Alternative spellings of this word include Adityachara.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jyotiṣa

Ādityacāra (आदित्यचार) refers to the “course of Sun” and is the name of the eleventh chapter of the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. It is similar to the 3rd 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., āditya-cāra), known as aṅgas and summarized in the Aṅgasamuddiśa (“enumeration of the divisions”, introductory portion).

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Ādityacāra (आदित्यचार) (or Arkacāra) refers to the “course of the Sun”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “At one time, the Sun’s southward course commenced on his reaching the middle of āśleṣā (the ninth constellation) and its northward course on its reaching the beginning of dhaniṣṭhā (the twenty-third constellation). This must have been the case as we find it so recorded in ancient books. Whereas at present the one course of the sun (āditya) commences at the beginning of Cancer, and the other at the beginning of Capricornus. That it is so, and different from what it was at one time can easily be ascertained from actual observation”.

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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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Partial matches: Aditya, Cara.

Full-text: Arkacara.

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

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

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