Vedic (Jyotiṣa) · electional · sidereal
What one named tradition holds about a given moment, compiled from a computed pañcāṅga and verbatim passages. Every rule that did not fire is listed with the reason, so the reading cannot be made to look stronger by hiding what was withheld.
What this is not
This report states what one named interpretive tradition holds, sourced to transcribed passages. Every rule it draws on is recorded as unvalidated tradition: there is no evidence that any of it predicts anything. It is not advice, and it must not inform any decision listed under prohibited uses.
Tithi
Caturdaśī (kṛṣṇa)
Nakshatra
Citrā
Yoga
Prīti
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
Vāra
Śanivāra
Activity verdict · Software release
A mapped rule applies, but its recorded scope disagreement is unresolved. The system refuses to choose a direction.
Maha treats beginning a production software release as a modern undertaking whose operational effect is intended to persist. The source does not mention software.
Unresolved variant group: vishti-scope. This forces abstention under the published resolution policy.
Preview only · not pre-registered · not empirically calibrated
This is the exact categorical resolution the current corpus would produce. A testable prediction still requires an objective KPI, target, outcome horizon, and immutable registration before the action.
The tradition classes these four nakshatras as soft (Mṛdu) and associates them with acts of friendship, the making of ornaments, music, and auspicious undertakings generally.
“The constellations (nakṣatra) of Anurādhā, Citrā, Revatī and Mṛgaśīrṣa are known as (Mṛdu) soft asterisms.”
“Acts of friendship, sexual union, the purchase of clothes, the wearing or making of ornaments, any auspicious deeds and music shall be commenced when the Moon passes through the soft asterisms.”
Boundary: The pañcāṅga input is computed and reproducible, but the rule built on it is documented tradition with no empirical support. A moment being Viṣṭi or Riktā is a fact about the Sun and Moon; that such a moment is unfavourable for an undertaking is not, and no outcome should be expected either way.
The tradition prohibits shaving on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and the same verse extends the prohibition to twilight and night hours, Riktā tithis, the ninth lunar day, and the Bhadra karaṇa.
“Shaving is prohibited in twilight hours, hours of night, on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, on Rikta Tithis, on the ninth lunar day and when the karaṇa is Bhadra.”
Transcription note: A footnote marker after “Rikta” in the source is omitted. This verse is the evidence that Riktā avoidance and the Bhadra prohibition are Varāhamihira’s own, not only later doctrine.
Disagreement: The verse conditions a single act on several limbs at once. This rule fires on the vāra alone; the tithi and karaṇa conditions in the same verse are recorded in the passage but are not separately evaluated, so the rule is narrower than the source.
Boundary: The pañcāṅga input is computed and reproducible, but the rule built on it is documented tradition with no empirical support. A moment being Viṣṭi or Riktā is a fact about the Sun and Moon; that such a moment is unfavourable for an undertaking is not, and no outcome should be expected either way. The rule is deliberately narrower than its verse: the source joins several conditions with "or", which the condition model, being a conjunction of limbs, cannot express.
The tradition holds that auspicious undertakings are not to be begun during the Viṣṭi (Bhadra) karaṇa.
“In a Viṣṭi or Bhadra Karaṇa, auspicious deeds shall not be done but acts aimed at the ruin of enemies and those connected with poison may be done.”
Transcription note: Transcribed in full for fidelity. Only the prohibition is carried into a rule; the remainder of the verse is recorded as historical text and is not acted on, and the prohibited uses attached to this layer forbid it.
Disagreement: Later muhūrta literature narrows the prohibition by the portion of Bhadra that falls in daylight and by which loka it is held to occupy, so practice varies on how much of the period is avoided.
Boundary: The pañcāṅga input is computed and reproducible, but the rule built on it is documented tradition with no empirical support. A moment being Viṣṭi or Riktā is a fact about the Sun and Moon; that such a moment is unfavourable for an undertaking is not, and no outcome should be expected either way. Only the prohibition in the cited verse is carried into this rule; the remainder of the verse is recorded in the passage for transcription fidelity and is not acted on.
The tradition sorts the fifteen tithis of a fortnight into five named groups — Nandā, Bhadrā, Vijayā, Riktā and Pūrṇā — which later practice treats as the basis for selecting or avoiding a lunar day, Riktā being the group generally avoided.
“The 1st, 6th and 11th lunar days are known as Nandā; the 2nd, 7th, and 12th, lunar days are known as Bhadrā; the 3rd, 8th and 13th lunar days are known as Vijayā; the 4th, 9th, and 14th lunar days are known as Riktā and the 5th, 10th and 15th lunar days are known as Pūrṇā.”
