Spiritual Sadhana etc.

From: VIGHNESH K V <vighneshare@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Jan 17, 2008 10:00 PM
Subject: [sohamsa] Some analysis needed..I request your Kind Attention..
To: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com

Narasimha Rao <pvr@charter.net>

Dear Narasimhanji, Vedokta Namskaram,

After going through your prediction, It arouse my interest to ask you a qustion on my horoscope. Kindly excuse me for taking your valuable time.Thanking you for patience shown in reading my lengthy naration.
I am confused and lack of direction. Please throw some light upon the following horoscope details.
I have 5 grahas in exaltation and still I am strugnling a lot at this age of 53 years. Please help me to come out these bad karmic and tell me what I have to do to remedy for the present condition...
Whatever I earned I spend 65% of the money for doing puja, visiting temples, gifting to Brahmins.. That is only strength for me.Since from my childhood I use to recite Devi Patam and even now after taking initiation from respected esteemed guru, I receit Durga Sapta Sati and I continue to do.

I Can master any subject so quickly and I will almost lead so much after which I leave it as it may not produce enough income to me.
So by the way I did my Accountacy Bachelor Degree1972 - 76 with Great difficulty and as per father wish I took CA and I left unfinished1980-83.
Then I was searching for a suitable job, by the time
I learnt Astrology, so I started earning money in Astrology (1980 till now,) so I gave up Idea of searching job.

Then there was not enough income to support myself I learnt the technique of Printing and designing and DTP programme and Computer assembling and programme and trouble shooting and I was quite earning very good, but soon I have to give it up, bcaz of the technology is outpaced now.
Then I learnt Ayurvedic medicine and I was quite successful in curing challenging disease.
At the age of 42 I got marriage proposal only becase of my successful curing of 12years old disease to my wife's aunty. I got married on 25 Mar 1996.

I also don't know what combination in my horoscope make me apt successful in Ayurvedic medicine. It is still to my wonder I have cured many incurable and challenging diseases and it is not my tal claim, (people cal me Doctor). Almost my contacts of cured people is around 10000 people. Out of which a few are in very good position. But I never aimed monetary gain in this noble profession.
I gave up that also due to lack of income i.e procurement cost of medicinal herbs.
My father died on 28 Mar 2003. So he had left a house which we sold and I got a share of 25% as I have three brothers younger to me.

Due to my next younger brother insistence I invested all amount in a Clearing and farwarding business and till date, I either get the promised amount of commission nor my principal amount.

So, I started gathering strength to borrow money and started Share trading. Now I am also losing in that also and making gain heavily equally.ultimately still loss is more than income. I get quarrel often with my family people.
Please guide me in these circumstances, what should I do. i.e puja or mantra, or ritual to get maximum benefit out of my horoscope. . At this age after toying with many business, I don't know what to do.

I sincerely do puja as my father left with Maha Meru ( Sri Yantra) and Uchista Ganapathy statue and other deities in statue form . So I regularly and sincerely doing puja as it is only giving comfort to my mind.
Earlier I did Meditation and pranayama and yoga for almost 15years 1987 to 2002, tat also help me in maintaining calmess.
I met with serious accident on 25 Aug 1998 out of which I seriously hospitalised for nearly 3 months.
I give you hereunder mine and my wifes details, and expect an early solution from yourself.
Additional information::
I do conduct tours to Kasi, Gaya, Allahabad, Jammu Waishno Devi, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Hardwar and other pilgrimage places. So far I visited these places 17times and more than that.


I am being initiated with Chandi and Chandi sapta Sathi. I recite Chandi Sapta Sathi whenever My mind disturbed. I will get enough lite and direction and I will win ultimately. My father left to me (Mah Meru, Raja Rajeswari,Vallaba Ganapathy *(more than 100 years old) and an Uchista Ganapathy made of Sweetarkam, I do have statue and I am also initiated with Maha Ganapathy, Bala, Sakthi Panchakshari mantra. I regularly do these mantras except chousam days.
I started doing pooja only after my fathers' death i.e. 23 Mar 2003..

I also do daily pooja of Panchayatana and apart from Lakshmi on Jyothi(Deepa) and bairava, Varahi, Agora Veerabadra and Rudra Thirusathi with Devi Kadka Mala regularly, apart from every thursday I do Dakshinamuurthy and on Wednesday for Vishnu and on Sunday for Sooryaji special.

