ज्योतिषे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Source: TW

In the 1800s historian of Hindu astronomer Shankar Dixit asked several native astrologers asking if they could identify the nakShatra-s in the sky. Not one of them could correctly point even a few out n the sky- that was the general knowledge of the Hindu astrologer. However in contrast he found a shrauta ritualist from near Kolaba who was able to correctly point out all of them in the sky. He further cited an incantation from tradition that went at below: This contains the code to determine the rising point of the ecliptic from the nakShatra at meridian: e.g. if ashvayuji is at meridian i.e. at midnight then rising point of ecliptic is 102 degrees on the ecliptic so on for each n

शो रब जा त्री गु चो गी चो भू युक् (+200)
हि री त्री कु चो चो की दि युक् (+200)
दी रब चा दी कु चो त्री युक् (+300)
रब जा कु चो चो भो ॥

102 112 128 140 153 156 183 196 197
217 232 240 252 266 277 291
305 312 327 345 351 354
12 28 51 66 74 94