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 c29.36

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201. Now B'M' minus BM = MM' minus BB'. The time during which MM' - BB' is gained, is evidently the time during which MM' is gained minus the time during which BB' is gained. The times during which MM' and BB' are respectively gained are obtained by turning MM' and BB' into days according to Sub. Table VI (a). This is the reason why in the Tables for the moon's and also the sun's equation of the centre we turn the equation into days invariably by Table VI (a). For Nakshatra and Yoga equations other scales which it was unnecessary to give in detail, were used for converting degrees into days.