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Thiruvathira Njattuvela, the most famous of all Njattuvelas, begins today.

Amongst all solar transits, Thiruvathira is most favoured, as it gives equal proportion of rains and sunny days. The ancients used to preserve the water during this solar transit of 14 days. This water was used to prepare medicinal concoctions. It was believed that it was Ambrosia that rained during Thiruvathira.

The India Meteorological Dept says that Monsoon is 28% more than normal in the South and it is less 8% than the average in the North and East. Only after observation of the Monsoon in the East and North, will they declare it as a good monsoon.

The ancients believed that anything sown during this Sun’s transit of Alpha Orionis ( Aridra ) will fructify.

There is an interesting story about this phase. One Kerala King gave pepper seeds to the East India Company. One of his ministers said ” If we give them the seeds, they will stop buying from us “. To which the King replied ” They can take away pepper seeds, but not Thiruvathira ” !

I was woken up at 0100 AM today by the sound of lightning. It was raining heavily at that time.

In Malayalam, there are many sayings about this golden phase. ” Thirimuriyathe peythu nirayum Thiruvathira” ( It will be raining golden water all the time ) and ” Kairviral vare odichu nattal mulakkum” ( Even the fingers cut and sown will fructify ).

This is the maximum rain yielding Njattuvela. The ancients believed that the rainwater of Thiruvathira can cure diseases and this water was used to make marunnu kanji or medicinal rice soup ! They believed that rains used to pour according to the raga ” Thiru Thiru Thakritheya ” !

Kerala farmers love this solar transit because rains will not be there all the time but with sunny interludes, in balanced proportion of 50:50. Unlike the devastating Makiryam and Pooyam Njattuvelas, which are characterised by fierce downpours.

We do not know what Physical Science says about these transits. But to Keralites, weather cycles are inextricably linked to the Sun’s transits !

Makiryam exited with a bang. Torrential rains from 0730 to 0830 PM characterised its exit. When Thiruvathira dawned it was mild rains and sunshine.

The solar transit of a constellation or asterism is 14 days, as the arc of the asterism is 13 degrees and 20 minutes. The solar transit of a Zodiac Sign is 30 days, as a sign is 30 degrees. Solar transit of the Zodiac, 365.25 days, is an year, as everybody knows. Since the precession is 72 years per degree, an Age Cycle is 2160 years( 30*72) and twelve such Age Cycles constitute a Precessional Cycle which is 25920 years !

All these solar transits of asterisms, signs, Age Cycles and Precessional Cycles have been precisely calculated by the Great Geometrician of the Universe and all terrestrial events obey the divine order of the celestial bodies and this is beautifully expressed in the prayer ” Thy Will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth ” !

The International Astronomical Union had standardised all the constellations of the Sidereal Zodiac and the exact boundaries fixed in 1930. . But none of the Indian names figure in the list of the IAU, despite the fact that India had one of the earliest astronomical cultures.

That the ancient Babylonians, the Hindus and the Egyptians had deep and independent knowlege of the Heavens is an undisputed fact. The names of fabled heroes, animals and deities were assigned to the constellations. Those who followed the ” Star of Bethlehem” had come from these pagan cultures. The ascendency of Sirius marked the resuscitation of the Nile, after a long dry spell. Edava Pathi transformed the hot, parched landscape of Kerala into a lush green Paradise, a tropical wet system, as per the German climatologist Koppen !

The Indian system is far more comprehensive. It deals with the Sidereal Zodiac, which begins from 0 degrees of Beta Arietis ( Aswini ) and ends at the 360th degree of Zeta Piscium ( Revathi ). As the Sun moves roughly one degree per day, the solar transit of a 30 degree Sign is 30 days and a constellation is 13.33 days ( as the constellation is 13 degrees and 20 minutes ). A Njattuvela is a solar transit of a constellation of 13 degrees 20 minutes and hence the duration is 13.33 days.

The Malayalam Era is known as Kolla Varsham and it was compiled by a man from Kollam. It is derived from the Ursa Major Cycle ( The Saptharshi Yuga ). Staying in a constellation for 100 years, the Ursa Major makes a retrograde circuit of the Zodiac, known as the Ursa Major Cycle. Hence the Ursa Major Cycle is 2700 years ( 27*100).

