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Sir,

 

I am not sure if the Mayanese civilisation knew about

the precesion of equinoxes at their time.or did they ?

 

But much before them , during the Rig vedic times, our

people were knowing about,The Ayana chalan (Retrogression

of the vernal Equinox).

 

Many shlokas of the rigvedas confirm this.

I am not sure exactly what you are looking for

to comment further. This is a very intricate

study and calls for the best astronomical brains

who know trignometry.

 

regards,

Bhaskar.

 

 

 

 

 

, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> Dear group members,

> Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

>

> I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> with members on this list as well.

>

> regards,

> raj

>

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I have also heard from experts, that in coming

centuries, one will have to add the ayanamsha

to their statistical data arrived at,

instead of deducting, as we do now. Though I

confess I did not much understand what they

were talking about, since I do not have

knowledge of astronomy, as much is required,

to be called even basic.

 

Bhaskar.

 

 

, " Bhaskar " <bhaskar_jyotish

wrote:

>

> Sir,

>

> I am not sure if the Mayanese civilisation knew about

> the precesion of equinoxes at their time.or did they ?

>

> But much before them , during the Rig vedic times, our

> people were knowing about,The Ayana chalan (Retrogression

> of the vernal Equinox).

>

> Many shlokas of the rigvedas confirm this.

> I am not sure exactly what you are looking for

> to comment further. This is a very intricate

> study and calls for the best astronomical brains

> who know trignometry.

>

> regards,

> Bhaskar.

>

>

>

>

>

> , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear group members,

> > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> >

> > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > with members on this list as well.

> >

> > regards,

> > raj

> >

>

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I am starting with a brief note on the Mayan Calendar and will add the

connection to the Vedic Astrology as we go along. Actually, there are

several calendars together called Mayan Calendar system.

 

We are refering to the two most important calendars. The first

calendar is of 260 days called the Tzolkin and the second one of 360

days called the Haab Calendar.

 

Tzolkin is a calendar for auspicious days (like our own Muhurta) while

the Haab calendar was primarily used for arriving at the seasons for

agrarian use. There is a correlation between the Tzolkin and Haab

calendar.

 

Tzolkin is the interesting of the two because of two reasons:

 

a) The Tzolkin comes to an end on 21st Dec 2012;

b) The 'purpose' of Tzolkin was to lead every single day in line with

the 'purpose' of the day which was said to be influenced by a Patron

saint for that day.

 

There was a tradition for a priest to predict the character and nature

of a child based on the date of birth in the Tzolkin, very similar to

our Jataka Readings.

 

What intrigues me is the date of 21st Dec 2012 deliberately chosen to

end the calendar. There are several astronimcal coincidences on this

date. I will write about this tomorrow.

 

regards,

raj rao

 

 

 

 

 

, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> Dear group members,

> Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

>

> I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> with members on this list as well.

>

> regards,

> raj

>

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Dear Raj ji,

 

But this 21st december 2012 is from Gregorian system ie. English

system of dates.

 

how one can connect both of these calenders.

 

Regards,

 

Tarun

 

, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> I am starting with a brief note on the Mayan Calendar and will add

the

> connection to the Vedic Astrology as we go along. Actually, there

are

> several calendars together called Mayan Calendar system.

>

> We are refering to the two most important calendars. The first

> calendar is of 260 days called the Tzolkin and the second one of 360

> days called the Haab Calendar.

>

> Tzolkin is a calendar for auspicious days (like our own Muhurta)

while

> the Haab calendar was primarily used for arriving at the seasons for

> agrarian use. There is a correlation between the Tzolkin and Haab

> calendar.

>

> Tzolkin is the interesting of the two because of two reasons:

>

> a) The Tzolkin comes to an end on 21st Dec 2012;

> b) The 'purpose' of Tzolkin was to lead every single day in line

with

> the 'purpose' of the day which was said to be influenced by a Patron

> saint for that day.

