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	In the early prehistory of Tibet, astronomy was used for basic purposes like that of the old ~~grandmother’s~~. In order to know when to plant and harvest the crop, astrological markers, like the length of the day and the arrival of certain constellations in the sky, were consulted. <ref>Mara Johnson-Groh (2013). Stories of the Stars: The History and Folklore of Tibetan Ethnoastronomy. http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1567</ref>		In the early prehistory of Tibet, astronomy was used for basic purposes like that of the old grandmother's. In order to know when to plant and harvest the crop, astrological markers, like the length of the day and the arrival of certain constellations in the sky, were consulted. <ref>Mara Johnson-Groh (2013). Stories of the Stars: The History and Folklore of Tibetan Ethnoastronomy. http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1567</ref>

	=== Solar System Names ===		=== Solar System Names ===
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	! align="left" \|No.		! align="left" \|No.
	! align="left" \|Tibetan		! align="left" \|Tibetan<ref>Suolang, Sangmu索郎桑姆; Gelang格朗; Nanmujia南木加; Jilü吉律 (2017). ""Zangzu chuantong tianwen lisuan zhong de ershijiu xiu tixi yanjiu藏族传统天文历算中的二十八宿体系研究" [A Study on the System of the Twenty-eight Lunar Mansions in Traditional Tibetan Astronomy and Calendrical Calculations]". ''Journal of Tibet University (Social Sciences Edition)西藏大学学报（社会科学版）''. 4: 57–66.</ref><ref>Fu, Qianji傅千吉 (2014). ""Zangzu tianwen lisu zhong ershijiu xiu de yuanyuan ji qi zuoyong藏族天文历算中二十八宿的渊源及其作用" [The Origin and Function of the 28 Lunar Mansions in Tibetan Astronomical Calendars]". ''Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities (Natural Science Edition)西北民族大学学报（自然科学版）''. 4: 80–83.</ref>
	! align="left" \|IPA		! align="left" \|IPA
	! align="left" \|Wylie		! align="left" \|Wylie
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	!Tibetan Scripts		!Tibetan Scripts<ref>Dung dkar Blo bzang 'phrin las 东噶·洛桑赤列 (Dungkar Lozang Trinlé). (Ed.). (2002). Dung dkar tshig mdzod chen mo东噶藏学大辞典 [Dung dkar great dictionary of Tibetan studies]. China Tibetology Publishing House中国藏学出版社. 328.</ref>
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	\|ཆུ་སྲིན		\|ཆུ་སྲིན
	\|t͡ɕʰu˥˥.~~sĩː˥˥~~		\|t͡ɕʰu˥˥.sĩ˥˥
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HaochengLyu: Added spelling and pronunciation for Tibetan zodiac

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+=== Constellations Beyond the Zodiac ===
 The star names documented in the table below draw from multiple sources. Johnson-Groh (2013) collected star names from the Tibetan community in Dharamsala, India, rather than from within Tibet itself. This compilation is polished by Lyu Haocheng and the IPA(s) are the consideration as the native spelling.
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Sushoff: /* Tibetan zodiac based on Rashi */

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Tibetan zodiac based on Rashi

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	==== Tibetan zodiac based on Rashi ====		=== Tibetan zodiac based on Rashi ===
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YoulaAzkarrula: /* Tibetan Lunar Mansion */

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Tibetan Lunar Mansion

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Tibetan Community in Tibet

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	!Tibetan ~~Tern~~		!Tibetan Term
	!Meaning		!Meaning
	!Designation		!Designation

YoulaAzkarrula: tibetan page

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Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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In the early prehistory of Tibet, astronomy was used for basic purposes like that of the old grandmother’s. In order to know when to plant and harvest the crop, astrological markers, like the length of the day and the arrival of certain constellations in the sky, were consulted. <ref>Mara Johnson-Groh (2013). Stories of the Stars: The History and Folklore of Tibetan Ethnoastronomy. http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1567</ref>

=== Solar System Names ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Tibetan
!English
!commentary
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|Nyima
|Sun
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|Dawa
|Moon
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|Rahu
|Ascending Lunar Node
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|Ketu
|Descending Lunar Node
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|Lhakpa
|Mercury
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|Pasang
|Venus
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|Mikmar
|Mars
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|Phurbu
| Jupiter
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|Penpa
|Saturn
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|}

== Tibetan Community in India ==

=== Tibetan Lunar Mansion ===
The star names documented in the table below draw from multiple sources. Johnson-Groh (2013) collected star names from the Tibetan community in Dharamsala, India, rather than from within Tibet itself. This compilation is polished by Lyu Haocheng and the IPA(s) are the consideration as the native spelling.

