Refutation of Nilesh Oak’s dating of ancient texts

Refutation of Nilesh Oak’s Astronomical Dating of Ramayana to 12209 BCE

Dr. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
5 min readMay 29, 2021

Part 6 of 10- The Comet observed by Lakshmana CANNOT be identified; Appendix 1–30 instances of Halley’s comet in Mūla nakshatra between 17500 BCE and 10000 BCE based on Voyager 4.5 software

Table: Details of Halley’s Comet in the Mūla nakshatra between 17500 BCE and 10000 BCE using Voyager 4.5 software
  1. Jan 9, 10216 BCE

2. Jan 22, 10442 BCE

3. July 22, 10518 BCE

4. Oct 11, 10744 BCE

5. Nov 17, 10970 BCE

6. Dec 7, 11196 BCE

7. Dec 23, 11422 BCE

8. Jan 4, 11647 BCE

9. Oct 20, 12175 BCE

10. Nov 16, 12401 BCE

11. Dec 4, 12627 BCE

12. Dec 18, 12853 BCE

13. Dec 31, 13079 BCE

14. July 11, 13154 BCE

15. Sep 13, 13380 BCE

16. Oct 24, 13606 BCE

17. Nov 14, 13832 BCE

18. Dec 1, 14058 BCE

19. Dec 13, 14284 BCE

20. Sep 24, 14811 BCE

21. Oct 23, 15037 BCE

22. Nov 11, 15263 BCE

23. Nov 25, 15489 BCE

24. Dec 8, 15715 BCE

25. Jun 20, 15790 BCE

26. Aug 16, 16016 BCE

27. Sep 28, 16242 BCE

28. Oct 21, 16468 BCE

29. Nov 7, 16694 BCE

30. Nov 20, 16920 BCE

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Dr. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Materials Scientist: Undergrad - IIT Kanpur, PhD - The Ohio State University, USA; author of books on Indian history/astronomy; details at Amazon.in & Pothi.com