Lession 1 - Answers

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Jai Jai Shri Jagannath!

 

Om Guruve Namah!

 

Dear Gurudeva,

 

I would like to first thank SJVC and Guruji Solai for accepting me

as a student in this classroom. God bless us all.

 

I am providing answers for Lesson 1. Please correct me where I am

wrong.

 

Pranaam,

-Suresh

 

1. Explain the changing of the seasons and its connection with

the above mentioned astronomical factors.

 

Ans: As the orbit of Earth around sun is Elliptical, Earth is

closer to Sun sometimes and farther away at other times during the

year. And Earth's axis of rotation is inclined at 23.5 degrees, and

the orbital plane is inclined as well (I am not sure of degrees of

inclination). When Earth moves from one solstice to other(Maxima

points of Elliptical orbit) Sun appears to move from South to the

North( Uttaraayanaa) for six months and North to the South

(Dhakshinaayana) for the rest of the year. Northward journey of Sun

results in Spring and Summer for norther hemisphere (Lattitudes noth

of equator), and the Southward journey results in Autumn and Winter

for northern Hemisphere (Opposites for the southern Hemisphere).

Even though distance to a two opposite points on the

elliptical orbit from the center (Sun) is the some distance to a

point on the surface of Earth (Lattitute) will not be the same due to

the inclination of earth's axis of rotation, resulting in oppsite

seasons.

 

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.

 

Ans: When Earth is closer to Winter/Summer solstice (Maxima

points on the elliptical orbit of earth around the sun), Poles are

either below the ecliptic or above the ecliptic by more than 18

angular degrees, resulting in no sun rise or sunset.

 

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.

 

Ans: Moving objects are said to be Grahas (planets) and Non-

moving ones are Nakshatras (constellations). Non moving objects in

astrology may be considered as permanent influences or soul's

desires. And Moving objects may be maybe considered as the

influences/desires on/of the body and mind. Planets and Planetary

influences may be assumed to be filtered by or Non-moving object's

indications – Soul's Journey.

 

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?

 

Ans:

 

- Born on the Morning of November 23rd, before Sun

rise, So for astrological calculation the Date of birth needs to be

considered as Nov 22nd – as the day in astrology is considered from

Sunrise to Sunrise.

 

- Sun is in Scorpio, and so is in Dhakshinaayana (Sun moving from

Leo to Capricorn – Dhakshinaayana, From Aquarious to Cancer is

Uttaraayana)

 

- Planets between first house and sevent house are below the

horizon, and the rest are above the horizon. So in this chart, Venus,

Sun, Saturn, Moon are all below the horizon and Jupiter, Mars are

above the horizon. As far as planets in 1st and 7th, if the longitude

of planets in 1st house is greater than that of the Ascendant, then

they are below the horizon and vice versa – So Mercury (25 deg 04min)

is below the horizon, and Ketu (21 deg 59min) is above the horizon

(for ketu' longitude is reckoned from the end of the sign), Rahu (21

deg 59 min) is below the horizon.

 

 

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These calculations were made using "Jagannatha Hora Lite". It is a

free software from Sri Jagannath Vedic Centre. You can download it

from http://www.geocities.com/~astrowhiz or http://www.sjvc.net.

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Date of Birth: November 23, 1966

Time of Birth: 5:10:00 am

Time Zone of Birth: 5:30 East of GMT

Longitude of Birth: 79 E 55

Latitude of Birth: 13 N 09

Lunar month (maasa): Karthika

Lunar day (tithi): Sukla Ekadasi

Tithi balance: 0.8090

Nakshatra balance: 0.5650

Sun-Moon Yoga: Vajra

 

Sunrise = 6:12 am (Apparent rise - upper limb)

Ayanamsa = 23-23-28

Dasa year length chosen = 365.2425 days

 

Planet Position Pada CharaK Resi OwnTara InTara Rasi

Nava Naks Sub

 

