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Shad Darshana, Upanga and Vedanga -By Pt. Sanjay Rath OM GURAVE NAMAH Dear Jyotisha,

As usual there is confusion and speculation when the principles for the differentiation are not understood. The word used is shad-darshana. Shad means six and darshana means to see or sight and refers to the body of knowledge that illumines the mind. Look at the basics: What is the source of all light and life? It is the Sun God and the sun alone is the source of all original light that is adequate enough to cause vision in the physical sence of the word and illumination in the spiritual sence of the term. Thus, the SUN is the governor of all the darshana and shall illumine different paths to the same God.

Now, the Jyotish aspect: There are nine planets or nava-graha. Of these, the nodes are indicative of eclipses or darkness and lack of illumination. They tend to obstruct the path to knowledge in some manner or the other. Hence, in principle, they cannot rule any of the 'darshana' nor do they work for the Sun in this noble cause. Excluding the nodes, we have seven planets remaining of which the overall GOVERNOR for DARSHANA is the Sun. The Sun indicates the completeness of the knowledge or the perfection related to any body of knowledge. That is why Jaimini teaches " panchame surya gitagya" where the gita is the crux of all the different systems of knowledge to know Him. Having confirmed that the Sun is the final objective or the 'real' darshana, let us examine the remaining six planets from Moon to Saturn.

Shad-Darshana The shad-darshana are the six streams of philosophy that a person (of some intelligence) adopts in his spiritual path. In fact darshana refers to the knowledge or peculiar mode of thinking as well that shall illumine his path to God. The path to God is referred to as the DEVI or SHAKTI or the mother. In mantra-nyasa, this is SHAKTI nyasa is doe on the feet so that the path is not changed and this is the real meaning of the word Durga as derived from "Durgati-nashinyai" or the one Who removes us from the wrong path and takes us to the right path towards God realisation. For example, the aspirants of Krishna worship Radha as the mother and when Krishna takes the vesha of Jagannatha, then She is Gundicha or Vimala. Every mantra must have a shakti and the nyasa of the shakti at the feet is important for the 'gati' or movement towards God realisation.

Moon - Sankhya shastra Mars - Nyaya shastra Mercury - Mimamsa shastra Jupiter - Veda shastra Venus - Vaiseshika shastra Saturn - Yoga shastra

For the sake of good record, the five crucial nyasa are:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

RISHI at the head, CHANNDA/metre or vibration in the mouth (Gayatri/Matrika), DEVATA or deity (form or formless God as described by the mantra) in the heart, BIJA or the seed syllable that causes creation in the Linga (Brahma worship prohibited and hence Shiva Linga) and, SHAKTI (Devi/Durgati-nashinyai/Mother/Prakriti) at the feet

The shad-darshana are meaningless if (a) your head cannot reason clearly being enraged by rajas or depressed by tamas thoughts, (b) your mouth does not have the sweetness of the beautiful channda like the Gayatri, (c) your heart has no place for the few souls in this planet - what to speak of the omni-present Bhagavan Vishnu, (d) if your linga cannot create anything worthwhile for this samsara (world) and (e) your feet do not take you to the right people at theright place and at the right time for the right yoga.

Test yourself: List out the nyasa for the following mantra:

Q1. (a) the maha-mantra kirtana: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare; (b) Vasudeva dwadasakshari mantra: Om namo bhagavate vasudevaaya; (c) Isana Panchakshari: namah Shivaya (d) Mrityunjaya Mantra, and (d) Gayatri mantra. I have given simple and well known mantra and this should be easy.

Q2. There are five parts of the mantra for which nyasa is performed as indicated above and these are five tatwas. Match one tatwa to each of the mantra parts/nyasa.

Q3. There are five main deities in Hinduism. These are the panca-devata: Surya, Ganesha, Vishnu, Siva and Shakti. Link each of the devata to one Tatwa, and then the tatwa to one of the nyasa. Why is the worship of the pancha devata considered essential in Hinduism?

