Interpretation of Horoscope : Basics

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Interpretation of Horoscope : Basics

In Vedic Astrology, horoscope is defined as that portion of actions of past lives which have resulted into birth into present specie. If one is born as a human being, traits of dog or insects will remain muted and such traits will exhibit themselves neithe in the neither horoscope nor in actual present life. There are 84 lakhs(8.4 millions) species according to Vedic Astrology, and traits of all these specie lie dormant in the Karmaashaya (sum total of actions of past lives) of a person. Active portion of Karmaashaya has caused present birth, and Kundali (horoscope) is the fruit of this set of actions (kundali is the phala of karmas residing in Pradhaan Karmaashaya). In Vedic Jyotisha, there are 16 types of horoscopes for any particular person (or animal), known as Shodash Shodash-varga (Divisional charts symbolized as D to D-60), D-1 most important of which are Raashi-chakra (i.e.,D-1, and its subsidiary BhaavaRaashi 1, Bhaava chalita), Navaamsha-kundali (D and Shashtyamsha-kundali (Dkundali (D-9) -60) which is, however, rarely used due to inaccuracy in birthtime. But other 13 vargas are also all inaccuracy allimportant in their respective fields. Shashtyamsha-kundali is the most important of all 16 vargas because its subject is kundali "everything" and its vimshopaka bala (strength) is more than that of any othe vimshopaka-bala other divisional chart (varga) according to Brihat-Paraashara-Horaashaastra( BPHS). Brihat Horaashaastra( Shashtyamsha-kundali is the complete manifestation of Active Karmaashaya, and all kundali other 15 vargas are individual manifestations of Shashtyamsha-kundali in their Shashtyamsha kundali respective fields. For instance, if career and achievements is to be studied, ds. Dashamaamsha-kundali (D 10) is more important than any other kundali, but D-1 and kundali (D-10) D D-60 will not cease to operate in any field. D (Navaamsha-kundali) is most 60 D-9 kundali) important for studying relations with spouse, but it exerts influence upon some other with fields also. Other divisional charts do not operate beyond their own field, only D-60, D D-1 and D-9 in descending order exert widespread influences. BPHS clearly 9 delineates the fields of these divisional charts. Kundalee software at this website aslo charts. mentions these fields alongwith their varga. During Kaliyuga (Kali Age) materialism overwhelms other considerations. Hence the divisional chart (D-1, i.e.,Raasi 1, i.e.,Raasi-chart and Bhaava-chalita) dealing with Body and its chalita) Bhoga (things to be enjoyed by the body) has become all important. D is given all-important. D-9 attention because it deals with spouses which is all-important for kali-yugi persons. all important kali Other divisional charts are rarely analysed. D 60 is most difficult to make because it D-60 requires precise computations. In D 60, 2 minutes of error in birthtime will result in a D-60,

shift of one sign (30 degrees). Strength of planets in divisional charts depends upon whether planets are in the middle of a house or near its end. Hence error of 30 seconds in birthtime will drastically change the outcome. In previous ages, precision of computation was a problem. Now, computers have come to our aid, but most of astrologers have discarded the original method of computations and base their computations upon modern astronomy. This problem has been dealt with in the book on Surya-siddhaanta which can be downloaded from the bottom of homepage. Besides these 16 kundalis, there are kundalis made by putting each planet (excluding Rahu-Ketu) in the first house instead of the ascendant (lagna). D-1 is made by regarding ascendant as the middle of first house. Surya-kundali is made by putting the Sun in the middle of first house. Thus 7 kundalis are made from 7 planets. Sunkundali and Muun-kundali are most important among these 7 horoscopes, because the Sun influences three houses (9, 10, 11) and Moon influences five houses (1, 2, 4, 9, 11). Lagna-kundali (i.e., D-1, known as Raashi-chakra and its modified version Bhaava-chalita) is more important than any planetary kundali, because all 12 houses are studied with the help of lagna-kundali. Therefore, Lagna-kundali, Sun-kundali and Moon-kundali are combined together to make the Sudarshana-chakra which has some unique features of its own. Saturn influences two houses : 8, 12 ; other planets influence one house each : Mars 3, Mercury 6, Jupiter 5 and Venus 7. What does it mean ? 7th house from ascendant is for Kaama (libido, spouse, extra-marital affairs, besides some other fields). 7th from Venus exerts same influences on these fields. Similarly, 3rd from Mars should be studied for those subjects which are studied in 3rd from ascendant. In all, we have 16 divisional horoscopes and 7 planetary horoscopes to analyse. These are most important horoscopes. These 23 horoscopes control the entire lifespan of a person. Besides, there are varsha-pravesha and maasa-pravesha kundalis. A varsha-pravesha kundali is the horoscope of that moment when sidereal Sun attains same sign, degree, minute and second of arc as in the natal chart (D-1). This varsha-pravesha influences the course of events for one year. Add 30 degrees to sidereal Sun and you will get various maasa-pravesha kundalis, each effective for a solar month. Effects of these varsha-pravesha and maasa-pravesha horoscopes are important, but Vimshottari is more important. There are 1440 varsha-pravesha and maasa-pravesha horoscopes during 120 years.

Each horoscope in the shodash-varga has its Aarudha-pada (Aarurha-pada) horoscopes, 12 padas for each house and 7 padas for 7 planets. Thus, each varga has 21 subsidiary pada-kundalis. 16 vargas have,therefore, 336 pada kundalis. There are 1799 horoscopes to analyze in a person's life if 1440 annual and monthly horoscopes are added to 336 pada horoscopes, 16 main divisional horoscopes and 7 planetary horoscopes. Besides, there are 42 types of dashaas. In actual practice, things are not so difficult. 1440 annual and monthly horoscopes are not analyzed at any given time. One needs only the annual and monthly horoscopes at any given moment. 16 divisional charts are also not needed always. Very few aarudha-pada kundalis are actually needed. Hence, if one learns how to interpret a horoscope, it is not difficult to analyze relevant charts. Vimshottari dashaa is effective for all persons and other types of dashaas may be neglected if you do not find time. Most of them are not relevant in Kaliyuga. Results of these diverse charts may contradict each other and in such circumstances it becomes difficult to make predictions. Even is a single chart, different planets may exert contradictory influences upon a house. To make things easy, Paraashara Rishi created the system of Ashtaka-varga, which gives definite results even in doubtful conditions.

Shortcut Method of Reading a Horoscope

When a person in problem approaches you, find out the current Vimshottari dashaas first of all. Note the timings of Mahaa-dashaa, antar-dashaa and pratyantara-dashaa initially, because sukshma-dashaa and praana-dashaa require very accurate birthtime. Then read the bhaava-chalita kundali, and find out the conditions of planets associated with first three dashaas. In the kundalee software supplied at this website, bhaavachalita kundali is at the right side bottom of the page "spashta-grahaadi". If the 'zoom' button is clicked, enlarged bhaava-chalita kundali with aspect-table (drishti-chakra) will open up. Try to correlate the dashaa-kaaraka planets with timings of problems and within a minute you will locate the malfunctioning planet. Now you can rectify the error in birthtime by synchronizing the time of problem with onset time of dashaa of malfunctioning planet. If a few very good and very bad events in the life of a person are analyzed in this manner, birthtime error can be reduced to less than a second. Our KUNDALEE software guaranttees 100% accurate matching of Vimshottari dashaas with actual events. Bhaava-chalita kundali does not always help, because other divisional kundalis may override the verdict of bhaava-chalita kundali in their own domain. Hence, relevant divisional chart should be analyzed also. Varsh-kundali and maasa-kundali always

exert infuences, although less than divisional kundalis. In the end, ashtaka-varga may ashtaka be resorted to if doubt remains. But ashtaka-varga is much less powerful than ashtaka varga vimshottari. Ashtaka-varga is much more reliable than gochar-phala of lunar sign; the varga gochar phala t latter is included in ashtaka ashtaka-varga. In nutshell, this is how one should interpret a horoscope. Desire to help a person in distress should be the only objective of an astrologer, otherwise even a perfect software will not help you. Jyotisha is a divine science and requires moral rectitude more than bookish knowledge.

Origin and Meaning of Horoscopic Houses

ORIGIN & MEANING OF BHAAVAS (Horoscopic Houses)
There are 12 houses in horoscopes in Indian, Chinese, European and ancient Egyptial and Mesopotamian horoscopes. Names of these houses are also highly similar, pointing towards some common origin of astrology. There is a dearth of external evidence for tracing this common origin, but internal evidences are galore. Let us discuss some. According to Surya-siddhaanta (the bedrock of mathematical portion of ancient Indian siddhaanta astrology), LAGNA (ascendant) is defined as that point of the ecliptic which touches the eastern horizon at any given moment. Other eleven mansions are defined with respect to Lagna. Hence all mansions are parts of the ecliptic. Since the ecliptic is elliptical, all twelve mansions should be unequal. Therefore, the mansions of Indian astrology should be reckoned from Bhaava-chalita and not from the Raashi-chakra. Bhaava chalita Raashi The Raashi-chakra is a circular disc running along the zodiac with all 12 Raashis chakra being exactly equal to 30 degrees, while the measures of twelve bhaavas (dvaadash degrees, (dvaadashbhaava) change with time and place ; that is why it is called Chalita (i.e., movable or changeable). It takes some time and energy to compute the bhaava-chalita. Exact bhaava method of computing the bhaava bhaava-chalita according to traditional Indian Siddhaantas ita has been long forsaken and forgotten. An overwhelming majority of astrologers use the Raashi-chakra for making predictions for saving time; most of not chakra not-so-learned astrologers do not even know that Raashi Raashi-chakra should not be directly used for ra making predictions, its only use is to determine places of exaltation (uchcha), debility(neecha), friendship or enmity among planets, heliacal setting (asta), aspects (drishti) and similar phenomena. In both Rashi-chakra and Bhaava Rashi Bhaava-chalita, lagna is always placed at the centre of first mansion. But in Raashi chakra, successive Raashi-chakra, mansions are computed by merely adding 30 degrees to the lagna, whereas in the bhaava-chalita bhaavas are reckoned independently. chalita

In the picture below, some bhaavas make larger angle with the centre while others make smaller angles due to ellipcity of the ecliptic (in this picture bhaavas 1 or 7 are shown as being less than bhaava 10 or 4, but at other times the reverse may be true). It is because of the Keplerian law of equal area in equal time : all bhaavas must have equal areas and not equal angles. Europe (Johannes Kepler) discovered this law much later, but Indian astrologers possessed the mathematical method of computing bhaavas of the ellipse millenia before Kepler. Method of computing declination of the Sun was also well known, which is also an attribute of ellipse. Rectified path-lengths of epicycloidal and hypocycloidal paths of planets and moon is given in Suryasiddhaanta, while Europe discovered it in modern times. Twelve Bhaava s were conceiv ed accordi ng to a well designe d logical plan which has never been elucidat ed in any ancient or modern treatise of any country. Here, some of these ancient secrets are being explained for the first time. As pointed above, Lagna is that portion of the ecliptic which lies in the east. The entire house of Lagna is approximately 30 degrees (plus or minus few degrees), half of it remains below the horizon (see Medini kundalis in other pages of this website). Tenth House (Dasham bhaava) lies at the zenith. Seventh House lies in the west, and Fourth House lies below the onlooker. Hence, Fourth House came to signify Land, Mother (Earth), Vehicle, which lie below. Tenth House signifies Father (God the Father or Dyaus-Pitr symbolised the Sky in Vedic and PIE) and glory. First House symbolises birth into this world, and therefore first house represents life, body, health,etc. Rebirth into body is the result of Kaama (libido),

hence Seventh House represents Kaama. All twelve houses exhibit this causeconsequence relationship, as shown below : House Subject Opposite House and its subject 1 rst Body, life, health Wealth,Lord of death 7 th : Kaama (libido), spouse : Body is a result of Kaama, moksha is a result of Nishkaama living. 8 th : Death : Bhaava-2 symbolizes death and Bhaava-2 symbolizes its cause,i.e, Maarakesha and Wealth ( aparigraha leads to moksha, i.e, permanent liberation from death and rebirth)

2 nd

3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th

Paraakrama(valour, 9 th : Fortune, religiousity : Fortune is a result of stamina, vigour) Paraakrama Land, Mother Knowledge(Vidyaa) Enemy,disease 10 th : Father,honour,career : 4th symbolizes land, 10 th gives honour, kingdom, etc. Mother-Father contrast between these two houses should be noted. 11 th : Income : Income is a result of worldly accomplishments. 12 th : Expense, loss : Subjects of 6 th and 12 th houses have a cause-consequence relationship.

Thus, all twelve bhaavas can be grouped into six pairs having cause-consequence or contrasting relations. These six pairs can be further reduced to two contrasting divisions. Bhaava-10 lies towards the zenith. Adjacent to it are 9th and 11th houses. These three houses can be clubbed together as houses of 'Fortune,honour,rise,income'. There is close affinity in subjects of these houses. All symbolize 'RISE' towards the sky, which is the meaning of houses which lie towards the sky. Similarly, 3rd and 5th houses are neighbours of 4th. These three houses symbolozes bases or causes of the subjects of sky-houses(9,10,11). Vigour, land and knowledge provide the foundation upon which one may rise towards the sky and gain money or honour. Hence, 9-10-11 symbolize SKY or Protector (Fortune-Action-Income nurtures and protects like a father), and 3-4-5 symbolize EARTH or BASE or FOUNDATION. Both triplicities have a strong mutual cause-consequence relation. In a similar manner, houses 12-1-2 and 6-7-8 form remaining two triplicities, both being detrimental. The malevolence of 6,8 and 12 are well known. 2nd house is the cause of death and determines the lordship of death. But it is also the house of wealth and eyes, which strengthen bondage to this-worldliness and cause recurring deathrebirth cycles. 7th house is also the cause of death and bondage : Kaama(libido).