>

> There was a tradition for a priest to predict the character and

nature

> of a child based on the date of birth in the Tzolkin, very similar

to

> our Jataka Readings.

>

> What intrigues me is the date of 21st Dec 2012 deliberately chosen

to

> end the calendar. There are several astronimcal coincidences on this

> date. I will write about this tomorrow.

>

> regards,

> raj rao

>

>

>

>

>

> , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear group members,

> > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar,

which

> > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it

digs up

> > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> >

> > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > with members on this list as well.

> >

> > regards,

> > raj

> >

>

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Dear Tarunji,

 

They must be having some sets of years they used

in their times, like we have yugas, probably,and

if I am not mistaken they had sets of 5000 odd

years each set, therefore though these may be

translated in todays terminology as 2012 AD,

to end, But,

they must have commenced about 3000 years before,

and to understand by People of todays

times, since we use this Calendar,it may be

expressed as such.

 

But I may be absolutely wrong in above.

 

regards,

Bhaskar.

 

 

, " Tarun " <tarun.virgo wrote:

>

> Dear Raj ji,

>

> But this 21st december 2012 is from Gregorian system ie. English

> system of dates.

>

> how one can connect both of these calenders.

>

> Regards,

>

> Tarun

>

> , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> >

> > I am starting with a brief note on the Mayan Calendar and will add

> the

> > connection to the Vedic Astrology as we go along. Actually, there

> are

> > several calendars together called Mayan Calendar system.

> >

> > We are refering to the two most important calendars. The first

> > calendar is of 260 days called the Tzolkin and the second one of 360

> > days called the Haab Calendar.

> >

> > Tzolkin is a calendar for auspicious days (like our own Muhurta)

> while

> > the Haab calendar was primarily used for arriving at the seasons for

> > agrarian use. There is a correlation between the Tzolkin and Haab

> > calendar.

> >

> > Tzolkin is the interesting of the two because of two reasons:

> >

> > a) The Tzolkin comes to an end on 21st Dec 2012;

> > b) The 'purpose' of Tzolkin was to lead every single day in line

> with

> > the 'purpose' of the day which was said to be influenced by a Patron

> > saint for that day.

> >

> > There was a tradition for a priest to predict the character and

> nature

> > of a child based on the date of birth in the Tzolkin, very similar

> to

> > our Jataka Readings.

> >

> > What intrigues me is the date of 21st Dec 2012 deliberately chosen

> to

> > end the calendar. There are several astronimcal coincidences on this

> > date. I will write about this tomorrow.

> >

> > regards,

> > raj rao

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Dear group members,

> > > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar,

> which

> > > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it

> digs up

> > > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> > >

> > > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > > with members on this list as well.

> > >

> > > regards,

> > > raj

> > >

> >

>

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, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> Dear group members,

> Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

>

> I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> with members on this list as well.

 

From what I read, the Mayans apparently based their calendar system on

the cycles of Venus. Although accurate, their calendar was complicated

and to be adjusted periodically to add a month to coincide with the

cycle of the Earth around the Sun.

 

Knowing the signification of Venus in vedic literature (teacher of the

demons), I'm a bit apprehensive about using the Mayan system in

accounting for one's time. As we all know, their culture was infamous

for having human sacrifices (as shown in the movie, Apocalypto). And

for whatever reasons, their civilization collapsed out even before the

arrival of the Spaniards in the Americas.

 

Some historians believe that the collapse was due to lack of food to

sustain the growing population. However, I still suspect that the

collapse was due to their culture violence. As in the law of karma,

their culture reaped what it sowed.

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Hare ramakrishna,

 

dear john ,

 

It was a realy good article ,it was an answer to

many who ever rus after many neo discovered systems ,as mayans has lost

and gone and also their astrology ,and now how any body can re introduce

it .Unless some one who was a real mayan astrologer teaches u .

 

Also your observation on karma theorey is correct whether spaniards

finsished them or they perished ,its result of karma phala.

