Vedic Astrology 2009

Three Eclipses in a Row - Good or Bad?

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:19:07 PDT

Whenever there is an eclipse astrologers find some method to term it as rare as well as disastrous. Upcoming three eclipses are no exceptions. We are hearing all sort of scaring predictions and prophesies for the upcoming eclipses. TRP hungry and ignorant electronic media due worsening the whole scene by showing all sort of different stories.

One article on Rediff says, "The world will witness a rare astronomical event- a series of triple eclipses starting July 2009. The fist in the series of triple eclipses will be a lunar eclipse on July 7 which will be followed by a solar eclipse on July 22 and then a lunar eclipse on August 6." The same article quotes D K Hari and his wife Hema Hari mentioning events like Kurukshethra war, destruction of city of Dwaraka, World War I, and World War II - all were followed by triple eclipses.

The first eclipse will occur on July 7, 2009, which will be visible in Australia, the Pacific and Americas. The solar eclipse on July 22, 2009 will be visible in India, Nepal, China and Central Pacific and the lunar eclipse on August 6, 2009 will be visible in America, Europe, Africa and West Asia.

Eclipses are very significant in astrology especially Mundane astrology (branch of astrology used to predict world affairs and world events, as opposed to individual's events). Generally eclipses give indications of bad happenings and that is the reason astrologers haste in predicting mishaps and destructions. For the present eclipses, we must note some very important point before we reach to any conclusion. Firstly, both the lunar eclipses on 7th July as well as 6th August are Penumbral which means partial and not fully darkening the Moon's light. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse is not regarded as eclipse for astrological as well as religious purpose, so should not be used for any astrological predictions. Any astrologer making lunar eclipses of this year as a basis of his astrological predictions is making a mistake. Also the magnitudes of Lunar eclipses are so less that it is almost insignificant even for astronomical purposes.

What will be the impact on me?
Nothing measurable. Firstly, the magnitude of lunar eclipses are insignificant. Secondly, eclipses makes noticeable impact on nations and not on individual. I'll write more about only significant eclipse on July 22nd, 2009 here so don't forget to subscribe.

Will I have to follow religious daily routine (din-charya) prescribed for eclipse?
For Lunar eclipse, No. For Solar eclipse on 22nd July, Yes. You can know more about the daily routine needs to be followed on the day of eclipse here.

Related Articles
1. PDF of NASA's graphic illustration of visibility of Lunar Eclipse on 7th July
2. When is the Next Solar Eclipse
3. Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan) Calculator & Daily Routine
4. Lunar Eclipse (Chandra Grahan) Calculator
5. My articles on Mundane Astrology

Jyotish Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:30:54 PDT

People keep asking me about free resources on Internet where they can learn astrology. This blog has lots of astrology articles whereas related website www.AstroSage.com provides all the necessary tools to create a horoscope. I have written tutorial but that is on KP System which is advanced system of astrology and can be slightly confusing for beginners. There are also plenty of free e-books available on Internet, but those as well not that well suited for beginners. As we know there are many resources on Internet, but it is difficult to find a systematic tutorial on Vedic astrology for beginners.

Having said that, Now-a-days, I generally recommend these two online tutorials to Jyotish enthusiasts -

Both the tutorials are from scribd, so can be downloaded in PDF format for later reference. The first tutorial based on KN Rao's PAC DARES methodology which is a nice way to explain some important Jyotish concept. The second tutorial is comprehensive enough to give a good start to a beginner.

I must tell here that there are too many systems in Vedic astrology and no tutorial and no book can cover them all. At the end of the day, an astrologer has to devise his own methodology which suits him most. These tutorials will just help you getting basics and you should refer to the e-books mentioned in the related article section to improvise your knowledge further.

Related Articles:
1. Free Vedic Astrology E-Books
2. Krishnamurti Paddhati Tutorial
3. Vedic Astrology Books and Authors for Beginners

Web.Bot 2012 - Best Method for Future Predictions or a Scam

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:52:41 PDT

Web.Bot project caught public attention when History channel telecasted a program on "end of the civilization in year 2012". Web.Bot predictions, being in line with previous predictions made by ancient "seers" and civilizations, caught public eyes quickly. Also unlike older methods of predictions, web.bot predictions are said to be based on search engine algorithms combined with natural language processing which makes it attractive for scientific brain.

Web.bot project claims to predict Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, 9/11 attacks, present ecomomic crisis and many many more such events in advance.

For those of you who do not know, the web bot technology uses a system of spiders to crawl the Internet and search for keywords, much like a search engines like Google. In a simple language, crawling means going to a list of web locations in an automatated fashion by a software program. When a keyword is located, the bot program takes a snapshot of the text preceding and following the keyword. Though unlike search engine, this snapshot of text is sent to a central location and processed using some astrology-like algorithm known to the developers of web.bot project only. Based on the limited information available on Internet, the algorithm uses theories similar to I Ching (Chinese Astrology) combined with the physics theory of time. The idea is to tap into the "collective unconscious" of the universe by the use of Internet and using it for predictions.

From the 'web.bot project' website – “What becomes obvious when reading about the technology is that it sometimes reads a bit like the I Ching (the Chinese Book of Changes) because the technology doesn't come out and say "go look for a terrorist attack over there" What it does is gives phrases that would be associated with how people talk about an event, or more accurately, how they change their speech to reflect their thought processes because of an event (after). The web bot technology apparently taps in to an area of preconscious awareness.”

