Category:Nakshatra
A Nakshatra is a lunar mansion or constellation used in Hindu and Vedic astral science. Traditionally, there had been 28 nakshatras, but one of them was dropped from astronomy and only keeps being used in astrology.
The astronomical meaning of the nakshatras is a division of the sky into 27 distinct sectors, each spanning exactly (13° 20') of the zodiac. This systematic meaning (today) has been used since the early first millennium CE, when the Graeco-Babylonian zodiac was introduced in Indian astronomy. Prior to this, the nakshatras have been used as asterism names.
The Moon spends about one day travelling through each Nakshatra (in the modern sense), forming the foundation of Vedic astrology and daily ritual timing.
Pages in category "Nakshatra"
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
