Tajakaneelakanthi

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Divide by 7 and place the quotient (the result of division) along with its own one-fourth part in the second position of the sum. Multiply the remainder by 60 and divide by 40; place this quotient in the third position. These three figures represent the Day, Ghati A unit of time equal to 24 minutes, and Pala A unit of time equal to 24 seconds. To these, add the birth day and the desired Ghati and Pala in their respective order. If the Ghati or Pala exceed 60, subtract 60 and add the quotient to the unit above it. If the sum of the days (including the elapsed years plus their one-fourth part) is greater than 7, divide by 7 and take the remainder. Another method for this is described as:

Or (Year plus a quarter, half, and one and a half). This means: take the elapsed years and add a quarter to find the Day; then take "half" of the years to find the Ghatika; then take "one and a half" times that to find the Pala. When the birth day and desired Ghati-Pala are added in order, the result is the constant (Dhruvaka) Day, Ghati, and Pala for the year.

Example: Following the method of the first verse—suppose the birth Samvat The Vikrami Era calendar 1906 is subtracted from the Year Entry Samvat 1943; the remainder is 37. Similarly, subtracting the birth Shaka The Shaka Era calendar 1771 from the current Shaka 1808 leaves 37 elapsed years. Adding its one-fourth part (9 | 15) results in 46 Days and 15 Ghati. Next, the elapsed years (37) are multiplied by 21, resulting in 777. Dividing this by 40 gives a quotient of 19 Ghati. Adding this to the 15 Ghatika below the 46 Days results in 34 Ghati. The remainder is multiplied by 60 and divided by 40, yielding a quotient of 25 Pala and 30 Vi-pala 1/60th of a Pala. Adding the birth data (Day 2 | 39 | 29) to these gives the year's start time.

The second method is: Elapsed years plus a quarter is 46 Days 15 Ghati. Half of the elapsed years is 18 Ghati 30 Pala. One and a half times the elapsed years is 55 Pala 30 Vi-pala. Adding these all to their respective categories: the Vi-pala remains 30; adding 30 and 55 Pala gives 85, which divided by 60 leaves 25 Pala and a quotient of 1 Ghati. Adding the Ghati (1 + 18 + 15) gives 34 Ghati. Adding the birth day (2) and time (39 Ghati 29 Pala) to these (46 | 34 | 25 | 30) results in Day 7, 13 Ghati, 54 Pala, and 30 Vi-pala. This is the Year-Desired (Varsheshta) time. Another method involves multiplying the elapsed years separately by 1 | 15 | 31 | 30. This also yields the constant Day and time. There are many other methods; the rationale for this is that the Sun's full 12...