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Hindu Astrology Is also called Jyotish( in Hindi) or Vedic Astrology
This site will deal only in Hindu Astrology or Jyotish.

Please note there is difference in Hindu Astrology And Western Astrology about 23 - 24 degrees. so the Ascendants can be changed. Even Sun signs can change. More over there is difference between Sun sign and Birth Ascendant or Lagan in Hindi. Actual predictions are best done by Birth Ascendants. So please get your Horoscope or Teva or Janam Patri calculated by Astrologers and you will get 95% results. Don't trust completely on Sun Signs. There are lot of books to read for people to learn Jyotish But I will recommend the following for the beginners.

  Hindu Predictive Astrology by Gopesh Kumar Ojha
  Books by B.V. Raman 
  Books by N.D.Shrimali in Hindi
  Books by L.R. Chawdhri 
  Books by Gouri Shankar Kapoor
  Books by J. N. Bhasin
  Lal Kitab by Girdhari Lal

 What is a Horoscope?

A horoscope is a diagram. South Indians and north Indians use different diagrams. There is no difference in the predictions given on their basis. A horoscope is also described as a map of man's destiny.

 

The basic elements of Hindu astrology are the nine planets or heavenly bodies and the twelve signs of the zodiac and the twelve houses of the chart. When studying Hindu or Vedic astrology, it is important to become familiar with the Sanskrit words for all the main components.  To begin with, let it be known that the words planets and "grahas" are synonymous. The twelve signs of the zodiac are called "rashis" and the houses are called "bhavas" or "sthanas". 

There are nine planets in Hindu Astrology as under.

The Graha 0r Planet

Synonym

Predominant influence's)

 

 

 

SURYA OR RAVI

SUN

Education, Real Estate, Vehicles etc.

CHANDRA

MOON

Love, Affection, Mind, Travel etc.

MANGAL

MARS

Valour, Strength, Power etc.

BUDH

MERCURY

Intelligence, Friendship, Analytical ability etc.

GURU

JUPITER

Wealth, Honour, Status and all round Prosperity

SHUKRA

VENUS

Love, Riches, Beauty, Passion, etc.

SHANI

SATURN

Longevity, Obedience, Penance etc.

RAHU

 DRAGON'S HEAD

Material aspects, Being firm etc.

KETU

DRAGON'S  TAIL

Suspense, Anxiety, Excitement etc.

 

The Navagrahas Or Nine Planets are the nine important Deities of the Hindu religious tradition. They are Surya 0r Ravi, Chandra, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Sukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu. They stand for nine planets, the English equivalents of the first seven being, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. The last two, Rahu-Dragen’s Head and Ketu-Dragen’s Tail are planet-like entities, unique to the Hindu tradition.

The first seven planets represents seven days in Hindu and Western Calendar as below.

 Seven Days in  Hindu Calendar

Indian Calendar

Western Calendar

Ravivar Or Itvar

Sunday (day of Sun)

Somvar

Monday (day of Moon)

Mangalvar

Tuesday (day of Mars)

Budhvar

Wednesday (day of Mercury)

Guruvar-Veervar

Thursday (day of Jupiter)

Sukravar

Friday (day of Venus)

Shanivar

Saturday (day of Saturn)

There are 12 months in Hindu Calendar And Sun stays 1 month in each Zodiac or Rashi. The month begins nearly 14 0f Western Calendar month. The No. of days are as below.

Months in the Hindu Calendar 

Month

No. of Days

Chaitra

30

Vaisakha

31

Jyaistha

31

Asadha

31

Sravana

31

Bhadrapada

31

Asvina

30

Karttika

30

Margasirsa

30

Pausa

30

Magha

30

Phalguna

30

There are 12 Zodiacs or Rashies and 27 Nakshatars or Constellations. Each rashi consists of 30 degrees, 
so 12*30 = 360 Degrees and each Nakshtar cosists of 3 degrees & 20 Minutes thus making 
3 Degree- 20 minutes*27 = 360 Degrees.

