The Jewel of the Stars

original: "Nakshatra Chudamani"

Three-quarters referring to the padas or quarters of the star | After thirty ghatikas a unit of time equal to 24 minutes are the poisonous moments Visha Nadis: periods considered inauspicious for beginning new tasks. If one drinks milk during a journey, it brings auspicious results for travel in all directions. Regarding fever, seven days are considered critical rishta: a period of misfortune or ill-health. To pacify this:

One should invoke the image of the goddess Aditi The mother of the gods and presiding deity of the Punarvasu star, who is dark-complexioned, four-armed, holding a rosary and a water-pot, and mounted upon a horse. Offerings should include:

• Yellow garments
• Saffron paste
• Jasmine flowers
• Malaya sandalwood incense
• Jaggery-rice as a food offering

Perform the sixteen-fold worship Shodashopachara Puja with the mantra "Aditir Jata..." A Vedic hymn to Aditi. Having performed one hundred and eight oblations into the fire with sesame, rice, and ghee while reciting the Gayatri mantra, one should offer a sacrifice of sandalwood, garlands, and jaggery-rice toward the North. Within seven days, the person will become happy and healthy.

Results of Lunar Days and Weekdays

• Sunday: Yoga of Success Siddha Yoga
• Monday: Auspicious Yoga Shubha Yoga
• Tuesday: Yoga of Death Marana Yoga
• Wednesday: On a Nanda tithi, the Yoga of Immortality Amrita Yoga
• Thursday: Yoga of Immortality
• Friday: Yoga of Destruction Nasha Yoga
• Saturday: On the seventh lunar day, the Yoga of the Spear Shula Yoga

When a planet is situated in the Moola star, it is a Great Spear Yoga Mahashula Yoga. The month of Jyeshtha is considered "void" or empty. If omens of calamity appear during this time, there will be a fear of storms or wind-related diseases among the people. If a girl's first menstruation occurs during the Sun's transit at midday, she may become of poor character and a destroyer of wealth.

Auspicious Activities

This star is excellent for:
Rites of conception Pumsavana, parting the hair Simanta, naming ceremonies, first feedings, ear-piercing, tonsure, initiation Upanayana, accepting a student, study of the Vedas and Sciences, oil baths, wearing new clothes and jewelry, coronations, ascending a throne, leadership, decorating, beginning construction in a village, entering a new house, journeys, and medical treatments.

Qualities of One Born Under This Star

A lover of food, a speaker of truth, virtuous, enthusiastic, charitable, endowed with wealth, humorous, possessing a low-pitched voice, and intelligent.

• First Quarter (Mars): Excellent portion; devoted to gods and priests; red-eyed.
• Second Quarter (Venus): Portion of the enjoyer; possesses fine clothes and ornaments; fond of milk-rice; wealthy.
• Third Quarter (Mercury): Gentle portion; a scholar; passionate, yet frugal; prone to minor illnesses but long-lived.
• Fourth Quarter (Moon): Portion of wealth; radiant, pleasing to others, and rich.

Life Predictions Jataka

The major planetary period Dasha of Jupiter lasts sixteen years.

• First 10 days of life: Critical period Arishta.
• Age 3: Danger of illness.
• Age 5: Fear of enemies.
• Age 10: Illness for the mother.
• Age 16: Fear of untimely death Apamrityu.
• Age 25: Fear of snakes.
• Age 43: Fear of four-legged animals.
• Age 52: Loss of a son.
• Age 80: Fear of a great "thorn" or calamity.

On a Sunday, on the fifth lunar day, fourteen ghatikas after sunrise, there is a risk of cholera or untimely death. If these critical periods are overcome, the maximum lifespan is ninety-six years.