ANTARAS 1

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Dear all

 

<<My friend Mike, the computer wizard that is building up this Web, told me that

only the Office programme could print that calendar. >>

 

Correction. Mike has told me that the calendars can be printed ok. The Office

programme is required to print the tables for the antaras. He just told me

that the calendars can be printed ok.

 

Because Mike has gone to Scotland for a break of a week, i will not be able to

put the link to the May Moon calendar for Cancer-Pushya. Once that Mike comes

back i will put on that web site the June Astro and Moon calendars, but

nevertheless i will continue posting those calendars in email format in this GJ

List.

 

Later on i will have on my Web Site other departments, like in preparation i am

working on a table giving the entry of the planets in signs (including those in

a retrograde motion), from 1900 to 2070 and from the Sun to Pluto excluding the

Moon, Mercury and Venus, due to their long list of dates.

 

Although i had most of them since 1985 because the help of the ephemeris gave me

that facility (but only in dates), i saw that the GJ (Goravani Jyotish)

programme could facilitate the times for entry into signs for most of those

planets.

 

Although i have finished the table i have to write an introduction-guide to it.

It looks very interesting and promising for research and studies.

 

ANTARA TABLES

 

Regarding the antara tables appearing in my web site, they are built in

Microsoft Excel, which is a spreadsheet.

 

To me, every person that has done his/her horoscope is a student of astrology.

Those students of astrology having the facilities to a Microsoft Excel will now

have the tools to print their own antaras or the antaras of their relatives,

friends or customers.

 

There are many students of astrology that are in a position of not having the

facilities to a computer program as I was in the first 12 years of my studies.

 

Now, they will have the facilities to print the antaras providing that they have

a Microsoft Excel programme, but later on it may be possible for me to give the

columns of the programme to incorporate in any other spreadsheet.

 

Also, for those students that have a computer program, although they may have

the facilities to print out the antaras, my version is given in a clear format,

giving the dates for the beginning and the end of each one of the 729 antaras in

a Vedic horoscope, plus the age at each antara, and a clear space besides to it,

to write down the main events in life.

 

There are 12 signs of the zodiac and 27 constellations in Vedic astrology. But

first let me explain to Western astrologers how to convert from their western

chart/s into Vedic.

 

How To Convert Your Moon Sign From Western Astrology into Vedic Astrology

 

If you already have your western horoscope, you can convert it into a Vedic

horoscope by following some simple rules. Western astrology follows the

tropical zodiac and Vedic astrology follows the sidereal zodiac. Around the

year 285 AD, both zodiacs were together at 0° of Aries. Since then, because of

the precession of the equinoxes, there is now a difference of more than 23°

between both zodiacs. That difference is called the Ayanamsa. By following

Lahiri's Ayanamsa we can convert Western horoscopes into Vedic ones by moving

back the position of the ascendant and the planets.

 

Table 1: Lahiri's Ayanamsa

 

1900 22°28' 1960

23°18'

1910 22°36' 1970

23°27'

1920 22°45' 1980

23°35'

1930 22°53' 1990

23°43'

1940 23°01' 2000

23°51'

1950 23°10'

 

On average, the Ayanamsa moves backwards around 50" (seconds) of arc per year.

By following the table above, you can estimate 1' (minute) per year to arrive

at the Ayanamsa for your year of birth. For example, if you were born in 1953,

go to the nearest year of 1950 and add 3' (1' per year), to the Ayanamsa

indicated in the Table 1. You will get 23°13'.

 

Example 1 - Moon position: Western horoscope moon position 27°00' Aries.

Subtract 23°13' from Western moon position to calculate Vedic moon position as 03°47' Aries.

 

Example 2 - Moon position and year: Western horoscope moon position: 17°00'.

Born in 1966 with tropical moon at 17°00' Libra. To arrive at 1966, 6 needs to

be added to 1960, 6' are added to the Ayanamsa (23°18'), the result of which is

23°24'. Take away this Ayanamsa from 17°00' Libra and you get your moon at

23°36' Virgo.

 

How it was done? Because 17° is less than the Ayanamsa of 23°24', we add 30° to

17° and get 47°. Then subtract 23°24', to arrive at 23°36' of Virgo, the sign

before Libra.

