Chapter 8: Asterisms

8.1-9 · computed

polar longitudes from the shares and portions; polar latitudes

1. procyante liptikā bhānāṃ svabhogo +atha daśāhatah/
bhavanty atītadhiṣṇyānāṃ bhogaliptāyutā dhruvāh//

2. aṣṭārṇavāh śūnyakṛtāh pañcaṣaṣṭir nageṣavah/
aṣṭārthā abdhayo +aṣṭāgā aṅgāgā manavas tathā//

3. kṛteṣavo yugarasāh śūnyavāṇā viyadrasāh/
khavedāh sāgaranagā gajāgāh sāgarartavah//

4. manavo +atha rasā vedā vaiśvam āpyārdhabhogagam/
āpyasyaivābhijit prānte vaiśvānte śravaṇasthitih/

5. tricatuh pādayoh sandhau śraviṣṭhā śravaṇasya tu/
svabhogato viyan nāgāh ṣaṭkṛtir yamalāśvinah//

6. randhrādrayah kramād eṣāṃ vikṣepāh svād apakramāt/
diṅmāsaviṣayāh saumye yāmye pañca diśo nava//

7. saumye rasāh khaṃ yāmye +agāh saumye khārkās trayodaśa/
dakṣiṇe rudrayamalāh saptatriṃśad athottare//

8. yāmya +adhyardhatrikakṛtā nava sārdhaśareṣavah/
uttarasyāṃ tathā ṣaṣṭis triṃśat ṣaṭtriṃśad eva hi//

9. dakṣiṇe tv ardhabhāgas tu caturviṃśatir uttare/
bhāgāh ṣaḍviṃśatih khaṃ ca dāsrādīnāṃ yathākramam//

Computed by: asterismPositions

8.10-12 · data (a constant used)

Agastya, Mrgavyadha, Agni, Brahmahrdaya; the sphere for examining positions

10. aśītibhāgair yāmyāyām agastyo mithunāntagah/
viṃśe ca mithunasyāṃśe mṛgavyādho vyavasthitah//

11. vikṣepo dakṣiṇe bhāgaih khārṇavaih svād apakramāt/
hutabhugbrahmahṛdayau vṛṣe dvāviṃśabhāgagau//

12. aṣṭābhis triṃśatā caiva vikṣiptāv uttareṇa tau/
golaṃ labdhvā parīkṣeta vikṣepaṃ dhruvakaṃ sphuṭam//

Computed by: otherStars

8.13 · computed

a planet in Taurus 17 deg, latitude over 2 deg south (and under Rohini's 5, by Raṅganātha), splits Rohini's wain

13. vṛṣe saptadaśe bhāge yasya yāmyo +aṃśakadvayāt/
vikṣepo +abhyadhiko bhindyād rohiṇyāh śakataṃ tu sah//

Computed by: splitsRohinisWain

8.14-15 · computed

day and night and apparent longitude of an asterism; conjunction with a planet

14. grahavad dyuniśe bhānāṃ kuryād dṛkkarma pūrvavat/
grahamelakavac cheṣaṃ grahabhuktyā dināni ca//

15. eṣyo hīne gṛhe yogo dhruvakād adhike tatah/
viparyayād vakragate grahe jñeyah samāgamah//

Computed by: asterismApparentLongitudeasterismConjunction

8.16-19 · data (a constant used)

which star of each group is the junction-star

16. phālgunyor bhādrapadayos tathaivāṣāḍhayor dvayoh/
viśākhāśvinisaumyānāṃ yogatārottarā smṛtā//

17. paścimottaratārāyā dvitīyā paścime sthitā/
hastasya yogatārā sā śraviṣṭhāyāś ca paścimā//

18. jyeṣṭhāśravaṇamaitrāṇāṃ bārhaspatyasya madhyamā/
bharaṇyāgneyapitryāṇāṃ revatyāś caiva dakṣiṇā//

19. rohiṇyādityamūlānāṃ prācī sārpasya caiva hi/
yathā pratyavaśeṣāṇāṃ sthūlā syād yogatārakā//

Computed by: asterismPositions

8.20-21 · data (a constant used)

Prajapati (two disagreeing statements), Apamvatsa, Apas

20. pūrvasyāṃ brahmahṛdayād aṃśakaih pañcabhih sthitah/
prajāpatir vṛṣānte +asau saumye +aṣṭatriṃśadaṃśakaih//

21. apāṃvatsas tu citrāyā uttare +aṃśais tu pañcabhih/
bṛhat kiñcid ato bhāgair āpah ṣaḍbhis tathottare// [udayāsta]

Computed by: otherStars