ब्राह्मस्फुटसिद्धान्त (ब्रह्मगुप्त - शून्य, कुट्टक, बीजगणित एवं सम्पूर्ण २१ अध्याय सान्वय सटीक)

294 BRAHMAGUPTA'S ASTRONOMY ITS : HIGHLIGHTS | Planet or a body | Bhagaṇas | | Ravi or Sun | 4,320,000,000 | | Budha or Mercury | 4,320,000,000 | | Śukra or Venus | 4,320,000,000 | | Candra or Moon | 57,753,300,000 | | Kuja or Bhauma or Mars | 2,296,828,522 | | Budha-śīghrocca | 17,936,998,984 | | Bṛhaspati or Jupiter | 364,226,455 | | Śukra-śīghrocca | 7,022,389,492 | | Śani or Saturn | 146,567,298 | | Arka or Ravi-mandocca | 480 | | Candra mandocca | 488,105,858 | | Kuja or Bhauma mandocca | 292 | | Budha-mandocca | 332 | | Bṛhaspati or Jīva-mandocca | 855 | | Śukra-mandocca | 653 | | Śani-mandocca | 41 | | Candra-pāta | 232,311,168 | | Kuja or Bhauma-pāta | 267 | | Budha-pāta | 521 | | Bṛhaspati or Guru-pāta | 63 | | Śukra-pāta | 893 | | Śani-pāta | 584 | By pāta is meant the ascending node of a planet's orbit (on the ecliptic). In a kalpa, the number of bha-bhramas (sidereal days) or also known as bha-parivartas is 51,040,000,000. If we subtract out from this number the bhagaṇa of the Sun, we get what is known as ku-dinas or Savana days or the solar or sacrificial days. (51,040,000,000—4,320,000,000=46,720,000,000 Sāvana days or kudinas). In a kalpa, the number of Ravi-bhagaṇas also correspond to the number of solar years (Saura-varṣas), i.e., 4,320,000,000; this number multiplied by 12 gives the number (i.e. 51,840,000,000) of solar months. The difference between the candra-bhagaṇas and the Ravi- bhagaṇas in a kalpa gives the number of lunar months (Cāndra-