Saptanadi Chakra

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Sapta-ndi-chakra is very useful in prediction of weather, esp of rainfall. There are two variants based on two ancient sources of Sapta-ndi-chakram :
Narapati-jaya-chary and Krishi-Parshara, and all later texts are based on them.
The original source of Sapta-ndi-chakra was a Tantric text 'Ymaleeya-Svarodaya'.
Here, both variants of Sapta-ndi-chakra currently used by many traditional panchangas are being presented :
Narapatijayachary's (~1000 AD) Design

Original (Ancient) Design

Ndi:

Chand

Vyu

Dahn

Saumy

Neer

Jala

Amrit

Ndi:

Chand

Vyu

Dahn

Saumy

Neer

Lord:

Saturn

Jupiter

Mars

Sun

Venus

Mercury

Moon

Lord:

Saturn

Sun

Mars

Jupiter

Venus Mercury

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

28

27

26

25

24

28

27

26

25

24

Naksatras

Naksatras

Jala

Amrit
Moon

Chand-ndi represents fierce winds.

Vyu-ndi is for somewhat more than normal winds.
Dahn-ndi represents more temperature.
Saumy-ndi represents normal conditions.
Neer-ndi represents normal rains.
Jala-ndi represents more rains.
Amrit-ndi represents maximum rains.
Start from Krittik (= number 3, numbering begins from Ashvini) in Chand-ndi and assign nakshatras to ndis in the serpentine manner as shown in the tables above.
Traditional texts present Sapta-ndi-chakra in a confusing manner , which makes it difficult to decide which of the two chakras is correct. Here, bioth have been
presented in a well-ordered manner, which makes it easy to see that the left table is correct, because in it planets are placed according to their geocentric (or
Merucentric) distances : Saturn-Jupiter-Mars-Sun-Venus-Mercury-Moon. In the right table, Jupiter and Sun are accorded lordship of wrong ndis.
Narapatijayachary can be procured from Chowkhamb Sanskrit Sansthn (Vrnasi). It gives some ancient rules for using this chakra.