PAÑCA-PAKṢĪ · 5 BIRDS × 5 ACTIVITIES
The Five-Bird system of Drāviḍa-jyotiṣa — a 25-cell daily wheel. Your janma-pakṣī follows from the Moon's nakṣatra at birth and the pakṣa; the birds rotate through five activities across the day's windows. PAÑCAPAKṢIŚĀSTRA (16TH C.) · BOBBILI-PAÑCĀṄGA · TAMIL SIDDHAR LINEAGE
The bird–activity correspondence is a Tamil Siddhar tradition. Cultural provenance is honored; an algebraic claim is not asserted.
tradition table Tier-W · (vii)
गृध्र · Gṛdhra · Vulture
Tradition assigns it the karma-resolution arc — ancestor work and closure rites; it holds marriage and new ventures back for other windows.
उलूक · Ulūka · Owl
The night-dweller — read as strong for meditation, esoteric study, and mantra-japa; weak for public declarations.
काक · Kāka · Crow
The messenger — read as strong for travel timing, communication, courier work, and pitṛ-tarpaṇa; weak for sovereign-decision posture.
कुक्कुट · Kukkuṭa · Cock
The dawn-herald — read as strong for beginnings: opening a business, signing contracts, breaking fasts; weak for rest and recovery.
मयूर · Mayūra · Peacock
King of birds, sacred to Kārttikeya — read as strong for transformation rites, devotional ceremony, and poetic composition; weak for routine travel.
“Strong” and “weak” are the tradition's labels for windows of the cycle — descriptions of practice, not measurements, not omens.
| # | Nakṣatra | Bird · śukla (waxing) | Bird · kṛṣṇa (waning) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | अश्विनी Aśvinī | गृध्र Gṛdhra | मयूर Mayūra |
| 2 | भरणी Bharaṇī | गृध्र Gṛdhra | मयूर Mayūra |
| 3 | कृत्तिका Kṛttikā | गृध्र Gṛdhra | मयूर Mayūra |
| 4 | रोहिणी Rohiṇī | गृध्र Gṛdhra | मयूर Mayūra |
| 5 | मृगशीर्ष Mṛgaśīrṣa | गृध्र Gṛdhra | मयूर Mayūra |
| 6 | आर्द्रा Ārdrā | उलूक Ulūka | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa |
| 7 | पुनर्वसु Punarvasu | उलूक Ulūka | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa |
| 8 | पुष्य Puṣya | उलूक Ulūka | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa |
| 9 | आश्लेषा Āśleṣā | उलूक Ulūka | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa |
| 10 | मघा Maghā | उलूक Ulūka | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa |
| 11 | पूर्वफल्गुनी Pūrvaphālgunī | उलूक Ulūka | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa |
| 12 | उत्तरफल्गुनी Uttaraphālgunī | काक Kāka | काक Kāka |
| 13 | हस्त Hasta | काक Kāka | काक Kāka |
| 14 | चित्रा Citrā | काक Kāka | काक Kāka |
| 15 | स्वाती Svātī | काक Kāka | काक Kāka |
| 16 | विशाखा Viśākhā | काक Kāka | काक Kāka |
| 17 | अनुराधा Anurādhā | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa | उलूक Ulūka |
| 18 | ज्येष्ठा Jyeṣṭhā | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa | उलूक Ulūka |
| 19 | मूल Mūla | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa | उलूक Ulūka |
| 20 | पूर्वाषाढा Pūrvāṣāḍhā | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa | उलूक Ulūka |
| 21 | उत्तराषाढा Uttarāṣāḍhā | कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa | उलूक Ulūka |
| 22 | श्रवण Śravaṇa | मयूर Mayūra | गृध्र Gṛdhra |
| 23 | धनिष्ठा Dhaniṣṭhā | मयूर Mayūra | गृध्र Gṛdhra |
| 24 | शतभिषा Śatabhiṣā | मयूर Mayūra | गृध्र Gṛdhra |
| 25 | पूर्वभाद्रपदा Pūrvabhādrapadā | मयूर Mayūra | गृध्र Gṛdhra |
| 26 | उत्तरभाद्रपदा Uttarabhādrapadā | मयूर Mayūra | गृध्र Gṛdhra |
| 27 | रेवती Revatī | मयूर Mayūra | गृध्र Gṛdhra |
Dominant Bobbili-lineage assignment Tier-W · (vii) — regional variants exist; this table states one lineage, not a canon.
| Bird | भुक्तिः Eat | गमनम् Walk | राज्यम् Rule | शयनम् Sleep | मृतिः Die |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| गृध्र Gṛdhra | neutral | weak | strong | neutral | weak |
| उलूक Ulūka | weak | neutral | neutral | strong | neutral |
| काक Kāka | neutral | strong | weak | neutral | neutral |
| कुक्कुट Kukkuṭa | strong | neutral | neutral | weak | neutral |
| मयूर Mayūra | neutral | weak | neutral | neutral | strong |
“Die” (mṛti) names the closing arc of the cycle — a label for letting-go windows, not a forecast of harm. No fear, no remedies sold.
The chart caster computes the Moon's nakṣatra at your birth instant. With the pakṣa (waxing/waning) you can locate your bird in the table above and read the activity matrix for daily muhūrta selection.
Cast the birth chartStructure, not prediction — the tables locate windows; what you do with them remains your own judgment, or a learned jyotiṣī's reading.