Phaladeepika
गोकर्क्यश्व्यजनक्रभान्यथ नृयुङ्मीनौ परे राश्यस्ते पृष्ठोधयकोदयाः समिथुनाः पृहोदयाश्चैन्दवाः । सौराः शेषगृहाः क्रमेण कथिता रात्रिद्युसंज्ञाः त्रमा- दूध्वार्धःसमवक्रभाति तु पुनस्तीक्ष्णांशुमुक्ताद् गृहात् ॥ ८॥
The signs Vrishabha, Karkataka, Dhanus, Mesha and Makara rise with their back ( prsthodaya - Prish todaya). Mithuna and Meena come under Ubhayodaya The rest appear with their faces and are termed Sirshodaya signs. The Prishtodaya signs and Mithuna belong to the Moon and are termed nocturnal Rasis. The other six belong to the Sun and are termed diurnal signs. The four signs counted from the Rasi last passed (left) by the Sun are in their order termed (1) (Urdhva) or tending upwards (2) (Adhah)-beneath or under (3) (Sama)-even or level and (4) (Vakra)-bent or crooked. The same order holds good in the case of the other 8 signs.
english translation
gokarkyazvyajanakrabhAnyatha nRyuGmInau pare rAzyaste pRSThodhayakodayAH samithunAH pRhodayAzcaindavAH । saurAH zeSagRhAH krameNa kathitA rAtridyusaMjJAH tramA- dUdhvArdhaHsamavakrabhAti tu punastIkSNAMzumuktAd gRhAt ॥ 8॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript