ALMANAC, AYANAMSAM, AND LAGNAM

DISCREPANCY IN HOROSCOPE:

A horoscope has three details – time, date, and place of birth. These decide the zodiac, the star, and the possible outcomes of a person’s future.We know that calculations in astrology need to be meticulous as even a four second variation could easily result in the wrong zodiac and consequently lead to a lot of confusions when consulting with an astrologer. Hence, it is apparent that the right time of birth is of paramount importance.

There are, however, disputes and disagreements in settling on which is the proper time to be recorded in a horoscope. Some say it is when crowning occurs, others say it is when the baby is fully out of the mother. A few others insist it is when the baby begins to cry or when it takes its first breath. Sadly,none of them are right. According to astrology, the time to be noted is the time of fertilization of the egg.

Ancient works on astrology gives us the necessary equations required to determine the exact moment of fertilization of the egg. It is said that that time is always in some proportion to the time of birth. The concept is similar to that of planting a seed in the ground. The tree that it would grow up to be depends on the time of its planting.

A MYRIAD OF ALMANACS:

Almanacs form the basis of analyzing a horoscope. If a horoscope is a birth chart that has the details of the planetary alignments at the exact moment of fertilization, then an almanac is a collection of all the horoscopes. It has all the placements of all the planets and stars for every instance in time. Today, there are more number of almanancs in the world than there are colors. There is only a slight offset of one tiny detail between them all but it leads to massive variations in deciding the zodiac, star as well as the shifting of Jupiter and Saturn.

For instance, a particular almanac may suggest that Jupiter shifted from Gemini to Cancer on one month. The same month, another almanac would suggest something contrary to that. It would also be the same in the cases of determining the star positions, which are vital in deducing the muhurtha and other auspicious times for important events. In all these cases, an individual is confronted with baffling encounters and rendered unable in landing on something with solid beliefs.

AYANAMSAM:

Everyone knows that the Sun is the center of our solar system and that all the planets rotate around it. In truth, the Sun steadily deviates a certain angle each year. The reason that there are many almanacs in the world is due to the fact that each of these adopt their own value of the deviation of the sun. This deviation is a variable that one must take into calculation for every year and every calculation. The degree of deviation that is under discussion is what is called as ayanamsam.

The most accurate almanac available today is called the “Epimeris almanac”. “Thirukanitha Panchangam” that is practiced in Tamilnadu is a close second to Epimeris. Apart from these, there are many others like Arcaud Panchangam. Since they differ in the value of ayanamsam, they are mostly used for general events like vastu, marriage related activities etc.

The time of sunrise is another crucial detail for the writing of a horoscope. Not all places receive dawn at the same time. For example, the city Chennai would have its sunrise at 06:09 whereas the city Coimbatore, which is just 500kms south west of it, would have its sunrise at 06:18. There is a lag of about 10 minutes within a single state. Considering the fact that the calculations are extremely sensitive, one can understand how pivotal it is in astrology.

LAGNAM& STAR:

It is only with this time that a person’s star and Lagnam are assigned. And the results of the analyses are heavily dependent upon lagnam.

We know that a day has 24 hours. In astrology, each zodiac takes two hours of a day. Depending on the time of sunrise, the lagnam will fall on a particular zodiac. As mentioned earlier, it is only with this lagnam that a horoscope’s results can be interpreted. It could be well understood with an example.

If a lagnam is Aries, cancer will take the fourth place and in this case, predictions on maternal household and vehicles will be made. If the lagnam moves a Taurus, Cancer will take third place. In this case, predictions on brotherhood will be made. Hence, lagnam is just as important as any other detail in astrology.

Also, each planet in astrology has its own time period to complete one full rotation around the Earth. Some may take years, some months. The moon takes a mere 2.25 days for one rotation. Since it is the only factor determining the star to which a person belongs to, it could be disastrous if one were to misread the time of sunrise or make any errors in calculations.

With the correct details and accurate calculations, one can easily know the things predicted to happen as well as the time at which they would take place. Hence, it is essential that all information in our horoscope remains true and complete.