Alternative spellings of this word include Rahuchara.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jyotiṣa

Rāhucāra (राहुचार) refers to the “course of Rāhu” and is the name of the fourth chapter of the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. It is similar to the 4th chapter of Vārahamihira’s work known as the Bṛhatsaṃhitā. The Gārgīyajyotiṣa is one of the most comprehensive of Garga’s texts and written in the form of a dialogue between Krauṣṭuki (Ṛṣiputra) and Garga discussing astral and other omens, comprising a total of sixty-two chapters (viz., rāhu-cāra), known as aṅgas and summarized in the Aṅgasamuddiśa (“enumeration of the divisions”, introductory portion).

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Rāhucāra (राहुचार) refers to the “course of Rāhu” (i.e., the moon’s node), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Some say that Rāhu, the asura, though his head was cut, dies not but lives in the shape of a planet having tasted of ambrosia. That he has a disc like the sun and moon and as that disc is black it is invisible when in the sky except on the occasion of eclipses in virtue of a boon from Brahmā. Others say that he resembles a serpent in shape with his head severed from his tail; a few that he is bodiless, that he is mere darkness and that he is the son of Siṃhikā. [...]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Rāhucāra (राहुचार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the 53d Pariśiṣṭa of the Av. W. p. 93.

2) Rāhucāra (राहुचार):—jy. attributed to Viśvāmitra. B. 4, 188.

3) Rāhucāra (राहुचार):—Pariś. 53 of the Av. Tb. 214.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rāhucāra (राहुचार):—[=rāhu-cāra] [from rāhu] m. Name of two works.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Rahu, Cara.

Full-text: Vishvamitra, Suryabimba, Mahipati, Bimba.

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Karmic Astrology—a Study (by Sunita Anant Chavan)

Part 2.1.5 - Concept of Graha (Planet) < [Chapter 2 - Jyotiḥśāstra and the Concept of Karman]

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

Chapter 3 - On the course of the Sun (āditya-cāra)

Chapter 5 - On the course of Rāhu (rāhu-cāra)

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