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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JUNE, 1898.
eq. ..
280-7
san, calculated according to the above rule; On Karanas.
the sum indicates as Index the yôga, current " Half the portion of a tithi is established as
at the moment in question, by the same that of the karanas," (Súrya-Siddhanta, ii. 69).
Table. There are, therefore, 60 karcras in one lunar
Example. Find the nakshatra and yoga month. Their names and numbers are given for sunrise on the 11th May, A.D. 1824 :in the following table :
A.D. 1824 9646 416 3 Kimstughna... 1
11 May ... 4361 754 359 Bava ......... 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 37, 44, 51, Bâlava ......... 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 38, 45, 52,
4007 | 170 362 + 279-4 Kaulava ...... 4, 11, 18, 25, 32, 39, 46, 53,
I'eq. c. 1.3 Taitila 5, 12, 19, 26, 33, 40, 47, 54, Gara ......... 6, 13, 20, 27, 34, 41, 48, 55,
eq. c. Baņij ......... 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, Vishti ........ 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 48, 50, 57, A. = 4283 - 280.7 Sakuni......... 58, Naga............ 59,
Long. of O 81.3 Chatashpada.. 60.
As we know how to calculate & tithi, we 428+ 81, 509, Index of nakshatra, viu. Chitra shall have no difficulty in verifying a karana. 509 + 81,= 590, Index of yoga, viz. Siddhi. For instance, suppose it be stated in a docu- And in the Ravi-Panchangam (Warren's Kalament,-su di 5, in the karana Bâlava. Bâlava, Sankalita, p. 317) we find that, on the 11th May, the tenth karana, ended at the same moment A.D. 1824, the moon was in the nakshatra with the 5th tithi; being in fact the latter half Chitra, and that the yóga Siddhi continued for of it. We therefore calculate, as explained 5 ghafla after sunrise. above, the end of the 5th tithi. The karana If it is required to know more accurately in question was the time of about 11 to 12 the beginning of a nakshatra or yoga, the hours preceding the moment found by our Table for Differences must be applied. For calculation for the end of the 5th tithi. instance, we found 590 as Index of the yoga.
Subtracting 590 from 594 (the beginning of On Nakshatras and Yogas.
Vyatîpêta), we get as the remainder 4. The
Table for Differences shows that the A4 is The nakshatra, in which the moon is at any equal to about 2 h. 27 m. Accordingly, the given moment, can, by the help of my Tables, yôga Vyatîpåta began about 2 h. 27 m. about be found with sufficient accuracy. The yoga, 6 ghati, after sunrise at Lanka. an astrological element, will be found by the This calculation is not very accurate, as an same operation required for the nakshatras. error of one unit in the Index makes a dif. We treat, therefore, of the nakshatras and ference of above half an hour. But, for chronoyógas at the same time.
logical purposes, this degree of accuracy will be Rule for finding the Nakshatra.-From the all that is wanted. c. of the date in question subtract 279 4 ang. There is also another method of reckoning mented by the tenth part of the equation of c. yógas in use, for the particulars of which the If c. is smaller than the sum to be subtracted, reader is referred to Colebrooke, Miscellaneous add 1000 to e. (This is the true longitude of Essays, Vol. II. p. 363 (new edition, p. 319). the sun expressed in thousandth parts of the In some inscriptions (e.g. ante, Vol. XII. circle). Add to this, the tenth part of A. for pp. 18, 254,) the nakshatra is mentioned tothe date in question. The result, taken as gether with the date. But, on calculating the Index, shows, by Table 17, the nakshatra in date, I have found that the nakshatra in which, which the moon is at the given moment. by my method, the moon must have been
Rule for finding the Yoga.-Add to the at that time, does not agree with the nakshatra result, just found, the true longitude of the given in the inscription. Nor does the week.
