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X 806 = 285480 lunar
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327 × 871 = 77
285480 nakşatra
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383 days 21 muhurtas × 744 62
285480 intercalary lunar.
In a yuga, half the stretch of the full circle, 54900 celestial parts s covered 1768 times by the moon, 1830 times by the sun, and 1835 times by the nakşatras.126
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Similarly many problems regarding seasons, parvas, tithis, motion, solstices, equinoxes, avam rātris, and so on, have been solved in full details in the Candraprajñapti, for the whole yuga of five years which are of various types.
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126 Rationale: 1 yuga=1830 days=54900 muhurtas. Now in one muhurta, the moon moves 1768 c. p., therefore in 54900 muhurtas, it moves 54900 × 1768 = 97063200 celestial parts.
These divided by half the stretch, i. e. 54900 celestial parts, give set of 1768 half-stretches.
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