Nadikakala, Nāḍikākāla, Nadika-kala: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Nāḍikākāla (नाडिकाकाल) refers to the “duration of the ghaṭikā”, according to Bhāskara’s commentary on the Āryabhaṭīya.—Accordingly, “'[...] Actually there is no such rule that the duration of the ghaṭikā (nāḍikākāla) is so long as it takes the vessel to discharge or to fill with sixty palas of water. Wise persons think that this is not so. How then? [...]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
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