Karana: Panchanga Examples: My First emails to Sri K.N. Rao and Pt

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Om Shriim vaachaspataye namah

Dear Sarajit and members,

I opened Brihat Samhita Vol II Translated by M. Ramakrishna Bhatt. I found

something different. I suppose these are natural properties of Karana as

described by the deities whereas the one given by you is specific to a given

time. What is your opinion on this?.

 

In Karanaguna Adhyayah (Please install Sanskrit 99 fonts to view sanskrit text)

it is chapter 100 as in MR Bhatt translation

The translation says that 'The lords of the seven movable karanas viz. Bava,

Baalava, kaulava, taitila , gara, vanija and Vishti are Indra,

Brahman(kamalaja), mitra, aryaman, bhu, sri(Goddess of wealth) and yama'

[stanza 1]

'The fixed or dhruva karanas, viz Shakuni, catusapada, naaga and kimstugna begin

from the latter half of the 14th day of the dark fortnight and are presided over

by kaali, vrisha, phanin(serpent) and maaruta(wind) respectively' [stanza 2]

 

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kilv&;)i[maéta> pty>. 2.

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bavabälavakaulaba taitiläkhyagaravaëijaviñöisaïjïänäm |

patayaù syuù indrakamalajamiträryamabhüçriyaù sayamäù || 1 ||

kåñëacaturdaçyardhäd dhuväëi çakuniçcatuñpadaà nägam |

kiàstughnamiti ca teñäà kalivåñaphaëimärutäù patayaù || 2 ||

-Warm Regards

S.Prabhakaran

 

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Aum Gurave Namah

Dear Dashguptaji,

 

I am answering the second part on Karana. Karana is ruled by the Prthvi tattva

and shows success and accomplishments. The calculation of the karana is as

follows:

 

Karana - Prthvi Tattva

Karana is half of a Tithi. Thus a lunar month which consists of thirty tithis,

have 60 Karanas. There are altogether 11 karanas, out of which 7 are movable

and 4 are fixed. They are:

Serial

Karana

Lord

Type

1.

Bava

Surya

Movable Karanas

2.

Balava

Chandra

3.

Kaulava

Mangal

4.

Taitila

Budh

5.

Gara

Brhaspati

6.

Vanija

Shukra

7.

Vishti

Shani

8.

Shakuni

Brahma (Lagna Lord)

Fixed Karanas

9.

Chatuspada

Vishnu (4th Lord)

10.

Naga

Mahesh (7th Lord)

11.

Kimstughna

Aditya (10th Lord)

 

The fixed Karanas occur only once in a lunar month. They are as follows:

Shakuni: 2nd half of Krishna Chaturdasi. Chatuspada:

1st half of Amavasya. Naga: 2nd half of Amavasya.

Kimstughna: 1st half of Shukla Pratipad

 

These movable Karanas repeat in regular order starting from the second half of

Shukla Pratipad to the first half of the Krishna Chaturdasi.

 

Karana is seen for overall success during the dasa period. The movable Karanas

excluding the Vishti Karana is auspicious and show success, unless the lord is

not adversely afflicted in the Muhurtha chart and vice versa.

 

Regards

Sarajit

-

j.k. dasgupta

Thursday, November 28, 2002 3:21 PM

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[vedic astrology] Panchanga Examples: My First emails to Sri K.N. Rao and Pt. Sanjay Rath

 

Dear Narsimhaji,

 

It is a beautifull analysis and gives lot of insight. I have got certain doubts

on Sun moon yogas and karana.

 

1. Sun moon yogas:

 

As I understand, to get the yoga, add the longitudes of Sun & Moon and expunge

multiples of 360 degrees. The resultant degree will be in some Nakshatra. The

number of that gives the Yoga number. Nakshatra nos are as follows,

1

Asvini

15

Swati

2

Bharani

16

Vishakha

3

Kritika

17

Anuradha

4

Rohini

18

Jyeshta

5

Mrigashira

19

Moola

6

Aruda

20

Purvashada

7

Punarbasu

21

Uttarshada

8

Pushyami

22

Shravana

9

Aslesha

23

Dhanishta

10

Magha

24

Shatbhisha

11

P.Phalguni

25

P.Bhadrapada

12

U.Phalguni

26

U.Bhadrapada

13

Hasta

27

Revati

14

Chitra

 

Yogas and lords are as follows,

1

Vishkambha

Door bolt/supporting pillar

Sat.

