Akṣavedāṃśa (D-45)

Akṣavedāṃśa (अक्षवेदांश, also written Akshavedamsha or Akshavedansa) — the D-45 chart — is the fifteenth of the sixteen classical Ṣoḍaśa-vargas described in Brihat Parāśara Horā Śāstra. The Akṣavedāṃśa reads the sarva-sāmānya register — all matters in their general-life dimension — and in some classical sources is specifically assigned the paternal-lineage register as counterpart to the Khavedāṃśa (D-40)'s maternal assignment. The name akṣavedāṃśa derives from akṣa (five, numerical weight) and veda (four) in the classical numerical-naming convention — the numbers naming "forty-five" (akṣa-veda, read in reverse per Sanskrit numerical-notation rules).

Classical grounding

Brihat Parāśara Horā Śāstra's Ṣoḍaśa-varga-adhyāya names the Akṣavedāṃśa's computational rule; BPHS's signification assignment for the D-45 is concise, naming the sarva-sāmānya (general- matters) register. Later classical sources (including Jaimini tradition expansions and regional compendia) extend the reading — some assigning the paternal-lineage register as the specialised D-45 signification, parallel to the D-40's maternal assignment. As with the D-40, classical source divergence on D-45 specific signification is noted as a flag-for-review item; BPHS's general sarva-sāmānya framework is primary in this draft.

Computational scheme

BPHS's division rule for D-45: each 30° rāśi is divided into forty-five 40' parts (30° ÷ 45 = 0.6667°, or 40 arcminutes per part), with rāśi-ownership assigned by the rāśi's element. For movable (cara) rāśis (Meṣa, Karka, Tulā, Makara), the akṣavedāṃśa-count begins from Meṣa and proceeds sequentially through forty-five rāśis (wrapping nearly four times through the zodiac). For fixed (sthira) rāśis (Vṛṣabha, Siṃha, Vṛścika, Kumbha), the count begins from Siṃha. For dual (dvisvabhāva) rāśis (Mithuna, Kanyā, Dhanu, Meena), the count begins from Dhanu. The classical starting-point convention uses the fire-rāśi of each elemental triad as anchor: Meṣa for movable, Siṃha for fixed, Dhanu for dual — the same convention BPHS uses for the Ṣoḍaśāṃśa (D-16).

Classical significations

The Akṣavedāṃśa-chart classically reads sarva-sāmānya — all matters in their general register, the synthetic all-register reading that supplements the specialised readings of the other supplementary vargas. Classical reading: graha placements in the D-45 are read for their classical benefic-or-malefic register in that rāśi; strong Lagna-lord placement in the D-45 is classically read as a general-welfare register for the native. Some classical sources assign the paternal-lineage register as a specialised D-45 reading — cross-referenced with Sūrya's placement (classical pitṛ-kāraka) and with the Dvādaśāṃśa (D-12) which reads the general parent-register.

Classical interpretation register

The classical interpretation register of the Akṣavedāṃśa is sarva-sāmānya — the chart reads a comprehensive synthesising register of overall life-matters. Classical commentators note that the D-45 is included in the full Ṣoḍaśa-varga graded scheme and figures in the Vaiśeṣikāṃśa classical scoring for graha strength- accumulation across vargas. Together with the D-40 (Khavedāṃśa), the D-45 completes a classical pair of general-register vargas before the final fine-detail Ṣaṣṭiāṃśa (D-60). The D-45 is not among the most-consulted supplementary vargas in contemporary practice but carries classical weight in full Ṣoḍaśa analysis. As with all vargas, the classical tradition reports the register the chart reads; the reader's life-circumstances and choices are the reader's.

Related Concepts

• Rāśi (D-1) — primary chart
• Sūrya — classical pitṛ-kāraka for paternal-lineage expansion
• Dvādaśāṃśa (D-12) — paired parent-register reading
• Khavedāṃśa (D-40) — paired classical general-register
• Ṣaṣṭiāṃśa (D-60) — following varga in Ṣoḍaśa order