 

By following Table 2, you can see the sequence of the signs. When the moon

position is greater than the Ayanamsa, the sign will remain the same in the

conversion from the Tropical to the Sidereal zodiac. When the moon position is

less than the Ayanamsa, you have to adjust to the sign before.

 

Table 2: The Signs of the zodiac and abbreviations

1 Aries AR 7 Libra

LI

2 Taurus TA 8 Scorpio

SC

3 Gemini GE 9 Sagittarius

SG

4 Cancer CN 10 Capricorn

CP

5 Leo LE 11 Aquarius

AQ

6 Virgo VI 12 Pisces

PS

 

How To Find Your Moon Constellation in Vedic Astrology

As you may know, there are 30° in each sign of the zodiac, but there are only

13°20' in each one of the 27 Constellations. Please look at the next table.

 

Table 3: The Constellations

Constellation From

To

1 Asvini

0° 13°20 AR

2 Bharani 13°20

26°40 AR

3 Krittika 26°40 AR

10° TA

4 Rohini 10°

23°20 TA

5 Mrigasira 23°20 TA

06°40 GE

6 Ardra 06°40

20° GE

7 Punarvasu 20° GE

3°20 CN

8 Pushya 3°20

16°40 CN

9 Aslesha 16°40

30° CN

10 Magha 0°

13°20 LE

11 Purva-Phalguni 13°20

26°40 LE

12 Uttara-Phalguni 26°40 LE

10° VI

13 Hasta

10° 23°20 VI

14 Chitra

23°20 VI 6°40 LI

15 Swati

6°40 20° LI

16 Vishaka

20° LI 3°20 SC

17 Anuradha

3°20 16°40 SC

18 Jyestha

16°40 30° SC

19 Mula

0° 13°20 SG

20 Purva-Ashada 13°20

26°40 SG

21 Uttara-Ashada 26°40 SG

10° CP

22 Sravana

10° 23°20 CP

23 Danishta

23°20 CP 06°40 AQ

24 Satabisha

06°40 20° AQ

25 Purva-Bhadra 20° AQ

03°20 PS

26 Uttara-Bhadra 03°20

16°40 PS

27 Revati

16°40 30° PS

 

Table 3 gives the names of the 27 Constellations and their position in the

zodiac. In the two examples already given you can find the constellation for

the moon at 3°47' Aries. The answer is: Constellation 1, called Asvini

because it starts at 0 Aries and it ends at 13°20' Aries. For the moon at

23°36' Virgo, the answer is: Constellation 14, called Chitra, because it

starts at 23°20' Virgo and it ends at 06°40' Libra.

 

Remember that to convert the moon from the Tropical zodiac into the Sidereal

zodiac, we have to consult the table with Lahiri's Ayanamsa. Once we have

found the Moon sign in the Sidereal zodiac, we have to use the table for the

Constellations to find the Moon Constellation. Once you have your Moon Sign

and Moon Constellation in the Sidereal zodiac, you can take advantage of this

TABLES OF ANTARAS.

 

There are 27 Naksatras or Constellations, each one being ruled by a particular

star and planet. Those Constellations are divided into three groups as seen

below.

 

Constellations Ruled by Tara Balas

1 10 19 Ketu __________

2 11 20 Venus __________

3 12 21 Sun

__________

4 13 22 Moon __________

5 14 23 Mars __________

6 15 24 Rahu

__________

7 16 25 Jupiter

__________

8 17 26 Saturn

__________

9 18 27 Mercury __________

 

You can see that Constellations 1, 10, and 19 are ruled by the planet Ketu; the

next row of constellations by Venus; the last row by Mercury (constellations 9,

18 and 27). After the row ruled by Mercury, the cycle repeats again and the

next row is ruled by Ketu, the next by Venus and until you reach again Mercury.

If in your Vedic horoscope, you have the moon in either constellation 1, 10 or

19, then write number 1 in the tara bala column (on the right). On the next

row, write tara bala 2 and continue downwards in numerical order, until you

reach number 9 in the last tara bala.

 

To take another example, if you have your moon in either constellation 7, 16 or

25, which are ruled by Jupiter, then those constellations become tara bala 1

and the next row of constellations ruled by Saturn become tara bala 2, those

ruled by Mercury become tara bala 3, those ruled by Ketu become tara bala 4,

those of Venus become tara bala 5, those ruled by the Sun become tara bala 6,

those ruled by the Moon become tara bala 7, those ruled by Mars become tara

bala 8, and those rules by Rahu become tara bala 9.