They claim to predict Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, 9/11 and many such events in advance. It seems they also predicted end of the civilization in year 2012 on Hisotry channel that has given them popularity. Here I quote from their website -

“The Global Consciousness Project registered what appears to have been a disturbance in "the force" or the regularly orderly operation of life associated with 9/11. Supposed "random" numbers generated all over the world appeared to become less random immediately prior to 9/11.”

Is it possible to predict future with this kind of technology? Being a software engineer, having knowledge of astrology and IChing, and having knowledge of search engine web bots, I seriously doubt the whole theory. I have my reasons for that.

Web.Bot predictions are primarily based on the assumption that ‘we know a little bit in advance’ about the future. In other words, suppose somebody is going to attack you, you will be ready to defend yourself few seconds before the first move made by the attacker. The physics' theory of time is stated behind the reasoning of theory of 'preconsciousness'. In other words, you consciousness tells you in advance that something is going to happen. The web.bot claims to gather that collective consciousness from the Internet and process using some inhouse developed software.

This theory has some serious flaws though. No doubt that the Internet is the best place (so far available to us) to gather “collective consciousness”. There are people participating in discussion forums, writing blogs and contributing to Internet in some way or another. That information is available for web crawler to crawl and interpret using their own formula.

There are no scientific proof available to support preconsciousness theory used by the project. Assuming that the preconsciousness theory is correct and we get some clues for future in advance, I wonder why they are seeing clues shaping only few months ahead of the event? Why they are not getting it in much advance time period, especially if we see from the universal perspective (on which time theory is based), 3 months seems to be a very small period. This suits to the astrologer, but I am not able to understand why it is suiting to the universe. Similar theory, like astrology, never claims that these start getting indication of an event just three months before the time. If 'preconsciousness' theory is based on the light speed and the theory of time, whatever be the prediction, a web bot should be able to see it only few seconds ahead of event and not months ahead.

Also are these clues provided by Internet is enough? The project is claiming success since 1990. That time there was very little community participation/ blogs/ discussion forums on Internet. From where this project was gathering information to predict that accurately that time? How that “collective human consciousness” was being gathered that time?

Also any branch of science takes some time to develop. Astrology took thousands of years before it come to the present shape and still developing. Similar to the development process of any science, astrology also requires hit and trials. The time taken by this theory to develop doesn’t look inline with the natural knowledge development process.

Then why a channel like History channel telecasting such a program on a hoax at very first place? History channel guys are the right people to answer this question, but I feel that History channel is not behaving responsibly in this case. After studying information available on Internet, it invites serious questions. The person behind the web.bot project is hidden and not disclosed his identity. Most of the sections of the website are taken down. The payments are taken using Paypal probably to maintain anonymity. There is no name of the company on the website. I wonder why they want to hide all this information.

I would also like people to read this post available on History channel’s discussion forum - http://boards.history.com/topic/Decoding-The-Past/Is-The-History/700011099. This post also suggests that whole web.bot project is a hoax/scam and created to manipulate the stock market. It seems that the History channel is knowingly/ unknowingly playing in the hand of those manipulators which is very unfortunate. Please stay away from the web.bot project.

When is the Next Solar Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:06:58 PDT

Eclipse has religious and astrological importance in our life. Hindu religion advises observing a different daily routine (din-charya) on the day of eclipse. Astrology, especially Mundane astrology (branch of astrology used to predict world affairs and world events, as opposed to individual's events), uses eclipse as one of the most important tools for predictions.

Generally we rely on Panchang for knowing the exact date and time of eclipse. I have talked about eclipse calculators available on Internet and now there is another very good tool named Wolfram announced that can help us in finding eclipse related information. Wolfram is a new search engine technology that uses natural language processing to give results of query which are more than just keywords and answers graphically. I'll not talk more about Wolfram because that is not purpose of this post, rather stick to our topic of getting date and time for the next eclipse.

You can go to http://www.wolframalpha.com/ and search for "Next Solar Eclipse" to get the details of the upcoming eclipse. You can also simply click on this link and it will show you the date and time of the next eclipse. It will not only show you the date and time of the eclipse but also other important information like duration, countries where visible, graphical view (see image above) etc. I am sure it will be a very useful tool for astrologers as well as general Indian public.

Of course, Wolfram is not limited just to finding eclipses and it can be used for many other scientific, mathematical and astronomical purposes. You can try out following queries as well (just click the link) -

1. Compute Next Lunar Eclipse
2. Compute Next Solor Eclipse
3. Compute the location of Venus on 17th May 2009

Just to save your time, here are the dates and times for upcoming eclipses given by Wolfram-

Next Lunar Eclipse
3:09 PM IST on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 (Note: this is Penumbral Lunar Eclipse and doesn't regarded as eclipse for astrological as well as religious purpose)

Next Solar Eclipse
8:05 AM IST on Wednesday July 22, 2009 (Starts: 6:23 AM, Maximum: 8:05 AM, End: 9:47 AM)

My Panchang (Chinta Haran) tells following information about the complete eclipse on 22nd July -

"There will be complete Solar Eclipse on 22nd July 2009, Hindu date - 'Shravan Krishna 30, Wednesday, Samvat 2066.' This eclipse will be visible throughout India. According to Indian Standard Time, the entry time of this Solar Eclipse will be 5:28 AM. Mean time for Solar Eclipse will be 6:23 AM and the exit time will be 10:42AM. This eclipse will be on Pushya Nakshatra and Cancer Sign (Karka Rashi)."

