Sunrise Defintion Selection Question ?

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Dear Dhira Krsna,

 

In those slokas Maharishi Parashara gave the definition of the Muhurthas which

are considered inauspicious for childbirth and considered evil, viz, the

Sandhyas, the junction points of day and night... The junction of the day and

night although associated with Sunrise and Sunset, is not the exact time of

Sunrise and Sunset. 3 Ghatikas is 1.5 muhurthas (1 muhurtha = 48 mins). Here,

he was not referring to the Sunrise and Sunset, as the Sunrise cannot be before

72 minutes before half rise of Solar Disk. Only after a few minutes from

apprearing of the Sunrays, the solar disc rises on the horizon, so you see,

that the 72 min before the rise of half of solar disk, is strickly for the

Sandhya Duration.

 

Now if somebody asks, why the Sandhyas are not exactly during the Sunrise and

Sunset is a different question altogether.

 

Best Wishes

Sarajit

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Dhira Krsna BCS

vedic astrology ; jhora

Cc: Varahamihira

Saturday, July 19, 2003 3:15 AM

[vedic astrology] Re: Re: Sunrise Defintion Selection Question ?

Dear Sarajit,Hare Rama Krsna!I'll just reply with a verse from BPHS. You say

sunrise is when first raysof the Sun become apparent in the sky. As far as my

eyes can observe andknowledge reaches, sunrays already appear in the sky at

dawn, long beforethe Sun rises. Then how can you say it denotes Sunrise?>[sP]

Ancient times all the activites used to be closely link to the Sun's>movement

and hence the rising and setting time of the Sun was given>prime importance.

Now what is meant by rising is the issue here. For>those people, rising meant

when the first ray of Sun was visible on the>horizon. This cannot be the center

of the Sun rising on the horizon as by>that time the half of the solar disk

would have risen on the horizon.Let's quote Parasara in BPHS Ch. 9 text 14

Definition of Sandhya:"3 Ghatikas before the sight of the semi disc (half) of

the rising Sun anda similar duration following the Sun set are called as

morning twilightand evening twilight respectively."Similarly, another

description of sandhya is there in Ch. 46, texts 44-49with reference to

semi-disc of Sun.Why Parasara mentioned the semi disc here, and not the tip of

the disc, asSunrise? Please explain.Yours,Dhira Krsna

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