Hindus had a highly calibrated measuring system along with other units of measurement.
They also developed Astronomy and Astrophysics , without a Telescope and were/are able to predict Solar and lunar Eclipses to .1 degree of accuracy.
Hindus have a yearly Manual listing the phases of the moon, time when the Planets will rise and set on every day, the dates on which the Sun/Moon will be in a particular Zodiac sign.
The Hindus have named the twelve months after the presence of the Moon in a specific constellation.
Apart from this, based on these astronomical calculations they also predict the yearly rainfall.
I am not sure whether some one has checked these Rainfall Data predicted with the actual Rainfall in a Year.
Would some one do some research on this?
A point to be noted is the area they speak about for rainfall covers the landmass of Bharata Varsha, which extends from the Northern limits of USSR in the North, up to Antarctic in the south , to US in the West and to the pacific board in the East (India as we know is taken as reference here).
The estimated rainfall for the period April 2013-March 31, 2014.
Size of the Clouds.
Height 500 to 800 miles, this might mean that the water vapour Size.( 100 Yojanas, one Yojana is 5 to eight miles;eight miles seems to be accepted conversion rate)
The Volume of rain is 64 liters( One Marakkal is 8 Padi one Padi is two liters appx) or 1953 Cubic inches).
Of this, 950 Cubic inches on the sea,570 on the mountains balance on Landmass.
This post is based on the predictions of Pambupanchanga.
Read also http://ramanisblog.in/2013/11/10/hinduism-and-mathematics-calculationsmeasures/
http://www.convertunits.com/from/liter/to/cubic+inch
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