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The Calendar A map of space will show you the terrain and the pathways and the rivers and other attributes. This is a map of time showing the paths of planets and rivers of hours and other attributes of time. Most people are familiar with the quantitative nature of time, but here we also explore the qualitative nature of time. This calendar lists the days of the week (vāra), the lunar phases (tithi), and the lunar signs (nakṣatra). The day relates to fire (tejas), the lunar phases relate to water (ojas), and the lunar sign relates to air (prāṇa).

The day (vāra) will show what actions will have energy that day. It shows what actions can be done with health, strength and vitality. Each planet has its own energy and gives each day its own flavor. Monday relates to Moon and is soft, while Tuesday relates to Mars and is strong and harsh.

The lunar phase (tithi) will show the quality of the desires that day. It shows the nature of the passions, desires, love and the nature of relating. The Full Moon is filled with energy and is a good time for community, while the dark Moon is a better time to be alone. The fifth and tenth phases have a strong desire for learning and intellectual pursuits, while the eighth phases and the new Moon have a quality of dishonesty associated with them.

The lunar sign (nakṣatra) will show where the focus is. The prāṇa goes where the mind is directed, and the mind (concentration) goes where the prāṇa is directed. It shows what things will have problems and what things will have success and therefore longevity; what things you will want to continue happily and what will not be able to continue for long. For example, Aświnī is associated with health, so activities related to health will be successful. Bharaṇī relates to transformation and activities that involve shifting gears will be very successful that day.

Any planet changing solar signs or retrogressions are listed in the calendar. The chart at the time the Sun enters a new sign is on the upper side panel, which is used to predict the world of affairs. The chart of the New Moon is on the lower side, which is used to predict the natural environment.

It can take a number of years to learn the specifics of this calendar, but simple things can be learned quickly and an intuitive nature will quickly grow around the qualities of the day. It soon becomes apparent why a good day is good and a bad day bad after just following the calendar for some time.

Solar Day (Vāra)

There are seven solar days that together make the period of time called the week. The days of the week are based on the seven physical planets visible to the naked eye.

The days of the week are the same in many cultures; our Monday is connected to the Moon, as the French Lundi, and the Sanskrit Somavara, all literally mean Moon’s day. The connection is very obvious as we look over the different languages. Sunday is obviously the Sun, Monday the Moon, Tuesday comes from the ancient Germanic war god, Tiw, connected with Mars. Wednesday comes from the Germanic god, Woden, connected to Mercury. Thursday comes from the Nordic god Thor who is connected with the Greek god Jupiter. Friday comes from the Nordic Goddess Fria, and Saturday is obviously Saturn’s day.

For the beginner to this area, I would suggest one start with these energies first. Working on paying attention to them and their effects in one’s life, noting good and bad days, seeing correlations and beginning to plan life accordingly. As everything in Vedic science is to lead us to greater awareness, take this information and use it to be more aware of the energies of time that we exist within. Be more aware of Mother Time and the arms that she holds us close to Her bosom.

The day is systematically calculated based on the hours (horās) of the day. The planets listed in order from slowest to fastest in their orbit around the earth show the order of the horās of the day. The first horā of the next day at 6AM LMT shows the lord of that day.

# Day (English) Vāra Planet1 Sunday Sūryavāra Sun2 Monday Somavāra Moon3 Tuesday Mangalavāra Mars4 Wednesday Buddhavāra Mercury5 Thursday Guruvāra Jupiter6 Friday Śukravāra Venus7 Saturday Śanivāra Saturn

LMT Horā Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed Thurs Friday Saturday6 AM 1 Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat 7 AM 2 Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup 8 AM 3 Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar 9 AM 4 Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun 10 AM 5 Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven 11 AM 6 Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer 12PM 7 Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon 1 PM 8 Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat

2 PM 9 Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup 3 PM 10 Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar 4 PM 11 Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun 5 PM 12 Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven 6 PM 13 Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer 7 PM 14 Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon 8 PM 15 Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat 9 PM 16 Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup 10 PM 17 Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar 11 PM 18 Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun 12AM 19 Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven 1 AM 20 Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer 2 AM 21 Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon 3 AM 22 Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup Ven Sat 4 AM 23 Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar Mer Jup 5 AM 24 Mer Jup Ven Sat Sun Mon Mar

Use this calendar to have a mandala before you that helps attune you to natural rhythms of the Earth’s journey around the Sun, the Moon’s journey around the Earth, and their relationship with the stars. Become aware of the Universe around us and it’s movements and watch how the macrocosm affects the microcosm. And if you get in tune enough you just may be able to see that there is no separation from up there to down here, that it is all one, interconnected universe, more entwined with itself than you could have ever imagined being able to perceive. We can easily say it’s all one. It’s another thing to perceive the universe acting as One.

The Lunar CycleThe ancients understood that half of the Moon is always facing the Sun and illuminated.

Varāhamihira says, The Moon is always under the Sun therefore one half is bright

And the Moon’s own shadow is on the other part, just like half a pot is bright in the Sun.1

From the viewpoint of Earth, we see the one half that is bright from different angles, and it creates different phases.2 During half moon, we see half the light side and half the shadow. During full moon we see only the light side.

1 Nityamadhaḥ sthasyendormābhirmānamoḥ sitaṁ bhavatyarddham| svacchāyayānyadasitaṁ kumbhasyevā'tapasthasya||4.1||2 The observation of these Sun and Moon is done from a geocentric standpoint. We understand the dynamic of how they move from a heliocentric understanding, but we as human beings, observe them from the viewpoint of earth (geo-centric).

The calendars of many ancient civilizations were luni-solar. They were not masculine-solar like the tropical Gregorian calendar that is used by western civilization. They also did not randomly follow the feminine-lunar cycles. They were a combination of the two, just as a human being is composed of solar and lunar attributes. And just as the image of the solar and lunar channels within the yogin are shown intertwining, the Sun and Moon intertwine in the time of the luni-solar calendar.

Lunar day (Tithi)The Ṛgveda talks about the Sun and Moon

cycles and says that the Moon, who invigorates (pyāyana) herself, after she has been drunk (prapiba) by the gods gives shape (ākṛti) to the months (māsa).3 The synodic lunar cycle (New Moon conjunction to New Moon conjunction) determines the time of the months. There are twelve months in the year, and these are projected into the sky as 12 signs of 30 degrees. The synodic lunar month is divided into 30 phases of 12 degrees each. The solar month names the lunar month, while the lunar day names the solar day. In this way, the Sun names the Moon’s month and the Moon names the Sun’s day.

The Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory in 1582, has become the most common civil calendar (used for administrative purposes). Each day is numbered according to predetermined months and days, based on tropical solar calculations. The luni-solar calendar takes the day that is created by the Sun (sunrise to sunrise) and names it according to the number of the Moon’s thirty phases.

Thirty Phases of the MoonThe synodic month (the time from new moon to new moon) takes approximately 29.5306 days. This

time is averaged into 30 portions called tithi, which is a ‘lunar phase’ or a ‘lunar day’. The Lunar day is approximately .9483 that of a solar day. The lunar day/phase is astronomically calculated by an increase in twelve degrees of arc between the Sun and the Moon.

The Moon has 15 tithis in the waxing/white half called the śukla pakṣa. The 15 tithis of the waning/black Moon are called kṛṣṇa pakṣa. The fifteenth tithi of the waning half is called Amāvāsya, which is when the Sun and the Moon are coming to dwell together. At the end of this tithi there is a conjunction of the Sun and Moon called a syzygy. Then they separate and the Moon begins to grow in light. The 12 degrees after syzygy is called Prathama (or pratipad) which means the initial, first or new. This is the first tithi, which is correctly called the New Moon, and it was this tiny crescent that was sighted at sunset to begin a new synodic month in the ancient world.4 Back then, this meant the rent was due, similarly as it is on the first of the Gregorian

3 This directly relates to the Tāntrika concept that the Moon is drank by the gods as she wanes. yattvā deva prapibanti tata ā pyāyase punaḥ | vāyuḥ somasya rakṣitā samānāṁ māsa ākṛtiḥ || Ṛgveda 10.85.05.4 The sighting of the first crescent (new moon) was used in India, Babylon, Arabia, Israel, Egypt, Greece and parts of Europe. Astronomical Mathematic accuracy allowed this to be calculated in the first few centuries CE.

month in our culture. It wasn’t about new beginnings, but about squaring up your debts, paying bills or collecting your rents.

Modern nomenclature calls the second waxing tithi as S2 and the third as S3. The 12 degrees before the direct opposition (180 degrees) of the Sun and Moon, which is the fifteenth śukla tithi, is called Pūrṇimā or the Full Moon. Pūrṇa means full, complete, filled. The moment after opposition, the waning phase (kṛṣṇa pakṣa) begins. Modern nomenclature uses K1, K2, K3, etc. to denote the waning tithis.

The fifteen phases are ruled by the planets in the order of the days of the week plus Rähu. Sun (Sunday), Moon (Monday), Mars (Tuesday), etc and this repeats twice through each half lunar month (pakña).

Tithi DeityThe tithi have the same rulers as the lunar constellations (nakṣatras), which can be found in many

popular books. Varāhamihira says “Since Rohiṇī star and Pratipad (new moon) is presided over by Brahmā, all works that are allowed under the star can be performed under the tithi too. Similarly in regard to the star Abhijit and Dvītiyā; Śravaṇa and the third tithi, Bharaṇī and the fourth,” etc. The electional prescriptions of the nakṣatras lines up with fifteen of the lunar waxing and waning phases.5

5 Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṁhitā, XCIX, v. 1-3. I have replaced Brahmā for lotus-born (Kamalaja), Nirṛti for dark mother (Kālī), Bhaga for Manmatha, and Aryamā for Dharma to fit the most prevalent nakṣatra terminology. For ‘six-faced,’ I have used the name Skanda, though pure Vaidika would be Agni-devatā.

Lunar Phase Tithi Name Ruler1 & 9 Pratipad, Navamé Sun2 & 10 Dvitéyä, Daçamé Moon3 & 11 Tåtéyä, Ekädaçé Mars4 & 12 Chaturthé, Dvadaçé Mercury5 & 13 Païchamé, Trayodaçé Jupiter6 & 14 Ñañöhé, Chaturdaçé Venus7 & Full Moon Saptamé, Pürëimä Saturn8 & New Moon Añöamé, Amävasyä Rähu

Tithi Deity 5 Energy

1 Brahmā (creator) Creating, culture, arts2 Vidhātṛ-hari (supporter) Building, planning3 Viṣṇu (sustainer) Expanding, protecting4 Yama (Death) Transformation5 Chandra (Moon) Growth, nourishment6 Skanda (war-god) Burning, clarifying7 Indra (king of heaven) Control, power8 Vasus (the shining ones) Fame, being seen 9 Nāga (serpent god) Deception, presumption10 Aryamā (companion) Love, marriage, family11 Rudra (lord of anger/rage) Power of destruction 12 Savitṛ (Sun’s creativity) Waking up, realizing13 Bhaga (source of luck) Relationship, sexuality14 Nirṛti (disorder goddess) Breaking, intensity Full Viśvadevas (universal principles) Nobility, good characterDark Pitṛs (Ancestors) Authority, karma

Lunar Constellation (Nakñatra)We live in a spiral galaxy called the

Milky Way. Our Sun is one of 200 billion stars that constitute our Galaxy. All objects in the Milky Way orbit their common center of mass called the Galactic Center. Our solar system is located toward the outer part of the Milky Way. In the diagram to the left, notice the Galactic Center relative to the location of our solar system’s Sun. We are about 28,000 light years from the Galactic Center. Because of the disk-like spiral shape of our galaxy it is perceived as a milky trail through the night sky. From our perspective, the center is in Sagittarius, specifically in a section of the sky called Müla, which means “the root”.

The ancients watched the motion of the Sun and Moon. There were 12.3 synodic Moon cycles in a year (New Moon to New Moon). The constellations the Sun was placed in during these Moon cycles became known as the 12 Sun signs (räçi).

The Moon takes 27.3217 days to completely circle the zodiac. The ancients watched this sidereal motion of the Moon and correlated this to 27 constellations which they called the lunar signs (nakñatra). These lunar signs overlap the Sun signs and the two zodiacs exist together. They are harmonized by the frequency of 108.

The lunar constellation are the domains of the gods and goddesses (devatä). It is their energy that rules over that particular portion of the sky. Understanding their mythology reveals the deeper workings of the lunar signs, and opens the doorway for intuitive understanding of the native’s psychology.

There are various levels by which to perceive the deities. They can be seen as natural forces, mental tendencies, or cosmic archetypes that are sometimes personified for ease of human grasping. Each of these levels simultaneously includes the other and it is the responsibility of the astrologer to not only perceive the multi-dimensionality of these energies, but to also comprehend how they influence every aspect of an individual’s life. Understanding the deity will help one get a ‘feeling’ for the devatä so as to understand the nakñatra from an energetic standpoint, instead of as a list.

Integration of the material:

There is the solar zodiac, the lunar zodiac, the solar month, the lunar month, the solar day, and the lunar day. We need to look at all of these factors and take them all into account to get a final understanding of how the energy of the day manifests itself. To do this we need to understand what affects which areas of our life and which elements take prominence over others in what areas of our life. For example picking out an outfit would be suitable to look at the day ruler. The prayers or songs Sung would be according to the lunar phase, the decision on when to leave would be primarily on the nakñatra (and then would next take into account the day and tithi). The more important the venture is, the more important the time. For daily planning slowly learn what all these calculations mean and enjoy the time.

Lao-Tzu, the famous author of the Tao-Te-Ching which is about how to go with the flow of the universe was a court astrologer. We use this info to help make decisions more in tune with the environment, we use it to help us flow, to help us be in inner and outer alignment. We don’t use it to get stuck. We flow and we pay attention and expand awareness.

# Constellation Deity Energy1 Açviné Açvinikumar Healing, rejuvenating, 2 Bharaëé Yama Dying, death, transformation3 Kåttikä Agni Burning, purifying, clarity, 4 Rohiëé Brahmä Creating, culture5 Mågaçiras Chandra Growth, ojas, procreative power6 Ärdrä Rudra Anger, power of destruction7 Punarvasu Aditi Learning, understanding, Expanding8 Puñya Båhaspati Knowing, awareness9 Äçleñä Sarpa Deception, illusion, over confidence10 Maghä Pitri Authority, karma11 Pürväphälguné Bhaga Relationship and sexuality12 Uttaräphälguné Aryaman Love, marriage, and family13 Hastä Savitre Waking up, realizing14 Citrä Viçvakarmä Building, planning15 Sväté Väyu Movement, strength to build16 Viçäkhä Indrägni Alliance, support systems17 Anurädhä Mitra Friendship, fine detail18 Jyeñöhä Indra Sensory control, controlling urges19 Müla Nirriti Breaking20 Purväñäòhä Apah Feeling, searching21 Uttaräñäòhä Viçva-deva Nobility, good character22 Çravaëa Viñëu All-pervasive, expanding23 Dhaniñöhä Vasu-deva Fame, shining, being seen24 Çatabhiñä Varuëa Punishment, repentance25 Purväbhädra Ajaikapada Tapasya, penance26 Uttaräbhädra Ahirbudhnya Unseen, hidden27 Revaté Püñän Nourisher, safe and fruitful journeys

Choosing a Time (Muhürta)

The time of initiating an event is compared to an archer aiming at a target. The archer’s presence of being at the moment the arrow is released will determine how it hits the target. Once released from the bow, it will fly upon its course (according to the aim of the archer at the moment of initiation). The sky shows the present, it shows the intentions. The proper choice of moment gives the proper state of mind to begin which will insure the highest possible result.

There are seven qualitative divisions among the nakñatras. They are used with the Moon’s transit to determine the quality of actions on a particular day. For example, putting out rat traps is better on an ugra nakñatra to ensure the removal of rats. Introducing yourself to someone you want as a friend is better on a mådu nakñatra if you want them to like you. Below is a list according to Varähamihira’s Båhat Saàhitä.

Quality Nakṣatra Nakṣatra karma guṇa adhyāyaḥ [97]Dhruva (fixed): indicates that it is good for stable, permanent and persevering results

RohiëéU.PhälgunéUttaräñäòhäUttaräbhädra

Commencement of coronations and new job positions (abhiñeka), remedial measures (çänti), planting trees (taru), benefits for the town (nagara), dharmic works (dharma), sowing seeds (béja), etc.

Tikñëa (Sharp and dreadful): A cutting nature, ability to make decisions, and executive ability

ÄrdräÄçleñäJyeñöhäMüla

Success in: attacks, retaliation, arguments (abhighäta), spells (mantra), working with ghosts (vetäla), imprisonment (bhandha), hurting or killing (vadha), terminating an employee, breaking unions/relations (bheda-sambandha), etc.

Ugra: (fierce and severe): when action must be aggressive or harsh

BharaëéMaghäP.PhälgunéPurväñäòhäPurväbhädra

Success in: destroying, ruining, interrupting (utsäda), destruction/removal (näça), deceit/ dishonesty (çäöhya), imprisoning (bandha), working with poison (viñada), slaughtering (hana), work with weapons (astra), injuring (ghäta), etc.

Laghu (light): not heavy, quick, active, prompt, graceful, easy

Açviné PuñyaHastä(Abhijit)

Business/ trade (paëya), sexual enjoyment (rati), pursuit of knowledge (jïäna), jewelry, decorative clothing, adornment (bhüñaëa), practical skills/arts (kalä), artisan/ skilled labor/handicraft (çilpa), use of herbs/medicines (auñadha), travels and journeys, etc.

Mådu (soft/ mild/ tender): indicates easy going nature and bhoga (indulging in pleasure/ enjoyments)

MågaçirasCiträAnurädhäRevaté

Gaining friends (mitra artha), delightful activities, sex (surata), rules, ordinances (vidhi), clothing, new outfits (vastra), jewelry, adornment (bhüñaëa), anything auspicious or ceremonial (maìgala), singing (géta), etc.

Mixed-Mådutékçëa (Soft and hard): Combination of results

Kåttikä Viçäkhä

These nakñatra will give miscellaneous or mixed (vimiçra) results.

Chara (moveable/ ephemeral): easily changing nature

PunarvasuSvätéÇravaëaDhaniñöhäÇatabhiñä

Good to benefit one’s own or other people’s welfare (cara karmaëi hitäni).

