11. Purva Phalguni (Pūrva Phalgunī (Bhāgyā)) — 133° 20' to 146° 40'

In classical Sanskrit positional astronomy, Purva Phalguni (Pūrva Phalgunī (Bhāgyā)) is the 11-numbered lunar mansion spanning 13° 20' to 26° 40' Simha (Leo) (133° 20' to 146° 40' of the sidereal ecliptic). Within the vectorized corpus (jyotish_corpus_core_v3), Purva Phalguni is directly indexed across 42 verified passages and 28 numbered shlokas in 7 Sanskrit treatises.

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

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

According to Brihat Samhita Chapter 98 Verse 9 and Chapter 101 Verse 11 and Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Chapter 46 Verses 52 to 55, Purva Phalguni carries a ugra and krura (fierce creative force) temperament and a manushya (human) classification. Within the ecliptic structure of Purva Phalguni, Pada 1 (13°20'–16°40' Simha) is Vargottama; Pada 3 (20°00'–23°20' Simha) is Pushkara Navamsa.

Citations for Purva Phalguni Across 18 Classical Sanskrit Shastras

The concordance table below details how Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni, while Muhurta Chintamani and Kalaprakashika codify electional Panchanga rules for Purva Phalguni.

Archival Public-Domain Folio Excerpt for Purva Phalguni

This archival passage for Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni, the remaining arc of Purva Phalguni determines the opening balance of the Shukra Mahadasha (20 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, Purva Phalguni 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 (Manushya (Human)).