## Indian Vedic

Vedic Culture with some commonly known constellations related to Nakshatra.

### Rashi

The sidereal zodiac is an imaginary belt of 360 degrees (like the tropical zodiac), divided into 12 equal parts. Each twelfth part (of 30 degrees) is called a sign or rashi. Their names are shown in (brackets).

### Nakshatra

These are marked positions of the Moon during the Lunar month and traditional bhartiya astronomy, based on a list of 28 (sometimes 27) asterisms found in the Atharvaveda and also in the Shatapatha Brahmana. So 'Abhijit' Nakshatra is in {} and all other 27 names are shown in [].

In mythology the Nakshatras are considered to be the 27 daughters of Daksha Prajipati and wives of Chandra, the god of moon.

Nakshatras have no sky art.

### Author

Tanmoy Saha

### External links

- Constellation article at Wikipedia
- Nakshatra article at Wikipedia