BCE 0200 - Vernal equinox at ashvinI

  • “One also wonders if the tale of Prajāpati being fitted with a goat’s head after his beheading by Rudra’s agent Vīrabhadra alludes to this period, with the goat’s had representing Aries.”
  • “अश्विनौ व्यात्तम्” इत्यस्मिन् उपर्युक्तम्।
  • Roughly corresponds to Spica/Citra (नक्षत्रम्, न तु तारा) at polar longitude 180°, and pushya at around 102 deg. Thence, is close to Lahiri ayanAmsha as of 2000-s.