Now begins the calculation of planets in the Khandakhadyaka a major astronomical treatise by Brahmagupta

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There, I shall first describe the calculation of the tithi lunar day and other elements.
The elapsed revolutions of the ages are [a string of zeros follows, representing a vast, indeterminate, or cyclical number, serving as a placeholder for the kalpa-based cosmological constants typically found in Indian astronomy].