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## Fifteenth Praabhrut
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In the eastern part, when the sun sets, it joins with the moon for four days and six muhurtas. When it joins, it gradually moves away from the moon. When it moves away, it leaves the moon. The moon becomes free from the sun's influence.
Thus, in six days and twenty-one muhurtas, in thirteen days and twelve muhurtas, and in twenty days and three muhurtas, all should be said as follows:
When the sun sets in the Uttaraashaadha Nakshatra, it sets in the eastern part. When it sets in the eastern part, it joins with the moon for twenty days and three muhurtas. When it joins, it gradually moves away from the moon. When it moves away, it leaves the moon. The moon becomes free from the sun's influence. The sun's influence on the moon is the time of its departure.
When the sun sets in the moon's setting, it sets in the eastern part. When it sets in the eastern part, it joins with the moon. When it joins, it gradually moves away from the moon. When it moves away, it leaves the moon. The moon becomes free from the sun's influence.
**A - The Moon's, Sun's, and Nakshatra's Movement in a Nakshatra Month**
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**The number of circles of the moon, sun, and nakshatra in five nakshatra months**
1. Q. How many circles does the moon make in a nakshatra month?
A. It makes thirteen circles and sixty-seven parts of a circle.
2. Q. How many circles does the sun make in a nakshatra month?
A. It makes thirteen circles and forty-four parts of a circle.
3. Q. How many circles does the nakshatra make in a nakshatra month?
A. It makes thirteen circles and forty-five parts of a circle.
**B - The Moon's, Sun's, and Nakshatra's Movement in a Chandra Month**
1. Q. How many circles does the moon make in a chandra month?
A. It makes fourteen and one-fourth circles and one part of a circle.
2. Q. How many circles does the sun make in a chandra month?
A. It makes thirteen and one-fourth circles and one part of a circle.
3. Q. How many circles does the nakshatra make in a chandra month?
A. It makes fifteen and one-fourth circles and six parts of a circle.
**C - The Moon's, Sun's, and Nakshatra's Movement in an Udu Month**
1. Q. How many circles does the moon make in an udu month?
A. It makes fourteen circles and thirty-one parts of a circle.
2. Q. How many circles does the sun make in an udu month?