All other calenders deal only with the 12 signs of the Tropical Zodiac and hence is superficial.

The book “The Farmer’s Song’ , Krishi Geetha deals with the effects of the solar transits of constellatons. Legend has it that Parasurama, one of the ten incarnations of the Lord, after destroying the tyrants, was seized with remorse. In order to expiate for his sins, he distributed the lands he had conquered to spiritual people. In higher states of Consciousness, he received higher instructions how to make the land fertile, how to plant, when to plant and when to reap, according to the solar transits. The result of his great pyshic research was ‘ The Farmer’s Song” , the Krishi Geetha. This is a revealed science, like all Vedic sciences.

The Fivefold Ephemeris, the Panchanga

The Ephemeris is fivefold

Vaara, Day of the Week, named after the Seven Revolving Heavens
Thaara, the Star, the lunar transit of a constellation
Thidhi, the Lunation, 12 degrees
Karana, 6 degrees or Half Lunation
Nithya Yoga, longitude of Sun + longitude of Moon

Those who follow Astrology follow the Panchanga, which gives all astro information. For corporate mergers, weddings and other auspicious events, the Panchanga is used. The Panchangas use the Indian calculation of Nazhikas ( 24 minutes ) and Vinazhikas ( 24 seconds ). The Zodiac Software converts these Nazhikas into hours and minutes.

Thaara is the Lunar transit of a constellation while Njattuvela is the solar. The Panchanga and the Astro Calender gives all info about these transits.

The six Seasons of the Astro Calender are Vasanta ( Aries, Taurus), Greeshma ( Gemini, Cancer ), Varsha ( Leo, Virgo ), Sharat ( Libra, Scorpio ), Hemanta ( Sagittarius, Capricorn) and Sisira ( Aquarius, Pisces ). Thau Dau Rithu – Two months make a Rithu or a season.

During Makam Njattuvela, Sesame can be planted ( Maghathinte mukhathu ellu erinjal kutathinte mukhathu enna kaanaam )

Never plant anything during Pooyam Njattuvela ( Pooyathil nattal puzhuthu pokum ).
For planting all , Aswathi Njattuvela is good.
For mango trees, Bharani Njattuvela is best.

Thiruvathira Njattuvela is the most famous. It is known for vegetative propagation.
Rohini Njattuvela is good for trees.
Atham Njattuvela is good for bananas.

Of all the eighteen astronomical treatises
Aryabhateeyam is extolled
Also Mahabhaskareeyam
These treatises deal with computation
Of planet’s longitudes !
Longitude corrected thrice
To get the true longitudes
Mahabhaskareeya talks about
The eight motions of planets
Direct or retrograde
Retrogression is Vakra
Ativakra is maximum Retrogression
End of Retrogression is Kutila
Slow motion is Manda
Slower motion is Mandatara
Mean motion is Sama
Fast motion is Sheegra
And faster motion is Sheegratara !

Eighteen Seers wrote
Eighteen treatises astronomical
Surya wrote Surya Siddhanta
Pitamaha wrote Pitamaha Siddhanta
Vyasa Siddhanta was done by Vyasa
Vasishta wrote Vasishta Siddhanta
Atri wrote Atri Siddhanta
Parasara Siddhanta was written by Parasara
Lomasa, Paulasa, Chyavana
Yavana, Bhrigu all wrote about the Heavens !

We find that the Precession of the Equinoxes is 70 years per degree. The Signs of the Zodiac are 30 degrees each and one decanate is 10 degrees. In other words, 10 degrees is 700 years and is one Sub Cycle, out of an Astrological Cycle of 2100 years.

The first sub cycle at 700 ACE marked the Rise of the Islamic Civilization. Another Sub Cycle at 1400 ACE marked the Rise of the Western Civilization. And 2100 ACE will mark the rise of the Judiac Civilization. The Jews will rise high in the scientific, economic, military sectors and Israel will be a tiny Superpower !

