SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBER - 9 SERIES 8

*** Diameter of Sun is 108 times that of earth

Distance between earth and sun    is 108 times of the diameter of the sun

Distance between earth and moon is 108 times of the diameter of the moon

This vedic cosmology matches approximately with modern science.

This Vedic Cosmology let us see scientifically

1) Diameter of Sun is 1392000 kms. Equatorial Diameter of Earth is 12756.28kms. Dividing we get 109.11 

    (Nearly 108 and the difference is    1.11)

2) Diameter of Sun is 1392000 kms.  Mean Distance between earth and Sun is 149597870.691 kms. On     

    dividing we get   107.4697346918……. Rounding off we get 108. (difference 0.54)

3) Distance between earth and moon is 384403 kms. Diameter of Moon-3474 kms. On dividing we get   

    110.651410.(difference 2.65)

Shortest distance between earth and moon  = 356399 kms

Longest  distance between earth and moon  = 406699 kms 

Average distance between earth and moon  = 384400 kms

Multiplying 108 * 3474(diameter of moon) = 375192 kms.  So this may safely be assumed the distance between earth and the moon at the time of creation of universe. Also note the fact that there is a possibility of change in moon orbits over the last 10000 years plus variation of 11% between apogee and perigee in Moon’s orbit. So 108 is the unit of creation.

*** The Sun and the Moon are connected to the earth by approximately 108 times their own diameters. When you look at the Sun and the Moon from earth they are perceived as the same size, this is because of their distance. In the zodiac the large solar signs (rasis) find the same size as the smaller lunar signs (nakshatras) with the number 108. Even though the Sun (1,392,000 km ) is 400 times smaller than the Moon (3,474.8 km), they are perceived the same by their division of 108 times their own diameter. This just physically reveals that the Purusha (Sun) and Prakritti (Moon) are using the vibration of 108 to create and maintain life as it is on this earth. 108 is not sacred because of this distance and  this distance (of a 108 the luminaries own diameter) are existing because it is the vibration in which all life as we know it is brought into existence.

*** The number 9 is revered in Hinduism and considered a complete, perfected and divine number because it represents the end of a cycle in the decimal system, which originated from the Indian subcontinent as early as 3000 BC.

** Harshad number: 108 is a Harshad number, which is an integer divisible by the sum of its digits (Harshad is from Sanskrit, and means "great joy") River Ganga: The sacred River Ganga spans a longitude of 12 degrees (79 to 91), and a latitude of 9 degrees (22 to 31). 12 times 9 equals 108. 

*** Number 9 is the last single digit and also the highest.