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Glossary
19- Nakṣatraनक्षत्रLunar mansion: one of 27 divisions of 13°20′ each.Panchanga
- Tārā kūṭaताराकूटThird koota (3 points): nakshatra distance counted in cycles of nine.Jyotish · Hora
- Vimśottarī daśāविंशोत्तरी दशाThe 120-year nakshatra-based daśā cycle of nine grahas.Jyotish · Hora
- Nāḍī kūṭaनाडीकूटEighth koota (8 points): ādi, madhya and antya nāḍīs of nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
- Abhijitअभिजित्The midday muhūrta, and a twenty-eighth nakshatra in muhūrta texts.Panchanga
- NavāṃśaनवांशThe ninth-division chart (D9), each sign split into nine.Jyotish · Hora
- Pāda (Caraṇa)पादQuarter of a nakshatra, 3°20′, with its own naming syllable.Panchanga
- Yoginī daśāयोगिनी दशाA 36-year daśā cycle of eight yoginīs.Jyotish · Hora
- Yoni kūṭaयोनिकूटFourth koota (4 points): animal symbols assigned to nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
- NirayanaनिरयनSidereal zodiac, fixed to the stars; the basis of Jyotish.Siddhanta
- Aṣṭakūṭaअष्टकूटEight-factor, 36-point method of comparing two birth charts.Jyotish · Hora
- Gaṇa kūṭaगणकूटSixth koota (6 points): deva, manuṣya and rākṣasa temperaments.Jyotish · Hora
- MāsaमासMonth: lunar (amānta or pūrṇimānta) or solar.Panchanga
- Muhūrtaमुहूर्तA 48-minute unit of time; also the science of electing times.Panchanga
- Pañcakaपञ्चकThe Moon's passage through the last five nakshatras, Dhaniṣṭhā to Revatī.Panchanga
- Pūrṇimāपूर्णिमाFull moon: the fifteenth tithi of the bright fortnight.Panchanga
- Vṛścikaवृश्चिकScorpio: eighth sign, watery and fixed, ruled by Mars.Jyotish · Hora
- Candraचन्द्रThe Moon: mind, mother, emotion and nourishment.Jyotish · Hora
- KetuकेतुThe Moon's descending node, always opposite Rāhu.Jyotish · Hora
Articles
9- The 27 nakshatras: a sky map older than the zodiacBefore the twelve signs reached India, the Vedic sky was read by the Moon's nightly stations. What they are and how they are still used.Panchanga
- Namakshar: the syllables of the nakshatra padasHow a table of 108 syllables came to be used in naming children, what the grihya sutras say about names, and what they do not.Panchanga
- How to read a panchangThe five limbs of the Indian almanac, what each one measures, and how to make sense of a printed page.Panchanga
- Muhurta: choosing a time, the Kalpa wayFrom the ritual sutras to the Muhurta Chintamani: how the tradition thinks about doing an act at a fitting moment.Panchanga
- Vimshottari dasha: time, dividedA 120-year cycle of nine periods, started from the Moon's nakshatra at birth. How the system is built and how to read its arithmetic.Jyotish · Hora
- Gochar explained: transits, sign changes and retrograde motionWhat a transit calendar actually lists, why a graha seems to move backwards, and how the classical texts and modern astronomy describe the same motion.Siddhanta
- Grahas are not planets: the nine "seizers"Why Jyotish counts the Sun, the Moon and two invisible points among its nine grahas, and what the word actually means.Jyotish · Hora
- Navratri, twice a year: Chaitra and SharadThe two nine-night festivals of the goddess, at the spring and autumn turns of the year, and the rules almanacs use to fix their first and last days.Panchanga
- Sidereal and tropical: what the ayanamsa is, and why LahiriTwo zodiacs, one sky. How the slow wobble of the Earth's axis separates them, and how India chose a standard in the 1950s.Siddhanta