RE: [Jaya Jagannath] Key point on 360d vs 365d years

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Namaste,

this is very interesting.... can the 360 tithi years also account for progression and

as time unfolds , the years get longer? I would like to hear your thoughts on this.

 

When reading Sri BV Raman's book on Varshaphal he poses a strong argument

on a sideral year being = to 365.256374 vs. the accepted 365.2425.

Now, how does this knowledge differ from 5,000 ( + or -) years ago. Should modern

calculations precede ancient knowledge?

 

 

 

Narasimha Rao [pvr (AT) mediaone (DOT) net] Sent:

Monday, July 02, 2001 7:57 PMSanjay RathCc:

vedic astrology; varahamihira;

achyutaSubject: [Jaya Jagannath] Key point on 360d vs 365d

yearsPranaam Sanjay,During the last few days, I read some parts of Mahabharata

forcollecting some data for astrological analysis of Mahabharata events.I had

no luck so far. If you tell me Achyuta Dasa's views on when KaliYuga started,

it will help my research tremendously.I came across something interesting in

Virata Parva of Mahabharata.When Arjuna comes out of his ajnaata vaasa (hiding)

to fight Kauravaarmies and save King Virata's cows, Duryodhana rejoices that one

yearajnaata vaasa bet is broken and Pandavas have to go back to 12 yearsof vana

vaasa (stay in forests) and 1 year of ajnaata vaasa (hiding).Then Bheeshma

gives his opinion thus:teshaam kaalaatirekena jyotishaam cha vyatikramaat

|panchame panchame varshe dwau maasaavupajaayatah || 47-3teshaambhyadhikaa

maasaah pancha dwaadasa cha kshapaah |trayodasaanaam varshaanaamiti me vartate

matih || 47-4"It is true that time is formed by degrees & minutes,

days,fortnights, months and seasons. However, learned astrologers considerthe

excess time that is built into this. Once in every 5 years, thereis an extra

month. During the 13 years, there were 5 extra months and12 extra days.

Considering them, thirteen years have already passed.Arjuna must've come out of

the hiding only after recognizing thisfact. He did not break the

bet."Essentially, Duryodhana is insisting on 365.2425 day solar years

andarguing that 13 years are not over yet. And, Bheeshma is counsellinghim that

360 tithis (not even 360 days) form one year. Though lunaryears (of tithis) are

synchronized with solar years with the help ofadhika maasas (extra months) that

come at the rate of 2 months per 5years, Bheeshma is saying that astrologers

consider a year to be 360tithis. If a lunar year has 13 months, he is

considering it to be 1year PLUS 1 month. He is advising Duryodhana to accept

the samedefinition for years in their bet (of 12 years in forests and 1 yearin

hiding), instead of insisting that a year means 365.2425 days andso 13 years

aren't over yet.The above is a very clear point and a basis for the war. I

cannotimagine any corruption in it. Moreover, Bheeshma is a very learnedperson

and Vyasa who reported Mahabharata is the son of Pararsara.Both of them knew

astrology better than all of us. So this makes avery very strong case for the

use of 360-tithi years in astrology.In fact, though I used 360 day years until

sometime back, I insistedthat an even more correct way would be to use 360

tithis. Ever since Icoded 360-tithi years in JH, I've been using only that in

allnakshatra dasas! I sincerely believe that this is the correctapproach,

partly based on experience, partly based on intuition andNOW partly based on

Bhishma's teaching.I request you to kindly reconsider your views on this issue

andcomment on Bheeshma's statement.Your sishya,NarasimhaPS: I noted this point

3 days back. It was an interesting coincidencethat the next day I received a

copy of July 2001 EST, in which therewas an interview with K.K. Pathak. He also

uses 360-tithi years andmade the same point that I had noted from Mahabharata!!

So this is awell-known point and not my own

discovery.---------------------Narasimha

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