    

    Now you must know something about the twenty-seven nakshatras. Each nakshatra takes 13 degrees and 20 minutes uniformly. If 13'20 is multiplied by 27 it gives you 360 which is the total equal to the twelve houses referred to earlier.

    There are two methods of representing these Nakshatars. One method shows the degrees of Nakshatars from 0 to360 Degrees and the other shows the degrees occupied by each Nakshatars in each sign.

     Each house has a space of thirty degrees, which when multiplied by twelve gives us three hundred and sixty degrees. The Zodiac has a total span of 360 degrees.

Each house, called as RASHI, has a name and stretches up to 30 degrees each. It is shown as below.

No   Sign        Sanskrit Name  Meaning            Type        SEX        Planetary Lord    From To Degrees
 1   Aries       Mesha          Ram                Fire         M         Mars              0-30     " 
 2   Taurus      Vrishaba       Bull               Earth        F         Venus             30-60    " 
 3   Gemini      Mithuna        Couple (embracing) Air          M         Mercury           60-90    "
 4   Cancer      Karka          Crab or Circle     Water        F         Moon              90-120   "  
 5   Leo         Simha          Lion               Fire         M         Sun               120-150  "
 6   Virgo       Kanya          Virgin or Daughter Earth        F         Mercury           150-180  " 
 7   Libra       Thula          Balance or Weight  Air          M         Venus             180-210  "  
 8   Scorpio     Vrishchika     Scorpion           Water        F         Mars              210-240  "  
 9   Sagittarius Dhanus         Bow (the weapon)   Fire         M         Jupiter           240-270  "
 10  Capricorn   Makara         Alligator & Shark  Earth        F         Saturn            270-300  " 
 11  Aquarius    Kumbha         Pot or Jug         Air          M         Saturn            300-330  " 
 12  Pisces      Meena          Two Fishes         Water        F         Jupiter           330-360  " 

Nakshatars

       The 27 Nakshatras are divisions of 13 degrees, 20 minutes each and each quarter, Pad(a), of a Nakshatra is therefore 3 degrees, 20 minutes of arc. The 27 Nakshatras or Asterisms or Constellations are as follows.


    Name                                    Dasha Lord   

1   Ashwini                            Ketu          
2   Bharani                            Shukker or Venus 
3   Krittika                            Surya or Sun     
4   Rohini                             Chandrama or Moon
5   Mrigashira                        Mangal or Mars 
6   Ardra                               Rahu
7   Punarvasu                        Braspatri or Guru Or Jupiter  
8   Paushya                           Shani or Saturn    
9   Ashlesha                          Budh or Mercury
10 Maagha                            Ketu  
11 Poorva Phalguni       
12 Uttara Phalguni
13 Hasta
14 Chaitra
15 Swati
16 Vaishakha
17 Anuradha
18 Jyeshtha
19 Moola
20 Poorva Ashadha 
21 Uttara Ashadha
22 Shravana
23 Dhanishtha
24 Shatabhisha
25 Poorva Bhadrapad 
26 Uttar Bhadrapad 
27 Revati

    There are twelve houses in a chart or Horoscope or Tevaa or Janam Patrika. The chart is also called the "Kundali"0r "Janam Kundali". The twelve houses govern all the various parts of our lives. The houses are domains in space. When you stand anywhere on the earth, at that moment you are surrounded by space all the way around you. Space even surrounds the earth which is below your feet. You are standing on a ball floating in space so space surrounds you and your earth ball on all sides.

    If you look directly East and point your hand at the Eastern horizon where the Sun rises, you are pointing in the direction of what is known as the first house. The first house governs the 30 degree span of space where the Eastern horizon is. Directly across from it, or on the Western horizon is the 7th house. From the first to the 7th are the 2nd through 6th houses.

    Directly over your head is the 10th house. That is, straight up into space where the high noon Sun beams down on us is the 10th house. Straight below your feet covering the span of space on the other side of the earth from you, is the 4th house.

