212 ON THE HIXDU 



According to the Siinja Sicld/idnta^AHe planets 

 are assuriied to have heen in a line of mean con- 

 junction in the first point of Aries in the Hindu 

 sphere, at the beginning of the Cali Vug,- I shall 

 therefore carry back the calculation to that time, 

 in or^'er to shew more clearly, the actual differences 

 between the real mean places of the planets at that 

 period, and that which was assumed, and the con- 

 sequent effect thereof on the mean annual motions 

 thence deduced. 



The year 4900 of the Cnli Yiig, ended on the leth 

 of April 179Q, at forty-five mnuites forty-four se- 

 conds past nine P. M. on the meridian of Lanka; 

 or fifty-one minutes forty seconds past four, P. M. 

 on the meridian of Paris. The mean places of the 

 planets at that instant of time were, according to 

 the third edition of la Lande's tables, as follow: 



European sphere. Hindu sphere. 



s. ° ' " s. ° ' 



Sun; 20 52 28,5 00 00 00,0 



Moon, 3 22 55 09,3 3 02 02 40,8 



Venus, 2 24 06 14,0 2 03 13 45,5 



Mars, 3 04 50 40,0 2 13 58 11,5 



Jupiter, 1 29 58 02,1 1 09 05 3S,6 



Saturn, 3 24 16 56,1 3 03 24 27,6 



The length of the Hindu year, according to the 

 Surya Siddhdnta, is ^65 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes, 

 ^6 seconds, 33 thirds, 36 fourths, in which time 

 the sun is supposed to make one complete re vol u- 



NoTE — Tliore being ;ui error in Jli^ number of revolutions of 

 Mercurv, as given in llic Sun/a Slddhonla, it is here oniitled. — 

 Sec Asiatic Researches, volume VI, section 01, page 566". 



