Itz Horoscope (2010)

Grahan in 2010 - Chandra Grahan & Surya Grahan

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:57:33 PDT

During the year 2010, two solar eclipses (surya grahan) and two lunar eclipses (chandra grahan) occur as follows:

15 January 2010: Annular Solar Eclipse (Khandgras Surya Grahan)
26 June 2010: Partial Lunar Eclipse (Khandgras Chandra Grahan)
11 July 2010: Total Solar Eclipse (Khagras Surya Grahan)
21 December 2010: Total Lunar Eclipse (Khagras Chandra Grahan)

Please click on the hyperlinks above to get more information and predictions. Hyperlinks on remaining two grahan will be made available as soon as possible.

Grahan on 11th July 2010 and 21st December 2010 will not be visible in India.

Chandra Grahan on 26 June 2010 - Horoscope

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:46:03 PDT

In this year the first chandra grahan (partial) will take place on 26 June 2010. It will be visible after sunset from Australia, and eastern Asia. The partial chandra grahan will happen at moon rise in India, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia and other places in eastern parts of Asia. It will be seen before sunrise over Western, North and South America. In India, this grahan will be visible in north-east part of India in Arunachala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Assam and eastern Bihar at Moon rise. Grahan will not be visible in other parts of India. Exact details of chandra grahan places can be found from following Nasa map -

In India Timing for Chandra Grahan are as follows -
Grahan Start: 3:47 PM IST
Grahan Midtime: 5:08 PM IST
Grahan End: 6:30 PM IST

Sutak: Sutak for this Grahan will start at 6:47 AM IST. Please note sutak is applicable only at places where Grahan is visible.

Moon is going to join Rahu in Dhanus Rasi over Moola nakshatra. During the chandra grahan, Moon, the karaka for mind, will be afflicted by the magnetic impulses of Rahu /Ketu, this causes pressure and uncertainty in those areas ruled by Moon and the significations of the sign/ bhava in which the eclipse is taking place.

Detailed horoscope by astrologer VGR Pavan can be found on AstroCAMP.com.

Mars in Leo and Saturn getting direct in Virgo

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:47:23 PDT

Current week is a week of some significant transit changes. Firstly, Mars left Cancer sign and entered into Leo sign on 26th May 2010. It will remain in Leo till 20th July 2010. Secondly, Saturn will turn direct day after tomorrow i.e. on 30th May 2010. It will remain in Virgo sign till the end of the year.

What will be the astrological impacts? Check out detailed information on AstroCAMP.com magazine -

AstroCAMP launches affiliate program for making money online

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:25:10 PDT

If you are a website or blog owner then this news is for you. AstroCAMP.com today announced a new affiliate program by which you can make money online. The program is very simple, you can sign up for the program in few easy steps. Once signed up, the program will give you a code that you can put on your website or blog and start displaying advertisements. AstroCAMP.com will share revenue with you for any purchase made by the visitor coming from your website / blog.

The press release for the affiliate program announcement can be found here - http://www.astrocamp.com/affiliate-program-astrocamp-make-money.html

You can directly go to affiliate program sign-up page here - http://www.astrocamp.com/affiliate/

Happy making money !!!

Jupiter in Pisces: Transit Horoscope 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:26:17 PDT

Jupiter will leave Aquarius sign on May 2nd, 2010 and enter into Pisces. It will stay in Pisces till May 8th 2011. It will become retrograde in the month of July 2010 and again enter into previous sign Aquarius in November 2010. It will then become direct and enter in to Pisces again in mid December 2010 and carry on its journey till 8th May 2010.

Horoscope for each Zodiac Sign:
Impact of Jupiter in Pisces for each Zodiac Sign

Also Read:

Daily Stock Market Predictions on AstroCAMP.com

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:29:27 PDT

Just want to bring into your notice that we have started publishing daily stock market predictions on AstorCAMP.com. Predictions can be found on AstroCAMP.com home page or the astrology magazine page.