 

This table for your tara balas is very important because whenever you consult

the Vedic Calendar you can read that the moon is in a certain constellation.

Suppose that the moon today is in constellation 15. Then, you know that such a

number is tara bala 6 for you if you have your moon in either constellations 1,

10 or 19. Or tara bala 9 if your have your moon in either constellations 7, 16

or 25.

 

Let us look at another example. If your moon is in constellation 8, 17 or 26,

those constellations become tara bala 1, the next row become tara bala 2. The

row of constellations 1, 10 and 19 become tara bala 3, the next row is tara

bala 4 and so forth until you reach tara bala 9 for the row with the

constellations 7, 17 and 25.

 

MAIN PLANETARY PERIODS OR DASAS

 

Now, when your Moon is in a naksatra ruled by Ketu, you should use the table for

the Ketu antaras, and if your Moon is in a naksatra ruled by the Moon, then you

should use the table for the Moon antaras.

 

Each naksatra or constellation is ruled by a planet, and that planet rules

certain years in your life. Starting from the Ketu naksatra which rules for 7

years, the next naksatras rule for 20, 6, 10, 7, 18, 16, 19 and 17 years.

 

When your Moon at birth is at the zero degrees of the Ketu naksatra, we can say

that your first 7 years of your life are ruled by the main period of Ketu. But

if your moon is at a position, which is a half of that constellation, then your

first 3 and a half of your life will be ruled by Ketu.

 

So you can see that depending on the position of your Moon in your Vedic

horoscope that you are born under the main period of a planet or dasa.

 

Then we can progress the moon, and after the constellation of Ketu, the Moon

will go into the 2nd constellation, which is ruled by Venus. Because Venus

rules 20 years, it after these 20 years that you will be ruled by the next

planet ruling the next constellation, or the Sun in this case.

 

By looking at the dates given by the main periods, we can see which events in

your life were ruled by which main periods. An important journey, a wedding, a

winning event, or an illness, accident or whatever event can be traced in this

way.

 

PLANETARY SUB PERIODS OR BUKTIS

 

Each main planetary period is ruled by a planet and it is divided into 9 sub

periods called buktis. Each bukti is ruled as well by a planet.

 

By following the sequence of the rulers of the constellations, the rulers of the

buktis can also being found.

 

Every main planetary period starts with the first bukti ruled by the same planet

ruling the main period.

 

PLANETARY SUB SUB PERIODS OR ANTARAS.

 

Each sub planetary period is ruled by a planet and it is divided into 9 sub sub

periods called antaras. Each antara is ruled as well by a planet.

 

By following the sequence of the rulers of the constellations, the rulers of the

antaras can also being found.

 

Every planetary bukti period starts with the first antara ruled by the same

planet ruling the bukti period.

 

ADDING UP

 

There are 9 main planetary periods ruling together up to 120 years of life.

 

There are 9 X 9 = 81 buktis in 120 years of life. And

 

There are 9 X 81 = 729 antaras in 120 years of life.

 

PRINTING

 

There are other 9 tables on Microsoft Excel, to calculate all the antaras or

sub-sub-planetary periods, the bukti or sub periods and the dasas or main

periods.

 

It is better to first calculate your antara dates by following the steps:

 

Basically, you follow these instructions:

 

On the cell E1 write your Date of Birth (dd-mm-yyyy).

 

On the cell D16 write the Date of the beginning of your main planetary periods.

A computer programme can give you this and in the case that you do not have

that programme, just find out when your first main planetary period ends, and

the just take away the number of years ruled by that main period. The result

should be the beginning for that main planetary period.

 

On E3 you should get the end of your first planetary period.

 

Once that you get all your antaras calculated, you can copy them by highlight

them and pressing the keys control and C (to copy).

 

Then go to a word processor blank page and press the keys control and V (to paste the antaras).

 

Then, you can edit this format by putting the cursor at the beginning of your

6th bukti and press the key for Return.

 

In this way you will have the antaras for your first 5 buktis on the first page,

and the next 4 buktis and their antaras in the 2nd page.

 

You will see that every bukti of a main planetary period has a number from 1 to

9 (for the 9 buktis).

 

And every one of those buktis has 9 antaras given from 1 to 9.