    So the first house governs the Eastern horizon, the 2nd house is just below the Eastern horizon, the 3rd house is deeply below the Eastern horizon, the 4th house is directly underneath you, the 5th house is underneath you and behind a little bit. The 6th house is underneath you and behind you quite a bit. The 7th house is behind you covering the Western or Sunset horizon. The 8th house is just over your shoulder when you turn your head around and look behind you. The 9th house is above the top back part of your head, the 10th house is straight over your head, the 11th house is what you see when you look upwards but not straight up. The 12th house is just slightly above the eastern horizon and this brings us back around to the first house which governs the eastern horizon.

    In this way, the entire 360 degree circular span of space surrounding you and your earth are divided into 12 equal 30 degree sections, each of which has a number from 1 -12 and is known as a house. Studying the parts of life that these houses govern is a large part of astrology.

    For example, the 10th house, i.e., the span of space directly over head, governs power, position and our career to a large degree. Any planets in this span of space at the time of our birth greatly affect our career, power and status in life. As you study astrology, you will find this to be unfailingly true and eventually you will become so familiar with the effects of planets that effect this house that you will be able to tell much about the success and failure of any one's career who's chart you glance upon.

In conclusion, the 12 houses are always present. At every moment the 12 houses are present surrounding you and your earth.

    Besides the 12 houses there are 12 signs. It is important to differentiate in your mind between the 12 signs and the 12 houses. Let us examine this difference more closely and then ultimately bring the two together where they become one in Vedic Astrology.

    First let us discuss the physical zodiac which is comprised of 12 main constellations also known as signs or rashis.

    The zodiac is a band of stars that surrounds the earth like a ring. There are 12 main constellations that form this great ring around us. The stars that we see in the night sky are mostly very, very far away. Amongst the millions of stars in the night sky, the 7 planets and two invisible planets in Hindu Astrology exist also, although they are much closer and they move. Besides these few, very few, moving planets all the other stars are fixed out in space.

    The zodiac is comprised of a band of these fixed stars, very far beyond the planets that form our immediate solar system. So you could say that the fixed stars of the night sky which includes the band called the zodiac altogether form the "back drop" of the sky or the back drop against which our solar system is moving.

For example, in astrology, we always speak of which sign a planet is in. The planets are not actually mixing in the stars at the sign, it is just that because the planet is circling with us around the sun, looking from earth towards the planet in question, we always see some sign of the zodiac as the back drop of that planet.

    For example, picture yourself standing in the middle of a circular room. There are seven other people with you in the room. You yourself and the 7 other people are all walking in circles around in the room. Some of you are closer to the wall, some of you are closer to the middle. You are all walking at different speeds, but you are all walking around the central point of the room. Some of you complete your circles around the center of the room on your own path very quickly and begin again, circling again and again. While others, walking closer to the outer edge, and perhaps walking slower due to their own natures, take longer to complete their circle around the room.

    The wall of the room surrounding all of you is painted with 12 different distinct colored sections. One section is orange, the next section is green, the next section is red and so on. You are walking on the 3rd or 4th ring out from the middle of the room. When you look to your right or left you see the other walkers within the room. Whenever you look at any one of them, you see a colored back drop behind them from your relative view point. For example, you may look at the person on the 5th ring from the center, and when you look at them you see that behind them is the green section of the wall which is 1/12 of the circular wall surrounding all of you. If you were to refer to that person, you might say the 5th walker is in the green section. Looking yet at another person, you may see an old man on the very most outer ring, walking very slowly against the gray 1/12 of the back drop wall. You could then say, the old man who is on the outer most ring is currently in the gray section as he walks around the room.

    In this way the various heavenly bodies known as grahas or planets are always, in relation to our vision, situated in front of one of the signs of the zodiac which is behind them. Thus we say that the planet is in a certain sign. It does not mean that the planet is actually in those stars at this time, but simply that that constellation (sign) is the back drop far away behind the planet as we gaze upon it. Apparently it is the will of the Lord that these relationships of the planets to signs and the houses in relation to us, is how the effects of the Gods can be read.