Brihat-Paraashara-Horaashaashtra clearly states that planets residing in 6-7-8 houses determine whether a person should go to heaven, hell or be reborn into this world. Horoscope is the result of actions of past lives. Sum total of all actions of all past lives do not contribute into the horoscope. Actions which bears results conducive for a birth into human specie join together, and if they overwhelm non-human traits, birth into human specie in ensured. Other actions remain dormant, bearing no result in the present human life. But if a human being accumulates sins, these bad acts will combine with similar dormant acts and may cause a non-human rebirth if such acts surpass human traits. If Saturn and Mercury reside in 6-7-8 houses and auspicious planets do not reside there, the person should go to Hell. Hell has two meanings in Indian tradition. One hell is birth into some animal or insect form. Another hell is real hell : torment without getting any birth at all, till the sins are purged. The afore-mentioned four triplicities are repeated in the plan of Aarudha-padas as describrd in BPH. Houses 12-1-2 and 6-7-8 are never allowed to become aarudhapadas; only 3-4-5 and 9-10-11 can become padas. Pada means the steps or means through which a work is done. If the means is bad the task can not be accomplished. Hence only good houses are allowed to become aarudha-padas. 3rd and 11th houses were found to be auspicious in mant respects, and 1rst and 7th houses were auspicious in a majority of instances. Hence, in the end of Kaarakadhyaya (BPH), Sage Paraashara said that houses 2,3,6,8,11,12 were inauspicious. According to this classification, we can present the following modified picture of bhaava-chalita. The symmetry between upper and lower halves is remark able. A simplifi ed view has been present ed here. But it is sufficie nt to convinv e anyone that the

concept of twelve mansions did not originate without any logical plan. Moreover, this overall plan behind the concept of Twelve Houses is based upon ancient Indian is philosophy of the Vedic tradition. it is impossible to believe that that such a system was imported into India from some non Vedic society. Nowhere in world non-Vedic we can find a society in ancient times which believed in such concepts which contributed in the evolution of the ideas behind Dvaadash bhaava, Kaama Dvaadash-bhaava, causing death, bondage and rebirth and renunciation of Kaama leading to emancipation; Sky symbolizing Father, Earth as mother, wealth as a companion of Killer (Maarkesha),etc. (Maarkesha),etc This plan of horoscope was stylized into following form in remote antiquity, which is his suggested by names like Kendra for Houses 1, 4, 7, 10 and Trikona for 5, 9, because Houses 1, 4, 7, 10 actually reside in the Kendra (central region) and Houses 5 and 9 actually are triangular (Trikona) in ctually shape. Other designs for horoscope popular in India or elsewhere do not fit such definitions. This design of Kundali (horoscope) is traditionally popular in the region which was known as Aryaavarta in ancient times, and is in consonance with definitions found in most ancient Indian treatises of astrology. The directional notions East, West, Zenith and Nadir is not used because it is not needed in horoscopic astrology. In national astrology we will discuss another type of directional design of zodiacal signs. In the left hand side picture, first house in the house of ascendant or Lagna.

Prediction of Death
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Prediction of death is believed to be the most difficult part of astrology. But if ancient rules of Suryasiddhantic Ganita and Phalita of BPHS (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra) &c are strictly followed, it is not difficult. We have analyzed a lot of celebrities' horoscopes whose birth time and death time were well known,. We are presenting concise samples here, details may be seen by downloading Kundalee and using it. Abbreviations : D1= Bhaava chalita kundali, D9 = navaamsha kundali, D30 = kundali, trinsaamsha kundali.
NAME Date Birth Data Time, Lat IST Death Long Date Vimshottari Configuration Pinday Nisargay Amshayu Death u u Rahu:Ma Merc:S Merc:Me Sat:Sat:Moo rs un rc n

15:08:17 16:55 41N 08E 5:5:182

Napoleo n

69

55

44

1803.36 1844.1 1837.98 :Merc:Mars 9

Death : problems in abdomen, arsenic poisoning perhaps. Bonapa Merc (lord of 9 & 12) was combust in Sun (lord of 11) of mooltrikona in rte 10th house, hence Pindayu and Nisargayu ruled out. Rahu in 2nd house and maarakesh Mars(lord of 2,7) suggest Amshayu at first glance. But if Saturn is related to any maaraka, it replaces others to become a maaraka. Here, Saturn has aspect relation with Venus (lord of 8th house) and is sitting in the raashi of its bitter enemy. When a comparison of all planets is carried out, Saturn proves to be real maaraka. Its mutual Parivartana Relation with Moon and Moon's abode in the house gave Moon a role in death. Again, Moon had greatest influence on Merc due to Bhaavesh-drishti relation of 54'. Hence Sat:Sat:Moon:Merc:Mars (Mars being original maarakesh). It should be mentioned here that in Trinsaamsha kundali (D30) which is important for diseases and death, Saturn is lord of 8th house while Moon is lord of 2nd house, and both have bitterly enmical yuti relation in 4th house of Virgo, while Rahu is sitting with exalted Sun. Saturn and Moon in Virgo caused prombems in the abdomen. D1 and D30 both explain Napoleon's death. Due to D30, Rahu of D1 could not cause death. AL of D30 had exalted Sun as lagnesh in A9, hence whatever be the illness of Napoleon, others (including the jail authorities) believed him to be healthy and robust till he died. I got this birth data from a French astrological software Kingstar (http://www.delemme.com/). All major events of Napoleon's life have been checked, and perfectly match with Vimshottari timings computed by Kundalee software. Softwares made along physical astronomy give true positions of material planets but a lagna 23 degrees less than that given by Suryasiddhantic Kundalee software in this case, due to vast difference in Saurpakshiya and Drikpakshiya sunrises! Hence, entire bhaavachalita differs, and ancient rules of death prediction as well as Vimshottari timings do not work at all. Kundalee and Jhora have 23 degrees difference in lagna for Napoleon, while not only D1 but even D30 of Kundalee works fine here. Hence, physical astronomy does not work well in astrology, and makes the latter a pseudo-science. Time Amshay Pinday Nisargay Birth Lat Long Death Death u u , IST u Adolf Moon:R Sat:Sat Jup:Mo Rah:Ven:M 20:04:18 48N 13E 30:4:19 23:51 ah 1967.0 on er 89 16 03 45 Hitler 1917.51 9 1960.61 Sat:Mars
While Napoleon's case was a classic example, Hitler presents an opposite example.

None of the three fulfill criteria needed for death : amshaayu caused by Moon which is lord of 10th house, pindaayu caused by Saturn in Saturn, which is auspicious in D1 by dint of being lord of 4th and 5th houses, but slightly inauspicious in D30 by owning its rashi in 2nd house. Nisargayu is caused by Jupiter and Moon, Moon being lord of 10th and Jupiter in its own raashi. Hence, we must look for worst planets in horoscope, as BPHS suggests. In D1, 2nd house is empty, while four planets reside in 7th, two of wich are auspicious : exalted Sun, and Mars in its own raashi, although may be slightly inauspicious by dint of being lord of 2nd and 7th houses. Remaining both planets are enmically placed in 7th and are therefore killer planets : Venus being lord of 8th(and lagna) and Mercury being lord of 12th(and 9th). Moon, Jupiter and Saturn have already been ruled out, as mentioned earlier. Thus, only Rahu and Ketu are left, of which Ketu is left out by dint of its yuti relation with Saggitarian Jupiter and Karmesh Moon. Venus is highly inauspicious in D30 as well. Thus, Rahu:Venus:Merc reflects the order of most inauspicious planets in Hitler's horoscope. In D30, Rahu has mutual aspect relations with all killer planets, esp Venus and Saturn, and Rahu is under enmical influence of Mercury due to latter's bhaaveshdrishti relation. It was Mars of Aries which helped Hitler seize power during 1924-31, and Rahu of

moolatrikona in 9th house which further contributed to his power. Hitler had five planets in exaltation, moolatrikona or in own raashi, four of which had high aspects on 10th house.But Rahu's relations with killers in D30 killed Hitler, when AD and PD of those killers came in Rahu's MD. Why he shot himself in the head may be related to most killer planet Venus residing in Aries (7th house) in D1, and lord of Aries Mars sitting with Venus in 7th house of D30.
Birth Time, IST Lat Long Death Amshayu Pinday Nisargay u u Death

14:11:18 25:2 81:5 27:5:19 21:34 89 8 4 64

Rah:V Ven:Me Rah:Ven:M en Rah:Sat r ars 1964.9 1958.68 1928.86 Jup:Ven 3

Nehru's Venus is in Libra sitting in 4th house, while Rahu is in moola trikona but in 12th house. Among, anshaayu, pindaayu and nisargaayu we have to choose between Jawaharl Venus and Rahu, and Rahu is the choice by dint of residing in 12th house. Hence, al death must occur in Rahu's MD. Now, the next choice is between AD of Venus versus AD of Saturn. Saturn is sitting in 2nd house, being lord of 7,8 and 9th houses, Nehru while Venus is auspicious.Besides, Saturn has yuti relation with Rahu in D30. But in D1, Rahu has mutual aspect relation with Venus (33:27'), while Rahu:Saturn aspect is merely 14:0. Hence, Rahu must give its bad effects of residing in 12th house through its relative Venus, and not through its non-relative Saturn. In D30 Saturn is a relative of Rahu, but D1 overrules D30, as the vimshopaka list of BPHS clearly states. Saturn in 2nd house is in yuti with svagrihi lagnesh Moon, while maarkesh Sun is in fast friend's abode in 5th with conjunct Merc. Jup is svagrihi with Ketu of mool trikona in 6th. Hence, Mars, samgrihi in the house of longevity (3rd) is left as the sole

contender for the post of PD, followed by Jupiter in 6th for SD. Nearly same precedece in observed in D30, with an exception of Merc which is bad in D30. In D1 too Merc is conjunct, but with auspicious Sun; hence Merc in D1 is not killer.

Birth

Tim e, IST

Lat

Lon g

Death

Amshay Pinday Nisarga u u yu

Death

Sat:Ju Sat:Mer:Sa p 12:02;180 15:04:18 Sat:Rah Sat:Moo 18:02 37:34 85:44 t 9 65 1874.00 1877.6 1871.92 :Mer:Ven 3
Time of Death : 17:50:10 IST (+10:30 of LST) , cited by PVR Narasimha Rao : cf. http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/JyotishGroup/message/22142 Lincoln was killed during Saturn's MD. Amshayu, pindayu and nisargayu all fall in Saturn's MD, and Saturn actually proved to be killer, because of its enmical mutual aspect relation with Maarakesh Jupiter (39:35') which was placed in own raashi in 2nd house. But Saturn had balanced (sama) mutual aspect relation with exalted

Venus (33:25) and friendly mutual aspect relation with Mercury which are all placed in 2nd house of Bhaavachalita (D1). All these relations make Saturn the sole killer, but relation with svagrihi Jup and exalted Venus make Abraha Saturn a high class benefic as well, augmented by Saturn's placement in 10th house and lordship of lagna and (12th house). Lincoln was made m Lincoln president by Saturn. Now, the problem is which AD in Saturn's MD should be most probable for Lincoln's death. According to general rule, Amshayu, Pindayu and Nisargayu suggest Rahu, Jupiter or Moon. Jupiter is svagrihi, Rahu is samgrihi in 9th house, and moon is lord of 6,7 and placed in 12th. Moreover, Jupiter and Moon are related to Saturn, Jupiter having mutual aspect relation (39:35')and Moon having Bhaavesh-drishti relation (residing in Surn's raashi and having Saturn's aspect 49'. Hence, nisargaayu of Moon's AD seems to be most probable. But according to BPHS, other killer planets also must be taken into account before arriving at any decision. Following is the complete list of Saturn's relations with all other planets ( Codes : -- bitter enemy, - enemy, ... sama, + friendly, ++ fast friend) ; full aspect is 60') : Ketu --11 ,,, Jup -35 ,,, Mars ...0 ,,, Rahu ++0 ,,, Ven ...25 ,,,[ Moon ...49 ,,, Sun ...50 ,,, Merc ++42 ] Last three planets have Bhaavesh-drishti relation with Saturn, ie are in Saturn's raashi and are seen by Saturn. hence, they are closest relatives of Saturn. Of them, Sun is not a killer planet, although it is fruitless by dint of

not being lord of any house in bhaavachalita (no bhaava has Leo in its house centre). Moon is inauspicious by dint being lord of 6,7 and residing in 12, and is also significator of nisargaayu. But Mercury is the most killer planet, after Saturn, by dint of residing in 2nd house and being related to main killer being Saturn as well as to maahkesh Jupiter. Hence, the rule of AmshaayuAmshaayu Pindaayu-Nisargaayu here breaks down, and Mercury becomes a killer, after Nisargaayu Saturn. Jupiter transferred its killer property to its relative Saturn, as BPHS states. Birth Time Lat , IST Lon g Death Amshay Pinday Nisarga u u yu Death

Vimshottari Dasha
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The Secret Behind Vimshottari Dasha System

There are many types of Dash s, ten of which are based on Nakshatras. Vimshottari Dashs, Dash is held to be the most important Dash System in Jyotisha of Vedic-Purnic Dash m Vedic tradition. Most often, astrologers of this tradition do not even take into consideration other dash systems and base their conclusions solely upon Vimshottari. Following points must be considered before deciding anything in this regard : in (1) BPHS (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra) never said solar year should should be used for Vimshottari; (2) BPHS clearly said that Vimshottari must be computed from Moon's position and not from Sun's position; (3) Vimshottari year is of 360 days which may have two meanings : lurar year of 360 tithis or savana year of 360 days, but this savana year of 360 days is a later myth with neither any scientific validity supporting any solar cycle of 360 days nor any basis in ancient sisshantas, and (4) the final proof is Suryasiddhantic software 'Kundalee' which must be tested before rushing to conclusions.