The degrees of the celestial latitudes are as follows

Venus 2
Mercury 2
Saturn 2
Mars 1.5
Jupiter 1

Longitudes of Ascending Nodes

Mars 40
Jupiter 80
Venus 60
Mercury 20
Saturn 100

Longitudes of Apogees

Mars 118
Venus 90
Mercury 210
Saturn 236
Sun 78

The Ursa Major is a constellation called the Great Bear. They are known in Indian Astronomy as the Seven Seers or Sapta Rishies – Atri, Angiras, Mareechi, Pulasthya, Pulaha, Krithu, Vasishta.

They stay in a constellation for 100 years. Since the Sidereal Zodiac is made up of 27 constellations, they take 27*100 = 2700 years to make a circuit of the Zodiac. Their motion is retrograde.

Their wives are Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, known as Karthika !

Prof Drayson writes in ” Asiatic Researches ” ” that the ancient Indians thought proper to connect their Mythology with an astronomical cycle of a strange nature. It is that of the Seven Rishies ( Ursa Major ), moving along the Zodiac in a retrograde motion of 2700 years.”

So by tracking their movements Time can be calculated. In fact the first astronomical calender was erected by the Indian emperor, Vaivaswatha Manu in circa 3700 BC. It was based on the Ursa Major cycle.

The Ursa Major, Sapta Rishies, were in Regulus at the start of the Mahabharatha war.

Time can be measured, not only by Solar cycles or lunar cycles, but also by the Ursa Major Cycle.

” I am convinced that everything comes to us from the banks of the Ganges ” said Voltaire. ” Astronony, Astrology, Metempsychosis etc “

The first astronomical and mathematical treatise, the Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta, was translated by the Arabs as As Sind Hind. Later the works of the astronomer-mathematician, Aryabhata, was translated as Al Arjabhat. The Arabs gained insight into Maths and Astronomy, after these treatises were known to them.

The Calculation of the Longitudes of the planets was done by Aryabhata ( Aryabhato Graha Ganitham ). The trignometric functions, Sin was called by him as Bhuja Jya, Cos as Koti Jya and Tan Sparsa Jya. Asin was Bhuaja chapa, Acos was Koti chapa and Atan was Sparas Chapa.

It was these astronomers who first computed the Zodiac, long before Flamsteed. By Jya they meant 5 degrees of a Circle.

The first 90 degrees of the Zodiac, the Circle of the Heavens eight degree away from the Ecliptic was Oja, Odd and the degrees traversed by a planet was Bhuja, the traversed degree. The rest was Koti, the untraversed degree. The 90 to 180 degrees belt was Yugma, Even and the traversed degree of the planet was Koti. ( oja yatra gunaira kotir apara meshdi jookadhikau )

The Northern Celestial Hemisphere stretches from Aries to Libra and the Southern from Libra to Aries. ( Gola Uthara Dakshinau Nigadhidhou ).

The Rev Ebenezor Burgess opined that early Indians were the pioneers and teachers of Astronomy. Indian Astronomy was lauded by the Western astronomers.

Metempsychosis or the Doctrine of Reincarnation was adopted by the Greek philosophers Plato and Philo. The East India Company took this doctrine from India and from this doctrine Dr Erasmus Darwin and his grandson Charles Darwin developed the Law of Evolution, that Life originated from the sea and that our primordial ancestors were aquatic ! This was symbolically depicted in Vedic Symbolism as the first Incarnation as Fish ( origination from the sea ) and the last Incarnation as Buddha ( the Enlightened Self Actualised Sage ) !

The great Gnostics, Hegel and the Rishies, defined Freedom as the Goal of life. The world was the progress of Divine ( Matter, Energy, Being Universal ), through the intellectual evolution of Man. Man attains Freedom, when he realizes that he is God. Man in perfection himself is God !

More info about Indian Astronomy can be had at
Indian Astronomy

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OK, the concept is fine, but how do you become successful as a lensmaster ?

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Write Articles

The mantra on the Net is ‘Publish or Perish’. The Net is defined as the Information Encyclopaedia. It is a repository of free information and resources.

You can write on the subject which deals with your area of expertise. The main ingredients of content creation are Research, knowledge, skill and style.

Research

Read books on the subject. You can go to search engines and type the subject that deals with your area of expertise. You can subscribe to other ezines which deal with that subject. And thus study more about the subject.

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