Coming back to shad-darshana, let us take an example. Can Jyotish be considered a shad-darshana, and if so, which darshana does it signify and how? Extracts from Vedic remedies in Astrology by this scribe: " Some people have expressed the opinion that Jyotish is not a vedanga and that the word Vedic is a misnomer. The six important parts of the Vedas are personified as its feet, face, hands, eyes, nose and ears. Chandas, vyakarana, kalpa, jyotish, sikshaand nirukta represent these respectively. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Chandas-Feet Vyakarana-Face Kalpa-Hands Jyotish-Eyes Shiksha-Nose Nirukta-Ears

In the next stanza, prasna marga adds that since jyotish (Astrology) is the eye of the Vedas it is given the highest pedestal. Thus, there is no further doubt that jyotish is a vedanga." Thus, Jyotish is a part of the Veda and the largest part as Sankaracharya has referred to it as the ocean of knowledge. As per the list above, this should be ruled by Jupiter. Jupiter also rules the 'Akash Tatwa'. It is for this reason that Harihara advises that Jupiter should be placed in Lagna at the muhurta when a person begins the study of Jyotish. Thus, if a person is seeking a muhurta to start studying sankhya shastra, then the Moon should be strong, or preferably in Lagna. A person should have Mars strong in Lagna at the time of commencing studies in Law or at the time of going to war, else the effort shall fail.

Yoga As a darshana, it refers to Hatha yoga and to Ayurveda which are related to longevity increase and good health (ruled by positive Saturn). In fact Saturn in the negative shows diseases and poor personal care for the body. However, the Yoga discussed as a subject matter of Vedanta in the Gita is different. Here, the knowledge of the Bhagavat Gita is ruled by the Sun as indicated by Jaimini and also in the words of Sri Krishna. Here again, the Sun becomes the Governor and decides as to whether the Yoga shall begin at all and if so, when. The Moon is the sustainer of the Yoga as it shows the bonding between two. This has been explicitly stated by Kalyana Verma (Saravali).

I shall leave it here and let the discussion continue on Yoga continue.

At the feet of Guru Pandita Kasinatha,

I remain, Sanjay Rath Mail: 71 Vasant Apartments, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, New Delhi 110091, IndiaTel: +91-11-2713201; SJC Web pages: http://srijagannath.org; Personal Web: http://srath.com 2007-05-17 06:54:13 GMTComments: 0 |Permanent Link _Varnada Lagna_ || Om Gurave Namah ||

Varanada Lagna : A Mathematical Analysis

Varnada, The word can be understood using the rules of grammar (Vyaakarana vedanga). It can be said to be a sandhi of Varna + da. Knowing this one can ponder on the many meanings of Varnada. Varna means community and da means to give. Lagna denotes self. So putting all these together we can know that, Varnada lagna indicates the community one is born in and the work we have to do for the community.

"Varna" is of four types. It indicates the quadrants and people we support by paaraspara kaaraka (mutual workers). Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Kshudra. Indicating support or work by providing knowledge, control/administration, finances/resources and the actual labour.

"da" is of three types. It indicates the trines and hence the self and it's character. The "da/daa" reminds us of the story where Brahma gives a lesson of what to do for three kinds of beings Devas(Satvic), Manushya(Rajasic) and Asura (Tamasic). The "daa" teaches us "Dama"-Self control, "daana"-donation and "daya"-Sympathy and empathy. Without theses characters in self we cannot do any good task (karma) in the society.

Parashara muni in special lagna chapter gives the computation for varnada lagna,

visheshhalagnAdhyAyaH || 5||

ojalagnaprasUtAnAM meshhAdergaNayet.h kramAt.h | samalagnaprasUtAnAm mInAderapasavyataH || 11||

meshhamInAdito janmalagnAntaM gaNayet.h sudhIH | tathaiva horAlagnAntaM gaNayitvA tataH param.h || 12||

ojatvena samatvena sayAtIye ubhe yadi | tarhi saMkhye yojayIta vaijAtye tu viyojayet.h || 13||

meshhamInAditaH pashchAdyo rAshiH sa tu varNadaH |

Let me put the computation stepwise, Step 1: Compute Lagna(LG) and Hora Lagna(HL) Step 2: If Lagna is Even or Hora Lagna is Even Sign then calculate degress in reverse "i.e from pisces" Step 3: If LG and HL are same oddity then find sum else get the difference. Step 4: If Lagna is Odd Sign the count in foreward or get reverse

The table below shows the computations for various values.