Vimshottari is the most important dasha system according to all "authorities" , but owing to wrong methods of its computation, it has become less precise ; as a result instead of rectifying their own errors some modern messiahs are giving more weight other dasha systems, some of which are not even mentioned in BPHS. But if ancient method of computation is used, Vimshottari Dasha proves to be to be the most influential dasha system But there are two obstacles which prevent accurate timing of events with the help of vimshottari system. One is the use of Drik-pakshiya mathematics, ie, modern astronomy , for finding true longitudes of planets and ascendant, etc. Second problem is the use of solar year for reckoning, in spite of the fact that all ancient texts explicitly mention that the year of vimshottari system comprises of 360 days only. Due to these two errors, the timing of events in vimshottari system errs by many years. Vimshottari system is based upon lunar nakshatra, hence its year ought to be lunar. Indian tradition year is a ccombination of solar and lunar, known as luni-solar year, like other ancient systems. In lunar year, there are 360 tithis or lunar days, which is the year of vimshottari system. 360 tithis are equal to 354.37 solar days. Therefore, there is a difference of 3% between solar year and vimshottari year. Add to this 3% error the difference on account of Drik-pakshiya and Saur-pakshiya positions of Moon. Drik-pakshiya world is the phenomenal sensory world , which is manifest to human sense organs. It is the material world. Saur-pakshiya world is the non-material world in which deities reside. All ancient texts of Vedic-Purnic tradition say that the Grahas of Jyotisha are gods and are diverse incarnations of God. God and gods are conscious entities and it is wrong to conceptualize them as material bodies. Material planets intruded into astrology only during past one or two millenia, but even today there are a large number of astrologers in India who refuse to accept computer softwares based upon modern astronomy, and use traditional almanacs or panchngas. These traditional panchngas are crudely made, yet the vimshottari timings based upon them prove to be far more accurate than those based upon materialist astronomy. Now, highly precise software based upon traditional Suryasiddhntic system is also in the market, distributed as a freeware for philanthropic purpose. If birth-time is approximately correct, and few very good or very bad events in the life of a person is known, then precise birth-time can be fixed, and thereafter very accurate forecasts can be drawn from this software, accurate upto prna-dash. This software has been tested for natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, cyclones, etc and the result is 100% positive. Total annual and fortnightly (actually, during solar nakshatra) rainfall data of past 135 years of India have been tested, and this software is 100% accurate. But this software is not based upon the faulty interpretation of Surya-siddhnta by E. Burgess. Instead, ancient Surya-siddhntic methods have been

used in it. The maximum amount of correction made in mean Moon according to Suryasiddhnta is nearly 1.5 degrees less than that made according to modern astronomy. It is nearly 1 / 9 of a nakshatra which is equal to 13:20$ . Due to this factor alone, vomshottari period of Venus, Saturn and Rahu (lunar node) will vary by 2 years and more. Add to it the difference due to descrepancies between Surya-siddhntic mean Moon with the mean Moon of materialist astronomy. And then add the 3% error due to wrong year imposed upon vimshottari system. Total error in timing of vimshottari dashs will be over 5 years in modern era, when differences between mean planets of Surya-siddhnta show minimum divergence from those of materialist astronomy. In distant ages, the difference was greater. In 21000 years, difference between Drikpakshiya and Saur-pakshiya positions of planets increases by 180. Within a few centuries, Drik-pakshiya astronomy will lose its charm in astrology as vimshottari dashs will show intolerable errors. Even today, Drik-pakshiya astronomy gives errors of 5 years in timing of vimshottari dashs. As a result, 19% of Mah-dashs and a much greater portion of antar-dashs are wrong. Pratyantar, sukshma and prna dashs are almost always in the wrong. As a result, astrologers take a recourse to other dash systems, palmistry, numerology, etc for satisfying their clients. Very few persons are trying to test the Surya-siddhntic software, due to the venomous propaganda against Surya-siddhnta by materialists. Surya-siddhnta is not a text of materialist astronomy, and it is interpreted materialistically by materialists, by comparison with planetary positions. The proof of Surya-siddhnta is Phalit Jyotisha ( predictive astrology) based upon it, it is wrong to use modern astronomy as a yardstick for testing the reliability of Suryasiddhnta. I have met persons who refuse to test Surya-siddhntic software of Phalit Jyotisha named 'Kundalee', calling Surya-siddhnta to be an outdated and useless work ! Even criminals get a chance to prove themselves, but Surya-siddhnta is denied this chance in a materialist age. By rejecting the only accurate method of astrology, who will prove to be a loser ? Now let us talk about the design of Vimshottari system. Arrange the planets according to the plan as depicted in upper picture. This arrangement is based upon planetary distances. Omit Rahu, Ketu and Moon initially, which are not full planets. Inner

planets, including Sun, are in the right half of the upper picture. Outer planets are on the left side of the upper picture. Now add up their duration of years as given in the vimshottari dash system. In left half, we get (Saturn 19) + (Jupiter 16) + (Mars 7) = 42 years and in right half we get (Mercury 17) + (Venus 20) + (Sun 6) = 43 years Total of all 9 planets is 120 lunar years in the vimshottari system. Both halves should have 60 years each. Left half in upper picture has a deficit of 18 years, which only Rahu can give, and right half has a deficit of 17 years which only a combination of Ketu and Moon can supply. Thus we get the lower picture of vimshottari dash system. Rahu and Ketu must be placed opposite to each other, and Moon should be placed alongwith the Sun but not between Sun and any planet ( i.e., Venus). It is safe to put Rahu and Ketu away from Sun and Moon . Since distances from the Sun was the basis of this plan, vimshottari dash system ought to start with Sun. As in the lower picture, we get the sequence Sun : Moon : Mars : Rahu : Jupiter : Saturn : Mercury : Ketu : Venus which is the sequence given in all ancient texts, esp. by Sage Parshara. In adhyya 3, khanda 16 of Chndogya Upanishada, there are 7 shlokas which describe three stages in the lifespan of a person, being of 24, 44 and 48 years respectively, which are the number of syllables in three important Vedic metres Gayatri, Trishtup and Jagati. Total lifespan of a human being is here said to be of 116 years. In Vimshottari dash system full lifespan of a human being is equal to 120 lunar years, which is equal to 116.4 solar years which, when rounded off, is same as that given in the Chndogya Upanishada. One question remains to be answered : what is the rationale behind the number of years assigned to different planets in the vimshottari dash system ? Who will find a plausible answer to this intriguing question ?

Non-Indian Variants of Vimshottari System

Details about the mediaeval dashaa system Firdaria can be viewed at many websites ,such as :

http://www.skyscript.co.uk/gl/firdar.html , http://firdaria.com/method.php "Firdaria" is etymologically related to same root (Greek : periodos , Sanskrit : Paridhi )) from which English word "period" has been derived. In Firdaria system, for diurnal charts the period begins with the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter , Mars, Rahu and Ketu. Each one has a different time range : Sun 10 years, Venus 8 , Mercury 13, Moon 9, Saturn 11, Jupiter 12, Mars 7, Rahu 3 and Ketu 2 years. For nocturnal charts, the period begins with the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Rahu, Ketu, Sun, Venus, Mercury , each planet having same durations. " If Moon, Rahu and Ketu are omitted, both diurnal and nocturnal sequences in Firdaria system are as follows : Sun, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars : ( Diurnal ) : ( Nocturnal ) The nocturnal sequence is same as the diurnal, only the starting poing is different, Moon instead of the Sun. Now, reverse the sequence. We get : Sun , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Mercury , Venus Hence, if seqience is reversed, Firdaria System is same as Indian Vimshottari, excepting the placing of Moon and its nodes. Following is the Vimshottari sequence followed by reversed Firdaria Sysyem : Sun , Moon , Mars , Rahu , Jupiter , Saturn , Mercury , Ketu , Venus :- Vimshottari Sun , Ketu , Rahu , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Moon , Mercury , Venus :- Firdaria Now, compare this reversed firdaria sequence with the circular design of Vimshottari shown in pictures above. In Firdaria System, Moon and its nodes have been placed exactly at the juncture of both halves, i.e., Moon placed between Saturn and Mercury at the top, and nodes placed between Mars and Sun at the bottom. Thus, Firdaria System sprang from the same source which gave rise to Vimshottari. If durations of planets are scrutinized, Firdaria Sysyem does not yield the symmetrical arrangement as found in the case of Vimshottari as shown above. Hence, Vimshottari seems to be an original system and Firdaria is a derived and consequently a later development. Both Vimshottari and Firdaria systems are related to the planetary order Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, known as the Chaldean Order in the

West. Put two triangles within a circle, one placed over the other inversely. Put Sun + Moon at the apex of first triangle, and then put Mercury and then Venus at other two vertices in a clockwise manner. Then, put Mars, Jupiter and Saturn at the vertices of second triangle in such a way that Mars of second triangle falls between SunMoon and Mercury of first triangle. You will get the sequence of the weekdays. This sequence is also wrongly ascribed to the Chaldeans, although Chaldeans knew it. To put it otherwise, put the planets in weekday sequence around the circumference of a circle and read their names alternately, you will get the sequence of planets according to distances. -VJ ============================================================= ===

Vimshottari Timings for Planets of Mixed Attributes

Often a planet is both good and bad, how to decide when we get which result?
Often a planet possesses both good and bad attributes. How we should decide when we get which result during the dashs of such a planet of mixed attributes ? For instance, if a student takes appears in an examination during the dash of such a planet, whether he/will get through or fail? Or will he hover at the passing point ? For instance, if Jupiter is in moolatrikona in a particular horoscope , it is highly auspicious on account of that. But if it is lord of 3rd and 6th houses at the same time, it is highly malefic as well. It is wrong to assume that these opposite attributes cancel each other. In rainfall analysis, I found that such planets cause excessive rainfall on account of being in moolatrikona, but cause destruction from rains and/or flooding due to their malefic nature. I have worked for many years in rain prediction, and there I had faced tricky questions. What will be total amount of rainfall due to a planet which is good (eg, exalted) and bad (eg, in 12th house)? The answer I found, from analysis of past data of 136 years procured from IITM (Pune) is that net result will be nearly 5% of normal rainfall, if other planets do not influence that particular region (ie, have no aspect and no relation with rain's kraka). But places pierced (viddha) by malefic

planets in Sarvatobhadra chakra in that region will be badly hit by excessive or scanty rainfall depending upon magnitude of aspect, and places pierced by benefics will be blessed with rains conducive to good harvest. In individual horoscopes, similar situations, however, produce different problems. Many persons are confused about malefic and benefic planets. Jupiter as lord of 3rd and 6th houses is malefic, but if it is situated in mooltrikona, it is benefic as well. Now a question arises : when such a planet will give its good results, and when its malefic fruits will be reaped ? Rule-I : The answer is simple : during MD (mahdash) of Jupiter, one will get good results during AD (antardash) of Jupiter's own AD or ADs of friendly relatives, and bad results during ADs of enmical planets. This principle works down to prndash level. For instance, if such a mixed Jupiter is kraka of sukshma-dash, it will give give good results during prna-dash of its friends and bad results during prna-dash of its enemies. For instance, a native topped school board exams during Jupiter's MD and Jupiter's AD (pratyantara and sukshma were of auspicious planets too). But the same native failed to get through the examinations just two years later during AD of Saturn, although Saturn was lord of 4th and 5th houses and was therefore auspicious for that native. The cause was mutual enmity and conjunction (yuti) relation between Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter gave its good results during its own AD , but during Saturn's AD mainly the malefic results of Jupiter were manifest, benefic results of both Jupiter and Saturn lied dormant. It was the worst period in the life of that native. He could not leave his house for a long period due to illness, depression and bad relations with everyone, and failed in examinations. But during Saturn's MD and Jupiter's AD, things were good for the same native, because Saturn, being an auspicious planet (kendresh plus trikonesh) gave its good results through its yuti relative jupiter, and suppressed the bad effects of malefic Jupiter due to mutual enmity. It was the best period in the life of same native and he excelled in whatever he attempted ! Thus, Jupiter's MD gave both best and worst results in the life of a single native. It is a general principle, which works only when aspects of both planets (eg, planets causing MD and AD) are nearly equal upon the bhva we are analyzing. If any one of them has very strong influence in comparison to the other planet over that particular bhva, the stronger planet will break the above rule and give its own good or bad

fruits in proportion of its strength. Net result becomes more complex when influences of other planets are also considered, which we must do, because many influences are effective for whole life irrespective of dash. For instance, a person will not become long during MD of Saturn and dwarf during MD of Mercury. Rule-II : Now let us consider another problem. Suppose we are in a situation in which we an answer in binary language or yes or no. Eg., whether one will pass or fail in an examination, live or die during a critical surgery, etc. Mixed answers will not do under such circumstances. Such cases are rare when a patients neither lives nor dies, and relapses in a coma, or a student's result is washed away by floods in the board office. In such situations, we have to evaluate the net auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of all the five kraka planets of five levels of Vimshottari, taking into account benefic and malefic properties of each of them. Long practice coupled with intuition developed by means of inner purity helps in this evaluation. During such an evaluation, an exalted planet in 12th mansion must be counted as a normal planet. Only general outlines are presented here. Both of above laws work always work perfectly, but only when we follow the siddhnta (mathematics) of ancient sages. ============================================= I said above "Both of above laws work always work perfectly, but only when we follow the siddhnta (mathematics) of ancient sages." Prevalent methods of computing Vimshottari dashs contain two major sources of error in timing, one on account of Drikpakshiya Moon and another on account of wrong duration of 'year' used. Canonical texts strictly define Vimshottari's year to be of 360 days. Solar year is slightly over 365 days. Hence, Solar year must not be used for Vimshottari. Vimshottari is made from lunar asterism (nakshatra). Hence its year is lunar. Lunar year is of 360 lunar days (tithis). This is Vimshottari's year. Unfortunately, few astrologers use this correct year for Vimshottari computations. As a result, there is a 3.07% error in the length of Vimshottari year. If true moon is acurately computed, Vimshottari timing at birth will be correct, but will err by one year after 32.57 years, by two years after 65 years, and so on. As a result, 8% of mahdash timings and 70% of antar-dash timings will be wrong ! Very few persons

will have accurate pratyantaras in their Vimshottari tables ! If birthtime true moon is also wrong, there will be greater error ! Among all the Vedic softwares I have hitherto seen, only two softwares give the option of selecting lunar year in computing Vimshottari, and few people take advantage of these options ! New theories of predictive astrology (Phalit Jyotisha) are being invented to account for the mismatch in predictions and reality, instead of trying the ancient method of sages. Some practising astrologers knew this mismatch in timing, but did not know the reason. Dr Kmeshwar Updhyya, former editor of Vishwa Panchnga published by BHU (Benaras Hindu University), told me many years ago that all planets start giving results many months before their real Vimshottari timing begins. At that time, he was using solar year for Vimshottari reckoning. He is one of the most busy practising astrologers of Varanasi and has analysed a remendous number of horoscopes made with the help of all sorts of methods. Now he is convinced that lunar year should be used for Vimshottari reckoning, but fears that majority of astrologers will become his opponent due to professional reasons, hence keeps quiet but uses lunar year in his own computations. Same is the case with some other reputed astrologers. But there is another, more serious, problem : use of Drikpakshiya Moon in Vedic Astrology, which results in considerable error in Vimshottari reckoning. But the magnitude of this error remains constant throughout the life of a native. For instance, if a planet starts giving its results 6 months before its computed time according to lunar year, all planets will show same error of 6 months throughout the life of that native. Hence, it will be easy to recognize that there is an error of 6 months, which can be remedied by using Saurpakshiya correctives according to ancient techniques. Magnitude of this error is different for different persons, sometimes running into years ! How long this wrong Vimshottari year will prevail is a matter of our collective choice. Test of the pudding lies in tasting it. Predictive (Phalita) astrology of Vedic sages is an exact science, provided we keep true to their Ganita. Grahas of Vedic Jyotisha are deities, according to all ancient authorities, and deities cannot be perceived sensorily. I have dared to write on this blasphemous topic in an age of materialism, in which material objects of sky are believed to be deities. Let me see what is the reaction ! -VJ

