History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.824

v6.c82.824

The fourth *aṅga* in a *pañcāṅga* is called *Yoga*. There is no direct astronomical phenomena corresponding to it It is calculated from the sum of the longitudes of the Sun and the Moon (or it is the time during which the sun and the moon together accomplish 13 degrees and 20 minutes of space) When this amounts to degrees 13 20 the first Yoga called Viṣkambha ends; when it amounts to 26. 40 the 2nd Yoga Prīti ends and so on. The yogas are 27 (that thus make 360 degrees) as stated in the Ratnamālā IV. 1-3 and are as follows —