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Jyotish · Hora

Kumbha

कुम्भ

Everyday Hindi: कुंभ

Aquarius: eleventh sign, airy and fixed, ruled by Saturn.

Definition

Kumbha (Aquarius, 'the pitcher') is the eleventh rasi, 300°–330° of the sidereal zodiac. It is a fixed, airy, odd sign ruled by Saturn, whose mūlatrikoṇa occupies its first twenty degrees. The Moon's passage through Kumbha and Mīna marks the period called pañcaka in almanacs.