I also recite Rishabam Sharsaneenam----Brihaspathim Varenyam 108 times
Trayambakam ------Mirutyor Mukshiya Mamrudad 216 time
Om Namshivaya namo Omkareswaraya 324 times
Om namo bagawathey maha purushaya Sarva guna Sankyayanaya ananthaya avyakthaya Namaha
Om Namo Balabathraya Namaha;
Om Astikam Munirajam Namo Namaha
Om namo Jyothir lokaya kalayanaya animisham pathaye maha purushaya abi thimahi ithi
all 108 times
Thanking you,
Vighnesh
Date of Brith: 08 Sep 1955
Time of Brith: 13 52 p.m
Place of Brith: Mannargudi 79 33 E Long 11 17 N Lat

Thanking you very much for your valuable guidance in advance.
Please help me to locate the problem in my horoscope.
To get income in my present Share Business If I am blessed with or
what business I can do with
mittigate losses (16 Lakhs) in money.
The loss due to bad investment. Whether is thre
any way to recover it. Tel me please if any other remedy I have to do, I I will sincerely follow it up.
And I have desire to visit, Omkareswar, Mahakaleswar,Bimasankar, Tryambakeswar, Mallikarjuna(Sri Sailam). and to cover 108 Vishnu abode. I already started last month itself of Vishnu abode. Please tell me whether I can fulfil this part within shortly..
K.V.Vighnesh Chennai
mail id: vighneshare@yahoo.co.in
Mbl: 9444961820

Namaste dear Vighnesh ji,

You have the 10th lord in 10th. You should use Chaturaseeti sama dasa (84 year dasa) in your chart.

In 1998, you were running Venus dasa Moon antardasa. Venus is the 6th lord and Moon is the 8th lord in 6th with 12th lord Ketu.

I feel that your dasamsa lagna should be Pi and not Ar. So I changed the birthtime to 13:47. The 6th lord Sun in lagna with Moon and Venus can explain ayurveda work, while 10th lord Jupiter in Sc can explain the astrology work.

Marriage was in Venus-Saturn antardasa (as per Chaturaseeti sama dasa). Venus is karaka and Saturn is the upapada lord in rasi and the 7th lord in navamsa.

You are running Saturn dasa. Unfortunately, there is no Rahu dasa in Chaturaseeti sama dasa and he gives his results in Saturn dasa. Rahu is quite bad for you.

He is the 2nd lord of wealth and he is in gandantha in 12th. He shows big losses. It is not a time to invest and take risks.

Moreover, Rahu and Saturn take part in Braahmana Shaapa yoga and Maatru shaapa yoga.

Durga Saptashati is the best solution to 2nd lord Rahu in 12th in gandantha.

I see that you do a lot of mantras. If one wants water, one should dig in one place. Instead of digging 10 ft in 20 places, one can dig 200 ft in one place and then one is guaranteed to find water. You were born in this family and received a lot of religious and spiritual foundation in this life. You are very lucky. But it also raises the bar for you. Gods accept a small prayer from an uneducated man, but one with a lot of resources and learning like you is expected to do heavy sadhana and then only gods are pleased. You enjoyed the low-hanging fruits in the previous lives and now you have to read the topmost branches to enjoy some fruit.

Instead of doing 10-20 mantras, you should stick to one mantra until you fully experience that mantra and the devata of the mantra. Then you can move on to another mantra. So my humble suggestion is to stick to one mantra or sadhana and maximize your efforts in it. A time should come when one completely forgets self, the body etc and the whole world reverberates with the mantra and the deity comes before/within one. Then only the sadhana is complete. When sadhana in one mantra is incomplete, why do more sadhanas?

Homam (fire ritual) is more effective than worshipping an idol or a kalasham. If you can learn Chandi homam in laghu paddhati (2 hours) and do it once in the morning and once in the evening (or atleast once in the day) for 128 days, you should see a big improvement in your material and spiritual lives.

With some heavy sadhana with Chandi patham/homam, you can recover most of your investment and minimize the loss. But, in future, do not make any risky investments. This is not your time to do such things.

Best regards,
Narasimha
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experience with wearing an emerald..

Dear all,

My birthdata is 23:00pm, 29 June 1967, +5:30 GMT, 78E46, 22N12.
Aquarius ascendant, Mercury 5, 8L vargottama in 5. As I've posted
many times before, I continue to be in heavy debt in general. Cursed
moon (DK), going through the period of the curse from 2001-2008
according to Moola dasha, also confirmed by Narayana Dasha.

