{"id":3209,"date":"2020-06-09T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2020-06-09T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T12:46:00","slug":"chandra-siddhanta-lunar-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3209","title":{"rendered":"Chandra Siddhanta, Lunar Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\nChandra&nbsp; Sphuta Siddhanta<\/p>\n<p>The Moon, in his journey of the Zodiac, through the 27 constellations, creates the 27 Nakshatras,&nbsp; which have been defined as the Lunar Mansions of Hindu Astronomy, each one of them occupying 13 degrees 20 minutes of the Zodiac.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chandra Siddhanta, Lunar Theory<\/p>\n<p>This is the Equation given for the Moon\u2019s largest perturbation. The Moon seems to be carried away by the immense gravitational pull of the Sun, causing its Ecliptic longitude to vary as much as&nbsp; 1.3 degrees. This has been referred to as the third major angle, Kendra,&nbsp; between Sthithi &amp; Mandoccha in Ganitha Nirnaya and as the second Anomaly in Greek Astronomy, anomaly being the angle between position and perihelion.<\/p>\n<p>Third Kendra&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Sin ( 2*T &#8211; Mc ) * 4467&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Where Mc = Chandra Madhyamam, Mean longitude of Chandra, T = Thidhi = Longitude of Chandra \u2013 Longitude of Soorya<\/p>\n<p>Working on Chandra&nbsp; Siddhanta,<br \/>\nMajor Theory of the Moon,<br \/>\nFourteen Kendras, angles were plotted<br \/>\nBy ace astronomers.<\/p>\n<p>Small, small Manda anomalies,<br \/>\nAngles between position &amp; aphelion<br \/>\nAs fourteen major perturbations<br \/>\nOf the Moon were identified !<\/p>\n<p>The Essence of Sidddhantas Eighteen<br \/>\nIs the Sanskrit Ganita Nirnaya<br \/>\nPuliyoor studied&nbsp; all eighteen<br \/>\nPlus Aryaabhaateeya and Maha Bhaskareeya.<\/p>\n<p>Siddhantas&nbsp; Arya, Brahma Sphuta,<br \/>\nPancha Siddantika and Siddhanta Siromani,<br \/>\nAnd came out with a gem<br \/>\nBased on Parameswara\u2019s&nbsp; Model Geometric !<\/p>\n<p>The Longitude Corrected Thrice,<br \/>\nManda means Reduction to&nbsp; Heliocentric<br \/>\nParinathi means Reduction to&nbsp; Ecliptic<br \/>\nAnd Sheeghra means Reduction to&nbsp; Geocentric.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandra&nbsp; Sphuta Siddhanta The Moon, in his journey of the Zodiac, through the 27 constellations, creates the 27 Nakshatras,&nbsp; which have been defined as the Lunar Mansions of Hindu Astronomy, each one of them occupying 13 degrees 20 minutes of the Zodiac.&nbsp; Chandra Siddhanta, Lunar Theory This is the Equation given for the Moon\u2019s largest &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3209\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chandra Siddhanta, Lunar Theory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}