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Venus transits the Sun on June 6, 2012. Prof. Kalyanaraman gives you much info of the event, its astrological significxance and the astronomical aspects of the event. We also speak of the lunar eclipse of 4th June 2012TRANSCRIPT
Follow the Dharmic Path undertaken by our AncestorsPeople are classified as Astikas and Nastikas. An Astika has faith in the existence of God, Dharma, reincarnation, and in the Vedas. One who is devoid of such faith is classified a Nastika.
A Nastika cannot be easily taught. Even a man who is completely ignorant can be taught. One who is bestowed with good intellect can be taught with greater ease. But a man with half-baked knowledge cannot be taught. A Nastika falls into the last category.
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We belong to the category of Astikas since time immemorial. The Shruti (Veda) says – HegC³ees n Jew HegC³e: keÀce&Cee YeJeefle HeeHe: HeeHesve~ – one attains joy by performing Punya and falls by sinning. It is our Dharma Shastras that decide what constitutes Punyam and what constitutes Papam.
In the Mahabharata, Duryodhana tried to cause trouble to the Pandavas even after sending them to exile. But he himself was caught in trouble as he was captured by Gandharvas. At this juncture, Yudhishthira sent Arjuna and Bhima to help Duryodhana. Though his brothers were reluctant, Yudhishthira persuaded them to help their cousin, Duryodhana inspite of what he had done to them. It is natural to help those who have helped others, however the tendency to help even those who have caused us harm is the quality of a Mahatma. Mahatmas such as Yudhishthira are our ideal.
Mahatmas would be ready to sacrifice anything for Dharma, but never sacrifice Dharma. Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada in His Bhashya writes thus about a Mahatma – ³ees efn Fäeefoue#eCeb keÀce& Dee®ejefle, lecee®e#eles ueeskeÀe: Oece¥ ®ejl³e³eb cenelcee – People call him who adheres to the path of Dharma as a Mahatma.
It is not sufficient to say our ancestors were such people. While they lived such dharmic lives and fulfilled their life's purpose, it is our duty to reflect if we are following in their footsteps, rather than merely take pride in our lineage.
May everyone reflect thus, strengthen their resolve to follow Dharma, act accordingly and attain Shreyas.
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Venus Transits the
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Cover Story
The MayanApocalypse
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Fifth House
Progeny and
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Those who know Astrology can only indicate
in a way what will take place in future.
Who else, except the Creator Brahma,
can say with certainty what will definitely happen ?
DR. B. V. RAMAN
... Astrology & Weather Forecasting 3
YAJNAVALKYA
Jyothisha Chinta Nidhi 5
Benedictory Message for “Sanskrit Through Ramayana” Series 7
T. K. NITHYANANDAN
Family Astrologer Tradition 8
PROF. V. S. KALYANRAMAN
Venus Transits the SUN 9
DR. VAMSHI KRISHNA GHANAPATHI
Sanskrit through Ramayana 15
JAYASREE SARANATHAN
The Mayan Apocalypse A Vedic View 17
C.A. PADMANABHAN
Nakshatra Paddathi 21
BHARADWAAJA
Partial Lunar Eclipse 4th June 2012 25
SURANJANA BISWAS
Fifth House Progeny and Creativity 27
The Astrological eMagazine Panchanga for June 2012 29
VARAHAMIHIRA
This Month for You June 2012 32
Sunrise and Sunset Timings for June 2012 38
Timings for Rahukala, Gulikakala and Yamakantaka 39
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Lead Article
DR. B. V. RAMAN
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WHEN YOU NOTE WINDS blowing from the north-
east in the evening (Sandhya) of the Full Moon day
of Ashadha (July-August) month, then there will be
downpour and consequent luxuriant vegetable life during
the ensuing year. When it rains on the 4th lunar day of the
dark half of Ashadha and on the day ruled by
Poorvabhadra in the same month, there will be luxuriant
vegetation during the year ahead. When the 5th lunar day
of the bright half of the lunar month falls on a Sunday (in
Ashadha), there will be a little rain. If it is on a Monday,
there will be a down pour. If it is a Tuesday rains will be
fierce ; Wednesday would bring in a storm ; Thursday—
general prosperity ; Friday —ruin and loss; Saturday—
there will be misery everywhere. If the constellation of
Rohini coincides with the 10th lunar day (in the month of
Ashadha) there will be terrible rains.