2

Preeti

Love/Affection

Merc.

3

Aayushmaan

Long-lived

Ketu

4

Saubhaagya

long life of spouse(good fortune)

Ven.

5

Sobhana

Splendid,bright

Sun

6

Atiganda

Great Danger

Moon

7

Sukarman

one with good deeds

Mars

8

Dhriti

Firmness

Rahu

9

Shoola

Shiva's weapon of destruction

Jup.

10

Ganda

Danger

Sat.

11

Vriddhi

Growth

Merc.

12

Dhruva

Fixed,constant

Ketu

13

Vyaaghaata

Great blow

Ven

14

Harshana

Cheerful

Sun

15

Vajra

Diamond(Strong)

Moon

16

Siddhi

Accomplishment

Mars

17

Vyatipaata

Great Fall

Rahu

18

Variyan

Chief/best

Jup.

19

Parigha

Obstacle/hindrance

Sat.

20

Shiva

Lord Shiva(purity)

Merc.

21

Siddha

Accomplished/ready

Ketu

22

Saadya

Possible

Ven.

23

Subha

Auspicious

Sun

24

Sukla

White,bright

Moon

25

Brahma

Creator(good knowledge and purity)

Mars

26

Indra

Ruler of gods

Rahu

27

Vaidhriti

A class of gods

Jup.

 

Now you have mentioned in the 1st case that the lord of yoga `shubha' is moon.

But as i see from above that lord of `Shubha' is Sun. Am I missing something

here? or my understanding about this yogas is wrong?

 

Also, can you please tell more about `karana'? how to calculate these and how to find the lords?

 

Regards,

 

Dasgupta

-

Narasimha P.V.R. Rao

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Monday, November 18, 2002 6:46 AM

[vedic astrology] Panchanga Examples: My First emails to Sri K.N. Rao and Pt. Sanjay Rath

Namaste friends,

 

I am travelling on office work and did not get a chance to read the list or send

mails. I thought I'd send a mail today, as I am a little free today.

 

I wrote a while ago that the five limbs of panchanga (tithi, vaara, nakshatra,

yoga, karana) represent the five elements (water, fire, air, ether, earth

respectively). I wrote that water shows harmony and prosperity, fire shows

vitality and longevity, air shows the past karma and distractions, ether shows

the binding force and relations and earth shows the accomplishments.

 

When analyzing a prasna chart (horary chart) or a muhurta chart (electional

chart), we can look at the five limbs of panchanga and each has its own use as

listed above. I will give a couple of new examples.

 

Example 1: My first email to Sri K.N. Rao

 

The first email sent to someone by me shows the initiation of my communication

with that person. If my interactions with a particular person turn out to be

important, then it has be shown in the muhurta chart of the first

communication. This muhurta chart is the seed of all future interaction with

that person.

June 10, 1998Time: 19:21:32Time Zone: 5:30:00 (East of

GMT)Longitude: 77 E 12' 00"Latitude: 28 N 36' 00"Altitude: 0.98

meters

 

Lunar Year: Bahu-dhanyaLunar Month: JyeshthaTithi: Krishna Pratipat

(61.14% left)Weekday: WednesdayNakshatra: Mool (97.57% left)Yoga:

