rashi
राशि rāśiA sign of the zodiac - one of the twelve thirty-degree divisions of the ecliptic. The rashis enter Indian astronomy with Hellenistic contact; they are absent from the Vedanga Jyotisha.
Where this term appears
- What is Jyotisha? Scriptures
What the astrology actually is Describe the system as it stands, because it is elegant, and most of its critics have never looked at it. Twelve rashis , signs, of thirty degrees each.