Download Jagannatha Hora 7.3 suggestions for future version

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Dear Narasimharao,

 

Namaste,

 

The new version of JHora 7.3 is indeed an addition to your selfless

effort for the cause of spreading vedic astrology. I would like to

present my a few suggestions for forthcoming version of JHora that may

produce ease for the astrologers and researchers.

 

 

a) JHora is still devoid of Sphuta Drishti (table of precise

calculation for planetary aspects) in virupas or percentage, as per

teachings of Maharishi Parashar. I hope the forthcoming version of

JHora would facilitate Sphuta Drishti between grahas.

 

b) JHora should have a window/tab showing TWO BIG CHARTS (like many

other astrology software). Availability of two big charts (eg. rashi +

amsa) at a glance helps to concentrate better. In JHora, it is only

possible when resolution/scale of monitor screen is low (600x800) and

Chakras/Six Vargas tab shows it, otherwise not.

 

c) Only a few software computes Tajik yogas (itthesala, kabool, nakut

etc. formed by special aspects between planets). JHora's potential may

augment if it provides these special yogas generally used in prashana

and varshphala.

 

d) For varshphala, taking birth place for all solar return charts is a

widely accepted practice, however, an option may be provided to choose

the present location as place of any chosen solar return chart.

 

e) For HORA i.e. planetary hour calculation, JHora should provide the

user a neglected 3rd option. Until now, JHora presents two options,

but computations from these two options divides a COMPLETE DAY (i.e.

day+night) into 24 equal parts. However, many astrologers use to take

the daytime hora by dividing the duration of DAY (sunrise to set) into

12 equal parts and night time hora by dividing the NIGHT (sunset to

next sunrise) into 12 equal parts. I also found the change of time

between Rahu Kala (given by JHora) and various other panchanga due to

this difference.

 

f) Another significant thing, I miss a lot in JHora is Match Making or

Vedic Marriage Compatibility (36 gunas from 8 kutas, magalik dosh etc).

 

g) Nearly all major Jyotish Classics have taught about eight types of

planetary motions. They are Vakra (retrogression), Anuvakra (entering

the previous sign in retrograde motion), Vikal (devoid of motion),

Mand (slower motion than usual), Mandatar (slower than the Mand), Sama

(even ie. neither fast nor slow), Char (faster than Sama), Atichar (in

accelerated motion). I myself could not yet get the degree-wise

interval for these motions. Most of the software generally shows

retrograde and direct motion. Is it possible for you to program the

routines for these mentioned above planetary motions. Besides

availability of relative speed of a graha especially retrograde or

near stationary (in %) may help to research the impact of retrograde

planets.

 

h) Availability of Sade Sati table (entrance and exist of transit

Saturn in 12th, 1st and 2nd houses) may be a ready-made reference for

users of JHora.

 

 

With Love and Regards,

M. Imran

 

 

 

 

 

sohamsa , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

> You can now download Jagannatha Hora 7.3 from

>

> www.VedicAstrologer.org/jh

>

> This has several bug-fixes and improvements. A few salient improvements:

>

> (1) Apart from Lahiri ayanamsa, one can now use a modified Lahiri

ayanamsa that fixes Chitra star at 180 deg. One can also use another

modified Lahiri ayanamsa that uses the fixed solar system rotation

plane (Vishnunabhi plane) for projecting the co-ordinates rather than

the oscillating ecliptic plane and fixes Chitra star at 180 deg.

>

> (2) In chara karaka calculation, now there are 4 options. The hybrid

7/8 karaka method of Parasara given in my recent article and karaka

dasa are also included.

>

> (3) Tripataki chakra, Shoola chakra and Sudarsana chakra are added.

>

> (4) One can locate transits of Jupiter, Saturn and nodes in any

house from the dasa/antardasa sign (in the case of rasi dasas) or the

sign occupied in natal rasi chart by the dasa/antardasa lord (in the

case of planetary dasas) during the dasa/antardasa. For example, you

can find if slow moving planets transit the 10th house from dasa sign

during a rasi dasa.

>

> (5) Many bugs and instabilities are fixed. For example, there was a

crash when a divisional chart is used in sarvatobhadra chakra and some

other chakras in the past. Such crashes and bugs are fixed.

>

> (6) Two options are available for Tithi Pravesha. One can mix solar

months with soli-lunar days (tithis) as taught by Sanjay ji or just

use soli-lunar months as done in tradition for celebrating birthdays

and festivals (e.g. Sri Rama Navami, Janmashtami).

>

> (7) Installer has been simplified and made easy. Font installation

had problems in the past. Now it should be fine. One should be abke to

view charts in Indian languages without problems now.

>

> (8) Updating to the latest JHora will be easier in future. You can

seamlessly update without remembering where you installed or doing any

copying manually.

>

> (9) The user preference storing mechanism has been simplified. All

preferences are now stored in jhora.ini (present in jhcore

sub-directory in the directory chosen by user for JHora installation).

It is a flexible format. If user updates to later versions in future,

one's preferences will not be lost again and one will not have to

reconfigure. In this version, however, all preferences will be reset

to defaults. Please change them to what you like. You will not have to

do it again. It is a good idea to back up this jhora.ini file in

jhcore directory. If you PC crashes and you re-install JHora, you can

copy the backed up file to get your preferences. In future, jhora.ini

saved with any version of JHora can be read by any version of JHora.

>

> There are several other bug-fixes and improvements. In general, this

will be the stable base version going forward. Please discontinue

using previous versions and move to this. Those who maintain copies of

JHora for downloading should also change to 7.3. Please stop using or

distributing previous versions of JHora.

>

> Best regards,

> Narasimha

>

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