VSS. 31-32] GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION 73 Construction of the phase of the eclipse for the given time: 3 1 -32. Multiply the difference between the (true) daily mo- tions (of the Sun and Moon) by the sthityardha minus the given time and divide that (product) by 60. Then adding the square of that to the square of the Moon's latitude (for the given time), take the square root (of that sum). (The square root thus ob- tained is the distance between the centres of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies at the given time). Lay that off from the centre so as to meet the path of (the centre of) the eclipsing body. With the meeting point as centre and half the diameter of the eclipsing body as radius, draw the eclipsed portion for the given time. 1 1 Cf. MBh, v. 62-65.
