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 c35.6

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where *f* is the moment of occurrence of the first New Moon in a Solar Year, as given in Table X, *a* is the number of lunations completed since the commencement of the Solar Year, *l* is the period of a lunation in days (i.e., 29·5306 days); 2·1707 days are the sodhya, *m* is the factor for converting Sun's longitude into lunation space, according to Table V (last column); 1/q is the factor used in the 1st column of Table V (i.e., 1/(1·0808)) and *n* × *d* is the collective duration in days of Nakshatras counted from Revatî up to the end of the given Nakshatra.