The predictions (daily stock trends) is being written by AstroCAMP panel astrologer Mrs. Suchitra Das.

I hope you will find "daily stock market trends" useful. You can also now subscribe AstroCAMP.com astrology magazine on your email.

By the way, do you feel that astrologers should be part of important decision making everywhere as claimed for Chennai Super Kings in IPL? What is your opinion?

Learn Vedic Astrology - Part 5 is now available

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:33:03 PDT

Part 5 of the learn astrology series by me is now available on AstroCAMP.com. Please check it out and share your opinion. I hope you will find it useful.

Related Articles

Jupiter Pisces Horoscope

What is Adhik Masa or Extra Month of Hindu Calendar? When is it in 2010?

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:45:21 PDT

"Adhik Masa" is a word of Sanskrit origin which literally means Extra month. Adhik Masa is also known as Purushottam Masa, Mal Masa, and Malimmacha etc. Adhik Masa has started today i.e. April 15, 2010 and will end on May 14, 2010 as per English calendar. Because the extra month this year is Vaishakh as per Hindu Calendar, this extra month is known as Adhik Vaishakh Masa or Adhik Vaishak Mahina. So in current year there will be thirteen months in Hindu calendar. Apart from the normal 12 months, there is an additional month i.e. Adhik Vaishakh Masa.

Acharya Ram Hari Sharma has written a detailed article on "Rituals & Significance of Adhik Maas" on AstroCAMP.com Astrology Magazine, and I am quoting from the article -

“Generally all efforts with the intention of worldly gains are strictly prohibited during Adhika masa as mentioned in scripture and one is advised to follow special rituals for this month. During this period, marriages, tonsures (mundan), inaugurations of new home, fasting with desire of some worldy gains, buying new ornaments and vehicles are prohibited.

The month that does not carry Surya Sankranti is called Adhimass and the month carrying two Sankrantis is called Kshayamass. As per Astrological calculations, Adhimass comes after 32 months, 16 days and 4 ghatis and Kshayamaas first arrives after 141 years and then after 19 years.”

The detailed article can be found on AstroCAMP.com here - "Adhik Maas 2010: Rituals & Significance."

More Articles on AstroCAMP.com Astrology Magazine

Elizabeth Taylor's ninth marriage and astrology

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:10:40 PDT

Readership Level: Intermediate

According to news sources, Hollywood legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor is to marry for the ninth time at the ripe old age of 78. Taylor has been married eight times earlier. Her last marriage ended after five years in 1996.

I wanted to discuss this chart because it is unique in its respect. Nine marriages are not common at all and hence it gives us a very good case study for multiple marriages.

In Indian astrology, there are several yogas given for multiple marriages and I am not going to talk about it. There are so many classical texts and so many shlokas in Indian astrology that confuses astrology students. I want to give some very common rules which I always found correct.

Rule 1. 7th lord should be well posited in a sign. Exaltation makes the most powerful multiple marriage yoga
Rule 2. 7th lord should be in dual sign. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces are the dual signs.
Rule 3. There should be malefic influence, primarily of Mars and Saturn, on 7th house and 7th house lord.

Under the light of these rules, now let us check the birth chart of Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor's birth details are as follows -
Date of Birth: February 27, 1932
Time of Birth: 2:15 AM
Place of Birth: London, UK

Birth details are taken from AstroDataBank and this chart is having A ratings. If the passes our rules we can safely say that the birth particulars are correct.

Rule 1. Taurus is falling in 7th house. Venus is lord of Taurus and hence it is 7th house lord. Venus is exalted in Pisces, so the rule 1 is fulfilled. As we know from the above rule, 7th lord must be very strong sign-wise to give multiple marriage.
Rule 2. Venus is in Pisces, a dual sign, so the rule 2 is also satisfied. As we know dual signs give multiple marriages.
Rule 3. 7th lord Venus is aspected by natual malefic Saturn and with another natual malefic Rahu. 7th house is aspected by Mars. So the rule 3 is also satisfied. Malefic influence is there both on 7th house and 7th house lord.