 

U promised me some of ur observation on some garuda puran ,i hope u will

post in mail

 

thanks for a nice post .

 

regrds sunil nair

 

om shreem maha laxmai namah.

 

pt.sunilnair <pt.sunilnair

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " John " <jr_esq wrote:

>

> , " indiadirector " raj@ wrote:

> >

> > Dear group members,

> > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs

up

> > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> >

> > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > with members on this list as well.

>

> From what I read, the Mayans apparently based their calendar system on

> the cycles of Venus. Although accurate, their calendar was complicated

> and to be adjusted periodically to add a month to coincide with the

> cycle of the Earth around the Sun.

>

> Knowing the signification of Venus in vedic literature (teacher of the

> demons), I'm a bit apprehensive about using the Mayan system in

> accounting for one's time. As we all know, their culture was infamous

> for having human sacrifices (as shown in the movie, Apocalypto). And

> for whatever reasons, their civilization collapsed out even before the

> arrival of the Spaniards in the Americas.

>

> Some historians believe that the collapse was due to lack of food to

> sustain the growing population. However, I still suspect that the

> collapse was due to their culture violence. As in the law of karma,

> their culture reaped what it sowed.

>

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Bhaskar ji,

 

yes they must have setup or equate both of the calenders to read in

general prospects.

 

lets see what Raj Rao ji, says in his further explanation of the same

topic.

 

Warm Regards,

 

Tarun

 

, " Bhaskar " <bhaskar_jyotish

wrote:

>

> Dear Tarunji,

>

> They must be having some sets of years they used

> in their times, like we have yugas, probably,and

> if I am not mistaken they had sets of 5000 odd

> years each set, therefore though these may be

> translated in todays terminology as 2012 AD,

> to end, But,

> they must have commenced about 3000 years before,

> and to understand by People of todays

> times, since we use this Calendar,it may be

> expressed as such.

>

> But I may be absolutely wrong in above.

>

> regards,

> Bhaskar.

>

>

> , " Tarun " <tarun.virgo@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear Raj ji,

> >

> > But this 21st december 2012 is from Gregorian system ie. English

> > system of dates.

> >

> > how one can connect both of these calenders.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Tarun

> >

> > , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> > >

> > > I am starting with a brief note on the Mayan Calendar and will

add

> > the

> > > connection to the Vedic Astrology as we go along. Actually,

there

> > are

> > > several calendars together called Mayan Calendar system.

> > >

> > > We are refering to the two most important calendars. The first

> > > calendar is of 260 days called the Tzolkin and the second one

of 360

> > > days called the Haab Calendar.

> > >

> > > Tzolkin is a calendar for auspicious days (like our own

Muhurta)

> > while

> > > the Haab calendar was primarily used for arriving at the

seasons for

> > > agrarian use. There is a correlation between the Tzolkin and

Haab

> > > calendar.

> > >

> > > Tzolkin is the interesting of the two because of two reasons:

> > >

> > > a) The Tzolkin comes to an end on 21st Dec 2012;

> > > b) The 'purpose' of Tzolkin was to lead every single day in

line

> > with

> > > the 'purpose' of the day which was said to be influenced by a

Patron

> > > saint for that day.

> > >

> > > There was a tradition for a priest to predict the character and

> > nature

> > > of a child based on the date of birth in the Tzolkin, very

similar

> > to

> > > our Jataka Readings.

> > >

> > > What intrigues me is the date of 21st Dec 2012 deliberately

chosen

> > to

> > > end the calendar. There are several astronimcal coincidences on

this

> > > date. I will write about this tomorrow.

> > >

> > > regards,

> > > raj rao

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > , " indiadirector " <raj@>

wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Dear group members,

> > > > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar,

> > which

> > > > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because

it

> > digs up

> > > > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> > > >

> > > > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to

interact

> > > > with members on this list as well.