    Our universe is so dependent upon the higher controlling demigods that what we see as our planet, the 12 divisions of space surrounding it (the houses) and the other floating planets in our solar system, are all actually a reflection of the dance of various demigods during the minute fraction of their day that passes while we have an entire lifetime. Their thoughts at a moment reflected in the planets, control our entire lives.


    These three elements, the planets, signs and houses are the most important fundamental building blocks of Jyotish. One must become intimately familiar with the nature of these 33 items. Namely, 9 planets, 12 signs and 12 houses. After this there are 27 special stars or Nakshatras. The 27 Nakshatras are the most important stars in the zodiac. They are spaced roughly evenly around the zodiac and they control 13 degrees and 20 minutes of the zodiac each. Studying the Nakshatras or special stars will come later. First one must become familiar with the 33 main elements. Before we begin to study these elements in detail and individually, let us first take a brief over view of the process of actually reading the chart or practicing Vedic Astrology.

    Hindu Astrology works like this. You take an exact moment in time, such as 4:42 a.m. for example, and a date, such as May 18 1960, and a place on earth, such as Oakland California U.S.A. On that date, at that place, at that exact time, the heavens were in a certain position in relation to that spot on earth at that moment. In fact, that moment was the moment and place of my own birth.

    At that time, the sign known as Aries was rising on the eastern horizon. Roughly 1/4 of the sign had risen above the eastern horizon when that moment in history flashed by. The planet known as Venus was in the 30 degree domain of space close to the Eastern horizon, which we earlier discussed as being the first house. The Sun and Mercury were under the Eastern horizon, and they would soon rise above the Eastern horizon and thus the dawn of that day, May 18th 1960, was soon to begin.

    But at 4:42 a.m. it was still dark. It was very early morning, just prior to dawn. Therefore the sun and Mercury who always travels near to the sun were in the 2nd house which is the next house just under the eastern horizon. It is the next house to rise. It takes roughly two hours for each sign of the 12 to pass by the eastern horizon. Thus, roughly within every 24 hour period, the 12 signs of the zodiac each take a 2 hour turn rising on the eastern horizon. And as each one rises, it's opposite across the zodiac is setting on the western horizon. So at the time of my birth, there were no planets in the 3rd or 4th houses underneath the earth, but the shadow node of the moon known as Rahu was in the 5th house which is just under and towards the west a little, there was nothing in the 6th, 7th (western horizon) or 8th. Then we come to the 9th house which if we look towards the east is just above our heads and to the back a little bit. The 9th house rules religion in Vedic Astrology. It is interesting to note that many religions honor this angle through various customs. For example, Jewish men wear a small hat on that part of their head. Many Hindu men shave every part of their head except that part which they let grow into a long pony tail known as a sheeka. It is also taught in the Vedas that that crown of the portion of the head which faces the 9th house is where certain types of yogis of the past used to burst through at the time of their death and would actually leave their body through that spot which is known as the Brahma Rundrum. It is also interesting to note that the hair often curls in a swirling pattern on that part of the head as if the universal swirling pattern enters us at that point.

Now  let us first see the horoscope forms and note the difference between them:


Properties  South Indian North Indian
Mobility Fixed Moveable  
Movement or Direction  Clockwise Anti-clockwise
House Numbers Numbering Needs no Numbering

                                                  Hindu Astrology In Detail

    The basic concepts are quite simple, really, but the following description may gain as well as suffer from the simplicity contained therein. In astrology we are concerned with the observation of the positions of certain bodies and points of significance in space in relation to the Earth, as well as to each other, and with the correspondences between these relative positions and the events which occur on Earth and elsewhere. To make the necessary observations and to translate them into terms of correspondence with events occurring on earth, both physical and subtle, our ancient sages evolved a rational procedure that is based on five main factors: 

1. The Zodiac - A fixed background to which all cosmic bodies are referred. This circular band is divided into 12 equal parts called Rashi(s) each measuring 30 degrees in angular extent. 

