Panchanga Examples by PVR

Panchanga Examples: My First emails to Sri K.N. Rao and Pt. Sanjay Rath

Namaste friends,

I am travelling on office work and did not get a chance to read the list or send mails. I thought I'd send a mail today, as I am a little free today.

I wrote a while ago that the five limbs of panchanga (tithi, vaara, nakshatra,yoga, karana) represent the five elements (water, fire, air, ether, earth respectively). I wrote that water shows harmony and prosperity, fire shows vitality and longevity, air shows the past karma and distractions, ether shows the binding force and relations and earth shows the accomplishments.

When analyzing a prasna chart (horary chart) or a muhurta chart (electional chart), we can look at the five limbs of panchanga and each has its own use as listed above. I will give a couple of new examples.

Example 1: My first email to Sri K.N. Rao

The first email sent to someone by me shows the initiation of my communication with that person. If my interactions with a particular person turn out to be important, then it has be shown in the muhurta chart of the first communication. This muhurta chart is the seed of all future interaction with that person.

Date:          June 10, 1998
Time:          7:21:32 pm
Time Zone:     5:30:00 (East of GMT)
Place:         77 E 12' 00", 28 N 36' 00"
               --, --
Altitude:      0.98 meters

Lunar Yr-Mo:   Bahu-dhanya - Jyeshtha
Tithi:         Krishna Pratipat (Su) (61.09% left)
Vedic Weekday: Wednesday (Me)
Nakshatra:     Moola (Ke) (97.57% left)
Yoga:          Subha (Su) (80.16% left)
Karana:        Balava (Mo) (22.19% left)
Hora Lord:     Venus (5 min sign: Ar)
Mahakala Hora: Venus (5 min sign: Ta)
Kaala Lord:    Sun (Mahakala: Rahu)

Sunrise:       5:23:37 am
Sunset:        7:17:57 pm
Janma Ghatis:  34.9130

Ayanamsa:      23-49-59.49
Sidereal Time: 12:15:12

+-----------------------------------------------+
|Ju         |Ve   Sa    |Su   Ma    |           |
|           |GL   Md    |Me         |           |
|           |Gk         |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
|Ke         |                       |HL         |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|-----------|         Rasi          |-----------|
|           |                       |Ra   AL    |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
|Mo         |As         |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
+-----------------------------------------------+
 


You can see that the yoga is Subha (auspicious), ruled by Moon. Though Moon is the 9th lord (dharma) in the 2nd house (JyotirVidya or astro-learning), he is placed in the 8th house from paka lagna. Yoga shows aakasa tattva, i.e. the binding force that brings people together. Yoga lord's bad placement from lagna lord does not show any important coming together as a result of this communication.

Karana is Balava and lord is Moon again. For coming together, we saw the lagna lord. For accomplishments, let us see the 2nd and 5th houses as these are important for this communication. Moon is in 2nd and in a quadrant from 2nd and 5th lord Jupiter in Pisces. Thus, if this communication had led to a relationship, the relationship would've been fruitful for astrology. Now, you can see why you cannot make a prediction just on the basis of karana or just on the basis of tithi. In this case, yoga lord is ill-placed from lagna lord showing that this interaction may not result in any important relationship. Thus, any predictions made just on the basis of karana will go wrong.

Nakshatra is Moola, ruled by the demon Nirriti. Nakshatra shows the airy element and shows the karma behind something and distractions etc. Nakshatra ruled by nirriti shows bad karma. Sri K.N. Rao may be a great astrologer and several people may have benefitted from his association, but I was not meant to work with him. I was meant to work with Pt. Sanjay Rath. The short-lived interaction with Sri K.N. Rao was due to some bad karma by me in the past (as shown by Nirriti).

Finally, look at vaara (weekday), which shows the fire element, to see the vitality and longevity. Weekday is Wednesday here. While yoga (coming together) was analyzed w.r.t. the paka lagna, longevity is to be analyzed w.r.t. lagna only. Mercury is the 8th lord in 7th and a clear maraka (killer). As he governs the weekday here, it shows that the interaction will be very short-lived. Indeed my interaction with Sri K.N. Rao was short-lived.

