MOON'S LATITUDE WHEN SHE OCCULTS CERTAIN STARS 105 Piscium), her latitude amounts to 88 minutes; and (the junction-star of) Revati (i.e., when her latitude vanishes. When she moves towards the north (of the ecliptic), she occults the nakṣatra Kṛttikā (i.e., the Pleiades), when her latitude amounts to 160 minutes; and the central star of the naksatra Magha, when she assumes the greatest northern latitude. These minutes (of the Moon's latitude) which have been stated (here) in connection with the occultation of a star by the planet (Moon) are based on actual observation made by means of the instrument (called) Yasti.¹ ¹ The occultations of the stars of the nakṣatras are stated also in Susi, viii. 13; BrSpSi, x. 11-12; KK, x. 15-16; LBh, viii. 11-16; ŚiDV, I, xi. 11; Sise, xii. 8-9.
