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64 SAMAGRA TILAK - 2 • VEDANG JYOTI~HA
the full Moon paksha is always represented by an uneven number
in the Vedanga, these alone are noted in the table.
TABLE IV

Days and amshas at
Serial No. of the end thereof The same according to
the pakshas. according to the the modern mean rate.
Vedanga.

Day I Amasha I Day I Am has
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81 1195 50 1195 122·616
83 1224 114 1125 64·409

85 1254 54 1255 6·202
87 1283 118 1284 71.995

89 1313 38 1314 13·788
91 1342 122 1343 79.581

93 1372 62 1373 21·374

It is not necessary to consider the pakshas previous to 81, as
the difference between the two results does not affect the number
of the full Moon nights therein. The 81st is a bright paksha; and
the pakshas, as well as the full Moon period thereof, end accord-
ing to the Vedanga, when 1195 days and 50 amshas of the 1196th
day from the beginning of the Yuga are elapsed. The 1195th night
is, therefore, the mean full Moon night according to the Vediinga.
But according to the modern mean the 81st paksha ends
when 1195 days and 122 amshas (omitting fractions) of the 1196th
day are elapsed, that is, only last 2 amshas of the 1195th night
are covered by the mean full Moon. In other words, the calcu-
lated Vedanga mean full Moon now falls back not exactly one
night but 2 amshas less; and as yet there was, therefore, no nece-
ssity of intercalating a day. The 83rd paksha, or the next mean
full Moon night ends, according to Vedanga, after 1224 days

See Table No. IV.