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The ascensional difference (cara) and the prāṇakalāntara are to be applied to the [longitude of the] end of the desired zodiacal sign (rāśyanta) which is corrected for the movement of equinox (ayanacalana). The result thus obtained is stated to be the kālalagna corresponding to the end of the desired zodiacal sign (rāśyanta).
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Pai, V., Ramasubramanian, K., Sriram, M.S., Srinivas, M.D. (2018). Ascendent at the meridian transit. In: Karaṇapaddhati of Putumana Somayājī. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6814-0_9
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