The Author is about 49years old and holds

a Post Graduate degree in Civil Engineering

from Indian Institute of Science (IISc.,
Bangalore). He was the University topper and
Gold Medallist at the Graduate level. He
worked as a Software Engineer for over 22
years in both Indian as well as large MNC
companies. He did on-site software
development work at Switzerland for a few
years. He took voluntary retirement in
December 2004. Since then, he is pursuing
the study of Astrology which is one of his
interests. The author is particularly interested
in Medical Astrology and has already
published articles giving special
combinations for Diabetes (both Type-I and
Type-II) and severe Dandruff problems that
could be identified from natal charts. His
other interest being Poetry; has published a
poetry collection (in local language
Kannada) in 2006.
Birth Time
Rectification
An Innovative Approach
By
Krishnamurthy S, India.
"A child is born on that day and at that hour
when the celestial rays are in mathematical
harmony with one's individual karma"
Swami Sri Yukteswar, Guru of
Paramahansa Yogananda
This is an endeavour to find the
mathematical harmony that Swami
Yukteswar is talking about, in the above
statement. It is widely understood that the
individual karmas manifest through the
influence of the nine grahas on the native.
And, in a horoscope, Lagna or Ascendant in
a horoscope acts similar to the needle that is
pointing to North in a compass. It is very
likely that the Lagna in a horoscope also
points exactly to a specific graha or planet
in the chart. If we are able to determine what
it is pointing to, it would be possible to
accurately align Lagna to that planet and in
the process we could rectify the birth time
recording errors and arrive at the actual time
of birth. This is the philosophy behind the
research undertaken. This author strongly
believes that for a human birth to take place
there has to be some well defined
relationship between the position of Lagna
and that of one of the planets in the chart.
The search for an answer began with this
assumption and the result is presented here.
After assuming that Lagna is aligned
to one particular planet in the chart, a
question arises as to what are the criteria to
determine that particular planet. Obviously,
this planet should standout on some
important ground. In Astrology, we have
many parameters and many different scales
to compare the relative strengths of different
planets.
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After some study, it has been observed that how well a planet is placed in a chart
emerges as the determining criteria. When a planet is most comfortably placed as compared
to other planets, that planet is regarded as the best placed planet. And, Lagna gets aligned to
that planet.
As each sign is owned by a certain planet and the state of another planet placed there
depends on how it relates to the owner of that sign. Hence, one should look at the nature of
friendship between planets to determine whether a planet is placed well or not.
Determination of Compound Relationships between planets
One should go by the compound relationship between the planets. BPHS
1
states that all
planets placed in the 2
nd
, 3
rd
, 4
th
, 10
th
, 11
th
and 12
th
houses from a planet are its temporary
friends. If we think about the reasoning behind such a proposition, it is apparent that planets
become temporary enemies when they are very close to each other (as their rays interfere
with each others) or when they are far away from each other (as their rays oppose each
others). It appears that this rule is purely based on simple Physics rather than anything else.
