Have you ever wondered why the order of the weekdays is ‘Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wedneday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday? The clue lies in Hora. It is the basis for determining the order of the weekdays. List the planets on the basis of their average speeds or in the order of their dwipa (ellipsoidal orbits around [...]

Yashoda annd Swati’s question wrote: Hare Rama Krsna, I was listening to Atri classes on Jagannatha drekkana , where Sanjayji talks about Agasthya is related to Bhramarishi ( chara rashis, 9th from sthir rashis Moon ), Doorvaasa is related to Maharishi (sthira rashis, 9th from dwija rashis Moon), Narada is connected to devarishi (dwija rashis, [...]

Introduction- The houses Before venturing into the study of the finances of a nation we should be clear about the indications of the houses in the chart. In deva prasna (i.e. questions bearing on deities, the twelve houses signify (1) Divine presence, (2) wealth, (3) temple servants, (4) vehicles (5) image, idol, picture or symbol [...]

There are two methods to draw a Trimsamsa (D30) Chart. We discuss the method of Parashara. What is the Trimsamsa, and how to draw a Trimsamsa Chart? Trimsamsa means the one-thirtieth portion of a sign measuring one degree. Unlike other divisions, the Sun and Moon are not the Lords of any trimsamsa and the Nodes [...]

Elizabeth taylor died on 23 March 2011 at 1.28′ am PST at Los Angeles, CA. The death of actress Elizabeth Taylor on Wednesday marked the passing of another era, according to local film historian Robert Holladay. “As far as I’m concerned, she’s the last of the movie stars,” said Holladay, a retired high school English [...]

  Introduction: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the 32nd President of the United Sates of America. FDR was born in Hyde Park, New York at “Springwood”, his family’s country estate. He was related to the President Theodore Roosevelt. His aristocracy is easily seen from the rising Leo ascendant aspected both by the lagna lord Sun [...]

Swami Bhimananda in police custody NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today invoked provisions under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against self-styled Godman Swami Bhimananda, 39, who was arrested last week for allegedly running a sex racket in the city. ”The police has invoked the provisions of MCOCA against Shiv Murat Dwivedi[1],” Deputy Commissioner of [...]

Newspaper Reports on the nirvana (passing, moksha) of Gurumā Pravrajika Shraddhaprana Mataji Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission president Pravrajika Shraddhaprana Mataji died at Dakshineswar Tuesday after being indisposed for three months. She was 90.Mission sources said Shraddhaprana was suffering from severe gastro-intestinal problems since October last year. She developed [...]

Wanted to share this good news with you. We have just completed the fifth year of the Jaimini Scholar Program in the Himalayas. One of the debts to the tradition has been paid and we have a number of well trained Jaimini Scholars available for carrying the knowledge forward. The final year started with informal [...]

  Introduction As a natural state of mind, tolerance indicates an ability to coexist with others, to respect alternative points of view, to neither dominate nor be dominated. It suggests both the ability to be yourself as well as allow others that freedom. It is both sturdy individuality and acceptance of other points of view [...]

Jack Labanauskas [em@guna.us], Editor of the Enneagram Monthly http://enneagrammonthly.com/ reports the final year and certification of the first batch of Jaimini Scholar program at page 2 of EM Issue 182. After two months in a perfectly nice nice place on the edge of a little lake, in the Himalayan foothills with weather only matched by [...]

In the chart of Barrack Obama, the Moon is in its exaltation sign in Taurus while Jupiter is in its debility sign in Capricorn. Moon in the 5th house gives many friends (dṛṣṭi 11H of friends), popularity and being in exaltation it gives great success and fame. As such it is the lord of the [...]

Predictions published on TV Of course the Congress Party is winning this elections as the Narayan dasha of Libra continues from 2002 – 2011. Ever since the inception of this daśā, the then ruling BJP started to decline and failed to outshine the Congress in the elections of 2004. Sonia Gandhi should have become the [...]

Recently a senior Lok Sabha MP from Orissa enquired about how long Naveen Patnaik would continue in power, and my reply was that his Mercury daśā is far from over and is responsible for his rājayoga. This daśā is for 17 years and started in 2000 AD bringing him to power in Orissa. Readers can [...]

The Next Chief Minister of Orissa By Sanjay Rath [1999] Horoscope of Sri Naveen Patnaik (Cabinet Minister of India) Date 16th October 1946, Time: 1 AM, Cuttack, India. (AL: Āruḍha Lagna; A7: dārāpada or āruḍha of seventh house; HL: Horā Lagna; VL: Varṇadā Lagna; GL: Ghāṭikā Lagna; UL: Upapada; A10: Rājya Pada) Rājayoga The horoscope [...]

