Hora definition (Lesson#6)

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Pranaam Sanjay,

 

It is right now Aashaadha Pournima. We celebrate it as Guru

Pournima or Vyasa Pournima. I am grateful for the all

knowledge you have so kindly given me and I will strive to

be a worthy sishya. I am grateful for your patience with me

and the encouragement you have given me to think freely and

argue with you. There are very few gurus like you who are

so open-minded and tolerant.

 

May the blessings of Vyasa Deva be with you and SJVC!

 

> I have given you the casis for the standardisation. can you

> give me any basis for the 6.05 time? If not then what is

> the meaning of this time.

 

If 6:00 am LMT is the exact sunrise time on the equinox at

*every* place in the world, then you have a basis for 6 am.

 

It was hasty of me to think that a logical person like you

could come up with something arbitrary. However, I am not

sure if the day is 6:00 LMT to 18:00 LMT at equinox in

*every* place of the world.

 

I will give a more balanced reply after I do more study.

 

> > > I have a question for you. Can you tell why the starting

> > > point of the Zodiac is Zero degrees of Aries and not 15 deg

> > > Taurus?

> >

> > Zodiac starts from 0 deg in Ar because zodiac was divided

> > into 12 parts and the first one was called Aries. In other words,

> > it is NOT the case that the 12 rasis existed first and then

> > someone figured out where the zodiac should start. On the other

> > hand, zodiac (Maha Vishnu) was the first thing to exist. It was

> > divided into 12 equal parts and the first one (head of Vishnu)

> > was called Aries.

>

> Why was the head in Aries and not in Leo?

 

Head is the first part and feet the last. So head is in

the first rasi of the zodiac and feet in the 12th rasi.

 

The names did not exist first and Mahavishnu (zodiac)

existed first. The names were given later. The first rasi

(head) was called Aries and the last was called Pisces.

( " Tad Vishnoh paramam padam sadaa pasyanti surayah " from

Rig Veda seems to explain why Pisces is considered the

rasi of Maharshis in astrology.)

 

I will ponder over other issues. BTW, you mentioned the

issue of 12 diva horas and 12 raatri horas and talked about

the problem with high latitudes. The problem will be there

with your approach also. With your approach also, the number

of horas in the day and night will not be 12 always.

 

Whatever problem you mention with horas at high latitudes

exists for lagna, BL, HL, GL also. What is your comment on

those?

 

BTW day and night are not equal at Makara Sankranthi as you

said. It should be in March and September.

 

Your sishya,

Narasimha