Constellation actual star names enclosed Punarvasu and Pusyami

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Hare Rama Krsna.

 

Dear Nandan,

 

Thank you very much for the information.

 

>Punarvasu: b Geminorium: 5 stars incl Castor & Pollux, the 2 brightest

>heads of the twins: 20°00 Ge to 3°19 Cn

>Pushya: d Cancri (Asellus Australis): 3°20Cn to 16°39Cn

 

I know the intervals of nakshatras, but was asking if the EXACT position

in degrees is known for the stars, e.g. is Pollux situated at 3°20 Cn

exactly?

 

>Please look at any sky-chart, eg csky, & u can locate them, as I have

>provided the Bayer designations above also. Please note that the actual

>degrees mentioned & commonly indicated are not the EXACT beginnings &

>endings of the actual physical constellations, but just contain them.

>Just as the 12 zodiacal constellations dont exactly start/ end at 30

>degree intervals in the sky.

 

I have a book with sky-charts where I can find all constellations. Of

course, I can determine the exact position of the stars according to this

map, but I wanted to know if in our zodiac (for jyotish use) certain stars

correspond to the edge of some rasis (like Chitra -Spica- is generally

accepted as the edge between Virgo and Libra) and how to project the 12

rasis on my sky-chart in the book. According to my understanding, each

rasi should have equal amount of space (what about short, medium and long

rasis?) although, like you said, they will not exactly correspond to the

physical beginning and end of the constellations. Like e.g. Castor and

Pollux, although belonging to the constellation of Gemini, seem to be

positioned in the first 3°20 of Cancer. From my reading it is also clear

that in vedic times jyotishi used the vedic zodiac, having the nakshatra

of Magha right at the beginning of Leo, while nowadays, in the tropical

zodiac, Magha will be found at about 9°30 Leo. Thus, with Magha at the

start of Leo, Aswini (Beta Arieti) fell exactly at the start of the zodiac

(0° Aries) and so the twin stars would also fall within the rasi of Gemini

as well. This shift of about 10° we find back with the introduction of the

Gregorian calender, where the calendar was suddenly shifted 10 days ahead.

 

What is your idea, should we use vedic zodiac or tropical zodiac?

 

Your sishya,

Dhira Krsna dasa