CONTENTS tion of the lunar horns 190-193-Time of moonrise on the full moon day 193-Duration of the Moon's visibility during the night, or time of moonrise 194-196-Time of meridian passage of the Moon 197--Moon's meridian zenith distance 198-Elevation of the horns of the half-risen or half- set Moon 198-Procedure to be adopted in the case of the planets 198-Heliacal visibility of the planets 199-200--- Minimum distances of the planets from the Sun at which they become visible 199--Conjunction of planets - 204. Chapter VII. ASTRONOMICAL CONSTANTS " Constants under the sunrise day-reckoning: Revolution- numbers, intercalary months, omitted lunar days, and civil days in a yuga 205-Inclinations of orbits, longitudes of ascending nodes and apogees, and manda and sighra epicy- cles of the planets; methods for finding the celestial latitude and manda and sighra anomalies of a planet 206-Method for finding the bahuphala and koṭiphala, etc., without using the Rsine-difference table 207-Circle of the sky and orbits of the planets 210. Constants under the midnight day-reckon- ing: Civil days, omitted lunar days, and revolution-numbers of Mercury and Jupiter in a yuga; diameters of the Earth, Sun, and Moon; mean distances of the Sun and Moon; and longitudes of the apogees of the planets 211-Manda and sighra epicycles and manda and sighra pātas of the planets 212-Methods for finding the celestial latitude and the true- mean longitude of a planet; Circle of the sky and orbits of the planets 213. Chapter VIII. EXAMPLES Quotations from the Maha-Bhaskariya in later works. Glossary of terms used in the Maha-Bhaskariya Page 205 214 226 230
