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  2. Rahu - Wikipedia

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    Rahu and Ketu became bitter enemies with Surya (Sun) and Chandra (Moon) for exposing his deception and leading to his decapitation. [6] For this, Rahu pursues them and attempts to consume the Sun and Moon. [7] [8] Since Rahu is the head without the body, the Sun and Moon exit from his throat when he tries to swallow them.

  3. Astrological aspect (Hindu astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Planets cast their aspect on the entire sign. The two Chayagrahas, Rahu and Ketu, do not aspect nor are they aspected even though the aspect of Rahu to the 5th and the 9th stands mentioned in the texts. But if the sign occupied by Rahu is aspected by Jupiter then due to the quality of that sign it tends to behave well. Aspects of the lords of ...

  4. Rāhukāla - Wikipedia

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    'period of Rahu') or rāhukālam (Sanskrit: राहुकालम्, romanized: Rāhukālaṃ) is an inauspicious period of the day, [1] not considered favourable to start any good deed. The rāhukāla spans for approximately 90 minutes every day between sunrise and sunset.

  5. Dasha (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Vimshottari in Sanskrit stands for the number 120. [4] Vimshottari Dasha assumes that the maximum duration of life of an individual human being is 120 Solar sidereal years which is the aggregate duration of all nine planetary periods i.e. Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19 and Mercury 17, in the order of their operation.

  6. Ketu (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Negative Significations: While Ketu is considered malefic and has been mostly associated with negative things. Most people consider it a difficult planet as it manifests as obstacles on the material plane, however Lord Ganesha mantras can help remedy those issues because Lord Ganesha is the presiding deity of Ketu. Ketu often brings a sense of ...

  7. Planetary dispositors (Hindu astrology) - Wikipedia

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    The dispositor is the planet which is the ruler of the sign or house that is occupied by another sign or house lord. [2] Western astrology looks upon planetary dispositors as the final response to the meaning of an aspect in a horoscope, [3] and it prefers drawing up of Dispositor trees that assist in determining in the Natal Chart the temporal status and the active nature of all planets.

  8. Grahana - Wikipedia

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    When the asura named Rahu attempted to pose as a deva to receive amṛtam, the nectar of eternal life, Surya and Chandra, the deities of the Sun and the Moon, alerted Mohini, the incarnation of Vishnu. Mohini promptly employed her discus to behead the asura, but he had already partaken the nectar, and had become immortal. Rahu's head was exiled ...

  9. Svarbhānu - Wikipedia

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    Rahu. Svarbhānu is described as an asura twice in the Family Books of the Rigveda. [2] Svarbhānu is described to strike Surya, overshadowing the sun with darkness. [3] Stella Kramrisch considers this act as portraying Svarbhānu as a deity greater than the Sun. [1] The Rigveda further narrates after this, the king of heaven - Indra struck down Svarbhānu and sage Atri found the hidden Sun ...