Sunday Monday TuesdayZ December 13 * December 14 A December 15

S 1 until 5:37

Sunrise at 7:18

Mūla until 8:01

Sun >> Sagittarius 8:03

Beneficial time for good works

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: [Saṅkrānti]

Jan 4, 05:47 to 07:24

Jan 8, 23:02 to Jan 09, 07:23 E December 20 F December 21 G December 22Jan 10, 19:40 to Jan 11, 07:23 S 6 until 1:23 Winter Solstice 2:02 S 8 until 4:45

Sunrise at 7:20 S 7 until 2:46 Sunrise at 7:21

Śatabhiṣa until 7:31 Moon >> Pisces 2:59 Uttarabhādra until 12:08

Sunrise at 7:21

Purvabhādra until 9:33

Mahäpäta Doña L December 27 M December 28 @ December 29Time to avoid good works Sunrise at 7:23 Rohiṇī until 2:10 Mṛgaśira until 4:02

Vyatipäta Yoga: S 13 until 16:51 Sunrise at 7:23 Sunrise at 7:23

Jan 9, 22:19 to Jan 10, 06:09 Moon >> Gemini 15:10 Pürëimä until 19:29

Jan 23, 02:02 to 09:01 S 14 until 18:25

Vyatipäta Yoga: Annapürëā Jayanti

Feb 4, 16:09 to 21:05

Q January 3 R January 4 S January 5Maghā until 6:27 Pūrvaphalgunī until 5:47 Uttaraphalgunī until 4:51

Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24

Venus >> Sagittarius 15:34 Moon >> Virgo 11:35 K 7 until 14:34

K 5 until 17:45 Mercury >> Capricorn 14:25

K 6 until 16:18

X January 10 Y January 11 * January 12K 12 until 3:23 K 13 until 1:03 Sunrise at 7:23

Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:23 Purvāśāḍhā until 16:52

Moon >> Sagittarius 19:40 Mūla until 18:08 Amäväsya until 21:00

Jyeṣṭhā until 19:40 K 14 until 22:53 Moon >> Capricorn 22:36

Sagittarius

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayB December 16 C December 17 C December 18 D December 19

S 2 until 3:25 S 3 until 1:48 S 4 until 0:54 S 5 until 0:45

Purvāśāḍhā until 6:34 Uttarāśāḍhā until 5:43 Śravaṇa until 5:34 Dhaniṣṭhā until 6:10

Sunrise at 7:18 Sunrise at 7:19 Sunrise at 7:19 Sunrise at 7:20

Moon >> Capricorn 12:18 Moon >> Aquarius 17:47

Mercury >> Sagittarius 22:08

H December 23 I December 24 J December 25 K December 26S 9 until 7:10 Sunrise at 7:22 Sunrise at 7:22 Moon >> Taurus 3:48

Sunrise at 7:22 Apogee 8:31 S 11 until 12:25 Sunrise at 7:23

Moon >> Aries 15:03 S 10 until 9:48 Bharaṇī until 21:06 S 12 until 14:49

Revatī until 15:03 Aśvinī until 18:07 Kṛttikā until 23:49

Mars >> Aries 20:50

Christmas Eve Christmas Day

N December 30 O December 31 P January 1 P January 2Ārdrā until 5:25 Moon >> Cancer 0:08 Puṣya until 6:46 Solar Perihelion 5:50

Sunrise at 7:24 Punarvasu until 6:19 Sunrise at 7:24 Moon >> Leo 6:47

K 1 until 20:01 Sunrise at 7:24 K 3 until 19:41 Āśleṣā until 6:47

K 2 until 20:04 Sunrise at 7:24

K 4 until 18:53

New Year's Eve New Year's Day

T January 6 U January 7 V January 8 W January 9Hastā until 3:40 Chitrā until 2:16 Svātī until 0:43 K 11 until 5:48


K 8 until 12:37 K 9 until 10:29 K 10 until 8:11 Perigee 7:36

Moon >> Libra 14:59 Moon >> Scorpio 17:28 Anurādhā until 21:20

Viśākhā until 23:03

A January 13 B January 14 C January 15Sunrise at 7:23

Uttarāśāḍhā until 15:58

Sun >> Capricorn 18:45

S 1 until 19:32

2020

Sunday Monday TuesdayX January 10 Y January 11 * January 12

Amåta Siddhi Yoga:

Jan 19, 23:07 to Jan 20, 07:19

Jan 23, 08:03 to Jan 24, 07:17

Jan 25, 07:16 to 12:26

Jan 28, 07:14 to 14:21

D January 17 E January 18 F January 19Dvipuñkar Yoga: Sunrise at 7:21 Sunrise at 7:21 Sunrise at 7:20

Jan 24, 10:31 to Jan 25, 07:16 Moon >> Pisces 11:46 Uttarabhādra until 20:25 Moon >> Aries 23:07

Feb 3, 12:42 to 07:09 Purvabhādra until 18:13 S 6 until 21:30 Revatī until 23:07

S 5 until 19:45 S 7 until 23:46

Guru Puñya Yoga:

Jan 28, 07:14 to 14:21 Martin Luther King Day

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: J January 24 K January 25 L January 26Jan 17, 18:13 to Jan 18, 07:21 Sunrise at 7:17 Mercury >> Aquarius 2:59 Sunrise at 7:16

Jan 19, 23:07 to Jan 20, 07:19 S 11 until 9:29 Sunrise at 7:17 S 13 until 11:42

Jan 23, 08:03 to Jan 24, 07:17 Rohiṇī until 10:31 S 12 until 10:55 Ārdrā until 13:42

Jan 25, 07:16 to 12:26 Moon >> Gemini 23:33 Mṛgaśira until 12:26

Jan 28, 07:14 to 14:21

Jan 31, 11:48 to Feb 01, 07:11

Feb 5, 04:58 to Feb 06, 03:48

Feb 7, 07:05 to Feb 08, 01:51 P January 31 P February 1 Q February 2K 3 until 6:55 K 4 until 4:56 K 5 until 2:50

Mahäpäta Doña Sunrise at 7:12 Sunrise at 7:11 Sunrise at 7:10

Vaidhåti Yoga Pūrvaphalgunī until 11:48 Uttaraphalgunī until 10:28 Hastā until 9:03

Jan 23, 02:02 to 09:01 Moon >> Virgo 17:29 Moon >> Libra 20:20

Vyatipäta Yoga

Feb 4, 16:09 to 21:05 National Freedom Day

W February 7 X February 8 Y February 9Moon >> Sagittarius 2:45 Mūla until 1:51 Purvāśāḍhā until 1:09

Jyeṣṭhā until 2:45 Sunrise at 7:04 Moon >> Capricorn 7:01

Sunrise at 7:05 K 12 until 13:50 Sunrise at 7:03

K 11 until 15:18 K 13 until 12:36

Capricorn

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Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayA January 13 B January 14 C January 15 C January 16

Sunrise at 7:23 Sunrise at 7:22 Moon >> Aquarius 3:36 Sunrise at 7:22

Uttarāśāḍhā until 15:58 Śravaṇa until 15:35 Sunrise at 7:22 Śatabhiṣa until 16:40

Sun >> Capricorn 18:45 S 2 until 18:36 Dhaniṣṭhā until 15:47 S 4 until 18:39

S 1 until 19:32 S 3 until 18:16

[Makara Saṅkrānti]

Puëya Käla 07:22 to 17:05

F January 20 G January 21 H January 22 I January 23Sunrise at 7:20 Aśvinī until 2:07 S 9 until 5:00 Sunrise at 7:18

S 8 until 2:21 Bharaṇī until 5:10 S 10 until 7:27

Apogee 5:11 Sunrise at 7:19 Kṛttikā until 8:03

Sunrise at 7:19 Moon >> Taurus 11:55

M January 27 @ January 28 N January 29 O January 30Sunrise at 7:15 Sunrise at 7:15 Sunrise at 7:14 Sunrise at 7:13

Moon >> Cancer 8:14 Pürëimä until 11:17 K 1 until 10:13 K 2 until 8:43

S 14 until 11:48 Puṣya until 14:21 Moon >> Leo 13:52 Maghā until 12:58

Venus >> Capricorn 14:00 Āśleṣā until 13:52

Punarvasu until 14:19

R February 3 T February 4 U February 5 V February 6K 6 until 0:43 Svātī until 6:16 Viśākhā until 4:59 Anurādhā until 3:48


Chitrā until 7:38 Mercury >> Capricorn 9:35 K 9 until 18:44 K 10 until 16:57

Perigee 11:02 K 8 until 20:38

K 7 until 22:38 Moon >> Scorpio 23:17

Z February 10 * February 11 A February 12Uttarāśāḍhā until 0:42 Śravaṇa until 0:35

Sunrise at 7:02 Sunrise at 7:01

K 14 until 11:40 Amäväsya until 11:06

Moon >> Aquarius 12:41

2021

Two Zodiacs and PrecessionThe important factor to understand is that the rising star position on the spring equinox changes

over time, and it is called the precession. The spring equinox point is slowly moving backwards through the zodiac at about one degree every seventy-two years. This is the source of many debates. Does the zodiac begin wherever the spring equinox is located or does it begin based on a stellar position?

Since this is an area of great debate, every view is coloured by a certain bias. It is impossible to not have any bias, as we all have a background which gives meaning to what we perceive. While we cannot remove our bias, we can at least be aware of it. I am an inclusivist.1 I believe that if the fundamental aspects (archetypes) of any system relate to reality, then in whatever culture they evolve within, they will be able to correlate to the same archetypes in another culture. In this way, I see everything that has evolved as serving a purpose. That stated, I proceed to speak of the evolution of the zodiacs and precession in the most unbiased way I possibly can.

1 For a full discussion of the two zodiacs, see http://www.sutrajournal.com/the-tale-of-two-zodiacs-by-freedom-cole.

Looking in ancient texts, we see Vedic references to the spring equinox being located in the stars of the Pleiades, which is in the beginning of Taurus [see first zodiac image], and even possible references to a period at the end of Taurus. In Hellenist sources, we see references to the spring equinox at ten, eight and zero degrees of Aries.

According to the calculations accepted by the government of India, the spring equinox was at zero degrees of Aries in 290 CE.2 When we look at the 290 CE zodiac [above] we see that the sign of Aries lines up exactly with the spring equinox. From the spring equinox to the Summer Solstice is divided into three parts and each correlate to a sign of the zodiac. These three parts each correlate to approximately one month of thirty days each. In the 2600 BC zodiac, Aries is before the equinox and the constellations and portions of seasons do not line up. In the 290 CE zodiac, Aries is directly after the equinox and lines up with the seasons.

Claudius Ptolemy (100- 170 CE) wrote one of the most influential books on astronomy and astrology of the ancient world, in which he defined zero degrees of Aries starting at the spring equinox. Many schools of astrology all over the ancient world, including India, used this as the demarcation for Aries. Not everyone used it, but it became a very popular methodology for the next eight hundred years.

Looking at the present Zodiac on the next page we can see that the present spring equinox is at six degrees of sidereal Pisces, and continuing to move backwards at one degree every seventy-two years. What Ptolemy did was separate the constellations from the sky and attached them to the seasons. As the stars continued to move, those using Ptolemy continued to call the thirty days after the spring equinox as Aries, even though it did not correlate to the stars of Aries anymore.

The system that calculates the spring equinox as the beginning of Aries was called Tropical (pertaining to the celestial tropics). In Sanskrit, it is called the Sāyana, meaning with (sa) the equinoxes (ayana). The tropical system basically kept the seasonal positions and stellar nomenclature of the 290 CE zodiac as a standard.

The system that calculated the exact star position of the spring equinox and used the exact star position of planets is called Sidereal (pertaining to the stars). In Sanskrit, it is called Nirayana, meaning without (nir) the equinoxes (ayana). In the most ancient texts, we find reference to the sidereal system. After Alexander the Great, we see reference to both sidereal and tropical systems being used in India. The use of the tropical system stops in India by about the tenth or eleventh century. It’s a detriment when people say ‘Vedic Astrology’ and think there was only one system. Through the Vedic texts we see that there were multiple systems in various locations from Iran to Thailand and Bali, as well as different styles even within the same locations.

The difference between the two systems is called the ayanāṁśā (portion varied from equinox). The tropical zodiac is sometimes called the western zodiac, but this is a misnomer, as there are western astrologers who use the sidereal zodiac. There are also Vedic astrologers who use a tropical zodiac. Therefore, proper terminology is Tropical (sāyana) and Sidereal (nirayana).

2 290 CE according to Lahiri Ayanāṁśā (which is accepted by the Indian government), 359 CE according to Raman Ayanāṁśā, 221 CE according to Fagan-Bradley, and 560CE according to De Luce.

AquariusSunday Monday Tuesday

W February 7 X February 8 Y February 9

Amåta Siddhi Yoga:

Feb 16, 07:27 to Feb 17, 06:53

Feb 20, 06:49 to 19:14

Feb 28, 18:07 to Mar 01, 06:36

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: C February 14 C February 15 D February 16Feb 14, 06:57 to Feb 15, 04:59 Purvabhādra until 3:03 Uttarabhādra until 4:59 Sunrise at 6:55

Feb 16, 07:27 to Feb 17, 06:53 Sunrise at 6:58 Sunrise at 6:56 Moon >> Aries 7:27

Feb 20, 06:49 to 19:14 S 3 until 12:30 S 4 until 14:08 Revatī until 7:27

Feb 28, 06:38 to Mar 01, 06:36 Valentine's Day Presidents' Day S 5 until 16:17

Mar 4, 10:28 to Mar 05, 06:30

Mar 5, 06:30 to 09:08 Vasanta Païchamé

Mar 7, 06:27 to 07:29

H February 21 I February 22 J February 23Tripuñkar Yoga: S 9 until 2:13 S 10 until 3:47 S 11 until 4:36

Feb 13, 06:58 to 11:26 Sunrise at 6:49 Sunrise at 6:47 Sunrise at 6:46

Feb 23, 06:45 to 23:47 Moon >> Gemini 8:26 Ārdrā until 23:01 Moon >> Cancer 17:40

Feb 27, 21:48 to Feb 28, 06:38 Mars >> Taurus 15:07 Punarvasu until 23:48

Feb 28, 06:38 to 18:07 Mṛgaśira until 21:28

Mar 9, 06:24 to 07:12

Mahäpäta Doña O February 28 P March 1 P March 2Vyatipäta Yoga: Moon >> Virgo 1:37 Sunrise at 6:38 Moon >> Libra 3:00

Mar 2, 05:58 to 09:52 Sunrise at 6:39 Hastā until 16:02 Sunrise at 6:36

Vaidhåti Yoga: Uttaraphalgunī until 18:07 K 3 until 16:17 K 4 until 13:30

Feb 17, 11:23 to 16:30 K 2 until 19:06 Perigee 21:18 Chitrā until 13:59

U March 7 V March 8 W March 9K 9 until 3:18 K 10 until 2:15 K 11 until 1:33

Sunrise at 6:29 Sunrise at 6:27 Sunrise at 6:26

Mūla until 7:29 Purvāśāḍhā until 7:11 Uttarāśāḍhā until 7:12

Moon >> Capricorn 13:09

2021Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Z February 10 * February 11 A February 12 B February 13Dhaniṣṭhā until 0:53 Śatabhiṣa until 1:42


Sun >> Aquarius 7:43 S 2 until 11:27

S 1 until 11:00 Moon >> Pisces 20:39

Chinese New Year

[Saṅkrānti]


E February 17 F February 18 F February 19 G February 20Sunrise at 6:54 Apogee 2:21 Sunrise at 6:51 S 8 until 0:03

Aśvinī until 10:19 Sunrise at 6:53 Kṛttikā until 16:28 Sunrise at 6:50

S 6 until 18:49 Bharaṇī until 13:24 Venus >> Aquarius 12:53

Moon >> Taurus 20:11 Rohiṇī until 19:14

S 7 until 21:29

K February 24 L February 25 M February 26 @ February 27S 12 until 4:36 S 13 until 3:50 S 14 until 2:21 Pürëimä until 0:18


Puṣya until 23:48 Moon >> Leo 23:06 Maghā until 21:49 Pūrvaphalgunī until 20:06

Āśleṣā until 23:06 K 1 until 21:50

Pürëimä

Q March 3 R March 4 S March 5 T March 6Sunrise at 6:35 Moon >> Scorpio 4:51 K 7 until 6:25 K 8 until 4:41

K 5 until 10:52 Sunrise at 6:33 Sunrise at 6:32 Sunrise at 6:30

Svātī until 12:06 K 6 until 8:30 Anurādhā until 9:08 Moon >> Sagittarius 8:08

Viśākhā until 10:28 Jyeṣṭhā until 8:08

X March 10 Y March 11 Z March 12 * March 13K 12 until 1:11 K 13 until 1:11 K 14 until 1:33 Amäväsya until 2:22

Sunrise at 6:24 Sunrise at 6:23 Sunrise at 6:21 Moon >> Pisces 4:27

Śravaṇa until 7:33 Dhaniṣṭhā until 8:16 Śatabhiṣa until 9:21 Sunrise at 6:20

Moon >> Aquarius 19:52 Mahä Siva Rätri Purvabhādra until 10:52

Mercury >> Aquarius 23:05

Sunday Monday TuesdayA March 14 B March 15 C March 16

Daylight Saving Time Starts 2:00 S 2 until 6:20 Sunrise at 7:15

S 1 until 4:37 Sunrise at 7:17 S 3 until 8:30

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: Sun >> Pisces 5:34 Moon >> Aries 16:14 Venus >> Pisces 14:31

Mar 16, 07:13 to 19:01 Sunrise at 7:18 Revatī until 16:14 Aśvinī until 19:01

Mar 28, 06:54 to Mar 29, 02:32 Uttarabhādra until 13:50

Mar 31, 18:52 to Apr 01, 06:48 [Saṅkrānti]


Dvipuñkar Yoga: G March 21 H March 22 I March 23Mar 20, 07:07 to 18:40 Mṛgaśira until 6:55 Sunrise at 7:06 Moon >> Cancer 4:01

Sunrise at 7:07 Ārdrā until 8:58 Sunrise at 7:04

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: S 8 until 20:31 S 9 until 21:38 Punarvasu until 10:16

Mar 14, 07:16 to 13:50 S 10 until 21:54

Mar 16, 07:13 to 19:01

Mar 17, 22:05 to Mar 18, 07:10

Mar 28, 06:54 to Mar 29, 02:32

Mar 31, 18:52 to Apr 01, 06:48 @ March 28 N March 29 O March 30Apr 1, 06:48 to 16:49 Uttaraphalgunī until 5:06 Hastā until 2:32 K 2 until 4:58

Apr 4, 13:36 to Apr 05, 06:42 Sunrise at 6:57 Sunrise at 6:55 Sunrise at 6:53

Apr 5, 13:35 to Apr 06, 06:40 Pürëimä until 11:48 K 1 until 8:25 Svātī until 21:15