So we can safely say that the birth details are absolutely correct as far as rasi chart is concerned. You can see that Elizabeth Taylor's birth chart is an excellent chart for multiple marriage case study.

Will she really marry ninth time? What are the combinations in her chart that make her legendary actress? What else do you see in chart? If you are an astrology student, please share your thoughts in terms of comments.

Further Readings:

Learn Astrology - A tutorial on Indian astrology by me

Some new articles on AstroCAMP.com astrology magazine -

Announcing New Address - ItzHoroscope.com

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:36:24 PDT

It is quite some time I have written a blog post. The reason for this gap was that I was making a lot of changes to my websites and web infrastructure. During this period I have done a lot of work on astrology and I will be announcing it in coming time.

The announcement I want to make today, though, is the new look and the new address of the blog. You might have already noticed that the blog has been moved to a new address - http://www.ItzHoroscope.com. Previously my blog address was quite long (http://www.AstroCAMP.com/vedicastrology/) and I hope that this blog address will be easy to remember and quick to reach. If you have not bookmarked it, please do the same.

I hope that the new address and the new look will give me enough motivation to write regularly. I have lot quite a few topics pending in my todo list and hope I'll write on all of them soon.

Also would appreciate your feedback on the new layout of the blog. Will look forward to your suggestions. Check out http://www.ItzHoroscope.com now.

Horoscope Matching in Hindi

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:02:00 PST

We had a lot of requests in the past where people wanted to see the results of horoscope matching (kundli Milan) in Hindi. I am happy to announce that now horoscope matching is available in Hindi language as well. You can perform your horoscope matching (कुण्डली मिलान) in Hindi here.

For the Hindi lovers, that's not all. We have many other AstroSage features like Panchang, Daily Horoscope, Chaughadiya, Rahu Kaal, Local Sunrise/ sunset etc. on HindiLok.com - check it out.

Indian Astrology Tutorial - Part 2 is now available

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:37:52 PST

I am pleased to inform my blog readers that the second part of "astrology tutorial" is now published. Here are the links -
1. In English : Learn Astrology - Part 2
2. In Hindi : ज्‍योतिष सीखें - भाग 2

I have also created a discussion forum where you can ask questions and clear your doubts. If you have any question, however basic, please go ahead and ask it in the forum given in the article.

It is important that you share your feedback so that I can improve the tutorial. Will look forward to that.

Enjoy.

Astrology for Dummies - Learn Astrology Step by Step

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:46:11 PST

I have recently started writing one tutorial on Indian astrology for "Prabhat Khabar" newspaper. I thought why not to publish somewhere on Web so that everyone can benefit from it. As the title of this post suggests, the article starts with absolute basic concepts like planet, house and sign. I’ll keep progressing with more advanced concepts every week.

The article series will be available in two languages - Hindi and English. The people who want to read in हिन्‍दी (Hindi) can click here.

Here is the tutorial in English -

Generally most of the people are interested in astrology and want to learn this ancient science. But the biggest roadblock and most difficult question they face is – where to start learning from?
Quite a few succeed in finding a guru with their persistent endeavor, but these gurus teach astrology in such a complicated way that scares off even the earnest aspirants. Most of the astrologers begin teaching with birth-chart making; and its complicated mathematical calculations diminish learners' enthusiasm and frighten them away. And rest of the pupils run off after hearing complex and high-sounding terminology of astrology.

Continue reading Indian Astrology tutorial.

Year 2010 Horoscope and Reports

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:30:53 PST

As we are just approaching year 2010, just wanted to remind about some of the free 2010 horoscopes and 2010 astrology reports available -

Hope you will like it.

Enjoy!!!

