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shadow" as above mentioned, according to the time of the 

 solar month, then double the remaining number of feet and 

 add 12 more; and make this sum a divisor, and 180 its 

 dividend. The quotient is the number of pajyas either from 

 the sun-rise, or to the sun-set, as the case may be. If there 

 be any remainder after the above division, multiply it by 60, 

 and divide the product by the same divisor for winadies, and 

 so for tatparas. Thus on the fifteenth day of April, in the 

 morning, if I see my shadow to be 20 of my feet, I proceed 

 thus to find the pasya. It being only about two days after 

 the Sun's entering into Mesa Rasi, the awatchawa is 1 \ ft., 

 which I take off, and the remainder, 18^ ft., I multiply by 

 two, which gives 37, I add to this 12, and the sum left is 49. 

 I then divide 180 by 49, thus: 



49) 180 (3 p. 

 147 



33 

 60 



49) 1980 (40 w. 

 196 



20 

 60 



49) 1200 (24 tat 

 98 



220 

 196 



24 



and find that the time is 3 p. 40 w. 24 t., in the morning, 

 or, according to the English way, 28 f 10" after 7 A. M. 

 A more simple way than this, though not so correct, is that 



