THE SURYA' SIDDHA'NTA, &CC. ^$5 



nual motions ; which when computed from the 

 commencement of the Calpa, as an epoch of as- 

 sumed conjunction, will give the longitudes of the 

 apheliaand nodes, agreeing with European tables. 



Annual motions of the apsides — Hindu sphere. 



s. I II in IV V VI VII VIII 



Sun 3 28 34 24 55 38 7 direct. 



Moon 1 10 40 35 35 26 36 19 15 50 ditto. 



Mercury - 2 25 9 59 38 57 retro. 



Venus - 10 4 II 39 9 26 8 ditto. 



Mars - 8 19 50 19 37 3 21 direct. 



Jupiter - 1 56 23 23 4 5 50 retro. 



Saturn - 7 24 I 58 31 33 33 direct. 



Annual motion of the nodes. 



s. J II HI IV V VI VII viit 



Moon's o 19 21 31 5 15 3o 51 45 46 retror 



Mercury's 1 41 58 i9 2o 7 2 2 ditto. 



Venus's 1 29 40 19 2 29 29 57 ditto. 



Mars's 1 26 40 17 41 53 52 ditto. 



Jupiter 1 34 22 18 57 22 36 31 ditto, 



Saturn 1 30 13 19 10 58 13 44 ditto. 



S2. The motions of the aphelia of Mercur}', Ve- 

 nus and Jupiter, are retrograde in the Hindu sphere ; 

 though direct in that o^ the Europe a?is : the reason 

 of this, is owing to the difference between the mo- 

 tions of the two spheres, with respect to each other : 

 for, if we conceive the first point of Aries in the 

 Hindu sphere to coincide with the vernal equinox 

 then at the expiration of 265^^' 6^- 12' 36" 33'" 

 26" (the length of the Hi?id.u year according to the 

 Suryd Siddhanta), tlie Sun would again enter Aries 

 in the Hindu sphere : but his distance at that very 

 moment from the vernal equinox would be ~ 58'' 

 4O'" 15" 2Q\ the true quantity by which the Euro- 

 pean and Hindu spheres, recede from each other an- 



2 N 2 nually ; 



