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The Surya Siddhanta ... and the distance between the Moon and the Earth to be 258,000 miles [6] ... The author of Surya Siddhanta defines time as of two types: ...
The Surya Siddhanta (1.10–21) describes units of time from a respiration (prana) [50] up to the 100-year lifespan of Brahma (maha-kalpa). [ 51 ] lokānām antakṛt kālaḥ kālo 'nyaḥ kalanātmakaḥ ।
Surya Siddhanta: 365 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes, 36.56 seconds ... a karaṇa is the time required for the angular distance between the Sun and the Moon to increase in ...
Mayasura, the composer of Surya Siddhanta, defines Uttarayana, at the time of composition, as the period between the Makara Sankranti (which currently occurs around January 14) and Karka Sankranti (which currently occurs around July 16).
The text today known as Surya Siddhanta dates to the Gupta period and was received by Aryabhata. The classical era of Indian astronomy begins in the late Gupta era, in the 5th to 6th centuries. The Pañcasiddhāntikā by Varāhamihira (505 CE) approximates the method for determination of the meridian direction from any three positions of the ...
Estimated time per sidereal revolution [7]: 26–27 Surya Siddhanta: 87 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes, 22.3 seconds Siddhanta Shiromani: 87 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes, 41.5 seconds Ptolemy 87 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes, 42.9 seconds 20th century calculation 87 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, 43.9 seconds
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The ancient text Surya Siddhanta calculates the Jovian year to be about 361.026721 days or about 4.232 days shorter than the Earth-based solar year. [3] This difference requires that about once every 85 solars years (~ 86 jovian years), one of the named samvatsara is expunged (skipped as a shadow year), to synchronize the two calendars.