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Dear all

 

<<My friend Mike, the computer wizard that is building up this Web, told me that

only the Office programme could print that calendar.>>

 

Correction. Mike has told me that the calendars can be printed ok. The Office

programme is required to print the tables for the antaras.

 

Because Mike has gone to Scotland for a break of a week, i will not be able to

put the link to the May Moon calendar for Cancer-Pushya. Once that Mike comes

back i will put on that web site the June Astro and Moon calendars, but

nevertheless i will continue posting those calendars in email format in this GJ

List.

 

Later on i will have on my Web Site other departments, like in preparation i am

working on a table giving the entry of the planets in signs (including those in

a retrograde motion), from 1900 to 2070 and from the Sun to Pluto excluding the

Moon, Mercury and Venus, due to their long list of dates.

 

Although i had most of them since 1985 because the help of the ephemeris gave me

that facility (but only in dates), i saw that the GJ (Goravani Jyotish)

programme could facilitate the times for entry into signs for most of those

planets.

 

Although i have finished the table i have to write an introduction-guide to it.

It looks very interesting and promising for research and studies.

 

ANTARA TABLES

 

Regarding the antara tables appearing in my web site, they are built in

Microsoft Excel, which is a spreadsheet.

 

To me, every person that has done his/her horoscope is a student of astrology.

Those students of astrology having the facilities to a Microsoft Excel, will

now have the tools to print their own antaras or the antaras of their

relatives, friends or customers.

 

There are many students of astrology that are in a position of not having the

facilities to a computer program as I was in the first 12 years of my studies.

 

Now, they will have the facilities to print the antaras providing that they have

a Microsoft Excel programme, but later on it may be possible for me to give the

columns of the programme to incorporate in any other spreadsheet.

 

Also, for those students that have a computer program, although they may have

the facilities to print out the antaras, my version is given in a clear format,

giving the dates for the beginning and the end of each one of the 729 antaras in

a Vedic horoscope, plus the age at each antara, and a clear space besides to it,

to write down the main events in life.

 

There are 12 signs of the zodiac and 27 constellations in Vedic astrology. But

first let me explain to Western astrologers how to convert from their western

chart/s into Vedic.

 

How To Convert Your Moon Sign From Western Astrology into Vedic Astrology

 

If you already have your western horoscope, you can convert it into a Vedic

horoscope by following some simple rules. Western astrology follows the

tropical zodiac and Vedic astrology follows the sidereal zodiac. Around the

year 285 AD, both zodiacs were together at 0° of Aries. Since then, because of

the precession of the equinoxes, there is now a difference of more than 23°

between both zodiacs. That difference is called the Ayanamsa. By following

Lahiri's Ayanamsa we can convert Western horoscopes into Vedic ones by moving

back the position of the ascendant and the planets.

 

Table 1: Lahiri's Ayanamsa

 

1900 22°28' 1960

23°18'

1910 22°36' 1970

23°27'

1920 22°45' 1980

23°35'

1930 22°53' 1990

23°43'

1940 23°01' 2000

23°51'

1950 23°10'

 

On average, the Ayanamsa moves backwards around 50" (seconds) of arc per year.

By following the table above, you can estimate 1' (minute) per year to arrive

at the Ayanamsa for your year of birth. For example, if you were born in 1953,

go to the nearest year of 1950 and add 3' (1' per year), to the Ayanamsa

indicated in the Table 1. You will get 23°13'.

 

Example 1 - Moon position: Western horoscope moon position 27°00' Aries.

Subtract 23°13' from Western moon position to calculate Vedic moon position as 03°47' Aries.

 

Example 2 - Moon position and year: Western horoscope moon position: 17°00'.

Born in 1966 with tropical moon at 17°00' Libra. To arrive at 1966, 6 needs to

be added to 1960, 6' are added to the Ayanamsa (23°18'), the result of which is

23°24'. Take away this Ayanamsa from 17°00' Libra and you get your moon at

23°36' Virgo.

