13. Hasta (Hasta (Sāvitra)) — 160° 00' to 173° 20'

In classical Sanskrit positional astronomy, Hasta (Hasta (Sāvitra)) is the 13-numbered lunar mansion spanning 10° 00' to 23° 20' Kanya (Virgo) (160° 00' to 173° 20' of the sidereal ecliptic). Within the vectorized corpus (jyotish_corpus_core_v3), Hasta is directly indexed across 38 verified passages and 15 numbered shlokas in 7 Sanskrit treatises.

The Four 3° 20' Padas of Hasta & Ninth-Harmonic Dispositors

The lunar mansion Hasta divides into four equal quarters (Padas) of 3° 20' (200 arc-minutes each) that project directly into the Navamsa (D9) harmonic chart. In Hasta, this four-fold partition links the sidereal longitude in Kanya to four consecutive Navamsa signs and phonetic seed syllables (Aksharas).

According to Brihat Samhita Chapter 98 Verse 10 and Chapter 101 Verse 13 and Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Chapter 46 Verses 60 to 63, Hasta carries a kshipra and laghu (swift and dexterous) temperament and a deva (divine) classification. Within the ecliptic structure of Hasta, Hosts Budha Paramochcha (15°00' Kanya in Pada 2, which is also a Pushkara Navamsa).

Citations for Hasta Across 18 Classical Sanskrit Shastras

The concordance table below details how Hasta is distributed across the eighteen classical treatises of jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Varahamihira in Brihat Samhita and Brihat Jataka defines the stellar coordinates, seasonal transits, and natal Moon traits of Hasta, while Muhurta Chintamani and Kalaprakashika codify electional Panchanga rules for Hasta.

Archival Public-Domain Folio Excerpt for Hasta

This archival passage for Hasta comes from the public-domain edition of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Chapter 3, Verse 7) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. When the natal Moon or Lagna occupies Hasta, the remaining arc of Hasta determines the opening balance of the Chandra Mahadasha (10 Years).

CORPUS PROVENANCE: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra | Source ID: archive_brihat-parashara-hora-sastra | Chapter 3, Verse 7
"Lagn and the Grahas, joining and departing from each other, the native s good and bad effects are deducted Addition from Santhanam till Sloka 7 The names of the 27 Nakshatras are Ashvini, Bharani, Krittika, Rohini, Mrigasira, Ardra, Punarvasu, Pushya, Aslesha, Magha, Purvaphalguni, Uttaraphalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Vishaka, Anuradha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Purvashadh,"

In Ashtakoota synastry and daily Gochara transit analysis, Hasta is the reference anchor for computing the nine-fold Tara Bala cycle (Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyak, Sadhana, Naidhana, Mitra, and Parama Mitra) and checking Nadi and Gana compatibility (Deva (Divine)).