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May there be auspiciousness 11? Hail! From the words of the Master, the true positionoriginal: "sphuta"; the mathematically corrected longitude of a planet. is made clear. 12 The knowledge of rising, setting, and other phenomena, as well as the correction for conjunctionoriginal: "shighra-phala"; the second correction applied to the planets to account for the Earth's orbit relative to them., shall become evident. 12 The degrees of the anomalyoriginal: "kendra"; the angular distance of a planet from its apogee or perigee. are roughly written based on the time and the zodiacal signs... by these multipliers, the difference in the results of all planetary movements is found. 13
If the result is greater or less than the intended value... calculate the daily motionoriginal: "bhukti" after dividing by sixtyoriginal: "shashti"; the base of the sexagesimal system used in Indian astronomy where 60 minutes make a degree.. When the result is in the middle, hail! The motion of the anomaly and others remains "un-true" (aspashtameaning the mean or uncorrected motion) until corrected again for the fast motion.
Multiply by the segment of the fast-motion table, divide by sixty, and find the difference in the result. From the motion corrected for the first anomalyoriginal: "manda-spashta-gati", whichever is greater on the left in sequence, or by reversal, the motion of the planet becomes retrograde (vakraThe apparent backward motion of a planet as seen from Earth.).
For Mars and the other planets, using the tropical Sunoriginal: "sayanarka"; the Sun's position adjusted for the precession of the equinoxes. and the rising times of the signs... at the desired time in palasA unit of time; 60 palas equal one ghatika (24 minutes).. If it is greater than sixty, one should subtract the signs beginning with Ariesoriginal: "Meshadikam". Multiply the remainder by the planet’s motion and divide by the rising timeoriginal: "ashuddhodaya". The resulting signs, starting from Aries, should be added. This, combined with the precession of the equinoxesoriginal: "ayanansha", becomes the fourth house.
From Pisces, Aries, and Taurus... the declination must be calculated... combined with the rays of the Sun...
...at the time of birth, the connection called the "Great Lord's Yoga." The time elapsed in the lunar mansionoriginal: "nakshatra" should be calculated in nadikasA unit of time equal to 24 minutes. as before. When the divisor is greater, the seventh part... the position of RahuThe North Node of the Moon.... divided by the day or 5 ghatikas24-minute intervals; 5 ghatikas equals 2 hours..
When the motion corrected for the first anomaly is greater than the result of the fast correction, the motion is not yet determined. If the result of the fast correction is less than the motion corrected for the first anomaly, then by the four-fold path...