2. The Nakshatra(s) - These are also called asterisms, and are subdivisions of the fixed background or Zodiac into smaller equal parts marked by the fixed stars. The so-called fixed stars themselves move too, but their motion with respect to the planets is very small. Today, most astrologers use 27 Nakshatras. 

3. The Solar System - the Sun, the Moon and the planets which, like the Earth, comprise our own solar system. The motions of these bodies from point to point within the fixed background and in relation to the Earth. In what is known as heliocentric astrology, these positions are observed in relation to the Sun as the center. 

4. The Houses - Visualized divisions in space, radiating out vertically from any particular point on Earth's surface, and marking out divisions of space, traversed by this point during each twenty-four hours, as the Earth turns on its own axis. By "vertical" is meant that the demarcation lines are perpendicular to a linear plane that is tangential to the curved surface of the earth at the point under consideration. 

5. Time - Any given moment at which an event occurs, and other moments of significance. 1. The Zodiac In order to determine the planetary and other positions accurately, we use the fixed background called Zodiac as a plane of reference. This zodiacal belt, with the earth as its center in geocentric astrology, is divided into twelve equal sections by lines radiating outwards from the earth at angles 30 degrees apart. 

     These twelve equal sections or divisions of the Zodiac are named and numbered as follows: Division Vedic or Hindu Western Number Terminology Terminology.

    Rashi or Zodiac                                             Date Entering Western Zodiac Astrology