Astrology Software for Mobile Phone for Free

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:12:00 PST

I am extremely pleased to announce world’s first astrology software for Mobile Phone/ Cell Phone that to absolutely FREE. It has almost all the features of AstroSage.com and can be accessed from your Mobile phone browser. All you need is an Internet connection (GPRS/ EDGE/3G) on your mobile phone. Now-a-days generally all mobile phones have Internet connection, so your mobile phone must already be ready for this "FREE astrology software for Mobile Phone".

Just point your mobile browser to http://astrosage.com/m/ and wow you have full astrology software in mobile phone that too absolutely free. As this software is Internet based, you need not to install anything on your Mobile Phone.

You can create birth chart, horary chart, match horoscopes, get daily predictions, daily panchang and much much more.

All Mobile Platforms like Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Apple iPhone, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG, Nokia, O2, HTC, Motorola, WAP etc. are supported.

What you are waiting for? Pick up your mobile phone and hit http://astrosage.com/m/ and you have world of astrology in your mobile phone.

Mangal Dosha Report, Sade Sati Report and More

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:40:15 PST

I am pleased to announce that now Mangal Dosha and Sade Sati reports can be easily accessed from the home page of AstroSage.com. Here are the direct links -

We have added remedies for Mangal Dosha on the Mangal Dosha report.

Apart from this, now December 2010 horoscopes are also available.

Also would also like to remind you that 2010 Yearly Horoscopes are already there at AstroCAMP.com.

2010 Horoscope Based on Vedic Astrology Moon Sign

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:57:54 PST

Vedic astrology Moon-sign based horoscopes are available at AstroCAMP now. Please check it out -

Aries - Horoscope 2010
Taurus - Horoscope 2010
Gemini - Horoscope 2010
Cancer - Horoscope 2010
Leo - Horoscope 2010
Virgo - Horoscope 2010
Libra - Horoscope 2010
Scorpio - Horoscope 2010
Sagittarius - Horoscope 2010
Capricorn - Horoscope 2010
Aquarius - Horoscope 2010
Pisces - Horoscope 2010

You can find your personalized 2010 horoscopes at AstroSage.com.

Diwali Pujan Muhurta in 2009 - Some Important Points to Remember

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:18:23 PDT

There are few important points one need to consider while selecting Diwali Pujan muhurta -

1. Pradosh Kaal
The best time for Laxmi pujan is 3 muhurta (144 minutes) from sunset. Three muhurta (6 ghadi or 144 minutes) period everyday is called Nitya Pradosh and considered auspicious. Few people consider sunset time +-144 minutes and others also consider sunset time +- 72 minutes. In my opinion, closer to sunset time, the most powerful be the muhurta.

2. Lagna (Ascendant)
In my opinion, ascendant is the most important part of muhurta selection. It is said that if Lagna is good, one need not to worry about other doshas. Generally sthira lagna (Vrishabha - Taurus, Simha - Leo, Vrishchik - Scorpio, Kumbha - Aquarius) are considered most auspecious for the Diwali Pujan. We need to judge chart of the time according to astrological principles e.g. there should not be planets in 6,8,12 houses. In case we have to perform puja during that time, we should pray for the afflicted planet first and that peform the pujan. This is called shuddhi-karma.

3. Chaughadia or Chogadia
24 hours are divided into 16 equal time divisions and each divsion is known as Chaughadia. These 16 divisions are allocated to 7 choghadias as follows -

1. ‘Udwega’ - owned by Sun - Bad
2. ‘Amrit’ - owned by Moon - Good
3. ‘Roga’ - owned by Mars - Bad
4. ‘Laabh’ - owned by Mercury - Good
5. ‘Shubh’ - owned by Jupiter - Good
6. ‘Chara’ (or 'Chala') - owned by Venus - Medium
7. ‘Kaala’ - owned by Saturn - Bad

One should pick a good chaughadia for diwali pujan muhurta.

