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One of 27 combinations of the Sun's and Moon's positions.

Not the practice. Here it is a calculated quantity: the combined longitude of Sun and Moon, divided into 27 named parts. Some are held auspicious (Siddha, Amrita), some avoided (Vyatipata, Vaidhriti). Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are also punya-kala in their own right for ancestral offerings.

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