Hindu astrology

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated in almost all parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh in many cultural forms.

Surya (/ˈsʊərjə/, Sanskrit: सूर्य, IAST: ‘'Sūrya’') means the Sun in Nepal and India.

Graha (Sanskrit gráha "seizing, laying hold of, holding", ) or Navagraha (Sanskrit: नवग्रह, lit. nine houses) are deities in Hindu belief, and Hindu astrology.

The lunar nodes are the orbital nodes of the Moon, that is, the points where the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic.

Mangala (Sanskrit: मङ्गल, IAST: Maṅgala) is the name for Mars, the red planet, in Hindu texts.

(Not to be confused with Shukr.) Shukra (Sanskrit: शुक्र, IAST: Śukra) is a Sanskrit word that means "lucid, clear, bright".

Budha (Sanskrit: बुध) is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury.

Maharishi Bhrigu (Sanskrit: Bhṛgu) was one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of Creation) created by Brahma (The God of Creation), the first compiler of predictive astrology, and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita, the astrological (Jyotish) classic.

Prasna Marga is a unique work on Hindu astrology, natal and horary ('Prashna' means 'Horary'), that appears to be a major classical text covering every aspect of human existence.

Prasna Tantra is a famous work of Neelakantha on Horary astrology.

Brihat Jataka or Brihat Jatakam or Brihajjatakam (Sanskrit: बृहज्जातकम), is one of the five principal texts written by Varahamihira, the other four being Panchasiddhantika, Brihat Samhita, Laghu Jataka and Yogayatra.

Skanda Hora is the legendary first book on Hindu astrology.

The ancient Sanskrit text called Jaimini Sutras is a treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology attributed to Maharishi Jaimini, the founder of the Purva Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy and author of twelve-chapter Upadesa Sutras, who was a disciple of Rishi Vyasa, son of Parashara.

Bhavartha Ratnakara was formerly a little-known Sanskrit treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology which is believed to have been written by Ramanuja, it had for a very long time remained confined mainly to the southern parts of India.

Garga Horā is a very ancient treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology.

Laghu Parashari, also known as Jataka Chandrika, is an important treatise on Vimshottari dasha system and is based on Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra.

Mesha Sankranti (also called Mesha Sankramana) is a Hindu festival and refers to the day when the sun enters the Zodiac sign of Mesha (Aries).

Phaladeepika is a treatise on Hindu astrology written by Mantreswara.

Mansagari is a popular classical treatise on Hindu predictive astrology.

Chamatkara Chintamani is a revered treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology.

Dasadhyayi (Devanāgarī: दशाध्यायी, IAST: Daśādhyāyī) is the famous reputed commentary on the first ten chapters of Varāha Mihira’s Bṛhat Jātaka by Govinda Bhaṭṭathiri (1237 – 1295) of Talakkulam who hailed from Alattur, a village near Thirur in South Malabar, Kerala, and who had also written Muhūrtapadavī.

Hora Ratna, a treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology, was written in the usual Sanskrit Slokas - format by Bala Bhadra sometime during the reign of the Muhghal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Hora Sara is an ancient treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology; it is written in Sanskrit Sloka – format.

Jataka Bharanam is an old treatise on Hindu astrology mainly dealing with the Phalita i.

Jataka Parijata is an Indian astrological text that is ranked alongside Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra of Parāśara Muni, Bṛhat Jātaka of Varāhamihira and Phaladīpikāḥ of Mantreśvara.

Jataka Tattva is a standard treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology and follows the Parashari System.

Jatakalankara is a brief Sanskrit treatise comprising one hundred twenty-five slokas or verses on the predictive part of Hindu astrology written in the classic Sloka format in the Srgdhara meter.

Sanketa Nidhi is a Sanskrit text in verse on the phalita portion of Hindu astrology.

Sarvartha Chintamaniis one of the important books of astrology belonging to ancient India.