Varanada Lagna: Changes approximately 3 times faster than Lagna.

Varanada lagna goes in reverse direction for some values, but the speed in reverse (from pisces) is also approximately three times faster than lagna.

Thus Varnada lagna, indicates third house factors. Just as Hora Lagna indicates 2nd house factors. As, VL is three times faster than lagna and HL is twice fast as lagna.

The attached image shows the same in graphical format.

A detailed study will be given in Jyotish Digest.

Step 3: If LG Step 4: If

and HL are Lagna is Step 1: Compute same oddity Odd the Hora Lagna is Even then Lagna and Hora then find count in calculate degress in Lagna sum else get foreward reverse "I.e from pisces" the or get difference. reverse
Step 2: If Lagna is Even or Time Lagna HL 00:01 00:11 00:21 00:31 00:41 00:51 01:01 01:11 01:21 01:31 01:41 0.3 2.8 5.3 7.8 10.3 12.8 15.3 17.8 20.3 22.8 25.3 0.5 5.5 10.5 15.5 20.5 25.5 30.5 35.5 40.5 45.5 50.5 Even Even Lagna HL Reverse Sum Reverse Both Even Even or Diff HL Lg 0 0 0.25 0.5 TRUE 0.75 0 0 2.75 5.5 TRUE 8.25 0 0 5.25 10.5 TRUE 15.75 0 0 7.75 15.5 TRUE 23.25 0 0 10.25 20.5 TRUE 30.75 0 0 12.75 25.5 TRUE 38.25 0 1 15.25 329.5 FALSE 314.25 0 1 17.75 324.5 FALSE 306.75 0 1 20.25 319.5 FALSE 299.25 0 1 22.75 314.5 FALSE 291.75 0 1 25.25 309.5 FALSE 284.25 VL 0.8 8.3 15.8 23.3 30.8 38.3 314.3 306.8 299.3 291.8 284.3 HL VL Reverse Speed Speed VL 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 110 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 359.25 351.75 344.25 336.75 329.25 321.75 45.75 53.25 60.75 68.25 75.75

01:51 02:01 02:11 02:21 02:31 02:41 02:51 03:01 03:11 03:21 03:31 03:41 03:51 04:01 04:11 04:21 04:31 04:41 04:51 05:01 05:11 05:21 05:31 05:41 05:51 06:01 06:11 06:21 06:31 06:41 06:51 07:01 07:11 07:21 07:31 07:41 07:51 08:01 08:11 08:21 08:31 08:41 08:51 09:01 09:11 09:21 09:31 09:41 09:51 10:01 10:11

27.8 30.3 32.8 35.3 37.8 40.3 42.8 45.3 47.8 50.3 52.8 55.3 57.8 60.3 62.8 65.3 67.8 70.3 72.8 75.3 77.8 80.3 82.8 85.3 87.8 90.3 92.8 95.3 97.8 100.3 102.8 105.3 107.8 110.3 112.8 115.3 117.8 120.3 122.8 125.3 127.8 130.3 132.8 135.3 137.8 140.3 142.8 145.3 147.8 150.3 152.8

55.5 60.5 65.5 70.5 75.5 80.5 85.5 90.5 95.5 100.5 105.5 110.5 115.5 120.5 125.5 130.5 135.5 140.5 145.5 150.5 155.5 160.5 165.5 170.5 175.5 180.5 185.5 190.5 195.5 200.5 205.5 210.5 215.5 220.5 225.5 230.5 235.5 240.5 245.5 250.5 255.5 260.5 265.5 270.5 275.5 280.5 285.5 290.5 295.5 300.5 305.5

