| Name of Nakshatra. | English month and day. | Mean ending moment of Nakshatra. | Moon's mean anomaly | Nakshatra equation (Tab. IX-I). | Actual ending moment of Nakshatra, Lanka time. | Correction for Madras (Tab. XIII). | Actual ending moment of Nakshatra, Madras time. | Kanjanur No. 28 Panchangam. | College Panchangam. | Surya Siddhanta compared with Nautical Almanac. |
| A.D. 1910 | M. | d. gh. p. | d. gh. p. | gh. p. | M. | d. gh. p. | gh. p. | M | d. gh. p. | gh. p. | gh. p | gh. p. |
| Punarvasu ... | July | 8 4 20 | 5 12 25 | - 20 35 | July | 7 43 45 | + 1 30 | July | 7 45 15 | 46 0 | 42 50 | + 2 25 |
| Pushya ... | July | 9 5 3 | 6 13 8 | - 22 20 | July | 8 42 43 | + 1 30 | July | 8 44 13 | 45 23 | 40 27 | + 3 46 |
| Aslesha ... | July | 10 5 46 | 7 13 51 | - 22 59 | July | 9 42 47 | + 1 29 | July | 9 44 16 | 45 54 | 39 36 | + 4 40 |
| Magha ... | July | 11 6 29 | 8 14 34 | - 22 23 | July | 10 44 6 | + 1 29 | July | 10 45 35 | 47 38 | 40 28 | + 5 7 |
| Purva Phalguni ... | July | 12 7 12 | 9 15 17 | - 20 35 | July | 11 46 37 | + 1 28 | July | 11 48 5 | 50 36 | 43 13 | + 4 52 |
| Uttara Phalguni ... | July | 13 7 55 | 10 16 0 | - 17 33 | July | 12 50 22 | + 1 28 | July | 12 51 50 | 54 47 | 47 47 | + 4 3 |
| Hasta ... | July | 14 8 28 | 11 16 43 | - 13 25 | July | 13 55 3 | + 1 27 | July | 13 56 30 | 52 57 | 53 48 | + 2 42 |
| Chitra ... | July | 15 9 11 | 12 17 26 | - 8 22 | July | 15 0 49 | + 1 26 | July *15 | 2 15 | 5 56 | 0 56 | + 1 19 |
| Svati ... | July | 16 9 54 | 13 18 9 | - 2 45 | July | 16 7 9 | + 1 25 | July | 16 8 34 | 12 16 | 8 33 | + 0 1 |
| Visakha ... | July | 17 10 37 | 14 18 52 | + 3 5 | July | 17 13 42 | + 1 25 | July | 17 15 7 | 18 40 | 16 9 | - 1 2 |
| Anuradha ... | July | 18 11 20 | 15 19 35 | + 8 42 | July | 18 20 2 | + 1 24 | July | 18 21 26 | 24 41 | 23 1 | - 1 35 |
| Jyeshtha ... | July | 19 12 3 | 16 20 18 | + 13 42 | July | 19 25 45 | + 1 23 | July | 19 27 8 | 30 3 | 28 53 | - 1 45 |
| Mula ... | July | 20 12 46 | 17 21 1 | + 17 47 | July | 20 30 33 | + 1 23 | July | 20 31 56 | 34 26 | 33 15 | - 1 19 |
| Purva Ashada ... | July | 21 13 29 | 18 21 44 | + 20 45 | July | 21 34 14 | + 1 22 | July | 21 35 36 | 37 17 | 36 11 | - 0 35 |
| Uttara Ashada ... | July | 22 14 12 | 19 22 27 | + 22 29 | July | 22 36 41 | + 1 21 | July | 22 38 2 | 39 43 | 37 42 | + 0 20 |
| Sravana ... | July | 23 14 55 | 20 23 10 | + 22 58 | July | 23 37 53 | + 1 21 | July | 23 39 14 | 40 29 | 37 59 | + 1 15 |
| Sravishta ... | July | 24 15 38 | 21 23 53 | + 22 15 | July | 24 37 53 | + 1 20 | July | 24 39 13 | 40 6 | 37 13 | + 2 0 |
| Satabhisaj ... | July | 25 16 21 | 22 24 36 | + 20 26 | July | 25 36 47 | + 1 20 | July | 25 38 7 | 38 47 | 35 38 | + 2 29 |
| Purva Bhadrapada ... | July | 26 17 4 | 23 25 19 | + 17 39 | July | 26 34 43 | + 1 20 | July | 26 36 3 | 36 15 | 33 25 | + 2 38 |
| Uttara Bhadrapada ... | July | 27 17 47 | 24 26 2 | + 14 5 | July | 27 31 52 | + 1 19 | July | 27 33 11 | 33 16 | 30 44 | + 2 27 |
| Revati ... | July | 28 18 30 | 25 26 45 | + 9 54 | July | 28 28 24 | + 1 19 | July | 28 29 43 | 29 34 | 27 45 | + 1 58 |
| Asvini ... | July | 29 19 13 | 26 27 28 | + 5 14 | July | 29 24 27 | + 1 19 | July | 29 25 46 | 25 35 | 24 27 | + 1 19 |
| Bharani ... | July | 30 19 56 | 27 28 11 | + 0 25 | July | 30 20 21 | + 1 18 | July | 30 21 39 | 21 32 | 21 0 | + 0 39 |
| Krittika ... | July | 31 20 39 | 0 45 37 | - 3 40 | July | 31 16 59 | + 1 18 | July | 31 18 17 | 17 30 | 17 29 | + 0 48 |
| Rohini ... | Aug. | 1 21 22 | 1 56 20 | - 9 9 | Aug. | 1 12 13 | + 1 18 | Aug. | 1 13 31 | 13 43 | 13 55 | - 0 24 |
| Mrigasira ... | Aug. | 2 22 5 | 2 57 3 | - 13 24 | Aug. | 2 8 41 | + 1 17 | Aug. | 2 9 58 | 10 20 | 10 27 | - 0 29 |
| Ardra ... | Aug. | 3 22 48 | 3 57 46 | - 17 8 | Aug. | 3 5 40 | + 1 17 | Aug. | 3 6 57 | 7 36 | 7 19 | - 0 22 |

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¹⁷⁶ Table X, which covers more than a hundred and thirty pages of the present work is intended to serve the epigraphist and the historian in somewhat the same manner as Table XII is intended to serve the general reader. If Table X is used in conjunction with the Eye-Table, nothing else is needed for the determination of the ending moments of tithis, correct to two places of decimals of a day, for any of the 2000 years between B.C. 1 and A.D. 2000. The manner of using Table X will be obvious to the reader who knows how to use Table XII.

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∗ Chitra Nakshatra extends from 56 gh. 30 p. on 13th July 1910 to 2 gh. 15 p. on 15th July 1910. No Nakshatra comes to an end on 14th July 1910, and this fact is indicated in the panchangas by entering Chitra as adhika Nakshatra and showing it against July 14, 60 gh. no palas as well as against July 15th, 2 gh. 15 p. The first entry means simply that on 14th July 1910, Chitra was current for the whole of the civil day.