As we can see there is slight variation in the start, maximum and end time of my Panchang and Wolfram data. I cross checked with Nasa utility and found that my Panchang calculation is little more closer to the Nasa calculation than the Wolfram calculation. Still I believe that Wolfram calculation is good enough for most proposes, also graphical representation is something that can not be found anywhere else.

If time permits, I'll also write about the forecast for this solar eclipse for everybody. Please subscribe to this blog to keep updated and get articles in your email.

Related Articles
1. Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan) Calculator
2. Lunar Eclipse (Chandra Grahan) Calculator
3. My articles on Mundane Astrology

Shrapit Dosh/ Shrapit Yog/ Shrapit Yoga Explained

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:04:10 PDT

Shrapit Yoga is also called Shrapit Dosha. Literary meaning of the word "Shrapit" is somebody who is cursed. Talks on "Shrapit Yoga" seems to be increasing on Internet and the public is very much confused due to the lack of authentic information.

Shrapit Yoga is said to be formed when Saturn and Rahu are together in a single sign in a horoscope. Some astrologers also suggest that Saturn's aspect on Rahu also results in Shrapit Yoga. The result of the combination is told that the horoscope is cursed due to the deeds of the past life. It is suggested that even there are many good yogas in a horoscope, good results can not be obtained in the present birth, if "Shrapit Yoga" exists in the horoscope.

I have written about some of the similar doshas like Kaalsarpa Dosha in the past and my opinion is no different on this yoga. First of all there is no classical reference to this yoga. In my opinion, "Shrapit yoga" like "Kalsarpa yoga", is another factious yoga created by astrologers to make money. Scaring people is an easy way to make money and pundits very well know this fact. What a well chosen name "Shrapit Yoga" to scare people!!! Truly speaking there is nothing to fear about Shrapit Yoga.

In my opinion, a birth chart should be analyzed in totality and the results should be predicted by synthesizing various good and bad yogas in a horoscope. No single yoga can take control over the whole chart. We need to judge planets involved in the yoga and also see the strength of those planets. For example in the case of Shrapit Yoga, if Saturn and Rahu are well placed, why there will be any malefic affect?

Moreover, Rahu and Saturn are two friendly planets and the overall general result of the conjunction is positive rather than negative. This is simple Vedic astrology principle that two friendly planets go well with each other and give positive results.

In Lal Kitab, Saturn and Rahu together are called Nagmani (Snake's Jewel) and regarded to give positive results. In Lal Kitab, Saturn is taken as snake and Rahu as a Jewel which sucks snake’s poison.

According to the Nadi astrology, a person having this combination "amass money secretly even without knowledge of government (black money)". There are no malefic indications in Nadi as well.

Finally, Rahu stays for one and the half years in a sign and Saturn stays for two and the half years in a sign. So generally this combination stays for a long time. For example, you will find this combination in majority of horoscopes of the people born in year 1978/1979/1980. Are they all cursed? Was those years cursed? This is ridiculous. The astrologer who tells you that you have "Shrapit Yoga" and you have to perform costly remedies for Shrapit Yoga to get rid of its ill effect, please understand that the astrologer is a cheat and you need to look for a good knowledgeable astrologer. There will be pundits who will try to sell all kind of pooja, yantra and gems etc. to you. Beware of such cheat astrologers. I would again reiterate that there is nothing to fear about "Shrapit Dosha or Shrapit Yoga."

A quick off-topic note here. I am now a days writing on IPL astrology on a website http://www.IPLkhabar.com. Please visit the website to read articles on IPL astrology by me and some other astrologers.

1. Kaalsarpa Dosha

2. Shani Sadhe Sati

Hindu New Year 2066 Forecasts (Vikram Samvat 2066)

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:21:47 PDT

The Hindu New Year starts from the next day after Amavasya (No moon) in the Chaitra month i.e. Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. This calendar in more popular in Northern part of India like Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himanchal Prdesh, and Maharashtra etc. In Maharashtra, starting of new year is celebrated as Gudi-Padwa. In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh this day is celebrated as Ugadi. Sindhis celebrate this day as their New Year day Cheti Chand.

This calendar is based on luni-solor system and generally followed for all religious purpose. According to English date, in this year 2009, Hindu Nav Samvat (New Year) started on March 27th. This embarks year 2066 according to this calendar.

Starting of Hindu New Year is an important astrological event. Starting time of the new year is considered important to get overall idea of the upcoming year. Astrologers calculate planetary cabinet of the coming year and read upcoming year from that. Astrological planetary cabinet consists of king of the year, prime minister of the year, lord of the paddy crops, lord of fruits and vegetation, lord of mineral kingdom, lord of clouds, lord of corns and lord of fluids etc. Each planet is responsible for telling us about the respective aspect as suggested by its name.

