Hare Rama Krishna, attempt to answer lesson 1.

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Pranaams to Panditji, Gurus of SJVC, Fellow students.

My attempt to answer the assignments in SJVC Lesson 1.

Q.1&2)

The Earth rotates at its own axis which passes through the north &

south poles, but this axis not being at a right angle to the path of

revolution of the Earth around the Sun. it is at an angle, so the

Earth is tilted to a side and revolves round the sun. The plane of

Earths orbit around the sun forms a broad band around the equator,

the northern end is the tropic of cancer & the southern end is called

the tropic of Capricorn.

When the Sun is on the southern most point of the ecliptic it is not

visible in the North Pole. This date (22nd of Dec) when there is no

sunrise for the whole day on the north pole and on this date there is

no sunset on the South Pole. The same phenomenon is repeated in

reverse on 21st July.

This also varies the duration of day & night in rest parts of the

world all the year round. This is one of the important factors in the

change of the seasons. When the northern hemisphere experiences

summer, it is winter in the southern hemisphere & vice versa due to

difference in the duration of sunlight. I hope this answers the first

two questions.

Ans. to Q.3

Maharishi Parashara mentions two classes of heavenly bodies – The

fixed stars that form the background on the stage called life. The

constellations & Rasis show the environment or the backdrop on which

the drama of Life is played. The moving bodies (Planets) show the

changing influence or the characters in the play that influence

events or are directly responsible to bring about a situation. In

other words, the constellations represent space & the planets

represent time. (Two necessary ingredients for an event to take place.

Ans.to Q.4

Details: -DOB= Jun 02 1966. TOB = 21HRS 58 Min. POB = Mumbai.

Long =72E50 Lat = 18N58.

Ayanamsha (Precession of the equinox) =23 deg 23 min.

The sign Sagittarius was rising on the Eastern horizon, Gemini was

setting on the Western horizon.

All planets except Moon & the south node of Moon (Ketu) where below

the horizon. It was a full moon night. Sun was in its northern

sojourn ( Uttarayana ). Sunrise was at 6.00 am IST at the place of

birth. The season (Ritu) was Greeshma (summer).

Thu Jun 2, 1966 9:58pm (ST +5:30 GMT) Mumbai 72:50E 18:58N

Body Location Latitude

Sun : 18Tau17'30" + 0:00'00"

Moon: 10Sco26'40" - 0:46'40"

Mars: 10Tau00'03" + 0:09'49"

Merc: 26Tau06'40" + 1:26'55"

Jupi: 12Gem22'17" + 0:00'17"

Venu: 08Ari50'47" - 2:06'49"

Satu: 05Pis04'06" - 2:05'09"

Rahu: 01Tau10'38" + 0:00'00"

Asce: 27Sag32'12"

Midh: 09Lib20'47"

Thanking All

Sincerely,

Vivek.