 

BASIC RULES

 

The reading of this periods are like reading the clock where you have a big

pointer to indicate the hours from 1 to 12, then you have a little pointer to

indicate the minutes from 1 to 60, and then you have a more smaller pointer to

indicate the seconds of time from 1 to 60.

 

The planetary periods are similar. You can see for example that you started to

study Vedic astrology on a date, which corresponds to the main period of

Jupiter, of the bukti or sub period of Mercury and in the antara or sub sub

period of Venus. (EXAMPLE Only).

 

With more astrological knowledge, you will later will be able to read the trends

indicated by those 3 planets, as indicated from your Vedic horoscope.

 

For now, you can just follow some very basic rules to see the general trends as

indicated by your planetary periods.

Planetary Sub-periods

Each main planetary period is split into 9 sub-periods, one for each planet. As

a general rule during the first sub-period of each main planetary period, things

in your life begin to change and to take on a different direction from that in

the previous main period, although nothing important appears to be happening as

this transformation in your life unfolds very slowly. As a rule things begin to

move and to become clearer in the second sub-period of each main period.

The planet ruling a given sub-period is related to the planet which rules the

main period according to the relationship between them, the distance between

them and many more details which a competent astrologer takes into

consideration when predicting events.

Dasa Chidra

The ninth sub-period of each main period is called dasa chidra, in Sanskrit dasa

means main period, and chidra, the end. That is to say dasa chidra means the

end of a main planetary period. The duration of the 9 dasa chidras is

different: the dasa chidra of Ketu lasts 11 months 27 days; that of Venus 1

year and two months; that of the Sun 1 year; that of the Moon 6 months, that of

Mars 7 months; that of Rahu 1 year 18 days; that of Jupiter 2 years 4 months and

24 days; that of Saturn 2 years, 6 months and 12 days; and that of Mercury 2

years 8 months and 9 days.

Symptoms of Dasa Chidra

When we see a river with fresh water that empties into the sea, we can see a

zone between the sea and the river in which the salty water of the sea and the

sweet water of the river are mixed. This zone is similar to dasa chidra,

because we see energies of the present main period being mixed with energies of

the next main period. This mixture of energies can cause disorders depending on

the duration of the dasa chidra and the indications of the planets involved.

 

The general symptoms which can appear during dasa chidra are: limitations,

sadness, obstacles, diseases, lack of opportunities, pessimism, lack of

confidence, and lack of energies on the physical, mental, intellectual, psychic

and spiritual levels.

Recommendations during Dasa Chidra

Take things philosophically, do not try to force things or situations, learn to

wait for better opportunities, try to relax, take a holiday, try to do some

exercise, try to keep yourself amused, study or prepare for the future, take

things as they come, and avoid trying to control situations.

Symptoms of the Beginning of a Main Planetary Period

Once one main planetary period ends and the next one starts, your energies begin

to appear in a slow but increasing form. At this time you begin to feel more

confident and optimistic because new horizons begin to appear and you feel

stronger when facing limitations and obstacles.

ATMAKARA PLANET

 

One of the Jatakas, or book on Vedic astrology says that during the planetary

period ruled by the atmakaraka lord, the native looses everything. This dictum

should not be taken in a literarily way, but it means that the native in general

changes direction in life due to a new evaluation.

 

The Atmakaraka lord is the planet in your horoscope that has reached more

degrees in a sign. For example, a sign has 30°, and the atmakaraka planet is

the planet that has more degrees and minutes in your horoscope. Those planets

can be either the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn.

Regarding Rahu, the count of degree is done in the opposite way. For example,

if your Sun has reached 27°17 in a sign and it is the highest degree reached by

a planet, but then you have that your Rahu is at 1°26 of a sign, we can say that

Rahu has reached 30° - 1°26 = 28°34 of a sign, and therefore Rahu becomes the

Atmakaraka planet.

 

Therefore, find out which is your atmakaraka planet and then study (remember),

what happened to you in the bukti of the atmakara lord.

 

You will see that in a general study, that by following those 3 basic rules, the

1st bukti, the 9th bukti and the atmakaraka bukti, are giving an accurate

picture of your life.

 

This is the first guidance on how to study your planetary periods; there will be

some further guidance later on.

 

Any suggestions or questions are welcome

 

Best wishes

 

Natabara Das