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Secret Magic of Vimshottari

It is a universally accepted fact that any faultless astrological technique of exact timing of events either does not exist or lies hidden, although philistine astrologers (nakshatrasoochakas) may declare themselves to be omniscient. All known methods in Vedic Astrology can be divided into two categories, as far as mathematics is concerned : (1) those dependent upon modern physical astronomy and (2) those relying on traditional methods. Both these categories have numerous variants. Major problem in the first camp is astrologically correct value of ayanmsha, and main problem in second camp is computational crudities of various types. We assume that both these camps take for granted that in mathematics sidereal (nirayana) system is correct and in predictive astrology (phalita jyotisha) BrihatParshara-Hor-Shstra (BPHS) and ancient texts based on or akin to BPHS are to be relied upon, because that is the accepted meaning of Vedic Astrology or Jyotisha. There cannot be mutually incompatible two correct techniques of timing, either both of them or at least one of them must be incorrect. As far as the first school based on physical astronomy is concerned, all possible values of ayanmsha have been experimented with during past one hundred years, without any conclusive outcome in the favour of any single value of ayanmsha. It proves that even after we get some perfect solution to the problem of ayanmsha, there must be other unrecognized errors which must be removed if we want any exact technique in timing of events. One such source of error is erroneous length of the Vimshottari year. Some software developers, like Sri Jyoti Star in the USA and Kundalee in India, have experimented with various types of Vimshottari years, without any conclusive result, because a third source of error was never noticed by any practitioner of Vedic Astrology among the computer using guys : hidden Saurpakshiya offsets in Drikpakshiya longitudes of planets. Most of the computer using astrologers might not have heard these esoteric terms, whiich are fundamental in the curriculum of Vedic Jyotisha taught in Sanskrit universities of India. These are ancient concepts, and Ketaki system had revived these concepts during 20th century. Kamlakara Bhatta was the most staunch proponent of this Saurpakshiya mathematics during recent centuries, but due to Western hegemony and faith in modern science this ancient system was never tried by any software developer. Many reputed scholars of Sanskrit universities on India have concluded that unless this beejsamskrita (offset corrected) method of Suryasidhanta is adopted, foolproof timing of events will remain a distant dream. On 18 Oct 2005, after two days of discussions in a conference held at Sampoornanand Sanskrit University in Varanasi,

an unanimous decision was taken by academic stalwarts from six states of India that all panchangas of India ought to be made according to Suryasidhanta and a committee headed by me (Vinay Jha) was formed to implement this unanimous decision, whose parties were Dr Nagendra Pandey (currently HOD of Jyotisha at Sampoornanand Sanskrit University in Varanasi), Dr Shukdeva Chaturvedi (former HOD of Lalbahadur Shastri Kendriya Vidyapeetha in Delhi), Dr Ramchandra Pandey (former HOD of Jyotisha of Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi), Dr Radhakanta Mishra (currently HOD of Jyotisha at KSD Sanskrit University in Bihar), etc. This unanimous decision was implemented and eight panchangas were started in many states of India and a horoscope making Kundalee software was also launched, based on the same beejsamskrita Suryasidhantic mathematics. Mathematical discussion of this tricky affair is not advisable here. My aim here is merely to illustrate, with some examples, this traditional method of Vedic Ganita (mathematics), which was simply known as Siddhanta (theory) by all ancient astrologers of India. Without a sound Siddhnta, a sound predictive astrology is just impossible. There were 18 ancient Siddhntas, of which Surya Siddhanta was lauded as the best by Varah Mihir. The beauty and greatness of BPHS cannot be properly fathomed unless we use the Ganita (Surya Siddhanta) of those very ancient masters who created Phalita. Some rules must be observed before we proceed. Rshi chart should be used only for determining friendships, aspects, strengths, debilities, etc of planets. Predictive work should be entirely based upon the Bhva-chalita kundali. Many astrologers use Rshi kundali for predictons because it saves time, and this habit has now become almost a rule ! Ascendant is defined as a point in ecliptic. The latter is elliptical. Hence, ascendant and consequent bhvas are all parts of this solar ellipse. Rshi kundali is circular and therefore all 12 parts are equal. But bhvachalita kundali is elliptical because its 12 bhvas are unequal. Now we come to our main theme. Birthtime bhvachalita (D1) and navammsha (D9) kundalis and associated aspect charts are given in following two pictures. Let us explore the timing of marriage of a registered user (cf. http://www.mysticboard.com/viewtopic.php?t=58583&postdays=0&postorder=asc&st art=0) according to BPHS and Laghuparashari. All the rules and techniques used below are well known to all Vedic astrologers, but these rules work with perfection only if all the three mathematical offsets are taken into account. Following analysis is based on a software (Kundalee) in which all necessary corrections proposed by aforementioned academics have been taken into account. Birthtime : 17:07:1983 at 19:34, Nellore (14:27 N, 80:02 E)

Marriage time : 10:08:2006 at 11:04, Hyderabad Saurpakshiya Vimshottari at the time of marriage :

MahaDasha(MD) = Jup, AD = Sat, PD = Rahu,SD = Ven,PrD = Merc

Let us consider birthtime Bhava-chalita (D1) and Navamasha(D9) charts. Following is

the aspects (max. 60) on 7th house : Jup = 51 ; Ketu = 39 ; Sat = 38 ; Moon = 10 ; Rahu = 6 ; others = 0. Merury resides in 7th house. Due to more aspect on 7th house than any other planet, marriage took place in Jupiter's MD. But Ketu and Saturn have nearly equal aspect on 7th. Ketu has Yuti relation with Jupiter, but Saturn has a yuti relation with lord of the 7th house Moon. Firstly, Jupiter's being lord of 3rd and 12th houses and being merely samagrihi in 11th house is far weaker than exalted Saturn in 9th house with lord of 7th Moon. Hence, yuti relation with Jupiter is not imparting enough weightage to Ketu in its contention with Saturn as a force to reckon with as regards 7th house. Secondly, Jupiter is friendly to both Ketu and Saturn in bhvachalita, but in D9 Jupiter is friendly to Saturn but enmical (ttklika) to Ketu, the latter being further weakened by being placed in 12th house. It forced Ketu out of the race, and made Saturn factor of AD. Moon in spite of being lord of 7th house had only 10' aspect and in D9 was debilitated in D9, hence it went out of the race. Mercury is combust (asta) with debilitated Sun, hence it was powerless. Jykraka Venus is lord of 8th house, resides in 6th and has no aspect on 7th. Hence it had no effect on marriage. In bhvachalita, all other planets are totally ineffective in this regard. In D9, exalted Saturn has yuti relation with Mercury and Rahu. Since Mercury is combust in bhvachalita, Rahu emerges as the most powerful contender for factor behind pratyantara dash when we consider the combined effect of bhvachalita and D9. Among the remaining, we find Jykraka Venus as factor of SD and Mercury sitting in 7th as factor of Prndash, in spite of their weaknesses, because all other planets are totally ineffectve. Mercury is 10:34':35'' degrees away from Sun (after applying Saurpakshiya offset in longitudes according to ancient canons), and is therefore not totally combust. Venus is also not too bad, and therefore its property of Jykraka was not totally destroyed on account of residing in 8th and lacking aspect on 7th. Careful comparison of all planets in D1and D9 with regard to their influences on 7th house should be made by readers to determine the five planets needed for Vimshottari timing. D1 is bhvachalita and not Rshi-chart, because BPHS explicitly uses the word Lagna for D1, and ancient mathematical canon (Suryasiddhnta) defines Lagna as in terms of elliptical ecliptic and not in terms of circular bha-vritta. If such

precautions are taken, measure of error in determination of time of events will gradually reduce. In the chart of husband of this native, two planets are so powerful for the 7th house that they were repeated in Vimshottari sequence Ineffectiveness of other planets also contributed to this. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------This topic is growing too big. Such problems should be solved by means of comparison of both types of softwares, popular ones, and Suryasiddhntic. It is not possible to wipe out Suryasiddhanta in spite of centuries of propaganda against it by Semitic invaders and their intellectual offsprings. Suryasiddhanta is not a text of physical astronomy, its Grahas are incarnations of gods. BPHS also holds same views. Physical planets have no power to control destinies of men and nations, and they cannot be propitiated either. If material planets are accepted to be factors in astrology, their forces must be material forces. But how can we compare the gigantic material forces of Sun and Jupiter with Mercury ? And what is the material force of Rahu or Ketu ? Injecting materialism in astrology is destroying it. Jyotisha, being Vedanga, is a part of Veda, and is a part of religion rather than of material science. Its criterion of truth is not heavenly position of material objects perceived by sense organs, but the reliability of Phalita (predictive branch of astrology). 2000 AD was the year of minimum amount of offset in longitudes between Drikpakshiya (physical) and Saurpakshiya (Suryasiddhntic) planets. Now, this offset has begun to increase, and will reach the value of 180 in 23000 AD. When this offset was considerable, no one talked of material objects. Observatories are things of Kaliyuga. Astrological Grahas are deities who control lives of creatures. Reading such arguments, some people start crying wolf about obscurantism. But they forget that all great scientists like Newton, Neils Bohr, Einstein and Schredinger were believers in God, the last of them being a staunch supporter of Vedanta who got a Nobel Prize by proving through his Wave Mechanics that material things are mere perceptions and nothing exists in the universe excepting Waves (of Consciousness?) : this is what Badarayana and Shankaracharya taught! My chief concern here is to bring to notice some little known aspects of Vimshottari and of the mathematical aspects of astrology. The purpose of this topic is not to assert that Vimshottari is enough for timing of events. There are other techniques in Vedic Astrology. But Vimshottari is by far the most important of all, and its importance has reduced due to three factors already pointed out by me : wrong ayanamsha, wrong length of Vimshottari year, and wrong or no longitudinal offsets in planetary positions. Test of the pudding lies in tasting it, not by merely discussing it ! Kundalee software is free for all. VJ

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Ayanmsha is defined as the difference between Saayan and Nirayan longitudes of msha heavenly bodies . Now-a-days, Saayan and Nirayan are respectively translated as days, tropical and sidereal , but their original meanings were different. (See below for definitions of Saayan and Nirayan and their difference from tropical and sidereal). ayan msha According to the older view ayanmsha can increase from 0 to +27, after which it starts decreasing to 0 and further to -27. Then it begins rising again, to 0 and 27. further to +27. This type of ayan msha is known as Oscillation / Libration / ayanmsha trepidation (dolan in Sanskrit). Surya-siddhnta supports this view. Another view is of Sanskr nta continuous cyclic change in a circle (actually along the solar ellipse or ecliptic), known as chakryana to ancient astronomers of India like Manjula (Munjala). yana Traditional astrology rejected this cyclic notion. Europe accepted this cyclic theory only at the beginning of Renaissance. Before that, Indians, Arabs and Europeans used the oscillating type of ayanmsha which was called trepidation in Europe. Its earliest ayanmsha mention in Europe dates back to Theon of Alexandria (in his Small Commentary to Theon the Handy Tables) in 4th century AD. Before that, we have no direct proof of whether tropical or sidereal system was used by Western astrologers or whether they believed in cyclic or oscillating type of ayan sha , but there are ample evidences which ayanmsha suggest that Suryasiddhntic sidereal system and Suryasiddhntic ayan ntic Suryasiddhntic ayanmsha was prevalent in Europe and in other countries, a fact not recognized by modern scholars. Suryasiddhntic ayanmsha is computed by multiplying the full cycle of 360 with msha multiplying 0.3, which gives a total range of 108 for one cycle of ayanmsha, comprising of four ayanmsha, stages of 0 to +27, 27 to +0,0 to -27 and -27 to 0. Theon's trepidation had a 27 limit of only 8 instead of 27 for Suryasiddhntic ayanmsha. Therefore, Theon or Suryasiddh msha. his unknown predecessor multiplied 108 again with 0.3, not possessing the whole theory. Suryasiddhnta is a much earlier text than Theon or even Ptolemy, which is nta nta evident when we compare the Ptolemaic system with Suryasid ntic one. Suryasiddhntic Modern science is a product of Renaissance, when humanism started replacing religion from all walks of life and society. Sunrise is defined as the first ray of Sun viewed by man. Scientists know well that this "scientific" sunrise contains two serious tw errors : refraction in the atmosphere, and difference in time between rays coming from Sun's upper limb and centre. Astrology needs real position of Sun's centre for defining sunrise and other phenomena. But scientists are not concerned with needs of need astrology. It is wrong to impose the true planets of modern science upon astrology. Science records a phenomena when man sees it. In astrology it is not man but a planet

which influence the course of events. Hence the true position of planets are needed in astrology, and not what is viewed by man after undergoing refraction and other distortions. 'Tropical' position of planets is what appears to the onlooker, and 'sidereal' position is what is recorded with reference to fixed stars. Modern science starts from observation. Hence scientists are perfectly right in recording what they observe. But even scientists need true positions when they launch missiles and rockets. It is wrong to impose the refracted sunrise upon astrology, as computer programmers are doing now-a-days. The rules of Phalita Jyotisha were formulated according to sidereal system. These rules have withstood the test of time over millenia. Tropical signs (rshis) and houses (bhvas) now differ from sidereal ones by nearly 23, increasing at the rate of over 50" per year. The rules of Phalita Jyotisha cannot be rewritten according to the tropical system. At around 499 AD according to Indian system and around 285 AD according to modern science the value of ayanmsha was zero, after which it began rising. Therefore tropical and sidereal positions of planets coincided. As a result many astrologers began using tropical system in succeeding ages. We have ample proof of the fact that sidereal system was used by Europeans before 300-400 AD, after which confusion arose due to negligible difference between tropical and sidereal. This problem was componded by the ignorant astrologers of Europe during Dark Ages. Western tropical astrology is a product of Dark Ages and scientists are not wrong in declaring it pseudo-science.But Vedic Astrology is not a pseudo-science, because it produces true results. Now let us define the term 'tropical' (syana in Sanskrit) according to modern science. Due to tilt of Earth's axis, Earth's equatorial plane makes an angle with Sun's ecliptic plane. There are two points at which Earth's equatorial plane intersects Sun's ecliptic plane. These two points are called equinoxes. When tropical Sun reaches the equinoxes, its apparent path of revolution (ecliptic) with reference to the Earth coincides with Earth's equatorial plane. Day is equal to night then. When Sun reaches to its northernmost declination upto Cancer or southernmost declination upto Capricorn, points on its ecliptic plane are called solstices : summer solstice and winter solstice. Regions between these two latitudes,Cancer and capricorn, are called tropics. Due to oscillation of Earth's axis, its equatorial plane oscillates with respect to Sun's ecliptic plane. Earth's axis rotates in a circle once in 25771.5 years. Therefore the intersecting point of Earth's equatorial plane also rotates with respect to the ecliptic once in 25771.5 years. These two equinoctial points, vernal and autumnal, precess

