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Off by about one second. The Sūrya-Siddhānta encodes the Moon's orbit as a ratio of two whole numbers — 57,753,336 revolutions in an Age of 1,577,917,828 days — which works out to a sidereal month of 27.321674 days. The modern measured value is 27.321662. A Sanskrit text whose core is ~fifteen centuries old carries the Moon's period to within 1.1 seconds — a precision Babylonian and Greek lunar theory also reached, each tradition by its own route.

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Of the moon, fifty-seven million, seven hundred and fifty-three thousand, three hundred and thirty-six
Translation of the Surya-Siddhanta, 400ch1.v30
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Sūrya-Siddhānta i.30 fixes the Moon's sidereal revolutions per Age at 57,753,336 — Experli