0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

27.75 329.75 327.25 324.75 322.25 319.75 317.25 314.75 312.25 309.75 307.25 304.75 302.25 60.25 62.75 65.25 67.75 70.25 72.75 75.25 77.75 80.25 82.75 85.25 87.75 269.75 267.25 264.75 262.25 259.75 257.25 254.75 252.25 249.75 247.25 244.75 242.25 120.25 122.75 125.25 127.75 130.25 132.75 135.25 137.75 140.25 142.75 145.25 147.75 209.75 207.25

304.5 60.5 65.5 70.5 75.5 80.5 85.5 269.5 264.5 259.5 254.5 249.5 244.5 120.5 125.5 130.5 135.5 140.5 145.5 209.5 204.5 199.5 194.5 189.5 184.5 180.5 185.5 190.5 195.5 200.5 205.5 149.5 144.5 139.5 134.5 129.5 124.5 240.5 245.5 250.5 255.5 260.5 265.5 89.5 84.5 79.5 74.5 69.5 64.5 300.5 305.5

FALSE 276.75 FALSE 269.25 FALSE 261.75 FALSE 254.25 FALSE 246.75 FALSE 239.25 FALSE 231.75 TRUE 584.25 TRUE 576.75 TRUE 569.25 TRUE 561.75 TRUE 554.25 TRUE 546.75 TRUE 180.75 TRUE 188.25 TRUE 195.75 TRUE 203.25 TRUE 210.75 TRUE 218.25 FALSE 134.25 FALSE 126.75 FALSE 119.25 FALSE 111.75 FALSE 104.25 FALSE 96.75 FALSE 89.25 FALSE 81.75 FALSE 74.25 FALSE 66.75 FALSE 59.25 FALSE 51.75 TRUE 404.25 TRUE 396.75 TRUE 389.25 TRUE 381.75 TRUE 374.25 TRUE 366.75 TRUE 360.75 TRUE 368.25 TRUE 375.75 TRUE 383.25 TRUE 390.75 TRUE 398.25 FALSE 45.75 FALSE 53.25 FALSE 60.75 FALSE 68.25 FALSE 75.75 FALSE 83.25 FALSE 90.75 FALSE 98.25

276.8 90.8 98.3 105.8 113.3 120.8 128.3 135.8 143.3 150.8 158.3 165.8 173.3 180.8 188.3 195.8 203.3 210.8 218.3 134.3 126.8 119.3 111.8 104.3 96.7 270.8 278.3 285.8 293.3 300.8 308.3 315.8 323.3 330.8 338.3 345.8 353.3 0.7 8.2 15.7 23.2 30.7 38.2 45.7 53.2 60.7 68.2 75.7 83.2 269.3 261.8

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

-74 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -34 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 70 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -141 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 74 -3 -3

83.25 269.25 261.75 254.25 246.75 239.25 231.75 224.25 216.75 209.25 201.75 194.25 186.75 179.25 171.75 164.25 156.75 149.25 141.75 225.75 233.25 240.75 248.25 255.75 263.25 89.25 81.75 74.25 66.75 59.25 51.75 44.25 36.75 29.25 21.75 14.25 6.75 359.25 351.75 344.25 336.75 329.25 321.75 314.25 306.75 299.25 291.75 284.25 276.75 90.75 98.25

10:21 10:31 10:41 10:51 11:01 11:11 11:21 11:31 11:41 11:51 12:01 12:11 12:21 12:31 12:41 12:51 13:01 13:11 13:21 13:31 13:41 13:51 14:01 14:11 14:21 14:31 14:41 14:51 15:01 15:11 15:21 15:31 15:41 15:51 16:01 16:11 16:21 16:31 16:41 16:51 17:01 17:11 17:21 17:31 17:41 17:51 18:01 18:11 18:21 18:31 18:41

155.3 157.8 160.3 162.8 165.3 167.8 170.3 172.8 175.3 177.8 180.3 182.8 185.3 187.8 190.3 192.8 195.3 197.8 200.3 202.8 205.3 207.8 210.3 212.8 215.3 217.8 220.3 222.8 225.3 227.8 230.3 232.8 235.3 237.8 240.3 242.8 245.2 247.7 250.2 252.7 255.2 257.7 260.2 262.7 265.2 267.7 270.2 272.7 275.2 277.7 280.2