The Indian system traditionally identifies 27 ''nakshatras'', with Abhijit sometimes included as the 28th or merged with Jyeṣṭhā. The Tibetan system follows this convention with variations.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Tibetan Lunar Mansions (rgyu-skar / gyu gar / Gyukar)
! align="left" |No.
! align="left" |Tibetan
! align="left" |IPA
! align="left" |Wylie
! align="left" |Pinyin
! align="left" |THL
!Sanskrit
!Chinese
!Modern Star Name 1
!Modern Star Name 2
|-
| align="right" |0
| align="left" |ཐ་སྐར།
| align="left" |tʰa˥˥.kaː˥˥
| align="left" |tha-skar
| align="left" |ta gar
| align="left" |Takar
|Aśvinī
|娄 Bond
|β Ari (Sheratan)
|β Ari (Sheratan)
|-
| align="right" |1
| align="left" |བྲ་ཉེ།
| align="left" |ʈ͡ʂʰa˨˩.ȵe˥˦
| align="left" |bra-nye
| align="left" |cha nyê
| align="left" |Dranye
|Bharaṇī
|胃 Stomach
|μ Ari
|35 Ari
|-
| align="right" |2
| align="left" |སྨིན་དྲུག
| align="left" |mĩ˥˥.ʈ͡ʂuk˥˧
| align="left" |smin-drug
| align="left" |min zhug
| align="left" |Mindruk
|Kṛttikā
|昴 Hairy Head
|Pleiades
|η Tau (Alcyone)
|-
| align="right" |3
| align="left" |སྣར་མ།
| align="left" |naː˥˥.ma˥˦
| align="left" |snar-ma
| align="left" |nar ma
| align="left" |Narma
|Rohiṇī
|毕 Net
|α Tau (Aldebaran)
|α Tau (Aldebaran)
|-
| align="right" |4
| align="left" |མགོ
| align="left" |ko˩˧
| align="left" |mgo
| align="left" |go
| align="left" |Go
|Mrigaśirā
|觜 Beak
|λ Ori (Meissa)
|λ Ori (Meissa)
|-
| align="right" |5
| align="left" |ལག
| align="left" |lak˨˧˩
| align="left" |lag
| align="left" |lag
| align="left" |Lak
|Ārdrā
|参 Three Stars
|α Ori (Betelgeuse)
|α Ori (Betelgeuse)
|-
| align="right" |6
| align="left" |ནབས་སོ།
| align="left" |nap˨˩.so˥˦
| align="left" |nabs-so
| align="left" |nab so
| align="left" |Nabso
|Punarvasu
|井 Well
|β Gem (Pollux)
|β Gem (Pollux)
|-
| align="right" |7
| align="left" |རྒྱལ།
| align="left" |cɛː˩˩˦
| align="left" |rgyal
| align="left" |gyai / gyä
| align="left" |Gyal
|Puṣya
|鬼 Ghosts
|5 Cnc
|δ Cnc
|-
| align="right" |8
| align="left" |སྐག
| align="left" |kak˥˧
| align="left" |skag
| align="left" |gag
| align="left" |Kak
|Āśleṣā
|柳 Willow
|α Hya (Alphard)
|α Hya (Alphard)
|-
| align="right" |9
| align="left" |མཆུ།
| align="left" |t͡ɕʰu˥˦
| align="left" |mchu
| align="left" |qu
| align="left" |Chu
|Maghā
|星 Stars
|α Leo (Regulus)
|α Leo (Regulus)
|-
| align="right" |10
| align="left" |གྲེ
| align="left" |ʈ͡ʂʰe˩˧
| align="left" |gre
| align="left" |chê
| align="left" |Dre
|Pūrva-Phālgunī
|张 Extended Net
|δ Leo (Zosma)
|δ Leo (Zosma)
|-
| align="right" |11
| align="left" |དབོ།
| align="left" |wo˥˦
| align="left" |dbo
| align="left" |wo
| align="left" |Wo
|Uttara-Phālgunī
|翼 Wings
|β Leo (Denebola)
|β Leo (Denebola)
|-
| align="right" |12
| align="left" |མེ་བཞི།
| align="left" |me˨˩.ɕi˥˦
| align="left" |me-bzhi
| align="left" |mê xi
| align="left" |Mezhi
|Hasta
|轸 Chariot
|δ Crv (Algorab)
|δ Crv (Algorab)
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| align="right" |13
| align="left" |ནག་པ།
| align="left" |nak˨˩.pa˥˦
| align="left" |nag-pa
| align="left" |nag ba
| align="left" |Nakpa
|Citrā
|角 Horn
|α Vir (Spica)
|α Vir (Spica)
|-
| align="right" |14
| align="left" |ས་རི།
| align="left" |sa˥˥.ɾi˥˦
| align="left" |sa-ri
| align="left" |sa ri
| align="left" |Sari
|Svāti
|亢 Net
|α Boo (Arcturus)
|α Boo (Arcturus)
|-
| align="right" |15
| align="left" |ས་ག
| align="left" |sa˥˥.ka˥˦
| align="left" |sa-ga
| align="left" |sa ga
| align="left" |Saga
|Viśākhā
|氐 Root
|α Lib (Zubenelgenubi)
|α Lib (Zubenelgenubi)
|-
| align="right" |16
| align="left" |ལྷ་མཚམས།
| align="left" |l̥a˥˥.tsʰam˥˧
| align="left" |lha-mtshams
| align="left" |lha cam
| align="left" |Lhatsam
|Anurādhā
|房 Room
|δ Sco (Dschubba)
|δ Sco (Dschubba)
|-
| align="right" |17
| align="left" |སྣྲོན།
| align="left" |nø̃˥˥
| align="left" |snron
| align="left" |noin / nön
| align="left" |Nrön
