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30 results for “nakshatra”
Glossary
18- Abhijitअभिजित्The midday muhūrta, and a twenty-eighth nakshatra in muhūrta texts.Panchanga
- Nāḍī kūṭaनाडीकूटEighth koota (8 points): ādi, madhya and antya nāḍīs of nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
- Nakṣatraनक्षत्रLunar mansion: one of 27 divisions of 13°20′ each.Panchanga
- Pāda (Caraṇa)पादQuarter of a nakshatra, 3°20′, with its own naming syllable.Panchanga
- Pañcakaपञ्चकThe Moon's passage through the last five nakshatras, Dhaniṣṭhā to Revatī.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
- Yoni kūṭaयोनिकूटFourth koota (4 points): animal symbols assigned to nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
- NirayanaनिरयनSidereal zodiac, fixed to the stars; the basis of Jyotish.Siddhanta
- Yoginī daśāयोगिनी दशाA 36-year daśā cycle of eight yoginīs.Jyotish · Hora
- Aṣṭakūṭaअष्टकूटEight-factor, 36-point method of comparing two birth charts.Jyotish · Hora
- Candraचन्द्रThe Moon: mind, mother, emotion and nourishment.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
- NavāṃśaनवांशThe ninth-division chart (D9), each sign split into nine.Jyotish · Hora
- Pūrṇimāपूर्णिमाFull moon: the fifteenth tithi of the bright fortnight.Panchanga
- Vṛścikaवृश्चिकScorpio: eighth sign, watery and fixed, ruled by Mars.Jyotish · Hora
Articles
10- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Amanta and purnimanta: the Hindu calendar's two month systemsTwo ways of deciding where a lunar month ends, why they give one festival two month-names, and which regions use which.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