Sun occupies 21/4 nakshatras every month beginning from
Aswini, making up 12 months from Mesha. He occupies
Poorvashadha in the month of Dhanus and stays there
for 13 days and 20 ghatikas (13 degrees and 20 minutes).
If during the 1st day, all the sky including the Sun is found
to be completely covered by dark clouds, there will be
rain during the month of Mithuna when the Sun occupies
Ardra. Similarly, if during the 2nd day all the heavens are
found to be dark by clouds, there will be rain during the
latter part of Mithuna and the first part of Kataka, when
the Sun will occupy the asterism of Punarvasu. Similarly
in the 3rd day, 4th day, 5th day, 6th day and so on till the
14th day, if the same conditions prevail, there will be rains
during the succeeding months when the Sun will be in
Pushyami, Aslesha, Makha, Pubba, till Moola in regular
succession. The above information is useful in giving long-
range forecasts which appear to have been a specialty
with our ancient meteorologists. If the heavens are clear,
then there will be no rains.
Rains can be expected in the following periods:—
(a) When the combustion period of the various planets
begin and end. (b) When Moon conjoins with other planets,
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(c) Full Moon and New Moon days, (d) When the Sun
transits Cancer and Capricon signs. (e) When the Sun
occupies the Aridra nakshatra. (f) When Mercury conjoins
with Jupiter or Venus or when Jupiter joins with Venus
there will be rain. When Mars and Saturn join together
without any aspect or association of good planets, then
danger from fire, lightning and storm can be expected.
We are also enabled to determine the very day of the
occurrence of rain from a knowledge of the nature of the
clouds during the day. When clouds surrounded by a
radiance resembling that of the Moon, white as nectar,
with a blue-black spot in the centre, and pouring layers of
water pass from West to East or East to West, we can
predict that there will be a very heavy shower before
long.
If in the rainy season, the sunrise is observed to have a
‘halo’ in the East, and the Noon— (midday) is marked
by the intense heat of the Sun’s rays, we can make
sure that there will be rain that day. Apart from
atmospheric factors, the ancient meteorologists took
note of the behaviour of certain animals as indicating
immediate rainfall such as...
Cows hasten home to meet their calves. Cats scratch
the ground with their claws. Hills shine at a distance
and seem to have a blue coloring. The disc of the Moon
has a circular red line, the color being that of the eyes
of the hen. Chameleons climb up trees and stare
stupidly at the sky. Cows too seem to stare upwards.
Cocks crow in the day looking up. Flashes of lightning
are marked in the North East. The Moon is observed
to have the color of honey or of the eyes of parrots or
doves. The disc of the Moon though enveloped in
clouds, seems to emanate a radiance—round in shape
Prathi Chandra (mock moon).
We are asked to predict that there will be rains
immediately if the following are observed :—
Pearls of thunder crash in the night time, deep red flashes
of lightning are observed during day time; cold winds blowContinued from the May 2012 issue
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Siva and Parvati in extremely propitious mood. When it
happens on a Saturday, it is called Sanipradosha and if
on Monday Somapradosha and both are special.
Pournamipooja is done in the evenings on days the full
Moon is prevalent.
The Amavasya day, Pitrudina is devoted to manes and
offerings are made to them through Tarpana. Thirteen
Amavasya days of the lunar year are included in the
shannavati -96- Sraddhas. A discussion of various other
special Tithis is deferred, as our present aim is to examine
some of the special Yogas. These Yogas are numerous
and only some select ones find a place in the daily guide.
By permutation and combination, the Vara, Nakshatra and
Tithi can generate too many groupings. We have Vara-
Tara-Yogas with the combination of weekdays and
Nakshatras. The Tithi-Vara Yogas are the combination
of those with Tithi and weekdays. Tithi-Vara-Tara Yogas
are those with the combinations of all the three. Let us
try to examine them one by one.