Apr 11, 23:00 to Apr 12, 06:31 Moon >> Libra 13:12

Holi Perigee 23:16

Mahäpäta Doña Passover (first day) Chitrā until 23:52

Vyatipäta Yoga:

Mar 14, 20:18 to Mar 15, 00:46 T April 4 U April 5 V April 6Apr 9, 05:13 to 09:47 Sunrise at 6:46 Sunrise at 6:44 Sunrise at 6:43

Purvāśāḍhā until 13:36 Jupiter >> Aquarius 11:55 K 10 until 13:40

K 8 until 14:30 Uttarāśāḍhā until 13:35 Śravaṇa until 14:05

Moon >> Capricorn 19:33 K 9 until 13:50

Easter Sunday

* April 11 A April 12 B April 13Sunrise at 6:35 Sunrise at 6:34

Amäväsya until 19:31 S 1 until 21:47

Moon >> Aries 23:00

Revatī until 23:00

Vasanta Navarātri

Pisces

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayC March 17 D March 18 E March 19 F March 20

Sunrise at 7:14 Moon >> Taurus 4:52 Kṛttikā until 1:14 Vernal Equinox 2:37

S 4 until 10:59 Sunrise at 7:12 Sunrise at 7:11 Rohiṇī until 4:16

Apogee 22:03 S 5 until 13:40 S 6 until 16:19 Sunrise at 7:09

Bharaṇī until 22:05 Moon >> Gemini 17:39

S 7 until 18:41

J March 24 K March 25 L March 26 M March 27Sunrise at 7:03 Sunrise at 7:01 Sunrise at 7:00 Sunrise at 6:58


S 11 until 21:18 Āśleṣā until 10:19 S 13 until 17:42 Moon >> Virgo 12:50

S 12 until 19:52 S 14 until 14:58

Holika

Passover starts

P March 31 Q April 1 R April 2 S April 3K 3 until 1:37 Sunrise at 6:50 Sunrise at 6:49 Sunrise at 6:47

Sunrise at 6:52 Anurādhā until 16:50 Moon >> Sagittarius 15:14 Mūla until 14:09

Mercury >> Pisces 12:14 K 5 until 19:46 Jyeṣṭhā until 15:14 K 7 until 15:43

Moon >> Scorpio 13:26 K 6 until 17:29


K 4 until 22:31

W April 7 X April 8 Y April 9 Z April 10Moon >> Aquarius 2:31 Sunrise at 6:40 Sunrise at 6:38 Sunrise at 6:37

Sunrise at 6:41 K 12 until 14:47 Moon >> Pisces 11:47 K 14 until 17:34

K 11 until 14:00 Śatabhiṣa until 16:28 K 13 until 15:59 Uttarabhādra until 20:28

Dhaniṣṭhā until 15:03 Venus >> Aries 18:00


C April 14 C April 15 D April 16

2021

Two Halves of the Year

In Charaka Saṁhitā1 , the year is divided into two halves, each divided into three portions of two months. The solar half of the year is from winter solstice to summer solstice. It is called the northward course (uttarāyaëa 2) where the days of the Sun lengthen. The lunar half of the year is from summer solstice to winter solstice, and is called the southward course (dakṣiëāyana) where the nights of the Moon lengthen. Charaka divides each half-year into three seasons, making the six traditional Indian seasons.3 Each of these seasons is divided into two seasonal months.

The two halves of the year can easily be described as being divided by the two solstices. In this context, uttara means north (or upwards) and ayana means roadway, or course. Dakṣiṇa means south (or rightside). The two halves are called the southern and northern course of the Sun respectively.

In the image on the following page,4 the Sun rises at 30° southeast on the winter solstice. At the equinox it rises at directly 90° east. On the summer solstice it rises at 60° northeast. On each day of the northerly course (Uttarāyaëa), it rises more and more towards the north. After the summer solstice, the Sun begins to rise more towards the south each day, which creates the southerly course (Dakṣiṇāyana). The movement of the Sun in these two directions creates two astronomical halves of the year.5

Uttarāyaëa is also the Sun’s movement from its lowest point in the sky (closest to Earth) at the winter solstice, towards its highest point in the sky at the summer solstice. Dakṣiṇāyana is the opposite motion, where the Sun becomes lower and lower in the sky. In Uttarāyaëa, shadows get shorter as the Sun gets higher in the sky. In Dakṣiṇāyana, shadows get longer as the Sun gets lower and has more of an angle to create shadows. The shadow length can be observed on a sundial, and indicates the day of the month. As the shadow shortens, our outward nature grows. As the shadow lengthens, the internal–emotional world grows. This cycle relates to the breath of the year. Uttarāyaëa is the exhalation, while Dakṣiṇāyana is the inhalation. The exhalation takes us outward and the inhalation brings us within. The solstices are the points in between the in and out breaths.

1 Charaka Saṁhitā, Sūtrasthāna VI (Tasyāśita).2 Charaka actually uses the term Ādityasyodagayana- the Sun moving northward. Uttarāyaëa is the more common terminology, which complements the next verse using dakṣināyana for the southern course of the Sun.3 Charaka Saṁhitā, Sūtrasthāna VI.4. In different texts and different time periods and different Kingdoms of ancient India, there were other divisions of three, four or five seasons. The oldest texts use three seasons of four months (hence the cāturmāsya sacrifices and the three-axled wheel in Ṛgveda I.164.2 and I.164.48). The Taittirīya Saṁhitā VII.1.10.3-4 (and VII.3.8) mentions the five nights of sacrifice station one in the five seasons of the year. We see a standard five-sea-son system (correlating to the five-saṁvatsara cycle as indicated in Taittiriya Saṁhitā I.4.14 when mentioned with the intercalary saṁvatsara) wherein the winter (hemanta) and the cool season (śiśira) are consciously merged (as noted by the dual form of the nomenclature in Taittirīya Saṁhitā I.6.2.3; I delight in the winter-cool seasons; delighted may they two delight me; hemantaśiśirav ṛtūnām prīṇāmi tau mā prītau prīṇītām). In this way, the Ṛgveda primarily uses five sea-sons, while the Yajurveda and Brāhmaṇas are using six. Taittirīya Saṁhitā VI.5.3.2 utilizes six seasons, so both systems are present in the same text.4 Map for Sacramento, the capital of California, which is 38° north: about the northernmost tip of Jammu and Kashmir. This image has accurate angles and each dot on the Sun’s path relates to an hour of time.5 Modern texts books only discuss the seasons from a heliocentric view, which does not educate a person from their embodied geocentric standpoint of living on Earth. The change of season is created by the Earth’s movement around the Sun, but it is observed and calculated from our standpoint on Earth as the Sun moving its position.

Sunday Monday Tuesday* April 11 A April 12 B April 13

Aśvinī until 1:50

Sunrise at 6:32

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: Mars >> Gemini 12:44

Apr 25, 06:13 to 13:25 Sun >> Aries 14:03

Apr 28, 06:09 to Apr 29, 01:59 Ramadan

May 8, 02:17 to 05:57 [Saṅkrānti]


Tripuñkar Yoga: E April 18 F April 19 G April 20Apr 18, 16:32 to Apr 19, 06:21 Sunrise at 6:25 Sunrise at 6:24 Sunrise at 6:23

Apr 24, 06:14 to 06:47 S 6 until 10:06 S 7 until 11:32 S 8 until 12:14

Apr 27, 16:44 to Apr 28, 04:43 Ārdrā until 16:32 Moon >> Cancer 11:59 Puṣya until 19:29

May 2, 02:20 to 06:04 Punarvasu until 18:23

May 2, 06:04 to 19:52

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: L April 25 @ April 26 N April 27Apr 14, 04:53 to 06:28 S 13 until 3:44 Moon >> Libra 0:02 Sunrise at 6:13

Apr 14, 06:28 to Apr 15, 06:27 Sunrise at 6:16 S 14 until 0:15 Svātī until 7:39

Apr 19, 18:23 to Apr 20, 06:20 Hastā until 13:25 Sunrise at 6:15 Perigee 8:22

Apr 20, 19:29 to Apr 21, 06:18 Chitrā until 10:36 K 1 until 16:45

Apr 25, 06:13 to 13:25 Pürëimä until 20:32 Moon >> Scorpio 23:26

Apr 28, 06:09 to Apr 29, 01:59 Hanuman Jayanté

May 2, 06:04 to 19:52

May 3, 06:03 to 19:56 R May 2 S May 3 T May 4May 8, 02:17 to 05:57 Moon >> Capricorn 2:16 K 7 until 1:10 K 8 until 0:41

May 9, 05:56 to May 10, 05:55 K 6 until 2:21 Sunrise at 6:06 Venus >> Taurus 0:57

May 11, 11:01 to May 12, 05:53 Sunrise at 6:07 Śravaṇa until 19:57 Sunrise at 6:05

May 12, 05:53 to May 13, 05:52 Uttarāśāḍhā until 19:52 Moon >> Aquarius 8:14

Dhaniṣṭhā until 20:41

Mahäpäta Doña

Vyatipäta Yoga: Y May 9 Z May 10 * May 11Apr 22, 21:15 to Apr 23, 01:39 Moon >> Aries 4:59 Sunrise at 5:59 Sunrise at 5:58

Vaidhåti Yoga: Revatī until 4:59 Aśvinī until 7:56 Bharaṇī until 11:01

May 4, 16:24 to 21:45 Sunrise at 6:00 K 14 until 9:26 Amäväsya until 12:00

K 13 until 7:01 Apogee 14:53 (farthest for 2021)

Moon >> Taurus 17:49

Mother’s Day

Aries

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayB April 14 C April 15 C April 16 D April 17

S 2 until 0:19 S 3 until 2:58 S 4 until 5:37 Moon >> Gemini 0:39

Bharaṇī until 4:53 Sunrise at 6:30 Sunrise at 6:28 Sunrise at 6:27

Sunrise at 6:31 Kṛttikā until 8:03 Mercury >> Aries 8:29 S 5 until 8:03

Apogee 10:45 Rohiṇī until 11:10 Mṛgaśira until 14:04


H April 21 I April 22 J April 23 K April 24Sunrise at 6:21 Sunrise at 6:20 Sunrise at 6:19 Sunrise at 6:17


Moon >> Leo 19:45 Maghā until 19:12 Pūrvaphalgunī until 17:52 Uttaraphalgunī until 15:54

Āśleṣā until 19:45 Moon >> Virgo 23:26

Rāma Navamī

O April 28 P April 29 P April 30 Q May 1Viśākhā until 4:43 Anurādhā until 2:00 Sunrise at 6:10 K 5 until 4:12

Sunrise at 6:12 Sunrise at 6:11 K 4 until 6:40 Sunrise at 6:09

K 2 until 13:05 K 3 until 9:40 Mercury >> Taurus 17:12 Purvāśāḍhā until 20:29

Moon >> Sagittarius 23:38 Mūla until 21:46

Jyeṣṭhā until 23:38

U May 5 V May 6 W May 7 X May 8K 9 until 0:53 K 10 until 1:41 K 11 until 3:03 Uttarabhādra until 2:17

Sunrise at 6:04 Sunrise at 6:03 Sunrise at 6:02 K 12 until 4:52

Śatabhiṣa until 22:02 Moon >> Pisces 17:25 Sunrise at 6:01


A May 12 B May 13 C May 14 C May 15Sunrise at 5:57 Sunrise at 5:56 Sunrise at 5:55 Sunrise at 5:54

Kṛttikā until 14:10 S 2 until 17:09 Moon >> Gemini 6:44 S 4 until 21:32

S 1 until 14:37 Rohiṇī until 17:15 Sun >> Taurus 10:55 Ārdrā until 22:44

S 3 until 19:30

Mṛgaśira until 20:09

Akñaya Tåtéyä

Eid al-Fitr starts Eid al-Fitr ends [Saṅkrānti]


2021

Uttarāyaëa Sun (Agneya)Śiśira: Cold Season Maruts

Vasanta: Spring VasusGrīṣma: Summer Rudra

Dakṣiṇāyana Moon (Saumya)Varṣa: Rainy Season21 Ādityas

Śarad: Autumn ViśvadevasHemant: Winter Maruts

Seasons (Ṛtu)

Each half-year is divided into three seasons (ṛtu). Half the seasons are solar, and half are lunar. These seasons are particular to Southeast Asia, but the way of looking at them can deepen the way we look at seasons anywhere. Spring (vasanta) marks the head of the year and lasts approximately 60 days. It is followed by Summer (grīśma), which is extremely hot in Asia. After this come the warm rains in the Rainy Season (varṣa). This is followed by the Autumn (Śarad), which is a time of harvest. Then comes the first phase of Winter, called Hemanta, followed by the second phase called Śiśira. These two phases together are often called Winter, and the Cold, or Cool, Season.1

In the Vedic period, deities ruled each of the seasons, and they were called on during prayers. Spring is ruled by the Vasus (the shining ones); Summer by the Rudras (destruction gods); and the Rainy Season by the Ādityas (creative potency of the forms of the Sun). Autumn is ruled by the Viśvadevas (universal principles), and the Winter seasons are ruled by the Maruts (wind gods).2 In the Atharvaveda, the deities of the seasons were invoked in prayer, while later the seasons themselves were invoked. After the invocation of the seasons in the Taittirīya Saṁhitā (VII.1.18.1-2), the worshipper says, “Holy order have I placed upon truth; truth have I placed upon holy order.”3

The seasons (ṛtu) are seen to be the force of the Natural or Divine Order (Ṛta). There is law that is made by mankind, and then there is ‘that which is natural’ to the Universe: the way things are – Ṛta. The seasons cyclically unfold in their natural order. They are the external manifestation of the Natural Order of the Universe. By aligning ourselves with the seasons in ritual and lifestyle, we are aligning with the Divine Order.

There are certain Vedic rites performed with the fruits or grains of the particular season.4 The Spring was offered the life-sap/juice (rasa); the Summer given barley (yava); and the Rains were given the healing medicine (auṣadhi). The Autumn was given rice; the Winter was given pulses (māṣa); and the Cool Season was given sesame seeds (tila).5 It is said that the seasons made Prajapati sacrifice in this way, and then Prajapati made Indra sacrifice accordingly. The Vedic texts often performed seasonal rituals as part of their sacrificial practices. The hope was to propitiate the season so that it would yield good results. For example, by ritually making the Rainy Season happy, the rains would come on time and release in the proper amount (no late rains that kill the planted seedlings, or excess rain that washes them away).

Tāntrik literature divided the day into six portions of four hours, and mapped the different seasons onto the day. This is used to ensure that specific rituals are performed at the time that correlates to the desired effects. The seasons can also be found overlain on the breath. Uttarāyaëa is the exhalation, and Dakṣiṇāyana is the inhalation. As each half of the year is divided into three parts, so the breath is divided into three natural parts.

1 I use the term Varṣa and its English translation of rains or rainy instead of “Monsoon” which is the Portuguese and Dutch variation of the Arabic word “mausim”.2 In the Taittiriya Āraṇyaka (I.3-4) Spring is ruled by the Vasus; Summer by Rudra-gaṇa; the Rainy Season by the Ādityas; Autumn by Ṛbhus (skilled artisan gods); and Winter seasons are ruled by the Maruts. In Taittirīya Saṁhitā (VII.1.18) Spring is associated with the Vasus and Gāyātrī meter; Summer is associated with Rudra and Triṣṭubh meter; the Rainy season is associated with the Ādityas and Jagatī meter; the Viśvadevas are associated with the Autumn and Anuśṭubh meter; and the Winter seasons are associated with Paṅkti meter and the gods of the Angiras. They are also delineated in Taittiriya Brāhmaṇa II.6.19. The deities of each of the seasons are invoked in prayers in the Atharvaveda III.10.9, V.28.13, XI.6.17, and XIX.37.4.3 āhaṁ dīkṣām aruham ṛtasya patnīṁ gāyatreṇa chandasā brahmaṇā cartaṁ satyeˈdhāṁ satyam ṛteˈdhām || Tait-tirīya Saṁhitā VII.1.18.1-2. Translation above by Arthur Keith.4 Dr Raghavan, Ṛtu in Sanskrit Literature, p.6.5 Taittiriya Saṁhitā VII.2.10.1-2.

After the lungs have been completely filled, the exhalation quickly comes out (Śiśira) and then it balances its force (Spring) and exasperates itself at the end of the exhalation (Summer). The Rainy Season is the beginning of the inhalation, gasping to fill with breath; while the Autumn is the balanced, even exhalation, and the Winter is the final slow filling of the inhalation. The middle of the breath is naturally more balanced, and this is the location of the equinoxes.

Coming to Śiva’s WeddingThe seasons can be anthropomorphized as living beings. They come to the sacrifice in the Vedic literature to

partake in the Soma. In the Taittirīya Brāmaṇa (III.10.4.1) they are seen as parts of a bird, with Spring as the head, the Winter months as the body, Summer and Autumn the wings, and the Rainy Season as the tail. In the Puruṣa Sūkta, when the gods performed the cosmic sacrifice, the Cosmic Person (Puruṣa) was the offering, Spring was the ghee, the Summer was the fuel, [the Rains were the purificatory water], and Autumn was the offering food.6

The seasons come as beautiful women dancing to Śiva and Parvatī’s wedding in the Purāṇas.7 They are each wearing the elements of their season. Spring has anklets made of bees as she walks upon the lotuses of the forest. She holds a mango branch with fresh sprouts. Everything sprouts, grows, and flowers where she walks. Śiva and Parvatī relate to the Sun and Moon; and the seasons dancing at their wedding is an archetypal image of the Natural Order.8

6 Ṛgveda X.90.6.7 Brahma Purāṇa 36.7. The seasons appear as beautiful women, each made of the elements of their season.8 For the full article on the seasons, see http://www.sutrajournal.com/the-six-seasons-part-one-by-freedom-cole.