So one of the suggestions I had earlier gotten was to wear an
emerald since Mercury I believe is "Yogi" (or "Duplicate Yogi", I
forget which). I know this is not a solution to the curse, for that
I have discovered (and followed) a strong attraction to the Gayatri
Mantra.

When I wore an emerald (19 Dec 2007, 8:56am, San Jose, CA, USA) (5
rati emerlad, in a 22ct gold pendant, in a 22ct thin gold chain)
after doing 1 mala of the Rg Veda mantra for mercury, the following
things happened:
1) My daughter's existing cold turned out to be a very bad case of
strep throat with lots of fever and pain, was put on antibiotics
immediately
2) My son developed the same, didnt respond to antibiotics,
eventually had to be switched to a powerful one to get cured (after
several days of fever and pain)
3) My wife and I both developed the same infection, and then after
my son didnt respond, we were told that the germ had mutated so we
were probably all going to get it again
4) I got news from India that my Dad was sick (he is quite old, so
the news is significant)
5) Again got news that my in-laws dog had suddenly died overnight
(every one was quite attached to it, so it was a significant event)
After that (about 4 days) i.e. all the above events and several
sleepless nights, I took off the emerald. There was some minor
financial good news while I was wearing the emerald, but other than
that nothing else.

Opinions? Was this (sicknesses) an effect of wearing the emerald?
Due to the 8th lordship of Mercury?

Thanks,

Sundeep

From: Narasimha Rao
Date: Jan 17, 2008 8:16 PM
Subject: [sohamsa] Re: My experience with wearing an emerald.. Some analysis needed..
To: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com

Namaste Sundeep,

Though Mercury is the 5th lord in 5th, he is also the retrograde 8th
lord. Moreover, he is the 8th lord in trimsamsa (D-30), which shows
suffering and punishment (use "shashtyamsa like trimsamsa"). He is
your 22nd drekkana lord too (using Jagannatha drekkana chart, which
is the correct drekkana chart for reckoning the 22nd drekkana).
Unfortunately, he does not become a benefic in navamsa (which could
have protected). When a planet owns 8th in rasi and trimsamsa and
happens to be a rank malefic in navamsa also, it is a bad idea to
wear that planet's gem.

The muhurta you picked is fine, except for chara karaka parivartana.

My advice would be to remove the gem/chain from your body, put it in
your pooja room and worship it instead. After your Gayatri japam
everyday, point your hands at the emerald and say "asmin marakate
Sree Ramachandram aavaahayaami", then offer some akshatas on the
emerald and then do japam with the mantra "Om Sree Raama Raama
Raama". That will give you much more benefit than actually wearing
it.

Regarding heavy debts, you have Mars in 8th. Current dasa is of
Venus and Venus is in kaaraka sthaana from Mars (using Paachakaadi
sambandhas). So he advances the result of Mars in 8th
(debts/accidents etc). No wonder the debts continue to trouble. For
Mars, you can do "Rina Vimochaka Angaaraka Stotram". If you can read
that stotram for 2 hours continuously everyday for 60 days while
maintaining brahmacharya during the 60 days, it should have a
considerable impact on your debt situation. If you can commit such
an amount of time, please send a private mail and I will give the
stotra and also the procedure. One should remember that serious
karmas require serious remedies. One cannot expect to do a mantra
108 times and get rid of serious problems.

Best regards,
Narasimha
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Namaste dear Bharat ji,

> If you have worn this Emerald pendant solely on my advice and do not want to
> continue to wear it or do prayers to it as Sri Narasimha has suggested,
> then, as a moral duty I would like to pay you for the Emerald and buy it
> from you. As such your financial position is not good and I would not like
> to burden it by a possible wrong suggestion.

My apologies if I caused some trouble to either of you with my advice.

After worshipping Lord Ramachandra in the gem for a few months as I suggested, it may be worthwhile trying to wear the gem again.

In general, gems are trickier than mantras. Saattwika mantras are safe, while gems can have some penalties when we make a misjudgment.

I admire you for this noble stand. May you be a role model to all Jyotishis. But it is not yet clear if your judgment was actually wrong. Even if it is wrong, it is ok - even big astrologers misjudge.

Best regards,
Narasimha

Mahaganapathi homam update [FAQ-2]

 

> namaste,
>
> > So as per me this is the correct procedure to perform Shri Ganapthy Homam.So why we have to cut short the methods ?
>
> I believe this is answered in misconception #2 (found on page 4 of Sri
> Narasimha's document).
>
> Traditions are different in different places of the country. I have
> not heard of the installation of dik-palakas as part of
> ganapathi-homam before (it is customary to do archana to them since
> they adorn the homa-kunda as a part of any homa, and that is found in
> Sri. Narasimha's procedure as well). Please do give some details or
> how this is performed in ganapathi-homa in your native area.
>

> > takes place about 1 Hr.Minimum
>

> In my native place, the traditional homa only takes half that time,
> and it is not due to shortcuts.
>
> bhavadIyaH,
>
>        ajit

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr@charter.net>
Date: Jan 12, 2008 10:21 PM
Subject: [sohamsa] Re: Mahaganapathi homam update (short & super-short procedures)
To: vedic-wisdom@yahoogroups.com, sohamsa@yahoogroups.com

Dear Ajit,

 

> Traditions are different in different places of the country. I have
> not heard of the installation of dik-palakas as part of
> ganapathi-homam before (it is customary to do archana to them since
> they adorn the homa-kunda as a part of any homa, and that is found in
> Sri. Narasimha's procedure as well).

 

You are right - there are different traditions. I too have not seen the installation of dik-palakas as part of Mahaganapathi homam before. As you said, we pray to dikpalakas on the 8 or 10 corners of homa kundam as a part of every homa, but installing them before the homa is new.

 

However, installation of dikpalakas happens traditionally in some other homas such as Chandi homam. In a traditional Chandi homam, we install tens of deities including the ten dikpalakas, in separate kalashas on a big peetham before starting the homam. They are arranged in a specific way on a specific yantra drawn on rice with turmeric and vermilion. We pray to them and then do the fire ritual.

 

Though I know that I will ruffle some feathers with this, I must make a related point. The point of a homam is to call deities in fire (as fire is a purer and better medium to host their energy than an idol or a water pot) and offer mantras. Though there is some procedure before starting fire, care should taken so that one spends a majority of the time worshipping in fire. That is the basic idea of a homam. While some priests do that, I have seen some who miss the point and do a lot of the procedure before starting the fire and spend a minimal time with the fire. For the best results, maximize the time your spend with fire and offer more and more mantra to the deity in fire.

 

> In my native place, the traditional homa only takes half that time,
> and it is not due to shortcuts.
 

India's Kerala state (aren't you from there?) used to have a community of learned Brahmanas who would do an half hour Ganapathi homam every morning before leaving the house. What a great sadhana! Even if one is carrying a lot of bad karmas, such a powerful sadhana will eventually free one. Hopefully, such a community - spread across the entire world - will be created in the next 100 years.

 

This is Kali yuga. Bad karmas are accumulated very quickly. Even a pure soul who took birth with very few bad karmas accumulates enough of them by the age of 20 that it takes heavy sadhana thereafter to burn them! Then what of those who are *born* with many bad karmas?

 

Whether you do homam or something else, spiritual sadhana to burn karmas and overcome ego is a must for every thinking human being. Use the human birth to do your dharma, purify yourself and overcome ego. Kali does everything to make you forget your dharma, add impurities to your system and feed your ego further. That is the nature of Kali.

 

Best regards,
Narasimha
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Mahaganapathi homam [FAQ]

> O SHRI RAGHAVENDRAAYA NAMAH

> OM SHRI LAKSHMI NRUSIMHAAYA NAMAH

> Dear Chi.Narasimha,

> I am not against the method which you have given in your link.

> But my intention is when we do some traditional Yajnas like this,

> we should follow the methods given in the original Homa procedure.

> I dont want to elongate this discussion.I have given my views and

> others may differ as you said in this Kali Yuga everything is impure

> and Fire or Agni is pure.So as per me we have to follow the age

> old methods to perform this Agni Mukhena Ganapathy Homam.

> I am closing this discussion.

> With Shri Hari Vaayu Guru Naama Smarana,

> Ramadas Rao.

From: Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr@charter.net>
Date: Jan 10, 2008 5:23 AM
Subject: [sohamsa] Re: Mahaganapathi homam update (short & super-short procedures)
To: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com, vedic-wisdom@yahoogroups.com

Dear Ramadas ji,

 

Thank you for your comments and I will give some quick replies.