The name of this year which started from 27th March 2009 is "Shubha." the King of this year is Venus and the Prime Minister is Moon. Venus is exalted in the varsha pravesh chart and well placed. A well placed Venus kinf of a year suggests good rains and crops, prosperity and power to women, progress of arts, victory of virtue over vices, new treaties and agreements signed. Looks like finally some soother after recession. As the year is Shubha, which is generally considered good and the kind is Venus, we can expect some good results. Last year we have seen terrorist attacks, increase in military tension, economic slowdown and recession, crash of the share market etc. I hope it will improve from now onwards.

Moon as the prime minister suggests good rainfall, growth in luxury, improvement in health, general well being and prosperity, contentment to the people etc. As both the king and the prime minster and female planets, we can expect more women gaining power and position.

Wish you all a very very happy new year.

A note of caution is required here. Mundane predictions like this requires analysis of various aspects and charts. For example, this prediction based on only "planetary cabinet of Hindu year" should be supplemented by various other anlysis e.g. charts of the nation under consideration, solar ingress charts, lunation charts, annual horoscope of nation etc., before more conclusive forecasts can be made. Hence this forecast must be taken just as an indicative prediction and should be treated that way only.

AstroSage on Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:03:26 PST

I am a big fan of social networking. I already have presence on most of the social networking websites. Though most of those profiles are my personal profiles as these social networking websites don't allow profiles for the websites. Though Facebook allows the same, so I thought it would be a good place to have a profile for AstroSage on Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can join AstorSage fan club here -

http://www.facebook.com/pages/AstroSagecom/126920215157

There are two reasons why you should join AstroSage on Facebook. First, you can get all AstroSage related updates from within Facebook. Second, you can also show your love and support to AstroSage to the world.

Apart from this, you already know about my personal profiles and everybody is welcome to add me on their friend's list. Here are my profiles on different Social Networking websites -

Which is the best reference Lal Kitab?

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:46:59 PST

Long back I had written an article by the name of "Which Lal Kitab Book" to tell Lal Kitab students which are the good and the bad books available on this subject. The article was written in year 2004 and since then, much water has flown through the Ganga. One very important development is that now almost all five editions of Lal Kitab are available in Hindi, which gives Hindi readers more options. Today, somebody asked about Lal Kitab reference books in my Lal Kitab discussion forum and this was my answer (with some enhancements) -

Lal Kitab is not a name of one single book. There are five books published during year 1939 to 1952 written by Pt. Roop Chand Joshi. One need to read all those books to understand Lal Kitab fully. In my opinion 1952 edition is the most exhaustive and must be the first book to be read by all Lal Kitab enthusiasts. 1952 edition also covers most of the content in previous editions and hence kind of super-set of all Lal Kitab editions. The best transliteration so far for 1952 edition is available in the form of "Arun Samhita", published by Hare Krishna Trust, Chandigarh. Due the nature of language used in Lal Kitab, it is very difficult to understand in one single reading. My suggestion to Lal Kitab students is that one need to read and reread Lal Kitab to understand it.

For further reading, I would suggest reading books in following sequence -

1942 edition (Lal Kitab - Tarmeem Shuda): Hindi transliteration of 1942 edition by Pt. Beni Madhav Goswami is available from Durga Pocket Books.
1940 edition (Lal Kitab ke Armaan): Hindi transliteration by Pt. Beni Madhav Goswami available from Himalaya Publications/ Sagar Publications
1941 edition (Lal Kitab - Teesra Hissa, also known as Gutka): Hindi transliteration by Yograj Prabhakar available from Rahul Computers, Patiala
1939 edition (Lal Kitab ke Farmaan): Hindi transliteration by Pt. Beni Madhav Goswami available from Himalaya Publications/ Sagar Publications. This is primarily a book on Palmistry aspect of Lal Kitab.

Two other recommended books are -

Lal Kitab Prishthabhoomi Aur Vyakhaya by Pt. Krishna Ashant
Lal Kitab Aur Kashta Nivaran by Sumat Prasad Kalka

Both of the above books are good introductory books, but have some serious shortcomings. For example, reasoning behind remedies is flawed in both the books. So wherever these authors have explained the working of Lal Kitab remedies, those sections should be ignored. Also Pt. Ashant book's section on background of Lal Kitab does not seems to be correct where he questions the authorship of Pt. Roop Chand Joshi. Probably both the books -Krishna Ashant's book and Arun Samhita - questioned the authorship to avoid copyright issues. Sumat Prasad Kalka's book has listed remedies for all nine planets in twelve houses. That is not only incorrect but also risky. Remedies should always be suggested by analyzing the overall chart and should not be given for individual planet position. Lal Kitab has given detailed grammar (rules for analyzing chart) and the cause of problem should be identified using the grammar and the remedies should be suggested to solve that particular problem. In other words, last two books should be used with caution.

Note:

One can find a list of astrology book stores here.
If you are looking for the book in English, you will have to rely on the old article for some information on the Lal Kitab books in English. Nothing much has changed on English landscape.
I have a dedicated blog on Lal Kitab at http://www.lalkitab.in/. If you are mainly interested in Lal Kitab, you can subscribe that blog.