Sunday Monday TuesdayD May 16 D May 17 E May 18

Sunrise at 5:53 Punarvasu until 0:52 S 6 until 0:04

Moon >> Cancer 18:23 Sunrise at 5:52 Puṣya until 2:25

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: S 5 until 23:05 Sunrise at 5:52

May 26, 05:42 to 12:46

Jun 4, 08:17 to Jun 05, 05:38

Dvipuñkar Yoga:

May 22, 23:42 to May 23, 05:44 K May 23 L May 24 M May 25May 23, 05:44 to 15:08 Sunrise at 5:48 Sunrise at 5:47 Sunrise at 5:47

Tripuñkar Yoga: Moon >> Libra 10:34 S 13 until 11:42 S 14 until 8:00

Jun 12, 05:37 to 07:47 S 12 until 15:09 Svātī until 18:36 Moon >> Scorpio 10:26

Chitrā until 21:20 Narasimha Caturdashé Viśākhā until 15:41

Ravi Puñya Yoga: Perigee 18:50

May 16, 12:52 to May 17, 05:49 Mercury >> Gemini 20:01

Jun 13, 06:31 to Jun 14, 05:37 Buddha Pürëimä

Q May 30 R May 31 S June 1Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: Uttarāśāḍhā until 4:12 Śravaṇa until 3:32 Dhaniṣṭhā until 3:38

May 16, 12:52 to May 17, 05:49 Sunrise at 5:44 Sunrise at 5:44 Sunrise at 5:44

May 17, 05:49 to May 18, 02:25 K 5 until 13:43 K 6 until 12:37 K 7 until 12:17

May 18, 05:48 to May 19, 03:18 Moon >> Aquarius 15:29 Mars >> Cancer 18:22

May 26, 05:42 to 12:46 Memorial Day

May 30, 04:12 to 05:40

Jun 4, 08:17 to Jun 05, 05:38

Jun 6, 05:38 to 13:58 X June 6 Y June 7 Z June 8Jun 8, 05:37 to 20:14 Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:42

Jun 9, 05:37 to Jun 10, 05:37 Aśvinī until 13:58 Bharaṇī until 17:06 Kṛttikā until 20:14

Jun 12, 04:28 to 05:37 K 12 until 20:19 Apogee 19:27

Jun 13, 06:31 to Jun 14, 05:37 K 13 until 22:55


Mahäpäta Doña

Vyatipäta Yoga:

May 18, 14:35 to 20:57 C June 13 C June 14 D June 15Vaidhåti Yoga: Moon >> Cancer 0:03

May 30, 24:09 to 19:30 Sunrise at 5:41


S 3 until 9:11

Taurus

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayF May 19 H May 20 I May 21 J May 22

S 7 until 0:21 Maghā until 3:28 Pūrvaphalgunī until 2:53 Uttaraphalgunī until 1:36

Moon >> Leo 3:18 Sunrise at 5:50 Sunrise at 5:49 Sunrise at 5:49

Āśleṣā until 3:18 S 9 until 22:41 Moon >> Virgo 8:37 S 11 until 18:14

Sunrise at 5:51 S 10 until 20:47 Hastā until 23:43

S 8 until 23:54

@ May 26 N May 27 O May 28 P May 29Pürëimä until 4:14 Eclipse K 1 until 0:33 Sunrise at 5:45 Purvāśāḍhā until 5:34

Sunrise at 5:46 Sunrise at 5:46 Mūla until 7:32 Sunrise at 5:45

Anurādhā until 12:46 Moon >> Sagittarius 10:00 Venus >> Gemini 11:31 Moon >> Capricorn 11:10

Jyeṣṭhā until 10:00 K 3 until 18:04 K 4 until 15:34

K 2 until 21:07

T June 2 U June 3 V June 4 W June 5Śatabhiṣa until 4:30 Sunrise at 5:43 Sunrise at 5:43 Sunrise at 5:42

Sunrise at 5:43 Purvabhādra until 6:05 Uttarabhādra until 8:17 Moon >> Aries 10:58

K 8 until 12:44 K 9 until 13:53 K 10 until 15:38 Revatī until 10:58

Mercury >> Taurus 14:04 K 11 until 17:50

Moon >> Pisces 23:37

Z June 9 * June 10 A June 11 B June 12K 14 until 1:29 Amäväsya until 3:53 Eclipse Mṛgaśira until 2:01 Ārdrā until 4:28


Rohiṇī until 23:15 Moon >> Gemini 12:40 S 1 until 6:01 S 2 until 7:49

E June 16 F June 17 G June 18

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May 26, 2021: Total Lunar Eclipse

May 26, 2021: Total Lunar EclipsePenumbral Eclipse begins May 26 at 08:47 UTC May 26 at 1:47 PDTPartial Eclipse begins May 26 at 09:44 UTC May 26 at 2:44 PDTFull Eclipse begins May 26 at 11:11 UTC May 26 at 4:11 PDTMaximum Eclipse May 26 at 11:18 UTC May 26 at 4:18 PDTFull Eclipse ends May 26 at 11:25 UTC May 26 at 4:25 PDTPartial Eclipse ends May 26 at 12:52 UTC May 26 at 5:52 PDTPenumbral Eclipse ends May 26 at 13:49 UTC May 26 at 6:49 PDT

Duration of Total Phase - 00 Hours 11 Mins 16 SecsDuration of Partial Phase - 03 Hours 06 Mins 22 SecsDuration of Penumbral Phase - 05 Hours 00 Mins 39 Secs

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June 10, 2021: Annular Solar Eclipse

June 10, 2021: Annular Solar EclipseFirst location to see the partial eclipse begin Jun 10 at 08:12 UTC Jun 10 at 1:12 PDTFirst location to see the full eclipse begin Jun 10 at 09:49 UTC Jun 10 at 2:49 PDTMaximum Eclipse Jun 10 at 10:41 UTC Jun 10 at 3:41 PDTLast location to see the full eclipse end Jun 10 at 11:33 UTC Jun 10 at 4:33 PDTLast location to see the partial eclipse end Jun 10 at 13:11 UTC Jun 10 at 6:11 PDT


Sunday Monday TuesdayC June 13 C June 14 D June 15


Puṣya until 8:07 Moon >> Leo 9:12

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: S 4 until 10:05 Āśleṣā until 9:12

Jul 2, 05:42 to 17:44 Sun >> Gemini 17:32 S 5 until 10:28

Ravi Puñya Yoga: [Saṅkrānti]

Jul 11, 05:47 to 13:52 Puëya Käla 17:47 to 20:32

I June 20 J June 21 K June 22Tripuñkar Yoga: S 10 until 3:52 S 11 until 1:02 Venus >> Cancer 1:52

Jun 21, 04:16 to 05:38 Sunrise at 5:42 Svātī until 4:16 Viśākhā until 1:53

Jun 26, 05:39 to 05:41 Chitrā until 6:20 Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:43

Jun 29, 12:48 to Jun 30, 05:41 Summer Solstice 20:32 Moon >> Scorpio 20:30 S 13 until 18:30

S 12 until 21:53 Anurādhā until 23:18

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: Father’s Day

Jun 13, 06:31 to Jun 14, 05:37

Jun 14, 05:37 to 08:07 P June 27 P June 28 Q June 29Jun 15, 05:37 to 09:12 K 3 until 3:25 Moon >> Aquarius 0:30 K 5 until 0:54

Jun 22, 01:53 to 05:38 Sunrise at 5:44 K 4 until 1:47 Sunrise at 5:45

Jun 26, 14:06 to Jun 27 05:40 Śravaṇa until 12:52 Sunrise at 5:45 Śatabhiṣa until 12:32

Jul 1, 15:19 to Jul 02, 05:42 Dhaniṣṭhā until 12:19

Jul 2, 05:42 to Jul 03, 05:42

Jul 6, 02:51 to 05:44

Jul 7, 05:45 to Jul 08, 05:45 V July 4 W July 5 X July 6Jul 9, 10:44 to Jul 10, 05:47 Sunrise at 5:48 Sunrise at 5:48 Kṛttikā until 2:51

Jul 11, 05:47 to 13:52 K 10 until 7:26 Moon >> Taurus 6:30 Sunrise at 5:49

Jul 17, 13:03 to Jul 18, 05:53 Bharaṇī until 23:42 Apogee 7:46 K 12 until 12:33

K 11 until 10:01 Mercury >> Gemini 22:43

Mahäpäta Doña Solar Aphelion 15:27

Vyatipäta Yoga: American Independence Day

Jun13, 14:40 to June 14, 00:51

Jul 6, 16:05 to Jul 7, 01:21 B July 11 C July 12 C July 13Vaidhåti Yoga: Sunrise at 5:52 Sunrise at 5:53 Sunrise at 5:54

Jun 23, 05:19 to 14:10 Puṣya until 13:52 Moon >> Leo 14:45 Maghā until 15:11

S 2 until 19:50 Āśleṣā until 14:45 S 4 until 19:33

S 3 until 19:55

Puri Ratha Yäträ

Gemini

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayE June 16 F June 17 G June 18 H June 19


Maghā until 9:45 S 7 until 9:31 S 8 until 8:10 S 9 until 6:16

S 6 until 10:16 Pūrvaphalgunī until 9:43 Uttaraphalgunī until 9:08 Hastā until 7:59

Moon >> Virgo 15:38 Moon >> Libra 19:13

Juneteenth

L June 23 M June 24 N June 25 O June 26Perigee 2:54 Sunrise at 5:43 Sunrise at 5:44 K 2 until 5:42

Sunrise at 5:43 Pürëimä until 11:40 K 1 until 8:30 Sunrise at 5:44

S 14 until 15:03 Mūla until 18:10 Purvāśāḍhā until 15:56 Uttarāśāḍhā until 14:07

Moon >> Sagittarius 20:41 Moon >> Capricorn 21:26

Jyeṣṭhā until 20:41

R June 30 S July 1 T July 2 U July 3K 6 until 0:49 K 7 until 1:32 K 8 until 2:59 K 9 until 5:01


Moon >> Pisces 7:14 Uttarabhādra until 15:20 Moon >> Aries 17:44 Aśvinī until 20:36

Purvabhādra until 13:33 Revatī until 17:44

Y July 7 Z July 8 * July 9 A July 10Rohiṇī until 5:49 Sunrise at 5:50 Sunrise at 5:51 Sunrise at 5:52

Sunrise at 5:50 Mṛgaśira until 8:29 Ārdrā until 10:44 Moon >> Cancer 6:08

K 13 until 14:51 K 14 until 16:47 Amäväsya until 18:17 Punarvasu until 12:32

Moon >> Gemini 19:12 S 1 until 19:18

D July 14 E July 15 F July 16 G July 17Sunrise at 5:54 Sunrise at 5:55 Sun >> Cancer 4:24 Moon >> Libra 1:38

Pūrvaphalgunī until 15:13 Uttaraphalgunī until 14:51 Sunrise at 5:56 Sunrise at 5:57

S 5 until 18:47 S 6 until 17:37 Hastā until 14:07 Chitrā until 13:03

Moon >> Virgo 21:10 S 7 until 16:05 S 8 until 14:12

Venus >> Leo 20:57

[Saṅkrānti]


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Saìkränti

Saìkränti is when the Sun changes sign and has not yet reached greater than one degree, therefore making the Sun’s position between zero and one degree. There are 7 types of Saìkränti depending on the day it occurs, each having its own name.

The solar day of Saìkränti starts the new sidereal solar month. There were a number of different variations to this calculation in ancient India. In the Southwestern part of India (ancient Malabar region), if the Sun changed signs before 1pm (18 ghaöikas) then that was the Saìkränti day, and if it changed after, then the next day was utilized. In Tamil Nadu, if the Saìkränti happens before sunset (30 ghaöikas) they use that day while after sunset they use the next day. In Bengal, they use the day that has Saìkränti before midnight (45 ghaöikas). In Odisha, the Saìkränti day was whatever solar day the Sun changed signs (Vedic day is sunrise to sunrise).This would have ancient calendars in different kingdoms starting on different days. For those who use pope Gregor’s tropical calendar this has little importance, but in ancient times, this changed the beginning of the month and could have large implications with adhika and kñaya months.

For this Vedic calendar, we utilize the Sun changing signs before 1pm (18 ghaöikas) as the day of Saìkränti. When the Sun has just changed signs, work is less effective. I use the analogy that if you install a fence on Saìkränti, you realize the next day that it is in the wrong place and have to repeat the work. In this way, it is better to not work that day (and you can do so guilt free as it would be unproductive anyway). My nickname for Saìkränti is ‘beach day’; it’s better to go to the beach. I use the 1pm rule to ensure that the day you take off is the day where the Sun is zero degrees for the largest amount of normal working hours.

It ancient times the Saìkränti day held religious importance. In predictive astrology, the charts of each Saìkränti are used to predict elements of the country’s politics, for example, Libra Saìkränti is the time to predict the country’s finances. The charts on the side of the each month are the planetary positions at the moment the Sun changes sign at the capital of California.

If someone is born on a Saìkränti, it is considered an astrological problem (doña). Saìkränti doña is when a person is born while the Sun changes sign and has not yet reached greater than one degree, therefore making the Sun’s position between zero and one degree. The püjä to remedy this consists of the ceremonial worship of the Sun, Moon and Çiva in kalaça and bathing with the blessed water afterward. Then regular repetitions of Måtyunjaya jäpa is performed.

The Måtyuïjaya mantra was given by Çiva to Venus after great austerities. In its full form, it gave Venus the power to bring the dead back to life (Måtasaïjévané).1 We can understand this as bringing the ojas back into the väta-depleted dying body. In this way, the mantra will increase ojas, supporting the body’s own immunity and allowing the body to heal itself. Its power is so great that it will even attract the proper doctors and medicines into an individual’s life. This mantra is normally advised to be done one mälä in the morning and one mälä in the evening for forty days, or until the disorder goes away. This equals 80 mäläs, or approximately 8,000 repetitions of the mantra. If a person is too sick to be able to chant the mantra, a tape can be played with the mantra near them, and another person can do the mantras and offer them to the sick individual. Måtyuïjaya homa (offering sesame seeds with 800 repetitions of Måtyuïjaya)2 and associated rituals are also beneficial if they can be done.

tryambakaà yajämahe sugandhià puñöivardhanamurvärukamiva bandhanän måtyormukñéya mämåtät

1 Çiva-Mahäpuräëam, Rudra Saàhitä, Yuddha Kaëòa, chapter 502 1/10th the amount done in japa is offered in homa for best results.

Sunday GhoraMonday DhvänkñiTuesday Mahodari

Wednesday MandaThursday Mandakini

Friday Mishra Saturday Räkñasi

Interaction of Solar and Lunar Months

As the sidereal solar year begins with Meṣa saṅkrānti (Sun entry into Aries), this is also the first solar month. A solar month is based upon the motion of the Sun through each of its signs, and is related to the energy of the Sun. The second month begins with the Sun at 0° of Taurus (Vṛṣabha saṅkrānti). As the Sun’s velocity varies, a solar month will have either 29, 30 or 31 days. The solar months are considered the hinges, and the synodic lunar months the doors, of the Vedic calendar. The lunar month has its name determined by a New Moon conjunction occurring relative to a particular saṅkrānti. Vedic and Hindu rituals, festivals and vratas are determined according to the lunar month (the door); but that door is determined based upon the solar month (the hinge that opens the door). The lunar month is named according to the solar month in which it has its New Moon conjunction. Presently, in India, it is the sidereal solar year beginning with Aries that determines the entire lunar year. In the ancient calendar text, Vedāṅga Jyotiṣam, the mutual relation of solar and lunar months is kept from tropical Saṅkrāntis, starting at the winter solstice.

When a standard All-India calendar was being created during 1952–7, the Calendar Reform Committee recommended that the luni-solar months be linked to the tropical months. This suggestion was not followed, since the calendar had been linked to the sidereal months for approximately one millennium. The Indian government instead created a tropical solar calendar with months named after the classical sidereal nakṣatra months, which was not accepted by most Indians. The committee named as the “Review of Committee on Indian Calendar and Positional Astronomy” met in 1986 to make new recommendations, which were not followed. Finally, new recommendations in 2004 were accepted to make the solar months coincide with the sidereal zodiac signs.

The luni-solar calendar is a type of cosmic attunement that connects us to an organic time. It is the interaction of the solar year with the lunar cycles that determines intercalary months, which allows the lunar months to align with the seasons. This is a dance between the Sun and Moon, as well as between fire and water. This dance is the bal-ance we aim to achieve in ourselves between the male and female polarities.

Innermost circle is the solar months. Middle circle is lunar month named according to the New Moon conjunction. Here the lunar month starts in the middle, but it may start anywhere within the sign.

Sunday Monday TuesdayH July 18 I July 19 J July 20

Sunrise at 5:57 Moon >> Scorpio 4:24 Mars >> Leo 5:26

Svātī until 11:38 Sunrise at 5:58 Sunrise at 5:59

Dvipuñkar Yoga: S 9 until 12:00 S 10 until 9:31 S 11 until 6:48

Jul 24, 22:48 to Jul 25, 05:58 Viśākhā until 9:57 Anurādhā until 8:03

Jul 25, 05:58 to 15:33

Aug 4, 02:47 to 06:07

Tripuñkar Yoga: O July 25 O July 26 P July 27Aug 14, 17:14 to 21:21 Sunrise at 6:03 Sunrise at 6:04 Sunrise at 6:05

Moon >> Aquarius 10:18 K 3 until 14:25 K 4 until 13:59

K 2 until 15:35 Śatabhiṣa until 21:44 Moon >> Pisces 16:03

Dhaniṣṭhā until 21:57 Purvabhādra until 22:16

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga:

Jul 19, 09:57 to Jul 20, 05:54

Jul 23, 12:10 to Jul 24, 05:58

Jul 24, 05:58 to 22:48 U August 1 U August 2 V August 3Jul 27, 22:15 to Jul 28, 06:01 Sunrise at 6:09 Apogee 12:35 K 10 until 0:31

Jul 29, 06:02 to Jul 30, 06:03 Bharaṇī until 7:06 Sunrise at 6:10 Sunrise at 6:11

Jul 30, 06:03 to Jul 31, 04:08 Moon >> Taurus 13:53 Kṛttikā until 10:14

Aug 2, 10:14 to Aug 03, 06:06 K 9 until 21:59 Rohiṇī until 13:14

Aug 4, 06:07 to 15:55

Aug 5, 18:08 to Aug 06, 06:09

Aug 6, 06:09 to 19:46

Aug 11, 20:23 to Aug 12, 06:15 * August 8 A August 9 B August 10Aug 14, 06:17 to 17:14 Sunrise at 6:15 Sunrise at 6:16 S 2 until 5:37

Amäväsya until 6:50 S 1 until 6:27 Sunrise at 6:17

Mahäpäta Doña Mercury >> Leo 13:03 Maghā until 21:23 Pūrvaphalgunī until 21:02

Vaidhåti Yoga: Moon >> Leo 21:20 Venus >> Virgo 23:03

Jul 19, 18:54 to Jul 20, 00:57 Āśleṣā until 21:20

Aug 14, 14:29 to 18:57

Vyatipäta Yoga

Aug 1, 12:17 to 18:21 F August 15 G August 16 H August 17Sunrise at 6:22

Moon >> Scorpio 10:16


S 8 until 19:16

Cancer

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayK July 21 L July 22 M July 23 N July 24

Perigee 3:23 S 13 until 1:03 Purvāśāḍhā until 1:56 Uttarāśāḍhā until 0:11

S 12 until 3:57 Mūla until 3:55 Sunrise at 6:01 Sunrise at 6:02

Moon >> Sagittarius 6:00 Sunrise at 6:01 Moon >> Capricorn 7:28 K 1 until 17:21

Jyeṣṭhā until 6:00 S 14 until 22:14 Pürëimä until 19:37 Śravaṇa until 22:48

Sunrise at 6:00 Mercury >> Cancer 23:12

Guru Pürëimä if PM Rituals Guru Pürëimä Day

Q July 28 R July 29 S July 30 T July 31Sunrise at 6:06 Sunrise at 6:07 Moon >> Aries 1:33 Aśvinī until 4:08

K 5 until 14:19 K 6 until 15:25 Revatī until 1:33 Sunrise at 6:08

Uttarabhādra until 23:33 Sunrise at 6:07 K 8 until 19:27

K 7 until 17:11

W August 4 X August 5 Y August 6 Z August 7Moon >> Gemini 2:38 K 12 until 4:40 K 13 until 5:59 Sunrise at 6:14

K 11 until 2:48 Sunrise at 6:13 Sunrise at 6:14 K 14 until 6:42

Sunrise at 6:12 Ārdrā until 18:07 Moon >> Cancer 13:25 Puṣya until 20:49

Mṛgaśira until 15:55 Punarvasu until 19:46

C August 11 C August 12 D August 13 E August 14Moon >> Virgo 2:54 S 4 until 2:56 S 5 until 1:14 Sunrise at 6:21

S 3 until 4:25 Sunrise at 6:19 Sunrise at 6:20 Svātī until 17:14

Sunrise at 6:18 Hastā until 19:30 Moon >> Libra 6:59 S 7 until 21:22

Uttaraphalgunī until 20:23 Chitrā until 18:26

S 6 until 23:22

Näga Païcamé

I August 18 J August 19 K August 20

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Frequencies of the TithiHere we will look at the factors that flavor the nature of a tithi. Planetary lords and elemental rulership are the

core essence of a tithi’s nature. The ruling deity is the special nature (prabhava) of the lunar phase. Then there are the deities that are worshiped on the phase which give further insight into how we can utilize this portion of time.

