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198 PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ IX.4
That is, take the days from Epoch got by the Romaka or Pauliśa rule.
The mean Sun at Ujjain mean noon, just preceding the Epoch, (i.e. sunset at Yavanapura
beginning Monday),
= (days × 800 − 442) ÷ 2,92,207, in revolutions etc.
Example 1 (a). Find the mean Sun, given days from epoch, 5,28,931. (This is midday, Ujjain, 21-5-1953
A.D.). (b) Get the mean Sun for Ujjain mean noon, just preceding the Epoch, i.e. for zero day. What is it at
Epoch, i.e. sunset at Yavanapura?
(a) Mean Sun = (5,28,931 × 800 − 442) ÷ 2,92,207 = revol. 1448-1-5-15.7 = rā 1-5-15.7.
(b) Mean Sun at Ujjain mean noon preceding Epoch = (0 × 800 − 442) ÷ 2,92,207 = − 32'.7 =
rā 11-29-27-3.
Since mean sunset at Yavanapura is nā. 7-20 later than that at Ujjain, the mean motion for nā
22-20, about 22', has to be added, and the required mean Sun at Epoch is rā. 11-29-49.3. (According to
modern astronomy it is 11-29-37.2, assuming that at that period the vernal equinox coincided
with the First point of Meṣa. See how accurate the value is.)
The rule is explained thus: We showed under I.14 that in the Saura yuga of 1,80,000 years, i.e.
1,80,000 mean solar revolutions, there are 6,57,46,575 days. Therefore, the revolutions for the
given days = days × 1,80,000 ÷ 6,57,46,575 = days × 800 ÷ 2,92,207, reducing the numerator and
denominator by the factor 225. Now, according to the Saura, the revolution of the mean Sun was
completed 442/800 days after Ujjain mean-noon prior to Epoch. Therefore 442 eight hundredth
parts have to be subtracted from the total number of eight-hundredths, and hence the deduction
of 442. Though the original Saura is not obtainable now, yet from the Ārdharātrika system of
Āryabhaṭa, and the Khaṇḍakhādyaka following it, we can see that 442/800 day after the said Ujjain-
mean noon the mean Sun's revolution was completed. The Epoch was near the end of Śaka 427, i.e. 427 +
3179 = 3606, Kali years gone. Kali began with Friday, Ujjain mean mid-night. For 3606 revolutions, the
days (from the beginning of Kali) = 3606 × 2,92,207 ÷ 800 = 13,17,123 42/800. Dividing out by
7, we have the remainder 3 42/800, i.e. 42/800 days after midnight ending Sunday, the revolutions
was complete. Since Sunday mid-day is half a day or 400/800 day earlier than midnight, it is 42/800

• 400/800 = 442/800 day earlier, than the time of full revolution, as we have taken and used.
  Incidentally, we also got that it is Sunday mean noon, agreeing with the fact that the Epoch is at
  sunset at Yavanapura on that day. Further, we get that according to this Siddhānta the length of the
  year is 2,92,207 ÷ 800, days = 365 - 15 - 31.5 days.
  [चन्द्रमध्यं उच्चं च]
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