It is important to understand that all above mentioned points - pradosha kaal, lagna and chaughadia change for each location and that is the reason there is no standard muhurta for all the cities. In other words, diwali pujan muhurta for Delhi will not be the same as muhurta for Agra. It is important you consult local panchang, local news paper or local astrologer so that you know exact muhurta for your location. You can also use http://www.astrosage.com/ which can give you location specific calculation. Though for someone from non-astrological background it will be difficult and I would recommend consulting local newspaper or local astrologer.

Related Articles
1. Panchang & Diwali Muhurta for Laxmi Pujan
2. Diwali Pooja: Some Important Points to Know

Pakistan Terrorist Attacks and My Predictions

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:11:06 PDT

On 20th August this year, while analyzing Pakistan's independence chart and some other mundane charts, I posted on Twitter -

Mundane #Astrology: Coming one year seems extremely difficult for #Pakistan. Civil war, cold war and war in general.
(posted on Twitter at http://twitter.com/punitastrologer/status/3428002895 on 20th August 2009)

It is not more than two months since I had posted it and Pakistan is already burning. See this - http://bit.ly/1FjIFu and http://bit.ly/1XEsAl. In the last two weeks alone there are seven major terrorist attacks/ bomb blasts and hundreds of people are killed. Pakistan is already feeling the heat and the situation is not going to get easy soon.

Isn't astrology amazing? If an astrologer like me who spend very little time on Mundane astrology (branch of astrology used for predict about nations) can give some good predictions, imagine how important Mundane astrology can be if used by government in a systematic and scientific manner. How important it can be as planning tool for a country?

Gold touched all time high, as predicted

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:15:20 PDT

On an earlier blog post on July 30th, I had written at http://www.astrocamp.com/vedicastrology/2009/07/mercury-enters-leo-jupiter-enters_30.html post where I had mentioned that “Jupiter in Capricorn will be debilitated and hence the price of gold should go up. This should especially happen after 13th / 14th October when Jupiter becomes direct.”

I am not a regular follower of Gold price, so it has been brought to my attention by one of my blog reader that today on 14th October i.e. Gold touched all time high. Here is the story titled “Gold touches new high of Rs 16,120” on Busienss Standard at http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/gold-touches-new-highrs-16120/373158/

I pay respect to God and our sages for giving us such a divine science called "Astrology" and choosing me as one of the students.

Horoscope & RSS Feed are back

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:10:06 PDT

As I mentioned earlier, traffic on AstroSage.com has increased a lot and hence we have to move to a new and more powerful server to manage that much traffic. Due to this moving process, some of the feautres like daily horoscope and RSS feed became unavailable. Most of the features are restored now, but if you still find any feature not working, please let us know.

Saturn leaves Leo, enters Virgo & Sade Sati Report

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:21:39 PDT

Today on 9th September, Saturn will leave Leo sign (Simha Rashi) around 12:00 midnight IST and will enter in Virgo sign (Kanya Rashi). Saturn is a slowest moving planet among nine planets and hence its sign change is considered important from astrological perspective. Change of sign will have impact both on individuals as well as on nations. Leo is a sign of Sun which was unfriendly to Saturn and hence some astrologers believed that disturbances and recession in past two years were due to Saturn's presence in Leo. Now Saturn is entering into Virgo which is owned by Mercury who is friendly to Saturn and hence astrologers are expecting a better time ahead.

Saturn is called Shani in Sanskrit and is the most fearsome planets in astrology. Saturn also causes Sade Sati (seven and half year period) which people believe inauspicious and fear a lot. Saturn entering in Virgo also means that people having Cancer moon sign will not be under influence of Shani Sade Sati (seven and half year period of Saturn) now onwards. On the other side, Shani Sade Sati will start for the people having Libra (Tula) as Moon sign. So with Saturn being in Virgo, people having Leo, Virgo and Libra will be under influence of Sade Sati.