Example 2: My first email to Pt. Sanjay Rath

Date:          November 27, 1997
Time:          1:47:00 am
Time Zone:     5:00:00 (West of GMT)
Place:         71 W 12' 00", 42 N 30' 00"
               --, --
Altitude:      0.84 meters

Lunar Yr-Mo:   Isvara - Karthika
Tithi:         Krishna Trayodasi (Ju) (70.68% left)
Vedic Weekday: Wednesday (Me)
Nakshatra:     Swaati (Ra) (84.39% left)
Yoga:          Soubhagya (Ve) ( 25.16% left)
Karana:        Garija (Ju) (41.37% left)
Hora Lord:     Mars (5 min sign: Pi)
Mahakala Hora: Venus (5 min sign: Ta)
Kaala Lord:    Mercury (Mahakala: Venus)

Sunrise:       6:50:14 am (November 26)
Sunset:        4:12:26 pm (November 26)
Janma Ghatis:  47.3651

Ayanamsa:      23-49-35.57
Sidereal Time: 6:27:06

+-----------------------------------------------+
|SaR        |           |           |HL         |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
|Ke         |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|-----------|         Rasi          |-----------|
|Ju         |                       |Ra         |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|           |                       |           |
|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
|Ma   Me    |Su         |Mo   GL    |As   Gk    |
|Ve   AL    |           |Md         |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
|           |           |           |           |
+-----------------------------------------------+
 
One analyzing these charts superficially may notice that the first chart has Jupiter in Pisces in the 5th house and the second chart has debilitated Jupiter is in the 5th house and conclude that the first chart is stronger. However, let us do a thorough analysis using the five panchanga elements.

You can see that the yoga is Soubhagya (great fortune). Its ruler Venus is in the 4th house in great digbala (towards moksha). Lagna lord Mercury joins him! Thus, the yoga lord is well-placed from lagna lord and 9th lord. In the previous example, yoga lord was well-placed from 9th lord but not from lagna lord. The potential for a good relationship existed only in one direction. In this case, yoga lord is well-placed from lagna lord (me) as well as the 9th lord (Pt. Rath). Thus this interaction can lead to a good relationship. Aakasa tattva is quite strong. [Note: Those of you who know how to analyze the weaknesses in various tattvas using D-30 can check out the D-30 of both charts. In the first example, D-30 shows affliction of aakasa tattva (binding force) by Rahu and Ketu. In the current example, the signs ruled by Jupiter (aakasa tattva) in D-30 are empty and thus aakasa tattva is free from affliction. The 10 signs used in D-30 show the 5 elements in pairs by rulership. Aakasa tattva is represented by Sg and Pi ruled by Jupiter. In D-30, they are afflicted by nodes in the first example and empty in the second example.]

Tithi is Krishna Trayodasi (K13) and karana is Garija. Both are ruled by Jupiter. Jupiter is well-placed in the 5th house of scholarship and fame and in the 2nd house of resources/food from paka lagna. Jupiter feeds the intelligence (paka lagna) and gives fame. Jupiter is debilitated in rasi, but exalted in navamsa (dharma) and hence attains neecha bhanga. He takes part in a raja yoga with Saturn (5th and 7th lords having exchange), in Saraswati yoga (good for learning) with Mercury and Venus and in Gaja-Kesari yoga with Moon. As this Gaja-Kesari yoga is in 2nd and 5th houses (2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th houses are important for astrological knowledge), it shows fame in astrology.

The above yogas given by Jupiter by themselves do not mean much. When we analyze a prasna chart or a muhurta chart or a dasa pravesha chart, it is easy to get carried away by nice yogas. What decides if those yogas fructify or not is the links with panchanga. Panchanga is a very important aspect of astrology!

Here Jupiter owns tithi (watery element - harmony and prosperity) and karana (earthy element - accomplishments). Thus this interaction will lead to a relationship that will accomplish a lot in the field of astrology. Had the tithi and karana belonged to another planet, it would've been a totally
different situation.

However, for this relationship to live long, the above elements are not enough - we need fire. So look at the weekday.

Weekday lord is Mercury again. In the first exmaple, he was the 8th lord in 7th. Here he is the lagna and 10th lord in 4th. While the interaction of the first example was short-lived, this interaction was to be long-lived. My relationship with Pt. Rath has only steadily grown since that day. Very soon, five years will be completed since the first email. During this time, our interaction has been very very fruitful for me and for some other people who follow my writings.

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Though it is accepted by almost everyone that the five elements of panchanga are very important, the exact principles governing their use have been lost. There is a lot of confusion in this regard and people use them in a mixed up way. Is the result of a bad karana and a bad yoga the same? Is the result of a bad weekday and a bad tithi the same? Definitely not, though some people use all these elements interchangably. I am trying to throw light on these differences, as taught in our tradition.

When you analyze a muhurta chart or a prasna chart or a dasa pravesha chart, keep these things in mind don't get carried away by nice yogas. Use the five elements of panchanga to get a clear picture. Understand the meaning of each element and use accordingly!
May Jupiter's light shine on us,
PVR
Nov-17-2002, 11:16 AM