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Akshavedamsa →
Also: Akṣavedāṃśa · Akshavedamsha · D45
The D45 Jyotish chart, derived from 45 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The final aṃśa means a portion; the forty-fifth division is the attested chart identity. Pañcacatvāriṃśat means forty-five, but that numerical paraphrase does not establish how the older name akṣaveda was coined.
D45 derives another arrangement from the same input longitude rather than collecting new observations. Broad reading scope makes it especially important to record the original question and consider conflicting placements instead of selecting confirming details.
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Antardasha →
Also: antar-dasha · bhukti
A subperiod within a major dasha period; dates depend on the selected system and year-length convention.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Sanskrit antar means within or between; daśā means period in Rao’s usage. Antardaśā thus suggests an inner period. The compound analysis does not date the technical term’s origin.
Arithmetic nesting and astrological interpretation answer different questions. The first locates a selected date in a timetable; the second proposes traditional meaning. Neither a shorter interval nor a more detailed display supplies evidence that a life event will occur. Missing natal positions prevent a placement reading. Missing chart conditions prevent a complete traditional judgment. Show these gaps explicitly, including when both period lords are the same.
Anuradha →
Also: Anurādhā · Anūrādhā · Anuradha nakshatra
The seventeenth mansion, also appearing as Anūrādhā in the cited Vedic hymn, where it is associated with Mitra.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Monier-Williams records the mansion under Anurādhā and cross-refers to Anūrādhā. The related anūrādha means bringing welfare or happiness. This lexical connection is preserved without asserting a single definitive story of how the stellar name arose.
The name’s variant and Mitra association are documented. Using them to explore cooperation is an interpretive choice; a mansion assignment alone does not measure trustworthiness or determine compatibility.
Ayanamsha →
Also: ayanamsa · ayanāṃśa
The angular offset between tropical and a selected sidereal zodiac; different reference conventions yield different offsets.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Ayana means a course or movement, and aṃśa a part or portion; the compound names the angular offset between zodiac references.
The offset is reproducible once its reference and date model are stated. Disagreement between ayanamshas usually reflects different chosen origins, rather than an error in the measured position of a planet.
Chaturthamsa →
Also: Caturthāṃśa · Chaturthamsha · Chaturthamsa chart · D4
The D4 Jyotish chart, derived from 4 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Caturtha means fourth and aṃśa a portion. The compound is recorded as a fourth part; D4 is the modern chart abbreviation.
The D4 result is derived from the selected reference longitude and a declared rule. Reproducing the same partition supports a calculation claim; it does not by itself support a prediction about a home or property.
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Chaturvimsamsa →
Also: Caturviṃśāṃśa · Chaturvimshamsha · D24
The D24 Jyotish chart, derived from 24 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Caturviṃśa means twenty-fourth and aṃśa a portion. This is the numerical name of D24; its alternative traditional name Siddhamsa is distinct.
The conventional forward sequence and Rao’s later even-sign reversal are distinct methods. Results are comparable only when the method and zodiac reference agree. Neither version is an empirical test of educational ability.
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Chitra →
Also: Citrā · Chitra nakshatra
The fourteenth mansion, bearing a name associated with brightness and variety; the cited Vedic hymn names Tvaṣṭṛ.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Citra has senses including bright, conspicuous and variegated. Its feminine form Citrā names the star Spica and the lunar mansion in Monier-Williams. A jewel is a symbolic association, not the sole literal meaning of the name.
The hymn names Tvaṣṭṛ; a contemporary teaching uses Viśvakarman. This atlas preserves the source distinction. Creative imagery offers a symbolic reading, while neither the name nor its star association proves a personal talent.
Dasamsa →
Also: Daśāṃśa · Dashamsha · Dasamsa chart · D10
The D10 Jyotish chart, derived from 10 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Daśa means ten and aṃśa a portion: the tenth-part name. The first element is the number daśa, not the separate word daśā used for a state or planetary period.
The chart transforms D1 inputs under a declared division rule. A change in source data or method can change the result. Interpreting that result as a work theme is a further traditional step, not an astronomical observation of a second sky.
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Dasha →
Also: dasa · daśā
An Indian astrological period system assigning successive intervals to planets or signs; several different systems exist.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Daśā means condition, stage, or period of life. It is distinct from daśa, ten; the long final vowel matters.
A named system assigns periods by explicit rules rather than observing a physical planetary influence switching on. Comparisons require the same initialization and duration conventions; interpretations of those periods remain claims beyond the calendar arithmetic.
