Halakha 2 Raja-raja 4:28: Mishneh Torah, Sanctification

וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּי בֵ֖ן מֵאֵ֣ת אֲדֹנִ֑י הֲלֹ֣א אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹ֥א תַשְׁלֶ֖ה אֹתִֽי׃

Kata perempuan itu: “Pernahkah aku meminta seorang anak laki-laki dari tuanku? Bukankah sudah kukatakan: ‘Janganlah memberiku harapan palsu’?”

Mishneh Torah, Sanctification of the New Month

And it comes out that the remainder of its movement in an ordered year is three hundred five degrees, thirteen parts and no seconds. Its symbol is 305.13. The place of the average [movement] of the moon at the beginning of the Fifth Night – which is the base of these calculations – was one degree, fourteen parts and forty-three seconds in the constellation of Taurus. Its symbol is [1.]14.43. And the [place of the] average movement of the path at this base time was eighty-four degrees, twenty-eight parts and forty-two seconds. Its symbol is 84.28.42. Once you know the average movement of the moon and the center, which is the base time upon which you add – you can know the place of the average movement of the moon at any time you want, according to the way that you used for the average movement of the sun. And once you have produced the [place of the] average movement of the moon for the beginning of the night that you want – [then] examine the sun and ascertain which constellation it is in:
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