Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
द्विभाटजोदिमास्तस्य पंचमैकादशास्त्रिभात् । यन्नक्षत्रोदितो जीवस्तन्नक्षत्राख्यवत्सरः ॥ ५३ ॥
dvibhāṭajodimāstasya paṃcamaikādaśāstribhāt | yannakṣatrodito jīvastannakṣatrākhyavatsaraḥ || 53 ||
அந்தச் சுழற்சியின் மாதங்கள் நட்சத்திரப் பிரிவுகளின்படி—இரண்டு, ஐந்து, பதினொன்று, மூன்று—என்று கணிக்கப்படுகின்றன. எந்த நட்சத்திரத்தில் குரு (ஜீவன்) உதிக்கிறானோ, அந்த ஆண்டு அந்த நட்சத்திரப் பெயரால் அழைக்கப்படும்।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It links dharmic life to sacred time (kāla): by understanding how months and years are named through nakṣatras and Jupiter’s appearance, one aligns vows, rites, and conduct with an ordered cosmic rhythm.
Bhakti practices often follow vrata-calendars; this verse supports devotion indirectly by grounding observances in precise time-reckoning so that worship, fasts, and sacred days are performed at the proper auspicious times.
Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga: technical calendar/astronomical reckoning—nakṣatra-based divisions for months and the convention of naming a year according to the nakṣatra associated with Jupiter’s rising/visibility.