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 c27.3

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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.