310.5 315.5 320.5 325.5 330.5 335.5 340.5 345.5 350.5 355.5 0.5 5.5 10.5 15.5 20.5 25.5 30.5 35.5 40.5 45.5 50.5 55.5 60.5 65.5 70.5 75.5 80.5 85.5 90.5 95.5 100.5 105.5 110.5 115.5 120.5 125.5 130.5 135.5 140.5 145.5 150.5 155.5 160.5 165.5 170.5 175.5 180.5 185.5 190.5 195.5 200.5

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

204.75 202.25 199.75 197.25 194.75 192.25 189.75 187.25 184.75 182.25 180.25 182.75 185.25 187.75 190.25 192.75 195.25 197.75 200.25 202.75 205.25 207.75 149.75 147.25 144.75 142.25 139.75 137.25 134.75 132.25 129.75 127.25 124.75 122.25 240.25 242.75 245.25 247.75 250.25 252.75 255.25 257.75 260.25 262.75 265.25 267.75 89.75 87.25 84.75 82.25 79.75

310.5 315.5 320.5 325.5 29.5 24.5 19.5 14.5 9.5 4.5 0.5 5.5 10.5 15.5 20.5 25.5 329.5 324.5 319.5 314.5 309.5 304.5 60.5 65.5 70.5 75.5 80.5 85.5 269.5 264.5 259.5 254.5 249.5 244.5 120.5 125.5 130.5 135.5 140.5 145.5 209.5 204.5 199.5 194.5 189.5 184.5 180.5 185.5 190.5 195.5 200.5

FALSE 105.75 FALSE 113.25 FALSE 120.75 FALSE 128.25 TRUE 224.25 TRUE 216.75 TRUE 209.25 TRUE 201.75 TRUE 194.25 TRUE 186.75 TRUE 180.75 TRUE 188.25 TRUE 195.75 TRUE 203.25 TRUE 210.75 TRUE 218.25 FALSE 134.25 FALSE 126.75 FALSE 119.25 FALSE 111.75 FALSE 104.25 FALSE 96.75 FALSE 89.25 FALSE 81.75 FALSE 74.25 FALSE 66.75 FALSE 59.25 FALSE 51.75 TRUE 404.25 TRUE 396.75 TRUE 389.25 TRUE 381.75 TRUE 374.25 TRUE 366.75 TRUE 360.75 TRUE 368.25 TRUE 375.75 TRUE 383.25 TRUE 390.75 TRUE 398.25 FALSE 45.75 FALSE 53.25 FALSE 60.75 FALSE 68.25 FALSE 75.75 FALSE 83.25 FALSE 90.75 FALSE 98.25 FALSE 105.75 FALSE 113.25 FALSE 120.75

254.3 246.8 239.3 231.8 135.7 143.2 150.7 158.2 165.7 173.2 180.7 188.2 195.7 203.2 210.7 218.2 134.3 126.8 119.3 111.8 104.3 96.8 270.7 278.2 285.7 293.2 300.7 308.2 315.7 323.2 330.7 338.2 345.7 353.2 0.7 8.2 15.7 23.2 30.7 38.2 45.7 53.2 60.7 68.2 75.7 83.2 269.3 261.8 254.3 246.8 239.3

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 -142 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

-3 -3 -3 -38 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -34 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 70 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -141 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 74 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3

105.75 113.25 120.75 128.25 224.25 216.75 209.25 201.75 194.25 186.75 179.25 171.75 164.25 156.75 149.25 141.75 225.75 233.25 240.75 248.25 255.75 263.25 89.25 81.75 74.25 66.75 59.25 51.75 44.25 36.75 29.25 21.75 14.25 6.75 359.25 351.75 344.25 336.75 329.25 321.75 314.25 306.75 299.25 291.75 284.25 276.75 90.75 98.25 105.75 113.25 120.75

