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Janma Vighatika Graha

- June 25, 2004

INTRODUCTION
Maharishi Jaimini Says in his immortal classic Jaimini Sutras that the sex and
complexion of the child can be known from the ruling planet the exact moment of the
birth. The smallest division of time which de nes the moment of birth is the vighatika,
which is 1/3600th part of a day. We know that 1 day is 60 ghatikas and 1 vighatikas so if
the day is divided into 3600 parts, the lord of each part shall de ne the sex and
complexion of the child born at that moment.

We know that the approximated duration of 1 sign to rise is 5 ghatikas (60/12) and
hence there are 300 vighatikas in 1 sign (5*60). Thus we might see here a strong link
between the vighatika rising at the moment of birth and ardha-nadiamsa, which happens
to be the 300th part of a sign. This ardha- nadiamsa forms the basis of nadi literature
and can de ne the life of a native to considerable extent.

This knowledge can be used in to explain and understand completely different lifestyle
between twins, who otherise have similar rasi and varga charts. This also can be used to
rectify the birth chart till a vighatika or 24 seconds.

CALCULATION
1. The moment of birth is always considered from the Sunrise or Sunset. So the start of
the vighatikas for nding the ruler of the moment of birth has to be reckoned from the
Sunrise or Sunset based on birth happening before of after the Sunset.
2. The time of birth elapsed after Sunrise of Sunset is converted into Vighatis. (1 Hr = 2.5
Ghati = 150 vighati).
3. The ruler of the vighatikas is based on the sequence of the lords of the weekdays (Su-
1, Mo-2, Mars- 3, Me-4, Ju- 5, Ve- 6, Sa- 7, Ra- 8, Ke- 9), starting from Sun. To arrive at the
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lord of the ruler, divide the Vighatis arrived at the previous step by 9 and round it up to
the higher interger and count that number from Sun.

One easier way to nd the reminder of a number when divided by 9 is to add up the digits
of the number and subsequently adding the digits of the number until we arrive at the
nal one digit no. For illustration, when 9834 is divided by 9, the reminder would be
9+8+3+4 =24 =2+4= 6 (Reminder)

4. Rising of Vighatis of male planets give male birth, whereas rising of vighatis of female
planets give female births. Similarly, vighatis of eunich planets give eunuch births.

a. The Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Rahu are males. In the example, the planets Rahu ruled the
semi-nadi amsa to give a male child.

b. The Moon, Venus, Ketu indicates females.

c. Mercury rules the female eunuchs while Saturn rule male eunuchs. However this
should be predicted only if speci c combination for such a birth exist in the conception
chart. Else, Mercury will indicate a female child as Saturn indicates a male.

d. If the Janma Vighatika Graha is placed with a female planet, then it will show female
birth and so on. However, if it is not conjoined with any planet, then the sex of the sign
shall dominate. All even signs indicate females, whereas all odd signs indicate males.
However, there is an exception to this as Pisces and Cancer shows male birth being even
signs and Aquarius and Gemini rules female birth even though they are odd signs.

e. If the Janma Vighatika Graha is exalted or conjoin a exalted planet, then it indicate
male birth, where as if it is debilitated or placed with a debilitated planet, then it indicate
a female birth. This is an overriding principle to the above mentioned principles from
points a. to d.

Note: The de nition of the sunrise shall have a big impact on the vighatis elapsed. This
is because there is as much as 4 min difference in time from rise of the upper limb of the
sun and the rise of the center of the Sun. So it is pertinent to decide, what time should be
taken as the time of Sunrise.

From time immemorial the rishis, started all the activities of the day with the Sunrise.
However, this does not mean that at that point of sunrise, the upper limb of Sun has
actually risen on the horizon, rather it was based on the moment they could see the rst
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ray of Sun on the horizon. We know that due to a phenomenon called refraction, the Sun
seems to have risen on the horizon a few minutes before the actual rise of the upper
limb. As this is the moment, when we can see the rst ray of the Sun, it heralds the start
of the day and all reckoning should happen from that moment of Sunrise.

So in short, the Sunrise de nition for the purpose reckoning the birth time is the
apparent rise of the Sun’s upper limb.

INTERPRETATION
The single most important planet in a horoscope, which has the most substantial impact
in the life of a native is this janma vighatika graha. This is because, a planet which can
determine the sex of the native is a link between the karma of the past life, which has to
be manifested in this life. Thus the lordship, placement and yogas of this planet has the
most signi cant impact in the life of the native.