Normally, astrologers look at the houses mentioned above and take all planets present in
those relative positions as temporary friends. Keeping the spirit of the concept, this author
humbly proposes a slightly different interpretation of what has been said in BPHS as against
what is commonly followed. It is proposed that, if two planets have a longitudinal distance
greater than 15 degrees and less than 105 degrees between them (irrespective of the signs they
occupy), they should be considered as temporary friends. Here, there is no violation from
the essence of what is said in BPHS. The definition for permanent friendships followed here
is exactly same as what is given in BPHS. The compound relationship is the resultant of
permanent and temporary relationships:
Permanent Temporary Compound
Friend Friend Close Friend (CF)
Friend Enemy Neutral (NU)
Neutral Friend Friend (FR)
Neutral Enemy Enemy (EN)
Enemy Friend Neutral (NU)
Enemy Enemy Bitter Enemy (BE)
Order Of Importance
From the above table, we can conclude that a planet placed in the sign of a Close Friend is
better placed than a planet placed in the sign of any other compound relationship. However,
there are even better placements for a planet than this. Following is a list of placements
ordered from best to worst:
Exalted (EX) (Not the entire sign, within 15 degrees approaching the deepest point)
Vargottama (VG)
Moola Trikona (MT) (Not the entire sign, look for actual degrees)
Own (OW)
1
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
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Close Friend (CF)
Friend (FR)
Neutral (NU)
Enemy (EN)
Bitter Enemy (BE)
Debilitated (DB) (within 15 degrees approaching deepest point)
Treating for Planets in Parivartana/Srinkhala
2
There is one very important concept that affects the determination of how a planet is placed
in a chart. It is very important to check if a planet is either in Parivartana or in Srinkhala
and apply necessary adjustments. In the experience of this author, a planet which has
undergone Parivartana/Srinkhala behaves as if it is placed in its own sign (the sign that has
participated in Parivartana/Srinkhala). Except for considering combustion and effects of
other conjunctions and aspects, for other purposes, such a planet should be treated as if it is
in its own sign. As a result of Parivartana/Srinkhala a planet is entitled for two different
placements, one in the house actually placed and the other the resultant own house. That
planet should be assigned the better of the two placements. Hence, a planet debilitated but in
Parivartana should be assigned a GO (Goes to Own) placement while a planet exalted and
in Parivartana/Srinkhala should be assigned EX placement.
However, one should note that more the planets in Srinkhala, less the effectiveness of
Parivartana. A three planet Srinkhala should be definitely considered while a Srinkhala
involving more than three planets could be ignored.
Checking Some Important Conditions
1. Planets placed in a Rasi Sandhi or Gandanta are considered to be weak irrespective of
their placement status. Even the planets disposited by planets in Rasi Sandhi should
be ignored unless they are extremely strong like being Vargottama.
2. If a planet is debilitated (either in Rasi or in Navamsha) or closely conjunct a
debilitated planet (within an orb of about 6 degrees) or even if it disposits a debilitated
planet (either in Rasi or in Navamsha), then one should not take it into the reckoning
(unless the debilitated planet is under Parivartana/Srinkhala). Only Exalted or
Vargottama planets should be kept in the reckoning even if they are tainted by
debilitated planets.
3. A planet exalted in Navamsha that has a lesser status in Rasi should be given a status
EXN. Entire sign in Navamsha is fine, no need to look at specific degrees.
4. Those planets which are more than 50% combust should be ignored. One should not
disqualify Mercury even when it is deeply combust. And, the planets that are
disposited by such combust planets should also be ignored.
5. Ketu by default should be left out as its placement depends on placement of Rahu.
Hence, there are only eight planets in the race including Rahu. For Rahu, Taurus
should be considered as the sign of exaltation and Scorpio should be considered as the
sign of debilitation. Rahu owns Aquarius and Ketu Scorpio. This comes handy while
checking Parivartana/Srinkhala.
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http://astrokrishna.blogspot.com/search/label/Srinkhala
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6. No need to make any special adjustments for a planet which is retrograde
Care should be taken to verify all such conditions that make a planet weak and ensure that
the planet considered is well placed in all respects.
Determining The Best Placed Planet
After filtering the planets for all their negative qualities, one should look for the planets in
the following categories (in that order of importance) rejecting the others and also rejecting
those with other blemishes (as described in the above paragraph):
1. Vargottama (EX or MT)
2. Exaltation (EX)
3. Moola Trikona (MT)
4. Vargottama (VG) (other than EX or MT)
5. Exalted in Navamsha (EXN) (not in DB, BE or EN in Rasi)
6. Own (OW)
One should first look for planets in the number 1 category, if none found, then look for the
next best category etc., and reach the best placed planet. Some points to note before
finalizing the best placed planet:
If there are two or more planets in the same top category, the best of them should be
determined by comparing their Shadbala.
If none of the planets fall in the qualifying categories, then such horoscopes should be
carefully looked into to find the best placed planet.
When a planets Shadbala is relatively much higher as compared to that of any other
planet, this planet also becomes a contender.
