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 c29.8
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 c29.8
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190. Let us try to interpret in detail the meaning of this table. We are supposed to measure the moon's rate of progress, beginning from perigee, the point when she is nearest the earth, and at every step we must distinguish the moon's mean position, *i.e.*, the position which she would have attained at a uniform rate of motion equal to the mean, and the actual position which she attains on account of the eccentricity of her orbit.