Truly speaking, there is nothing to fear about Shani Sade Sati and I have written a detailed article about Shani Sade Sati. Please read to understand and know more about Shani Sade Sati.

Finally the most important point for which I am writing this article - we are tomorrow announcing Sade Sati report on AstroSage.com. So please visit AstroSage.com for a detailed Sade Sati report for the whole life. I am also hoping that the same report will also be availble on HindiLok.com in Hindi language.

Update on Sade Sati Report:
The report can be accessed now from AstroSage.com birth chart as well as MyKundali.com. Report will be found on left menu under the heading 'predictions' by the name of S'hani Sade Sati'.
Related Articles:
1. Shani Sade Sati - Results, How to Calculate and Remedies
2. Shani Sade Sati calculator with detailed report

YSR Reddy Missing - Dead or Alive?

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:23:28 PDT

According to news sources Mr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR & chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, is missing since around 9:12 AM this morning. Search operations are going on. According to Times of India online edition, "From remote sensing satellites, fighter jets, UAVs, troops on the ground to barefoot deer-hunting tribals with bows and arrows- a mission of huge magnitude was underway on Wednesday night to trace YSR Reddy's missing helicopter." Everyone in India is asking the same question - what happened to YSR? Is YSR dead or alive?

As I don't have birth chart of YSR, natal astrology will not be of much of the use. In absence of birth details, horary astrology seemed the only resort. Horary astrology (Prashna Jyotish in Sanskrit) is a branch of astrology which is useful when birth details are not available. Some astrologers claim that horary is more accurate than the natal (birth chart) astrology.

So around 5PM today, I decided to cast horary chart to get the answer. Here are the query details for the horary chart -

Query: YSR dead or Alive?
Date of query: September 2nd, 2009
Time of query: 5:01 PM
Place of query: Agra, UP, India
Longitude: 78:00E
Latitude: 27:09N
Horary Number: 215

The detailed horary chart can be found here. Here is my analysis of the horary chart -

First house is house of overall well being. 8th house is the house of longevity. If these houses are connected with maraka (death giving) and badhaka (obstructing) houses, death is indicated.

In the present chart, ascendant sub lord is Saturn in 7th house. 2nd house and 7th house are called Maraka houses in Vedic astrology and presence of Saturn in 7th makes it Maraka. Saturn owns 12th and the 1st house. 12th house is the house of departure from this world & house of moksha etc., and indicates death if connected with maraka and badhaka houses. Saturn is in Nakshatra of Sun who is lord of 7th house and also posited in 7th house. So Saturn is a very strong Maraka planet.

Now see 8th house. 8th house sub lord is Venus. Venus is lord of 4th and 9th house and is situated in 6th house. According to Vedic astrology, for fixed ascendant, 9th house is the Badhaka house. Sixth house is the house of wound and diseases and generally gives indication of problem to the body. Venus is in the Nakshatra of Saturn and we have already talked about the fact that Saturn is a strong maraka planet.

Now let us analyze present dasa. Current maha dasa is of Moon who is lord of 6th house (disease/ wounds) and posited in 12th (departure from the world). Sub-period (bhukti) is of Venus and we have already talked about maraka and badhaka connections of Venus.

So to conclude, the chart doesn't present any good picture and chances of his survival looks bleak as per my analysis. I wish my analysis goes wrong. Quite a few of my fellow astrologers have predicted otherwise and I wish their predictions come out true. You can also read some of those analysis in the KP Astrology Discussion forum.

Note: This article is based on KP method of Horary astrology. KP Horary astrology uses an arbitrary number between 1 to 249 for calculating house positions and the above chart has been calculated using horary number 215.

Swine-Flu Prevention - The Ayurveda Way

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:14:41 PDT

They say that prevention is better than cure. It becomes even more important in present Swine Flu situation where new viruses like H1N1 are challenging human body. Generally I do not write anything other than astrology on this blog, but seeing the seriousness of present situation, I want to share my experience on this topic.