When two planets are in Graha Yuddha
3
, there is no consensus on the resolution of
the criteria to determine the winner. As a result, there could be some errors in the
calculation of Shadbala of those planets. Also, Graha Yuddha should be considered
only between the five nonluminous physical planets. There are other considerations
which could affect the Shadbala calculations. In such conditions, relying fully on the
Shadbala could cause problems.
All such cases should be studied carefully as it is difficult draw a clear line.
Aligning Lagna with the Best Placed Planet
Here comes hitherto unknown bit. This might appear a bit strange to some. But, this has
been proposed after testing numerous charts for the accuracy of birth time.
This step can not be easily done without using software as this is a highly iterative process.
This author has used JHora. It could be performed using any software that gives nakshatra
lord, sublord, subsublord. table for all the planets like the one in JHora. In JHora, this is
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Graha Yuddha = Planetary War, when two nonluminary physical planets are less than a degree apart.
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found by clicking the KP tab at the right bottom on the default screen. One will see the
information like below:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
As Ju Sa Ve Ma Ju Sa
Su Ju Mo Mo Ju Ra Ve
Mo Ma Ke Ve Mo Mo Ma
Ma Ju Mo Me Sa Sa Ke
Me Me Ra Mo Me Sa Ju
Ju Mo Ve Su Ra Ke Ju
Ve Mo Sa Ve Mo Su Me
Sa Ju Ve Ju Mo Ke Mo
Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve
Assuming that Rahu is the best placed planet, one could focus only on the relevant
information of this table as below:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ju Sa Ve Ma Ju Sa
Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve
Now, in an iterative process, adjust the birth time such that both Lg and Ra have identical
lords from Sublord onwards in the above table. Stop adjusting the birth time once the
following configuration is reached:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ju Sa Me Ra Sa Ve
Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve
The adjusted time to reach this alignment is the rectified birth time of the native.
Other than the above suggested alignment, two more alignments are possible which also
involve the Naklord of either Lagna or that of the planet in question. These alignments are
demonstrated below:
Alignment2
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ju Ve Sa Me Ra Sa
Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve
Here, Sublord level of the Lagna is aligned to Naklord level of the planet in question.
Alignment3
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Sa Me Ra Sa Ve Ve
Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve
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Here, Naklord level of the Lagna is aligned with Sublord level of the planet in question.
The time that gives an alignment that is closest to the given/recorded birth time should be
considered as the rectified birth time.
Normally, in case of well documented births, such an alignment is seen within a couple of
minutes from the recorded birth time. If not, following three situations are possible:
a. There is an error in identifying the best placed planet, or
b. The given birth time is grossly erroneous, or
c. Could be a rare case that fails this theory (needs a closer look)
The truth of this fact is demonstrated taking examples of some of the well recorded birth
details of famous personalities. The given examples could be studied to understand the
procedure better as well as a proof that Lagna always points to the best placed planet in the
chart. That is the time when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony resulting in a
human birth.
Applicability & Advantages of this method
This method is applicable for the final finetuning of the birth time when birth time is
available within a range of few minutes from the time of actual birth, or when a
hospital record is available which invariably would have some variation due to
recording errors.
The advantage of this method is that there is no need to cast a Prashna chart, or there
is no need to know some important events in the life of the native, and there is no
need to drill through many divisional charts and finetune them based on the events
in the natives life. The method of finetuning poses inherent traps as it calls for a
very good knowledge of delineating divisional charts. This method uses the available
birth details and looks for the mathematical harmony between Lagna and another
entity in the chart. Hence, is prone to fewer errors.
This method is not too sensitive to small changes in Ayanamsha (like a difference of
even around one degree), it still gives the same rectified time irrespective of the
Ayanamsha used in a small range. For example, the method gives same rectified time
when either Lahiri or Raman Ayanamsha is used. Here the difference is more than
one degree between these two Ayanamshas. Hence, Astrologers can use any
Ayanamsha of their choice. However, it should be noted that in some charts, the
Navamsha placement of planets when on the border are sensitive to small changes in
Ayanamsha and this could hijack the end result.