1 Maysh(a) or Mesha Aries                                   Mar 21 - Apr 20                         

2 Vrishabh(a) Taurus Note: The a's within              Apr 21 - May 20  

3 Mithun(a) Gemini parentheses are                      May 21 - Jun 20     

4 Kark(a) Cancer pronounced only                       Jun 21- July 21      

5 Singh(a) Leo subtly.                                       July22- Aug 21                     

6 Kanya Virgo                                                  Aug 21 - Sep 21  

7 Tula Libra                                                     Sep 22 - Oct 21      

8 Vrishchik(a) Scorpio                                        Oct 21 - Nov 21  

9 Dhanush Sagittarius                                       Nov 22 - Dec 20                   

10 Makar(a) Capricorn                                       Dec 21 - Jan 19                    

11 Kumbh(a) Aquarius                                      Jan 20 - Feb 18

12 Meen(a) Pisces                                            Feb 19 - Mar 20  

    The zodiacal band is in the same plane as the ecliptic, which is the apparent path of the Sun all the way around. In one sense, therefore, the Zodiac is the ecliptic extended limitlessly into space. We now arrive at the first great difference between Western astrology as derived from the Egyptians through the Greeks and Romans, and Jyotishi, Vedic astrology -- an original science the records of which are continuous and unmixed with other cultures. This involves the determination of the first, starting point of the circular Zodiac, or the first degree of Mesh(a) or Aries. The original Zodiac as created by the ancient sage-scientists corresponded with the constellations or groups of those fixed stars that are found approximately 30 degrees apart in a belt which appears to encircle the Earth at the ecliptic. Originally, the first degree of Mesh(a) or Aries coincided with some fixed star within the constellation Mesh(a). Vedic astrologers have always used this fixed zodiac and still do. Western Tropical astrologers, on the other hand, use the Vernal Equinoctial Point as the first degree of Aries and this results in a Zodiac which continuously changes position with respect to the stars, due to what is known as the precession of the equinoxes. Today in 1997, this value is about 23 degrees, 49 minutes. Since this point of difference is vital, it is necessary to understand the reasons for this difference and to explain what is meant by precession of the equinoxes. The Earth has four separate and distinct motions. It rotates like a top around its own axis, making a complete rotation every twenty-four hours approximately. It travels in a path or orbit, nearly elliptical in shape, around the Sun, traversing this path in approximately a year. Thirdly, the Earth is tilted at an angle of approximately 23 degrees and at this angle revolves slowly as a top does when coming to rest, tracing as it does so, the figure of an inverted cone whose apex is the South Pole and and whose circular base is traced out by the North Pole. The Earth completes this cycle in approximately 25,870 years. This motion is also called the wobble of the spinning Earth caused by the forces produced by the Sun and the Moon. The fourth type of motion is the motion through the cosmos of our entire solar system and of the galaxy containing it, etc. Let us consider this motion later. It follows that if the Earth were not tilted, the Sun would appear to remain at the Equator at all times, that is, if the imaginary line connecting our North and South planes were perpendicular to the plane containing our orbit around the Sun. But, since the Earth is tilted with respect to this plane, the Sun each year appears to move back and forth across the equator from one hemisphere to the other. The point in its journey northwards where the Sun crosses the celestial equator is called the Vernal Equinox. It occurs about March 21 each year. The celestial equator is the projection of the Earth's equator into the sky and is parallel to the daily east-to-west paths of the stars as they appear to wheel around the celestial poles. The point at which, on its return journey southwards, the Sun crosses the equator again is called the Autumnal Equinox and occurs about September 23 each year. If the Earth, although tilted, did not slowly revolve, its axis describing the cone-shaped figure like a spinning top coming to rest, the Equinoctial Points described above would remain in the same position with reference to the fixed points in the cosmos each year. However, it is due to this motion that the Equinoctial Points change position in reference to fixed points in the cosmos at the rate of approximately 50.25 angular seconds per year. Despite this fact, Western Tropical astrologers continue to use the Vernal Equinox as the first degree of Aries Now, the ancient sage-scientists recorded their observations and the rules of the correspondence between planetary positions and events on earth for thousands of years based on a fixed Zodiac. It follows then, that if one uses a moving Zodiac with respect to the fixed background, then the rules of interpretation must also remain in a state of flux, experimentation and much debate and discussion. Indeed, this is very true of the state of affairs in the system which, for only a little over 1700 years has used a moving Zodiac. The ability of event prediction suffers the most. It is true that every 25,870 years or so the Vernal Equinox will coincide with the fixed star in the constellation Aries which originally marked the beginning of Aries. The last time this phenomenon occurred was about the year 240 CE. Since then, the Vernal Equinox has retrograded away more than 23 degrees. This is why Vedic, Chinese, African and Arab astrologers -- more than 90% of the world's astrologers -- continue to use the relatively-fixed Zodiac that will nearly always be the same with respect to the stars, on the basis of which the hundreds of thousands of rules of horoscope interpretation are based. At the time the fixed Zodiac was adopted for astrological purposes, it had been observed that each of the twelve sections that divided the cosmos into segments or zones of 30 degrees each, indicated certain definite characteristics peculiar to each section. These properties were decisively identified with the particular section of the sky in which they were observed and each segment of the Zodiac thus was eventually distinguished and described by the specific conditions observed to exist in it. The characteristics assigned to the segments of the cosmos are as true today as they were thousands of years ago. That these properties and conditions, unique to each segment of the skies mapped out by fixed stars, should move around with the changing position of that arbitrary point in the cosmos called the Vernal Equinox is illogical and unscientific to the point of absurdity. The error, however, was a natural one and originated with Ptolemy. It is a trap into which modern astrologers fell because they followed the lead of modern astronomers in using the equinoctial points in defining the Zodiac and its divisions. Of course, as has been explained these points are continually moving in relation to the fixed celestial points. The rules of astrological interpretation have been written for thousands of years with respect to the fixed celestial points. But, modern astronomers redefined their constellations about sixty years ago. The International Astronomical Union redrew the boundaries in skies, adding a constellation which they named Ophiuchus. This is the result of their recent revision. The table below lists the dates when the Sun is in the newly defined astronomical constellations of the Zodiac. The dates fluctuate by a day from year to year: *------------* *-------------* Constellations Dates *------------* *-------------* Capriconus Jan 19 - Feb 15 Aquarius Feb 16 - Mar 11 Pisces Mar 12 - Apr 18 Aries Apr 19 - May 13 Taurus May 14 - Jun 19 Gemini Jun 20 - Jul 20 Cancer Jul 21 - Aug 9 Leo Aug 10 - Sep 15 Virgo Sep 16 - Oct 30 Libra Oct 31 - Nov 22 Scorpius Nov 23 - Nov 29 Ophiuchus Nov 30 - Dec 17 Sagittarius Dec 18 - Jan 18 *--------------------------------* In the days of Ptolemy, the Equinoctial Points had once again almost completed another precessional cycle and were indeed approximately aligned with the fixed points in the constellations from which they were originally derived. Hence, the confusion arose which has resulted in perpetuating an astrological error among a small minority of astrologers, namely Tropical astrologers. The Zodiac, therefore, is used first as a plane of reference to facilitate the description of te positions of celestial bodies in such a way that their relationships among themselves can be determined. Secondly, the Zodiac is used to divide the skies into zones of apparently specific indications. To repeat, each of these divisions extends through an arc of 30 degrees; twelve segments therefore completing the 360 degrees of a complete circle. If a planet or star be situated, say, halfway between th beginning of Aries and the beginning of the next segment Taurus, then the position of that planet or star will be described as being fifteen degrees of Aries. If the planet be situated one-third of the distance between the beginning of Gemini and the beginning of cancer, this position will be designated as ten degrees of Gemini. Positions of planets are described in this manner in degrees, minutes and seconds of the segment in which they are located. Each segment is called a Rashi. One could call it a constellation also, except that the modern astronomers have redefined their constellations just sixty years ago and this can cause the same confusion as would be caused by calling these segments "signs" since Tropical astrologers started using "signs" just about 1700 years ago to describe the zones in the moving Zodiac. 2. The Nakshtr(as), or Asterisms Ancient astronomers observed that numerous changes occurred with the 30-degree zones, or Rashi(s), mapped out by the Zodiac. They found it necessary to sub-divide each of the twelves sections of the Zodiac. Using the belt of fixed stars which encircle the earth as markers, the divided the zodiacal background into 27 segments, the boundary of each being marked by a particular fixed star located near the zodiacal belt. These segments are known as the Nakshatras or Asterisms. They begin at the same point in the Rashi of Mesh(a). or Aries, which marks the beginning of the Zodiac, and since each extends over an arc of 13 degrees, 20 minutes, all 27 of them make up the full circle of 360 degrees. Each Nakshatra is further sub-divided into quarters of equal arc. 