> > > >

> > > > regards,

> > > > raj

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

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Namaste Sri Raj

 

Please check the url given below:

http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

 

Thanks and Regards

Bharat

 

On 8/22/07, indiadirector <raj wrote:

>

> Dear group members,

> Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

>

> I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> with members on this list as well.

>

> regards,

> raj

>

>

>

 

 

 

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One more article

 

http://www.siriusresearchgroup.com/old-site/Venus.htm

 

Thanks and Regards

Bharat

 

On 8/23/07, Bharat - Hindu Astrology <astrologyhindu wrote:

>

> Namaste Sri Raj

>

> Please check the url given below:

> http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

>

> Thanks and Regards

> Bharat

>

> On 8/22/07, indiadirector <raj wrote:

> >

> > Dear group members,

> > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> >

> > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > with members on this list as well.

> >

> > regards,

> > raj

> >

> >

> >

>

>

 

 

 

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Let me answer a few questions raised by the members, before it gets

buried:

 

Sunil asked:

1) Pls share what u meant by the Ayanamsha issue in regards to the

Mayan Calendar

 

- 21/22 Dec 2012 is the date of the Winter Solstice. If you go by the

Sayan Zodiac, it will be the date of Makar Sankranti (transit of sun

into Capricorn) around 16:48 hours. At this time, Sun is farthest away

from the Equator, with a declination of -23:26:15. However, if you

go by the Nirayan Zodiac (taking into account the Lahiri Ayanamsha),

Sun will be in Sagittarius with a degree of 245:57:46. Shouldn't

Uttarayana start on the date of the Winter Solstice and the Makar

Sankranti?

 

2) Pls also share ur research on the Mayan Calender would be me most

interesting am sure

 

- I would rather have an open dialogue because I cannot claim to be a

scholar in this subject. Just a curious researcher. In order to

understand my point better, we all need to be on the same page.

 

Bhaskar asked:

1) I am not sure if the Mayanese civilisation knew about

the precession of equinoxes at their time.or did they ?

 

- They apparently did know about the Precession. I will address this a

bit later.

 

2) I have also heard from experts, that in coming

centuries, one will have to add the ayanamsha

to their statistical data arrived at,

instead of deducting, as we do now.

 

- This is an excellent point brought up by Bhaskar. More importantly,

can the Ayanamsha value be zero (so that the Sayan and Nirayan zodiac

can coincide)? That will be the golden age of Astrology! I will

explore this later.

 

Tarun asked:

1) But this 21st december 2012 is from Gregorian system ie. English

system of dates.

 

- There is a system developed to bridge the Mayan Calendar and the

Gregorian System - it is called Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correleation

(or just GMT). According to GMT, the starting point of the Tzolkin

calendar was 11/12th August 3114 BC.

 

Bhaskar Asked:

 

a) They must be having some sets of years they used

in their times, like we have yugas....

 

- Yes indeed. They called a day a Kin. 20 Kins made a Uinal. 18 Uinals

make 1 Tun. 20 Tuns make a Katun. 20 Katuns make a Baktun. 1 Tun is

is approximately 1 Solar Year. 1 Katun is approximately 20 Solar

Years. and 1 Baktun is about 395 Solar Years. 13 Baktuns adds up to a

'Great Cycle' of 5125 Years. (Just remember this number, as we will

come back to this - this number is 72x72 - the rate of 1 deg of

precession)

 

So, what is so great about the date 21st Dec 2012, after all Winter

Solstice happens every year. In the year 2012, the Winter Solstice

coincides with the crossing point of the Galactic Equator and the

Ecliptic! Galactic Equator is nothing but the plane of our milkyway,

and Ecliptic is the band within which all our planets transit.

 

Have to run, will write soon.

 

regards,

raj

 

, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> I am starting with a brief note on the Mayan Calendar and will add the

> connection to the Vedic Astrology as we go along. Actually, there are

> several calendars together called Mayan Calendar system.

>

> We are refering to the two most important calendars. The first

> calendar is of 260 days called the Tzolkin and the second one of 360

> days called the Haab Calendar.

