Chapter 1: What is Jyotish?

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The eye of the Veda

Jyotish, the 'science of light', is one of the six Vedangas — the limbs that support the study of the Vedas. Its original purpose was practical: to know the right time for rituals. Over centuries it grew into a full system for understanding character and timing in a person's life.