Ardha Nadiamsa Calculations

[Guest guest]

Om Krishna Guru

 

Dear Susan,

 

I had a zero remainder and did not round up in my own calculations for

Ardha nadiamsa, so maybe I did this wrong, but the result made more

sense than if I had rounded up. I would like clarification on this as

well.

 

I just converted the minutes to decimals and then multiplied the

degrees by 10 to get the Ardha nadiamsa.

 

best wishes,

Willa

[Guest guest]

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

 

Dear Willa,

 

I think you are right. The seconds need to be taken into consideration when

calculating the ardha nadiamsa. In the example I gave, the degree was 0.003

so the integer was zero. To round down would give zero, which is impossible,

so clearly the integer had to be rounded up to 1. I suppose the decimal could

be zero if both the minutes and seconds are zero, but this would be very

unusual. In most cases, it would seem that the number would round up to the

next

integer.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Susan