Word origin · etymology
Inherited Indian astrological name, transliterated Yamaganda.
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.
How we know · epistemology
Historical electional table
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.
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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