>

> Tzolkin is a calendar for auspicious days (like our own Muhurta) while

> the Haab calendar was primarily used for arriving at the seasons for

> agrarian use. There is a correlation between the Tzolkin and Haab

> calendar.

>

> Tzolkin is the interesting of the two because of two reasons:

>

> a) The Tzolkin comes to an end on 21st Dec 2012;

> b) The 'purpose' of Tzolkin was to lead every single day in line with

> the 'purpose' of the day which was said to be influenced by a Patron

> saint for that day.

>

> There was a tradition for a priest to predict the character and nature

> of a child based on the date of birth in the Tzolkin, very similar to

> our Jataka Readings.

>

> What intrigues me is the date of 21st Dec 2012 deliberately chosen to

> end the calendar. There are several astronimcal coincidences on this

> date. I will write about this tomorrow.

>

> regards,

> raj rao

>

>

>

>

>

> , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear group members,

> > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> >

> > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > with members on this list as well.

> >

> > regards,

> > raj

> >

>

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Those of you who would want to study the calendar itself and need

translation from Western to Mayan and vice versa can point their browsers to

 

 

http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/Maya.htm

 

Thanks and Regards

Bharat

 

On 8/23/07, Bharat - Hindu Astrology <astrologyhindu wrote:

>

> One more article

>

> http://www.siriusresearchgroup.com/old-site/Venus.htm

>

> Thanks and Regards

> Bharat

>

> On 8/23/07, Bharat - Hindu Astrology <astrologyhindu wrote:

> >

> > Namaste Sri Raj

> >

> > Please check the url given below:

> > http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

> >

> > Thanks and Regards

> > Bharat

> >

> > On 8/22/07, indiadirector <raj wrote:

> > >

> > > Dear group members,

> > > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar, which

> > > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it digs up

> > > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> > >

> > > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to interact

> > > with members on this list as well.

> > >

> > > regards,

> > > raj

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

>

 

 

 

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Dear Shri Rao ji,

 

Very nice explanation. and yes it would be a golden period when

Tropical and Indian system uses same ayanamsa. i.e. 0.oo

 

Do you have any information that why this calender was eliminated to

use in general system of calender.

 

Warm Regards,

 

Tarun

 

, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> Let me answer a few questions raised by the members, before it gets

> buried:

>

> Sunil asked:

> 1) Pls share what u meant by the Ayanamsha issue in regards to the

> Mayan Calendar

>

> - 21/22 Dec 2012 is the date of the Winter Solstice. If you go by

the

> Sayan Zodiac, it will be the date of Makar Sankranti (transit of sun

> into Capricorn) around 16:48 hours. At this time, Sun is farthest

away

> from the Equator, with a declination of -23:26:15. However, if you

> go by the Nirayan Zodiac (taking into account the Lahiri Ayanamsha),

> Sun will be in Sagittarius with a degree of 245:57:46. Shouldn't

> Uttarayana start on the date of the Winter Solstice and the Makar

> Sankranti?

>

> 2) Pls also share ur research on the Mayan Calender would be me most

> interesting am sure

>

> - I would rather have an open dialogue because I cannot claim to be

a

> scholar in this subject. Just a curious researcher. In order to

> understand my point better, we all need to be on the same page.

>

> Bhaskar asked:

> 1) I am not sure if the Mayanese civilisation knew about

> the precession of equinoxes at their time.or did they ?

>

> - They apparently did know about the Precession. I will address

this a

> bit later.

>

> 2) I have also heard from experts, that in coming

> centuries, one will have to add the ayanamsha

> to their statistical data arrived at,

> instead of deducting, as we do now.

>

> - This is an excellent point brought up by Bhaskar. More

importantly,

> can the Ayanamsha value be zero (so that the Sayan and Nirayan

zodiac

> can coincide)? That will be the golden age of Astrology! I will

> explore this later.

