Chapter on Mean Positions

Table of the Sine of the Equation Bhujāphala Cakram: Used to calculate the correction for a planet's elliptical orbit.			Apogees Mandoccalu: The points in a planet's orbit furthest from the Earth.						Table for the Yearly Correction of Apogees Mandoccābdi Saṃskāra Cakram
Planet	Result	(+ / -)	Pl.	Sign	Deg.	Min.	Sec.		Pl.	Yearly Correction	Min.	Add
Sun	3 45	Addition	Sun	2	16	16	36	.	Sun	517	. . .
Moon	17	. . .	Moon	0	0	0	0	.	Moon	0	. . .
Mars	48 7	Mars - Sub.	Mars	4	10	2	20	.	Mars	980	. . .	. .
Merc.	82	. . . . .	Merc.	7	10	57	33	.	Merc.	444	. . .
Jup.	433 2	. . . . .	Jup.	5	19	20	14	.	Jup.	222	. . .
Venus	224	. . . . .	Venus	2	19	51	12	.	Venus	374	. . .
Sat.	10766	. . . . .	Sat.	7	26	37	32	.	Sat.	5128	. . .	. . .
Rahu	0	0 0	Rahu	0	0	0	0	.	Rahu	0	. . .
Ketu	0	0 0	Ketu	0	0	0	0	.	Ketu	0	. . .

Mean motions for the Sun and other planets.

Verse: The daily motion of the Sun in minutes and seconds is fifty-nine original: nava-śarā (9 and 5 = 59) and eight original: gajāḥ (8). For the Moon, it is seven hundred and ninety original: śūnya-nandāśvi (0, 9, 2 = 290? likely 790 based on context) and thirty-five. For Mars, the motion is thirty-one original: kṣoṇī-vahnayo (1, 3 = 31) and forty-six original: gālivvo (46). For Mercury, two hundred and forty-five original: bāṇa-jinā (5, 24 = 245) and thirty-two. For Jupiter, it is five original: pañca minutes and zero seconds. For Venus, ninety-six original: aṅga-navā (6, 9 = 96) and eight. For Saturn, the son of the Sun, it is two minutes and zero seconds. For the Moon's Ascending Node Rahu, it is three and eleven. These motions were determined by the ancient teachers and the great sages.

These are the "mean" motions Madhyagatulu: average speeds for the Sun and other planets. However, for the "true" planets Spuṭa-grahamulu: the planets as actually observed in the sky, there are eight distinct types of motions Aṣṭavidhagatulu: eight variations of planetary velocity including retrograde, slow, and fast motion. I shall now provide their details.