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4- Gochar explained: transits, sign changes and retrograde motionWhat a transit calendar actually lists, why a graha seems to move backwards, and how the classical texts and modern astronomy describe the same motion.Siddhanta
- Amanta and purnimanta: the Hindu calendar's two month systemsTwo ways of deciding where a lunar month ends, why they give one festival two month-names, and which regions use which.Panchanga
- Eclipses in the Indian sky: what is computed and what is keptHow the siddhantas compute a grahana, what Rahu and Ketu stand for in that computation, and sutak as a practice that varies from one tradition to another.Siddhanta
- Adhika masa: the leap monthTwelve lunar months fall about eleven days short of the solar year. How the calendar inserts a thirteenth month, when it does so, and what the rare lost month is.Panchanga