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 c37.4

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277. In the first place it was thought unnecessary to observe in regard to planetary sidereal periods the same scrupulous adherence to Indian authorities which is incumbent in the case of the solar year and the moon's synodical month. In the next place, the difference in the length of the sidereal year between Indian and modern astronomy results in a slight displacement of the starting point of Indian celestial longitude, which displacement amounts to 7' 6·26"