The fifteen tithis of the waxing and waning halves are also broken down into five groups according to the five elemental aspects of desire. The elements are seen to create cycles of a six pointed star when mapped into the degrees of the zodiac. The planetary and elemental nature are integrated. The planet which rules the tithi is used to determine the nature of desire and its strength on that particular lunar day. The element is used to see the expression of the desire.

Tṛtīyā tithi (3rd) is ruled by Mars but as it is Jaya (ruled by ākāśa) so it gives a lot of energy to work together, as ākāśa is the binding force that holds things together. Ekādaśī tithi (11th) is ruled by Mars and it is Nanda (ruled by fire) so the fighting desire is very strong. Mars is passionate, energetic, and creates conflict, it is not good for marriage, though good for war and leadership. Fasting on Ekādaśī removes anger issues, because this is the energy arising on this day. Vaiṣṇavas religiously fast on this eleventh tithi to perfect their peaceful nature. No one will fight with the one who has done this fast for some time. Fasting is the root remedy, ritual can be done in addition to clear that energy from ourselves. This tithi can also be utilized to harness these intense energies for activities that need fierceness.

Pratipada, the first tithi, is ruled by the Sun and it is a Nanda/fire tithi. It is associated with purification, internal cleansing from the past so a new month can begin. The sixth tithi is ruled by Venus but a Nanda/fire tithi; fire and water are inimical elements and battle each other. This is the tithi of the war god Skanda or the Greek huntress goddess Artemis. The fourteenth tithi is ruled by Venus and it is a Rikta/water tithi, so this is the phase where infidelity is strongest. Those that have had problems being faithful or have suffered infidelity from their partners can fast on this tithi to protect themselves from those desires (in themselves or their partner). The waning fourteenth is the most unfaithful, and old lovers or those that have intimate desires will often be in touch during this time. In this way, the various phases take on a certain nature.

The full moon (S15) is ruled by Saturn and is a Pūrṇa/air tithi. Satya Nārāyaṇa (the god of truth) is worshipped on this day, to remove the negativities of Saturn. For those who want to overcome issues with dishonesty or being lied to, this phase is the time to fast and do ritual for the god of truth.

The dark moon and the eighth phase of the Moon is ruled by the north node, Rāhu, and has a deceptive and confusing energy, respectively. Fasting on these phases removes the energy of deception or confusion from yourself. If someone deceives us, it is because we have karma with deception, so by fasting on this day, it prevents those actions. It removes deceptive ideas from our consciousness and thereby removes the energy that attracts deception to us. All these tithi remedies work on the understanding that the outside is reflective of some aspect of our own self; the gullible invite a deceiver since they are deceiving themselves by not being aware of the light and the shadow. The tithi fasts and rituals work with the deep seated desires that live in our unconscious mind where thoughts, both light and shadow, arise from. Fasting on the dark moon is the greatest cleansing of the shadow self. For someone with a shadow that controls them, or someone who often loses their mind to other’s control, the dark moon fast with the worship of the goddess Kālī brings inner strength and clarity.

Intense emotions are triggered in our life, and we believe that we are angry or anxious or some other type of intense emotion. Relationships are destroyed because of emotional upsets and how they are handled. Understanding the cycles and seeing what astrological movements brings up issues in our personal life allows us to be able to be unattached to intense waves of negative emotions. If you begin fighting with your partner as the dark moon energy grows strong, you

Element Tithi Namefire (agni) 1, 6, 11 happy (nanda)earth (pṛthvī) 2, 7, 12 fortunate (bhadra)space (ākāśa) 3, 8, 13 triumph (jaya) water (jala) 4, 9, 14 empty (rikta)air (vāyu) 5, 10, 15 full (pūrṇa)

can just let go of the issue and choose to resolve things in a few days. In allowing the friction to pass, what was considered an issue can be cleared up quickly and easily. As a general thumb rule, one can do fasting and ritual on Ekadaśī (11th) for Mars related issues, full moon for Saturn related issues, and dark moon for Rāhu related issues.

The rikta (empty) tithis are not considered for beneficial actions, but it is recommended to pay debts on those days, so they go away faster. Particularly, rikta tithis falling on a Tuesday or a Saturday make the debt go away quickly (whatever you do, just don’t buy something you want to have for a long time on those kind of days).

Naming of the DaysA tithi can change at any time of

the day or night. For civil purposes,1 in the luni-solar calendar, the solar day-night is named (number of the day) according to the tithi at sunrise. The Ṛgveda says the Moon (Soma) creates the days by going before them at dawn, which can be seen as the nature of how the days are named by the tithi at sunrise. The Ṛgveda continues saying that the Moon gives portions (bhāga) to each of the gods.2 These portions can be seen as the offering of its light when it wanes to the Sun or they can be seen as the tithi marking off each day as they are ruled by different deities.

Sometimes, a day/number is skipped, sometimes there will be two days with the same number, as the Moon moves in its elliptical motion. For the layman, an averaged length tithi is 23 hours 37 minutes and 28 seconds; when the median synodic month is divided by 30.3 In actuality, each tithi varies in length. Because of the anomaly, there are short (hrasva) tithi and long (dīrgha) tithi.4 When the tithi is short it may begin after sunrise and end before the next sunrise, making it disappear from naming a day. This is called kṣaya tithi. When a tithi is long, it may start just before sunrise and end after the next sunrise giving two days that are named by the same tithi. This is called an adhika tithi. Imagine having January third disappear so that the calendar goes from the second to the fourth- this would be a kṣaya tithi. The opposite of this would be having January 18th happen twice- which is like an adhika tithi.

1 Civil purposes refers to government and business administrative activities. A financial transaction or a day at work would be recorded based on the nomenclature of the tithi at sunrise. To ensure clarity, the day of the week was stated with the tithi, in case a tithi overlapped two different days of the week.2 The entire Sūkta 10.85 has a large amount of astronomical and calendrical references that are wrapped in myth and poetic symbolism. The particular verses mentioned here are 10.85.18-19.3 According to Sūrya Siddhanta, the minima of a tithi is 54 ghatis (21hours and 36 minutes) and the maxima of a tithi is 65 ghatis (26 hours). According to the research of S.D. Bhāskarācārya calculated the mean length of a tithi is 23 hours 37 minutes and 28 seconds which is calculated as 64 tithis in 63 Sāvana days (unit of civil day), this is written as 64/63 (or .984375).4 S.D. Sharma, from the Department of Physics at Punjabi University, Astro-research Section, indicates in his paper Maxima and Minima of Tithis (p.115) that the minima can be 50 ghatis (20 hours) and maxima can be up to 67 ghatis (26 hours and 48 minutes).

Sunday Monday TuesdayG August 15 H August 16 I August 17

Sunrise at 6:22 Perigee 2:15

Sun >> Leo 12:48 Sunrise at 6:23

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: Anurādhā until 14:33 Moon >> Sagittarius 13:06

Aug 30 21:14 to Aug 31, 06:32 S 9 until 17:05 Jyeṣṭhā until 13:06

Sep 3, 04:12 to 06:35 S 10 until 14:51

[Saṅkrānti]

Tripuñkar Yoga: Puëya Käla 06:18 to 13:02

Aug 28, 15:05 to Aug 29, 06:30 @ August 22 N August 23 O August 24Aug 29, 06:30 to 10:55 Pürëimä until 5:02 K 1 until 4:02 Moon >> Pisces 1:09

Sep 7, 16:07 to Sep 08, 03:26 Sunrise at 6:28 Sunrise at 6:29 K 2 until 3:36

Dhaniṣṭhā until 7:10 Śatabhiṣa until 6:56 Sunrise at 6:30

Guru Puñya Yoga: Purvabhādra until 7:18

Sep 3, 04:12 to 06:35


Aug 16, 06:18 to 14:32 S August 29 T August 30 U August 31Aug 20, 08:55 to Aug 21, 06:23 Sunrise at 6:34 Sunrise at 6:35 Sunrise at 6:36

Aug 21, 06:23 to 07:52 K 7 until 10:56 K 8 until 13:30 Moon >> Gemini 10:42

Aug 24, 07:18 to Aug 25, 06:27 Kṛttikā until 18:09 Rohiṇī until 21:14 K 9 until 15:54

Aug 26, 06:28 to Aug 27, 06:29 Apogee 19:22

Aug 27, 06:29 to 24:18

Aug 30, 06:31 to Aug 31, 06:32 Kåñëäñöamé

Sep 2, 06:34 to Sep 03, 06:35

Sep 8, 06:39 to Sep 09, 02:01 Z September 5 * September 6 A September 7Moon >> Leo 5:37 Maghā until 5:22 Pūrvaphalgunī until 4:35

Mahäpäta Doña Āśleṣā until 5:37 Sunrise at 6:41 Sunrise at 6:42

Vaidhåti Yoga Sunrise at 6:40 Amäväsya until 17:52 Moon >> Virgo 10:20

Sep 9, 06:27 to 10:16 Venus >> Libra 12:20 S 1 until 16:08

Vyatipäta Yoga Mars >> Virgo 15:29

Aug 27, 01:00 to 5:41 K 14 until 19:09 Labor Day Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah begins

E September 12 F September 13 G September 14S 6 until 4:51 S 7 until 2:42 S 8 until 0:40

Sunrise at 6:46 Sunrise at 6:47 Jupiter >> Capricorn 1:51

Anurādhā until 19:54 Moon >> Sagittarius 18:35 Sunrise at 6:48

Jyeṣṭhā until 18:35 Mūla until 17:25

Rädhäñöamé S 9 until 22:48

Leo

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayJ August 18 K August 19 L August 20 M August 21


Mūla until 11:38 Purvāśāḍhā until 10:12 S 13 until 8:21 S 14 until 6:31

S 11 until 12:37 S 12 until 10:25 Uttarāśāḍhā until 8:55 Śravaṇa until 7:52

Moon >> Capricorn 15:52 Moon >> Aquarius 19:28

Rakña Bandhana

Çravaëa Pürëimä

O August 25 P August 26 Q August 27 R August 28K 3 until 3:49 K 4 until 4:45 K 5 until 6:20 Sunrise at 6:33

Sunrise at 6:30 Sunrise at 6:31 Sunrise at 6:32 K 6 until 8:27

Uttarabhādra until 8:18 Moon >> Aries 9:59 Aśvinī until 12:18 Bharaṇī until 15:05

Mercury >> Virgo 22:49 Revatī until 9:59 Moon >> Taurus 21:50

V September 1 W September 2 X September 3 Y September 4Mṛgaśira until 0:05 Ārdrā until 2:27 Punarvasu until 4:12 Puṣya until 5:15


K 10 until 17:53 K 11 until 19:15 K 12 until 19:55 K 13 until 19:52

Moon >> Cancer 21:50

B September 8 C September 9 C September 10 D September 11Uttaraphalgunī until 3:26 Hastā until 2:01 Chitrā until 0:28 Perigee 3:03



Moon >> Libra 13:15 Svātī until 22:53 Moon >> Scorpio 15:43


Gaëeça Caturthé Åñi Païcamé

I September 15 J September 16 K September 17Sunrise at 6:49

Purvāśāḍhā until 16:26

S 10 until 21:07

Moon >> Capricorn 22:13

Yom Kippur begins Yom Kippur

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Generalized Quality of the Tithi There are specific qualities of each tithi and then there are more general understandings of their auspicious and harsh energies. In these charts, green represents the tithi generally considered beneficial for good works. Yellow tithi indicate certain tithi that are beneficial for certain actions but not all actions. Red are considered inauspicious tithi. Red tithi are considered beneficial for paying your debts or working with such things that you want to die or go away early.

Sunday Monday TuesdayE September 12 F September 13 G September 14

Amåta Siddhi Yoga:

Sep 26, 02:03 to 06:56

Sep 27, 06:57 to Sep 28, 06:58

Sep 30, 13:03 to Oct 01, 07:01

Dvipuñkar Yoga: M September 19 @ September 20 N September 21Sep 27, 05:12 to 06:57 Sunrise at 6:52 Sunrise at 6:53 Sunrise at 6:54

Śatabhiṣa until 14:58 Moon >> Pisces 9:21 Uttarabhādra until 16:37

Tripuñkar Yoga: S 14 until 16:59 Purvabhādra until 15:32 K 1 until 17:23

Oct 16, 21:23 to Oct 17, 05:09 Pürëimä until 16:55 Mercury >> Libra 19:41

Guru Puñya Yoga: Pitå Pakña begins

Sep 30, 13:03 to Oct 1, 07:01

Q September 26 R September 27 S September 28Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: K 5 until 0:35 K 6 until 3:14 K 7 until 5:47

Sep 17, 06:48 to 15:06 Kṛttikā until 2:03 Rohiṇī until 5:12 Sunrise at 7:00

Sep 21, 06:51 to 16:37 Sunrise at 6:59 Sunrise at 7:00 Mṛgaśira until 8:14

Sep 23, 06:53 to 20:24 Apogee 14:43 Moon >> Gemini 18:45

Sep 26, 02:03 to 06:56

Sep 27, 06:57 to Sep 28, 06:58

Sep 30, 07:00 to Oct 01, 07:01

Oct 6, 07:05 to 10:50 X October 3 Y October 4 Z October 5Oct 9, 04:17 to 07:08 Sunrise at 7:05 Sunrise at 7:06 K 14 until 6:35

Oct 10, 12:26 to Oct 11, 07:10 K 12 until 10:01 K 13 until 8:36 Sunrise at 7:07

Maghā until 14:56 Pūrvaphalgunī until 14:06 Uttaraphalgunī until 12:41

Mahäpäta Doña Moon >> Virgo 19:47

Vaidhåti Yoga: Pitå Pakña ends/Amäväsya

Oct 5, 00:59 to 04:47

D October 10 E October 11 F October 12Anurādhā until 2:14 Moon >> Sagittarius 0:26 Sunrise at 7:14

Sunrise at 7:12 Jyeṣṭhā until 0:26 S 7 until 9:18

S 5 until 13:45 Sunrise at 7:13 Purvāśāḍhā until 21:49

S 6 until 11:21

Mūla until 22:57

Indigenous People’s Day

Virgo

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayI September 15 J September 16 K September 17 L September 18

Sunrise at 6:50 Sunrise at 6:51 Moon >> Aquarius 2:56

Sun >> Virgo 12:44 Śravaṇa until 15:06 Sunrise at 6:52

Uttarāśāḍhā until 15:39 S 12 until 18:25 Dhaniṣṭhā until 14:51

S 11 until 19:39 S 13 until 17:31

[Saṅkrānti]


O September 22 O September 23 P September 24 Q September 25Sunrise at 6:55 Sunrise at 6:56 Sunrise at 6:57 Moon >> Taurus 5:47

Autumnal Equinox 12:21 K 3 until 20:01 K 4 until 22:07 Sunrise at 6:58

Moon >> Aries 18:14 Aśvinī until 20:24 Bharaṇī until 23:03

Revatī until 18:14

K 2 until 18:25

T September 29 U September 30 V October 1 W October 2Sunrise at 7:01 Moon >> Cancer 6:35 Sunrise at 7:03 Sunrise at 7:04

K 8 until 8:00 Sunrise at 7:02 K 10 until 10:34 K 11 until 10:41

Ārdrā until 10:56 K 9 until 9:39 Puṣya until 14:28 Moon >> Leo 15:05

Punarvasu until 13:03 Mercury >> Virgo 14:31 Āśleṣā until 15:05

Venus >> Scorpio 21:17

* October 6 A October 7 C October 8 C October 9Amäväsya until 4:06 S 1 until 1:17 Svātī until 6:29 Viśākhā until 4:17


Hastā until 10:50 Chitrā until 8:43 Perigee 10:27 S 4 until 16:26

Moon >> Libra 21:48 S 2 until 22:19 S 3 until 19:20

Moon >> Scorpio 22:50

Navarātri begins

G October 13 H October 14 I October 15 J October 16Moon >> Capricorn 3:36 S 9 until 6:23 S 10 until 5:33 S 11 until 5:08


S 8 until 7:39 Śravaṇa until 20:46 Moon >> Aquarius 8:46 Śatabhiṣa until 21:23

Uttarāśāḍhā until 21:06 Vijayä Daśamī Dhaniṣṭhā until 20:52

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The ancients measured the angle between the Sun and Moon by noting the position of the Moon during Sunrise or Sunset and the position of the Sun during Moonrise or Moonset. When the Moon is waning it will rise later and later in the night. At the waning half moon it will rise at midnight. Until it reaches new, where the Sun and Moon are perceived as being in the same place in the zodiac, and the Moon will rise when the Sun rises and set with the Sun so it will not be visible in the sky.