18:51 282.7 205.5 1 0 77.25 205.5 FALSE 128.25 19:01 285.2 210.5 1 1 74.75 149.5 TRUE 224.25 19:11 287.7 215.5 1 1 72.25 144.5 TRUE 216.75 19:21 290.2 220.5 1 1 69.75 139.5 TRUE 209.25 19:31 292.7 225.5 1 1 67.25 134.5 TRUE 201.75 19:41 295.2 230.5 1 1 64.75 129.5 TRUE 194.25 19:51 297.7 235.5 1 1 62.25 124.5 TRUE 186.75 20:01 300.2 240.5 0 0 300.25 240.5 TRUE 540.75 20:11 302.7 245.5 0 0 302.75 245.5 TRUE 548.25 20:21 305.2 250.5 0 0 305.25 250.5 TRUE 555.75 20:31 307.7 255.5 0 0 307.75 255.5 TRUE 563.25 20:41 310.2 260.5 0 0 310.25 260.5 TRUE 570.75 20:51 312.7 265.5 0 0 312.75 265.5 TRUE 578.25 21:01 315.2 270.5 0 1 315.25 89.5 FALSE 225.75 21:11 317.7 275.5 0 1 317.75 84.5 FALSE 233.25 21:21 320.2 280.5 0 1 320.25 79.5 FALSE 240.75 21:31 322.7 285.5 0 1 322.75 74.5 FALSE 248.25 21:41 325.2 290.5 0 1 325.25 69.5 FALSE 255.75 21:51 327.7 295.5 0 1 327.75 64.5 FALSE 263.25 22:01 330.2 300.5 1 0 29.75 300.5 FALSE 270.75 22:11 332.7 305.5 1 0 27.25 305.5 FALSE 278.25 22:21 335.2 310.5 1 0 24.75 310.5 FALSE 285.75 22:31 337.7 315.5 1 0 22.25 315.5 FALSE 293.25 22:41 340.2 320.5 1 0 19.75 320.5 FALSE 300.75 22:51 342.7 325.5 1 0 17.25 325.5 FALSE 308.25 23:01 345.2 330.5 1 1 14.75 29.5 TRUE 44.25 23:11 347.7 335.5 1 1 12.25 24.5 TRUE 36.75 23:21 350.2 340.5 1 1 9.75 19.5 TRUE 29.25 23:31 352.7 345.5 1 1 7.25 14.5 TRUE 21.75 23:41 355.2 350.5 1 1 4.75 9.5 TRUE 14.25 2007-03-16 09:42:14 GMTComments: 0 |Permanent Link Ahargana || Om Gurave Namah ||

231.8 135.7 143.2 150.7 158.2 165.7 173.2 180.7 188.2 195.7 203.2 210.7 218.2 225.7 233.2 240.7 248.2 255.7 263.2 89.3 81.8 74.3 66.8 59.3 51.8 315.7 323.2 330.7 338.2 345.7

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

-38 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -70 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 106 3 3 3 3 3

128.25 224.25 216.75 209.25 201.75 194.25 186.75 179.25 171.75 164.25 156.75 149.25 141.75 134.25 126.75 119.25 111.75 104.25 96.75 270.75 278.25 285.75 293.25 300.75 308.25 44.25 36.75 29.25 21.75 14.25

Ahargana - Days Since Creation

Jyotish Shastra associates us with creations in this world and to Brahma who is the creator. One of the basic measurements in Jyotish is to count the number of days since creation. This is one of the fundamental measurements of time in absolute terms. Days counted this way give rise to Savana system of counting Months and Years. In Jyotish there are five types of year/time count. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Solar/Saura: The Years measured thru sun movement (365.24 days), moon phases (Tithi cycles), Jupiter Cycle (duration in of Jupiter in one sign) nakshatra (apparent movement of a fixed star to return to it's position) are as per astronomical positions. Savana.

The years measured thru astronomical positions may vary due to the movements of various references. But, The Savana years are based on the actually number of days past irrespective of astronomical

references.

Ahargana, Aha means day and gana means group or count. Thus, Ahargana means count of days. Counting from when?, Since the time Jyotish was revealed Jyotisha's keeps track of count from Brahma's day. For example the count as given on say 2 May 1827 Wed is 714,404,096,641 days Since Creation. Note in Savana System, The 1st day is Sunday. A Savana day measures Sunrise to Sunrise A Month is 30 Savana Days. A Year is 12 Savana Month or 360 Savana days.

