Naksatra History The ecliptic is divided into 27 Naksatras, which are variously called lunar houses or asterisms. These reflect the moon's cycle against the fixed stars, 27 days and 7¾ hours, the fractional part being compensated for by an intercalary 28th nakatra titled Abhijit. Naksatra's computation appears to have been well known at the time of the Rigveda (2nd–1st millennium BC) The ecliptic is divided into the naksatras eastwards starting from a reference point which is traditionally a point. on the ecliptic directly opposite the star Spica called Citra in Sanskrit. (Other slightly different definitions exist). It is called Meadi - "start of Aries"; this is when the equinox — where the ecliptic meets the equator, — was in Aries (today it is in Pisces, 28 degrees before Aries starts). The difference between Meadi and the present equinox is known as Ayanasa, - denoting by how much of a fraction of degrees ...
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