Dasha-lord reference →
Also: temporary dasha lagna · period-lord reference
Atlas label for a dasha lord used as temporary lagna in subperiod analysis.
Word origin, evidence & sources
This descriptive label combines dasha, meaning period in the cited teaching, with the English words lord and reference. It is not presented as an ancient Sanskrit technical compound.
It organizes subperiod analysis; it does not independently establish an event forecast.
Drekkana →
Also: Drekkāṇa · Drekkana chart · Dreshkana · D3
A Jyotish chart mapping the three ten-degree portions of each zodiac sign.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The dictionary cross-references drekkāṇa to dṛkāṇa, a third of a zodiac sign. The spelling variants are documented; a deeper historical derivation is not asserted here.
A third of a 30° sign is 10°. That partition is reproducible, while the destination-sign rule and reading convention must also be stated. Shared ten-degree widths do not make Indian and Western decan interpretations interchangeable.
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Drik calculation →
Also: drik
Calculation using observed or modern astronomical positions; it differs from retaining an older traditional mean-motion model.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Drik represents dṛk, sight or seeing, from dṛś. The name points to observation-oriented astronomical calculation.
Positions are tied to observational astronomy or modern ephemerides instead of only inherited mean-motion tables. This improves the basis of astronomical timing; it does not by itself validate the astrological judgments subsequently attached to the positions.
Dusthana →
Also: difficult houses
Dusthana names houses 6, 8, and 12 in the Jyotish house scheme.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The cited dictionary headword duḥ-stha describes an adverse condition, but it is a different headword. It does not by itself establish the technical term’s origin or earliest use.
The label is not a standalone prediction of illness, loss, death, or any event.
Dvadasamsa →
Also: Dvādaśāṃśa · Dvadashamsha · Dwadashamsha · D12
The D12 Jyotish chart, derived from 12 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Dvādaśa means twelve; aṃśa means a portion. The name designates a twelfth part, also recorded in the dictionary’s zodiac vocabulary.
The arithmetic can locate a graha in a twelfth-part division. A family interpretation remains a symbolic reading; it cannot independently establish facts about parents, inheritance or ancestry.
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Graha →
Also: grahas
An astrological “planet” or seizer; the classical nine include the Sun, Moon and lunar nodes, not only physical planets.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Graha means a seizer or grasper, from grah, to seize; its celestial use includes entities beyond the modern astronomical category planet.
The category groups bodies and calculated nodes by their roles in Indian interpretation. Calling something a graha identifies that traditional role; it does not assert that every member is a physical planet.
Gulika Kalam →
Also: Gulika kala
The Saturn-associated eighth of daylight in a traditional weekday sequence. Its duration varies with the local sunrise-to-sunset interval.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The compound names Gulika’s period. The historical timing text establishes the technical use; it does not establish a derivation of the name from the separate Sanskrit word for a small ball.
Kalaprakasika does not classify this period as inauspicious. Other applications differ; the displayed interval must not be confused with a separately calculated Gulika or Mandi point in a horoscope.
Hasta →
Also: Hasta nakshatra
The thirteenth mansion, named with the Sanskrit word for a hand and associated with Savitṛ in the cited Vedic hymn.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Hasta is an ordinary Sanskrit word for a hand as well as the mansion name. Monier-Williams leaves its deeper derivation unknown. Interpretations about skill should not be presented as a separate literal root meaning.
The hand is a documented name and image. Reading it as skill or agency is a symbolic extension; a Moon position cannot establish dexterity, work suitability or a medical condition.
Hora chart →
Also: Horā chart · Hora · D2
A Jyotish divisional chart based on the two halves of each zodiac sign.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Monier-Williams identifies horā as borrowed from Greek and records hour, half-sign and horoscopy senses. Here it names the half-sign chart; a planetary hour is a different application of the same word.
The half-sign assignment can be checked against the source longitude. A Sun/Moon division does not uniquely settle how every school draws a Hora chart; the two-sign construction must be named. Neither its geometry nor its lexical history verifies a life interpretation.
Jaimini astrology →
Also: Jaimini
An Indian astrological family associated with Jaimini teachings, including distinctive significators and sign-based timing methods.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Jaimini is the name of the sage to whom texts and methods are attributed. The school label is eponymous; no speculative personal-name root is supplied.
Its significators and timing rules are grounded in a particular Indian textual tradition and its interpretations. Implementations must identify the adopted variant; substituting rules from another school can produce a coherent-looking but methodologically mixed reading.