 

> But my intention is when we do some traditional Yajnas like this,

 

What is taught in the manual is *not* a "traditional Yajna". Though we sometimes use the words yajna and homa exchangably, they are quite different. A yajna is bigger in scale, has many many strict rules and is performed to achieve some specific goals and performed only occasionally. A homa can be big or small, more flexible with rules and can be performed as a spiritual sadhana on a daily or weekly basis.

 

My manual is only for those who want *internal* purification and upliftment in the presence of a god in live external fire every morning. If someone has specific *external* goals (e.g. getting control over a person, defeating an enemy, killing a person, achieving wealth, getting a child etc), it is doable but a lot of rules are imposed on the procedure and it is not easy to learn. I am *not* serving such people with the manual.

 

> we should follow the methods given in the original Homa procedure.

 

Well, there isn't really any single "original Homa procedure". There is a set of several procedures that are used in several traditions for several purposes. All procedures given when there are specific tasks involved have some complications and inappropriate to spread on the internet.

 

However, there are some simple homam procedures used in the past as a *daily spiritual sadhana* and the "short" procedure in the manual is one of them.

 

> Fire or Agni is pure.

 

And, Agni is *not* to be feared. Agni is to be loved, as he can be used as a medium for invoking divine presence to purify oneself.

 

Neither Agni nor the god in Agni is to be feared. If one is asking for a specific external goal, one better be prepared for punishment when something is messed up. But, when one only loves god and Agni and only wants to purify oneself in god's presence in Agni, I declare with confidence that there is *nothing* to fear. Any homam procedure one uses from the manual or elsewhere will only help one in that case.

 

> I am closing this discussion.
 

Thank you for bringing up some points which enabled me to write things that I did not get a chance to write before. It is the comments from people like you that enable me to refine the "explanation" part of the manual and answer more concerns of people! It is the kindness of Mother that there are friendly critics helping me to refine the document and thereby serve more people.

 

Best regards,
Narasimha
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Mahaganapathi homam update (short & super-short procedures)

> OM SHRI RAGHAVENDRAAYA NAMAH

> OM SHRI LAKSHMI NRUSIMHAAYA NAMAH

> Dear Chi.Narasimha,

> Every year when I go to my native place on vacation, I perform

> Shri Ganapathy Homam through my Kula Purohit which takes

> place about 1 Hr.Minimum which includes installation of Ashta

> Dikpalakas,Installing of Guru Devatha,etc.then putting fire using

> different types of wood,performing of Homa with Shri Ganapathy

> Moola Mantra,Chanting of Shri Ganapathy Atharvasheersha etc.

> offering of Ashta Dravya to Homam,Ghee etc.Finally Pooja will

> be performed after offering Ashta Dravya Nivedya.So as per me

> this is the correct procedure to perform Shri Ganapthy Homam.

> So why we have to cut short the methods ?

> With Shri Hari Vaayu Guru Naama Smarana,

> Ramadas Rao.

>

> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:03:03 -0500 sohamsa@yahoogroups.com wrote

>

> Namaste friends,

>

> The latest version of "Sri Mahaganapathi Homam Manual: Laghu

> Paddhati (Short Procedure)" is available at the link below. The

> procedure has been fine-tuned some more for a better results

> and some explanations have also been refined.

>

> Also, a super-short procedure with bare minimum mantras is

> included as an appendix, as per the advice of my guru. The

> short procedure taught earlier was still too complicated for many

> people and contains several Sanskrita mantras, some from Veda.

> The newer super-short procedure will allow more people to take

> advatantage of homam. One can do a quick fire worship of

> Ganapathi in 15-20 minutes using this super-short procedure.

>

> The section on the benefits of homam has also been enriched more.

>

> A new MP3 audio file that matches with the procedure given in

> the document will soon be uploaded.

>

> Best regards,
> Narasimha
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From: Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr@charter.net>
Date: Jan 9, 2008 6:38 AM
Subject: [sohamsa] Re: Mahaganapathi homam update (short & super-short procedures)
To: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com, vedic-wisdom@yahoogroups.com

Dear Ramadas ji,

 

> So why we have to cut short the methods ?

 

If I tell someone to make a twenty course meal and eat it, one will be able to make it only once in a blue moon. If one eats a delicious feast once every year or six months and starves at other times, what good is it? Will it give one much strength?

 

On the other hand, if I tell someone to boil lentils (dal) and rice and eat them with a pinch of salt, one will be able to make it everyday and eat it. It may not be too delicious, but it will taste good and will give one strength for sure.

