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D p 



tifhii* already found 12 51 in mean solar time, and 

 to reduce it to sydereal time, say, as 21600" is to 



DP DP 



21600'x 59 8", so is 12 51, to sidereal hours 12 $3, 



d p 

 equal to 2 51 solar hours. 



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From the preceding sunrise to midnight is, 43 59 — - 



At midnight will remain of the purnima ~l 



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12 SI 



Hour of the civil day at the middle of 1 , 



the eclipse, - - j b o 



Deduct the half duration, - - 1 46 25 



Beginning of the eclipse, 

 Ad i :he whole duration, 



End of the eclipse, 



And the day and night containing together 60 1 1 

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30, the eclipse should end 1 33 5 before sunrise, ac-. 

 cording to this calculation. 



The first day after the creatraft, according to the 

 Hindus, was ravi-var, or Sunday: the number of days 

 for which the above calculation has been made, is 

 714404082947, which divided by t\even, the number 

 of days in a week are 1205772613 $ weeks and two 

 days ; the astronomical day therefore of soma-var, 

 or Monday, will end at midnight preceding the eclipse; 

 but the soma-'var by civil computation will continue 

 to the next ensuing sunrise, and this temavar, by cal- 

 culating the number of days elapsed from the instant 

 the sun entered the sign Tula, to his advance of 19 54' 

 on that sign, will be found to fall on the 19th of the 

 month Cartic, answering to the third of November. 



