Rta/Rita (ऋत) is the first and foremost Vedic concept, which seems to predate the whole of Rigvedic thought. Not to forget that Rigveda is the first and foremost Veda. This word Rta (ऋत) is featured in Rigveda around 390 times. It is so ancient that it is also mentioned in Avesta, which is the prime…
6th of March 2022; 14:36:30; Dehradun, India time is when Rahu and Ketu change their Rashi from Taurus to Aries. To know how this transit impacts you there are some major rules which I am going to talk about, this can be used to check any transit though. First of all, remember that the transits…
Someone in one of my group asked me a question, what was the source of the Karma in our first birth, many astrologers will discard this question, will not answer it, but because the answer is thought-provoking and rational, I decided to answer it, but alas! I myself was not very sure of an answer,…
Story - I was to teach this topic in my "Jyotish Prarambha" course, but due to the Video being so long, I left it to teach in the next class and then due to some inexplicable reasons, I was forced to give a break to the course. When I was about to resume the classes, I…
Introduction
The profession is defined in dictionaries as "a paid occupation, especially one that involved prolonged training and a formal qualification", our sages talked about it in a different sense, they termed it as Karma which means work. I will quote a shloka from Bhagwad Geeta which will help us understand what Karma is.
All men are…
Introduction Panchanga is made of two words - Pancha meaning five and Anga means limbs, so it normally means something with five limbs. True to its name Panchanga is composed of five different elements namely Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana. Then a question comes, limbs of whom? Limbs of time - In ancient times,…
Introduction We learnt about Shastiamsa deities in the first part of this article, and then I revealed the secret message of each Shastiamsa portion given in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. In the second part of this article series, we analysed Shastiamsa as a member of the divisional charts family. Now, I wish to give some…
Introduction There are two types of principles in Vedic Jyotish, First is basic principles which is an analysis of a Bhava lord in another Bhava, Judging relationship between planets known as Yoga etc, Second is advanced principles such as Dasha, Divisional Charts and Shadabala. Divisional charts are such an advanced principle but are very fundamental…