Tulā calculates the duration of Tula to be 29 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes and 24 seconds. In contrast, the "Arya Siddhanta" calculates the duration of the Tula month to be 29 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and 48 seconds. The Indian solar month names are significant in epigraphical studies of South Asia. For example, "Tula" month, along with other solar months, are found inscribed in medieval era Hindu temples. Tula is also an astrological sign in Indian horoscope systems, corresponding to Libra (astrology). Tulā Tulā is one of the twelve months in Indian solar calendar. Tula corresponds to the zodiacal
Lunar month days. The Moon completes one orbit around Earth every 27.3 days (a sidereal month), but due to Earth's orbital motion around the Sun, the Moon does not yet finish a synodic cycle until it has reached the point in its orbit where the Sun is in the same relative position. This table lists the average lengths of five types of astronomical lunar month. These are not constant, so a first-order (linear) approximation of the secular change is provided: Valid for the epoch J2000.0 (1 January 2000 12:00 TT): "Note:" In this table, time is expressed in Ephemeris Time (more precisely