Question

How many nakshtras are generally in a season if we classify nakshtras according to rutuchakra? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

27 nakshatras

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

In the Atharvaveda (Shaunakiya recension, hymn 19.7) a list of 27 stars or asterisms is given, many of them corresponding to the later nakshatras:[3]

Kṛttikā (the Pleiades)

Rohinī (Aldebaran)

Mrigashīrsha

Ārdrā (Betelgeuse)

Punarvasu (Castor and Pollux)

Pushya

Asleshā

Maghā (Regulus)

Purva Phalguni

Uttara Phalguni (Denebola)

Hasta

Chitrā (Spica)

Svāti (Arcturus)

Vishākhā

Anurādhā

Jyeshthā

Mūla

Purva Ashadha

Uttara Ashadha

Shravana

Dhanishta

Satabhishak (Sadachbia)

Purva Bhadrapada

Uttara Bhadrapada

Revati

Ashvini

Bharani