Today I have created an "AstroSage.com Fan Club" at Facebook. If you are on Facebook and love AstroSage, please join the fan club at http://www.facebook.com/pages/AstroSagecom/126920215157/

Valentine Day Muhurta - Best Time to Express Love

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:26:00 PST

All set for Valentine day. You want to express your feelings, your love this day. But you fear losing him/ her. Don't worry, Vedic astrology is here to help you. I would like to share some time that can help. But first before that, let us understand what can be classified as best yoga for expressing your love according to Vedic astrology -

Venus is the planet for love. Other than Venus, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter are also OK. One should avoid Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu
Check out the lord of your 5th sign and 9th sign. Choose time period of these planets.
Also choose the time when Venus is in Ascendant.
Choose the time when these planets rule of Ascendant, Hora or Moon Sub Lord

Ascendant (lagna) and Hora are city dependent. So you need to check the exact time for your city. I'll give you a URL from where you can check the good time for your city.

Before listing out good time for all signs, here are two slots which are good for all signs -
1. 10:44 AM to 11:39 AM
2. 5:15 PM To 6:10 PM

Sign	Planet of Love for You	Time period of the planet on 14th February
Aries	Jupiter	14:27 - 15:22 19:15 - 20:19
Taurus	Mercury	11:39 - 12:35 23:31 - 00:35 Night
Gemini	Venus	10:44 - 11:39 22:27 - 23:31
Cancer	Jupiter	14:27 - 15:22 19:15 - 20:19
Leo	Jupiter	14:27 - 15:22 19:15 - 20:19
Virgo	Venus	10:44 - 11:39 22:27 - 23:31
Libra	Mercury	11:39 - 12:35 23:31 - 00:35 Night
Scorpio	Jupiter & Moon	14:27 - 15:22 19:15 - 20:19 12:35 - 13:31 00:35 - 01:39 Night
Sagittarius	Jupiter	14:27 - 15:22 19:15 - 20:19
Capricorn	Venus & Mercury	10:44 - 11:39 22:27 - 23:31 11:39 - 12:35 23:31 - 00:35 Night
Aquarius	Mercury & Venus	11:39 - 12:35 23:31 - 00:35 Night 10:44 - 11:39 22:27 - 23:31
Pisces	Moon	12:35 - 13:31 00:35 - 01:39 Night

To find out exact time of these planets for your city, please note planet for your sign from above table and check time at http://www.astrosage.com/hora.asp

KP Sign, Nakshatra, Sub Table

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:18:25 PST

A ready reference table to calculate Rashi (Sign), Nakshatra (Star) and Sub for a given degree can be found here -

http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/reference-tables/sign-star-and-sub-table

KP Astrology Lessons and Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:30:13 PST

Recently I have started collaboratively writing a small tutorial on Krishnamurti Paddhati (KP System) to help KP students and beginners in learning the system. If you also want to learn KP System, you can check this tutorial at -

http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/tutorial/chapter-2

Please keep an eye on this page as it will be regularly updated.

Learning KP Stellar Astrology (KP System)

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:54:39 PST

There is one very good discussion going on in the k_p_system yahoogroup on the books, websites and approach required to learn KP Stellar Astrology or Krishnamurti Paddhati. If you are the one who wants to learn KP Stellar Astrology System, please don't miss out this discussion at -

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/21767

Sankranti/ Lohri/ Pongal Greetings and Forecasts

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:33:46 PST

This is my first post in year 2009. So would like to wish happy new year to all my readers. As we are also close to Makar Sankranti, I would also like to wish Happy Sankranti, Happy Pongal and Happy Lohri. Wish all these festivals bring joy and prosperity to you.

On the 14th January 2009, Sun will leave Sagittarius (Dhanu) and enter Capricorn (Makara). This transition of Sun from 'Dhanu' Rasi (Sagittarius) to 'Makara' Rasi (Capricorn) marks the starting of Uttarayana and celebrated in India by different names like Pongal, Lohri and Makar Sankranti.

Here is my general thinking on the planetary positions. Sun will be joining Jupiter, Rahu and Mercury in the sign Capricorn. Mars will also joining this combination on 27/28. So this is going to be an interesting combination of 5 planets in a sign. According to some mundane astrologers this period will mark start of political difficulties and disputes. There will be disagreements and difference of opinion which will lead to division.

Fiery Sun, Mars and Jupiter in watery sign may also indicate severe earth quake, fire incidents and blasts. As Rahu will have to face Jupiter, Mars and Sun, there will be incidents against lower castes and minorities.

Jupiter is also significator of moeny and finance. Jupiter is in its neecha rashi Capricorn and Sun is also joining enemy's sign. It shows that the economy will continue facing difficulties and volatility will still there in the share markets.

These are just general observations and I hope Sun's transition to northern hemisphere will bring prosperity and good luck to all of us.

Note about AstroSage.com - Horoscope Matching
There was a bug in AstroSage, due to which Horoscope Matching was producing some error on the final page. This error has been fixed now. If you still find some problem, please email to info at astrosage dot com.

Destiny, Free-Will and Purpose of Astrology

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:49:45 PST

People ask this question again and again - what is the ratio of free will against destiny? How much of our life we can control? This is a question that has been asked to me at least a thousand times, so I think that it is a good material for this blog. Astrologers are divided on this subject. Though my answer is very clear that everything is predetermined and nothing can be changed. When I say this the next question, always, is - what the purpose of astrology is, if everything is predetermined? This is an important question and here is my answer.