 

How it was done? Because 17° is less than the Ayanamsa of 23°24', we add 30° to

17° and get 47°. Then subtract 23°24', to arrive at 23°36' of Virgo, the sign

before Libra.

 

By following Table 2, you can see the sequence of the signs. When the moon

position is greater than the Ayanamsa, the sign will remain the same in the

conversion from the Tropical to the Sidereal zodiac. When the moon position is

less than the Ayanamsa, you have to adjust to the sign before.

 

Table 2: The Signs of the zodiac and abbreviations

1 Aries AR 7 Libra

LI

2 Taurus TA 8 Scorpio

SC

3 Gemini GE 9 Sagittarius

SG

4 Cancer CN 10 Capricorn

CP

5 Leo LE 11 Aquarius

AQ

6 Virgo VI 12 Pisces

PS

 

How To Find Your Moon Constellation in Vedic Astrology

As you may know, there are 30° in each sign of the zodiac, but there are only

13°20' in each one of the 27 Constellations. Please look at the next table.

 

Table 3: The Constellations

Constellation From

To

1 Asvini

0° 13°20 AR

2 Bharani 13°20

26°40 AR

3 Krittika 26°40 AR

10° TA

4 Rohini 10°

23°20 TA

5 Mrigasira 23°20 TA

06°40 GE

6 Ardra 06°40

20° GE

7 Punarvasu 20° GE

3°20 CN

8 Pushya 3°20

16°40 CN

9 Aslesha 16°40

30° CN

10 Magha 0°

13°20 LE

11 Purva-Phalguni 13°20

26°40 LE

12 Uttara-Phalguni 26°40 LE

10° VI

13 Hasta

10° 23°20 VI

14 Chitra

23°20 VI 6°40 LI

15 Swati

6°40 20° LI

16 Vishaka

20° LI 3°20 SC

17 Anuradha

3°20 16°40 SC

18 Jyestha

16°40 30° SC

19 Mula

0° 13°20 SG

20 Purva-Ashada 13°20

26°40 SG

21 Uttara-Ashada 26°40 SG

10° CP

22 Sravana

10° 23°20 CP

23 Danishta

23°20 CP 06°40 AQ

24 Satabisha

06°40 20° AQ

25 Purva-Bhadra 20° AQ

03°20 PS

26 Uttara-Bhadra 03°20

16°40 PS

27 Revati

16°40 30° PS

 

Table 3 gives the names of the 27 Constellations and their position in the

zodiac. In the two examples already given you can find the constellation for

the moon at 3°47' Aries. The answer is: Constellation 1, called Asvini

because it starts at 0 Aries and it ends at 13°20' Aries. For the moon at

23°36' Virgo, the answer is: Constellation 14, called Chitra, because it

starts at 23°20' Virgo and it ends at 06°40' Libra.

 

Remember that to convert the moon from the Tropical zodiac into the Sidereal

zodiac, we have to consult the table with Lahiri's Ayanamsa. Once we have

found the Moon sign in the Sidereal zodiac, we have to use the table for the

Constellations to find the Moon Constellation. Once you have your Moon Sign

and Moon Constellation in the Sidereal zodiac, you can take advantage of this

TABLES OF ANTARAS.

 

There are 27 Naksatras or Constellations, each one being ruled by a particular

star and planet. Those Constellations are divided into three groups as seen

below.

 

Constellations Ruled by Tara Balas

1 10 19 Ketu __________

2 11 20 Venus __________

3 12 21 Sun

__________

4 13 22 Moon __________

5 14 23 Mars __________

6 15 24 Rahu

__________

7 16 25 Jupiter

__________

8 17 26 Saturn

__________

9 18 27 Mercury __________

 

You can see that Constellations 1, 10, and 19 are ruled by the planet Ketu; the

next row of constellations by Venus; the last row by Mercury (constellations 9,

18 and 27). After the row ruled by Mercury, the cycle repeats again and the

next row is ruled by Ketu, the next by Venus and until you reach again Mercury.

