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Cultures/planned

Arabic / Perso-Islamic

The medieval Arabic tradition that carried Hellenistic astrology forward: the 28 lunar mansions and the calculated lots (Part of Fortune and beyond).

Tropical + lots · Lunar mansions (manazil), Arabic parts / lots

How the math differs

The medieval Arabic tradition carried Hellenistic astrology forward on a tropical base and added its own instruments. The ecliptic is divided into 28 lunar mansions (manazil) — the Moon’s nightly stations, each about 12°51′ wide.

Its signature technique is the Arabic lots (parts): derived points computed by simple longitude arithmetic. The Part of Fortune, for example, is Ascendant + Moon − Sun (reflected by chart sect).

Because every lot is an exact longitude formula over the natal positions, the whole system is reproducible from the ephemeris and the ascendant.

What you can compute

28 lunar mansions (manazil)

The Moon’s station at birth along the ecliptic

Part of Fortune & lots

Derived points from Asc/Sun/Moon longitude arithmetic

Tropical chart & sect

Day/night distinction that reflects the lot formulas

See what the engine already computes

This tradition is on the roadmap. Start with a live system today from the same open-source, arc-second ephemeris core.