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# Matsyapurana 93.12

Matsyapurāṇa 93.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [93.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.93.12)

pūrveṇa bhārgavaṃ vidyāt somaṃ dakṣiṇapūrvake  
paścimena śaniṃ vidyād rāhuṃ paścimadakṣiṇe  
paścimottarataḥ ketuṃ sthāpayecchuklataṇḍulaiḥ //

> (1) The Sun should be located in the centre, (2) the Mars in the south, (3) the Mercury in the north-east, (4) the Jupiter in the north, (5) the Venus in the east, (6) the Moon in the south-east, (7) the Saturn in the west, (8) the Râhu in the south-west and (9) the Kêtu in north-west. All the planets should be drawn with uncooked rice powder.—11-12.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.93.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.93.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.93.12) — Sanskrit
- [Saṃskāradīpaka (Nityānanda Panta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskaradipaka.3.12) — Nityānanda Panta, Sanskrit

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