SubhaKarana: Balava

+--------------+|Ju |Ve Sa |Su

Ma | || |GL Gk |Me Md | ||

| | | || | | |

|| | | |

||-----------+-----------------------+-----------||Ke |

|HL || | | ||

| | || | |

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

Rasi |-----------|| | |Ra AL ||

| | || |

| || | | || |

|

||-----------+-----------------------+-----------||Mo |As |

| || | | | ||

| | | || | | |

|| | | |

|+--------------+ Rasi

+--------------+| \

/ \ / || \ Mo / \

/ || \ / \ / || \ /

\ / || \ / \ / ||

x As x || / \ / \

|| / \ / \ || / \

/ \ || / \ 8 / AL \ || /

\ / \ || Ke x Ra

|| \ / \ / || \ /

\ / || \ / \ / ||

\ / Ma \ / || \ / \

/ ||Ju x Md Su x HL || / \

/ \ || / \ Me / \ ||

/ Gk \ / \ || / Ve \ /

\ || / Sa GL \ / \

|+--------------+

+--------------+| \ Md |

| / || \ Me Ma | Ve Sa | / || \

| GL Gk | / || \ Su | | Ju / Ke

|| \ | | / || \ |

| / || \ | | /

||---------------+---------------+---------------|| |

| || HL | | ||

| | || | Rasi |

|| | | || |

| || | |

||---------------+---------------+---------------|| / |

| \ || AL / | | \ || /

| | \ || Ra / | | As \

Mo || / | | \ || / |

| \ || / | | \

|+---------------+---------------+---------------+

You can see that the yoga is Subha (auspicious), ruled by Moon. Though Moon is

the 9th lord (dharma) in the 2nd house (JyotirVidya or astro-learning), he is

placed in the 8th house from paka lagna. Yoga shows aakasa tattva, i.e. the

binding force that brings people together. Yoga lord's bad placement from lagna

lord does not show any important coming together as a result of this

communication.

 

Karana is Balava and lord is Moon again. For coming together, we saw the lagna

lord. For accomplishments, let us see the 2nd and 5th houses as these are

important for this communication. Moon is in 2nd and in a quadrant from 2nd and

5th lord Jupiter in Pisces. Thus, if this communication had led to a

relationship, the relationship would've been fruitful for astrology. Now, you

can see why you cannot make a prediction just on the basis of karana or just on

the basis of tithi. In this case, yoga lord is ill-placed from lagna lord

showing that this interaction may not result in any important relationship.

Thus, any predictions made just on the basis of karana will go wrong.

 

Nakshatra is Moola, ruled by the demon Nirriti. Nakshatra shows the airy element

and shows the karma behind something and distractions etc. Nakshatra ruled by

nirriti shows bad karma. Sri K.N. Rao may be a great astrologer and several

people may have benefitted from his association, but I was not meant to work

with him. I was meant to work with Pt. Sanjay Rath. The short-lived interaction

with Sri K.N. Rao was due to some bad karma by me in the past (as shown by

Nirriti).

 

Finally, look at vaara (weekday), which shows the fire element, to see the

vitality and longevity. Weekday is Wednesday here. While yoga (coming together)

was analyzed w.r.t. the paka lagna, longevity is to be analyzed w.r.t. lagna

only. Mercury is the 8th lord in 7th and a clear maraka (killer). As he governs

the weekday here, it shows that the interaction will be very short-lived. Indeed

my interaction with Sri K.N. Rao was short-lived.

 

Example 2: My first email to Pt. Sanjay Rath

 

November 27, 1997Time: 1:47:00Time Zone: 5:00:00 (West

of GMT)Longitude: 71 W 12' 00"Latitude: 42 N 30' 00"Altitude: 0.84

meters

 

Lunar Year: IsvaraLunar Month: KarthikaTithi: Krishna Trayodasi

(70.73% left)Weekday: WednesdayNakshatra: Swat (84.39% left)Yoga:

