TOPOCENTRIC LONGITUDE

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Dear Raghunath Rao

 

RAM KRISHN HARE

 

I checked in ayanansh preference but there is no option

to find TOPOCENTRIC LONGITUDE in JHora.

 

Normally all softwares use Geocentric longitude for chart.It is

as seen from centre of earth.However all classics stress the need

to use OBSERVED longitude in charts.If two persons will observe

the longitude os same planet at exactly same time,they will get

different longitude if they are in two different places but

geocentric longitude will remain the same.The small difference

in longitude is due to lattitude,longitude and altitude difference

between two places.

 

Topocentric longitude gives the position based on earth's surface

insted of earth's centre. So we have slightly different longitudes

at different places even if time is exactly same.

 

I tried to program it in VB but it is not working.Since in C,there

is more control on individual functions,I thought it might be there

in JHora.But it is so far not there.In any case we will need to do

some more work to see if it gives consistnt results to solve

subtraction

of a fixed period from vinshottary dasha dates.

 

Thanks for your interest.

 

Anilkumar

 

OM TAT SAT