with respect to fixed stars due to gyration of Earth's axis. As a result the timing to Sun's maximum shift (i.e., declination or Krnti) northward upto cancer and southward upto capricorn also precesses. Due to this precession of the equinoxes, constellations of stars appear to shift with respect to the equinoxes over time, at the rate of 360 in 25771.5 years or one Sign of 30 in 2148 years. In 285 AD, sidereal signs of Jyotisha are believed to coincide with tropical signs. Hence ayanmsha was zero. This is the measurement of N. C. Lahiri, hence it is called Lahiri ayanmsha, although this method of defining ayanmsha was initiated long ago by persons like Colebrooke. During 17 centuries after 285 AD, equinox has shifted away by over 23. Hence present value of ayanmsha is held to be over 23. It will continue to increase due to continuous shift in equinox, and there is no question of oscillation of equinox within 27. So far modern view seems flawless. But this is not ayanmsha at all. What these "scientific" persons miss is that ayanmsha is not a concept of modern science. A professional astronomer does not know anything about ayanmsha. Astronomers work with tropical system. The problem with tropical system is that present tropical position of heavenly bodies cannot be compared with past tropical position of heavenly bodies, because the difference will also contain precession. Sidereal system is more suited for scientific purposes. But modern science arose out of mediaeval astrology of Europe. Tropical system is what appears to us. Sidereal system records the actual motions of bodies. Like the refracted Sunrise, everything in modern science in centered around Man. If we accept the views of persons like Lahiri and impose modern astronomy upon astrology, the ancient treatises of Phalita would also need to be revised. Many enthusiasts are already engaged in this job, which was reserved only for the enlightened Rishis in ancient times. Material planets have no power over destinies of living creatures. Gravitational or magnetic forces have no power to define our future. It is also not possible to propitiate material bodies by chanting hymns. Materialist Astrology is not only a pseudo-science, it is also a pseudo-religion. Test of the pudding lies in tasting it. We offer the perfect software of astrology which is the only software in the world capable of giving Vimshottari dashs matching with actual happenings in our lives. Our method has been well tested over past decade in various fields. Thousands of horoscopes, 135 years of rain data, 55 years of national income and a large number of notable events of thousands of years have been tested, with 100% success. ============================================================= =========

At present, Ayanmsha's value at 22:38':44.5'' gives correct results on all fronts of Vedic Astrology (for end of 2008 AD). Major reason of mismatch in timing of events is not Ayanamsha alone, but a mix of myriads of factors. Even 360 days' savana year for Vimshottari is not correct. Chhndogya Upasishada clearly states that the full age of a human being is 116 years. If 120 Vimshottari years are divided with 1.0307, we get 116.4, which can be rounded off to get the Vedic value stated in Chhndogya Upasishada. This factor 1.0307 is the ratio of solar and lunar years. Secondly,Vimshottari is made from Moon's longitudes, hence its year ought to be based upon moon. Thirdly, this value of Vimshottari year (equal to 354.367 solar days) has been found to work perfectly well in thousands of horoscopes without a single exception, down to sukshma dash and Prna dash. Slight uncertainties in Prna dash is due to a few seconds or even a few minutes error in almost all horoscopes which can be rectified with the help of principal good or bad events in the lives of natives. After correcting Ayanamsha and Vimshottari year, the main problem that remains is Drikpakshiya versus Saurpakshiya longitudes of planets. it is the most tricky problem in Vedic Astrology. If it is resolved, Vedic Astrology will become very very easy even for beginners. Its solution lies readymade, but there is a great psychological barrier. I've seen some other softwares in which one gets an option to change the length of Vimshottari year and magnitude of ayanmsha. But the problem of Vedic offsets required in longitudes of planets remains unsolved (this is the main problem, which I termed as "psychological barrier", because some persons refuse to even test its validity, because they believe material planets to be Vedic deities, requiring no offsets. There is only one software in the world (named Kundalee, not Kundli) which contains all these offsets and one has merely to enter native's data. This software can be procured freely from following persons, among others (no one has a right to sell it, it was developed by a monk with the help of many top-ranked scholars) : (1)Dr Radhakant Mishra, Head of Dept of Jyotisha of KSD Sanskrit University (Darbhanga, Bihar,India, PIN-846008). (2)Dr Nagendra Pandey, Head of Dept of Jyotisha in Sampoornanand Sanskrit

University, Varanasi, India (3)Dr Girija Shankar Shastri, (HOD of Sanskrit at Allahabad, and was recently invited by Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania for teaching astrology). (4)Dr Kameshwar Upadhyaya, former editor of world famous Vishva Panchanga of BHU(Varanasi) and now general secretary of Kashi Vidvat Parishada. (4) The best way is to download it from this site or send me a message at the thread on Software Download page. A software should not be tested only for a single native. In the case of Amitabh Bachchan, I found popular softwares and Kundalee software had negligible difference in Vimshottari timings for the maing part of his acting career due to a negative offset in his birthtime Moon's longitude, which resulted in a zero offset when he was nearly 40 years old. In such rare cases, popular softwares also seem to be correct. But in no case Kundalee software can be found to be in the wrong. Ganita of Newton/Einstein and Phalita of Parashara is neither science nor astrology ; it is a pseudo-science which works here but not there. Such things are nothing more than gambling. Real Vedic Astrology is more scientific than modern physical science, provided we remain true to the original sages and do not try to become Rishis by modifying Vedic Astrology. If the old system works 100%, WHY it should be reformed. Instead of reforming the Vedas and Vedangas, one should reform himself/herself. People driven by Kma, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Ahamkra, etc have no right to even study Jyotisha (it is not my personal view, it is mentioned by ancients), leave alone reform it ! =================== ================== =================== Some astrologers are perplexed with myriads of varieties of ayanamsha cropping up every now and then. Questions about ayanamsha have been raised countless of times ever since a difference between traditional Suryasiddhantic ayanamsha with so-called Lahiri ayanamsha was recognized. Jhora software of PVR Narasimha Rao gives an option of choice among 18 types of ayanamshas. Sadly, traditional value of ayanamsha (Suryasiddhantic, adopted by Aryabhatta too) does not find a place among these 18 choices ! Among these 18, the value given by J N Bhasin comes closest to traditional value which this country believed in ever since Jyotisha was discovered, and even today majority of pandits adopt this traditional value. Why this traditional value should not be given even as a choice among 18 alternatives in jhora is beyond comprehension. Ayanamsha is not a modern (Western concept), and to give a modern meaning to a traditional concept without even citing the traditional views and values is not good.

Traditional value of ayanamsha is zero for AD 499 with an annual rate of change at +54" per year after this date. This annual rate is different from the modern value of precession of equinoxes at 50.253" per year. But traditional definition of ayanamsha is quite different from modern view about precession of equinoxes . This is where Lahiri erred, he accepted the medieval view of Manjul which equated the definition of ayanamsha with precession, although Manjul's views were never accepted by mainstream astrologers of medieval India. Traditional view is based upon Suyrasiddhanta, which regards ayanamsha as a cyclic phenomema, its value gyrating between +27 and -27 degrees as max and min limits, whereas precession results in a difference of +90 and -90 degrees between tropical and sidereal. The root of modern (Lahiri's) view is equating nirayana with sidereal, while traditional view was nirayana as fixed Aakaash (Sky) and not as Spica or any other star. Suryasiddhantic theory views nirayana universe (Bhuvaloka) as fixed, while the material universe (Bhooloka) is rotating on its axis vis-a-vis the fixed universe (Bhuvaloka) at a rate of once 42000 year. Its mathematics is highly complicated. It is wrong to use traditiotional ayanamsha without traditional definition and theory. Either one should discard the very notion of ayanamsha and stick to tropical system which is the only choice for all modern scientists, or we must rehabilitate ancient notion of ayanamsha, at least as a choice. =================== ================== =================== In the case of Mercury, an error was noticed in the longitude of Mercury which could not be explained with the help of Newtonian formulas. This error was equal to 1.75" per century. Other planets did not show appreciable errors, but Mercury was near to the Sun. Einstein explained this error in Newtonian physics by means of his new theory of Space (actually "space-time continuum" according to his new theory), in which Space (and its fourth dimension Time) was defined not as void but as a property of matter. It implied that there was no space or time where matter was totally absent ! Conversely, there should be too much space and time where there is too much matter! In practice, it means that the space becomes curved in regions near large masses, and light has to travel in curved paths in such regions, although light has no mass and should not be affected by gravity according to Newtonian theory. Mercury, being very near to the Sun, is in a region of somewhat curved space. Hence, Mercury's position with respect to fixed stars is different from that predicted by Newtonial mechanics. Mathematical value of this difference as predicted by Einstein matched with the observed value of error in Mercury's position. Hence, Einstein's theory was accepted. Mercury's absolute and relative distances from Sun or Earth, therefore, will be different, by very small amounts. For other planets, differences will be smaller. If such small values are neglected, there is no problem in using Newtonian formulas in planetary equations for periods of few centuries. But [b]for longer periods Newtonian formulas become useless, as the errors accumulate to gigantic proportions.

Modern planetarium softwares are not built for Tretayuga or Dvaparyuga. Hence, it is wrong to use them for remote ages. Even Newtonian formulas for planetary orbits are highly complicated, due to influence of all planets upon each other. Another problem is the fact that non-scientists believe that scientists are omniscient. No real scientist claims that science has discovered everything. Around the beginning of 2000 AD, some cosmic phenomena were discovered which prove that this material universe is finite, although Einstein had predicted it to be infinite. Proofs in favour of Big Bang Theory (backgound radiation) have been awarded with Nobel Prize. Hence, the steady state theory of an infinite universe, supported by Hoyle and J V Narlikar, has been discarded. Gigantic cosmic tornadoes of energy have been observed to rotate around an axis, which is possible only in a closed space-time. Hence, the universe is finite in space and time; it has a beginning and an end. Thus, evidence against Einstein's notion of universe have surfaced. It does not prove Einstein's theory was incorrect, it merely proves some of applications of this theory were incorrect due to lack of proper data. Rotating cosmic matter/energy gives rise to a scenario of a rotating universe. All known solar systems, galaxies and individual bodies in the universe are rotating on their axes, why the universe should not rotate on its axis ? And if the universe is rotating, then it is wrong to assume stars to be fixed in relation to the background sky outside this material universe. In such a case, the modern view of ayanamsha, propounded by Lahiri, proves to be wrong. Nirayana meant in reference to the fixed sky, which should not be translated as sidereal, because sidereal means in reference to the stars which are actually not fixed. Even Lahiri knew that stars are changing their positions, due to intergalactic motions as well as due to rotation of our own Milky Way. I am merely pointing towards some limitations of modern science. Science is constantly evolving, and maybe we will get better answers in future. Modern science does not know anything absolute in this material world, excepting "human stupidity which is the only absolute thing"(-Einstein). If anything Absolute is somewhere, it must be outside the sensory world (ie, material/physical universe). Many scientists imagine an anti-universe, but even this imaginary anti-world is conceived in terms of material properties, because materialists cannot imagine anything non-material. For them, even soul is matter, and deities of Jyotisha become material planets of this material universe! =================== ================== =================== PRACTICAL METHOD OF COMPUTING AYANAMSHA I am here presenting the actual method of computing Suryasiddhantic ayanamsha for mean nirayana Mesha Samkranti of 2009 AD (16Apr). In a mahayuga of 4320000 years, there are 600 librations/trepidations of bha-chakra, one libration in 7200 years, upto a maximum of +/- 27 degrees. Nearly 3893109 years have passed since this

mahayuga began (mean mesha samkranti of 2009 AD). Hence, (3893109 / 4320000 =) 90.11826263888889 % of a mahayuga has passed. Therefore, out of 600 librations in a mahayuga, 540.7095833333 librations have completed. Leaving aside 540 complete librations, we are left with a fraction 0.7095833333, which must be converted into degrees. How ? Multiply a full cycle with 3/10, you will get 108 degrees. It is one full libration. It resembles a sinewave crudely, ie, having a positive half cycle of 3600 years and an equal negative half-cycle. First, ayanamsha rises from zero to +27 degrees, then gets down to zero again. It is positive half-cycle. Then it moves to -27 degrees in 1800 years and again to zero in next 1800 years. This is negative half cycle of 3600 years, with an annual motion of 54" in 365.258756481481481481 days. From the fraction 0.7095833333, let us substract 0.5 for the positive half cycle which ended in 499 AD, which was the zero date for Aryabhatiya. Thereafter, negative halfcycle behan, which will attain its nadir of -27 degrees in AD 2299. We are left with 0.7095833333 - 0.5 = 0.2095833333. Since one libration is equal to four quartets of 27 degrees each, a total of 108 degrees, 0.2095833333 libration is equal to - 22.635 degrees, or 22:38':06". It is negative. Many persons are being deluded by wrong headed commentators like Reverend Burgess or Mahavir Prasad. These commentators could not understand the intricate mathematics of Suryasiddhanta . Burgess admitted that he could not understand the logic behind four samskaras needed to make a true planet out of mean. No commentator has ever published the real formulas. Non-believers in Suryasiddhanta are denied this supreme knowledge of jyotisha. Maya was not a mlechchha, but an asura who attained brahma-jnana ("rahasyam brahma sammitam", cf. last verse of SS) by means of tapasya and taught Jyotisha to rishis. Asuras were also part of Indian culture, only their religion was anti-Vedic. But Maya worshipped Vedic god Surya and obtained, among other shastras, the ULTIMATE knowledge about Jyotisha (brahma jnana). It is not my view, but the initial and final shlokas of Suryasiddhanta say so. Brahma-jnana is not a mere knowledge of planetary positions, otherwise every fool would obtain brahma-jnaana by sitting at a computer or visiting a planetarium. Jyotisha is a non-physical science of hidden things which guide destinies of men and nations, besides weather &c. Whether Suryasiddhanta is a text of brahma-jnana or not can be tested only by a braha jnani, not by a fool dependent on erroneous commentaries of Reverend Burgess or his brown chelas like Mahavir Prasad. It is foolish to believe that the concept of ayanamsha is a later invention. What