The word Jyotisha is a combination of two words - Jyoti (light) and Isha (God). Literally speaking, Jyotisha means the light of god. You know why it is called so? It is called so because it is also a tool of self realization similar to other popular ways (marga) like Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raj Yoga, Jnana Yoga etc. If you will deeply observe all these yogas, the objective is to end 'I' – the ego, the self. In Jnana Yoga it is done by constantly remembering that you are the God and there exists no duality... there is no 'I'. That's why Jnana Yogis keep chanting 'Aham Brahamsmi'. While in Bhakti Yoga, you need to dissolve yourself in God through complete surrender, which results in the end of ego. Hence duality dissolves with the ego in this path too. Similarly in Raja Yoga, this objective is achieved through meditation and other techniques. When you practice all these techniques your consciousness starts increasing and a time comes when your consciousness encompasses whole universe, and as a result of this there remains only one consciousness – the consciousness of entire existence and again the individual ego dissolves in this cosmic consciousness.

Similarly, by practicing Jyotisha, an astrologer keeps remembering the fact that everything is predetermined and it keeps hurting the ego or the 'I'. It is because the ego can exist only as a doer, if you understand that nothing can be done by ego, it evaporates at that very moment. At one stage with the accuracy of astrological predictions, astrologer understands that ego is simply a mirage and it is just like a veil on the pure consciousness and this is the point of self-realization. So Jyotisha is the door to self-realization and that is the purpose of astrology.

2009 Horoscope - Year 2009 Predictions For You

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:24:48 PST

Year 2009 is round the corner. This year we decided to add annual predictions features for year 2009 based on AstroSage astrological engine. As we are using AstroSage's astrological engine, we have both personalized horoscopes which are based on your birth chart as well as moon sign based horoscopes. Please check your 2009 horoscopes out at -

Personalized Horoscope for year 2009

If you like this feature, please share your feedback with us and tell about it to your friends.

Varshphal (Annual Prediction) is Back

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:16:32 PST

We are adding frequent features to AstroSage.com and as a result of a recent change, we had to disable Varshphal (annual prediction) feature. As this is year ending period, everyone wants to see his/ her predictions for the coming year i.e. year 2009. I received tons of requests to make it available as soon as possible. Keeping those requests in mind, we made it high priority request and worked on it. I am happy to tell that Varshphal is now back with more predictions. Please have a look and let me know your feedback. For seeing Varshphal, you need to create your birth chart (kundli) and then you will find Varshphal on the left side of the menu with the title 'Varshphal (Annual Predictions)'.

Daily Hindu Panchang

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:28:20 PST

I am pleased to inform that the Daily Hindu Panchang (Indian Calendar/ Panchangam) is now available on AstroSage.com. You can get daily tithi, var, nakshatra, yog, karan and festival information. There are following ways you can get Daily Hindu Panchang -

* Subscibe SMS of Daily Panchang on Mobile Phone
* Subscibe Daily Panchang on E-Mail
* Daily Panchang on Web
* Subscibe Panchang RSS Feed

Updates:
1. The Print Page feature was down for the last few days. It is working now, so you can take printout of parashari, shodashvarga and KP system pages.
2. The Varshphal feature is disabled due to some changes we are making. It should be up pretty soon. Please keep an eye on it.

Related Posts:
1. KP Panchang/ KP Diary

Announcing MyKundali.com: The Fastest Way of Creating Kundali on Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:20:49 PST

As you know that we have a Janma Kundali and Prashna Kundali Software on http://www.astrosage.com/. With the availability of new tools and technology, we felt a need for a quicker, easier and more flexible method for creating detailed Kundali.

Keeping it in mind, we have desinged a new and powerful interface for the instant chart feature of AstroSage.com and this new interface can be found at http://www.mykundali.com/.

In this new interface, you can type some characters of your city name and it will fetch the cities matching with that name and populates city details there itself. You can then select the city using your mouse. In case you are not satisfied with the latitude/longitude or the city is not there in the database, you can type your own latitude/ longitude/ timezone.

Please try http://www.mykundali.com/ and let us know your feedback. Please note that the software is still in beta and your feedback will help in improving it. Also if you like this software, please tell it to your friends and family members so that they can also utilize it.

Now You Can Add New Cities to AstroSage

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:48:08 PST

There was a bug in AstroSage.com (our free online horoscope matching and janam kundali software) which was not allowing users to add new cities to the AstroSage city database. If you didn't have your city in the existing city database, you had to use the nearby city which is not good for astrological calculations. I am happy to tell that this bug has been resolved and now you can add new city to the AstroSage.com city database. You just need to type the city name at first step of birth chart/ horary chart creation, and AstroSage will guide you through city addition process in case the entered city didn't exist in the database. Please check and let us know your feedback.

Also due to a recent server shift, feedback form on AstroSage was not working. Now it is corrected and you can give your feedback by going to the feedback page at http://www.astrosage.com/feedback.asp.

As you might know that recently we have added a new 'print' feature on AstroSage.com. We got feedback that the print quality is not very good. We are working on improving the print quality and the high quality printouts should be available latest by the next week. So keep an eye on the announcements here.