If in your Vedic horoscope, you have the moon in either constellation 1, 10 or

19, then write number 1 in the tara bala column (on the right). On the next

row, write tara bala 2 and continue downwards in numerical order, until you

reach number 9 in the last tara bala.

 

To take another example, if you have your moon in either constellation 7, 16 or

25, which are ruled by Jupiter, then those constellations become tara bala 1

and the next row of constellations ruled by Saturn become tara bala 2, those

ruled by Mercury become tara bala 3, those ruled by Ketu become tara bala 4,

those of Venus become tara bala 5, those ruled by the Sun become tara bala 6,

those ruled by the Moon become tara bala 7, those ruled by Mars become tara

bala 8, and those rules by Rahu become tara bala 9.

 

This table for your tara balas is very important because whenever you consult

the Vedic Calendar you can read that the moon is in a certain constellation.

Suppose that the moon today is in constellation 15. Then, you know that such a

number is tara bala 6 for you if you have your moon in either constellations 1,

10 or 19. Or tara bala 9 if your have your moon in either constellations 7, 16

or 25.

 

Let us look at another example. If your moon is in constellation 8, 17 or 26,

those constellations become tara bala 1, the next row become tara bala 2. The

row of constellations 1, 10 and 19 become tara bala 3, the next row is tara

bala 4 and so forth until you reach tara bala 9 for the row with the

constellations 7, 17 and 25.

 

MAIN PLANETARY PERIODS OR DASAS

 

Now, when your Moon is in a naksatra ruled by Ketu, you should use the table for

the Ketu antaras, and if your Moon is in a naksatra ruled by the Moon, then you

should use the table for the Moon antaras.

 

Each naksatra or constellation is ruled by a planet, and that planet rules

certain years in your life. Starting from the Ketu naksatra which rules for 7

years, the next naksatras rule for 20, 6, 10, 7, 18, 16, 19 and 17 years.

 

When your Moon at birth is at the zero degrees of the Ketu naksatra, we can say

that your first 7 years of your life are ruled by the main period of Ketu. But

if your moon is at a position, which is a half of that constellation, then your

first 3 and a half of your life will be ruled by Ketu.

 

So you can see that depending on the position of your Moon in your Vedic

horoscope, that you are born under the main period of a planet or dasa.

 

Then we can progress the moon, and after the constellation of Ketu, the Moon

will go into the 2nd constellation which is ruled by Venus. Because Venus

rules 20 years, it after these 20 years that you will be ruled by the next

planet ruling the next constellation, or the Sun in this case.

 

By looking at the dates given by the main periods, we can see which events in

your life were ruled by which main periods. An important journey, a wedding, a

winning event, or an illness, accident or whatever event can be traced in this

way.

 

PLANETARY SUB PERIODS OR BUKTIS

 

Each main planetary period is ruled by a planet and it is divided into 9 sub

periods called buktis. Each bukti is ruled as well by a planet.

 

By following the sequence of the rulers of the constellations, the rulers of the

buktis can also being found.

 

Every main planetary period starts with the first bukti ruled by the same planet

ruling the main period.

 

PLANETARY SUB SUB PERIODS OR ANTARAS.

 

Each sub planetary period is ruled by a planet and it is divided into 9 sub sub

periods called antaras. Each antara is ruled as well by a planet.

 

By following the sequence of the rulers of the constellations, the rulers of the

antaras can also being found.

 

Every planetary bukti period starts with the first antara ruled by the same

planet ruling the bukti period.

 

ADDING UP

 

There are 9 main planetary periods ruling together up to 120 years of life.

 

There are 9 X 9 = 81 buktis in 120 years of life. And

 

There are 9 X 81 = 729 antaras in 120 years of life.

 

PRINTING

 

It is better to first calculate your antara dates by