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moveable zodiac coincides with the first point of the fixed 
zodiac, when the sun also coincides with it, is this : accord- 
ing to my supposition it is evident, that whenever the sun 
quits a nakshatra at the same time that the moon quits some 
other nakshatra, the moon must at the same time quit some 
27th part of the moveable zodiac ; and consequently that the 
numbers in the ninth and tenth columns should agree with 
those in the sixth and seventh ; and accordingly we find, that 
on all the days of the year, in which the sun quits a naksha- 
tra, the numbers in these two pairs of columns are nearly 
alike. 
Underneath these eleven columns are tables of the diurnal 
motion and places of the sun and five planets, and of the moon’s 
node in the Hindoo zodiac, for each week of the year ; and 
between these tables and the eleven columns is set down the 
day of the month and week, and number of the week for 
which these places are given, and also the interval at that 
time between sun-rise and midnight, and the length of the 
day. The day of the week for which these places are given, 
is that which is the first in the current solar year, and the 
number of the week is also counted from the beginning of 
the solar year. The places are given for midnight. 
On the right hand of the eleven principal columns is a 
space allotted for miscellaneous occurrences. In this is set 
down the time at which the sun enters each sign, and the be- 
ginning and end of eclipses. In these two years no solar 
eclipses were visible, but the end of the lunar eclipse is de- 
noted by a Sanskreet word, signifying delivery ; the meaning 
of the term used for the beginning is not so clear. The num- 
ber of digits eclipsed is not set down. The other articles in 