    These quarters are called Pada(s). This way, we have now discussed total of 108 divisions superimposing the 12 Rashi divisions. The names of the twenty-seven Nakshatras are as below 

1  Ashwini 
2  Bharani
3  Krittik(a)
4  Rohini
5  Mrigashir(a)
6  Ardra 
7  Punarvasu
8  Paushya
9  Ashlesh(a)
10 Maagh(a)
11 Poorv(a) Phalguni       
12 Uttar(a) Phalguni
13 Hasta
14 Chaitr(a)
15 Swati
16 Vaishakh(a)
17 Anuradha
18 Jyeshth(a)
19 Mool(a)
20 Poorv(a) Ashadh(a) 
21 Uttar(a) Ashadh(a)
22 Shravan(a)
23 Dhanisht(a)
24 Shatabhish(a)
25 Poorv(a) Bhadrapad(a) 
26 Uttar(a) Bhadrapad(a) 
27 Revati

Mars Dosha Or Mangleek ( Mangal Dosha                     Most Important

    When Mars or Mangal or Kuja Planet is in 1,2,4,7,8 and 12 th house in the Horoscope. then the person concerned is called Mangleek or Mangal Dosha or Kuja Dosha. For details go to the links below.

www.shastriji.com/faq/maglik1.htm 

www.shastriji.com/faq/maglik2.htm 

www.astromandir.com/manglik.html 

www.astromandir.com/nodosha.html 

www.anurajastro.net/remedies-4-MARS.htm  

http://astro.indiatimes.com/AstrospeakWebApp/A05_product_MangalDosha.jsp

Remedies for Mars

Sindoor Or Red Lead to Lord Hanuman.
Throw in the running water pulse of  Masoor/ Honey. 
Sleeping on deer – skin. 
Pure silver utensils to be used.

