Garga (alias Vṛddha-garga), the author of the text, is considered as one of the most important authors in the jyotisha tradition. The text is in form of a dialogue on astral and other omens between Kraushtuki (called
rishi-putra) and Garga. The text contains the following chapters, called
angas (titles in
IAST): •
Karma-guṇā ("Qualities of action"): astrological characters of
nakṣatras, tithis, grahas and muhūrtas •
Candra-mārga ("Course of the Moon") •
Nakṣatra-kendrabha ("Appearance of the circle of nakṣatras") •
Rāhu-cāra ("Course of
Rāhu") •
Bṛhaspati-cāra ("Course of Jupiter") •
Śukra-cāra ("Course of Venus") •
Ketu-mālā ("Line of
Ketu") •
Śanaiścara-cāra ("Course of Saturn") •
Aṅgāraka-cāra ("Course of Mars") •
Budha-cāra ("Course of Mercury") •
Āditya-cāra ("Course of Sun") •
Agastya-cāra ("Course of
Agastya") •
Antara-cakra ("Circle of intermediate region") •
Mṛga-cakra ("Circle of deer") •
Śva-cakra ("Circle of dogs") •
Vāta-cakra ("Circle of wind") •
Vāstu-vidyā ("Knowledge of houses") •
Aṅga-vidyā ("Knowledge of limbs") •
Vāyasa-vidyā ("Knowledge of birds") •
Svāti-yoga ("Conjunction with
Svāti") •
Āṣāḍha-yoga ("Conjunction with
Āṣāḍha") •
Rohiṇī-yoga ("Conjunction with
Rohinī") •
Janapada-vyūha ("Arrangement of countries") •
Salila ("Rainfall") •
Graha-kośa ("Collection of planets") •
Graha-samāgama ("Conjunction of planets") •
Grahā-mrādakṣiṇyam •
Graha-yuddha ("Opposition of planets") •
Graha-śṛṅgāṭaka ("Configuration of planets") •
Graha-purāṇa ("Purāṇa of planets") •
Graha-pāka ("Effects of the planets") •
Yātrā ("Military astrology") •
Agni-varṇa ("Nature of fire") •
Senā-vyūha ("Array of battle") •
Mayūra-citra ("Variegation of peacock") •
Bhuvana-puṣkara ("Lotus[-model] of the earth") •
Balyupahāra ("Offering of oblations") •
Śānti-kalpa ("Rules for propitiation") •
Rāṣṭrotpāta-lakṣaṇa ("Signs and portents of calamity") •
Tulā-kośa ("Weighing on balance") •
Yuga-purāṇa ("Purāṇa of the
yugas") •
Sarva-bhūtaruta ("Cries of all creatures"), . Omens ofvarious birds and animals •
Vastra-cheda ("Tears in clothes") •
Bṛhaspati-purāṇa ("Purāṇa of Jupiter") •
Indra-dhvaja ("Indra’s banner") •
Aja-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of rams") •
Kūrma-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of tortoises") •
Strī-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of women") •
Gaja-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of elephants") •
Go-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of cows") •
Bhārgavasaṃsthāna ("Appearance of Venus") •
Garbha-saṃsthā ("Appearance of embryos") •
Dagārgala ("Water-divining") •
Nirghāta ("Natural destructions") •
Bhūmi-kampa ("Earthquakes") •
Pariveṣa ("Halos") •
Ulkā-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of meteors") •
Pariveṣa-cakra ("Circle of halos") •
Ṛtu-svabhāva ("Nature of seasons") •
Sandhyā-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of twilight") •
Ulkā-lakṣaṇa ("Signs of meteors") •
Nakṣatra-puruṣa-kośa ("Compendium on nakṣatra-man") == References ==