Traditional astronomical knowledge
Based on the recurrence of the sun, moon and planetary motions, Mongolians drew up a table of measuring the time and periods by sixty cycles, periods, years, months, days and nights, hours, and moments while reckoning the number 12 as the basics. Accordingly, the table of the sixty cycles used for their everyday lives. There are many facts that Mongolians have studied the astronomy from the scientific principles since ancient times. For instance, there is a wide spread picture with names of 1400 stars and their locations and descriptions called “Tümen odnii lit (almanac of ten thousand stars)” is being kept at the State central library.
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