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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPañcakam (பஞ்சகம்) noun < pañcaka. The five inauspicious periods of time ascertained by the remainders 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8, yielded when the sum of the numbers of titi, vāram, nakṣattiram and ilakkiṉam is divided by nine, viz., miruttiyu-pañcakam, akkiṉi-pañcakam, irāca-pañcakam, cōra-pañcakam, rōka-pañcakam; திதி வார நக்ஷத்திர லக்கினங்களின் எண்ணைக்கூட்டி [thithi vara nagshathira lakkinangalin ennaikkutti] 9-ஆல் வகுத்த மீதி [al vagutha mithi] 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 ஆயிருக்கும்போது முறையே மிருத்தியுபஞ்சகம், அக்கினிபஞ்சகம், இராச பஞ்சகம், சோரபஞ்சகம், ரோகபஞ்சகமென்று கூறப் படுவதும், அசுபமென்று கருதப்படுவதுமான வேளை. [ayirukkumbothu muraiye miruthiyupanchagam, akkinipanchagam, irasa panchagam, sorapanchagam, rogapanchagamenru kurap paduvathum, asupamenru karuthappaduvathumana velai.] (சோதிடகிரகசிந்தா மணிமேகலை [sothidagiragasinda manimegalai] 213.)
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