More than 100 charts with well recorded birth times have been tested to see if such an
alignment between the Lagna and the best placed planet exists around the given time of
birth. There were only handful of misses and the success rate is exceptional.
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Examples
Those who would like to study this approach in detail are urged not to miss the last example
of Jawaharlal Nehru. That example clearly demonstrates the power of this approach. The
Ayanamsha used is True Chitrapaksha Ayanamsha.
1. Client Eastwood
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Birth Date: 05/31/1930 (May 31, 1930)
Birth Time: 17:35 (05:35 PM) PST (+8:00)
Birth Place: San Francisco, CA
Latitude /
Longitude:
37 N 47 / 122 W 26
Rodden Rating /
Source:
AA / BC/BR in hand
Source Notes: B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher, obtained by Bob Garner. (Same
Contemporary American Horoscopes and Gauquelin Book of
American Charts)
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun NU
Moon OW
Mars OW
Mercury In Rasi Sandhi
Jupiter Dispositor in Sandhi
Venus Dispositor in Sandhi
Saturn EN
Rahu BE
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http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/EastwoodClint.htm
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There is a tie between Moon and Mars. However, Mars has a higher Shadbala than Moon.
Hence, Mars is the best placed planet in this chart.
The relationship between Lagna and Mars is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ju Me Sa Ra Ra Ma
Ma Ke Ra Ra Ra Mo Ra
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ju Ke Ra Ra Ra Mo
Ma Ke Ra Ra Ra Mo Sa
The birth time that gives the above alignment is 17:37:0.94 (as against the recorded time of
17:35 hrs.)
2. Pablo Picasso
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Birth Date: 10/25/1881 (Oct 25, 1881)
Birth Time: 23:15 (11:15 PM) LMT (+0:18)
Birth Place: Malaga, Spain
Latitude /
Longitude:
36 N 43 / 04 W 25
Rodden Rating /
Source:
AA / Quoted BC/BR
Source Notes: B.C. in hand from Filipe Ferreira ("a las once y cuarto de la noche.")
Formerly, Filipe Ferreira quoted Josep Palau Fabre in his well
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http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/PicassoPablo.htm
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documented, "Picasso Vivent," Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1982,
"according to the testimony of his father in the birth certificate." The
same information is in the book of Picasso's secretary, Jaime Sabartes,
"Picasso: Documents Iconographiques," p.113114 and 302303, Cailler,
Genebra, 1954 (Formerly, times were given variously as 9:30 PM, 11:59
PM, 12:03 PM, 11:35 AM, 7:30 AM and 7:30 PM)
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun DB
Moon DB
Mars Disps DB Moon, DB Sat & DB Rahu
Mercury VG(OW)
Jupiter BE
Venus Disps DB Sun
Saturn DB
Rahu DB
Mercury is under Parivartana/Srinkhala both in Rasi as well as in Navamsha, as a result
behaves as a Vargottama planet in own sign. Mercury is the best placed planet in the chart.
The relationship between Lagna and Mercury is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Sa Ra Sa Sa Ra Mo
Me Ju Ra Sa Mo Ke Mo
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ra Ra Sa Mo Ke Ra
Me Ju Ra Sa Mo Ke Ra
The birth time that gives the above alignment is 23:15:47.2 (as against
the recorded time of 23:15 hrs.)
3. Queen Elizabeth II
6
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http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/QueenElizabethII.htm
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Birth Date: 04/21/1926 (Apr 21, 1926)
Birth Time: 2:40 (02:40 AM) GDT (+0:00)
Birth Place: London, England
Latitude /
Longitude:
51 N 30 / 0 W 10
Rodden Rating /
Source:
AA / Quoted BC/BR
Source Notes: Fagan quotes official announcement AA 3/l976
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun EX
Moon OW
Mars EX
Mercury DB, Dispositor in Sandhi
Jupiter In Rasi Sandhi, disposits DB Mercury
Venus NU
Saturn GO
Rahu VG (CF)
Here, there is a tie between Sun and Mars. However, Mars has higher Shadbala than Sun.