Ayurveda is not merely about medicine but about the way of living. Ayurveda daily routine and life-style is probably the only method to prevent such diseases. I have noted some of the very important advises that are relevant in case of swine flu and are noted keeping present life style in mind. Here are those, I hope these will be useful -

Take Chyawanprash daily. Role of Chyawanprash in improving resistance power is generally well known in India. I myself experimented with it extensively and telling you based on my own experience. I feel that Chyawanprash is nothing less than miracle.
Practice Anulom-Vilom Pranayam for minimum 5 minutes a day. This is a yogic method to improve resistance power. Though not directly related to Ayurveda, but pretty useful in present situation.
Sleep latest by 11:00 PM and avoid staying up late. A time after 11:00 PM is known as kapha period and body immune system is not that powerful to fight infectious disease after this time.
Avoid over exertion.
Try to move around the place of work instead of sitting in one place or do some kind of physical work. This will help you to refresh yourself, especially when you feel dull & lethargic. The idea is to avoid exertion, as one can be infected only at a time when body lacks the power.
Do not delay or skip your meals, meals should be taken at regular timings and in fixed quantities.
Always have fresh food and avoid stale food. Ghee is preferred over oil for food preparation. Ghee has divine healing power and oil can not be a replacement of Ghee. If possible, use Cow Ghee.
Daily use of Honey, Ginger (Adarakh) and Basil (Tulasi) helps controlling excessive kapha. This is good for controlling Kapha, but I don't think that it has any significant impact on improving resistance power. I would give priority to Haldi Milk and Chaywawanprash.
Take one cup milk with one tea-spoon full of Haldi. This is also good way to increase digestive fire which is required to fight against such diseases. Again I myself have seen miraculous power of this medicine in similar situation and highly recommend it.
Avoid refrigerated, microwaved, re-warmed, stale food, etc. Food should be taken immediately after cooking.

These are some simple but very effective suggestions. I strongly advocate them.

Swine Flu, Drought and Solar Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:40:18 PDT

Mundane astrology is a difficult subject and precise prediction requires a lot of efforts. I generally do not write very often on national and international affairs. Though recently on July 11th, I had written an article on Solar eclipse and its possible impacts. In the article I had made some observations on impact of solar eclipse. Today's Times of India newspaper top stories - 1. "(Swine) Flue kills 3 more, toll 10" and 2. "161 districts are draught-prone but don't panic" reminded me about my recent article on solar eclipse. The introductory paragraph of the article goes as follows -

"Cancer is a watery sign. If the eclipse falls in Cancer sign, sedition, diseases, epidemics, extreme changes in weather leading to drying up of rivers and canals etc. are indicated."

It is unfortunate that we are seeing almost everything that is written in this paragraph. We have already seen drought in many parts of India and now swine flu has already given indication of severity of current problem. I am not sure whether Swine Flu can be called epidemics or not at this point of time, but I hope that it will be controlled at this point itself and will not spread further.

I also made certain observations on the possiblity of regions going to be affected and was also very close. The original article can be found at http://www.astrocamp.com/vedicastrology/2009/07/solar-eclipse-on-22-july-2009-india-and.html

The reason for writing current article is two-fold. One, I want to communicate the importance of Mundane astrology. Just imagine how useful it can be, if it is used by government as a serious governance tool? Government spends million of rupees on meteorological department, so why they can not spend money on astrology and use it in a systematic way?

Anyways, second, I also wanted to remind astrology community that solar eclipses are important predictive tools and should not be ignored (especailly, eclipses of higer magnitude). In fact, it requires serious systematic research on solar eclispe and I am sure we will be able to obtain higher precision in predictions (location, nature, timing etc.).

Third (I know I earlier mentioned two-fold), no harm in little bit self-promotion ;-)