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Jyotish · Hora

Paṇaphara

पणफर

Succedent houses 2, 5, 8 and 11, following the kendras.

Definition

The paṇapharas are the second, fifth, eighth and eleventh houses, those that follow the kendras; the term comes from the Greek epanaphora. Varāhamihira uses it in the opening chapter of Bṛhajjātaka, and the texts give grahas here a middling prominence, between the kendras and the āpoklimas.