modern commentators are failing to recognize is the fact that ayanamsha has nothing to do with precession of equinoxes. The latter has no relevance in Vedic Jyotisha based upon ancient texts like Suryasiddhanta . Manjula wrote about precession. But Suryasiddhanta has no use of it, because Suryasiddhanta has nothing to do with the material world. Its grahas are deities of bhuvaloka, which could be seen by Maya only after tapasya. Proof of Vedic Jyotisha lies in the efficacy of its predictive part : phalita. Unfortunately, materialists are refusing to accept the existence of a bhuvaloka of deities, and are hoping to get benefits of jyotisha at the same time! There are a lot of persons who use physical astronomy in Ganita-Jyotisha, and Parashara of Jaimini in Phalita, but such a "scientific" jyotisha is neither science nor jyotisha. I request materialists to stop abusing Surya Siddhanta and test its efficacy not by comparing it with physical astronomy but by testing the predictive results according to BPHS (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra) &c. Lahirians and other materialists are destroying Vedic Jyotisha by killing its original Ganita, which has made Phalita a gambling, resulting in a supposed need to reform Phlita as well ! Aryabhatiya is a special text mixing tantra method of computing from yuga's start with karana method of computing from nearest important phenomena, which was zero ayanamsha in 499 AD. The karana tables of Aryabhatiya have been lost, hence computing merely on the basis of the extant Aryabhatiya gives highly inaccurate values for any epoch. It is not a coincidence that Aryabhatiya uses the year of zero ayanamsha. Suryasiddhanta has two aspects : Saurpaksha and Drikpaksha. First is the mathematics of bhuvaloka needed in astrology, second deals with physical world. Both aspects of Suryasiddhanta were in full bloom, but due to uselessness of Drikpaksha (ie, physical astronomy), its manuscripts were not preserved. But all is not lost. All major astronomical constants of modern astronomy can be deduced by means of Saurpakshiya mathematics, without any obcervation of heavenly phenomena. Salient points of this Vedic Science was published in Hindi three years ago, but is now our of print. It is being translated. Here, I am giving a simple instance of the magic of Suryasiddanta. Paramkranti (max. declension) has a value of 24 degrees exactly in Suryasiddhanta . Due to a 12 degree shift between Saurpaksha and Drikpaksha ecliptic planes, you need to multiply Sine24 with Cos12 (or Sin78) degrees, and then take the arc of resultant, which is the maximum Drikpakshiya declension of modern astronomy , 23:26':37.48" . Now-adays, nutation is negative, slightly less than its maximum value of -17". Substract nutation, and you will get absolutely accurate value of declension of modern physical astronomy correct upto fraction of a second of arc. So simple (and cheap), yet so

superb a science in those days ! Does the present generation of mankind deserve this divine gift (Suryasiddanta) ? But we must not use this drikpakshiya value in astrology, otherwise we will get wrong results in Phalita. That is what the likes of all followeres of Lahiri are doing today. s Suryasiddanta is infinite. It can give onel more than he/she can ever imagine. Let materialists take my words in a positive manner. Learn Suryasiddanta before abusing it. The published text is merely a tip of the iceberg. Suryasiddanta is "RAHASYAM e brahma-sammitam" , which has never been given to a person who is not under an oath sammitam" to observe lifelong brahmacharya. There are other conditions as well, but brahmacharya is the first condition for getting "RAHASYAM brahma-sammitam". st brahma However, materialists believe in nothing beyond this material world of Phenomena (of five senses), they are blind to the Suryasiddhantic world of Noumena. ============ ============ ============

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Evidence of Modern Value of Precession in Bhskaracharya's Work based on Suryasiddh skaracharya's Suryasiddhnta
In the chapter "Direction, Place and Time" (Suryasiddhnta, Ch.iii), E Burgess writes (Suryasiddh nta, : Quote: (bracketed words are mine) : The (Surya Siddhntic) theory which the passage Siddh ntic) (verses 9-12), in its present form, is actually intended to put forth is as follows : the 12), vernal equinox librates westward and eastward from the fixed point, war Piscium, assumed as the commencement of the sidereal sphere-- the limits of the libratory sphere movement being 27 degrees in either direction from that point, and the time of a complete revolution of libration being the six-hundredth part of the period called the six hundredth Great Age (ie, Mahyuga as defined by Burgess in chapter i,15 17, where he gave it a yuga i,15-17, span of 4320000 years), or 7200 years; so that the annual rate of motion of the equinox is 54".Unquote: This is the interpretation of existing version of Surya Siddhnta ( Siddh

%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%% %%%%% %%%%% %%%%%% %%%%%%%%% ..., SS,iii.9) in own words of E. Burgess , "as it is actually intended to put forth" by all traditional commentators. This is exactly what I illustrated with example in the illustrated example of computation of ayanamsha. The moot point is this : Burgess knew the traditional interpretation (%%%%% %%%%%.., ie pendulum like motion of nakshatra orbit itself) , but gave his own meaning based upon modern concept of precession of equinoxes , and tried to create doubts about the authenticity of these verses (iii, 9-12) by putting forth deliberately false arguments. Let us examine Burgess. In verse-9 (Suryasiddhnta, Ch.iii), he translates "pari-lambate" as "falls back", although he says lambate means "lag, hang back, fall behind" and 'pari' means "about, round about". Therefore, pari-lambate should have been translated as "fall back roundabout" and not merely as "fall back" according to own logic of Burgess. If the circle of asterisms lags roundabout any fixed point (whether Revati or Chitr), it is a to and fro motion as all traditional commentators accepted. Modern concept of precession is something different from the original concept of ayanmsha. Theon in West had mentioned this oscillating motion, Arab astronomers also accepted it, and almost all Europeans accepted it upto Renaissance, after which Hipparchus was rediscovered and modern concept of precession became a well established fact in astronomy. But this concept of equinoctial precession (as well as anomalistic precession) was also known to ancient Indians and Greeks. Burgess wrongly quotes Bhskara-II, because he relied upon a wrong translation of Bhskara by Colebrooke (As. Res., xii 209 ; Essays, ii,374, etc) and did not try to examine Siddhnta Shiromani which was wrongly translated by Lancelot Wilkinson due to Colebrooke's influence. Bhskara-II did not give his own opinion at all, and merely quoted Surya Siddhnta and Mujjl (elsewhere Munjla and Manjula), saying Suryasiddhnta gives -30000 revolutions of sampt or equinoctial point per Kalpa while ayana has a motion of +199669 revolutions per Kalpa (of 4320 million years). Bhskara's own opinion was that these should be followed, which means both Surya Siddhnta and Mujjla were correct in Bhskara's opinion. Colebrooke, Burgess, Wilkinson, etc have misquoted Siddhnta Shiromani and created an impression that ancient Indians were inept in astronomical observations, as Whitney shamelessly declared in his prologue to Burgess, but the Hindi translation by Satyadeva Sharm is correct, although he could not get the real meaning. The startling fact is that Siddhnta Shiromani clearly says that "the point of intersection of equatorial plane and ecliptic" (which is the very definition of equinox) has a negative motion of 30000 revolutions per Kalpa according to Suryasiddhnta,

while Mujjala's value of ayana's motion is +199669, and both (Suryasiddhnta and Mujjala ) must be added to get the final motion (of the equinox ). Hence, we get +169669 revolutions per Kalpa, which gives (4320000000 / 169669 =) 25461 years per revolution or 50.9" per year, which is very near to modern value of about 50.3" per year for precession of equinoxes. We must not forget that Hipparchus had given a period of 36000 years for precession, which was not corrected by Europeans till the onset of modern age. It is unfortunate that Siddhnta Shiromani is still being misinterpreted by foreigners, and if a true rendering is offered by Indian scholars, they are abused, esp by those who do not care to consult the originals and declare the forign missionaries to reliable. Bhskara-II neither excluded Suryasiddhnta, nor Mujjla, but mentioned the both must be used, which is clear from verse-19, where he clearly asks to add Mujjla's ayana-chalam to Suryasiddhntic sampt-chalanam (this sampt-chalanam is anomalistic precession with a period of 144000 years per cycle, against modern value of 136000 years). Another startling fact is that Bhskara-ii differentiates sampt-chalanam of Suryasiddhnta from ayana-chalanam of Mujjla, and says both must be added before computing phenomena like declension, ascensional differences, etc. But modern commentators like Colebrooke misinterpret Bhskara-II deliberately, and imply that sampt-chalanam of Suryasiddhnta quoted by Bhskara-ii was an erroneous thing which must be forgotten, while ayana-chalanam of Mujjla was a crude approximation of modern precession. But this interpretation is falsified by Bhskara's original verses as shown above. The root of this problem lies in the fact that sampt-chalanam of Suryasiddhnta is a distinct phenomenon from ayanachalanam of Mujjla according to Siddhnta Shiromani, but readers are not informed of the real meaning of Siddhnta Shiromani and false quotation from Siddhnta Shiromani was quoted by Colebrooke and Burgess (12th verse, chap.iii). This is a sign of intellectual incompetence and dishonesty of Western "experts" who are blindly followed by brown shibs of India. Those who do not consult the original texts cited above will not believe me. Siddhnta-tattva-viveka by Kamlkara Bhatt is a medieval text, which clearly states that Saurpaksha is distinct from Drikpaksha. Saurpaksha (astronomy of bhuvaloka) is Suryasiddhnta as it exists. Drikpaksha (astronomy of Bhooloka or physical/material/sensory world) is that version of Suryasiddhnta which was not preserved because it was useless in astrology. Siddhnta Shiromani uses many concepts of Drikpakshiya astronomy, as the instance cited above proves. Saurpakshiya Suryasiddhnta does not contain any refence to 30000 cylces per Kalpa mentioned by Bhskara-II. He was quoting from Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhnta which as a text had been lost ; Bhskara-II said in his own Vsanbhshya commentary of Siddhnta-

shiromani that Suryasiddhnta is not available ("anupalabdha") and he was quoting it on the basis of "gama". Only its fragments are left, scattered here and there. Modern commentators confuse both variants of Suryasiddhnta. Siddhntatattvaviveka is prescribed in post-graduate (Ganitchrya) syllabus of Sanskrit universities, but no modern commentator has ever tried to translate it or comment on it. According to Bhskara-ii , negative sampt-chalanam of Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhnta should be added to positive ayana-chalanam of Mujjla to get final Drikpakshiya precession, which is very close to modern value. Ayanachalanam of Mujjla is also Drikpakshiya, because Saurpakshiya entities are not used in Drikpakshiya astronomy, and vice versa. I have put some of the most important extant theorems of Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhnta at a website. I had put parts of it at one of most popular websites, where a German "Indologist" deleted it and abused me profusely ; later I found those deleted materials at an Australian website, without any name of author!!. But I am here divulging one important secret of ancient science of India which has been neglected by wrongheaded commentators. Mujjla's ayana-chalanam, as mentioned in Siddhnta Shiromani, gives a period of (4320 million / 199669 = ) 21636 years per cycle. Siddhnta Shiromani says that it is ayanachalanam and not precession, precession is obtained after substracting (Saurpakshiya) Suryasiddhntic samptchalanam. If this 21636 year cycle is not precession, what is it ?? Readers should read a Wikipedian article Milankovitch cycles ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovic_cycles ) which informs :"Earth's axis completes one full cycle of precession approximately every 26,000 years (25771.5 precisely at present, 25789.5 years is long term mean). At the same time, the elliptical orbit rotates, more slowly, leading to a 21,000-year cycle between the seasons and the orbit... This orbital precession is in the opposite sense to the gyroscopic motion of the axis of rotation(cf. anomalistic precession as distinct from equinoctial precession), shortening the period of the precession of the equinoxes with respect to the perihelion from 26,000 to 21,000 years." (at some sites of NOAA of USA, 22000 is mentioned instead of 21000) Ayana-chalanam of Mujjla is not orbital precession, it is the most important of all components of Milankovitch cycles as this Wikipedian definition shown. If we take cue from Siddhnta Shiromani, the aforementioned Wikipedian clause can be rewritten thus : This orbital precession of equinoxes is in the opposite sense to the gyroscopic motion of the axis of rotation, shortening the period of the precession of the equinoxes with respect to the perihelion from 25771 to 21,636 years.

Siddhnta Shiromani also says that Mujjla's ayana-chalanam (21,636 years per cycle) is opposite to sampta-chalanam. Bhskara-ii clearly defines sampta-chalanam as "the point of intersection of equatorial plane and ecliptic" (which is the very definition of equinox). Hence, what Siddhnta Shiromani says is exactly what Wikipedia informs us, the only difference is that Siddhnta Shiromani is misinterpreted and declared to be obscurantist, and the great cycles mentioned in Siddhnta Shiromani is "discovered" by 20th century scientists. But we must remember Bhskara-ii did not discover these things, he acknowledged Suryasiddhnta and Munjla. Bhskara-ii knew Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhnta, which has not survived because it was not useful in astrology. In his formula of precession, Bhskara-II used a figure 30000 cycles per Kalpa. Bhaskara-II got an approximate value of 50.9" per year, which was the most precise value before modern astronomy developed in the West. Here I quote a Puranic verse which proves knowledge of equinoctial precession in Puranic times : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% %%%%%% %%%% %% %%%%%% %%%%%%%% %%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%

It means : "Uttanpda's son Dhruva is the fixed point in the Heavens , round which all planets including Sun and Moon, but Dhruva himself also moves round" . Round what ? Mt Meru, which is the only fixed point in Cosmos according to Purnic-epic stories. Hence, the bhachakra also librates with respect to this fixed point Meru. According to Bhskara-II, orbital precession is derived by substracting anomalistic precession (sampt-chalanam) from the first component of Milankovitch cycles (Munjla's ayana-chalanam). Bhskara-II acknowledged earlier authors. Hence, we must conclude that modern values and concepts of orbital precession, anomalistic precession, Milankovitch cycles, etc were known to ancient Indians well before Bhskara-ii. But two things about confusing terminology must be borne in mind : this samptchalanam he finally gets by combining the two quantities mentioned above. According to Bhskara-II, Suryasiddhntic sampt-chalanam is 30000 per Kalpa. He does not give a name for the term which is finally obtained by combining this samptchalanam with Munjla's ayana-chalanam, but the definition he provides for Suryasiddhntic sampt-chalanam is exactly the definition of the final quantity whose name he does not provide. Hence, there were many types of sampt-chalanams !! This is not a case of confusion of terms. It is a result of Saurpakshiya term with Drikpakshiya terms bearing same names but having different magnitudes and sometimes even having difference in basic properties !

