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The Horoscope of Lord Chaitanya

 

The Vaisnava community is well aware of the book Sri Caitanya Caritamrita,

translated from Bengali into English by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

and published in 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. The 17 volumes are a

mine of vedic information. It is in the Adi Lila, volume 3 pag 102 or Adi

Lila chapter 13, text 89 & 90, where we find about the horoscope of Lord

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu the Golden Avatar.

 

"Thus in the year 1407 of the Saka Era in the month of Phalguna [March-April]

on the evening of the full moon, the desired auspicious moment appeared."

 

Purport. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in his Amrita-pravaha-bhasya, has

presented the horoscope of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as follows:

 

Saka 1407/10/22/28/45

 

7 11 8

15 54 38

40 37 40

13 6 23

 

When I first read this at the beginning of 1976, I could not understand it.

It was until February 1980, when a devotee sent me a book from India in which

I found the key to understand those numbers. That book is The Brihajjatakam

of Varaha Mihira, translated by Swami Vijnanananda.

 

First we have Saka 1407/10/22/28/45 or the year/month/day/dandas/and palas of

the 23rd day. This means that Lord Chaitanya was born on the 23rd day (22

days had passed) of the 10th month of the Saka year of 1407. According to

our present calendar, He was born on 18 February 1486. His time of birth is

also given as 28 dandas and 45 palas after sunrise.

 

According to vedic astrology, one day and night or 24 hours in time, are

divided by 60 Dandas.

1 Danda = 60 palas

1 pala = 60 vipalas

1 Danda = 24 minutes

1 pala = 24 seconds

 

So, if we multiply 28 dandas by 24 minutes = 672'

And if we multiply 45 palas by 24' = 1080" or 18'.

We get 672' + 18' = 690' or 11 hours 30 minutes.

 

This means that the time of birth was at 11 hours and 30 minutes after

sunrise.

 

If we calculate the sunrise and sunset times for Navadwip, India, on the 18

February;

the sunrise is at 6h31 and the sunset is at 17h58

 

Between 6h31 and 17h58 there are 11h27 minutes. This means that Lord

Chaitanya was born at about 3' after sunset or at 18h01 LMT showing Leo

rising at 22°47.

 

Then we have the next table of numbers

 

7 11 8

15 54 38

40 37 40

13 6 23

 

Or,

 

Saturday P.Phalguni Yoga

Purnima dandas dandas

Dandas palas palas

Palas vipalas day of month

 

So, if we read the first column on the left, we have that number 7 means the

7th day of the week or Saturday; 15 means the 15th day of the moon or full

moon; 40 dandas and 13 palas means the time lapsed of that moon day.

 

If we multiply 40x24 we get 960' and 13x24 = 321" or 5.2'

965'/60 = 16h05

 

The second column indicates:

11 means the 11th constellation and the numbers below are the dandas, palas

and vipalas as the duration of the constellation. If we multiply 54x24 =

1296' ; 37x24 = 888'' or 14'48" ; and 6x24 = 144''' or 2.4'' or 21h 50'50"

for the duration of the constellation

 

The last column indicates the yoga number 8 called Dhriti and the number

below indicate the duration of that yoga in dandas and palas. If we multiply

38x24 = 912' and 40x24 = 960'', or 15h28 for the duration of the yoga.

 

We have the main data:

The 15th moon day's duration is 16h05

The duration of the 11th constellation is 21h50'50"

The duration of the 8th yoga is 15h28

 

According to the Goravani Jyotish programe the horoscope calculated for the

27 February 1486 (we have to adjust the programe 9 days after the date given

and for the time zone we put 5.875) the position of the planets is:

 

Asc Le22.25

Sun Aq22.12

Moon Le19.55

Mercury Ps10.15

Venus Ar04.58

Mars Cp11.11

Jupiter Sg20.20

Saturn Sc24.40

Rahu Aq26.37

Ketu Le26.37

 

I could not find how to add to the programe the coordenates for Navadwip

23°23 LN and 88°25E, therefore I put Mayapur (22°27LN & 88°08E). The

ascendant for Navadwip was found with one of my programes.

 

In the Vidya journal of April 1979, Miles Davis (Patita Pavana Das), wrote

about the horoscope of Lord Chaitanya "The Lord's lagna in Leo is extremely

powerful due to its being occupied by a full moon and Ketu aspected by its

Lord as well as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Rahu. As indicated in the above

verse by the words uccha-graha-gana, all the planets were powerful. Note

that exalted Mars, the lord of the houses tenanted by Saturn and Venus , adds

strenght to these two planets. In turn< Saturn boosts the Sun in Aquarius

which aspects the Moon and Ketu in Leo lagna. Well placed Jupiter in his own

house causes a clear neechabhanga to Mercury in Pisces due to being in a

kendra from Mercury who is the ruler of his (Mercury's) own sign of

exaltation. Thus every house has become strenghtened in this powerful

horoscope."

 

The quoted verse is from Adi Lila Ch 13, text 90

Simha-rasi, simha lagna, ucca graha-gana

Sad-varga, asta varga, sarva sulaksana

 

Translation by Srila Prabhupada

"According to the Jyotir Veda, or Vedic astronomy, when the figure of the

lion appears both in the zodiac and the time of birth [lagna], this indicates

a very high conjunction of planets, an area under the influence of sad-varga

and asta-varga, which are all auspicious moments"

 

We have to remember that this horoscope was ascertained by Nilambara

Chakravarti, the grandfather of Chaitanya.

 

The sad-vargas are rasi, hora, drekana, navamsa, dwadasamsa and trimsamsa.

 

So, in the rasi we have Mercury in nechabhanga raja yoga, jupiter in own

house and Mars exalted. In the navamsa chart we see the Sun, Rahu & Ketu

exalted and Venus and Mars in their own sign. A very powerful indeed.

 

Yours, Natabara das