The Shodasamsa division of the zodiacal sign is variously known as Kalamsa, Nripamsa, ond so on. By this mode of division, the ecliptic is cut up into 192 equal segmentgs of l’ 52′ 30″ each in length. The segments are named in regular consecution, in the order of the zodiacal. signs, so that
the initial segment of the sign Aries takes on the name of that sign, that of the sign Taurus assumes the name of Leo, and so forth. The segment rulers are, in the case of the positive signs Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and Aditya in rotation. In the case of the negative signs, the enumeration of lordship is reversed – Parashara.