Drekkana
Table of 36 Decanates in a 360 degree Circle
36 Portions:
Many cultures use this type of 36-part divisional reckoning to divide up the sky & calculate time. In the Western tradition the custom of 36 divisions is attributed to Egyptian sources.
Jyotisha utilizes a typological chart called a Drekkana which divides each 30 degree rashi into 3 parts.
12 rashi * 3 subsections = 36 divisions.
Khaaresha:
The lord of the 22nd drekkana from the radix lagna (or from Chandra lagna) is called "Khaaresha".
The Kharesha has evil implications, which have to do with sudden turnings of the cycle of birth & death. Shamans traditionally have strong pointers toward the 22nd drekkana.
The Kharesha rules the "middle third" of the 8th house of the radix.
It is also potentially relevant to consider the Kharesha as counted from the navamsha lagna.
dRkANa:
the third part of a sign of the zodiac or a demi-god presiding over it
khara:
hard , harsh , rough , sharp , pungent , acid
solid
dense (clouds)
sharp , hot (wind)
hurtful , injurious , cutting (as speech or word)
sharp-edged
cruel
a donkey (so called from his cry); a mule; an osprey; a heron; a crow
a thorny plant (sort of prickly nightshade or perhaps Alhagi Maurorum
a fragrant substance
a quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels
a place arranged for building a house upon
name of the 25th year of the sixty years, Brihaspati cycle
~~ Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon
KHARA DREKKANA: The 22nd decanate from the ascendant will denote the nature of one's death. For example, by the nature of its lord, (i.e. The humor, place etc. )
~~ Saravali, Ch 47, shloka 22
Lords of the Drekkana (36 decanates)
lord of 1st drekkana in each rashi = rashi lord
lord of 2nd drekkana in each rashi = 5th trine
lord of 3rd drekkana in each rashi = 9th trine
Drekkana # from zero Mesha
Rashi
Degree Range
Graha
1
0-10
2
11-20
3
21-30
4
0-10
5
11-20
6
21-30
7
0-10
8
11-20
9
21-30
10
0-10
11
11-20
12
21-30
13
0-10
14
11-20
15
21-30
16
0-10
17
11-20
18
21-30
19
0-10
20
11-20
21
21-30
22
0-10
23
11-20
24
21-30
25
0-10
26
11-20
27
21-30
28
0-10
29
11-20
30
21-30
31
0-10
32
11-20
33
21-30
34
0-10
35
11-20
36
21-30
updated: 22 August 2008
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