[Chapter on the Mean Motions of Planets]

"In the Shaka year measured by the hands (2), the arrows (5), and the Vasus (8) [Shaka 852], at the beginning of the month of Chaitra, on Saturday at noon:
The Sun's position in signs and so forth is A-Jan-Pa-Arka; the Moon is Bha-Vidhru-Dvi-Yama."

In the Shaka year measured by 854 The text uses "Krita-Shara-Vasu" which numerically represents 854, though the verse mnemonic can sometimes be interpreted as 852 depending on the system; the commentary clarifies the values, on the first day of the bright half of the month Chaitra, on Saturday at noon:
The Sun's position original: rashyadi-ravi is 11 signs, 16 degrees, and 12 minutes.
The Moon's position is 11 signs, 18 degrees, and 22 minutes.

2 The degrees of the Sun's apogee are the Vasus (8) and the horses (7); the Moon's [apogee] are the mountains (7) with a third part.
3 [For the others:] the notes (7) and the suns (12); 4 the sky (0) and the forms (22); the days (15) and the earth (1); eighty; and the 5 mountains (7) and the victors (24).

The degrees of the Sun's Mandoccha The apogee, or the point where the planet is furthest from Earth are 78.
The degrees of the Moon's apogee are 7 degrees and 20 minutes original: satriyamsha - "with a third part" of a degree.
For Mars, it is 127. For Mercury, it is 220. For Jupiter, it is 172. For Venus, it is 80. For Saturn, it is 247.

The Dyut-Kriti-Khani, the Yugot-Kriti, the Karabdhi, the Khashtanavadashatrisura,
The Goshthavimshatitana—these are Mars and the others at the end of the Sun's revolution.

The position of Mars in signs and so forth is 2-26-0.
6 The Sheeghra The "fast" anomaly or conjunction point of Mercury is 4-26-42.
The mean position of Jupiter is 0-8-9.
The Sheeghra of Venus is 7 10-3-33.
8 The mean position of Saturn is 9 9-28-49.
These are the positions of Mars and the others at the end of the Sun's Bhagana A complete orbital revolution.

The Sankranti-tithi constants are the Shakra (14); for Rahu, the Vasu-Nava-Rase-Shu.
The Krita-Yama-Vasu-Rasa-Dashaka multiplied by ten are the remaining nodes' degrees.

The number of lunar days occurring between the end of the Sun's mean revolution and the first day of the bright half of Chaitra are called Sankranti-tithi. Here, the Sankranti-tithis are 14.
The position of Rahu The ascending lunar node in signs and so forth is 8-9-56. This value is already subtracted from the full circle.
The degrees of the nodes original: pata for the remaining planets like Mars are given by "Krita-Yama" etc. multiplied by ten:
For Mars: 4 x 10 = 40.
For Mercury: 2 x 10 = 20.
For Jupiter: 8 x 10 = 80.
For Venus: 6 x 10 = 60.
For Saturn: 10 x 10 = 100.
At this time, the degrees of the precession of the equinoxes original: ayanachalana are also shown—

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* This verse is missing in manuscript 'Ka'.

1. Ms. Ka: ...beginning... 2. Ms. Ka: From the Sun... 3. Ms. Ka: 207. 4. Ms. Ka: 22. 5. Ms. Ka: 24. 6. Ms. Ka: ...mean... 7. Ms. Ka: 10-33-3. 8. Ms. Ka: ...mean... 9. Ms. Ka: 22-47-9. 10. Ms. Ka: Between the ends of the revolutions.