lesson 1:answers

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Om Gurave Namah

 

Shri Sanjay and Solai,

 

Namaste.

 

1. Explain the changing of the seasons and its

connection with the above mentioned astronomical

factors.

 

A1) Seasons are defined by the position of the earth

in its orbit around the sun and are characterized by

differences in average temperature / hours of

daylight. The seasons occur because the axis on which

the earth turns is tilted with respect to the plane of

the earth’s orbit around the sun. The earth’s tilt

causes the North Pole to be closer to the sun for half

of the year and the South Pole is tilted closer to the

sun for the other half of the year, causing seasons.

The axis of the planet Mars is also tilted similarly,

so Mars experiences seasons much like the Earth.

 

The seasons are of unequal length/duration because the

earth’s orbit is slightly elliptical, and the sun is

not exactly at the center of the orbit. The earth

moves slightly faster when it is close to the sun than

when it is farther away, so the seasons that occur

when the earth is close to the sun pass more quickly.

The earth is closest to the sun in January and

farthest away in July, so the summer is longer than

the winter in the northern hemisphere. In the southern

hemisphere, the winter is longer than the summer.

 

2. There are some days of the year when the Sun either

doesn't rise or set above certain parts of the globe.

Please explain this phenomenon.

 

A2) The changes in temperature/ length of daylight

that accompany the seasons are different at different

latitudes. At the poles, summer is three months of

daylight ( the earth’s atmosphere bends the sun’s rays

enough to make the sun visible throughout the day and

night, even during the 12 hours the sun is below the

horizon ) and similarly winter is three months of

darkness. The Arctic and Antarctic circles, at

latitude 66°30’ north and 66°30’ south respectively,

mark the farthest points from the poles at which there

can be 24 hours of daylight or 24 hours of darkness.

 

3. Parasara mentions two classes of heavenly bodies:

the moving and non-moving ones. Please explain, what

will be the difference between their roles in the

astrological interpretation.

 

A3) The moving heavenly bodies are Grahas & upa/chaya

grahas and the relatively non-moving heavenly bodies

are Nakshatras. This definitions bestows a fixed kind

of nature/characteristics on Nakshatras, while the

nature of grahas is more dynamic/mutant/responsive,

depending upon their placement in different

nakshatras/rasis.

 

There are 27 nakshatras, three sets of nine stars

ruled by nava grahas, which occupies a third of the

zodiac (120 deg.) and the three stars ruled by any one

planet are in trine (120 degrees apart) from each

other. The position of the Moon at birth in these

stars determines the first dasha period.

 

4. If you are able to construct your own chart,

please do it and explain as many astronomical

principles from it as you can (terrestrial

latitude/longitude, season, Sun's cycle,

Sunrise/Sunset etc.). Also try to determine which

planets are above and under the horizon in your chart.

In which Ayana the Sun is?

 

Date of Birth: September 1, 1960

Time of Birth: 3:25:00 pm

Time Zone of Birth: 5:30 East of GMT

Longitude of Birth: 78 E 30

Latitude of Birth: 17 N 20

Lunar month (maasa): Bhadrapada

Lunar day (tithi): Sukla Ekadasi

Tithi balance: 0.6002

Nakshatra balance: 0.4668

Sun-Moon Yoga: Ayushman

 

Sunrise = 6:02 am (Apparent rise - upper limb)

Ayanamsa = 23-18-24

Dasa year length chosen = 365.2425 days

 

Planet Position Pada CharaK Resi OwnTara

InTara Rasi Nava Naks Sub

 

Ascdt 25 Sg 39 Poo.Shaa. 4 - - -

Janma Ju Ma Ve Me

Sun 15 Le 38 Poo.Pha. 1 PiK 33% Sampat

Janma Su Su Ve Su

Moon 20 Sg 26 Poo.Shaa. 3 AmK 65% Vipat

Janma Ju Ve Ve Ju

Mars 25 Ta 44 Mrigasira 1 AK 99% Kshema

Kshema Ve Su Ma Rh

Mercury 17 Le 01 Poo.Pha. 2 MK 42% Mitra

Janma Su Me Ve Mo

Jupiter 0 Sg 41 Moola 1 DK 66% Sadhana

P.Mitra Ju Ma Ke Ke

Venus 4 Vi 58 U.Pha. 3 GK 38% Janma

Sampat Me Sa Su Sa

Saturn ® 18 Sg 41 Poo.Shaa. 2 BK 54% Naidhana

Janma Ju Me Ve Rh

Rahu 22 Le 28 Poo.Pha. 3 PK 79% Pratyak

Janma Su Ve Ve Sa

Ketu 22 Aq 28 Poo.Bhaa. 1 - 79% P.Mitra

Sadhana Sa Ma Ju Sa

BhavaLg 5 Cp 59 U.Shaa. 3 - 31% --

Sampat Sa Sa Su Me

HoraLg 26 Ta 42 Mrigasira 2 - 93% --

Kshema Ve Me Ma Ju

GhatiLg 28 Cn 51 Aasresha 4 - 79% --

Mitra Mo Ju Me Sa

Dhooma 28 Sg 58 U.Shaa. 1 - 78% --

Sampat Ju Ju Su Ma

Vyati 1 Cn 01 Punarvasu 4 - 64% --

Sadhana Mo Mo Ju Ma

Pari 1 Cp 01 U.Shaa. 2 - 64% --

Sampat Sa Sa Su Rh

I.Chapa 28 Ge 58 Punarvasu 3 - 78% --

Sadhana Me Me Ju Su

Upaketu 15 Cn 38 Pushyami 4 - 33% --

Naidhana Mo Ma Sa Ju

Kaala 11 Sc 59 Anuradha 3 - 9% --

Naidhana Ma Ve Sa Mo

Mrityu 24 Sg 58 Poo.Shaa. 4 - 95% --

Janma Ju Ma Ve Me

ArthaPr 19 Cp 15 Sravanam 3 - 57% --

Vipat Sa Me Mo Me

YamaGha 14 Le 27 Poo.Pha. 1 - 25% --

Janma Su Su Ve Ve

Mandi 10 Li 07 Swathi 2 - 4% --

Pratyak Ve Sa Rh Ju

Gulika 29 Vi 08 Chitra 2 - 77% --

Kshema Me Me Ma Sa

 

 

The month of birth is Bhadrapada, and the

corresponding season is Varsha Rutu (Rainy season).

Sun is in Dakshinayana.

 

With Sagittarius rising, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon, Sun,

Mercury, Rahu, and Venus are above horizon, while Ketu

and Mars are yet to rise.

 

Regards,

Lakshmi

 

 

 

 

 

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