>

> Tarun asked:

> 1) But this 21st december 2012 is from Gregorian system ie. English

> system of dates.

>

> - There is a system developed to bridge the Mayan Calendar and the

> Gregorian System - it is called Goodman-Martinez-Thompson

correleation

> (or just GMT). According to GMT, the starting point of the Tzolkin

> calendar was 11/12th August 3114 BC.

>

> Bhaskar Asked:

>

> a) They must be having some sets of years they used

> in their times, like we have yugas....

>

> - Yes indeed. They called a day a Kin. 20 Kins made a Uinal. 18

Uinals

> make 1 Tun. 20 Tuns make a Katun. 20 Katuns make a Baktun. 1 Tun is

> is approximately 1 Solar Year. 1 Katun is approximately 20 Solar

> Years. and 1 Baktun is about 395 Solar Years. 13 Baktuns adds up to

a

> 'Great Cycle' of 5125 Years. (Just remember this number, as we will

> come back to this - this number is 72x72 - the rate of 1 deg of

> precession)

>

> So, what is so great about the date 21st Dec 2012, after all Winter

> Solstice happens every year. In the year 2012, the Winter Solstice

> coincides with the crossing point of the Galactic Equator and the

> Ecliptic! Galactic Equator is nothing but the plane of our milkyway,

> and Ecliptic is the band within which all our planets transit.

>

> Have to run, will write soon.

>

> regards,

> raj

>

> , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> >

> > I am starting with a brief note on the Mayan Calendar and will

add the

> > connection to the Vedic Astrology as we go along. Actually, there

are

> > several calendars together called Mayan Calendar system.

> >

> > We are refering to the two most important calendars. The first

> > calendar is of 260 days called the Tzolkin and the second one of

360

> > days called the Haab Calendar.

> >

> > Tzolkin is a calendar for auspicious days (like our own Muhurta)

while

> > the Haab calendar was primarily used for arriving at the seasons

for

> > agrarian use. There is a correlation between the Tzolkin and Haab

> > calendar.

> >

> > Tzolkin is the interesting of the two because of two reasons:

> >

> > a) The Tzolkin comes to an end on 21st Dec 2012;

> > b) The 'purpose' of Tzolkin was to lead every single day in line

with

> > the 'purpose' of the day which was said to be influenced by a

Patron

> > saint for that day.

> >

> > There was a tradition for a priest to predict the character and

nature

> > of a child based on the date of birth in the Tzolkin, very

similar to

> > our Jataka Readings.

> >

> > What intrigues me is the date of 21st Dec 2012 deliberately

chosen to

> > end the calendar. There are several astronimcal coincidences on

this

> > date. I will write about this tomorrow.

> >

> > regards,

> > raj rao

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > , " indiadirector " <raj@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Dear group members,

> > > Have you had any experience in looking at the Mayan Calendar,

which

> > > some say ends on 21st Dec 2012? This is interesting because it

digs up

> > > the age old Ayanamsha issue in Vedic Astrology.

> > >

> > > I am doing some research on the same and will be happy to

interact

> > > with members on this list as well.

> > >

> > > regards,

> > > raj

> > >

> >

>

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, " indiadirector " <raj wrote:

>

> - This is an excellent point brought up by Bhaskar. More importantly,

> can the Ayanamsha value be zero (so that the Sayan and Nirayan zodiac

> can coincide)? That will be the golden age of Astrology!

 

 

I copy-paste the reply I received from my 'guru' in response to this

(I'd sent your mail across because that guy loves this ayanamsha, etc.):

 

" Well, it does coincide once in roughly 25,800 years and for that one

year, both the sayana and nirayana chakras are the same. What's

centrally different in both schools is the way the zodiac is viewed -

it's unchanging with us guys whereas the western, Sun-centric school

flips it back to 0 Aries each year around mid-March when the vernal

equinox occurs. There can never be a perpetual sameness unless

precession itself stops :) "

 

PJ

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