To Sarajit - Why Sandhya not EXACTLY at Sunrise/ set? Sunrise Defintion Selection Question ?

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Sarajit

 

Sandhya puja is always at sunset, traditionally. I mean, the main thing

I remember about my grandmother (passed away many decades back) is the

" batasha " (Bengali hard sweet) thrown at all of us children in the huge

jt family house when I was about 5 or 6 yrs old, at EVENING. Anyway,

back to astrology - why is Sandhya not EXACTLY at Sunrise & Sunset?

Does it AGAIN have to do with the 6 am LMT thing, ie 6 hrs before &

after noon, when the Sun is ALWAYS EXACTLY overhead? Or is this some

NEW funda you want us to mull over. You know, everyday things get more

complex.

 

The other day, I attemped Narasimha's 2nd exercise to us in our jyotish

class. His question to us was pretty innocuous - what is the

significance of 2nd from various references? " Daant kot kot korlo "

(bengali for teeth chattering (with the effort)) trying to answer it.

Anyway, have made an attempt, & waiting for his comments on my answers.

Incidentally, my bro-in-law is in Singapore for over a decade - he is

also from IIM, Cal (yr neighbour). If you ever need his ref (just, like

home food, etc, if u miss India), give me a shout on my psnl e-id, ie

nanadhan. His e-id= anujm ,

Anuj_Mahajan . But do give me a shout first, so that I can

intro you.

 

Regards

 

Nandan

 

--- Sarajit Poddar <sarajitp wrote: > || Jaya Jagannath ||

> 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

> -

> 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 rays

> of the Sun become apparent in the sky. As far as my eyes can

> observe and

> knowledge reaches, sunrays already appear in the sky at dawn, long

> before

> the 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 and

> a similar duration following the Sun set are called as morning

> twilight

> and evening twilight respectively. "

>

> Similarly, another description of sandhya is there in Ch. 46, texts

> 44-49

> with reference to semi-disc of Sun.

>

> Why Parasara mentioned the semi disc here, and not the tip of the

> disc, as

> Sunrise? Please explain.

>

> Yours,

> Dhira Krsna dasa,

> Jyotisha

> http://www.radhadesh.com

>

 

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