As the Moon begins to grow fuller it will begin rising almost an hour later each day. First an hour after sunrise, then after a day, it will rise two hours after sunrise. After another day about three hours after sunrise. The waxing half Moon will eventually rise at 12 noon, and be directly overhead when the Sun sets.

Phase(Tithi)

Time the Moon isahead/behind the Sun

Moon Rises(Eastern Sky)

Moon in Mid-heaven

Moon Sets(Western Sky)

New within a few minutes Sunrise Noon SunsetWaxing ½ 6 hrs behind Noon Sunset Midnight

Full 12 hrs behind Sunset Midnight SunriseWaning ½ 6 hrs ahead Midnight Sunrise Noon

This observational information gives a basic understanding of the Moon phases and how they can be seen as an angle between the Sun and Moon and how this can be calculated by the rising and setting of the luminaries. Modern society, living with artificial light, is unaware of these phases and their impact on the night life. But ancient cultures were very aware of these phases and connected to them in a way similar to the modern individual’s concept of needing to know the date (created by Pope Gregory) in order to plan life and make decisions.

These approximations will give a general idea of Moonrise. The times are based on an average at the Equator with Sunrise and Sunset being 6am and 6pm. They will vary based on how far you

live from the Equator according to Sunrise and Sunset.

Sunday Monday TuesdayK October 17 L October 18 M October 19

Sun >> Libra 0:43 S 13 until 5:38 S 14 until 6:34

S 12 until 5:10 Sunrise at 7:20 Sunrise at 7:21

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: Sunrise at 7:19 Uttarabhādra until 23:43

Oct 20, 01:32 to 07:19 Moon >> Pisces 16:03

Oct 23, 09:23 to Oct 24, 07:24 Purvabhādra until 22:20

Oct 25, 07:25 to 15:41 [Saṅkrānti]

Oct 28, 07:28 to 23:09 Puëya Käla 07:16 to 12:49 Pürëimä

P October 24 Q October 25 R October 26Tripuñkar Yoga: Sunrise at 7:26 Moon >> Gemini 2:07 Sunrise at 7:28

Oct 26, 22:20 to Oct 27, 07:27 Apogee 8:28 Sunrise at 7:27 Ārdrā until 18:38

Oct 31, 12:51 to Nov 01, 07:32 Rohiṇī until 12:32 Mṛgaśira until 15:41 K 6 until 22:21

Nov 9, 18:55 to Nov 10, 02:12 K 4 until 17:14 K 5 until 19:55

Guru Puñya Yoga:

Oct 28, 07:28 to 23:09

V October 31 W November 1 T November 2Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: Maghā until 0:47 Pūrvaphalgunī until 0:23 Sunrise at 7:35

Oct 17, 22:20 to Oct 18, 07:17 K 10 until 1:58 K 11 until 0:52 K 13 until 20:33

Oct 20, 01:32 to 07:19 Sunrise at 7:33 Moon >> Virgo 6:10 Hastā until 21:28

Oct 23, 09:23 to Oct 24, 07:24 Sunrise at 7:34

Oct 25, 07:25 to 15:41 Mercury >> Libra 21:25

Oct 28, 07:28 to 23:09 Halloween K 12 until 23:02

Oct 31, 12:23 to Nov 01, 07:32 Uttaraphalgunī until 23:15

Nov 5, 13:53 to Nov 06, 07:38 C November 7 D November 8 E November 9Nov 7, 07:35 to Nov 08, 05:19 Daylight Savings Ends 2:00 Mūla until 5:19 Purvāśāḍhā until 3:30

Nov 14, 06:47 to Nov 15, 04:39 S 3 until 2:53 Sunrise at 6:42 Sunrise at 6:43

Sunrise at 6:41 S 5 until 21:07 Moon >> Capricorn 9:07

Mahäpäta Doña Moon >> Sagittarius 7:35 S 6 until 18:56

Vyatipäta Yoga Jyeṣṭhā until 7:35

Oct 17, 01:54 to 06:15 S 4 until 23:47

Nov 11, 14:30 to 19:42

Vaidhåti Yoga J November 14 K November 15 L November 16Oct 30, 19:44 to Oct 31, 00:22 Purvabhādra until 3:01

Sunrise at 6:48

S 11 until 17:10

Libra

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday@ October 20 N October 21 O October 22 O October 23

Moon >> Aries 1:32 Aśvinī until 3:47 Bharaṇī until 6:26 Sunrise at 7:25

Revatī until 1:32 Sunrise at 7:23 Sunrise at 7:24 Kṛttikā until 9:23

Sunrise at 7:22 K 1 until 9:47 K 2 until 12:00 K 3 until 14:32

Pürëimä until 7:57 Mars >> Libra 13:32 Moon >> Taurus 13:09

R October 27 S October 28 T October 29 U October 30Sunrise at 7:29 K 7 until 0:20 K 8 until 1:40 Moon >> Leo 0:22

Moon >> Cancer 14:36 Sunrise at 7:30 Sunrise at 7:31 Āśleṣā until 0:22

Punarvasu until 21:11 Puṣya until 23:09 K 9 until 2:14

Venus >> Sagittarius 3:41

Sunrise at 7:32

Z November 3 * November 4 A November 5 B November 6Sunrise at 7:36 Sunrise at 7:38 Sunrise at 7:39 S 2 until 7:15

Moon >> Libra 8:24 Amäväsya until 14:15 Moon >> Scorpio 8:34 Sunrise at 7:40

K 14 until 17:34 Svātī until 16:38 S 1 until 10:45 Anurādhā until 11:09

Chitrā until 19:13 Viśākhā until 13:53

Naraka Chaturdaçé Perigee 15:17

Lakñmé Püjä

Dévälé

F November 10 G November 11 H November 12 I November 13Uttarāśāḍhā until 2:12 Śravaṇa until 1:29 Dhaniṣṭhā until 1:24 Śatabhiṣa until 1:55


S 7 until 17:20 Moon >> Aquarius 13:22 S 9 until 16:02 S 10 until 16:19

S 8 until 16:22 Moon >> Pisces 20:42

Veteran’s Day

M November 17 @ November 18 N November 19

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November 18–19, 2021: Partial Lunar Eclipse

November 18–19, 2021: Partial Lunar EclipsePenumbral Eclipse begins Nov 19 at 06:02 UTC Nov 18 at 22:02 PDTPartial Eclipse begins Nov 19 at 07:18 UTC Nov 18 at 23:18 PDTMaximum Eclipse Nov 19 at 09:02 UTC Nov 19 at 1:02 PDTPartial Eclipse ends Nov 19 at 10:47 UTC Nov 19 at 2:47 PDTPenumbral Eclipse ends Nov 19 at 12:03 UTC Nov 19 at 4:03 PDT

www.EclipseWise.com/eclipse.html

Local Eclipse Duration - 03 Hours 26 Mins 44 SecsDuration of Partial Phase - 03 Hours 26 Mins 44 SecsDuration of Penumbral Phase - 05 Hours 59 Mins 07 Secs

Sutaka Begins - 11:49 AM, Nov 18Sutaka Ends - 02:47 AMSutaka for Kids, Old and Sick Begins - 04:47 PM, Nov 18Sutaka for Kids, Old and Sick Ends - 02:47 AM

December 4, 2021: Total Solar Eclipse

December 4, 2021: Total Solar EclipseFirst location to see the partial eclipse begin Dec 4 at 05:29 UTC Dec 3 at 21:29 PDTFirst location to see the full eclipse begin Dec 4 at 07:00 UTC Dec 3 at 23:00 PDTMaximum Eclipse Dec 4 at 07:33 UTC Dec 3 at 23:33 PDTLast location to see the full eclipse end Dec 4 at 08:06 UTC Dec 4 at 12:06 PDTLast location to see the partial eclipse end Dec 4 at 09:37 UTC Dec 4 at 1:37 PDT


Sunday Monday TuesdayJ November 14 K November 15 L November 16

Uttarabhādra until 4:39 Moon >> Aries 6:45

Sunrise at 6:50 Revatī until 6:45

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: S 12 until 18:32 Sunrise at 6:51

Nov 16, 06:49 to Nov 17, 06:50 Sun >> Scorpio 23:33 S 13 until 20:21

Nov 20, 06:53 to 18:06

Dec 14, 07:16 to 15:10 [Saṅkrānti]


Dvipuñkar Yoga: O November 21 O November 22 P November 23Nov 20, 18:06 to Nov 21, 06:17 K 2 until 6:18 Sunrise at 6:57 Ārdrā until 0:14

Nov 30, 12:43 to Dec 01, 05:17 Sunrise at 6:56 K 3 until 8:58 Sunrise at 6:58

Moon >> Gemini 7:40 K 4 until 11:26

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: Mṛgaśira until 21:14 Moon >> Cancer 20:20

Nov 16, 06:49 to Nov 17, 06:50

Nov 20, 06:53 to 18:06

Nov 28, 08:36 to Nov 29, 07:03

Dec 3, 12:15 to 07:07 U November 28 V November 29 W November 30Dec 3, 07:07 to 21:18 Sunrise at 7:03 Sunrise at 7:04 Hastā until 7:04

Dec 5, 07:09 to 15:24 Pūrvaphalgunī until 8:36 Uttaraphalgunī until 8:12 Sunrise at 7:05

Dec 12, 07:15 to 10:30 Moon >> Virgo 14:34 K 10 until 14:45 K 11 until 12:45

Dec 14, 07:16 to 15:10 K 9 until 16:01 Moon >> Libra 18:15

Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day)

Mahäpäta Doña B December 5 C December 6 C December 7Vaidhåti Yoga: Sunrise at 7:10 Sunrise at 7:11 Sunrise at 7:11

Nov 25, 11:45 to 18:32 Mūla until 15:25 Purvāśāḍhā until 12:49 S 4 until 10:12

Vyatipäta Yoga: S 2 until 16:21 S 3 until 13:03 Uttarāśāḍhā until 10:42

Dec 7, 14:55 to 22:04 Moon >> Capricorn 18:14

H December 12 I December 13 J December 14S 9 until 6:33 Sunrise at 7:16 Sunrise at 7:17

Sunrise at 7:15 S 10 until 8:04 S 11 until 10:06

Uttarabhādra until 10:30 Moon >> Aries 12:36 Aśvinī until 15:10

Revatī until 12:36

Scorpio

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayM November 17 M November 18 @ November 19 N November 20

Sunrise at 6:52 Sunrise at 6:53 Pürëimä until 0:58 Eclipse K 1 until 3:36

Aśvinī until 9:13 Bharaṇī until 12:00 Sunrise at 6:54 Sunrise at 6:55

S 14 until 22:31 Moon >> Taurus 18:44 Kṛttikā until 14:59 Jupiter >> Aquarius 10:01

Mercury >> Scorpio 15:21

Rohiṇī until 18:06

Apogee 18:12

Kärtika Pürëimä

Q November 24 R November 25 S November 26 T November 27Punarvasu until 2:59 Puṣya until 5:20 Sunrise at 7:01 Sunrise at 7:02

Sunrise at 6:59 Sunrise at 7:00 Moon >> Leo 7:07 Maghā until 8:13

K 5 until 13:35 K 6 until 15:13 Āśleṣā until 7:07 K 8 until 16:31

K 7 until 16:14

Thanksgiving

X December 1 Y December 2 Z December 3 * December 4Chitrā until 5:17 Svātī until 2:58 Viśākhā until 0:15 Perigee 2:03

Sunrise at 7:06 K 13 until 6:57 K 14 until 3:26 Sunrise at 7:09

K 12 until 10:06 Sunrise at 7:07 Sunrise at 7:08 Mars >> Scorpio 16:29

Moon >> Scorpio 18:57 Anurādhā until 21:18 Moon >> Sagittarius 18:18

Amäväsya until 23:43 Eclipse Jyeṣṭhā until 18:18

S 1 until 19:58

D December 8 E December 9 F December 10 G December 11Venus >> Capricorn 0:22 S 6 until 6:25 S 7 until 5:40 Moon >> Pisces 2:47

Sunrise at 7:12 Sunrise at 7:13 Sunrise at 7:14 S 8 until 5:44

S 5 until 7:57 Dhaniṣṭhā until 8:21 Śatabhiṣa until 8:18 Sunrise at 7:15

Śravaṇa until 9:10 Mercury >> Sagittarius 16:36 Purvabhādra until 9:02


K December 15 L December 16 M December 17

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Determination of Festivals

Festivals are determined different then the way that civil days (named by tithi) of the month are calculated. While the standard day was named according to the tithi at sunrise, festivals require a specific tithi to be active at a certain time period within the day.1 These times vary based on the pantheon, the nature of the deity, and the time the pūjā is to be performed.

For Gaṇeśa Caturthī, the lunar phase needs to be the waxing caturthī at mid-day. The day that this occurs becomes the festival day for the entire solar day. The festival is not celebrated on the tithi and its timing, but on the day-night marked by the tithi. On the following page, is a list of the festival and pūjās that our local Hindu saṅgha regularly celebrate and the tithi and time of day that this tithi needs to be taking place.

Chaitra Śukla Prātipad is the lunar New Year day and is calculated from the sunrise tithi.

Hanuman Jayantī is the day the Caitra Full Moon tithi happens at sunrise.

Narasiṁha Jayantī is the day the sunset tithi is the śukla caturdaśī (the waxing 14th).

Guru Pūrṇima is the day of the Āśāḍhā Full Moon. Some utilize the sunrise tithi, others the tithi between the 6th to 9th ghaṭika (mid-morning), while my saṇgha celebrate on the day that the Full Moon starts (pūrvaviddha tithi).2

Nāga pañcamī takes place on the day when the pañcamī of the month of Śrāvaṇa is within the first 6 ghaṭikas of the day (prātaḥkāla) which is about the first two and a half hours of the day.3

Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī is the next waning aṣṭamī at true midnight. Rādhāṣṭamī follows in the next waxing aṣṭamī of the month of Bhādrapada–based on noontime tithi (madhyāhna). These two festival days complement each other: Kṛṣṇa is the midnight, while Rādhā is the mid-day, each of which correlate to moonrise on that tithi.4

Gaṇeśa Caturthī is after the festival of Kṛṣṇa but before that of Rādhā, is the fourth tithi (caturthī) in the month of Bhādrapada, which is calculated from the noontime tithi (madhyāhna). Fasting is done the entire day and broken at Moonrise.

Navarātri is the first nine nights of the waxing month of Āśvina (pāraviddha).

Vijayadaśamī is the tenth day after Navarātri (pūrvaviddha).

1 Important nomenclature for determining festivals: Arunodaya- 4 ghaṭikas (1 hour, 36 minutes as a ghaṭika is 24 minutes) before sunrisePrātaḥkāla- 6 ghaṭikas from sunrise [morning]Samjava- 6 to 12 ghaṭikas from sunrise [mid-morning]Madhyāhna- 12 to 18 ghaṭikas from sunrise [midday or solar noon]Aparāhna- 18 to 24 ghaṭikas from sunrise [afternoon]Sāyāhna- 24 to 30 ghaṭikas from sunrise [late afternoon]Pradoṣa- 6 ghaṭikas after sunsetNisitha- 2 ghaṭikas in the middle of the night [solar midnight]

2 The pūrvaviddha tithi begins four ghaṭikas before sunset and finishes before sunset on the next day. Festivals are often celebrated on the first day containing the tithi. Since we perform an evening yajña, we ensure that the ceremo-ny is done while the tithi is Full Moon (Pūrṇima). Pūrvaviddha puts emphasis on the beginning of the tithi, while pāraviddha puts emphasis on the ending of the tithi. Certain festivals put more emphasis on one of these over another, while the emphasis also changes in regard to intention. For example, the pūrvaviddha is preferable when observing ekādaśī for worldly purposes, while the pāraviddha is preferred when observing ekādaśī with the intention of mokṣa.

3 This tithi is pāraviddha; predominance is given to the ending.4 On Purṇīma, the Moon rises at sunset; on kṛṣṇa aṣṭamī (the waning 8th/ half-moon), the Moon rises at midnight; on Amāvāsya, the Moon rises at sunrise; and on śukla aṣṭamī (waxing 8th/ half-moon), the Moon rises at solar noon.

Naraka Caturdaśī is based on the position of the Moon at Moonrise, which is approximately half an hour of before sunrise, in the arunodaya time period (pūrvaviddha).

Dīpāvali is the New Moon of Āśvina after sunset (pradoṣa). Pūjā is considered best after sunset while the sign of Taurus is rising.

Makara Saṅkrānti is technically when the Sun enters sidereal Capricorn. It is celebrated by many as a winter solstice festival because of calendrical variations.

Vasant Pañcamī (Sarasvatī Pūjā) is the day when the pañcamī of the month of Māgha takes place within the mid-morning (6 to 12 ghaṭikas from sunrise). Some calculate the tithi between sunrise to noon (pūrvāhṇa).

Śiva Rātri is the waning caturdaśī of the month of Māgha [Phālguna in the North] when the tithi is at 2 ghaṭikas before and after solar midnight (nisitha). The Moon in Śravana nakṣatra is given preference, while some give preference to the ending tithi.

Time Shapes ConsciousnessTime (kāla) calls all things forward (kalana), makes all things move and change. That movement/

change of continuous moments is experienced by an individual as a solid reality. The power of Time (Kālī) makes all existence unfold, as the fundamental structure of our perceived reality. Even the nature of our cognition is being urged forth (kalana) by the Power of Time. We miss certain people at certain moments, we have ideas arise in specific instances, we have good and bad times of our day, week, year and life.

Calendars were originally meant to connect us into the manifest nature of Time. So that we could align our agriculture, our important occasions, our day to day activities with the nature of time that was most beneficial. Rituals based on astronomical data were a way to align our spiritual intentions with the greater manifestation. The luni-solar calendar relates to the position of the Sun and the phase of the Moon- it directly links us to the greater cosmos.

We presently live in a period where a civil (administrative) calendar, which does not relate to actual events in reality, is the primary source of time used by most people. When one opens a Gregorian calendar (which many just call ‘the calendar’) and look at the boxes and squares with numbers and notation, this enters the mind on multiple levels. It is a yantra of westernized Christian time that has colonialized the world. It wields its power by naming the day, by determining the beginning and ending of months and years, and by determining festive occasions. People plan their life around this calendar and it shapes their consciousness in a way that disconnects them from the reality available in the sky above us.