Second confusion is due to use of the term ayana-chalanam for Munjla's precession. It is quite distinct from Saurpakshiya Suryasiddhntic ayana-chalanam (trepidation) as mentioned in existing text. Burgess could not digest this theory of libration (oscillation or trepidation, ie, ayanamsha - motion) and tried to distort the meaning of terms to fit modern view of orbital precession with this Saurpakshiya precession. Bhskara-ii knew and respected Suryasiddhnta which he cited and used in his computations as shown above, and gave exact value of Drikpakshiya precession. Therefore, it is foolish to impose Drikpakshiya precession (50.9" per year according to Bhskara-II, 50.3" really) upon Saurpakshiya ayanamsha (54" per year, oscillating within a range of 27 degrees). (There are further corrections on Drikpakshiya precession which give a final value of one revolution in 25771.4 years, exactly equal to the value deduced by NASA - JPL , but these corrections requires some long theorems to prove). I do not want to say that all ancient texts are true and should be blindly followed. But it is equally wrong to deride them as outdated and obscurantist just because they could not be understood by moderns.We have yet to discover the real Wonder that Is India. Unless and until ancient texts are proven false, it is suicidal to reject them. Here is the photographed copy of relevant page from Siddhanta Shiromani for those who want first hand proof :

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DECLINATION of the SUN : Suryasiddhanta gives a value of 24 degrees for maximum declension of the Sun, which is Saurpakshiya value used in astrology. For getting Drikpakshiya value, multiphy its sine with cosine of half its value and get the arcsine of the resultant, you will get 23.26':37".481175683 . It is the long term mean, which was for 12 Jan 2000 AD. If we make nutation correction, highly accurate table of Sun's Declension can be made. It reveals a startling fact : terms of physical astronomy are intrinsically based upon Suryasiddhantic and integral quantities ! (Following Material is not for everyone, and only those persons should argue for or against these topics who know howto use siddhantic equations) Now, look at most recent view on this topic, from NASA. open the webpage http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/srorbpar.html After reading its contents, type -998000 , 2001 and 1000 respectively in its three text boxes and click the Submit button. You will get "Orbital Parmameters for the Earth" from -998000 A.D. (ie, 998000 BCE) to 2000 A.D. at intervals of 1000 years. Three parameters are given : Eccentricity (of Earth's orbit round the Sun), Obliquity , and Longitude of Perihelion. Copy these data and paste them into Microsoft Excel and then select the last column and insert a chart with line option selected, you will get following chart. In Excel, place the mouse ponter at the lowest points of curve at those points where '16' and '984' are typed in red in the picture below, you will get data for those points. Between these two points, there are 46 undulations of the curve, during 984-16 = 968000 years. But between point 79 and 89 : a full cycle is not possible in merely 10000 years (between points 79 and 89), or a half cycle in only 2000 years between points 87 and 89. Therefore, this aberration must be excluded, and there are only 45 full cycles during 968000 years. Hence, one average cycle is of 21511.1111 years. But even a cursory look at the curve will convince you that this average actually varies considerably, and had highly erratic behaviour at some juntures. For instance, points 552 and 568 suggest one cycle in just 16000 years, while between 935 and 962 one cycle took 27000 years. Hence, 21511 is a mean value (with 5500 year fluctuations) during past one million years based upon most modern formula (a formula, not data). Suryasiddhnta, Munjla and Bhskara-ii give a long-term average of 21635.807 years. Modern scientists do not possess adequate data and formula to refute this traditional value given by Indian astrologers. This cycle shows 5500 year fluctuations, hence it is not possible to determine whether Suryasiddhntic value of 21636 years is correct or the average of 968000 years (=21511 years) deduced from following graph is more reliable, because the difference between them is very small :

of only 21636 - 21511 = 124.7 years only , as compared to ~5500 year fluctuation in this cycle itself. (Read the matter after this picture.)

A closer look at this graph will show that there are two cycles of some long term phenomenon ranging about less than hald a million years per cycle, one half half cycle of which has shorter periods of this perihelion cycle and another half cycle has longer periods. This is due to superimposition of another equation on the equation of Perihelion graph : the effect of change in Earth's eccentricity, which shows a long term periodicity of about 96555.56 years (a mean value, not an exact figure) computed from same NASA website following same procedure (9 cycles in 869000 years). Harmonic addition of both periodicities produce following maximum and minimum ranges of Perihelion periodicities : (1 / 21511) - (1 / 96555.56) = (1 / 27677) (1 / 21511) + (1 / 96555.56) = (1 / 17592)

The arithmetic mean of 27677 and 17592 is 22634.5 years, with 5042.5 year fluctuation, but this variation is elliptical, hence arithmetic mean gives a wrong average. The eccentricity cycle of ~96555.56 years is a major cause of glacial cycles. This Perihelion Cycle of 21636 years is the result of mixture of two functions : precessional cycle of 25771.4 years, and anomalistic shift of one cycle per ~135000 years : (1 / 21635.8) - (1 / 25771.4) = (1 / 134825.9073) Suryasiddhntic value of anomalistic period is 144000 years as given by Bhskara-ii. It needs Mahyuga, Manvantara and Kalpa corrections in the following manner, in which 4200000 years of Drikpakshiya Mahyuga has been represented by 'M' : (1 / 144000) + (2 / M) - (1 / 71M) - (1 / 14*71M) = ( 1 / 134824.638836) The small gap between 134825.9073 and 134824.638836 is due to a period of ~14 billion years, which is an optical illusion due to a complex phenomenon. There are 14 universes (bhuvanas) according to traditional Indian view, our universe being in the middle. Hence, we can view 7 universes at any given time in any one direction. According to Suryasiddhnta, slightly less than 2 billion years have elapsed since Creation. When we look into 7 universes, we see into 14 billion years which is actually seven different space-time continuums of 2 billion years each. if this factor is taken into account, above equation will become perfect : ( 1 / 134824.638836) - (1 / 134825.9073) = (1 / ~14 billion years)

In same fashion, the apparently crude value of precessional period given by Bhskaraii is corrected to give the exact figure. Instead of using the figure 30000 cycles per Kalpa or 144000 years per cycle, we ought to use the corrected term of 134825.9073 years per cycle in the equation of precession for a comparison with modern data. Hence, we get : ( 199669 / 4320000000) - (1 / 134825.9073) = (1 / 25771.4) 25771.4 years per cycle is the most modern value of orbital precession of Earth. In above equations, 'M' represents one Drikpakshiya Mahyuga of 4200000 years, 71M is one Manvantara, 14 such Manvantaras make one Kalpa.

While making observations, modern scientists mix up all seven universes, while ancients gave figures for a particular space-time continuum at a time. They knew which frame of reference to use in which context, because they could "see" but we are blind (vid is the root of video and also of Veda and Vednga). Now, look at the code of NASA program which gave above figures at at http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/SOLAR/ORBPAR.FOR It shows that a small table based upon modern data has been used to project tables for long periods, which may be reliable for short periods, but in the absence of many long term motions in the outer sky this program may deceive us in the long period projections it gives. For instance, this NASA site allows above data from one million years before 2000 AD to ten million years in future. Eleven million years of data give some long term trends which are not visible in short term graphs. The obliquity curve shows a ~1286500 year long cycle during which the maximum range within which obliquity changes itself shrinks and grows peiodically. There is no known explanation of this phenomenon. But a comparison with the long term changes in eccentricity shows that tge obliquity graph has close resemblance with eccentricity graph, and there are fewer long terms cycles in eccentricity graph than in obliquity graph. The eccentricity graph gives one cycle for 2019000 years approximately, which is exactly half of Drikpakshiya component of a Mahyuga of 4200000 years equal to 4137562 years which requires an explanation. Eccentricity and Obliquity of Earth's Orbit for 11 million years (NASA)

In the Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhntic equation of anomalistic (and orbital ) precesson shown above, there were terms shown in red : (2 / M) - (1 / 71M) - (1 / 14*71M), where M stood for 4200000 years. The first component was of (2 / 4200000 years ) . Same term appears as (2 / 4137562 years ) in the eccentricity graph. Following is the Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhntic equation of this term : {1 + (1/4137561.9278584)} = {1 + (1/M)} x {1 + (1/71M)} x {1 + (1/[71Mx14])} The 19-year cycle of Vednga Jyotisha used by Meton of athens too comprised of 235 lunar months. 235 lunar months divided with 19 gives us 365.246743924320183 days. If it is divided with {1 + (1/4137561.9278584)}, we get 365.24665564850413050493379669683 days, which is the exact value of Metonic Year of Greece or of Romak Siddhnta of Indian version of Alexandrian (actually ancient Egyptian) science, which was originally based upon Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhnta.

So far, many propositions and equations would have seemed mere coincidences or far-fetched. Look at the following proof of Mahyuga which is a cardinal equation of Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhnta (= Vedic for abbraviation ) : Annual difference between motions of True Sun (TS) and Mean Sun (MS) is ( TS2 - TS1 ) - ( MS2 - MS1) = { 360 degrees / ( 4200000 - AP) } = 0.318934857156473481 seconds per annum. In it AP is anomalistic period. Its value was 134825.9073 years as deduced above from Bhskara's equation above. But here we are talking of true motion of Sun, which needs the Saurpakshiya motion of anomaly to be accounted for, which is quite different from ************ motion of anomaly. The latter has a value of about 135000 years per cycle which gives an anomalistic year of 365.25905 days. But the former has only 387 cycles per Kalpa, and one cycle of 11162790.7 years. Due to this Saurapakshiya shift, resultant Drikpakshiya anomalistic period will be of 136474.2645105 years. It needs another correction due to a ~39 million year Drikpakshiya motion, which gines a resultant value of ~136000 years for anomalistic cycle. Put this value in the equation below, ( TS2 - TS1 ) - ( MS2 - MS1) = { 360 degrees / ( 4200000 - 136000) } = Sine of annual anomalistic shift multiplied with maximum value of equation of centre = 0.3188976378 seconds per annum is equal to Sine of annual anomalistic shift multiplied with maximum value of equation of centre (paramamandaphala) which gives a value of 6902.56241634 seconds of arc for maximum value of equation of centre (Drikpakshiya paramamandaphala) ; Lahiri gives 6904.6". This value of Drikpakshiya paramamandaphala is equal to 1.917378449 degrees, Sine of its half is the eccentricity of orbit equal to 0.016731502727386339 from above equations. Explanation is thus : Eccentricity is the ratio of distance between centre of ellipse and focus to the major axis. If a triangle is drawn with one side being minor axis and another side being the line from centre of ellipse and focus, its hypoteneuse will be equal to major axis. Ratio of the line from centre of ellipse and focus and hypoteneuse is equal to sine of the angle near the end of minor axis away from centre. this angle is half of maximum value of equation of centre (paramamandaphala). The above value of eccentricity needs some further corrections. Substract its square from unity and get the square root of resultant, you will get the compression of

elliptical orbit of Sun round us (compression is ratio of minor to major axis), which is 0.999860018611 . The difference between both axes is ( 1 - 0.999860018611 ) equal to 0.00013998138915292284 mjultiplied with 1 AU ( = 149598550 Kms, = major axis), and is equal to 20941.012844263 Kms. To it, add the height of Mt Meru (Mt Kenya), which is 5.199 Kms, you get 20946.211844263 Kms. Now, assume it to be the difference between major axis (149598550 Kms) and minor axis, and compute eccentricity from the method indicated above : you get Ecc = Sqr Root of (1 - [{1-(20946.2118 / 149598550)}^2]) = 0.0167335794081 It is the mean value of eccentricity of apparent orbit of Sun or Earth. Actual value is 0.016733761858645, computed from a more exact Suryasiddhntic formula to be elaborated later. This exact formula has 20946.6686 Kms instead of 20946.2118 Kms as the difference between major axis and minor axis. This Drikpakshiya value of eccentricity conforms with most modern data. It is the mean value of eccentricity on a logarithmic scale, and this mean value should be for Saurpakshuya Makar Samkrnti on Jan 14, 2009 AD. This value 0.016733761858645 should be squared and the result substracted from unity, and then get the square root of the resultant which is the ratio of both axes, ie, compression of the solar ellipse, equal to 0.99985998080434 . Now, assume another ellipse with eccentricity exactly equal to 1 / 60, its compression will be equal to 0.99986110146471 . Multiply the difference of both compressions with 1 AU, you get the circumference of a small circle with radius little over 26.68 Kms (error of 3.7 methres due to uncertainties in the value of 1 AU). 1/60 is the actual eccentricity of Sun's orbit round Mt Meru, which gets changed to 0.016733761858645 on account of this Drikpakshiya Correction of 26.6859001229 Kms. ( NASA gives a wrong data of eccentricity 0.016704 for 2000, which is actually its updated data for April 2008, its whole table needs +8.3 years everywhere). Starting from 1/60 as the basic eccentricity, the theorems of Drikpakshiya Suryasiddhanta are given at another website. Now, the third term Obliquity, which gives a periodicity of ~41200 years from NASA data for 6 million years , which is 1% of the Drikpakshipa's Mahyuga (4200000) resolved component of 4137561.9278584 years. Unfortunately, NASA does not possess long term data to arrive at better conclusions.