As always, if you like AstroSage, you can tell your friends and family members about it by going to the referrer page - http://www.astrosage.com/friend.asp. References are highly appreciated.

Diwali Pooja: Some Important Points to Know

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:45:56 PDT

Tomorrow is Diwali. Hindu scriptures have lots to tell about dos and donts on this holy festival. Here I have noted down few important points for you -

Take oil massage in the morning
Worship with deepak
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. As I mentioned in the last post, please consult local panchang or news paper to know the exact muhurat time for your place.
Fast till Laxmi Pujan and eat only once after the pooja
Wear flower garland
Put on white clothes
Remain awake till mid night and throw away poverty from the home by playing holy instruments (shankh etc.)

Panchang & Diwali Muhurta for Laxmi Pujan

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:43:55 PDT

These are articles are good introduction to panchang and Muhurta astrology respectively -

http://www.geocities.com/panchangaminenglish/basicsupdated.htm
http://www.agasthiar.org/AUMzine/0001-timing1.htm

These are good introductory articles and must read for astrology beginners, especially students from the Muhurta branch of Vedic astrology.

I reached these websites while I was trying to find out the authentic websites that gives Muhurta for Laxmi Pujan this Deepawali (2008). I didn't find much agreement and I think this is definitely a topic of detailed article. Though there is not much time before Diwali so you will have to wait till next Diwali ;-)

Anyways, it is important to understant that the two most important parts of Diwali Laxmi Pujan muhurta calculation are sunrise time (for calculating pradosh period) and ascendant (lagna). Both of these varies from location to location. So the muhurta for Delhi will not be 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.

Achieved 1000 Members Mark. Thanks.

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:51:04 PDT

Today this blog crossed 1,000 members mark. I never expected it to be this fast and I would like to thank all my readers to make this blog instant success. I hope you will continue showing your love and I promise to contribute to this blog in my best possible way.

This is a time of economic recession and I get a lot of queries on share market and commodity market predictions. As you would have noted from my last post, now a days I am busy in finishing some of the new features of AstroSage.com and hence not able to write regularly. I am hoping to finish some of the important modules by the end of this month, so you will see me in action again pretty soon.

Coming back to the share market, there is one very good discussion going on share market in my K P astrology discussion forum. If you are an astrologer, you can also contribute kp astrology forum here. This may also be good for the general people, who are interested knowing about share trends and astrological views.

I also want to remind about certain important thing here like -

You can subscribe to this blog on your mobile phone as SMS.
Now you can take print out of your janam patri/ kundali from http://www.astrosage.com/. Please check and let me know your feedback.
You can also reach to this blog by typing the shorter address http://www.punitastrologer.com/.
Most importantly, if you like my website, you can tell it to your friends and family members.

Thanks once again for your love.

Print Birth Chart/ Horoscope Online

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:26:57 PDT

Get Hard-copy of birth charts and horary charts FREE

Dear Friends,

You might be wondering where was I, as you didn't see any blog post here. Actually I was busy in making some enhancements to www.AstroSage.com, so that it becomes more useful for the people. One such recently added feature is "Print" feature in AstroSage.

I am extremely pleased to announce that now you can take printout of horoscopes/ birth charts/ kundlis/ janam patri from AstroSage.com. In absence of a FREE solution for printing kundlis, people have to struggle with all sort of technical complexities. We have seen recent discussions on software where members struggled to get chart using a free software. Now with this new functionality, you have following advantage –

1. Take prints of detailed astrology calculation on one signle page
2. Share horoscope online on the email as well as on the web

Now AstroSage.com can generate the image of a page which can give you a formatted output. Right now, I have added three pages as follows –
1. KP Page – it gives you planetary positions, cuspal positions, significators, ruling planets etc.
2. Shodashvarga Page – It gives you all 16 divisional charts on one page.
3. Main Page – It gives you lagna chart, navamasa chart, ashtakvarga, chalit positions etc.

Once you create a chart using AstroSage.com, look for KP print page and other print pages. Some links are marked with "new" so that it can be located easily.

I would also like to request my readers to to forward this email to your friends and family members so that they can also take advantage of this feature. It will help in spreading the words and making this free utility available to all. I believe that it will be very useful for the astrology enthusiasts.

Looking forward to your feedback so that I can improve it further and incorporate more features.

Thanks & Regards,

Punit Pandey

Astrology on Mobile Phones/ SMS

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:40:25 PDT

Recently Google has started one service named "Google SMS Channels" in India using which you can subscribe various blogs, websites and feeds on your mobile phone. You can use this feature for subscribing AstroSage daily horoscopes and also regular updates from this blog on SMS. You should note that this services from Google is absolutely FREE.

Daily Horoscope on Mobile Phones as Text Message (SMS)
Click on the link of your moon sign to subscribe for daily horoscope/ dainik rashiphal/ daily predictions -

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

Alerts of This Blog on Your Mobile Phone as Text Message (SMS)
If you like this blog and wants to remain updates about the latest articles published here, you can subscribe updates from this blog on your mobile phone. Please join Punit Pandey's Vedic Astrology blog updates.

