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 c29.33
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 c29.33
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198. If there were no irregularity or eccentricity in the sun's and moon's motions, the first tithi would be the time taken by the moon to gain 12°, that is, the space BM over the sun ; similarly the second and third tithis would be the periods in which the moon gains (MN minus BC) and (NP minus CD) over the sun.