|Jyeṣṭhā
|心 Heart
|α Sco (Antares)
|α Sco (Antares)
|-
| align="right" |18
| align="left" |སྣྲུབས།
| align="left" |nup˥˧
| align="left" |snrubs
| align="left" |nub
| align="left" |Nup
|Mūla
|尾 Tail
|λ Sco (Shaula)
|λ Sco (Shaula)
|-
| align="right" |19
| align="left" |ཆུ་སྟོད།
| align="left" |t͡ɕʰu˥˥.tøʔ˥˧
| align="left" |chu-stod
| align="left" |qu doi / qu dö
| align="left" |Chutö
|Pūrvāṣādhā
|箕 Winnowing Basket
|δ Sgr
|δ Sgr
|-
| align="right" |20
| align="left" |ཆུ་སྨད།
| align="left" |t͡ɕʰu˥˥.mɛʔ˥˧
| align="left" |chu-smad
| align="left" |qu mai / qu mä
| align="left" |Chume
|Uttarāṣādhā
|斗 Dipper
|σ Sgr
|σ Sgr
|-
| align="right" |21
| align="left" |གྲོ་བཞིན།
| align="left" |ʈ͡ʂʰo˨˩.ɕĩ˩˦
| align="left" |gro-bzhin
| align="left" |cho xin
| align="left" |Drozhin
|Uttara-Āṣādhā
|牛 Ox
|α Lyr (Vega)
|α Aql (Altair)
|-
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| align="left" |བྱི་བཞིན།
| align="left" |t͡ɕʰi˨˩.ɕĩ˩˦
| align="left" |byi-bzhin
| align="left" |qi xin
| align="left" |Jizhin
|Śravaṇa
|女 Woman
|α Aql (Altair)
|α Lyr (Vega)
|-
| align="right" |22
| align="left" |མོན་གྲེ།
| align="left" |mø̃˨˩.ʈ͡ʂe˥˦
| align="left" |mon-gre
| align="left" |moin zhê / mön zhê
| align="left" |Mondre
|Dhaniāstha
|虚 Emptiness
|β Del (Rotanev)
|λ Aqr (Shatabhisha)
|-
| align="right" |23
| align="left" |མོན་གྲུ།
| align="left" |mø̃˨˩.ʈ͡ʂu˥˦
| align="left" |mon-gru
| align="left" |moin zhu / mön zhu
| align="left" |Mondru
|Satabhiṣak
|危 Rooftop
|λ Aqr (Shatabhisha)
|β Del (Rotanev)
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| align="right" |24
| align="left" |ཁྲུམས་སྟོད།
| align="left" |ʈ͡ʂʰum˥˥.tøʔ˥˧
| align="left" |khrums-stod
| align="left" |chum doi / chum dö
| align="left" |Trumtö
|Pūrva-Bhādrapadā
|室 Encampment
|α Peg (Markab)
|α Peg (Markab)
|-
| align="right" |25
| align="left" |ཁྲུམས་སྨད།
| align="left" |ʈ͡ʂʰum˥˥.mɛʔ˥˧
| align="left" |khrums-smad
| align="left" |chum mai / chum mä
| align="left" |Trume
|Uttara-Bhādrapadā
|壁 Wall
|γ Peg (Algenib) / α And (Alpheratz)
|γ Peg (Algenib)
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| align="right" |26
| align="left" |ནམ་གྲུ།
| align="left" |nam˨˩.ʈ͡ʂu˥˦
| align="left" |nam-gru
| align="left" |nam zhu
| align="left" |Namdru
|Revatī
|奎 Legs
|σ Psc
|ζ Psc
|}

==== Tibetan zodiac based on Rashi ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Tibetan
! colspan="2" |Indian (Hindu)
! rowspan="2" |IAU-modern
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!Transliteration
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|Luk
|मेष
|[[Mesha]]
|Aries
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|Lang
|वृषभ
|[[Vrishabha]]
|Taurus
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|Trik
|मिथुन
|[[Mithuna]]
|Gemini
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|Karkata
|कर्क
|[[Karka]]/ Karkata
|Cancer
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|Senge
|सिंह
|[[Simha]]
|Leo
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|Pumo
|कन्या
|[[Kanya]]
|Virgo
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|Sangwa
|तुला
|[[Tula]]
|Libra
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|Dikpa
|वृश्चिक
|[[Vrishchika]]
|Scorpius
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|Zhu
|धनु
|[[Dhanu]]
|Sagittarius
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|Chusin
|मकर
|[[Makara]]
|Capricornus
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|Bumpa
|कुंभ
|[[Kumbha]]
|Aquarius
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|Nya
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|[[Meena]]
|Pisces
|}

== Tibetan Community in Tibet ==
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!Designation
!Comment
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== References ==

* [[References]] (general)

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