by Dwight William Johnson 1942-2008
©1985, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003 Dwight William Johnson
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There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
(Shakespeare, Hamlet) 

              PREFACE

1. INTRODUCTION
2. WESTERN SCHOLARS AND THE ORIGIN OF INDIAN ASTRONOMY
3. OVERVIEW OF HINDU COSMOLOGICAL TIME CYCLES
4. INDIAN SEXAGESIMAL DIVISION OF THE DAY
5. INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CATURYUGA PERIOD
6. INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE KALPA PERIOD
7. BRAHMA'S LIFE
8. THREE MEAN MOTIONS OF THE SUN
9. EXACT FORMULAE OF THE ASTRONOMICAL QUANTITIES
10. ASTRONOMICAL BASIS OF THE SEXAGESIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
11. DEMONSTRATION OF THE SEXAGESIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
12. DEMONSTRATION OF THE 3RD MEAN MOTION AND SIDEREAL YEAR
13. DEMONSTRATION OF THE CONSTANT OF PRECESSION
14. DERIVATION OF THE TROPICAL YEAR
15. RECTIFICATION OF THE KALIYUGA EPOCH
16. TROPICAL INITIAL POINT OF THE TIME CYCLES
17. FIXED INITIAL POINT OF THE SIDEREAL SPHERE
18. FULL MOON POINTS
19. PISCEAN AGE EPOCH
20. COINCIDENCE WITH THE SURYASIDDHANTA FIXED INITIAL POINT
21. PRECESSIONAL YEAR EPOCH
22. COMPARISON WITH MODERN SCIENCE
23. COMPARISON WITH CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ASTRONOMY
24. THE 360 + 5 DAY YEAR CALENDARS OF ANTIQUITY
25. EVIDENCE OF THE VEDAS
26. WHO CREATED THE TIME CYCLES?
27. CONCLUSION

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