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...f the number of minutes (kalās) in a Rashi (zodiac sign). It says a Rashi (zodiac sign) has 1800 minutes (kalās) and thus calculates the first Jyā to a val |Zodiac sign

*''Indian zodiac'': 0° - 13°20' Mesha *''west zodiac'' 23°46 Aries - 7°06' Taurus

| Zodiac Sign || Rashi || 30 Ansh/degrees or 1800 Kala/minutes | Revolution || Bhagan || 12 Rashi/zodiac signs

* beginning of Shadashiti (षडशीति) marked by sun's entrance into the zodiac signs of Gemini, VIrgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces according to Laghu Shatatap ...Bharatiya panchanga) before and after the moment when the sun enters a new zodiac sign is a holy time for offering danas. Specific ghatikas are as given belo

While nakshatra system was existing, the twelve signs of the zodiac Mesha, Vrshabha etc were introduced. Computations for arriving at the preci |Bhachakra : Zodiac (consisting of 27 nakshatras or twelve rashis)

...the ecliptic with reference to the vernal equinox (the first point of the zodiac sign Aries) is one tropical solar year called as sayana saura varsha accord ...ntry into a rashi by the Sun (sankranti) to his entry into the next rashi (zodiac); and arriving at a sankranti time requires some careful observation of the

...signs, the nine planets, the twenty-seven constellations, etc. Each of the zodiac signs, planets, etc. located in the birth cycles represent some or other pa ...ated to health are described as yogas in jyotisha shastra through planets, zodiac signs, and bhava (houses). Astrological texts, while taking diseases seriou

...ons of three celestial bodies Sun, Moon and Jupiter in different rashis or zodiac signs. ...nce, after almost twelve years, Sun and Jupiter are in the same respective zodiac signs. This is why, usually, the Kumbha Mela is held once every 12 years.

...yaya 212). It can also be made on Sankranti when surya transits into a new zodiac (takes 30 days). Meru refers to a legendary sacred mountain, considered to

...ning of the winter season, and entry into the Sayana Karka rashi or Cancer zodiac (Summer Solstice) called Dakshinayana marks the beginning of the rainy seas ...ar. The movement of the earth around the sun with constellations of stars (zodiac) as reference point where precession is not taken into consideration is cal

...vide significance to the alignment of plants with a particular star in the zodiac. For instance, the 2004 tsunami in Chennai which occurred on a full moon da

...atural phenomena (shlokas 30-64). The movement of grahas (ग्रहाः) from one zodiac to another is also taken to indicate rainfall and drought (shlokas 71-79).

...r Upakarma. Conjunction of moon with Uttarashadha or Dhanishta nakshatras, zodiac signs, adhika masa etc are additional point involved in performing Upakarma

|text = ''The eighth part of the number of minutes contained in a zodiac sign (Rashi) (i.e. 1800) is the first sine (Jya). Divide the first sine by

...erism as the day's nakshatra, from which the 27 asterismal segments of the zodiac came into use.<ref name=":0" /> ...erism ad the day's nakshatra, from which the 27 asterismal segments of the zodiac came into use.

...igious propriety. If there be a Sankranti (the passage of the sun from one zodiac to another), and eclipse or Shraddha, the ceremony cannot be auspicious.<re

...sition of stars and planets, stellar objects, distances between the stars, zodiac configurations among many things in order to fix the Shruti defined times f

4. The place of a planet in the fixed zodiac.

...one bathes on the day when the sun passes from one sign to another (in the Zodiac), thirty times more religious merits accrue.