minutes ("leikta") and each minute into 60 seconds, ("wileikta"). The names of the signs are:—
| Burmese. | Hindu. | European. | |
| 1. | Meiktha. | Mesha. | Aries. |
| 2. | Pyeiktha. | Vrishabha. | Taurus. |
| 3. | Mcdon. | Mithuna. | Gemini. |
| 4. | Karakat. | Karka. | Cancer. |
| 5. | Thein. | Simha. | Leo. |
| 6. | Kan. | Kanya. | Virgo. |
| 7. | Tu. | Tula. | Libra. |
| 8. | Pyeiksa. | Vrischika. | Scorpio. |
| 9. | Danu. | Dhanus. | Sagittarius. |
| 10. | Makara. | Makara. | Capricornus. |
| 11. | Kon. | Kumbha. | Aquarius. |
| 12. | Mein. | Mina. | Pisces. |
38. In Burma the zero of celestial longitude does not move with the precession of the equinoxes as in Europe. The year theoretically begins at the moment when the sun enters the sign Meiktha, but as the year is slightly longer than the mean sidereal year, the first point of Meiktha (the zero of longitude) is really moving among the stars away from the equinox, faster than the real precession. The rate of precession of the equinoxes is about 50″ per annum; the rate at which the first point of Meiktha diverges from the equinox is about 59″ per annum.
39. The length of a mean lunar month, deduced from the figures in paragraph 34, is 29.530587946 days
| = 29 yet | 31 nayi | 50 bizana | 6 kaya | 52.58 anukaya. |
| = 29 days | 12 hours | 44 minutes | 2.7985344 seconds. | |
Makaranta, probably following the original Surya Siddhanta, takes the mean lunation at 692703 × 30 days
| = 29.530583 days. | ||||
| = 29 yet | 31 nayi | 50 bizana | 5 kaya | 5.846 anukaya. |
| = 29 days | 12 hours | 44 minutes | 2.38975 seconds. | |
