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These fifteen days are divided for astrological purposes into five classes, having three days in each.
Nandi contains...1st, 6th, and 11th. Indifferent. Bhadra............2nd, 7th, 12th. Good.
Jaya....... 3rd, 8th, Riktâ.. ..4th, 9th, Purṇa. ..........5th, 10th,
PANCHANGA, OR INDIAN ALMANAC.
23. 24.
25.
26. Uttara do.
13th. Do. 14th. Very bad. 15th. Good.
During the Riktâ tithis no good work, such as marrying a wife, building a house, &c., can be commenced. A knowledge of the tithis is absolutely necessary to a Hindu, for on them depends a proper performance of the funeral ceremonies to which he attaches so much importance. 3rd. Nakshatras. These are 27 in number, and are the constellations through which the moon in his monthly course passes. Great importance is attached to them in all astrological calculations. They are divided into male, female, and neuter; good, bad, and indifferent; those which look upwards, those which look downwards, and those which look straight forward. Each nakshatra is divided into four parts called pada, and 2 nakshatras equal a rasi or sign of the zodiac.
They succeed each other throughout the month in the following order, and are each sacred to a particular god:
1. Aśvini, whose god is Aśvinî Devatra.
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2. Bharani or Antakam...Yama.
3. Krittikâ or Agneyâ...Agni. 4. Rohini or Brahmam...Brahma. 5. Mrigasiras......... ..Moon.. 6. Ardrâ or Raudra ......Siva.
7. Punarvasu ...............Aditi. 8. Pusiya or Tisiya.........Jupiter.
9. Aslesha or Sarpam......Serpents. 10. Maghs or Pitriyam......Pitrigala. 11. Pârva Phalguni..
...Aryami.
12. Uttara do. .........Bhaga. 13. Hasta or Arkabha......Sun. 14.
15. Svâti
16. Vaisakhâ..
Chaitrâ
..Indra.
Vâyu. ....Indra-Agal. ...Mitra.
17. Anuradha
18. Jyeshthâ.... .....Indra. 19. Mula or Neriti ...Riki. 20. Pârvâ Shadhâ....... Udaka (Water).
21. Uttara do.
..Vishve Devata galu. ..Vishnu.
22. Śravana
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Dhanishtha or Śravishtha. The 8 Vasus. Sâtabhisa or Satataraka.Varuna.
Pârva Bhadrapada
..Ajâchurana. ..Ahirbudhnya.
27. Revati or Pûshna .........Pûshâ. In every Nakshatra there is a time called tydjyayoga, which lasts for 3 or 4 ghaliges (there is a dispute as to the actual length), and while it lasts nothing can be done, no work commenced. The tydjyayoga comes sometimes by day, sometimes by night. The hour of its commencement is always given in the al
1. 2. Priti.
3. Âyushmat. 4. Saubhagya. 5. Sobhana. 6. Atiganda. 7. Sukarman. 8. Dhriti. 9. Sula.
10. Ganda. 11. Vriddhi.
12. Dhruva.
13. Vyaghita.
14.
Harshana.
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4th. Yogas.-These are 27 in number, and, like the nakshatras, follow each other in regular order :
Vishkambha.
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15. Vajra.
16. Siddhi.
17. Vyatîpâta. 18. Variyâna. 19. Parigha. 20. Śiva.
21. Siddhi.
22. Sâdhya. 23. Subha.
24. Shukla.
25. Brahman.
26. Aindra:
27. Vaidhṛiti.
"The yoga is nothing else than a mode of indicating the sum of the longitudes of the sun and moon. The rule for its computation, as given in the Súrya Siddhánta, Bhasvati, and Graha Lághava, directs that the longitude of the sun be added to the longitude of the moon, and the sum, reduced to minutes, is to be divided by 800 (the number of minutes in 13° 20′) the quotient exhibits the elapsed yogas, counted from Vishkambha. It is obvious, therefore, that the yogas are 27 divisions of 360° of a great circle measured on the ecliptic. But if they be represented on a circle, it must be a moveable one in the plane of the ecliptic." (Colebrooke, Essays, vol. II. p. 364.)
A more practical way for finding the proper yoga of the day is
Find the nakshatra in which the moon is. This is the same as that for the day. Beginning with Sravana (the 22nd nakshatra), find what the number of this nakshatra is.
