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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

Mesha

0-10

Mangala

2

 

11-20

Surya  

3

 

21-30

Guru

4

Vrishabha

0-10

Shukra

5

 

11-20

Budha

6

 

21-30

Shani

7

Mithuna

0-10

Budha

8

 

11-20

Shukra

9

 

21-30

Surya  

10

Karka  

0-10

Chandra  

11

 

11-20

Mangala

12

 

21-30

Guru

13

Simha  

0-10

Surya  

14

 

11-20

Guru

15

 

21-30

Mangala

16

Kanya

0-10

Budha

17

 

11-20

Shani

18

 

21-30

Shukra

19

Thula

0-10

Shukra

20

 

11-20

Shani

21

 

21-30

Budha

22

Vrischika

0-10

Mangala

23

 

11-20

Guru

24

 

21-30

Chandra  

25

Dhanau

0-10

Guru

26

 

11-20

Mangala

27

 

21-30

Surya  

28

Makara  

0-10

Shani

29

 

11-20

Shukra

30

 

21-30

Budha

31

Kumbha

0-10

Shani

32

 

11-20

Budha

33

 

21-30

Shukra

34

Meena

0-10

Guru

35

 

11-20

Chandra  

36

 

21-30

Mangala


 

  

Om_mani.jpgupdated: 22 August 2008  

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