Jyeshtha →
Also: Jyeṣṭhā · Jyeshta · Jyestha · Jyeshtha nakshatra
The eighteenth mansion, bearing a name meaning eldest or foremost and traditionally associated with Indra.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Jyeṣṭha means eldest, foremost or pre-eminent. The feminine Jyeṣṭhā names this mansion. The name is not Jyaiṣṭha, the related month name, and its seniority sense does not establish someone’s actual age or family position.
The seniority sense and Indra association are historically documented. Their use as a theme of responsibility is symbolic; a Moon placement cannot establish actual birth order, authority or moral worth.
Jyotish →
Also: Jyotiṣa · Vedic astrology
Indian astronomical and astrological traditions; the label covers multiple schools rather than one universal calculation recipe.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Derived from jyotis, light or a heavenly light. Jyotiṣa names the traditional discipline concerned with celestial lights and their reckoning.
Texts and practitioners document several Indian systems of calendrics, astronomy and interpretation. A reliable almanac calculation supports its dates and positions; it does not independently establish the accompanying judgments about life events.
Karaka →
Also: kāraka
A significator: a planet or other factor assigned to represent a topic under a specified Indian astrological rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Kāraka means maker, doer, or producer, from kṛ, to do; in astrology it supplies the language of a significator.
A planet represents a topic because a specified rule assigns that role. Fixed and variable significator schemes need not agree; the assignment should be shown explicitly rather than treated as a physical property of the planet.
Karana →
Half a tithi, spanning 6° of Moon–Sun longitude difference; traditional names follow a repeating and fixed sequence.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Karaṇa has meanings including doing, making, and instrument. Half a tithi is a specialized calendrical sense of the word.
A six-degree phase interval determines the half-tithi, while a traditional sequence supplies its name. Correct naming requires the fixed entries as well as the repeating cycle; meanings assigned to those names are customary.
Kendra →
Also: kendras
Kendra names houses 1, 4, 7, and 10 from the ascendant in Jyotish.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Centre is the lexical gloss. The earliest astrological use and the path of transmission are not established in this entry.
The definition fixes a house set; it does not assign a forecast or rank every planet in it.
Ketu →
The south lunar node in Indian astrology, opposite Rahu; a calculated point, not a material planet.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Ketu has senses including sign, banner, and a luminous appearance; its use for a lunar node is a specialized inherited sense.
Ketu is placed opposite the selected ascending node. Its longitude follows from that choice; meanings involving detachment or past experience cannot be inferred from the orbital intersection alone.
Khavedamsa →
Also: Khavedāṃśa · Khavedamsha · Chatvarimsamsa · D40
The D40 Jyotish chart, derived from 40 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Aṃśa means a portion. The alternative numerical name Catvāriṃśāṃśa identifies a fortieth part. Khavedāṃśa is attested in the classical list, but a precise historical explanation of khaveda’s formation is not established here.
A fine partition can be reproduced once the input and method are fixed. Traditional favorable or unfavorable classifications are judgments within a school; the chart does not verify that an event will occur or that a person deserves it.
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Krishnamurti Paddhati →
Also: KP astrology
An Indian system emphasizing stellar and subdivision rulers with particular house and sidereal conventions.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Krishnamurti names K. S. Krishnamurti; paddhati means a path, procedure, or system. KP abbreviates the two-part school name.
The method combines stellar subdivisions with selected house and sidereal conventions. Small boundary changes can alter a sub-lord, making settings consequential; a precisely calculated subdivision is not independent evidence for a definite event prediction.
Lagna →
The Ascendant in Indian astrology, usually expressed in the chosen sidereal zodiac.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Lagna means attached, fixed, or adhering; in astronomy and astrology it names the ascendant and a significant moment.
The rising ecliptic point is calculated from an instant and location, then expressed in a selected zodiac. Its house and life-topic roles require additional Indian rules, and uncertain birth time can change them.
Lahiri ayanamsha →
Also: Lahiri
A widely used Indian sidereal reference convention; selecting it changes zodiac longitudes, not the physical sky.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Lahiri names N. C. Lahiri, associated with the Indian calendar-reform convention; ayanāṃśa names the offset. The surname is left untranslated.
Lahiri provides a shared reference for comparing many Indian calculations. Its widespread adoption establishes a convention, not evidence that this origin yields more accurate personality readings than other sidereal origins.
Magha →
Also: Maghā · Magha nakshatra
The tenth mansion in the common 27-nakshatra sequence, associated with the ancestors in the cited Vedic hymn.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Monier-Williams records magha as a gift, bounty, wealth or power, and Maghā as a lunar mansion. Maghā should be distinguished from Māgha, the related month name with a long first vowel.
