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100. Question: How is an Adhik Maas (extra month) achieved in two and a half years?
Answer: There are 184 galis (divisions) in the Sun's movement. The distance between two galis is two yojanas (8000 miles). The Sun enters from one gali to another, crossing the middle yojana. The time taken to cross these entire intervals is 12 days, because it takes one muhurta (48 minutes) to cross one interval in a day. Therefore, in one day, there is one muhurta, in thirty days (one month) there are 30 muhurtas, i.e., one day, in twelve months there are 12 days, in two and a half years there are 30 days (one month), and in five years, i.e., one yuga, there is an increase of two months.
101. Question: What is the minimum and maximum lifespan of the celestial deities?
Answer: The minimum lifespan of the celestial deities is one-eighth of a palya, and the maximum lifespan is slightly more than a palya. The maximum lifespan of the Moon is one lakh years plus one palya, Venus is one year plus one palya, Jupiter is one palya, Sun is one thousand years plus one palya, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn are half a palya each.
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