The combination of specific Tithi on a specific weekday
is called the Tithi-Vara yoga. Dwadasi on a Sunday, Ekadasi
on Monday, Dasami on Wednesday, Navami on Thursday,
Ashtami on Friday and Saptami on Saturday create
Krakachadosha. This can be spotted out easily. It will
be present when the sum of the Tithi and the weekday
add up to 13. It must remembered that, in our panchangas,
the reckoning a day by its name, is done from one sunrise
to the next. Krakachadosha yoga is generally not
recommended for auspicious events. Tithis Trayodasi,
Chaturdasi, Pournami, Amavasya and Prathama to
Panchami cannot create this Dosha. Krakacha means a
saw and like it is capable of cutting the beneficial effects
of the time selected.
As there are divergent views in the constitution of some
of the Tithi Vara Yogas according to different authorities,
we shall confine only to those, mostly accepted and discuss
them hereafter. (to be continued)
DR. B. V. RAMAN
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The significance of Sri Ramayana cannot be described in words. The impact of Sri Rama’s character hascaptivated the Indian psyche. The magnanimity of his virtues, perseverance to adhere to the principles ofDharma in the face of intense adversity; catapults the phenomenon of Sri Rama, into the supreme uniqueleague.
However, Sage Valmiki has simply enlisted the benefits of Ramayana. This story
����� Decimates the sins of listeners/ readers, as it encourages and inspires them to adhere to the path of
Dharma.
����� Sets the polity on the path of virtues and merit.
����� Increases their health and life span, to lead life of chastity and virtue coupled with prosperity.
����� Elevates them to the greatest plane of spirituality.
Thus, Ramayana parayana has become an integral part of Indian Society. It has branched out to many formsof humanity, such as an enactment of drama, literature, songs, ballet, simple prose, poetry, analysis and otherforms of folk art.
In this electronic age, medium of internet has been crucial to spread the awareness about Ramayana. Hence,Ramayana’s 1st Chapter called Sankshepa (Shatashloki Ramayana) is presented in video form, attractingthousands of viewers across the globe. Its frequent viewership has even helped to lessen the impact of calamities.
This great chapter is now presented in a series of articles in THE ASTROLOGICAL EMAGAZINE for the benefit of itsreaders.
Samskruta Bhasha
As we speak of Ramayana, it would be our inherent duty to mention the classic language deployed by the poetsage Valmiki.
What is so great in it?
The work is known as the first and foremost work in classic Sanskrit Literature. Thus, it retains its pre-eminence in literary pursuit.
Hence, it will be beneficial to start learning Sanskrit and the nuances of usage through Ramayana.The relevance of each word and its deployment are great source of inspiration, for and all. Let uslook forward to learn the language and adopt the values espoused thru the medium to acquireumpteen chances of reform in life. Jaya Guru Datta!
Sanskrit through Ramayana(Series by Dr. Vamshi Krishna Ghanapathi begins on page ...)
Benedictory Message of Sadguru
Parama Pujya Avadhoota Datta Peethadhipati
Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji
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(This special article is dividied into three parts – The event, the
astrological significance and the astronomical aspect. Every
student of astrology and astronomy will greatly benefit by going
through this very well designed, content rich article by a vedic
scholar par excellence.– Editor, The AeM)Part A
AS A SECOND RARE EVENT of this century we will be
witnessing a “Transit of Venus across the disc of the Sun”
on June 6, 2012. Some of our readers may remember the
one such transit occurred on the 8th of June 2004. That was a most
interesting celestial event that was eagerly awaited then, after a lapse
of 121 years, when almost one generation who died before that date
was denied the opportunity to witness such a rare celestial sight.
On the 8th June 2004 we, in India, could see the planet Venus moving
across the face of the Sun for nearly six hours.
