Are our yuga calculations erraneous?

November 10, 2002

I was fortunate enough to read the book "A Holy Science" by Swami

Yukteshwar Giri. (He was the guru of the famous yogi Paramahansa

Yogananda, and disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya and Mahavatar Babaji, the

immortal Himalayan Siddha/Yogi).

He gives a very scientific explanation for calculation of yugas.

Swami Yukteshwar dismisses as erraneous, the popular calculation of

yugas where we assume that each year of Brahma corresponds to a

multiple human solar years. Hence, as per him, the correct period is

only 1//360th time of the existing belief about the period of one

Yuga. As per his calculations, we are in dwapara yuga (ascending)

already for the past few centuries, which explains the scientific

advancements of past few centuries. In dwapara yuga, humans are said

to understand the physical laws of creation - of the 5 electricities

and 5 magnetisims, etc. All the 4 yugas complete a cycle in 12000 yrs

and there is an ascending cycle and descending cycle which makes it

24000 yrs for one whole cycle of yugas (ascending and descending).

I request Gurus of SJC, especially Pt Rath, PVR and others who has

good knowledge of scriptures and an analytical mind to get a copy of

the book and investigate it with an open mind. While I can follow the

scientific explanation of it, which is straightforward, I am not

learned in shastras to know what exactly our shastras say. Here, I

must admit that I find the explanation of Swami Yukteshwar very

logical.

BTW, Yukeshwar was also a learned jyotishi (Yogananda refers to his

astrology predictions and pariharas in his classic Autobiography of a

Yogi) and had his own ayanamsa. Dr. B.V.Raman's ayanamsa was almost

the same as Yukteshwar's ayanamsa. While it is very possible that

Swami Yukteshwar's ayanamsa had some inaccuraces, I believe his

explanation of yuga calculations deserves an open minded

investigation.

Sri K.N. Rao did voice his interest in this, but from my

understanding from his article, is that he didnt read "The Holy

Science", but relied only on "Autobiography of a yogi", which doesnt

give any explanation for the yuga calculations.

Swami Yukteshwar was a God realized person who could have seen the

truth through his yogic/divine powers, which lends credence to his

method.

For those interested, both the books are available in buy.com and

amazon.

-Siva.

November 11, 2002

Om Jum Sah. Vyam Vyaasadevaaya Namah. Sah Jum Om

Dear Siva,

This has been discussed on this list 2 times before, and its very clear that the

error lies in Yukteshwars definition of 1 day of the Gods.

Heres an article for reference. Also check Vishnu Purana.

http://.org/lessons/brahmavidya.htm

Best wishesVisti---Bhagavad Purana: http://www.srimadbhagavatam.orgBrihat

Parasara Hora Shastra:

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schinnas

vedic astrology

Monday, November 11, 2002 8:42 AM

[vedic astrology] Are our yuga calculations erraneous?

I was fortunate enough to read the book "A Holy Science" by Swami Yukteshwar

Giri. (He was the guru of the famous yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, and disciple

of Lahiri Mahasaya and Mahavatar Babaji, the immortal Himalayan Siddha/Yogi).He

gives a very scientific explanation for calculation of yugas. Swami Yukteshwar

dismisses as erraneous, the popular calculation of yugas where we assume that

each year of Brahma corresponds to a multiple human solar years. Hence, as per

him, the correct period is only 1//360th time of the existing belief about the

period of one Yuga. As per his calculations, we are in dwapara yuga (ascending)

already for the past few centuries, which explains the scientific advancements

of past few centuries. In dwapara yuga, humans are said to understand the

physical laws of creation - of the 5 electricities and 5 magnetisims, etc. All

the 4 yugas complete a cycle in 12000 yrs and there is an ascending cycle and

descending cycle which makes it 24000 yrs for one whole cycle of yugas

(ascending and descending). I request Gurus of SJC, especially Pt Rath, PVR and

others who has good knowledge of scriptures and an analytical mind to get a copy

of the book and investigate it with an open mind. While I can follow the

scientific explanation of it, which is straightforward, I am not learned in

shastras to know what exactly our shastras say. Here, I must admit that I find

the explanation of Swami Yukteshwar very logical.BTW, Yukeshwar was also a

learned jyotishi (Yogananda refers to his astrology predictions and pariharas

in his classic Autobiography of a Yogi) and had his own ayanamsa. Dr.

B.V.Raman's ayanamsa was almost the same as Yukteshwar's ayanamsa. While it is

very possible that Swami Yukteshwar's ayanamsa had some inaccuraces, I believe

his explanation of yuga calculations deserves an open minded investigation. Sri

K.N. Rao did voice his interest in this, but from my understanding from his

article, is that he didnt read "The Holy Science", but relied only on

"Autobiography of a yogi", which doesnt give any explanation for the yuga

calculations.Swami Yukteshwar was a God realized person who could have seen the

truth through his yogic/divine powers, which lends credence to his method.For

those interested, both the books are available in buy.com and

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Dear Siva,

just wanted to point out that the ayanamsa that is called Sri

Yuktesvar ayanamsa was actually generated by people who read the holy

science, and was based on the mean motions which Sri Yuktesvar talks

about in the Holy science. It was actually not the ayanamsa that Sri

Yuktesvar used himself. Sri Yuktesvar purpose in writing that in the

Holy Science was to explain the yugas, not to define a scientifically

accurate ayanamsa. A careful study of the Holy Science, however, does

reveal how to calculate the ayanamsa accurately. Unfortanetely we still

don't have all the points in space figured out to calculate it to 100%

accuracy. However, based on what we do have an ayanamsa that is 23

minutes less than Lahiri, which means we add 23 minutes to the position

of each planet, is as accurate as I have been able to calculate it. This

happens to coincide with the Devvadutta ayanamsa, which I do not know

the basis of. I have tested this ayanamsa and found it to be more

accurate statistically then Lahiri, as well as in practice, and have

used in in Shastiamsa with great results.

By the way, Sri Yuktesvar wrote a book on Jyotish that was published

around 1935.

Jai Ram,

Ernst Wilhelm

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schinnas [schinnas]

Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:42 PM