12. Uttara Phalguni (Uttara Phalgunī (Aryamṇā)) — 146° 40' to 160° 00'

In classical Sanskrit positional astronomy, Uttara Phalguni (Uttara Phalgunī (Aryamṇā)) is the 12-numbered lunar mansion spanning 26° 40' Simha to 10° 00' Kanya (146° 40' to 160° 00' of the sidereal ecliptic). Within the vectorized corpus (jyotish_corpus_core_v3), Uttara Phalguni is directly indexed across 125 verified passages and 58 numbered shlokas in 10 Sanskrit treatises.

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

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

According to Brihat Samhita Chapter 98 Verse 9 and Chapter 101 Verse 12 and Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Chapter 46 Verses 56 to 59, Uttara Phalguni carries a dhruva and sthira (fixed and enduring) temperament and a manushya (human) classification. Within the ecliptic structure of Uttara Phalguni, Pada 1 (Simha) and Pada 4 (Kanya) are both Pushkara Navamsas.

Citations for Uttara Phalguni Across 18 Classical Sanskrit Shastras

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

Archival Public-Domain Folio Excerpt for Uttara Phalguni

This archival passage for Uttara 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 Uttara Phalguni, the remaining arc of Uttara Phalguni determines the opening balance of the Surya Mahadasha (6 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, Uttara 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)).