﻿286 ON THE ASTRONOMICAL COMPUTATIONS 



The time of the full moon and the duration of the 

 eclipse, found by this computation, differ consider- 

 ably from the Nautical Almanac. The Siddhanta 

 Rahasya and Grahalaghava, comparatively modern 

 treatises, are nearer the truth, yet far from correct. 

 The Hindus., in' determining these phenomena, are 

 satisfied when within a few minutes of the true.time, 