Venus Transits the
SUNPROF. V. S. KALYANRAMAN
V S Kalyanraman, a
mathematician and amateur
astronomer by training, a
bureaucrat by profession and a
student of astrology by passion,
had his traditional training in
astrology in his teens, under a
couple of illustrious masters in
Kerala and took a vow not to
turn a professional astrologer. A
journalist from his student days
he commenced his career as a
teacher and ended it as a senior
officer of the Government of
India. Turning his attention to
serious studies, from story
writing, in the fifties, to Saiva
Siddhanta, Philosophy,
Psychology, Vedic Mathematics,
Bharateeya Ganitha Sastra,
Jyothisha (astronomy), the
various astrological systems,
Vastu Sastra, Vedic Numerology
and allied disciplines, under
various masters of repute, he was
actively associated in astrological
journalism, over decades and
more intensively after his
retirement for over two decades,
under the guise of various
pseudonyms and has been the
recipient of many awards. He, as
a senior contributor is with THE
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2004 transit as seen from
Bangalore at 07:41 UTC,
about two hours into the
transit. The image is inverted
compared to the diagram,
so Venus is seen near the
top of the Sun’s disc
A similar event will happen this year on the 6th June 2012. Here is
a warning. No one must try to see the Sun with naked eyes. No
optical aid, telescope or binoculars, as we usually watch the night
sky, must be used to observe this phenomenon. Even filters will not
be safe. Any such attempt can damage the eyes and cause permanent
blindness. The safe method will be to project the image of the Sun
on a white screen and observe the event on the screen.
What Is this All About?
After-all what is this “Transit of Venus across the disc of the Sun”?
The orbits of the planets Mercury and Venus lie inside the orbit of
the Earth, around the Sun. Therefore only these two planets can
pass between the Earth and the Sun and trigger such transits.
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THE DOOMSDAY PREDICTION of the Mayan
calendar that the world would come to an end on 21st
December 2012 has done enough rounds around the world.
This prediction is different from the prophecies of the
Nostradamus kind, because the Mayans had based their
predictions on a repetitive calendar system of astronomical
position of planets. This background of the predictions
naturally arouses the interest of astrologers like us who
have been introduced to traditional astrology given by the
Vedic seers. Of particular interest is the importance given
to Venus in the Mayan calendar. The origin of the Mayan
calendar coming from regions closer to the southern
hemisphere raises our curiosity as to whether the system
of Venus, known as Shukramana was the basis for the
Mayan calendar. In this article, an attempt is made to
bring out the salient features of the Shukramana, taking
cue from Brihat Samhita and interfacing with Mayan
revelations and the probable interpretation of the Mayan
prediction of 21st December, 2012.
Before going into the details, let us remind ourselves of
the Mayan connection to our traditional astrology. The
name Maya comes as a Vastu specialist and also as an
astrologer who received the wisdom of Surya
Siddhantha. In both these contexts Maya is either
referred to as a Danava or an Asura. Surya Siddhantha
recognises him as an Asura only. We should recall that
the region to the south of the equator was peopled with
Asuras according to Puranic narrations. The Asuras of
the south and the Devas who inhabited the Northern
hemisphere were guided by their respective preceptors
namely Shukra (Venus) and Brihaspathi (Jupiter)
respectively. For the astrologer, the important information
is that the cycle of Jupiter, known as Brihaspatya mana
was in vogue in the Northern hemisphere. This gives a
presumption that the cycle of Venus called as Shukra
mana must have been popular in the southern hemisphere.
Although not much is known about Shukra mana, the
traditional opinion is that such a system of time
measurement did exist as part of different systems of
mana or measurement of time. Interestingly Mayasura
The Mayan Apocalypse
A Vedic View
received the knowledge of nine systems of mana
according to the narration in the Surya Siddhantha. They
are Brahma-mana, Prajapatya-mana, Deva-mana,
Pitru-mana, Saura-mana, Chandra-mana, Savana-
mana, Nakshatra-mana and Brihaspatya-mana. The
Brihaspathya mana is based on Jupiter and was followed
by the Devas or the people of the northern hemisphere.
