The Crest-Jewel of the Stars

original: "Nakshatra Chudamani"
...virtuous and righteous. If born under this star, the major planetary period lasts for six years. In the third month from birth, there is a danger of fever; in the first year, a danger of cold-fever likely malaria or typhoid; in the second year, danger from snakes and similar creatures. In the fifth, seventh, and twelfth years, there is a danger of gastric fever and injuries from weapons. At the age of twenty-one, there is a threat of untimely death Apamrityu: a death occurring before the destined lifespan. If this is averted through remedies, the maximum lifespan is eighty years.

One should perform royal consecrations, entry into new houses or palaces, fire sacrifices Homa: a ritual where offerings are made into a consecrated fire, peace-making rituals, and marriages under this star. It is auspicious for planting crops, thread ceremonies initiation into Vedic study, acquiring vehicles, and wearing colorful clothes or fine jewelry.

Characteristics of Rohini:
It is associated with the color black. It consists of five stars arranged in the shape of a cart the "wain" or chariot shape in the constellation Taurus. It belongs to the human category Manushya Gana: a classification in Vedic astrology. Its presiding deity is the Moon's sphere, its tree is the Jamun Java Plum, and its sound is the vowel 'A'. Its bird is the swan, its animal yoni is the serpent, its deity is Lord Brahma, and its caste is Brahmin. It is a four-legged and upward-facing star. It is considered a "blind" star Andhakalochana: a technical term for stars with specific visual potencies in astrology and a fixed star.

After forty ghatikas one ghatika is 24 minutes, the "poisonous moments" begin. If one avoids these and travels, it brings success in all directions. If a fever begins under this star, it lasts for seven days and brings misfortune. To remedy this, one should invoke an image of Lord Brahma—four-armed, holding a prayer bead and a water pot, riding a swan, and black in color. One should perform a sixteen-step worship Shodashopachara: the traditional 16-step hospitality ritual for a deity using black cloth, musk scent, lotus flowers, incense, and milk-rice offerings, chanting "Salutations to Brahma."

By offering a hundred and eight oblations of ghee, mustard seeds, and nine types of grains while chanting the Gayatri mantra, and by placing an offering of scent, garlands, and milk-rice in the northern direction, the person will become healthy within seven days.

Results of combinations with lunar days and weekdays:

• Sunday: Auspicious yoga.
• Monday: Success yoga.
• Tuesday: Success yoga.
• Wednesday (on the 6th lunar day): Joy yoga.
• Thursday: Death yoga inauspicious for new ventures.
• Friday: Yamakantaka yoga considered very dangerous.
• Saturday: Nectar yoga highly auspicious.

On the 7th and 11th lunar days, it results in "Destruction yoga." On the Nanda days, it is "Life-giving yoga." On the 13th and 10th days of the bright fortnight, it is "Cruel yoga." If the planet Saturn is positioned in this star, it creates the "Great Spear" yoga. In the month of Chaitra March-April, it is considered "void" or empty. If unusual celestial omens appear in this star, it predicts plenty of food and good health for the land. If the Sun enters a new sign under this star, the results are mediocre.

A girl who reaches puberty under this star will be blessed with many sons, good character, wealth, grains, and a long, happy married life. This star is also excellent for rituals such as the first feeding of solids, tonsure, initiation, study of Vedas and sciences, graduation, marriage, oil baths, wearing new jewelry, royal consecration, ascending a throne, riding in a palanquin, and the consecration of houses, towns, and temples.