The inherited name and ancestral association can be documented. Turning them into a claim about someone’s lineage, social rank or past lives requires a belief that this calculation does not verify.
Mahadasha →
Also: mahādaśā
A major period in a dasha sequence, containing smaller subperiods.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Mahā- is the compound form of mahant, meaning great; Rao glosses daśā as period. Mahādaśā therefore literally suggests a great period. This lexical explanation does not establish the term’s first historical use.
The period schedule is a reproducible calculation under stated conventions; its life interpretation is a traditional astrological claim. A correct date calculation does not test that claim. Treat the reading as a contextual account, and record disagreements without changing the convention to fit an event. This tool uses the natal Moon under a selected sidereal reference and either 360 or 365.25-day years. Rao discusses competing year lengths. Compare dates only when all input and convention choices match.
Muhurta →
Also: muhūrta
Selecting a time for an intended activity under Indian astrological rules; the word can also denote a traditional time unit.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Muhūrta means a moment or a specified interval of time; electional practice extends the term to selecting a suitable moment.
The method compares candidate times using declared rules for a particular activity. Its rankings express the selected tradition's preferences; practical constraints and actual outcomes remain separate from the designation of a time as auspicious.
Nakshatra →
Also: nakshatras
A lunar mansion; the common equal scheme divides the sidereal zodiac into 27 sectors of 13°20′.
Word origin, evidence & sources
An inherited word for a star or asterism, specialized as a lunar mansion. Its deeper derivation is not reduced here to a speculative syllable story.
The common equal scheme makes mansion assignment a checkable angular calculation. Historical names and associated meanings are inherited conventions; a named mansion is not necessarily the same region as a modern astronomical constellation.
Pada →
Also: nakshatra pada
One quarter of a nakshatra, spanning 3°20′ in the equal 27-mansion scheme.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Pāda means foot and, by extension, a quarter or section; the lunar-mansion usage is the quarter sense.
A pada follows mechanically from a position within its nakshatra. Close to a quarter boundary, small changes in time or sidereal reference can alter the assignment; the resulting character descriptions are a separate tradition.
Paksha →
A lunar fortnight: the waxing half is Shukla Paksha and the waning half is Krishna Paksha.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Pakṣa means wing, side, or half, and hence a fortnight; the lunar cycle has a waxing side and a waning side.
Panchanga →
Also: panchang · panchangam
An Indian almanac’s five principal factors: weekday, tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana; daily use requires local boundary rules.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Pañca means five and aṅga a limb or component. The almanac name refers to its five calendrical components.
Its five factors can be calculated from solar and lunar positions and local day rules. Festival or auspiciousness judgments add regional and religious conventions, so a correct position does not guarantee one universal almanac date.
Panchanga yoga →
Also: nitya yoga
One of 27 divisions of the sum of sidereal Sun and Moon longitudes; distinct from other meanings of yoga.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Yoga comes from yuj, to join or yoke. Here joining refers to the calendrical combination of the Sun's and Moon's longitudes.
Prashna →
Also: praśna
Question astrology: a chart for a question or consultation, requiring an event time rather than simply a birth time.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Praśna means question or inquiry. The practice is named for the question being put, rather than for a birth.
The chosen question or consultation moment supplies the chart's context. Reproducible calculation requires recording that moment and location; a birth chart answers a different setup, and symbolic testimony cannot establish hidden facts about another person.
Purva Phalguni →
Also: Pūrva Phalgunī · Pūrva Phālgunī · Poorva Phalguni
The eleventh mansion and earlier Phalguni. This atlas follows the Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa assignment of Bhaga as its deity.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Pūrva distinguishes the earlier member of the Phalguni pair. Monier-Williams records phalguna as reddish and both Phalgunī and Phālgunī as mansion forms. The name’s lexical color sense is separate from later relationship symbolism.
The Phalguni deity assignments differ across the cited texts. Bhaga here identifies the chosen convention; it does not turn a Moon position into evidence about marriage or fertility.
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Rahu →
Also: Rāhu
The north lunar node in Indian astrology; a calculated orbital intersection, not a material planet.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The dictionary glosses Rāhu as the Seizer, the eclipse-causing being; the name is also applied to the ascending lunar node.
The ascending lunar node is calculated from an orbital model and helps describe eclipse geometry. Rahu's assigned psychological or karmic meanings belong to interpretation, rather than a detected substance at the node.