But an Asura receiving that knowledge precludes that he
later deduced the mana for the Asuras or the inhabitants
of the southern hemisphere. There does exist in some
compilations that a mana known as Asura mana was in
vogue in times of past but was lost due to dis-use in the
region where we live, namely the northern hemisphere.
An analysis of the past does reveal that a system of
astrology propagated by Maya and applicable to the
southerners did exist in the past. From Vedic texts we
come to know that a common ancestry of seers known as
Bhrugvangiras got divided into Bhrugu and Angiras.
Bhrugu’s disciple was Shukra, who became teacher for
Asuras (demons). And from Angiras came Brihaspathi
who became the teacher for Devas. The sage Bhrugu
and the teacher of Shukra are grouped along with Maya
in Matsya Purana as sages who were proficient in Vastu
sastra. Thus we find a connection between Maya and
Shukra and Asuras, the people of southern regions. This
background information gives credence to the Bhrugu or
Shukra mana (Asura-mana) system of time measurement
as the origin of the Mayan belief system that is found in
the Mesoamerican regions including Mexico and in regions
just north and south of the Equator. The importance given
to Venus in their systems also lends credence to its origin
in Asura-mana or Shukra-mana.
The Mayan Calendar of Time
Mayans followed 3 types of calculation of time. One is
the long count which is similar to Yuga cycles running
into thousands of years. One such long cycle is going
to end on 21st December 2012. The second one is a
Divine calendar (Tzolkin) running to a duration of 260
days. This resembles our Lunar calendar which we use
for religious purposes. Mayans have 13 rounds of 20 days
With a Masters degree in astrology, she
is a practitioner of astrology (and
palmistry) for twenty years. She is
currently doing Research in astrology.
While her teacher was maternal grand
father, Kaazhiyur Bashyam Iyengar, she
says she owes her knowledge largely to
Dr B.V. Raman whose books enriched
her perception of astrology.JAYASREE SARANATHAN
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12 hours of the day and 12 hours of
the night are divided into 8 sections
each having duration of 90 minutes
or 1½ hours each. The seven
Upagrahas kaala, paridhi, dhooma,
ardhaprahara, yamakantaka,
indrachaapa and Maandi take over by
turns their ruler-ship of the seven
sections, each day, leaving one to
Rahu. The period ruled by Rahu is
called Raahukala which is generally
considered inauspicious. The timings
of the ruler-ship of Raahukala for the
seven weekdays are furnished in the
table below.
The timings given are for days when
the sunrise is 06.00 AM and sunset
06.00 PM. For calculating the exact
duration of the period of Raahukalam,
on any day, the duration of the
daytime must be ascertained first and
that has to be divided by 8. The result
arrived will denote the duration of the
Timings for
Rahukala, Gulikakala and Yamakantaka
each of the 8 sections for the day.
For example take a Sunday having the
sunrise at 06.20 AM and sunset at
05.40 PM. The duration of the
daytime will then be only 11h.20m..,
or 680minutes. Divided by 8 the
sectional value will be only 85 minutes.
Raahukala generally for Sunday is
from 16.30 to 18 hrs. In this case
Raahukala must therefore be only for
Weekday Rahukala Gulikakala Yamakantaka
Sunday 16.30 to 18.00 15.00 to 16.30 12.00 to 13.30
Monday 07.30 to 09.00 13.30 to 15.00 10.30 to 12.00
Tuesday 15.00 to 16.30 12.00 to 13.30 09.00 to 10.30
Wednesday 12.00 to 13.30 10.30 to 12.00 07.30 to 09.00
Thursday 13.30 to 15.00 09.00 to 10.30 06.00 to 07.30
Friday 10.30 to 12.00 07.30 to 09.00 15.00 to 16.30
Saturday 09.00 to 10.30 06.00 to 07.30 13.30 to 15.00
85 minutes. It would commence 85
minutes before the actual unset of the
day namely, 05.40 AM. Therefore the
Raahukala for the day will be from
16h.15m, to 17h.40m. It has to be
worked out accordingly for the
periods of other Upagrahas also.
Gulikakala is considered auspicious.
Regarding Yamakantaka, popularly
considered inauspicious, opinions
however, differ.
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