Ascdt 21 Li 34 Visakha 1 - - - P.Mitra Ve

Ma Ju Ju

Sun 6 Sc 50 Anuradha 2 GK 2% Pratyak Janma Ma

Me Sa Me

Moon 9 Pi 08 U.Bhaa. 2 PiK 17% Sadhana Janma Ju

Me Sa Ve

Mars 0 Vi 34 U.Pha. 2 DK 40% Naidhana Pratyak Me

Sa Su Rh

Mercury ® 25 Li 04 Visakha 2 AmK 77% Sampat P.Mitra Ve

Ve Ju Me

Jupiter ® 11 Cn 05 Pushyami 3 BK 30% P.Mitra Janma Mo

Ve Sa Mo

Venus 10 Sc 18 Anuradha 3 MK 25% Kshema Janma Ma

Ve Sa Ve

Saturn ® 29 Aq 32 Poo.Bhaa. 3 AK 47% Janma P.Mitra Sa

Me Ju Mo

Rahu 21 Ar 59 Bharani 3 PK 97% Mitra Kshema Ma

Ve Ve Sa

Ketu 21 Li 59 Visakha 1 - 97% Vipat P.Mitra Ve

Ma Ju Sa

BhavaLg 20 Li 20 Visakha 1 - 92% -- P.Mitra Ve

Ma Ju Ju

HoraLg 4 Li 47 Chitra 4 - 12% -- Naidhana Ve

Ma Ma Ve

GhatiLg 18 Le 10 Poo.Pha. 2 - 77% -- Kshema Su

Me Ve Rh

Dhooma 20 Pi 10 Revathi 2 - 91% -- Sampat Ju

Sa Me Ve

Vyati 9 Ar 49 Aswini 3 - 22% -- Vipat Ma

Me Ke Sa

Pari 9 Li 49 Swathi 1 - 22% -- Mitra Ve

Ju Rh Ju

I.Chapa 20 Vi 10 Hastha 4 - 91% -- Sadhana Me

Mo Mo Ke

Upaketu 6 Li 50 Swathi 1 - 2% -- Mitra Ve

Ju Rh Rh

Kaala 21 Ge 33 Punarvasu 1 - 100% -- P.Mitra Me

Ma Ju Ju

Mrityu 5 Le 06 Makha 2 - 10% -- Vipat Su

Ve Ke Ma

ArthaPr 28 Le 05 U.Pha. 1 - 56% -- Pratyak Su

Ju Su Mo

YamaGha 21 Vi 23 Hastha 4 - 99% -- Sadhana Me

Mo Mo Ve

Mandi 18 Ta 50 Rohini 3 - 82% -- Sadhana Ve

Me Mo Me

Gulika 7 Ta 11 Krittika 4 - 4% -- Pratyak Ve

Ju Su Ke

 

 

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| | | | |

| | | Glk | |

| Moo | Rah | | |

| | | Mnd | |

| | | | |

|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|

| | | |

| | | |

| SatR | | JupR |

| | | |

| | | |

|-------------| R A S I |-------------|

| | | |

| | | |

| | | GL |

| | | |

| | | |

|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|

| | | HL BL | |

| | Sun | | |

| | | Asc | Mar |

| | Ven | | |

| | | Ket MerR | |

+----------------------+

 

+----------------------+

| | BL | | |

| | | | Mnd |

| Glk | Asc | MerR | |

| | | | SatR |

| | Ket | | |

|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|-------------| N A V A M S A |-------------|

| | | |

| | | |

| Mar | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|

| | | Rah | GL |

| | | | |

| | HL | JupR | Sun |

| | | | |

| | | Ven | Moo |

+----------------------+

 

 

Vimsottari Dasa:

 

Satu 1966-11-23 Sun 1968-08-08

Moon 1969-07-21 Mars 1971-02-19 Rahu 1972-03-30

Jupi 1975-02-04

Merc 1977-08-17 Ketu 1980-01-14 Venu 1981-01-10 Sun 1983-11-11

Moon 1984-09-16

Mars 1986-02-16 Rahu 1987-02-13 Jupi 1989-09-01

Satu 1991-12-08

Ketu 1994-08-17 Venu 1995-01-14 Sun 1996-03-15 Moon 1996-07-21

Mars 1997-02-19

Rahu 1997-07-18 Jupi 1998-08-05 Satu 1999-07-12

Merc 2000-08-20

Venu 2001-08-17 Sun 2004-12-17 Moon 2005-12-17 Mars 2007-08-18

Rahu 2008-10-17

Jupi 2011-10-17 Satu 2014-06-17 Merc 2017-08-17

Ketu 2020-06-17

Sun 2021-08-17 Moon 2021-12-05 Mars 2022-06-05 Rahu 2022-10-11

Jupi 2023-09-05

Satu 2024-06-23 Merc 2025-06-05 Ketu 2026-04-11

Venu 2026-08-17

Moon 2027-08-17 Mars 2028-06-17 Rahu 2029-01-16 Jupi 2030-07-18

Satu 2031-11-17

Merc 2033-06-17 Ketu 2034-11-16 Venu 2035-06-18

Sun 2037-02-15

Mars 2037-08-17 Rahu 2038-01-13 Jupi 2039-02-01 Satu 2040-01-07

Merc 2041-02-15

Ketu 2042-02-12 Venu 2042-07-12 Sun 2043-09-11

Moon 2044-01-17

Rahu 2044-08-17 Jupi 2047-04-30 Satu 2049-09-22 Merc 2052-07-29

Ketu 2055-02-16

Venu 2056-03-05 Sun 2059-03-06 Moon 2060-01-29

Mars 2061-07-29

Jupi 2062-08-17 Satu 2064-10-04 Merc 2067-04-17 Ketu 2069-07-23

Venu 2070-06-29

Sun 2073-02-27 Moon 2073-12-16 Mars 2075-04-17

Rahu 2076-03-23