[Sri Guru] For horas only? (Hora definition)

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Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

My dear Narasimha,

If you are so determined to say that the Hora can stretch to 15 days

(i.e with 6 months of sunlight/day in the poles), I have nothing more to add

to this discussion. This is over as far as I am concerned. You are welcome

to this view.

Hare Krishna

Sanjay Rath

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Narasimha Rao <pvr

<varahamihira >

Monday, July 17, 2000 8:08 PM

[sri Guru] For horas only? (Re: Hora definition)

 

 

> 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

>

>

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