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Seven Melas in 83 effectively gives an estimate of around 11.85714 years for Jupiter’s transit through the zodiac. This is a slight underestimate for the actual number 11.8618 (up to four decimals). So this Kumbha Mela cycle of seven in 83 would also be out of sync with positions of Sun and Jupiter at some point, just like the 1-in-4 leap year cycle gets out of sync by three days over 400 years. For example, this 7-in-83 cycle will create a difference of one year in around 29 iterations, as Jupiter will complete 210 transits of zodiac in almost 2,491 years (11.8618 x 210 = 2490.978) but 30 iterations of the 7-in-83 cycle will give us 2,490 years. So something like this would need to be done: after 29 cycles of 7 Melas in 83 years, we will need one cycle of 7 Melas in 84 years. This will result in 210 Kumbha Melas in 2,491 (29 x 83 + 84) years.

Seven Melas in 83 effectively gives an estimate of around 11.85714 years for Jupiter’s transit through the zodiac. This is a slight underestimate for the actual number 11.8618 (up to four decimals). So this Kumbha Mela cycle of seven in 83 would also be out of sync with positions of Sun and Jupiter at some point, just like the 1-in-4 leap year cycle gets out of sync by three days over 400 years. For example, this 7-in-83 cycle will create a difference of one year in around 29 iterations, as Jupiter will complete 210 transits of zodiac in almost 2,491 years (11.8618 x 210 = 2490.978) but 30 iterations of the 7-in-83 cycle will give us 2,490 years. So something like this would need to be done: after 29 cycles of 7 Melas in 83 years, we will need one cycle of 7 Melas in 84 years. This will result in 210 Kumbha Melas in 2,491 (29 x 83 + 84) years.

== Origin of the name "Kumbh" and the Legend of Samudra Manthan ==

== Origin of the name "Kumbh" and the Legend of Samudra Manthan ==