Upaketu
Upaketu is the fifth of the Sun-derived upagrahas: add 16 degrees 40 minutes to Indrachapa and the result is Upaketu, the flag - and adding one more sign to Upaketu returns the Sun's own longitude, which closes the chain. It is malefic and afflicts the bhava it occupies.
Upaketu must not be confused with the graha Ketu: the graha is the south lunar node, one of the nine, with a dasha, a gem and a deity; the upagraha is a computed point derived from the Sun and has none of these. BPHS ch. 25 calls it Dhwaja, the flag, and the identity of Upaketu with Dhwaja is the standard gloss.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Dhwajathe flagthe fifth Sun-derived upagraha
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Concept
- Sanskrit
- उपकेतु
- English
- the flag; the fifth of the Sun-derived upagrahas
- Meaning
Upaketu is the fifth of the Sun-derived upagrahas: add 16 degrees 40 minutes to Indrachapa and the result is Upaketu, the flag - and adding one more sign to Upaketu returns the Sun's own longitude, which closes the chain. It is malefic and afflicts the bhava it occupies.
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