Hence, Mars is the winner and is the best placed planet in the chart.
The relationship between Lagna and Mars is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Su Ma Ra Ve Ve Ra
Ma Ma Sa Sa Ve Ke Me
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
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Lg Ra Ma Sa Sa Ve Ke
Ma Ma Sa Sa Ve Ke Me
The birth time that gives the above alignment is 02:40:29.5 (as against the recorded time of
02:40 hrs.)
4. Albert Einstein
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Birth Date: 03/14/1879 (March 14, 1879)
Birth Time: 11:30 (11:30 AM) LMT (0:40)
Birth Place: Ulm, Germany
Latitude /
Longitude:
48 N 24 / 10 E 00
Rodden Rating /
Source:
AA / Quoted BC/BR
Source Notes: Ebertin quotes B.R.
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun CF
Moon GO
Mars FR (far away from deep exaltation point)
Mercury DB
Jupiter Disps DB Mercury
Venus EX
Saturn VG(MT)
Rahu CF
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http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/EinsteinAlbert.htm
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Saturn has undergone Parivartana both in Rasi and Navamsha and as a result behaves as a
Vargottama. It also overcomes the blemish due to close conjunction of debilitated Mercury
because of that.
The relationship between Lagna and Saturn is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ra Ma Ju Ra Sa Sa
Sa Sa Mo Ve Me Ju Ju
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ra Mo Ve Me Ju Ju
Sa Sa Mo Ve Me Ju Ju
The birth time that gives the above alignment is 11:28:24.7 (as against the recorded time of
11:30 hrs.)
Here are some famous Indian personalities for whom the birth details available are believed
to be accurate.
5. Swami Vivekananada
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun VG (CF)
Moon NU
Mars Disps DB Rahu
Mercury GO
Jupiter NU
Venus EXN, (NU in Rasi)
Saturn GO
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Rahu DB
Sun is a clear pick.
The relationship between Lagna and Sun before rectification is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Ve Ke Ve Ju Ju Ju
Su Su Ra Ra Ve Ju Me
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Su Su Ra Ra Ve Ju
Su Su Ra Ra Ve Ju Mo
Aligning Lagna with Sun, the rectified birth time will be 6:36:13.3 as against the recorded
birth time of 6:33:00 (from Sri Sanjay Raths book)
6. Sri Satya Sai Baba
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun NU
Moon NU
Mars OW
Mercury NU
Jupiter Dispositor combust
Venus Combust
Saturn Combust
Rahu NU
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Though Mars is placed in the debilitation sign in Navamsha, it has undergone Srinkhala
with Moon, Jupiter and Mercury. Hence, it has no blemish of being debilitated in
Navamsha. It is the only planet that qualifies. However, considering that the Srinkhala
involving 4 planets is not very effective and disqualifying Mars on that ground, yet Mars
qualifies as the best placed planet by virtue of having higher Shadbala than all other planets.
The relationship between Lagna and Mars before rectification is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Sa Me Ju Ra Ve Ju
Ma Ke Me Sa Sa Ke Me
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Sa Me Sa Sa Ke Me
Ma Ke Me Sa Sa Ke Me
Aligning Lagna with Mars, the rectified birth time is 6:26:07.1 as against the recorded birth
time of 6:26
7. Indira Gandhi
Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun VG(MT)
Moon GO
Mars GO
Mercury FR
Jupiter GO
Venus GO
Saturn GO
Rahu BE
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This is a strong chart with three pairs of Parivartanas. Sun undergoes Parivartana with Mars
in Rasi and is in its own sign in Navamsha. Hence, Sun is a clear pick.
The relationship between Lagna and Sun before rectification is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Me Ju Ra Su Ve Ra
Su Sa Sa Ve Ve Ke Ju
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Me Sa Sa Ve Ve Ke
Su Sa Sa Ve Ve Ke Sa
Aligning Lagna with Sun, we have the rectified time as 23:13:45.9 as against the recorded time
of 23:13 (From Sri BV Ramans book)
8. Jawaharlal Nehru
This is a very interesting case to study using the proposed method of Birth Time
Rectification. The reason being that there are different views on the correct birth time
within a narrow range of about half an hour and it would be interesting to check what the
result of rectification indicates.
