Fwd: [Ind. & West. Astrology] Annual rate of precession of V.E.Point

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Indian_Astrology_Group_Daily_Digest , " Avtar

Krishen Kaul " <jyotirved wrote:

 

 

Dear friends,

Namaskar!

It has been said,

<For Evidence of Modern Value of Precession in Bhaskaracharya's Work

based on Suryasiddhanta , cf.

http://jyotirvidya.wetpaint.com/page/Ayanamsha+vs+Precession

-VJ>

I have gone through all the important sidhantas viz. all the five

sidhantas of panchasidhantika; the current Surya Sidhanta; the

Aryabhati by Aryabhata, the Shishyadhivridhida by Lala (8th century

AD), Vateshwara Sidhanta by Vateshwara (9th century AD), Laghumanasa

by Munjala and last but not the least, Sidhanta Shiromani of Bhaskara-

II.

I have studied them in original Sanskrit language with translations

in Hindi and/or English, apart from Sanskrit commentaries.

I can decalre it with all the emphasis at my command that none of the

sidhantas has touched the topic of precession even with a barge

pole!

The earliest we find any reference to any Ayanamsha---which is not a

synonym of precession by any stretch of imagination---is in Munjala's

Laghumana of 10th century AD, and that also in the reverse direction

i.e. he has advised to add one arc minute per year to the calculated

longitudes from Shaka 444, so that Mesha Ssnkranti etc. tallied with

the exact visible phenomena, like Mesha being equal to Vernal Equinox

and so on---and not the other way round, as is being done these days

by so called nirayana jyotishis, who call themselves " Vedic

astrologers " !

Bhaskara-II (12th century AD)has confirmed the same Ayanamsha of

Munjala, and not poropounded any ayanamsha of his own---again,

advising that the ayanamsha is to be added to calculated longitudes

to make them tally exactly with the visible phenomena and not the

other way round!

As such, the nirayana mess, that is being followed these days appears

to be post Graha-Laghava creation! It was Ganesha Daivajnya who

advised to subtract (as against addition as advocated by Munjala!)

ayanamsha at the rate of one arc minute per year from the real visble

phenomena from Shaka 444. In other wrods, he just put the cart before

the horse!

And as is open knowledge by now, late N. C. Lahiri dovetailed his

ayanamsha in such a manner (of course on the shoulders of so called

Chitra-paksha!)in 1940 so that there was not a " violent break " from

the Grahalaghava Sankrantis! In fact he was more worried about the

sale of his Vishudha Sidhanta Panjika (Bangla) and Lahiri's Indian

Ephemeris than the real astronomical parameters, whether Vedic or

even sidhantaic!

And as is also an open secret by now, the same N C Lahiri inveigled

himself in the Saha Calendar Reform Committee of the GOI in 1955 and

instead of reforming the Hindu calendar, actually deformed it further

by making Lahiri Ayanamsha a permanent fixture even in the Rashtriya

Panchanga!

That is why we have at least half a dozen ayanamshas in the fray,

even if we talk of only the " most important ones " .

No wonder, so called nirayanawalas are able to make correct

predictions from all the half a dozen ayanamshas!

Moral of the story, correct predictions can be made only from

incorrect data! And since it is because of this very nirayana mess

that we are celebrating all our festivals on wrong days, all we can

do is to offer prayers to Almighty to save Bharatavarsha from " Vedic

astrologers " since we do not need enemies to ruin our dharma if we

have " friends " like them around!

With regards,

A K Kaul

P S

Pl. do not get an impression that I am advocating a so called sayana

rashichakra! There are no rashis --- twelve equal divisions of the

zodiac---either as per the Vedas or as per modern astronomy! They

are just imaginary twelve divisions created by astrologers and not

astronomers

AKK

 

Indian_Astrology_Group_Daily_Digest , Vinay Jha

<vinayjhaa16@> wrote:

>

> For Evidence of Modern Value of Precession in Bhaskaracharya's

Work based on Suryasiddhanta , cf.

http://jyotirvidya.wetpaint.com/page/Ayanamsha+vs+Precession

>

> -VJ

>

>

> ________________________________

> Gopal Goel <gkgoel1937@>

>

> Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:02:04 PM

> [ind. & West. Astrology] Annual rate of precession of

V.E.Point

>

>

> Dear Friends,

> Lahiri's Ephemeris indicates the following rate Precession of

VE.Point per year:

> per tropical year=50 " . 29

> per sidereal year - 50 " .26

> Nutation in its longitude as on Jan 1, 2009 is +13 " .3

> JH HORA 7.32 does not consider Nutation , which is not the correct

way

> according to my thinking.

> Regards,

>

> G.K..GOEL

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