SoubhagyaKarana: Garija

+--------------+|SaR | |

|HL || | | | || |

| | || | | |

|| | | |

||-----------+-----------------------+-----------||Ke |

| || | | ||

| | || | |

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

Rasi |-----------||Ju | |Ra ||

| | || |

| || | | || |

|

||-----------+-----------------------+-----------||Ma Me |Su |Mo

GL |As Gk ||Ve AL | |Md | ||

| | | || | | |

|| | | |

|+--------------+ Rasi

+--------------+| \ GL

Md / \ / || \ Mo / \ Ra

/ || \ / \ / || \ / Gk

\ / || \ / \ / ||Su

x As x || / \ / \

|| / \ / \ || / \

/ \ || / Me \ 6 / \ || /

\ / \ || AL Ma x HL

|| \ / \ / || \ Ve /

\ / || \ / \ / ||

\ / \ / || \ / \

/ ||Ju x SaR x || / \

/ \ || / \ / \ ||

/ \ / \ || / Ke \ /

\ || / \ / \

|+--------------+

+--------------+| \ |

| / || \ | | / || \

| | / || HL \ | | SaR / Ke

|| \ | | / || \ |

| / || \ | | /

||---------------+---------------+---------------|| |

| || | | Ju ||

| | || | Rasi |

|| | | || |

| || | |

||---------------+---------------+---------------|| / |

| \ AL || / | Mo GL | \ Ve Me || /

| Md | \ || Ra / As | | Su \

Ma || / | | \ || / Gk |

| \ || / | | \

|+---------------+---------------+---------------+

One analyzing these charts superficially may notice that the first chart has

Jupiter in Pisces in the 5th house and the second chart has debilitated Jupiter

is in the 5th house and conclude that the first chart is stronger. However, let

us do a thorough analysis using the five panchanga elements.

 

You can see that the yoga is Soubhagya (great fortune). Its ruler Venus is in

the 4th house in great digbala (towards moksha). Lagna lord Mercury joins him!

Thus, the yoga lord is well-placed from lagna lord and 9th lord. In the

previous example, yoga lord was well-placed from 9th lord but not from lagna

lord. The potential for a good relationship existed only in one direction. In

this case, yoga lord is well-placed from lagna lord (me) as well as the 9th

lord (Pt. Rath). Thus this interaction can lead to a good relationship. Aakasa

tattva is quite strong. [Note: Those of you who know how to analyze the

weaknesses in various tattvas using D-30 can check out the D-30 of both charts.

In the first example, D-30 shows affliction of aakasa tattva (binding force) by

Rahu and Ketu. In the current example, the signs ruled by Jupiter (aakasa

tattva) in D-30 are empty and thus aakasa tattva is free from affliction. The

10 signs used in D-30 show the 5 elements in pairs by rulership. Aakasa tattva

is represented by Sg and Pi ruled by Jupiter. In D-30, they are afflicted by

nodes in the first example and empty in the second example.]

 

Tithi is Krishna Trayodasi (K13) and karana is Garija. Both are ruled by

Jupiter. Jupiter is well-placed in the 5th house of scholarship and fame and in

the 2nd house of resources/food from paka lagna. Jupiter feeds the intelligence

(paka lagna) and gives fame. Jupiter is debilitated in rasi, but exalted in

navamsa (dharma) and hence attains neecha bhanga. He takes part in a raja yoga

with Saturn (5th and 7th lords having exchange), in Saraswati yoga (good for

learning) with Mercury and Venus and in Gaja-Kesari yoga with Moon. As this

Gaja-Kesari yoga is in 2nd and 5th houses (2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th houses are

important for astrological knowledge), it shows fame in astrology.

 

The above yogas given by Jupiter by themselves do not mean much. When we analyze

a prasna chart or a muhurta chart or a dasa pravesha chart, it is easy to get

carried away by nice yogas. What decides if those yogas fructify or not is the

links with panchanga. Panchanga is a very important aspect of astrology!

 

Here Jupiter owns tithi (watery element - harmony and prosperity) and karana

(earthy element - accomplishments). Thus this interaction will lead to a

relationship that will accomplish a lot in the field of astrology. Had the

tithi and karana belonged to another planet, it would've been a totally

different situation.

 

However, for this relationship to live long, the above elements are not enough -

we need fire. So look at the weekday.

 

Weekday lord is Mercury again. In the first exmaple, he was the 8th lord in 7th.

Here he is the lagna and 10th lord in 4th. While the interaction of the first

example was short-lived, this interaction was to be long-lived. My relationship

with Pt. Rath has only steadily grown since that day. Very soon, five years will

be completed since the first email. During this time, our interaction has been

very very fruitful for me and for some other people who follow my writings.

 

* * *

 

Though it is accepted by almost everyone that the five elements of panchanga are

very important, the exact principles governing their use have been lost. There

is a lot of confusion in this regard and people use them in a mixed up way. Is

the result of a bad karana and a bad yoga the same? Is the result of a bad

weekday and a bad tithi the same? Definitely not, though some people use all

these elements interchangably. I am trying to throw light on these differences,

as taught in our tradition.

 

When you analyze a muhurta chart or a prasna chart or a dasa pravesha chart,

keep these things in mind don't get carried away by nice yogas. Use the five

elements of panchanga to get a clear picture. Understand the meaning of each

element and use accordingly!

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

PVR