The Stars Show It All William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. The chart of President Bill Clinton which has 03.47 AM recorded as the Birth time, has been corrected to 03.44 AM. Note that this is [...]

Beejakshara mantra Sri Ganapati is the elephant headed son of Sri Shiva, belonging to the divine family that delivers the soul from darkness and sin, the specific function of Sri Ganapati is to teach and drive away ignorance (avidhya). He is represented by Ketu, the significator of emancipation from all kinds of bondage including rebirth. [...]

Ṛk Veda Maṇḍala 2, Hymn 24, Śloka 1 गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम्। ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस् पत आ नः षृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम्॥ gaṇānāṁ tvā gaṇapatiṁ havāmahe kaviṁ kavīnāmupamaśravastamam| jyeṣṭharājaṁ brahmaṇāṁ brahmaṇas pata ā naḥ ṣṛṇvannūtibhiḥ sīda sādanam || Try saying each word group 12 times …8 groups [gaṇānāṁ tvā] [gaṇapatiṁ havāmahe] [kaviṁ kavīnām] [upamaśravastamam|] [...]

Instruction: This is to be recited 1 (one) times while bowing to Lord Śiva. [Bow to the Śiva Liñga.] कर चरण क्रितं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा श्रवण नयनजं वा मानसं वापराधम्। विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व जय जय करुणाब्दे ष्री महादेव षम्भो॥ kara caraṇa kritaṁ vākkāyajaṁ karmajaṁ vā śravaṇa nayanajaṁ vā mānasaṁ vāparādham | vihitamavihitaṁ vā sarvametatkṣamasva jaya [...]

Viniyoga: ॐ अस्य श्री गोपाल मन्त्रस्य नारद ऋषि विराट् छन्दस् गोपाल-कृष्ण देवत काम बीज स्वाहा शक्ति ममाभीष्ट सिद्धये जपे विनियोगः om asya śrī gopāla mantrasya nārada ṛṣi virāṭ chandas gopāla-kṛṣṇa devata kāma bīja svāhā śakti mamābhīṣṭa siddhaye jape viniyogaḥ Mantra: गोपिजनवल्लभाय स्वाहा gopijanavallabhāya svāhā Lupta bīja: Hidden i.e. to be recited silently in deep meditation [...]

SJC USA Annual Conference, 2003 | Venue: West Coast, San Jose, CA, USA Date: August 20, 2003 There were three handouts and CDs for this workshop. Please feel free to download everything that I share today on Janmastami – in the sweet memory of my Lord Jagannāth Mahāprabhu CD01: Various Definitions Kāla means time and [...]

श्री अन्नपूर्णास्तोत्रम्‌ śrī annapūrṇāstotram नित्यानन्दकरी वराभयकरी सौन्दर्यरत्नाकरी निर्धूताखिलघोरपावनकरी प्रत्यक्षमाहेश्वरी। प्रालेयाचलवंशपावनकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी॥ १॥ nityānandakarī varābhayakarī saundaryaratnākarī nirdhūtākhilaghorapāvanakarī pratyakṣamāheśvarī | prāleyācalavaṁśapāvanakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṁ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātā’nnapūrṇeśvarī || 1|| नानारत्नविचित्रभूषणकरी हेमाम्बराडम्बरी मुक्ताहारविलम्बमान विलसत्‌ वक्षोजकुम्भान्तरी। काश्मीरागरुवासिता रुचिकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी॥ २॥ nānāratnavicitrabhūṣaṇakarī hemāmbarāḍambarī muktāhāravilambamāna vilasat vakṣojakumbhāntarī | kāśmīrāgaruvāsitā rucikarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṁ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī [...]

Varuna (Sanskrit वरुण varuṇa) is the god of water and is always worshipped in a kalasha (water vessel) with the jala bija वं (vaṁ). When the day is divided into two halves (horā) being the daytime and night time, then the two āditya presiding over these halves are Indra (day, Sun, dakṣiṇāyana) and Varuṇa[1] (night, [...]

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, is a famous Hindu temple located in the hill town Tirumala, near Tirupati in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Tirumala is a hill town in Chittoor district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Tirumala, dedicated to Lord Vishnu, is one of the most popular centers of today’s Hindu/Vedha Religion.