Ruler of Day: Dividing the ahargana by 7 and taking the reminder can find the ruler of any day. A Reminder of 1 is Sunday and 0 is Saturday. For Example the ahargana for modern day "2 May 1827" is 714,404,096,641 After we divide by 7 the reminder is 4 hence 2nd May 1827 is a Wednesday. Ruler of Savana Month: The ruler of the 1st day of Savana Month is the ruler for the month. For example 2nd May 1827 may fall on certain Savana Month. To find the Savana Month a day particular day falls on, Divide the ahargana into 30, Take the quotient. It indicates the number of months past. For the given date Ahargana/30 = 714,404,096,641 / 30 = 23813469888.03 the given date falls after 23,813,469,888 months have passed, it is the 23,813,469,889th month. A Savana month has 4 Weeks and 2 days. So the extra 2 days plus 1 will give the day ruler of the next month if you know the ruler of the first month. Hence, after 23,813,469,888 months, there will be extra 2 x 3,813,469,888 = 47626939776 days plus one = 47626939777 day will be ruler of 1st day of month The remainder to 47626939777 after dividing by seven = 4, = Wednesday.

Hence the ruler of savana month in which 2nd May 1827 falls is Mercury. Ruler of Savana Year: The day ruler of the first day of a savana year is the Savana Year ruler. For example 2nd May 1827 may fall on certain Savana Year, Which is different from modern notation of 1827. To find the Savana Year the date falls divided the ahargana for any given day by 360, the quotient will indicate the number of savana years passed, Ahargana for 2nd May 1827 is 714,404,096,641 dividing by 360 we get 1984455824.00277. So it's since 1,984,455,824 savana years since creation and the 1984455825th year.

Every Savana Year contains about 51 whole weeks and 3 days. Hence, The ruler of the next savana year when a given year is known would be 3+1st day. Similarly, 1,984,455,824 years * 3 = 5953367472 whole extra days Remainder of 5953367472/7 = 3 +1 = 4 = Wednesday. So 2 May 1827 is such a day when the Savana Day, Month and Year rulers are all Mercury.

Tools: 1. http://www.geocities.com/sanjayprabhakaran/AharganaCalc.html A Java Script to calculate the Ahargana.

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Varanada Lagna - Analysis

A mathematical analysis of Varanada lagna || Om gurave namah || The vishesha lagna chapter of Maharishi Parashara explains the computation of the varanda lagna, ojalagnaprasUtAnAM meshhAdergaNayet.h kramAt.h | samalagnaprasUtAnAm mInAderapasavyataH || 11|| meshhamInAdito janmalagnAntaM gaNayet.h sudhIH | tathaiva horAlagnAntaM gaNayitvA tataH param.h || 12|| ojatvena samatvena sayAtIye ubhe yadi | tarhi saMkhye yojayIta vaijAtye tu viyojayet.h || 13|| meshhamInAditaH pashchAdyo rAshiH sa tu varNadaH | R. Santhanam's translation of the above shloka is as follows,

If the natal Lagn is an odd Ri, count directly from Mesh to natal Lagn. If the natal Lagn is an even Ri, count from Meena to the natal Lagn in the reverse order. Similarly, if the Hora Lagn is an odd one, count from Mesh to Hora Lagn in direct order. If the Hora Lagn is an even one, count from Meen to Hora Lagn in the reverse order. If both the products are odd Ris, or even Ris, then add both the figures. If one is odd and the other is even, then know the difference between the two products. If the latest product in this process is an odd one, count so many Ris from Mesh in a direct manner; if an even one, count so many Ris from Meen in reverse order. The Ri so known will be the Varnad for Lagn. Now, the above computation has been variously implemented by Jyotishas. In some of the calculations I have seen that the Varanada lagna falls only in Odd sign. Let me try to explain the steps with my interpretations,

