Rasi 10 of 12 · Movable Earth
Magaram (Capricorn)
hard-working, responsible and patient with long tasks, the sign of the builder
The sign in short
- Where it sits
- 270° to 300° of the sidereal zodiac
- Lord
- Sani (Saturn)
- Element
- Earth
- Quality
- Movable
- Read for
- discipline
- Body part
- Knees — the classical Kalapurusha mapping, head at Mesham to feet at Meenam
- Varna
- Vaishya — the Ashta Koota varna of the sign, not of a person
- Vashya group
- chatushpada (four-legged)
- Vasya rasis
- Kumbam — the signs this one draws, by the Tamil vasya table
The nakshatras in it
Nine padas fill a rasi, so a sign holds either three whole stars or two whole ones and parts of two more.
| Star | Pada | Degrees in Magaram | Lord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uthiradam Uttara Ashadha · partly here | 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 0°00′ to 10°00′ | Suriyan |
| Thiruvonam Shravana | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 10°00′ to 23°20′ | Chandran |
| Avittam Dhanishta · partly here | 1, 2 of 4 | 23°20′ to 30°00′ | Sevvai |
A person's rasi, unless a page says otherwise, is the sign the Moon stood in at birth — so it follows from the birth star and its pada. Every star ranked against one keeps the two together for that reason.
What the almanac attaches to it
Traditional and popular associations, as the Tamil almanacs and the daily columns print them — offered in the same spirit as the daily reading, not as fact.
- Colour
- Blue and Black
- Number
- 8 and 6
- Day
- Saturday
- Gem
- Blue sapphire (Neelam) — the wearing rules
- Metal
- Iron
- Deity
- Sani (Ayyappan)
- Direction
- West
- Flower
- Blue lotus (Karuneer poo)
- Fasting
- Saturday
- Mantra
- Om Shanaischaraya Namaha — the texts
The name
The same sign in every script this app carries.
- English Magaram
- தமிழ் மகரம்
- తెలుగు మకరం
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಕರ
- മലയാളം മകരം
- हिन्दी मकर
- বাংলা মকর
- ગુજરાતી મકર
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମକର
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਕਰ
- සිංහල මකර
Also written Capricorn, the Western sign of the same name — though the Western zodiac is tropical and this one sidereal, so the dates do not line up. The difference, and the glossary's entry for Magaram.