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13 results for “शून्य”
Glossary
4- Śūnyaशून्यZero, as a number and as a place-holder in decimal notation.Ganita
- BhakūṭaभकूटSeventh koota (7 points): relative positions of the two Moon signs.Jyotish · Hora
- Graha maitrī kūṭaग्रहमैत्रीकूटFifth koota (5 points): friendship between the two Moon-sign lords.Jyotish · Hora
- Nāḍī kūṭaनाडीकूटEighth koota (8 points): ādi, madhya and antya nāḍīs of nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
Articles
5- Shunya: how India gave the world zero, and why it matters to JyotishZero as a placeholder, zero as a number, and the astronomers who needed both to compute the sky.Ganita
- 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
- 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
- Tithi: why the Hindu day is a lunar dayTwelve degrees between Sun and Moon: how the tithi is defined, why it varies in length, and why festivals follow it.Panchanga
- What the Vedic sciences are, and how they connectA map of India's classical knowledge traditions, from the Vedas through the six Vedangas to the applied sciences, and where Jyotish sits among them.Veda
Findings
3- FSVS-F-2026-001How five published almanacs differ on tithi end times, and whyPrinted panchangas for the same city and date can disagree on when a tithi ends by a few minutes or, occasionally, by much more. We set out a method for comparing five almanacs side by side and…
- FSVS-F-2026-002Kshaya and vriddhi tithis across a decadeBecause a tithi can be shorter or longer than a civil day, some tithis never touch a sunrise (kshaya, 'lost') and others touch two (vriddhi, 'increased'). We describe how to count them over ten years…
- FSVS-F-2026-003Reading an old handwritten kundli: a methodMany families keep handwritten janma patrikas, often decades old, in Sanskrit or a regional language with time stated in ghatis from sunrise. We propose a step by step method for transcribing such a…