Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Hello group members, I have just acquired the book "Varga Chakra", which is very useful and helps me to understand the underlying principles behind the different methods of varga construction (Brahma varga = straightforward harmonics as in Western astrology; Shiva vargas = vargas with breaks or jumps, etc) However, in Sanjay Rath's chapter on the shastyamsa (p. 134), I don't understand why he says first (which of course I knew) that there the shastyamsa is one-sixtieth division of a sign measuring 30' of arc, and then goes on to say that "There are a total of 1800 shastyamsa in the zodiac with sixty in each sign. As a time measure, the average time taken for Lagna to traverse a shastyamsa is 48 seconds. Thus the smallest measure of time used by Parasara is 48 seconds when this shastyamsa shall change." Surely, 12 signs x 60 divisions = 720 (not 1800), and the average time taken for a change of lagna in shastyamsa is therefore 2 minutes. Am I right, or have I misunderstood something? Thank you for any clarification Graham Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Dear Graham Yes, there are 60 Shastiamsas per Rasi, thus there are 720. The shastiamsa lagna changes for every two minutes approximately. best wishes partha vedic astrology, "Graham Fox" <fox.graham@w...> wrote: > > Hello group members, > I have just acquired the book "Varga Chakra", which is very useful > and helps me to understand the underlying principles behind the > different methods of varga construction (Brahma varga = > straightforward harmonics as in Western astrology; Shiva vargas = > vargas with breaks or jumps, etc) > However, in Sanjay Rath's chapter on the shastyamsa (p. 134), I > don't understand why he says first (which of course I knew) that > there the shastyamsa is one-sixtieth division of a sign measuring > 30' of arc, and then goes on to say that "There are a total of 1800 > shastyamsa in the zodiac with sixty in each sign. As a time measure, > the average time taken for Lagna to traverse a shastyamsa is 48 > seconds. Thus the smallest measure of time used by Parasara is 48 > seconds when this shastyamsa shall change." > Surely, 12 signs x 60 divisions = 720 (not 1800), and the average > time taken for a change of lagna in shastyamsa is therefore 2 > minutes. Am I right, or have I misunderstood something? > Thank you for any clarification > Graham Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Dear Partha, Thank you. I can now see that Sanjay Rath must be confusing the shastyamsa with the nadiamsa: in the D-150, there are indeed 1800 divisions in the whole zodiac, and each the lagna does take 48" to cross a nadiamsa. But as far as I know, no version of Parasara uses or mentions the D-150. Best wishes Graham this vedic astrology, "V.Partha sarathy" <partvinu@g...> wrote: > > Dear Graham > > Yes, there are 60 Shastiamsas per Rasi, thus there are 720. The > shastiamsa lagna changes for every two minutes approximately. > best wishes > partha > > > vedic astrology, "Graham Fox" > <fox.graham@w...> wrote: > > > > Hello group members, > > I have just acquired the book "Varga Chakra", which is very useful > > and helps me to understand the underlying principles behind the > > different methods of varga construction (Brahma varga = > > straightforward harmonics as in Western astrology; Shiva vargas = > > vargas with breaks or jumps, etc) > > However, in Sanjay Rath's chapter on the shastyamsa (p. 134), I > > don't understand why he says first (which of course I knew) that > > there the shastyamsa is one-sixtieth division of a sign measuring > > 30' of arc, and then goes on to say that "There are a total of 1800 > > shastyamsa in the zodiac with sixty in each sign. As a time > measure, > > the average time taken for Lagna to traverse a shastyamsa is 48 > > seconds. Thus the smallest measure of time used by Parasara is 48 > > seconds when this shastyamsa shall change." > > Surely, 12 signs x 60 divisions = 720 (not 1800), and the average > > time taken for a change of lagna in shastyamsa is therefore 2 > > minutes. Am I right, or have I misunderstood something? > > Thank you for any clarification > > Graham Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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