[Hare Rama Krishna] [Jaya Jagannath] Lahiri/ayanamsa puzzle -

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> Letter PAMHO:4488349 (73 lines)

> Dhira Krsna (das) BCS (Radhadesh - B)

> 15-Jul-01 16:58

> " Varahamihira "

> <varahamihira >

> vedic astrology

> Reference: Text PAMHO:4457652 by Internet: Gauranga

> Das

> [Jaya Jagannath] Re: [vedic astrology]

> Lahiri/ayanamsa puzzle -

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> Dear Gauranga Prabhu,

>

> Hare Rama Krsna.

>

> Sorry for the delay in answering. I had an intense

> week of taking care of

> Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra after They got

> sick from the snana

> yatra. We had Ratha Yatra in The Hague, Holland,

> yesterday.

>

> >I'd love to give th exact reference, but

> unfortunately I don't have it. I

> >just remember reading it in an issue of the

> Astrological Magazine. But it

> >must be Pancasiddhantika. Maybe Shiv Chadha or

> someone can give the exact

> >quote.

>

> Sadaputa Prabhu mentions this number of ayanamsa

> value in his new book

> " Mysteries of the Sacred Universe " as written in the

> Pancasiddhantika. Do

> you remember also if it was mentioned why he came to

> this ayanamsa?

>

> As I had very intimate days with Lord Jagannath, He

> gave me a lot of mercy

> and realizations. The ayanamsa value of Varaha

> Mihira can be obtained by the

> movement of the cosmic clock represented by the line

> described in this verse

> of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and by the progression of the

> Rahu-ketu axis.

>

> <<SB. 12.2.27-28: Of the seven stars forming the

> constellation of the seven

> sages, Pulaha and Kratu are the first to rise in the

> night sky. If a line

> running north and south were drawn through their

> midpoint, whichever of the

> lunar mansions this line passes through is said to

> be the ruling asterism of

> the constellation for that time. The Seven Sages

> will remain connected with

> that particular lunar mansion for one hundred human

> years. Currently, during

> your lifetime, they are situated in the naksatra

> called Magha.>>

>

> The Saptarsi constellation is known as Ursa Major in

> the Western astronomy.

> The first rising stars are Pulaha and Kratu, the

> stars on the edge of the

> cart. Notice that these stars point exactly to the

> North Pole of the sky.

> Extending this line to the zodiac, it will touch a

> particular naksatra. That

> is the ruling naksatra for 100 human years.

> Rahu-Ketu pass through one rasi

> in 1.5 year. One rasi is 2.25 naksatras, so in

> 0.66666 years one naksatra

> is passed. Now in 100 years the Rahu-Ketu axis will

> progress for 150

> naksatras + 1 = 151 naksatras, indicating in this

> way that the 7 Sages are

> connected with one rasi for 100 years. And 151/3 =

> 50.33333.

>

> Then calculating further on the information that in

> 46.6666 degrees 1.200

> years have passed, if we consider the 2 edges of the

> line from Pulaha-Kratu

> (note that in Krsna's time these 2 lines were

> diametrically opposite to each

> other in 90 degrees) 3.5 naksatras are passed on

> either side, so that gives

> us an amount of 7 naksatras. 2 x 7 x 100 = 1.400

> years. Then why 1.200

> years? Note also that the line will have passed

> Abhijit, which is an

> intercalary naksatra, because Abhijit went to the

> forest to meditate, so she

> left the heavens. Because of Abhijit 200 years must

> be deducted, as the

> total number for Abhijit will be 400 years divided

> over the 2 transits of

> this line over it.

>

> Regarding the actual ayanamsa degree at present,

> that will depend on the

> position of Rahu-Ketu at the time of the beginning

> of the kali-yuga.

> Definitely they should have been exalted in

> Rohini-Anuradha respectively.

> Regarding the actual positions, I have some ideas,

> but it still needs some

> refinement. Definitely the amount of years from the

> start of kali-yuga till

> the next year Rahu-Ketu become exalted in

> Rohini-Anuradha should be a

> multiple of 18 (the amount of years they travel over

> 360 degrees) and then

> 50 years after should be the Battle of Kuruksetra

> which should be a subha

> krit year, going in multiples of 60. The most

> probable and close date I

> could find would be 3.127 BC for the start of

> kali-yuga and 3.077 or 3.078

> BC for the Battle of Kuruksetra.

>

> Maybe Narasimha or Shiv Chadha can check the dates

> of Yudhisthira and

> Krsna's charts for the respective dates. Note that

> Krsna left the world 36

> years after the Battle of Kuruksetra and that the

> age of kali only then

> manifested, although it would have started 50 years

> before the birth of

> Maharaja Pariksit.

>

> Hare Krsna!

>

> Your sishya,

> Dhira Krsna dasa

> (Text PAMHO:4488349)

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