 

The instruction we received was to spread a very simple Mahaganapathi homam procedure that can be done everyday by busy people of this age. Homam is a very efficient sadhana. Everything is impure in kali yuga, but fire is always pure. Worshipping Ganapathi in fire every morning has an amazing cleansing effect on one. However, any spiritual sadhana needs regularity for effectiveness.

 

I have performed long homas, like an 8-hour long Mahaganapathi homam and a 12-hour long Chandi homam. I have also performed short homas on a regular basis, like a 45-minute long daily Mahaganapathi homam and a 2-hour long daily Chandi homam. My experience is that a regular practice does much more to one than a one-off biggie.

 

BTW, the 45 minute long "short" procedure I taught in the manual is quite close to an authentic and perfect procedure. Regarding the 15-20 minute long "super-short" procedure, we too are not too excited by it. But we feel that something is better than nothing and that this will be a stepping stone to the other 45-minute procedure for a lot of people that are going to come and benefit from homam.

 

So many saintly souls are born into challenging circumstances in this age and a great amount of bad karmas is accumulated in the mad rush of this age. The amount of sadhana that is needed to burn those karmas is difficult to manage within the limited time most people allocate to spiritual sadhana in this age. Worship using an external fire is of great help and accelerates the process of burning karmas and cleansing self.

 

Some higher beings have decided that several spiritually inclined souls are to come to earth in the coming years and benefit from a regular practice of Mahaganapathi homam. They instructed my guru to spread a short Mahaganapathi homam procedure. The divine Mother also appeared to him and clarified that instruction. We are just laying the foundation as per the instruction received by us. We are just instruments in a big plan. The reason for the instruction we received may become clearer after more time.

 

The proof of the pudding is in eating it. If one tries a procedure given in the manual for a few months, one will know what it does.

 

By the way, I have no problem with people doing longer procedures at all. There are many traditions and many procedures. While we are here to spread one particular procedure, we do respect all traditions.

 

Best regards,
Narasimha
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Are JHL Rahu kalam timings right?

---- Tulsi Badrinath <tulsib@eth.net> wrote:
> Dear Narasimha Rao garu,
>
> Namaskaram. Today a friend was visiting an astrologer and happened to mention that she wanted to leave by 3 pm. So I said Rahu kaalam ends at 3.36 (as per jhl) so don't go before that. She said no, it ends at 3.00 I am very sure and when I looked in the panchangam provided in chennai online, sure enough it was 1.30 to 3.00. Anyway the astrologer was only going to meet her at 3.30 so I felt either way she was safe.
>
> But on checking, JHL consistently shows RKaalam as half an hour later. Is there some reason for this?
>
> I look forward to hearing from you,
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tulsi Badrinath

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From: Narasimha PVR Rao <pvr@charter.net>
Date: Jan 3, 2008 7:00 PM
Subject: [vedic-astrology] Re: Are JHL Rahu kalam timings right?
To: Tulsi Badrinath <tulsib@eth.net>
Cc: sivacharya@yahoogroups.com , vedic-astrology@yahoogroups.com, sohamsa@yahoogroups.com, JyotishGroup@yahoogroups.com

Namaste Badrinath,

I am cc'ing this mail to a few yahoogroups that are read by some astrologers and some priests, hoping you don't mind.

A lot of astrologers and priests routinely miscalculate Raahu Kaalam because of a misconception.

The rahu kalam times given in panchangas for various weekdays are based on a 6 am sunrise. If sunrise is exactly at 6 am, then Raahu Kaalam on a Thursday is from 1:30 pm to 3 pm.

But, if sunrise happens at 6:35 am, then all the kaalas are shifted by 35 minutes. The day is divided into various kaalas and it is based on the sunrise. So Raahu Kaalam on a Thursday will be from 2:05 pm to 3:35 pm.

What is so special about 6 am? If India did not choose "5.5 hours east" timezone and instead chose "6 hours east" timezone or "5 hours east" timezone, then all the times in all the clocks in Chennai would be off by 30 minutes. Will these astrologers still take Kaalams based on 6 am clock time and say that Raahu Kaalam is still from 1:30 pm to 3 pm on a Thursday?

The 6 am clock time has no relevance. Sun is the epoch of the day and sunrise is important for deciding horas and kaalams.

Jagannatha hora software is correct and your astrologer friend is unfortunately misinformed.

Hope that helps.

Best regards,
Narasimha
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