The Sign-wise Equal house division of the Zodiac or Rasi-chakra is a very old system of house division; in this system all houses are of equal length. Unlike the Western astrology that measures the longitude of a house from the exact ascendant-point in the sign rising in the east treated as its cusp, in Hindu astrology the entire sign is treated as a house irrespective of the ascendant-point in the sign rising in the east.[1] The standard Hindu convention is to treat the house and the sign of equal length.[2] It considers the twelve houses in the fixed Rasi-chakra (Zodiac), and is practically an "Equal-sign Equal house system".[3] Hindu astrology is sidereal astrology , in which system planetary movements are tracked against the fixed position of the stars or nakshatras; it is believed to give a more accurate astronomical representation of the Sun’s position in relation to the skies i.e. the Zodiac, using the Ayanamsa (amount of precession), and incorporates star-signs based on the movement of the Moon.[4]