For horas only? (Hora definition)

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Pranaam Gurudeva,

 

> Without understanding this rudimentary HORA the foundation of

Jyotish

> will be weak as I see in most students so far. Almost all who have

not been

 

If you say that my foundation of Jyotish is weak, I will

not argue. But, if you say that everyone who counts horas

from sunrise has a weak foundation, you are only being

hasty. Almost every scholar I have read uses sunrise and

not 6 am LMT as you do.

 

> taught this from the basics falter in these points. When you ask

them to

> define the day on the basis of sunrise for the poles, they say that

they

> need to think when they know for sure that there is nothing to

think..they

 

Sanjay, I absolutely do not appreciate this. Because you

think that there is nothing to think about here, you

hastily conclude that I also " know for sure that there

is nothing to think " .

 

Do I " know for sure " that there is nothing to think

about here? No way!

 

First, is hora a fixed measure of time or a variable

measure like solar days and lunar days? Is Ghatika a

fixed or variable measure? If a day is 6 months long

in a place, can't horas simply be 1/24th of it? After

all, horas depend on the place. If sunrise is taken as

the start of the day for most purposes, why should a

new weekday start at 6 am? Why not at sunrise? Why

different definitions for different purposes? If you

want hora to be a fixed measure, so be it? But what

about a weekday? And, weekday and horas have to be

aligned.

 

All these and many other issues are worthy of

pondering over. If you think you found Truth, so be

it. But, you are absolutely wrong to suggest that I

know that there is nothing to think about and I am

being insincere when I say that I will think about it.

 

> cannot define the day on the basis of sunrise once in six months.

Then the

> calander in the poles will have only one day and one night in one

year!! We

> all need to accept some things when they can be very shocking. It

may take

> some time to seep in, but think calmly.

 

> K N Rao said that he was looking for manuscripts under his bed

or

> almirah when he was asked as to why the planets have special

aspects. This

> is untruth and this is what I detested in a Jyotish of his stature.

There

 

I do not have a soft corner for Sri K.N. Rao. But, why not

leave the old man alone? Why do we have to bring him into

our discussions now and then?

 

> was nothing to look for. He knew that he did not have the answer as

he was

> not trained in the tradition, yet he said so to live up to his

image of know

> it all. I am open to criticism and when I say something I am open

to debate.

> Please help me to be this way..I rejoice in OM TAT SAT.

 

Yes, I am only trying to " help you to be this way " .

 

Your sishya,

Narasimha