Guest guest Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 everyone of us know that mandi position is very important in the chart.Escpecially astrologers in Kerala give a lot of importance to mandi.Most importance use of mandi is in fact verification of birth time in natal charts. formula "mandi sphhuta* 81/27 should be janma nakshatra or its 9th or 18th.Otherwise birth time has to be corrected." The method to find Mandi longitude is given in the famous Prasna Marga and other classical jyotish texts. I am reproducing the text from Prasna Marga From Sunday onwards during daytime the position of Mandi will correspond to the rising degree at the end of 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, 6 and 2 ghatikas after sunrise ; provided the sunrise is at 6 a.m. If the length of the day is more or less than 30, these figures have to be appropriately changed. Thus for example if the length of the day is 32 ghatis on a Sunday, the sunrise being at 5-40 a.m. then Mandi's position will correspond to the rising degree at the end of 27.73 ghatis after sunrise. During night times, the position of Mandi will correspond to the rising degree at the end of 10, 6, 2, 26, 22, 18 and 14 ghatis respectively from sunset from Sunday onwards. These figures hold good provided the duration of night is 30 ghatis. Appropriate alterations should be made if the nocturnal duration is more or less than 30 ghatis. If for instance on a Saturday, the duration of night is 34 ghatis then the position of Mandi corresponds to the rising degree at 15.86 ghatis after sunset Jhora and Mandi Jhora has prederences where we can chose Mandi to be rising at either beginning/middle and end of saturn position. The mandi longitude obtained by hand calculation differes by a large degree say(3 to 4 degrees) when we chose "Mandi rises at the end of saturn position".But this is the closest option. If we choose other two options " beginning.middle".the longitude obtained is far off from which obtained via manual calculation. To check this one can calculate rise of mandi at any day -even today and you will find there is difference regards vishnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Namaste, The ghatika tables you gave are based on 12 hour days and 12 hour nights. But daytime and night time are not always 12 hrs each. They can can vary. JHora sticks to dividing the day time and night time into 8 *equal* parts as suggested by Parasara and does not use fixed ghatika numbers as you gave below. If your manual calculations differ, either you have an incompatible preference in JHora (beginning/middle or sunrise definition) or your manual calculations (or the tables you used for your manual calculations) are inaccurate. JHora sticks to Parasara's instructions and calculates accurately. The only thing Parasara left ambiguous is whether Mandi rises at the beginning or middle of Saturn's portion. JHora allows you select your preference regarding that. JHora also allows you to select Saturn's portion or 8th portion. Though Parasara said Mandi rises in Saturn's portion, some people use the 8th un-lorded portion for Mandi and JHora allows that option (though *I* do not recommend it). Another option you can play with is sunrise definition. That affects the daytime and night time lengths! Best regards, Narasimha Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana Spirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org ---- As Th <astrolearnjyotish wrote: > everyone of us know that mandi position is very important in the chart.Escpecially astrologers in Kerala give a lot of importance to mandi.Most importance use of mandi is in fact verification of birth time in natal charts. >  > formula >  >  > " mandi sphhuta* 81/27 should be janma nakshatra or its 9th or 18th.Otherwise birth time has to be corrected. " >  > The method to find Mandi longitude is given in the famous Prasna Marga and other classical jyotish texts. >  >  > I am reproducing the text from Prasna Marga >  > From Sunday onwards during daytime the position of Mandi will correspond to the rising > degree at the end of 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, 6 and 2 ghatikas after sunrise ; provided the sunrise is at 6 > a.m. If the length of the day is more or less than 30, these figures have to be appropriately > changed. Thus for example if the length of the day is 32 ghatis on a Sunday, the sunrise being at > 5-40 a.m. then Mandi's position will correspond to the rising degree at the end of 27.73 ghatis > after sunrise. > During night times, the position of Mandi will correspond to the rising degree at the end > of 10, 6, 2, 26, 22, 18 and 14 ghatis respectively from sunset from Sunday onwards. These > figures hold good provided the duration of night is 30 ghatis. Appropriate alterations should be > made if the nocturnal duration is more or less than 30 ghatis. If for instance on a Saturday, the > duration of night is 34 ghatis then the position of Mandi corresponds to the rising degree at 15.86 > ghatis after sunset >  >  > Jhora and Mandi >  > Jhora