Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Hello group members, I have just acquired the book "Varga Chakra", which is very useful and helps me to understand the underlying principles behind the different methods of varga construction (Brahma varga = straightforward harmonics as in Western astrology; Shiva vargas = vargas with breaks or jumps, etc) However, in Sanjay Rath's chapter on the shastyamsa (p. 134), I don't understand why he says first (which of course I knew) that the the shastyamsa is one-sixtieth division of a sign measuring 30' of arc, and then goes on to say that "There are a total of 1800 shastyamsa in the zodiac with sixty in each sign. As a time measure, the average time taken for Lagna to traverse a shastyamsa is 48 seconds. Thus the smallest measure of time used by Parasara is 48 seconds when this shastyamsa shall change." Surely, 12 signs x 60 divisions = 720 (not 1800), and the average time taken for a change of lagna in shastyamsa is therefore 2 minutes. Am I right, or have I misunderstood something? Thank you for any clarification Graham Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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