By using a luni-solar calendar, one is immediately aware of the lunar phases and the Sun’s position. Traditional Indian calendars (pañcāṅgas) also include planetary movements. Being aware of the celestial time, allows one to be more aware of the fluctuation of their thoughts, emotions and attitudes as the dance between the Sun and Moon moves life on this planet. For a spiritual practitioner, it supports us to be mindful of our experience.

Sunday Monday TuesdayH December 12 I December 13 J December 14

Amåta Siddhi Yoga:

Dec 26, 15:56 to Dec 27, 07:23

N December 19 N December 20 O December 21Tripuñkar Yoga: Mṛgaśira until 3:22 Ārdrā until 6:16 K 2 until 1:25

Dec 20, 06:16 to 07:20 Sunrise at 7:20 Sunrise at 7:20 Moon >> Cancer 2:17

Dec 25, 15:36 to Dec 26, 06:38 K 1 until 23:07 Sunrise at 7:21

Jan 3, 07:01 to Jan 2, 07:24 Winter Solstice 7:59



Dec 15, 18:05 to Dec 16, 07:17

Dec 26, 07:22 to Dec 27, 07:23 S December 26 T December 27 U December 28Dec 30, 11:04 to Dec 31, 07:23 K 7 until 6:39 K 8 until 5:59 Moon >> Libra 3:14

Dec 31, 07:23 to 08:34 Sunrise at 7:23 Sunrise at 7:23 K 9 until 4:40

Jan 2, 00:03 to Jan 3, 07:24 Uttaraphalgunī until 15:56 Hastā until 15:38 Sunrise at 7:23

Jan 3, 21:21 to Jan 4, 07:24 Chitrā until 14:41

Jan 9, 19:20 to Jan 10, 07:23 Mercury >> Capricorn 22:01

Jan 12, 00:30 to Jan 12, 07:23

Jan 12, 07:23 to Jan 13, 07:23

Z January 2 * January 3 B January 4Mahäpäta Doña Mūla until 2:54 Purvāśāḍhā until 0:03 S 2 until 3:50

Vaidhåti Yoga: Sunrise at 7:24 Moon >> Capricorn 5:22 Sunrise at 7:24

Jan 13, 00:59 to 08:22 Amäväsya until 10:34 S 1 until 7:03 Śravaṇa until 19:16

Sunrise at 7:24

Uttarāśāḍhā until 21:27

G January 9 H January 10 H January 11Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24 S 9 until 0:53

Moon >> Aries 19:20 Aśvinī until 21:40 Sunrise at 7:23

Revatī until 19:20

S 8 until 22:55

Sagittarius

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayK December 15 L December 16 M December 17 @ December 18

Sunrise at 7:17 Moon >> Taurus 0:51 Sunrise at 7:19 Rohiṇī until 0:19

S 12 until 12:32 Sunrise at 7:18 S 14 until 17:55 Sunrise at 7:19

Sun >> Sagittarius 14:15 S 13 until 15:11 Apogee 18:14 Moon >> Gemini 13:52

Bharaṇī until 18:05 Kṛttikā until 21:11 Pürëimä until 20:36

[Saṅkrānti] Annapürëā Jayanti


O December 22 P December 23 Q December 24 R December 25K 3 until 3:23 K 4 until 4:58 K 5 until 6:05 K 6 until 6:40



Āśleṣā until 13:12 Christmas Eve Moon >> Virgo 21:44

Christmas Day

V December 29 W December 30 X December 31 Y January 1K 10 until 2:43 K 11 until 0:11 Sunrise at 7:24 Moon >> Sagittarius 5:48

Sunrise at 7:23 Moon >> Scorpio 5:38 Anurādhā until 8:35 Jyeṣṭhā until 5:48

Svātī until 13:09 Sunrise at 7:24 K 13 until 17:48 Sunrise at 7:24

Venus >> Sagittarius 18:30 Viśākhā until 11:04 K 14 until 14:12

K 12 until 21:10 Perigee 14:55

New Year’s Eve New Year's Day

C January 5 D January 6 E January 7 F January 8S 3 until 1:06 Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24

Moon >> Aquarius 6:24 Śatabhiṣa until 16:51 Moon >> Pisces 10:45 Uttarabhādra until 17:40

Sunrise at 7:24 S 5 until 21:41 Purvabhādra until 16:50 S 7 until 21:40

Dhaniṣṭhā until 17:42 S 6 until 21:14

S 4 until 23:00

I January 12 J January 13 K January 14Bharaṇī until 0:30 Kṛttikā until 3:37

S 10 until 3:20 S 11 until 6:03

Moon >> Taurus 7:16 Sunrise at 7:23

Sunrise at 7:23

2021

Yämas and Kaläs

Yämas are a period of 3 hours or an 8th of the day. It is taken as 4 quarters of the day and four quarters of the night. They are similar to the English unit of time called a ‘watch’. They are also called praharas, which comes from the root ‘to beat’. It relates to the fact that in many places a gong or bell would be struck at the change of every 3 hours to mark the day and night similar to church bells ringing on the hour. When a baby was born in the night, a person could calculate that they were born just past the third watch of the night which would mean between midnight and 3 AM.

These times are used in praçna, for spiritual practice and for timing remedial measures (as they relate to the Sun being in the eight directions of the bhävas). In the science of dream interpretation (svapna çästra), the praçna chart made to interpret a dream is generally done for dreams in the last prahara. Dreams in the first prahara are generally considered the rehashing of daily activities, the second prahara is subconscious issues of the individual and the third prahara has the possibility of prophetic meaning.

The term kalä has a few different connotations depending on context, and a few different equations depending on tradition 1. In general, kalä means a sixteenth part, and here refers to the day divided into 16 parts of 1½ hours each. The day has eight parts and the night has eight parts each lorded by all the planets (except for Ketu). The rulership of these kaläs is according to the planets ruling the directions of the Kälachakra.

The añöapadma-kälachakra is an 8 petaled lotus diagram. Each padma is connected to a graha in an order specific to the kälachakra. The first kalä (1 ½ hours) of the day will be ruled by the lord of the day. The second kalä will be ruled by the planet second to it in the kälachakra in a clockwise direction.

For example, on Saturday, the first kalä will be Çanikalä, the second Candrakalä, the third will be Rähukalä. If Çanikalä runs from 6 AM till 7:30, Candrakalä will run from 7:30 till 9AM, which places Rähukalä between 9AM and 10:30 on Saturday. Many Indian Païcäìgas just list the times of Rähukalä for each day of the week since this is considered the most inauspicious kalä of the day. It is not beneficial to do any good works, but the best time to do püjä or other remedial measures. The chart below is for quick reference and to insure you are calculating correctly, but it is easiest to simply remember the planets lording the kälachakra.

The Sun had two children that are connected to time. The eldest is Yama Dharmaräja, who was born from his wife Sünya. As Yama upholds Dharma his time is calculated from Sunrise. The other son was Käla born from Chhäyä, the shadow of his wife. Käla was not interested in following his father and so does not depend on Sunrise. A kalä starts at 6 AM no matter when the Sun rises 2.

1 Kalä is also a minute of arc in angular time, a pakña divided into 16 parts instead of 15 (16 digits of the Moon), 1/900 of a day (1.6 minutes or 24 präëas), or 1/1800 of a day (.8 minutes or 48 seconds), depending on tradition and context. Kalä literally can mean a digit or unit, and it is these digits which makes up käla.2 There are also käla-horäs and yama-horäs. A käla-horä starts at 6 AM no matter what, it is like the clock that has numbers irrelative to the cycle of the Sun. This is important for civil purposes to insure that everyone is using the same hour. The yama-horä starts at sunrise, and has 12 hours in the day and 12 at night. Its size is lengthened or shortened depending on the length of the day. The yama-horä is often utilized in praveça charts.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed Thursday Friday Saturday6:00-7:30 Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn

7:30-9:00 Mars Rähu Jupiter Venus Mercury Saturn Moon

9:00-10:30 Jupiter Sun Mercury Saturn Venus Moon Rähu10:30-12:00 Mercury Mars Venus Moon Saturn Rähu Sun12:00- 1:30 Venus Jupiter Saturn Rähu Moon Sun Mars

1.30- 3:00 Saturn Mercury Moon Sun Rähu Mars Jupiter

3:00-4:30 Moon Venus Rähu Mars Sun Jupiter Mercury

4:30- 6:00 Rähu Saturn Sun Jupiter Mars Mercury Venus

The kaläs of the night are also ruled in the same way except starting at the fifth planet in the kälachakra from the day lord. On Saturday, the first 1 ½ hours after 6 PM will be Maìgalakalä, the next will be Gurukalä. In this way, the evening starts opposite the day lord on the kälachakra as if it was the setting of the day. On Monday, the last 1 ½ hours of the day (4:30-6) is Çanikalä, at 6 PM will become Gurukalä.

The best time to do a weekly püjä to a planet is on the day of the sign lord, at the kalä of the planet. So if one has Moon in Aries, the best time for that individual's weekly Moon remedy is on Tuesday at Moon’s kalä (1:30-3:00). If Jupiter is in Capricorn then weekly Guru upäya can be done on Saturday from 1:30 to 3:00.

Why leave your house for worship if the temple is closed? The Kälachakra is turning and She is dancing. The kalä is a doorway in which a specific energy can be accessed. When the doorway is open specific change can actually happen. Find the specific Rähukalä for your chart and use that time to remove your delusions. An astrologer must have clarity or all this is just entertainment.

Sunday Monday TuesdayG January 9 H January 10 I January 11

Amåta Siddhi Yoga:

Jan 23, 07:18 to 21:45

Jan 26, 19:21 to Jan 27, 07:15

Feb 5, 02:39 to 07:07

M January 16 @ January 17 N January 18Dvipuñkar Yoga: Mars >> Sagittarius 3:01 Sunrise at 7:21 Sunrise at 7:21

Jan 23, 21:45 to Jan 24, 07:17 Sunrise at 7:22 Moon >> Cancer 8:33 Puṣya until 17:13

Feb 1, 19:01 to Feb 2, 04:23 Ārdrā until 12:40 Punarvasu until 15:07 K 1 until 17:25

S 14 until 13:49 Pürëimä until 15:49


Jan 17, 15:07 to Jan 18, 07:21 Martin Luther King Day

Jan 18, 17:12 to Jan 19, 07:20

Jan 23, 07:18 to 21:45 R January 23 S January 24 T January 25Jan 26, 19:21 to Jan 27, 17:40 Sunrise at 7:18 Sunrise at 7:18 Sunrise at 7:17

Jan 30, 10:53 to Jan 31, 07:12 K 6 until 19:15 Moon >> Libra 9:38 K 8 until 16:56

Jan 31, 08:27 to Feb 1, 06:14 Hastā until 21:45 K 7 until 18:19 Svātī until 20:37

Feb 5, 02:39 to 07:07 Chitrā until 21:25

Feb 6, 07:06 to Feb 7, 05:29

Feb 8, 07:57 to Feb 10, 07:02

Mahäpäta Doña Y January 30 Z January 31 * February 1Vyatipäta Yoga: K 13 until 4:00 K 14 until 0:49 Śravaṇa until 6:14

Jan 26, 12:00 to 17:03 Sunrise at 7:13 Sunrise at 7:12 Sunrise at 7:11

Vaidhåti Yoga: Purvāśāḍhā until 10:53 Uttarāśāḍhā until 8:28 Moon >> Aquarius 17:15

Feb 7, 16:33 to 21:39 Moon >> Capricorn 16:16 Amäväsya until 21:46 S 1 until 19:02

Chinese New Year

National Freedom Day

E February 6 F February 7 G February 8Moon >> Aries 3:40 Aśvinī until 5:29 Sunrise at 7:05

Revatī until 3:40 Sunrise at 7:06 Bharaṇī until 7:58

Sunrise at 7:07 S 7 until 16:47 Moon >> Taurus 14:40

S 6 until 15:09 S 8 until 19:02

Capricorn

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayJ January 12 K January 13 K January 14 L January 15

Sun >> Capricorn 1:00 Sunrise at 7:22

Apogee 1:25 Rohiṇī until 6:48 Mṛgaśira until 9:51

Sunrise at 7:23 S 13 until 11:28

S 12 until 8:50

Moon >> Gemini 20:21

[Makara Saṅkrānti]


O January 19 O January 20 P January 21 Q January 22Sunrise at 7:20 Sunrise at 7:20 Sunrise at 7:19 Moon >> Virgo 3:18

K 2 until 18:36 K 3 until 19:23 K 4 until 19:45 Sunrise at 7:19

Moon >> Leo 18:55 Maghā until 20:13 Pūrvaphalgunī until 21:08 K 5 until 19:43

Āśleṣā until 18:55 Uttaraphalgunī until 21:39

Solar Perihelion 22:52

U January 26 V January 27 W January 28 X January 29Sunrise at 7:16 Sunrise at 7:16 Sunrise at 7:15 K 12 until 7:08

Moon >> Scorpio 13:43 K 10 until 12:47 K 11 until 10:06 Sunrise at 7:14

K 9 until 15:05 Anurādhā until 17:40 Moon >> Sagittarius 15:38 Mūla until 13:19

Viśākhā until 19:21 Jyeṣṭhā until 15:38 Perigee 23:11

B February 2 C February 3 C February 4 D February 5Dhaniṣṭhā until 4:23 Śatabhiṣa until 3:05 Purvabhādra until 2:28 Uttarabhādra until 2:39



Moon >> Pisces 20:33

Vasanta Païchamé

H February 9 I February 10 I February 11 J February 12Sunrise at 7:04 Sunrise at 7:02 S 10 until 0:23 S 11 until 2:58

Kṛttikā until 10:54 Rohiṇī until 14:02 Moon >> Gemini 3:36 Sunrise at 7:00

S 9 until 21:39 Apogee 18:37 Sunrise at 7:01 Sun >> Aquarius 13:58

Mṛgaśira until 17:08 Ārdrā until 19:58

Saṅkrānti


2022

Sunday Monday TuesdayK February 13 L February 14 M February 15

S 12 until 5:13 Sunrise at 6:58 Puṣya until 0:19

Sunrise at 6:59 S 13 until 6:59 Sunrise at 6:57

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: Moon >> Cancer 15:49 S 14 until 8:14

Feb 23, 06:45 to Feb 24, 00:01 Punarvasu until 22:23

Mar 4, 12:22 to Mar 5, 06:13

Valentine's Day

Tripuñkar Yoga:

Feb 12, 19:58 to Feb 13, 05:12 P February 20 Q February 21 R February 22Feb 22, 06:47 to Feb 23, 01:11 Hastā until 3:13 Chitrā until 2:47 Svātī until 2:06

Feb 26, 19:19 to Feb 27, 16:12 Sunrise at 6:50 K 5 until 6:28 K 6 until 5:05

Mar 8, 11:01 to 19:01 K 4 until 7:36 Sunrise at 6:49 Sunrise at 6:48

Ravi Puñya Yoga: Moon >> Libra 15:02 Moon >> Scorpio 19:26

Feb13 22:23 to Feb 14, 06:57

Mar 13, 07:36 to Mar 14, 07:17 Presidents' Day

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: X February 27 Y February 28 Z March 1Feb13, 22:23 to Feb 14, 06:57 Moon >> Capricorn 0:52 Sunrise at 6:39 Moon >> Aquarius 3:02

Feb14, 06:57 to Feb 15, 00:19 Sunrise at 6:41 K 13 until 13:47 Sunrise at 6:38

Feb 15, 06:56 to Feb 16, 01:44 K 12 until 16:13 Śravaṇa until 15:49 K 14 until 11:31

Feb 23, 06:45 to Feb 24, 00:01 Uttarāśāḍhā until 17:32 Dhaniṣṭhā until 14:18

Feb 27, 06:40 to 17:32

Feb 28, 06:38 to 15:49 Mahä Siva Rätri

Mar 4, 12:22 to Mar 5, 06:31

Mar 6, 06:29 to 14:21 C March 6 D March 7 E March 8Mar 8, 06:26 to 19:01 Sunrise at 6:31 Sunrise at 6:29 Sunrise at 6:28

Mar 9, 06:25 to Mar 10, 06:23 S 4 until 7:43 S 5 until 9:03 S 6 until 11:02

Mar 12, 04:02 to 06:20 Aśvinī until 14:21 Bharaṇī until 16:24 Kṛttikā until 19:02

Mar 13, 07:36 to Mar 14, 07:17 Moon >> Taurus 23:01

Mahäpäta Doña

Vyatipäta Yoga:

Feb 21, 03:40 to 07:46 J March 13 K March 14 L March 15Vaidhåti Yoga: Moon >> Cancer 0:00

Mar 5, 06:19 to 10:25 Daylight Savings Begins 2:00

Sunrise at 7:20


S 11 until 23:36

Aquarius

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayN February 16 N February 17 O February 18 O February 19

Moon >> Leo 1:44 Maghā until 2:41 Pūrvaphalgunī until 3:12 Uttaraphalgunī until 3:22

Āśleṣā until 1:44 Sunrise at 6:54 Sunrise at 6:53 Sunrise at 6:52

Sunrise at 6:55 K 1 until 9:11 K 2 until 9:00 K 3 until 8:27

Pürëimä until 8:57 Moon >> Virgo 9:16

S February 23 U February 24 V February 25 W February 26Viśākhā until 1:11 Anurādhā until 0:01 Sunrise at 6:44 Mars >> Capricorn 2:20

K 7 until 3:27 K 8 until 1:35 Mūla until 21:02 Sunrise at 6:42

Sunrise at 6:46 Sunrise at 6:45 K 10 until 21:10 Perigee 14:25

Moon >> Sagittarius 22:38 K 11 until 18:43

Jyeṣṭhā until 22:38 Purvāśāḍhā until 19:19

K 9 until 23:28 Venus >> Capricorn 20:50

* March 2 A March 3 B March 4 C March 5Sunrise at 6:37 Moon >> Pisces 6:33 Sunrise at 6:34 Sunrise at 6:32

Amäväsya until 9:35 Sunrise at 6:35 S 2 until 7:16 S 3 until 7:07

Śatabhiṣa until 13:08 S 1 until 8:07 Uttarabhādra until 12:22 Moon >> Aries 12:59

Purvabhādra until 12:26 Revatī until 12:59

Mercury >> Aquarius 21:53

F March 9 G March 10 H March 11 I March 12Sunrise at 6:26 Daylight Saving Time Starts 2:00 Mṛgaśira until 1:06 Ārdrā until 4:02