As I am talking about astrology on mobile phones, I would also like to bring into your notice that we also have mobile phone edition of http://www.astrosage.com/ which can be found at m.astrosage.com. This website will work on almost all phones inlcuding but not limited to iPhone, Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, O2, Palm, and Miscrosoft phones etc. you can point the browser of your mobile phone to http://m.astrosage.com to access AstroSage on Mobile Phone. Now a days almost all mobile phones are GPRS/ WAP enabled and have web browsers.

Durga Puja Aarti & Durga Chalisa

noreply@blogger.com (Punit Pandey) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:40:04 PDT

MA DURGA AARTI

Jai Ambe Gauri, Mayya Jai Shyama Gauri
Tumko Nish-Din Dhyavat, Hari Brahma Shivri [1] Jai Ambe Gauri
Maang Sindoor Virajat, Tiko Mrig-Mad Ko
Ujjwal Se Dou Naina, Chandra Vadan Niko [2] Jai Ambe Gauri
Kanak Samaan Kalewar, Raktaambar Raaje
Rakt Pushp Gal-Mala, Kanthan Par Saaje [3] Jai Ambe Gauri
Kehri Vahan Rajat, Kharag Khapar DhaariSur Nar Muni Jan Sevat,
Tinke Dukh Haari [4] Jai Ambe Gauri
Kanan Kundal Shobhit , Naas-Agre Moti
Kotik Chandra Divakar, Sum Rajat Jyoti [5] Jai Ambe Gauri
Shumbh Ni-Shumbh Vidare, Mahisha Sur Ghati
Dhumra-Vilochan Naina, Nish-Din Mad Mati [6] Jai Ambe Gauri
Chandh Mundh Sangh-Haare, Shonit Beej Hare
Madhu Kaitabh Dou Maare, Sur Bhe Heen Kare [7] Jai Ambe Gauri
Brahmani Rudrani, Tum Kamla Rani
Aagam Nigam Bakhani, Tum Shiv Patrani [8] Jai Ambe Gauri
Chon-Sath Yogini Gavat, Nritya Karat Bhairon
Baajat Taal Mridanga, Aur Baajat Damaroo [9] Jai Ambe Gauri
Tum Ho Jag Ki Maata, Tum Hi Ho Bharta
Bhakto Ki Dukh Harata, Sukh Sampati Karata [10] Jai Ambe Gauri
Bhuja Chaar Ati Shobhit, Var Mudra Dhaari
Man Vaanchit Phal Pavat, Sevat Nar Naari [11] Jai Ambe Gauri
Kanchan Thaal Virajat, Agar Kapoor Baati
Shri Maal-Ketu Me Rajat, Kotik Ratan Jyoti [12] Jai Ambe Gauri
Shri Ambe-Ji-Ki Aarti, Jo Koi Nar Gaave
Kahat Shivanand Swami, Sukh Sampati Paave [13] Jai Ambe Gauri

DURGA CHALISA

Namo Namo Durge Sukh karani,
Namo Namo ambe Dukh harani.
Nirakar hai jyoti tumhari,
Tihun lok pheli ujayari.
Shashi lalat mukh mahavishala,
Netra lal bhrikutee vikarala.
Roop Matu ko adhika suhave,
Daras karat jan ati sukh pave.
Tum sansar shakti laya kina,

Palan hetu anna dhan dina.
Annapurna hui jag pala,
Tumhi adi sundari Bala.
Pralaya kala sab nashan hari,
Tum gauri Shiv-Shankar pyari.
Shiv yogi tumhre guna gaven,
Brahma Vishnu tumhen nit dhyaven.
Roop Saraswati ko tum dhara,
De subuddhi rishi munina ubara.
Dharyo roop Narsimha ko amba,
Pragat bhayin phar kar khamba.
Raksha kari Prahlaad bachayo,
Hiranakush ko swarga pathayo.
Lakshmi roop dharo jag mahin,
Shree Narayan anga samihahin.
Ksheer sindhu men karat vilasa,
Daya Sindhu, deeje man asa.
Hingalaja men tumhin Bhavani,
Mahima amit na jet bakhani.
Matangi Dhoomavati Mata,
Bhuvneshwari bagala sukhdata.
Shree Bhairav lara jog tarani,
Chhinna Bhala bhav dukh nivarani.
Kehari Vahan soh Bhavani,
Langur Veer Chalat agavani.
Kar men khappar khadag viraje,
Jako dekh kal dan bhaje.
Sohe astra aur trishoola,
Jase uthata shatru hiya shoola.
Nagarkot men tumhi virajat,
Tihun lok men danka bajat.
Shumbhu Nishumbhu Danuja tum mare,
Rakta-beeja shankhan samhare.
Mahishasur nripa ati abhimani,
Jehi agha bhar mahi akulani.
Roop karal Kalika dhara,
Sen Sahita tum tin samhara.
Pan garha Santan par jab jab,
Bhayi sahaya Matu tum tab tab.
Amarpuni aru basava loka,
Tava Mahirna sab rahen asoka.
Jwala men hai jyoti tumhari,
Tumhen sada poojen nar nari,
Prem bhakti se Jo yash gave,
Dukh-daridra nikat nahin ave.
Dhyave tumhen jo nar man laee,
Janam-maran tako chuti jaee.
Jogi sur-muni kahat pukari,
Jog na ho bin shakti tumhari.