Following are the different birth times available for Nehru:
From Sri B V Ramans book (How to Judge a Horoscope Vol. II) 23:03 hrs. (LMT)
From Sri Sanjay Raths book (Crux of Vedic Astrology) 23:21 hrs. (IST)
Astrodatabank Rodden Rating A (from Memory) 23:36 hrs. (LMT)
The second of the above three times is used cast the chart as it is the near average. In any
case, nothing much changes in Navamsha for all the three times except Navamsha Lagna
which is not relevant to the method being used.
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Planet Comments on the placement of the planet
Sun In Rasi Sandhi
Moon VG(OW)
Mars NU
Mercury NU
Jupiter VG(OW)
Venus OW
Saturn Dispositor is in Rasi Sandhi
Rahu NU
Jupiter and Moon both are in their own sign in Rasi and they are in Srinkhala in Navamsha.
Hence, they both behave like Vargottama planets in their own sign. As there is a tie between
them, Shadbala comes into picture. Clearly, Moon has a much higher Shadbala than that of
Jupiter and hence Moon is picked as the best placed planet in this chart.
The relationship between Lagna and Moon before rectification is as follows:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Me Ju Me Ju Me Ve
Mo Me Me Ju Ju Ra Ke
Looking at the above combination, one can see that out of the three possible alignments,
only one is likely if the given timeframe is +/ 30 minutes from the assumed time, which is
aligning Nakshatra lord of Lagna with Sublord of Moon. For any other alignment to take
place, the rectified time undergoes a drastic change.
The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:
Body/Cusp * NakLord * Sublord * Pratisub * Sookshmasub * Praanasub * Dehasub
Lg Me Ju Ju Sa Ve Ke
Mo Me Me Ju Ju Sa Ve
Aligning Lagna with Moon, we have the rectified birth time as 23:18:00 hrs (LMT). This is
equivalent to 23:20:00 hrs (IST). This is very close to the time used by Sri Sanjay Rath (23:21
IST). It appears that his source is the authentic in this particular case.
It is clear from this example that in case of small errors in recorded birth time, this approach
shows the way to narrow down to the likely correct birth time.
Conclusion
The above examples demonstrate that there is a clear affinity between Lagna and the best
placed planet in the chart. Hence, it is appropriate to conclude that the correct birth time is
when the Lagna is perfectly aligned to the best placed planet in the chart.
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Extending the scope of this study
It is always challenging to apply any Jyotish principle to a twins chart and verify it. As the
news of octuplets birth was breaking, it was indeed interesting to see how to apply this
theory for such births. The birth details are as follows:
January 26, 2009 between 10:43 and 10:48 hrs, at Bellflower, California, USA.
It was highly exciting to see that 8 alignments (one with each of the 8 planets) were
available in a span of just 5 minutes, roughly between 10:39 and 10:44! It is really very rare to
get so many alignments in such a short span of time. Anyone who looks into this would
understand that availability of 8 alignments to the Lagna in a span of only 5 minutes is not
just a coincidence. Though this theory has not been tested over a large number of twins
charts yet, this author believes that the principle given above could be successfully applied to
twins (multiple births) charts as well.
Muhurta
In the presence of Ravi Yogas, the evil yogas have no effect.
Count the Suns transit nakshatra to the Moons nakshatra. If
the Moons Nakshatra is the 4
th
, 6
th
, 9
th
, 10
th
, 13
th
and 20
th
Ravi yoga forms
If the Amrita yoga and Siddhi yoga form simultaneously,
the day is considered evil, like the combination of honey
and ghee (clarified butter) Jyotishtatva
The nakshatra in which the solar or lunar eclipse occurs
should be avoided for auspicious functions for 6 months, if it
is full eclipse, for 3 months if half and 1 month if it is 1/4
th
- Muhurtha Sindhu by Iranganti Rangacharya
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