27 CONSTELLATIONS(नक्षत्र) - THE ORIGIN...

ANK JYOTISH is the base of the predictions made by Astrology, as the whole Indian Astrology is based on numeric calculations. Janm Kundali or Horoscope is nothing, but the position of the stars and planets at the particular time when the person was born..... The UIniverse is believed to be a circle and is divided into 360 ansh, 360°. The Janm Kundli has 12 houses/bhavs in the birth chart, in this way, each house occupies 360/12 = 30° each. Each house or Bhav of the Janm Kundali has a respective Planet Lord which is reffered to predict different aspects of that person's life. Like for eg, if we want to know about the married life of the person then we study the position of the planets in the 7th house. In the same way, if we want to know anything about his mother, we will have to refer the position of the 4th Bhav.The minutest details of a person's life can be predicted by making the detailed study of these 12 bhavs of the Janm Kundli. The 12 Bhavs include everything which we want to know about the person. 

Also, there are 12 rashis, which is the effect of the 27 Nakshatras/Constellations. The Universe is divided into 27 parts(group of stars), called Nakshatra. The name of these Nakshatras were given after the most prominenet brightest visible star in that group, called the Yogtara. The 27 Nakshatras were further subdivided into 4 charans for minutest study of the person's life. The 27 Nakshatras cover 13°20’ each and 3°20’ for each charan. The 27 nakshatras, each with 4 charan, give the number 108(27* 4 = 108), which is the number of beads in a japa mala, indicating all the elements (ansh) of Vishnu. The 4 charans of each Nakshatra have a particular sound vibration, which is given below, on the basis of this the name of the child is given.

No.	NAKSHATRA	1st Charan	2nd Charan	3rd Charan	4th Charan
1	अश्विनि, Ashwini	चु Chu	चे Che	चो Cho	ला La
2	भरणी, Bharani	ली Li	लू Lu	ले Le	लो Lo
3	कृत्तिका, Kritika	अ A	ई I	उ U	ए E
4	रोहिणी, Rohini	ओ O	वा Va/Ba	वी Vi/Bi	वु Vu/Bu
5	म्रृगशीर्षा, Mrigashīrsha	वे Ve/Be	वो Vo/Bo	का Ka	की Ke
6	आर्द्रा, Ārdrā	कु Ku	घ Gha	ङ Ng/Na	छ Chha
7	पुनर्वसु, Punarvasu	के Ke	को Ko	हा Ha	ही Hi
8	पुष्य, Punarvasu	हु Hu	हे He	हो Ho	ड Da
9	आश्लेषा, Āshleshā	डी Di	डू Du	डे De	डो Do
10	मघा, Maghā	मा Ma	मी Mi	मू Mu	मे Me
11	पूर्व फाल्गुनी, Pūrva Phalgunī	नो Mo	टा Ta	टी Ti	टू Tu
12	उत्तर फाल्गुनी, Uttara Phalgunī	टे Te	टो To	पा Pa	पी Pi
13	हस्त, Hasta	पू Pu	ष Sha	ण Na	ठ Tha
14	चित्रा, Chitra	पे Pe	पो Po	रा Ra	री Ri
15	स्वाति, Svātī	रू Ru	रे Re	रो Ro	ता Ta
16	विशाखा, Viśākhā	ती Ti	तू Tu	ते Te	तो To
17	अनुराधा, Anurādhā	ना Na	नी Ni	नू Nu	ने Ne
18	ज्येष्ठा, Jyeshtha	नो No	या Ya	यी Yi	यू Yu
19	मूल, Mula	ये Ye	यो Yo	भा Bha	भी Bhi
20	पूर्वाषाढ़ा, Pūrva Ashādhā	भू Bhu	धा Dha	फा Pha	ढा Dha
21	उत्तराषाढ़ा, Uttara Aṣāḍhā	भे Bhe	भो Bho	जा Ja	जी Ji
22	श्र‌ावण, Śrāvana	खी Ju/Khi	खू Je/Khu	खे Jo/Khe	खो Gha/Kho
23	श्रविष्ठा, Śrāvistha  or Dhanishta	गा Ga	गी Gi	गु Gu	गे Ge
24	शतभिषा, Shatabhisha or Śatataraka	गो Go	सा Sa	सी Si	सू Su
25	पूर्वभाद्रपदा, Pūrva Bhādrapadā	से Se	सो So	दा Da	दी Di
26	उत्तरभाद्रपदा, Uttara Bhādrapadā	दू Du	थ Tha	झ Jha	ञ Da/Tra
27	रेवती, Revati	दे De	दो Do	च Cha	ची Chi

In this way, if we know the name of a person then we can also know that which Rashi does he belong to, by seeing the first letter/sound in the chart.

For eg, someone's name is Dhananjay, then we can see in the above chart, 

The first sound/ starting letter in Hindi language is Dha/धा.
This sound in found in the पूर्वाषाढ़ा Nakshatra, 2nd charan.

It is clear that the person must have been born when the Poorva shadha Nakshatra 2nd charan was clear in the sky. Then we will see in the Rashi chart, what is the Rashi for Purvashadha Nakshatra. Hence, we will find the Rashi is Kumbh(Aquarius in English). This study of Rashi is very useful and we can improove our life to a great extent if we see whats about to happen in the coming days. We can make best use of the good times and prevent the bad incidents.

Some learners believe there are 28 nakshatras in total, one more Nakshatra Abhijeet to be one among them. But,if we study in detail then we find that Abhijeet Nakshatra does not have an independent origin of its own, its just a part of others, so it cannot be used for calculations.

As per our Hindu beliefs, Moon fell in love with the most beautiful daughter of King Dakshan and asked him her hand. The King reaily agreed but he became tensed who will marry his other daughters. He offered Moon that he should marry will all the 26 others too, then only he can marry. In this way, they both agreed and the marriage was done, but, Moon loved to spend time with only one of his beloved queen ROHINI Nakshtara, which is also the exaltation point for Moon. Other wives (Nakshtras) complained to their father (King Dakshan), repeated requested to Moon by King was unable to change Moon's nature, finally King Dakshan got angry and cursed Moon, to diminish. The Moon started to blacken and started diminishing in size. Since the consequences of this was not good, all Devas intervened and requested King Dakshan to withdraw the curse. King was given assurance that Moon will visit all his wives, since the curse cannot be revoked completely, King Dakshan said Moon will regained his strength for half a month, that is the reason Moon transits all 27 nakshtras in a month, completing the zodiac orbit causing Amavasya and Poornima by waxing and waning in size.