Various Years 360, Sol Rert etc//Muhurata Rationale

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|| Om Gurave Namah ||

 

Namaste Guruji,

 

This Year length issue keeps recurring.

 

I was thinking that 360 Years should be used Prashna, Tithi Years for

Muhurtha and Solar Return for Natal Jataka.

 

360 Years Reasoning:

Lets assume someone is delivering us food every day for a year. If the

person uses 1-deg transit definition for a " day " then the person will

fall short of supplying us food for 5.2425days!. (354 days if you use

tithi days)

Similarly if I do puja/recitations everyday, And someone counts how

many times I have performed it. If the gods count as per " Sun'

s day " then they will count ~5 days short!.

 

So to count the total amount of Karma Done or Accrued It's best to use

360 days calendar. Interesting in Finance calculation for Interest 360

days calendar are used.

 

[Ref:

http://www.business.uiuc.edu/orer/V5-4-6.pdf#search='Accounting%20360%20days%20y\

ear'

]

 

Dr BV Raman in his translation of Prashna Marga has Suggested 360 days

calculation for Prashna. (If reference needed I will get it later).

 

 

Solar Years:

To count the blessings as per Sun/Soul, which transfers from previous

births, It's best to Use the Solar Year. So I understand using Solar

Years for Vimshottari, Narayana dasa in Natal Charts.

 

Tithi Year:

Muhurtha is closely tide to Tithi as Tithi(15) amsha of day = 1

Muhurtha. So use of tithi based days for Muhurtha charts makes sense.

 

These are my understanding, I request Guruji (and also other learned

Jyotishas) comments on this.

 

 

Warm Regards

Sanjay P

 

 

Hare Rama Krishna.

 

sohamsa , " Guru Sanjay Rath " <guruji@s...> wrote:

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>

> om bhurbhuva svaħ břhaspataye namaħ

> Dear Swee

> I was not there in the room at the time the argument started and can

only say what others told me...That the use of 360 days per year for

vimsottari dasa was objected to by V V Diwekar ji initially and then

other issues came into question. According to this theory, vimsottari

dasa works out to 108 solar years. I wonder if this is what Parasara

meant when he said 'vimsottari'. How many solar years do you se for

vimsottari dasa?

>

> Om muhurta, Diwekarji has questioned the use of Dasami as an

auspicious marriage muhurta for which he has quoted the scriptures and

proved. I was unable to find the counter argument from you. Can you

show me where you have answered this? The argument that the marriage

lasted is more due to the 7th house Jupiter in the chart of the lady

and not due to the faulty muhurta choise has also not been answered.

>

> Please keep this at a subject discussion only as both the people

concerned are learned in the sastra and we should not be dishonoring

either in out bias or statements. and I have found that the replies

sent to the lists in the past were more emotional outbursts than any

meaningful discussion. Please quote the portion of Divekar ji's letter

which you find wrong as far as the shastra is concerned.

>

> With best wishes and warm regards,

> Sanjay Rath

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> sohamsa [sohamsa ] On

Behalf Of Swee Chan

> Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:43 AM

> sohamsa ; varahamihira

> Muhurata Rationale

>

>

> Om Gurave Namah

>

> Dear Sanjay ji,

> Namaste

>

>

> I have just received the July - September 2005 Jyotish Digest and

refer to the following points written by Mr. V.V. Divekar in the

“Letters†section on page 7. The gentleman has written that birth

details were not furnished and requests him to refer to the Jan-Mar

2005 issue of JD on page 50 where all names, including birth data were

provided. On Muhurtas and their inviolate nature, Mr. V.V. Divekar’s

protraction on Chandrashekhar Sharma’s disdain on ParaçÄra’s

teachings were unnecessary.

> It is my believe that Chandrashekharji would ever claim to have

derived a “new system†of looking at Bhava bala but more than

likely, he strictly adheres on the method of ancients than on

Çripati or Keçava systems, (which came into practice at a much later

date).

> Without prejudice, I reiterate that anyone who has been a member on

the Vedic Astrology list is very aware of the fact that

Chandrashekharji is a purist in maintaining Jyotiña in its original

form.

>

> Muhurta Rationale:

>

> On the purported remarks of Chandrashekharji on Muhurtas that are

not being drawn up for taking Pravrajya in Çankara Açram with birth

details of Çankaracaryas, these are two separate matters. Going over

the same article, you will note the following rationale:

> a) One relates to an action or a ceremony, which is in the

domain of Muhurta

> b) The second is with regards to the birth of a living being

(person).

>

> So what is muhurta all about? Is every muhurta (which is recommended

by the sages) to be excluded in Sanskaras (religious rites and other

ceremonies) inviolate as is being made out? Having read many

scriptures and astrological texts, this appears to be rather unlikely.

> Let us begin with marriage Muhurtas, as seems to be the controversy.

> Even a beginner of astrology has heard about Simhastha Guru being

one of the excluded times for the performance of marriage and other

religious ceremonies. So is this entire year or so of the time of

Guru’s residence in Simha rasi really to be excluded? Is this the

only time related to Guru that is excluded for these ceremonies?

> Let us see what is said about the ceremonies for which Simhastha

Guru is to be considered as a muhurta to avoid:

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