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[ Some material on this page is already published original research , which may be cited in part or whole with acknowledgement. ] "Beeja" always meant "corrections" applied to "crude" mean motions of planets in order to obtain to accurate MEAN motions . For computing planetary positions, planeta integers were used for computing from the zero date, and the omitted fractional parts zero-date, were applied as beeja . Beeja-correction it is a handy device to facilitate computations, Beeja correction because computations involving large irrational quantities was not possible without computers for panchanga makers. Let me illustrate with an example from Suryasiddhanta. Suppose a planet (Mercury) makes 17937060 revolutuions per mahayuga plus 0.0000000031215202568112958844149 degrees per year. Is it not convenient to make computations on the basis of integral part 17937060 first, and then apply the ake correction due to the fractional part later ? Suppose 1955885110 years (on Mesha Samkranti of AD 2009) have passed since the start of Creation (Srishti). Fractional part of annual motion is 0.0000000031215202568112958844149327143568 degrees nnual per year. Hence the magnitude of beeja correction is 6.10533499086 degrees for Mercury at present, which ought to be added to the result obtained from computation based on integer 17937060. The value of this beeja correction changes with time, hence it had to be revised from time to time. That is why Suryasiddhanta says (verse 9, chapter 1) that Suryasiddhanta has to be revised from time to time ( Burgess correctly interpreted this verse in terms of beeja-corrections from time to time). Some corrections ignorant people mistook this verse to imply that drastic revisions in integral part of planetary revolutions were made from time to time. But it is impossible, because if 17937060 is changed even to 17937061 in any particular year, the panchanga of that 17937061 year will not be in tune with the panchangas of previous years. If (for Mercury) 6.10533499086degrees of beeja correction is needed in 1955885110 years, magnitude of beeja will be half in 1955885110 / 2 years. The Suryasiddhantic years. rate of beeja is one second of arc in approximately 88988 years . Since panchangas do not need accuracy of more than half a second of arc, and other planets need smaller beeja corrections in comparison to Mercury, it is easy to see that there was no need of revising beeja corrections for 44492 years (which is time when Mercury's beeja changes by 0.5") !! Thus, the 9th verse of first chapter in Suryasiddhanta implies that beeja corrections ought to be revised after periods no less than ~45000 years !! It than makes no sense to modern scholars who cannot think in terms of so large time scales. Hence they ignore to mention these points, and if someone points out at these meanings, it is alleged that beeja correction was a later concept and original o

Suryasiddhanta did not mention it. But let us debunk this falsehood on the basis of documentary evidences. Western historians say that the Panchsiddhantika of Varaha Mihira contains Old Suryasiddhanta, while the existing Suryasiddhanta is New Suryasiddhanta. The reason behind this view is that existing Suryasiddhanta is a complete text while Panchsiddhantika contains only fragments of Suryasiddhanta as well as fragments of other siddhantas, about which Thibaut commented that the main purpose of Varaha Mihira was to compare eclipses on the basis of existing theories ; that may be why Varaha Mihira did not elaborate all topics of a standard Siddhanta text. Another possibility is that either portions of Panchsiddhantika have been lost . Third possibility is that complete Suryasiddhanta was not available to Varaha Mihira. There cannot be any fourth possibility. But all Western scholars unanimously declare that existing Suryasiddhantais a later development and Panchsiddhantika's Suryasiddhanta is old. If that is so, the mention of "beeja" as a concept used by early teachers ("poorvaaachaaryas") in second verse of Panchsiddhantika proves that beeja is not a later development but existed in Suryasiddhantafrom ealiest times of poorvaachaaryas. It is not possible to explain this beeja as precession of equinoxes, because beeja has no connection with ayanamsha according to any Indian or Western scholar of ancient or modern ays. The difference between Saayana and Nirayana was never termed Beeja by any ancient scholar, it was called Ayanamsha. There is another clear proof that Varaha Mihira not only used beeja in this sense of correction in mean motion, but also made available ready made tables (now lost ) for use in which he had already made beeja corrections. It becomes clear when we compare the mahayuga-bhaganmaanas (planetary revolutions per Great Age of 4320000 years) of so-called OSS (Old Suryasiddhanta of Panchsiddhantika ) and NSS (New Suryasiddhanta). MT stands for Old Makarand Tables , which were constructed in 1478 AD on the basis of Paulish, Suryasiddhanta, but now have Venus 7022376 -12 +12 Aryabhatiya become somewhat outdated, Sun 4320000 0 0 all hence were updated and converted into softwares based Mars 2296832 (+4) -8 none on it which KSD Sanskrit Jupiter 364220 -8 0 Paulish University, Bihar State Saturn 146568 +12 -4 none Sanskrit Academy of Bihar's HRD Ministry and many other institutions are using for panchangas and research projects. In OMT, beeja of Mars was absent, in new MT beeja of Mars has been introduced which is highly accurate but here rounded off to +4 for simplicity (in OMT it was zero due to some original
Mercury 17937060 +16 -60 Paulish Planets NSS OMT OSS OSS =

error or slip). We noted above that the magnitude of beeja is only 0.0000003121520257 degrees per year for Mercury. But the table here shows +16 revolutions as the value of beeja for Mercury. It needs explanation, otherwise the "mystery" of beeja, as Varaha Mihira put it, cannot be understood. Unfortunately, no modern native or foreign commentator of any ancient Indian siddhanta has ever explained the mechanism of beeja, because they were more interested in belittling ancient siddhantas than in understanding and explaining those siddhantas. Following is the explanation of the mechanism of beeja, based on medieval Sanskrit texts which Burgess &c either neglected or could not find. As we saw above, current value of Mercury's beeja is equal to 0.00000031215202568 degrees per year X 1955885110 years since the start of Creation (on Mesha Samkranti of AD 2009 ) = 6.10533499086058970012962367554 degrees. If we assume that there was no beeja till the onset of Kaliyuga, and modify the value of beeja subsequently in such a way that the total beeja for our period remains accurate, then what we should do ? Since there are 17937060 revolutions in 4320000 years, we must change the number of revolutions after Kaliyuga's onset so that results for our age remains accurate. the magnitude of beeja needed now is 6.105335 degrees, which is 943.43564 times less than 5760 degrees. Hence, if we increase the amount of beeja 943 times during the period after Kaliyuga's onset, we will get correct beeja for the year 4320000 / 943 = 4579.0087 years after the onset of Kaliyuga, which is 1478 AD when Makaranda Tables were constructed. The fractional part 0.0087 is actually an error because we had computed the net magnitude of current beeja for 2009 AD instead of the unknown year 1478 AD. Thus we find that if we compute for once the heavenly position of Mercury at the start of Kaliyuga according to integral part of its mahayuga bhagan-maana, ie, assuming it to be 17937060 and omit the fractional component, which will give Mercury's mean position at zero of Mesha at the start of Kaliyuga, we can get rid of the arduous process of computing everytime from the start of Creation and the needed beeja for our time can be added through following mechanism. Assume that after the onset of Kaliyuga, mahayuga bhagan-maana is 17937060 + 16 = 17937076, and then compute from the onset of Kaliyuga. Thus, we will get correct mean mercury for AD 1478. This is the so-called tantra method of Ganita-Jyotisha (mathematical astrology). But if we want this "tantric" method for 2009 AD, which is 5109 years after the Kaliyuga, the tantric beeja which was 16 bhagans (revolutions) for 1478 AD (4579 years after Kaliyuga's start) must be reduced by 5109 / 4579 times , from 16 to 14.34 bhagans.

This tantra method is not difficult, but in actual practice tantric tables, eg Makaranda difficult, Tables are almost magical. They are so constructed that it is a herculean task for great mathematicians to unravel their inner mechanism. Here, only some simple mechanism has been explained. Even the users of MT do not know their real mechanism, they n only learn how to use these tables for making panchangas. That is why Burgess failed to understand the significance of MT, and regarded them as non Suryasiddhantic non-Suryasiddhantic tables invented arficially by Makarandacharya of Varanasi. But it was dishonesty on Makarandacharya the part of Western scholars to distort real history for concealing their own incompetence. Since 1478, all panchanga makers and other pandits regarded these tables as Suryasiddhantic. The first verse of MT states it to be Suryasiddhantic. The extant text of Suryasiddhanta also contained 22 verses of beeja correction, which Burgess did not even publish because he was unable to get these verses translated by any pandit. This is the real meaning of Varaha Mihira when he said that beeja is very Mihira easy but a mystery. Unable to understand beeja, Burgess excluded them from the text, although they formed a part of the earlist existing manuscripts of Suryasiddhanta. It was tantamount to tampering with historical data. ------------- -------------Following websites give links to some works related to Makaranda Tables, all propagating false views about it : http://books.google.co.in/books?id=CQ8iAVwAhttp://books.google.co.in/books?id=CQ8iAVwA yEC&pg=PT28&lpg=PT28&dq=Makaranda+Tables&source=web&ots=F6-g4FyEC&pg=PT28&lpg=PT28&dq=Makaranda+Tables&source=web&ots=F6 Q6E&sig=Uod8uzGSlt8pGJO_vdolxkdDvm0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnu Uod8uzGSlt8pGJO_vdolxkdDvm0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnu m=7&ct=result

Suryasiddanta : Proof of Brahma's Age

Many readers might have heard or read about Kalpa, Brahmaa's Age, etc, without having ever seen any computational proof in favour of or against these ancient notions. Verse 20 of Suryasiddhanta says that one Kalpa (4320 million years) equals one day of Brahmaa. His night is also of same duration. Hence, his year is equal to 720 Kalpas. Since Brahmaa's Paramaayu (age) is of 100 his years (verse 21), it is equal to 72000 Kalpas or 311040 billion years ! A fantastic verse figure ! Can we find some rationale behind it, or is it mere mythology ? Suryasiddhantic year is equal to 365.25875648148148148148148148148 ( = 1577917828 days in a Mahayuga, divided by 4320000 years in a Mahayuga). divided

Similarly, Suryasiddhantic synodical month is equal to (1577917828 days divided by 53433336 synodical months in a Mahayuga =) 29.530587946071718224742696207476 days.
In 19 years, there are 6939.9163731481481481481481481481 days. Its nearest approximation is 235 lunar months which equal to 6939.6881673268537828145336087555 , having a shortfall of 0.22820582129436533361453939314815 days in 19 years. In over 129 (129.40330697340043134435657692381) such 19 year cycles equalling 2458.6628324946081955427749615524 years, this shortfall will accumulate to a shortfall of one lunar month. This ratio is very important for understanding some mysterious aspects of ancient Ganita Jyotisha. In ~5000 years, there will be a shortfall of two lunar months. It means two extra lunar months will need to be added to the calendar to reach upto Mesha Samkraanti (ie, start of solar year). That is why Kaliyuga is believed to have started with Mesha Samkraanti in Mahga by traditional panchanga makers, but now Mesha Samkraanti coincides with year start with Chaitra in normal years unaffected by intercalary (adhimaasa or malamaasa) months. Kaliyuga started 1955880000 years after the start of Creation (Srishti) according to Suryasiddhanta. If 2458.6628324946 years give one extra lunar month, 1955880000 will give 795505.57894736842105263158557207 extra lunar months. Let us round it off to nearest integer to 795506 months. After 12 extra lunar months , we get same lunar month. Hence leave out 66292 * 12 = 795504 lunar months, and we get two remaining months. Hence, the month at the start of creation was Agrahaayana. Now, we get the reason behind the naming of this month whose literal meaning is "First Month of the Year" ! That is why Lord Krishna in Gita says Agrahaayana is the divine month among all mongths. Its synonym is Maargasheersha, which literally means "at the head of the road (of Sun or or Year)". In this computation, we had to round off 795505.578947368421 because both Kaliyuga and Creation started with New Moons and therefore we needed integer (795506). In rounding off, we had to tolerate an error of 0.42105263157894736841442792755131 lunar months or of 12.433931766767039252327609103494 days during 1955880000 years. What will be the value of this error during entire Creation ? Srishti is 17064000 years less than Kalpa, hence Srishti or Creation is of 4302936000 years. If error of 12.433931766767039252327609103494 days accumulate during 1955880000 years, total error during entire Creation will be ( 4302936000 / 1955880000 = 2.2 ) 2.2 times more, of 27.354649886887486355120740027688 days , which is slightly more than a sidereal lunar month ( whose Suryasiddhantic value is 1577917828 / 57753336 = 27.321674162683866435005589980118) by a small amount of 0.032975724203619920115150047577737 days. During one year of Brahmaa or 720 Kalpas, this apparent error accumulates to 23.74252142660634248290803425597 days. It has a shortfall of -3.5791527360775239520975557241396 days in one year of Brahmaa. the latter accumulates to -357.91527360775239520975557241396 days in 100 years of Brahmaa. It is

3.5482182548917765128432179243635 days more than 12 synodical month or one synodical year of 354.36705535286061869691235448964 days. In Suryasiddhanta, there is no explanation n of this 3.5482182548917765128432179243635 days in 100 years of Brahmaa (72000 Kalpas) , but it is noteworthy that this apparent error is again 1% of one synodical year, and may represent one hundred Brahmaas in one lifetime of a Vishnu (7200000 Kalpas) , and 60 such Vishnus will (7200000 equal one Shiva. If we leave aside Vishnu and Shiva (not mentioned in extant Suryasiddhanta), this apparent error of 3.5482182548917765128432179243635 days in 72000 Kalpas is equivalent to an error of 4.2578619 seconds in one Kalpa of 4320 million years. s

There were no computers in those days. How such a mathematics was carried out by the maker of Suryasiddhanta ? The explanation of Magha in the start of Kaliyuga, and of Agrahaayana as the first month of year, as well of Paramaayu of Brahmaa have no other possible explanation.

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There are only three possible causes behind problems in downloading and installing : (1) traffic jam of server where the Kundalee files have been uploaded (in USA) which will block downloading and you need to wait til the jam is removed in the server ; (2) ill virus in your machine, and (3) your Windows being updated after 1 1-1-2009, because after 31-12-2008 Microsoft stopped all support to Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) 2008 in which Kundalee Softweare was created ; such users should try repeatedly, or install VB6. Many software distributors put their files on two or three servers, so that users may choose the least busy server. At a busy server, large files may gets broken due to traffic jams. I am also planning to open additional links at some other servers. ffic Second cause is virus. My personal experience is that majority of Indian computers have virus. Those who use internet must have automatically updatable antivirus. I use McAfee, costing app. Rs1000 per year . It gets updated regularly, automatically. Downloading and installing problems have nothing to do with software. Had this software contained any problem, no one would have been able to download and install at all. This software has been successfully installed and tried on Win98, Win2000, ware WinXP-SP1,WinXP-SP2 and WinXP SP3 ; I've not tested Vista. Many persons have SP2 WinXP-SP3 installed it on SP3 without any problem. For Windows 7, you must install Virtual Windows XP from MIcrosoft Website Websit

which is given freely to licensed users of Windows 7. Virtual Windows XP will enable thousands of other programs to run in Windows 7 which are otherwise blocked by Windoews 7. Some later versions of Windows will caution you during installation about old versions of few DLL files, but it will not hamper the installation process. English version is not as fuller as Hindi, but all essentials are there in the English version too. ==================== =====================

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