ojalagnaprasUtAnAM meshhAdergaNayet.h kramAt.h | samalagnaprasUtAnAm mInAderapasavyataH || 11|| For Even lagna person, it's from Pisces in reverse order. For Odd Lagna charts compute from Aries in regular order, ||11|| meshhamInAdito janmalagnAntaM gaNayet.h sudhIH | tathaiva horAlagnAntaM gaNayitvA tataH param.h || 12|| From Aries or Pisces compute the Birth Lagna as mentioned, Similarly for horalagna compute similarly again. || 12 || ojatvena samatvena sayAtIye ubhe yadi | tarhi saMkhye yojayIta vaijAtye tu viyojayet.h || 13|| In case the oddity and eveness are same, Then, the result be added, find difference in case of they being different. || 13 || meshhamInAditaH pashchAdyo rAshiH sa tu varNadaH | From Aries or Pisces compute reverse/forward to get the varada lagna The confusion arises in the last line. Some authors have used the temporary intermittent value to find the oddity/evenness to make the decision of, whether to count in forward or reverse direction. When you take the intermittent computed value to make the decision you will always get the Varada lagna in Odd signs. Since there is no explicit statement mentioning to use intermittent values, one need not use it for making the decision. The only explicitly mentioned parameters are the Lagna and Hora lagna to make decisions, hence the last value can be counted in reverse or forward based on lagna. Doing this we can get the Varada lagna in all the signs. Also the movement of the varada lagna is uniform at about 3 times (40min/sign) speed of lagna(2hrs/sign). There is another ambiguity in third shloka. To find the difference should we use HLLagna? or Lagna-HL? or tthe |Lagna-HL| (absolute difference). Possibilities, 1) Accept Negative Difference: Normally HL is always larger than Lagna, but when we compute reverse HL/Lagna for the even sign cases the reverse can be true. So we can try to use HL-Lagna formula with negative values. 2) Take Absolute difference. i.e take HL-Lagna and make negative numbers as positive.

The above graph is using 1) method.

The above graphs shows lagna in blue line and Varada lagna in pink line. The pink line moves in forward(upward increase line) and reverse(downward sloping line). The yellow line indicate hypothetical path had the Varada lagna continued in forward or reverse direction. formula used for the above graphs is =MOD(720+IF(MOD(INT(Lagna/30),2),360-IF(MOD(INT(HL/30),2),Lagna+HL,360-HLLagna),IF(MOD(INT(HL/30),2),HL-360+Lagna,360-Lagna+360-HL)),360)

The next graph is using method 2).

The formula used for the above is =MOD(3600+IF(MOD(INT(Lagna/30),2),360IF(MOD(INT(HL/30),2),Lagna+HL,360-HL-Lagna),IF(MOD(INT(HL/30),2),ABS(HL-360+Lagna),360Lagna+360-HL)),360) Observations using the above two methods,

Varada lagna is three times faster than lagna (40 Mins/sign) Varada lagna goes both in forward and reverse direction at the same speed. Varada lagna can be in any sign. Not just in Odd Signs The user can select one of the two methods for calculations. But, I think option 2 would be more accurate. This Zip file contains the Excel sheet used for calculations: asc-3.zip

by Sanjay Prabhakaran, March 29 2007. Chennai, India

Nakshatra Vedha
The obstructing nakshatras
|| Om Gurave Namah || || OM Gam Ganapataye Namah ||

Nakshatra vedha chakra indicates which nakshatra obstructs other. The above diagram shows the obstruction. The nakshatras connected by lines indicate mutual obstruction. Usually each nakshatra obstructs another one, Except for the centre ones (ruled by Mars Mrigha, Chitra & Dhanisht) which obstructs two others ones. The above chakra is used in Match Making: Avoid moon-nakshatra of the possible partners who fall vedha to your natal moon. These nakshatra may bring badhakesha or Ketu related trouble in your chart if it's badly placed in your chart. Transits: Avoid starting important tasks when the transit moon is Vedha to you your natal moon. This again could bring Vedha related problems in the task. If at all you have to start workship Vinaayaka (Ganesha) before commencing the task.

-Sanjay Prabhakaran 6th April 2006, Friday, Chennai, India