Disagreement: Verse 2 names the five groups without ranking them, but Chapter 98 verse 13 prohibits an act on Riktā tithis, so the avoidance of Riktā is Varāhamihira’s own and not purely later doctrine. An earlier revision of this record claimed otherwise and was corrected when the further chapter was transcribed.
Boundary: The pañcāṅga input is computed and reproducible, but the rule built on it is documented tradition with no empirical support. A moment being Viṣṭi or Riktā is a fact about the Sun and Moon; that such a moment is unfavourable for an undertaking is not, and no outcome should be expected either way. The grouping is transcribed from the source; the avoidance ranking attached to it is later practice and is flagged as such in the recorded disagreement.
The tradition places the four fixed karaṇas — Śakuni, Catuṣpada, Nāga and Kiṃstughna — beginning from the second half of the fourteenth day of the waning moon.
“The four Dhruva (fixed) Karaṇas are—Śakuni, Catuṣpada, Nāga and Kiṃstughna and they begin from the second half of the 14th day of the waning moon.”
Boundary: This is a structural claim about the calendar rather than a judgement about a moment, and it is one of the few places where a classical text can be checked directly against the computation: `test/panchanga.test.ts` asserts that the implemented karaṇa sequence puts Śakuni at exactly this point. Agreement confirms the arithmetic matches the tradition; it says nothing about whether the tradition predicts anything.
Every rule in the tradition is accounted for. Nothing is dropped silently.
The nakshatra is Citrā; this rule requires Uttara Phalgunī or Uttara Āṣāḍhā or Uttara Bhādrapadā or Rohiṇī.
The nakshatra is Citrā; this rule requires Hasta or Aśvinī or Puṣya.
The karana is Viṣṭi; this rule requires Bava.
The karana is Viṣṭi; this rule requires Kiṃstughna.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, mundane, corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bj-9-moon-zero-bindus=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bj-moon-ashtakavarga-zero-transit=awaiting-review.
Rule applies to mundane, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule applies to corporate, not electional.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-9-laghu-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-asvini=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-8-ugra-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-bharani=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-mixed-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-krttika=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-rohini=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-mrgasirsa=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-7-tikshna-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-ardra=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-7-tikshna-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-8-ugra-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-9-laghu-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-11-mixed-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-punarvasu=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-9-laghu-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-pusya=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-7-tikshna-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-aslesa=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-8-ugra-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-magha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-8-ugra-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-purva-phalguni=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-uttara-phalguni=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-9-laghu-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-hasta=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-citra=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-svati=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-mixed-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-visakha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-anuradha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-7-tikshna-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-jyestha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-7-tikshna-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-mula=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-8-ugra-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-purva-asadha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-uttara-asadha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-sravana=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-dhanistha=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-satabhisa=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-8-ugra-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-purva-bhadrapada=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-uttara-bhadrapada=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-nakshatra-class-revati=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-1=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-2=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-3=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-4=awaiting-review.
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Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-9=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-10=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-11=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-12=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-13=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-14=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-2-tithi-groups=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-tithi-class-15=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-bava=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-balava=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-kaulava=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-taitila=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-gara=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-vanija=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-4-movable-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-karana-lord-visti=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-5-fixed-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-fixed-karana-member-1=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-5-fixed-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-fixed-karana-member-2=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-5-fixed-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-fixed-karana-member-3=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-99-5-fixed-karanas=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-fixed-karana-member-4=awaiting-review.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
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Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule applies to natal, not electional.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-6-dhruva-acts=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-dhruva-activity-doctrine=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-9-laghu-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-9-laghu-acts=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-laghu-activity-doctrine=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-list=awaiting-review, source-fidelity:bs-98-10-mridu-acts=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-mridu-activity-doctrine=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-mixed-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-mixed-activity-doctrine=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-11-moving-list=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-moving-activity-doctrine=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-12-shaving-nakshatras=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-shaving-moon-nakshatra=awaiting-review.
Rule is awaiting-review; unresolved frozen reviews: source-fidelity:bs-98-16-purification-criteria=awaiting-review, rule-formalization:bs-purification-election-criteria=awaiting-review.
All applicable rules from the single declared tradition are reported. Recorded disagreements are surfaced alongside the rule and are never silently resolved. Rules from more than one tradition are never combined into one report: cross-tradition synthesis is refused, because a synthesis belongs to no tradition and can be checked against none.
Prohibited uses — medical diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment decisions; legal conclusions or advice; investment, trading, or other financial decisions; predictions of death, disaster, or pregnancy outcomes; claims that a chart determines personality, capability, or behaviour; guarantees about future events; high-stakes decisions taken on astrological grounds alone; employment, lending, insurance, or housing decisions about a person.