Lesson S01-M02-L01: Foundations of the Graha System — Quiz¶

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S01-M02-L01 · Chapter 3, Part 1 — Planetary Characters and Description

Recall¶

Explain the difference between a graha and a nakshatra.
Explain why Rahu and Ketu, despite having no physical body, are treated as full grahas.

A chart has Mercury conjunct Venus only (no other planets nearby). What is Mercury's functional status, and why?

Is "the grahas' names are Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu" explicitly stated in verse text, or translator commentary? Cite the verse.
Is the ecliptic/zodiac astronomy explanation (12°+ belt, 27 nakshatras, etc.) explicitly stated in BPHS verse text, or translator commentary?

Check Answers

Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu.
Sun, Saturn, Mars, the Moon (in her malefic tithi window), Rahu, Ketu.
A nakshatra is fixed in position; a graha continuously moves through the nakshatras (v.2–3).
They are the Moon's nodes, with no physical body, but are treated as full grahas because of their real predictive potency — BPHS's operative definition of "graha" is functional/predictive, not strictly physical.
Benefic (Saumya) — Mercury's natural state, unchanged, since Venus is benefic and only conjunction with a malefic triggers the conditional shift (v.11).
Explicitly stated in BPHS — v.10.
Translator commentary — the ecliptic/zodiac astronomy explanation is in the Notes after v.6, not in the verse text itself.