[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918) › c5.35 # The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c5.35 The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c5.35 - **Language:** English ### [c5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.35) He found that the calculation of the places of the stars as obtained from the tables in common use, such as the new tables of SA'ĪD GURGĀNĪ⁴ and KHĀQĀNĪ, and the \*Tasahīlāt-Mula Chānd\*⁵ \*Akbar Shāhī\*,⁶ and the Hindu books, and the European tables,⁷ in very many cases give them widely different from those determined by observation: especially in the appearance of the new moons, the computation does not agree with observation." - [Previous: c5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.34) - [Next: c5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.36) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.35) · Pramāṇa