    Most of the Punjabi superstitions are based upon the movements of the heavenly bodies, because it is widely believed that what happens to man and his world is determined by the movement of the celestial bodies. This belief is based upon imitative magic. Mangal (Mars) and Shani (Saturn) are supposed to be malefic. A Person born under the influence of these two planets, according to this belief, suffers heavily in life. A person born under the influence of these two neither leads a happy life, nor does he enjoy good health. A child born under the influence of Mangal is called Mangleek. He or she must marry a Mangleek and no one else. If this dictate is violated the anger of Mangal is aroused and the couple thus united remains ill and unhappy. Those who are born under the influence of Saturn must on Saturdays, give away in charity copper coins to Bhatras (worshippers of Saturn), who carry an iron-image o f Saturn in a vessel with mustard oil in it and go calling from door to door every Saturday morning. If a person sees his own reflection in some mustard oil, then pours a copper coin into it and gives it to the Bhatra, he is believed to be relieved of all trouble, illness, and misfortune. Since all suffering is caused by the anger of Saturn, a little charity in his name makes all the difference. 

    Som (Moon), Budh (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), and Shukra (Venus) are considered beneficial, 'Shukra' being the best. A child born under this star lives a successful and prosperous life, attains high status in life, and keeps good health. 

    Some asterisms are not considered good. Of these Moola Nakshatra is supposed to be the worst. A child born under this group bodes evil to his parents, and so long as he does not attain youth, parents should not come face to face with him. If sometimes a meeting becomes unavoidable, the parent should not see the child's face directly. They put some oil in a vessel and first see in it the reflection of the child's face. The Punjab's famous legendary hero Puran was born under the Moola Nakshtra and had to be kept away from his parents for twelve years. It was only after that that his father saw his face for the first time.

    There are many superstitions connected with the moon. If a newly-married woman sees the new moon regularly, she will deliver a male child as handsome as the moon. It is, however, considered inauspicious to see the new moon on the fourth lunar day. Doing so is supposed to bring a bad name


                                                  Here are some links to go to Hindu Astrology. 

http://mapsofindia.com/lat_long/index.html - Gives Longitudes and Latitudes Of Indian Place
www.calle.com/world/ -  Gives Longitudes and Latitudes Of All Places In The world
www.yourplanets.com - Vedic Astrology
http://jyotish.net - Learn Jyotish
www.hinduastrology.com - Hindu Astrology - Free Monthly & Yearly Predictions
http://members.tripod.com/~navagrah - Nine Planets In Hindu Astrology
www.saigan.com/heritage/gods/navagrhm.htm - Nine Planets In Hindu Astrology
www.goravani.com/lessons/LessMenu.html - Introduction
www.astrogyan.com - Hindu Astrology
www.femail.co.uk/pages/horoscopes/index.html?in_page_id=26 - Daily Horoscopes
www.astroamerica.com/v-books.html
www.hinduastrology.com
www.journalofastrology.com/Learing_Some_Basics_of_Predictive_Techniques.html

www.goravani.com/lessons/LessMenu.html

www.timeanddate.com/worldclock - World Time & Long., Lat.

www.page-1.com/time - World Time

http://www.worldtimezone.com - World Time Zones

www.worldtimeserver.com - World Time Zones

www.hilink.com.au/times - Local Times In the World

http://greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm - World Time

www.jyotishtools.com/windows.htm - Software program

http://jyotishsoft.hypermart.net/dharma/index.htm

www.webdunia.com/astrology/navgrah - Hindi

 www.webdunia.com/astrology/raashi - Hindi

www.webdunia.com/astrology/Jyotish_sikhey - Learn Astrology in Hindi

http://www.jyotishweb.org/home.asp

www.britishinformation.com - Click UK Weather for Sun Rise and Sun Set Times

www.astromandir.com 

www.astromandir.com/manglik.html - For Mars Dosha or Manglik   

www.astromandir.com/nodosha.html - For  No Mars Dosha or Manglik or cancellation of Manglik   

www.shastriji.com
 

www.yournetastrologer.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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