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  2. Hindu astrology - Wikipedia

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    The Yajurveda version does not attribute credit to any specific sage, has endured into the modern era with a commentary by Somakara, and is considered the more studied version. The Jyotisha text Brahma-siddhanta , probably composed in the 5th century CE, discusses how to use the movement of planets, sun and moon to keep time and calendar. [ 45 ]

  3. List of Nakshatras - Wikipedia

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    Each Nakshatra is also divided into quarters or padas of 3°20’, and the below table lists the appropriate starting sound to name the child. The 27 nakshatras, each with 4 padas, give 108, which is the number of beads in a Japa mala, indicating all the elements (ansh) of Vishnu:

  4. Nakshatra - Wikipedia

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    Nakshatra (Sanskrit: नक्षत्रम्, romanized: Nakṣatram) is the term for Lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Buddhist astrology. A nakshatra is one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a prominent star or asterisms in or near the respective sectors.

  5. Lagna - Wikipedia

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    In Vedic Astrology Jyotiṣa, the Lagna (lagñ) or Hour Marker, is the first moment of contact between the soul and its new life on earth in Jyotiṣa. [1] Lagna's Rashi and Nakshatra represents the "Atman" (Soul) of an Individual Person while the Lagna Lord which represents the Ruler of the Horoscope absorbs the traits and qualities of that specific Rashi & Nakshatra.

  6. Gargiya-jyotisha - Wikipedia

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    Gargiya-jyotisha is the oldest extant text of the Indian astrology (jyotiḥśāstra), [1] composed around 25 CE. [2]Mahabharata 13.18.25–26 (Anushasana Parva) refers to the 64 divisions of a work of Garga, a description identical to given in the second chapter of the Garga-jyotisha.

  7. Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika - Wikipedia

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    However, the traditional school also has its validity. Jyotish Shastra is not astronomy, and it is based on the words of Parashara, Garga, Mantreshwara who never used computers or western astronomy. Further, the planetary positions of Jyotish-nakshatra, rashi-or rahu, Ketu etc. depend more on belief and assumptions than science.

  8. Vedanga Jyotisha - Wikipedia

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    Vedanga Jyotisha (IAST: Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa), or Jyotishavedanga (Jyotiṣavedāṅga), is one of earliest known Indian texts on astrology (). [1] The extant text is dated to the final centuries BCE, [2] but it may be based on a tradition reaching back to about 700-600 BCE.

  9. Punarvasu - Wikipedia

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    Punarvasu is the birth nakshatra of Lord Rama: “On completion of the ritual, six seasons have passed by and then in the twelfth month, on the ninth day of Chaitra month [April–May,] when the presiding deity of ruling star of the day is Aditi, where the ruling star of day is Punarvasu (), the asterism is in the ascendant, and when five of the nine planets viz., Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ...