Gauranga's Article and other references to Jamna Vighati.

February 25, 2001

Dear List, Namaste.

I have a prepared set of calculations in Excel sheets, which I sometimes forget and/or don't use. However whilst thinking through some basic theory of the Jamna Vighati and comparing to the calculations i find a major error.

If the Jamna Vighati corresponds to the Nadiamsa range, then surely it must be fairly sensitive.

Going over the rules Gauranga gives he states that:

Taking the amount of Vighatis passed between sunrise and birthtime, dividing it by 9 and rounding up to the nearest integer will give the Jamna Vighati.

Well this promises a good 3-5 minutes, before a change in Jamna Vighati!

However going over what i've learnt in previous texts it made sense to do the following:

Take the amount of Vighatis passed between Sunrise and Birthtime, roundup to the nearest integer, and remove multiples of 9. This will give a Jamna Vighati changing very often.

The reason i took multiples of 9 was that, most texts use this principle for certain calculations and for ease some merely divide the integer by 9, and then multiply the remainder by 9.

I used this on my own chart:

Examples:

Sunrise: 6:13

Birth: 6:21

This gives a 8 minute difference, i.e. 1/3rd ghatis passed. Multiplying this by 60 we get: 20 vighatis exactly, so no need to roundup.

20/9 = 2.22222. removing the excess 2 "rounds" allready passed we get: 0.2222. this should be multiplied by 9 which will give 2, which is Chandra being female.

Now the last time I checked I was very male, so lets add 10 seconds to my birthtime.

6:21:10 - 6:13 = 8:10 minutes <=> 0,340278.. ghatis <=> 20,41666.. Vighatis. rounding this upto the nearest integer gives 21 Vighatis passed at birth. Now removing multiples of 9 gives 3, which is Mangal showing a male birth.

Surely the error is clear.

Best wishes, Visti.