Rahu Kalam →
Also: Rahu kala · Rahu kaal
A weekday-specific eighth of local daylight, traditionally associated with Rahu and consulted when choosing a time to begin an auspicious undertaking.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The lineage dictionary translates the name as the time of Rahu. Kāla is time; the name identifies the traditional association rather than an astronomical event.
Rashi chart →
Also: Rāśi chart · D1
The primary Indian zodiac chart of planetary sign positions, before a divisional-chart transformation.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Rāśi means a heap, collection, or quantity, and also a zodiac sign. Chart and the D1 notation are English technical labeling.
Planetary longitudes are assigned to signs before further divisional mapping. Comparing charts requires the same zodiac and reference settings; the chart layout itself does not supply evidence for the meanings assigned to its placements.
Saptamsa →
Also: Saptāṃśa · Saptamsha · Saptamsa chart · D7
The D7 Jyotish chart, derived from 7 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Sapta means seven and aṃśa a portion. The chart name identifies a seventh-part division, with the adjoining a vowels forming ā.
Seven parts do not have an exact terminating decimal width in degrees, so rounded labels should not determine the partition. A reproducible destination sign does not validate conclusions about reproduction or a child.
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Saptavimsamsa →
Also: Saptaviṃśāṃśa · Saptavimshamsha · D27
The D27 Jyotish chart, derived from 27 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Saptaviṃśa means twenty-seventh and aṃśa a portion. The numerical name describes D27; it does not mean that a body occupies the same named lunar mansion in the original sky.
This division partitions each zodiac sign, whereas the equal nakshatra scheme partitions the whole zodiac. They share the number 27 but answer different coordinate questions. Interpretive claims about personal capacity are separate from these calculations.
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Shashtyamsa →
Also: Ṣaṣṭyaṃśa · Shashtiamsa · Shashtiamsha · D60
The D60 Jyotish chart, derived from 60 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Ṣaṣṭi means sixty and becomes ṣaṣṭy before a following vowel; aṃśa means a portion. The result is the sixtieth-part name, distinct from ṣaṣṭha, meaning sixth.
Half-degree source portions make boundary and birth-time uncertainty material. A reproducible sign assignment cannot demonstrate a former life, karma or moral desert. Sign counting and the ordering of traditional portion names are separate conventions.
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Shodasamsa →
Also: Ṣoḍaśāṃśa · Shodashamsha · D16
The D16 Jyotish chart, derived from 16 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Ṣoḍaśa is the sixteen/sixteenth numeral and aṃśa a portion. The dictionary records the full compound for a sixteenth part.
This chart is calculated from finer portions of the same natal longitude. More subdivisions do not create more reliable input data, and a repeated pattern across derived charts is not an independent observation.
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Sidereal zodiac →
Twelve equal 30° signs aligned through a chosen stellar reference; these are not the unequal IAU constellations.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Sidereal comes from sidus, star or constellation. It identifies a zodiac referenced to stellar positions under a stated convention.
A specified reference aligns twelve equal sectors with the stellar background. Different alignments can change a sign assignment; equal sidereal signs remain distinct from the unequal constellations mapped by astronomers.
Swati →
Also: Svāti · Svātī · Swati nakshatra
The fifteenth mansion. Its inherited name also designates Arcturus; Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa pairs it with Vāyu.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Monier-Williams records Svāti as the star Arcturus and a mansion name, explicitly leaving its derivation unknown. Independence is a later interpretive theme; it should not be supplied as a settled literal translation.
The stellar name is documented but its derivation remains uncertain in the cited dictionary. Wind and independence belong to the declared symbolic reading; they cannot be inferred as measured psychological traits.
Tajika →
Also: Varshaphala
An Indian annual-chart tradition using solar returns together with distinctive aspect and timing rules.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Tājika derives from Persian tāzīg, Arab, ultimately associated with the Arabic tribal name Ṭayyiʾ. Indian usage designated Perso-Arabic people and astrology.
A solar return provides the astronomical anchor, while Tajika supplies its own aspects and judgment rules. A natal interpretation or generic transit reading cannot stand in for that method merely because the same planets appear.
Tithi →
A lunar phase division: each additional 12° of Moon–Sun longitude difference starts the next of 30 tithis.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Tithi names a lunar day. The inherited technical meaning is secure; a deeper root or literal syllable breakdown is not established here.
Trikona →
Also: trikonas · trine houses
Trikona names houses 1, 5, and 9 from the ascendant in Jyotish.