ILLUSTRATION

CASE I: SANJAY RATH

Date: August 7, 1963
Time: 9:15:10 pm
Time Zone: 5:30:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 84 E 01' 00", 21 N 28' 00"

Sunrise: 5:28:58 am
Sunset: 6:29:27 pm
Janma Ghatis: 21.25 - 18.49 = 2.76 hrs; Ghatis= 2.76*2.5 =6.9

Ayanamsa: 23-20-38.76
Sidereal Time: 18:23:00
Janma Vighatis = 6.9*60 =414
Janma Vighatika Graha= Reminder of 414/9 = 4+1+4 = 9 (Ketu)

Interpretation:
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Ketu is exalted and this shows male birth. Ketu is the mokshakaraka and de nes the
main objective behind the action of the native is to get liberated from this life of
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bondage. The aspect of Jupiter from the Lagna in pisces, gives him the knowledge of the
maharishis through tradition (Jup+Ketu) to take Jyotish to the direction of spiritual
upliftment of human kind.

Ketu is placed with the AL, shows that in this material world, he would be identify his
goal of life to as spiituality and shall join a spiritual organisation. Because this happens
to be the 10th house from Lagna, the focus of the native shall be to keep doing his work,
without any bene t from the world (Ketu) and renouncing and material bene t in return.

There is no doubt, that the native has given a big boost to the spirituality (Ketu) in
Jyotish (Jupiter) given to him from tradition (Jup+Ketu) and is his sole purpose in this
life (10th house placed with AL).

CASE II: AJIT KRISHNAN

Date: January 28, 1980
Time: 10:36:00 am
Time Zone: 3:00:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 47 E 59' 00", 29 N 20' 00"
Altitude: 0.00 meters

Sunrise: 6:41:10 am
Sunset: 5:22:04 pm
Janma Ghatis: 9.7850

Ayanamsa: 23-41-34.86
Sidereal Time: 19:14:53

Janma Vighati: 9.7850*60 = 587.1

Janma Vighatika Graha = 587.1/9 = 2.1 = 3 = Mars

Interpretation:
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The placement of Mars with two male planets Rahu and Jupiter, given male birth.

The placement of the lord of Birth, Mars in the 5th with Jupiter and Atmakaraka Rahu,
sets the focus of life to learning and reaching towards self actualization or self-
realization as Mars happens to be the lagna lord.

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The association of Mars and Jupiter constitute the fruitful Guru-Mangala yoga making
the person a eternal learner and the native nds the purpose of soul ful lled (AK)
following the path of learning.

CASE III: SARAJIT PODDAR

Date: August 25, 1974
Time: 2:32:44 pm
Time Zone: 5:30:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 85 E 17' 00", 23 N 40' 00"

Sunrise: 5:27:59 am
Sunset: 6:12:49 pm
Janma Ghatis: 22.6979

Ayanamsa: 23-30-27.22
Sidereal Time: 12:56:52

Janma Vighatika = Janma Ghatika * 60 = 22.6979*60 = 1361.874

Janma Vighatika Graha = Reminder (1361.874/9) = 2.874 = 3 = Mars

Interpretation:
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Mars is a male planet giving a male birth. Mars is the Atmakaraka of the native and is
placed in the 9th house with Mercury and Sun and sama - saptaka with the Lagna lord
Jupiter. This shifts the focus of the native’s life to the Rajayogas happening in the 3rd
and 9th axis.

Mars is the 5th and 12th lord and is placed in the 9th house and aspected by Jupiter,
constituting the potent Guru mangala Yoga. The native is a keen learner and has started
learning astrology at a very early age. The focus of the native’s life is rotating around 5th,
12th and 9th, showing that the native gets most satisfaction by learning and teaching.
The focus of 12th house shows that the native shall be generous as Moon is placed in
the 12th house.

Anonymous said…
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Dear Sarajitji,

An excellent writeup on Janma Vighatika Graha. Thank you much. The

only comment I had was the birth time you have used for Sri Pt. Rath. The
pranapada lagna in Navamsa is Mesha. It is not in trines/7th to swamsa or
navamsha moon although Kunda seems to match just ne. So the birth
time does not appear to be recti ed. Kindly comment.

Namaste.

Rageshwari.
Friday, June 25, 2004 11:28:00 PM

Sarajit Poddar said…

Dear Rageswari,

Thank you for pointing this out. The Navamsa Pranapada Lagna should be
in Taurus in the 7th from the Navamsa Lagna. The time of birth is changed
to 21:15:26 IST.

Best Wishes
Sarajit
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:00:00 PM

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