Word origin · etymology
Astrological name Gulika combined with Sanskrit kāla, time.
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: daylight periods, printed p.175 ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: kāla ↗
How we know · epistemology
Traditional planetary allocation of daylight
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.
Kalaprakasika: daylight periods, printed p.175 ↗P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology, an Integrated Approach, §§1.3.12 and 4.3 ↗
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