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 c29.52

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212. But in practice this refinement is not necessary for the sun's equation since the maximum value of b + a is (·4138 + ·1784=) ·5922 day, and the maximum variation of the sun's equation for this period is about ·0018 day or 6 palas only. We may note, however, that the test example, worked by Prof. Jacobi for Âshâḍha Śukla 12, K.Y. 3585, and by ourselves in sections 228 and 259 to 262 infra, a difference of 4 palas does occur between his method and Mr. Dikshit's, and the learned Professor rightly surmises in a footnote (Ep. Ind. Vol. I, p. 430) that the difference must be due to an abridgment in the Hindu method. We now see what the abridgment consists in.