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A horoscope (or other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include natal chart, astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel or simply chart) is an astrological chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, astrological aspects and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such ...
[5] [6] However, this is a point of intense debate, and other scholars believe that Jyotisha developed independently, although it may have interacted with Greek astrology. [ 7 ] The scientific consensus is that astrology is a pseudoscience and has consistently failed experimental and theoretical verification.
The first astrological book published in Europe was the Liber Planetis et Mundi Climatibus ("Book of the Planets and Regions of the World"), which appeared between 1010 and 1027 AD, and may have been authored by Gerbert of Aurillac. [60] Ptolemy's second century AD Tetrabiblos was translated into Latin by Plato of Tivoli in 1138. [60]
In India, the reformulated Saka calendar is officially used (except for computing dates of the traditional festivals). In the Hindi version of the preamble of the constitution of India, the date of its adoption (26 November 1949) is presented in Vikram Samvat as Margsheersh Shukla Saptami Samvat 2006. A call has been made for the Vikram Samvat ...
The 2018 Hindi film Stree, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao, is based on the Naale Baa tale from Karnataka. [7] Horror and Thriller writer K.Hari Kumar has penned a story inspired from Naale Baa incident in his 2019 book India's Most Haunted - Tales of Terrifying Places published by HarperCollins India. [1]
Vaisakha (Sanskrit: वैशाख, IAST: Vaiśākha) is a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to April/May in the Gregorian Calendar. [1] In the Indian national calendar, Vaisakha is the second month of the year.
Samvatsara (संवत्सर) is a Sanskrit term for a "year" in Vedic literature such as the Rigveda and other ancient texts. [1] In the medieval era literature, a samvatsara refers to the "Jovian year", that is a year based on the relative position of the planet Jupiter, while the solar year is called varsha.
Kārtika [a] (കാർത്തിക (), Bengali: কার্তিক Kartik, Bhojpuri: 𑂍𑂰𑂞𑂱𑂍 kātik, Hindi: कार्तिक Kārtika, Odia ...