Word origin, evidence & sources
This lexical sense does not settle which house set a particular Jyotish school adopts. First technical use is unverified.
This refers to houses, not Western degree-based trine aspects between planets.
Trimsamsa →
Also: Triṃśāṃśa · Trimshamsha · D30
The D30 Jyotish chart; the selected Parashari method assigns five unequal portions per sign.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The dictionary records triṃśāṃśa as a thirtieth of a zodiac sign, or a degree. This lexical meaning should not be mistaken for the complete rule of the unequal Parashari D30 chart.
Under the selected Parashari rule, D30 assigns five unequal source intervals to signs. A unique transformed degree is not supplied by that sign assignment. The traditional vocabulary of difficulty must not be taken as evidence of disease, fault or inevitable harm.
Upachaya →
Also: upacaya · growth houses · houses of increase
Upachaya names houses 3, 6, 10, and 11 in the Jyotish house scheme.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Upachaya is an English spelling of upacaya; the lexical gloss does not guarantee an outcome.
A house can belong to more than one category; sixth house is also dusthana in the cited classification.
Uttara Phalguni →
Also: Uttara Phalgunī · Uttara Phālgunī
The twelfth mansion and later Phalguni. This atlas follows the Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa assignment of Aryaman as its deity.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Uttara marks the later member of the pair. Monier-Williams attests both Uttara Phalgunī and Uttara Phālgunī. Phalguna has a reddish color sense; the compound’s place in the pair is clearer than a claim that its name means marriage or duty.
Aryaman is the declared deity convention here, while the cited Taittirīya presentation gives Bhaga. Partnership imagery supplies a reading vocabulary; it is not a test of commitment or a forecast of relationship duration.
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Vara →
Also: vāra
The weekday factor in a panchanga; traditional daily reckoning commonly begins at local sunrise.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Vāra means a turn, recurring occasion, or day; the weekday meaning uses this recurrence vocabulary. The long vowel distinguishes it from other vara words.
A weekday is familiar civil information, but a traditional sunrise-based vara can differ from the midnight-based date before dawn. A trustworthy result states the location and day boundary used rather than silently mixing both conventions.
Varga →
Also: divisional chart · vargas
An Indian chart division and remapping; different vargas require distinct rules, not simply generic longitude multiplication.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Varga means a class, group, division, or section. Its chart use applies this division vocabulary to zodiacal subdivisions.
Each varga requires its own assignment rule and stated treatment of boundaries. Agreement on the division number alone is insufficient for reproduction, and the life topic assigned to a division comes from its interpretive tradition.
Vimsamsa →
Also: Viṃśāṃśa · Vimshamsha · D20
The D20 Jyotish chart, derived from 20 portions of each zodiac sign under a declared rule.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Viṃśa means twentieth and aṃśa a portion. Viṃśāṃśa is recorded as a twentieth part; the numeral does not itself specify a life topic.
D20 is a declared remapping of natal longitude. Its reproducibility concerns that map; claims about religious life are interpretive commitments and cannot be read as measurements of a person’s spiritual standing.
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Vimshottari dasha →
Also: Vimshottari · Vimśottarī
A 120-year planetary period scheme commonly initialized from the natal Moon’s nakshatra and its remaining portion.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Viṃśottarī designates the 120-year scheme; daśā means period or condition. The numerical name concerns the full nominal cycle.
The selected lunar mansion and fraction remaining initialize a prescribed 120-year sequence. Ayanamsha, lunar precision and year length can shift dates; the sequence's arithmetic does not establish that its periods cause particular events.
Vishakha →
Also: Viśākhā · Visakha · Vishakha nakshatra
The sixteenth mansion, with a name associated with branching. Its traditional deity pairing is Indra and Agni.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Monier-Williams analyzes viśākha with vi- and śākha and records branched or forked among its senses. The feminine names the mansion. This supports a branch image, but not a claim that the name predicts divided loyalties or two marriages.
The dictionary documents the name, arch image and dual deity association. Applying branching to a person’s choices is a metaphor; it does not justify claims about relationship outcomes or inevitable conflict.
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Also: Yamagandam · Yamaganda kalam
A named daylight eighth whose weekday placement is tabulated in traditional electional astrology. Here its interval is calculated from local sunrise and sunset.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Kalaprakasika attests this name for the weekday periods. The precise historical formation of the compound is not established by that table, so no literal root explanation is asserted here.
The calendar reproduces a stated timing convention. It is distinct from a Yamaghantaka upagraha longitude, and its traditional evaluation does not demonstrate a causal effect on an undertaking.