has prederences where we can chose Mandi to be rising at either  beginning/middle and end  of saturn position. >  > The mandi longitude obtained by hand calculation differes by a large degree say(3 to 4 degrees) when we chose " Mandi rises at the end of saturn position " .But this is the closest option. >  > If we choose other two options " beginning.middle " .the longitude obtained is far off from which obtained via manual calculation. >  >  > To check this one can calculate rise of mandi at any day -even today and you will find there is difference >  >  > regards >  > vishnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Namaste PVR ji By manual calculations,i meant the correct ghatis of rise of mandi is calculated using the table and also taking into the consideration the actual sunrise time as day start and sunset as night start.So i am aware that day and night are not 12 hrs(30 ghatis) constant every day and so appropriate deductions are done to find the exactt ghatis. However from your reply i understand that jhora follows the parasara method of dividing the day and night into 8 parts and taking saturn portion which is the reason for the difference occuring between manual calculations and jhora. Thanks for your expert views regarding this Regards vishnu jhora , Narasimha PVR Rao <pvr wrote: > > Namaste, > > The ghatika tables you gave are based on 12 hour days and 12 hour nights. But daytime and night time are not always 12 hrs each. They can can vary. JHora sticks to dividing the day time and night time into 8 *equal* parts as suggested by Parasara and does not use fixed ghatika numbers as you gave below. > > If your manual calculations differ, either you have an incompatible preference in JHora (beginning/middle or sunrise definition) or your manual calculations (or the tables you used for your manual calculations) are inaccurate. JHora sticks to Parasara's instructions and calculates accurately. > > The only thing Parasara left ambiguous is whether Mandi rises at the beginning or middle of Saturn's portion. JHora allows you select your preference regarding that. JHora also allows you to select Saturn's portion or 8th portion. Though Parasara said Mandi rises in Saturn's portion, some people use the 8th un-lorded portion for Mandi and JHora allows that option (though *I* do not recommend it). > > Another option you can play with is sunrise definition. That affects the daytime and night time lengths! > > Best regards, > Narasimha > > Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam > Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana > Spirituality: > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org > > > ---- As Th <astrolearnjyotish wrote: > > everyone of us know that mandi position is very important in the chart.Escpecially astrologers in Kerala give a lot of importance to mandi.Most importance use of mandi is in fact verification of birth time in natal charts. > >  > > formula > >  > >  > > " mandi sphhuta* 81/27 should be janma nakshatra or its 9th or 18th.Otherwise birth time has to be corrected. " > >  > > The method to find Mandi longitude is given in the famous Prasna Marga and other classical jyotish texts. > >  > >  > > I am reproducing the text from Prasna Marga > >  > > From Sunday onwards during daytime the position of Mandi will correspond to the rising > > degree at the end of 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, 6 and 2 ghatikas after sunrise ; provided the sunrise is at 6 > > a.m. If the length of the day is more or less than 30, these figures have to be appropriately > > changed. Thus for example if the length of the day is 32 ghatis on a Sunday, the sunrise being at > > 5-40 a.m. then Mandi's position will correspond to the rising degree at the end of 27.73 ghatis > > after sunrise. > > During night times, the position of Mandi will correspond to the rising degree at the end > > of 10, 6, 2, 26, 22, 18 and 14 ghatis respectively from sunset from Sunday onwards. These > > figures hold good provided the duration of night is 30 ghatis. Appropriate alterations should be > > made if the nocturnal duration is more or less than 30 ghatis. If for instance on a Saturday, the > > duration of night is 34 ghatis then the position of Mandi corresponds to the rising degree at 15.86 > > ghatis after sunset > >  > >  > > Jhora and Mandi > >  > > Jhora has prederences where we can chose Mandi to be rising at either  beginning/middle and end  of saturn position. > >  > > The mandi longitude obtained by hand calculation differes by a large degree say(3 to 4 degrees) when we chose " Mandi rises at the end of saturn position " .But this is the closest option. > >  > > If we choose other two options " beginning.middle " .the longitude obtained is far off from which obtained via manual calculation. > >  > >  > > To check this one can calculate rise of mandi at any day -even today and you will find there is difference > >  > >  > > regards > >  > > vishnu > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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