S 7 until 13:27 Sunrise at 6:25 Sunrise at 6:23 Sunrise at 6:22

Rohiṇī until 22:00 Moon >> Gemini 11:33 S 9 until 18:38 S 10 until 20:53

Apogee 15:03

S 8 until 16:05

M March 16 @ March 17 N March 18

2022

Sunday Monday TuesdayJ March 13 J March 14 K March 15

Sunrise at 7:19 S 12 until 0:43

Puṣya until 9:38 Sunrise at 7:17

Sun >> Pisces 11:47 Moon >> Leo 11:03

Amåta Siddhi Yoga: Āśleṣā until 11:03

Apr 1, 06:48 to 22:51

Saṅkrānti

Dvipuñkar Yoga: Puëya Käla 12:00 to 18:21

Mar 19, 11:08 to 21:36 O March 20 P March 21 Q March 22Mar 28, 03:45 to 06:55 Sunrise at 7:09 Sunrise at 7:08 Moon >> Scorpio 2:04

Ravi Puñya Yoga: Vernal Equinox 8:33 Svātī until 9:01 Sunrise at 7:06

Apr 10, 06:34 to 18:21 Chitrā until 10:11 K 4 until 17:55 Viśākhā until 7:44

K 3 until 19:5 K 5 until 15:53


Mar 14, 07:17 to 09:38

Mar 15, 07:15 to 11:03

Mar 26, 01:02 to Mar 27, 06:56 V March 27 W March 28 X March 29Mar 31, 22:10 to Apr 2, 06:48 Uttarāśāḍhā until 1:02 K 11 until 3:46 K 12 until 2:09

Apr 5, 04:22 to 06:42 K 10 until 5:35 Sunrise at 6:57 Sunrise at 6:55

Apr 6, 06:41 to Apr 7, 06:39 Sunrise at 6:59 Moon >> Aquarius 11:25 Śatabhiṣa until 22:19

Apr 8, 13:13 to Apr 9, 06:36 Śravaṇa until 23:55 Dhaniṣṭhā until 22:58

Apr 10, 06:34 to 18:21

Passover (First Day)

Mahäpäta Doña

Vyatipäta Yoga: B April 3 C April 4 C April 5Mar 18, 19:51 to 23:23 Aśvinī until 0:07 S 3 until 1:26 S 4 until 3:16

Vaidhåti Yoga S 2 until 0:09 Bharaṇī until 1:59 Kṛttikā until 4:22

Mar 30, 22:53 to Mar 31, 02:48 Sunrise at 6:48 Sunrise at 6:46 Sunrise at 6:45

Moon >> Taurus 8:32

H April 10 I April 11 J April 12Sunrise at 6:37 Sunrise at 6:36 Rahu >> Aries 1:11

S 9 until 14:46 S 10 until 16:01 Sunrise at 6:34

Puṣya until 18:21 Moon >> Leo 20:05 S 11 until 16:33

Āśleṣā until 20:05 Maghā until 21:07

Rāma Navamī

Pisces

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayL March 16 M March 17 @ March 18 O March 19

S 13 until 1:10 S 14 until 1:01 Pürëimä until 0:18 Sunrise at 7:11

Sunrise at 7:16 Sunrise at 7:14 Sunrise at 7:12 Hastā until 11:08

Maghā until 11:51 Pūrvaphalgunī until 12:04 Uttaraphalgunī until 11:48 K 2 until 21:37

Moon >> Virgo 18:03 K 1 until 23:08 Moon >> Libra 22:41

Holika Holi

R March 23 S March 24 T March 25 U March 26Anurādhā until 6:23 Moon >> Sagittarius 5:00 Mūla until 3:38 Purvāśāḍhā until 2:18

Sunrise at 7:05 Jyeṣṭhā until 5:00 Sunrise at 7:02 Sunrise at 7:00

K 6 until 13:47 Sunrise at 7:03 K 8 until 9:35 K 9 until 7:32

Perigee 16:37 K 7 until 11:41 Moon >> Capricorn 7:58

Mercury >> Pisces 22:28

Y March 30 Z March 31 * April 1 A April 2K 13 until 0:50 Sunrise at 6:52 Sunrise at 6:51 Sunrise at 6:49

Sunrise at 6:54 Uttarabhādra until 22:10 Moon >> Aries 22:51

Moon >> Pisces 16:03 Amäväsya until 23:25 Revatī until 22:51

Venus >> Aquarius 20:11 S 1 until 23:29


K 14 until 23:53 Vasanta Navarātri Ramadan Starts

D April 6 E April 7 F April 8 G April 9S 5 until 5:32 Mars >> Aquarius 2:46 Sunrise at 6:40 Sunrise at 6:39

Sunrise at 6:43 Sunrise at 6:42 S 7 until 10:36 Moon >> Cancer 9:21

Rohiṇī until 7:10 S 6 until 8:03 Ārdrā until 13:13 S 8 until 12:55

Moon >> Gemini 20:40 Mṛgaśira until 10:12 Punarvasu until 16:01

Apogee 12:10

Mercury >> Aries 23:29

K April 13 L April 14 M April 15

2022

Sunday Sunday Monday TuesdayH April 10 I April 11 J April 12

Amåta Siddhi Yoga:

Apr 29, 06:08 to Apr 30, 06:13

Tripuñkar Yoga:

Apr 17, 17:04 to Apr 18, 06:23 N April 17 O April 18 O April 19Apr 26, 12:17 to Apr 27, 04:35 Sunrise at 6:27 Sunrise at 6:26 K 3 until 4:09

May 1, 14:55 to May 2, 06:04 K 1 until 9:32 K 2 until 6:55 Sunrise at 6:24

Svātī until 17:04 Moon >> Scorpio 9:38 Perigee 8:13

Sarvärtha Siddhi Yoga: Viśākhā until 15:09 Anurādhā until 13:09

Apr 16, 18:47 to Apr 17, 06:24

Apr 18, 15:09 to Apr 19, 06:21 Easter Sunday

Apr 23, 06:24 to Apr 24, 05:22

Apr 27, 04:35 to 06:10 U April 24 V April 25 W April 26Apr 28, 06:09 to Apr 30, 06:07 Śravaṇa until 5:23 Dhaniṣṭhā until 4:43 Śatabhiṣa until 4:27

May 2, 12:04 to May 3, 06:03 Sunrise at 6:18 Sunrise at 6:16 Sunrise at 6:15

May 4, 06:02 to 17:47 Mercury >> Taurus 11:44 K 10 until 13:09 K 11 until 12:19

May 5, 20:50 to May 6, 23:48 K 9 until 14:23 Moon >> Pisces 22:31


Mahäpäta Doña

Vyatipäta Yoga

Apr 13, 13:20 to 17:27 A May 1 B May 2 C May 3May 9, 07:17 to 12:35

Vaidhåti Yoga

Apr 25, 14:28 to 18:49

G May 8 H May 9 I May 10

Aries

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayK April 13 L April 14 M April 15 @ April 16

Jupiter >> Pisces 3:20 Moon >> Virgo 3:25 Sunrise at 6:30 Sunrise at 6:28

Sunrise at 6:33 Sunrise at 6:31 S 14 until 13:56 Moon >> Libra 7:31

S 12 until 16:21 S 13 until 15:27 Hastā until 20:10 Pürëimä until 11:55

Sun >> Aries 20:12 Uttaraphalgunī until 21:05 Chitrā until 18:47

Pūrvaphalgunī until 21:26

Hanuman Jayanté

Passover (First Day)

Q April 20 R April 21 S April 22 T April 23K 4 until 1:24 Sunrise at 6:22 Sunrise at 6:20 Sunrise at 6:19

Sunrise at 6:23 Mūla until 9:22 Purvāśāḍhā until 7:45 Uttarāśāḍhā until 6:24

Moon >> Sagittarius 11:12 K 6 until 20:13 Moon >> Capricorn 13:23 K 8 until 16:00

Jyeṣṭhā until 11:12 K 7 until 17:58

K 5 until 22:43

X April 27 Y April 28 Z April 29 * April 30Purvabhādra until 4:35 Uttarabhādra until 5:10 Sunrise at 6:11 Sunrise at 6:10

Venus >> Pisces 5:47 Sunrise at 6:12 Moon >> Aries 6:13 Aśvinī until 7:43

Sunrise at 6:14 K 13 until 11:57 Revatī until 6:13 Amäväsya until 13:28

K 12 until 11:55 Saturn >> Aquarius 19:23 K 14 until 12:29

C May 4 D May 5 E May 6 F May 7

J May 11 K May 12 L May 13

2022

Planet Date TimeVenus enters Sagittarius 3 JAN 2021 15:14Mercury enters Capricorn 4 JAN 2021 14:10Sun enters Capricorn 13 JAN 2021 18:22Mercury enters Aquarius 25 JAN 2021 2:32Venus enters Capricorn 27 JAN 2021 13:43Mercury enters Capricorn 4 FEB 2021 9:57Sun enters Aquarius 12 FEB 2021 7:24Venus enters Aquarius 20 FEB 2021 12:38Mars enters Taurus 21 FEB 2021 14:35Mercury enters Aquarius 10 MAR 2021 22:51Sun enters Pisces 14 MAR 2021 5:17Venus enters Pisces 16 MAR 2021 14:18Mercury enters Pisces 31 MAR 2021 12:05Jupiter enters Aquarius 5 APR 2021 10:35Venus enters Aries 9 APR 2021 17:47Sun enters Aries 13 APR 2021 13:48Mars enters Gemini 13 APR 2021 12:19Mercury enters Aries 16 APR 2021 8:21Mercury enters Taurus 30 APR 2021 17:04Venus enters Taurus 4 MAY 2021 00:44Sun enters Taurus 14 MAY 2021 10:38Mercury enters Gemini 25 MAY 2021 19:07Venus enters Gemini 28 MAY 2021 11:17Mars enters Cancer 1 JUN 2021 17:53Mercury enters Taurus 2 JUN 2021 15:07Sun enters Gemini 14 JUN 2021 17:11Venus enters Cancer 22 JUN 2021 1:35Mercury enters Gemini 6 JUL 2021 22:23Sun enters Cancer 16 JUL 2021 3:59Venus enters Leo 16 JUL 2021 20:37Mars enters Leo 20 JUL 2021 4:47Mercury enters Cancer 24 JUL 2021 23:00Mercury enters Leo 8 AUG 2021 12:49Venus enters Virgo 10 AUG 2021 22:40Sun enters Leo 16 AUG 2021 12:19Mercury enters Virgo 25 AUG 2021 22:30Mars enters Virgo 5 SEP 2021 14:43Venus enters Libra 5 SEP 2021 11:55Jupiter enters Capricorn 14 SEP 2021 6:47Sun enters Virgo 16 SEP 2021 12:13Mercury enters Libra 21 SEP 2021 18:39Mercury enters Virgo 1 OCT 2021 15:25Venus enters Scorpio 1 OCT 2021 20:49Sun enters Libra 17 OCT 2021 00:11Mars enters Libra 21 OCT 2021 12:45

Planet Date TimeVenus enters Sagittarius 30 OCT 2021 3:10Mercury enters Libra 1 NOV 2021 21:04Sun enters Scorpio 15 NOV 2021 23:03Mercury enters Scorpio 20 NOV 2021 15:01Jupiter enters Aquarius 20 NOV 2021 5:18Mars enters Scorpio 4 DEC 2021 15:47Venus enters Capricorn 8 DEC 2021 23:11Mercury enters Sagittarius 9 DEC 2021 16:18Sun enters Sagittarius 15 DEC 2021 13:47Mercury enters Capricorn 28 DEC 2021 21:44Venus enters Sagittarius 29 DEC 2021 19:29Sun enters Capricorn 14 JAN 2022 00:37Mars enters Sagittarius 16 JAN 2022 2:29Sun enters Aquarius 12 FEB 2022 13:39Mars enters Capricorn 26 FEB 2022 01:56Venus enters Capricorn 26 FEB 2022 20:28Mercury enters Aquarius 5 MAR 2022 21:41Sun enters Pisces 14 MAR 2022 11:30Mercury enters Pisces 23 MAR 2022 22:19Venus enters Aquarius 30 MAR 2022 19:56Mars enters Aquarius 7 APR 2022 02:26Mercury enters Aries 7 APR 2022 23:22Rahu enters Aries 12 APR 2022 05:50Ketu enters Libra 12 APR 2022 05:50Sun enters Aries 13 APR 2022 19:56Jupiter enters Pisces 13 APR 2022 02:14Mercury enters Taurus 24 APR 2022 11:33Venus enters Pisces 27 APR 2022 05:34Saturn enters Aquarius 28 APR 2022 15:02Sun enters Taurus 14 MAY 2022 16:43Mars enters Pisces 16 MAY 2022 20:41Venus enters Aries 23 MAY 2022 07:43Sun enters Gemini 14 JUN 2022 23:14Venus enters Taurus 17 JUN 2022 19:30Mars enters Aries 26 JUN 2022 16:42Mercury enters Gemini 1 JUL 2022 21:04Venus enters Gemini 12 JUL 2022 22:02Saturn enters Capricorn 12 JUL 2022 09:08Sun enters Cancer 16 JUL 2022 10:03Mercury enters Cancer 16 JUL 2022 11:29

Mercury enters Leo 31 JUL 2022 15:00Venus enters Cancer 6 AUG 2022 16:29Mars enters Taurus 10 AUG 2022 07:58Sun enters Leo 16 AUG 2022 18:25Mercury enters Virgo 20 AUG 2022 13:11Venus enters Leo 31 AUG 2022 03:25Sun enters Virgo 16 SEPT 2022 18:21Venus enters Virgo 24 SEPT 2022 08:09Mars enters Gemini 15 OCT 2022 15:24Sun enters Libra 17 OCT 2022 06:21Venus enters Libra 18 OCT 2022 08:45Mercury enters Libra 26 OCT 2022 00:59Venus enters Scorpio 11 NOV 2022 06:15Mars enters Taurus 13 NOV 2022 09:50Mercury enters Scorpio 13 NOV 2022 07:31Sun enters Scorpio 16 NOV 2022 05:15Mercury enters Sagittarius 2 DEC 2022 16:59Venus enters Sagittarius 5 DEC 2022 04:05Sun enters Sagittarius 15 DEC 2022 20:02Mercury enters Capricorn 27 DEC 2022 14:01Venus enters Capricorn 29 DEC 2022 02:13Mercury enters Sagittarius 30 DEC 2022 12:10Saturn enters Aquarius 17 JAN 2023 01:12

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Planet Date Time Sign DegreesMercury goes Retrograde 30 JAN 2021 7:50 2° Aqu 21'Mercury goes Direct 20 FEB 2021 16:53 16° Cap 53' Saturn goes Retrograde 23 MAY 2021 2:55 19° Cap 22'Mercury goes Retrograde 29 MAY 2021 15:33 0° Gem 34' Jupite goes Retrograde 20 JUNE 2021 8:28 8° Aqu 2' Mercury goes Direct 22 JUNE 2021 14:59 21° Tau 59' Mercury goes Retrograde 26 SEPT 2021 22:09 1° Lib 20' Saturn goes Direct 10 OCT 2021 20:08 12° Cap 44' Jupiter goes Direct 17 OCT 2021 22:23 28° Cap 11'Mercury goes Direct 18 OCT 2021 8:16 15° Vir 59'Venus goes Retrograde 19 DEC 2021 2:29 2° Cap 20' Mercury goes Retrograde 14 JAN 2022 3:40 16° Cap 11'Venus goes Direct 29 JAN 2022 0:52 16° Sag 55’Mercury goes Direct 3 FEB 2022 20:13 0° Cap 13'Mercury goes Retrograde 10 MAY 2022 4:47 10° 42’ TauMercury goes Direct 3 JUNE 2022 1:00 1° 55'’ TauSaturn goes Retrograde 4 JUNE 2022 15:06 1° 5' Aqu

Combustion (Asta) Table (for Sacramento, CA PST) - 2021

Venus* 10° orb

Venus Tara Asta Starts On February 7, 2021, Sunday at 06:36 AMVenus Tara Asta Ends On April 18, 2021, Monday at 08:15 PMTotal Asta Duration = 70 Days

*Most auspicious ceremonies, especially Marriage Ceremony is restricted during the combustion of Venus. See the appendix for a detailed list of prohibited activities as per Muhūrta Chintāmaṇi.

Jupiter* 11° orb

Jupiter Tara Asta Starts On January 17, 2021, Sunday at 05:51 PMJupiter Tara Asta Ends On February 20, 2021, Sunday at 06:06 AMTotal Asta Duration = 34 Days

*Most auspicious ceremonies, especially Marriage Ceremony is restricted during the combustion of Jupiter. See the appendix for a detailed list of prohibited activities as per Muhūrta Chintāmaṇi.

Mercury 17 ° orb direct

12° orb retrograde

Mercury Tara Asta Starts On December 1, 2020, Tuesday at 06:15 AMMercury Tara Asta Ends On January 9, 2021, Saturday at 05:58 PMTotal Asta Duration = 40 DaysMercury Tara Asta Starts On February 2, 2021, Tuesday at 06:28 PMMercury Tara Asta Ends On February 18, 2021, Friday at 05:49 AMTotal Asta Duration = 16 DaysMercury Tara Asta Starts On March 21, 2021, Saturday at 06:22 AMMercury Tara Asta Ends On April 28, 2021, Wednesday at 08:55 PMTotal Asta Duration = 39 DaysMercury Tara Asta Starts On May 30, 2021, Sunday at 09:30 PMMercury Tara Asta Ends On July 4, 2021, Monday at 04:28 AMTotal Asta Duration = 35 DaysMercury Tara Asta Starts On July 23, 2021, Thursday at 05:09 AMMercury Tara Asta Ends On August 28, 2021, Tuesday at 08:33 PMTotal Asta Duration = 37 DaysMercury Tara Asta Starts On September 7, 2021, Tuesday at 08:19 PMMercury Tara Asta Ends On October 16, 2021, Friday at 06:13 AMTotal Asta Duration = 39 DaysMercury Tara Asta Starts On November 12, 2021, Friday at 05:55 AMMercury Tara Asta Ends On December 24, 2021, Friday at 05:48 PMTotal Asta Duration = 43 Days

Mars 17° orb

Mars Tara Asta Starts On July 25, 2021, Sunday at 09:37 PMMars Tara Asta Ends On November 23, 2021, Wednesday at 05:42 AMTotal Asta Duration = 121 Days

Saturn 15° orb

Saturn Tara Asta Starts On January 10, 2021, Sunday at 05:59 PMSaturn Tara Asta Ends On February 19, 2021, Saturday at 05:47 AMTotal Asta Duration = 40 Days

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