Siddhanta on Superphysics

GRAHĀNAYANĀDHYĀYA

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¹ To Compute the Ahargana the collection of days from the beginning of Kalpa ie from the beginning of creation.

Multiply the number of sidereal solar years from the beginning of Kalpa by 12; add the number of elapsed lunar months; multiply by thirty; add the number of elapsed tithis. Let this number be x.

Siddhanta

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⁶ A Siddhanta work ie an astronomical treatise is such a one which deals with:

the various measures of time ranging from a Trti up to the duration of a Kalpa which culminates in a deluge
planetary theory
arithmatical computations as well as algebraical processes
questions with respect to intricate ideas and their answers
location of the earth, the stars and the planets
description and usage of instruments.

⁷ Samhita deals with various subjects like Muhurtas i.e . auspicious moments to be prescribed for various functions , Desarishtas ie Calamitous occurences to the countries etc.

Siddhanta

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MADHYĀDHIKĀRA - SECTION II BHAGANĀDHYĀYA

^1-6 The number of sidereal revolutions of the Sun during a Kalpa is 4320000000. It is also the number of those of Mercury and Venus, and those of the Sighroccas of the planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

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Verse 26

Half the life-period of the present Brahma has elapsed;

Some said that only eight and half years of his life has elapsed—Let the Agama or tradition be whatsoever; we don’t have any need of knowing it because the planetary positions have to be computed only from the beginning of this Kalpa.