Personal Panchanga

Komilla Sutton

Description

Panchanga is an ancient vedic technique which has disappeared from current ptactice. It is used to discover the strength of the different sources of 'light' in the natal chart which show one's response to the challenges of life. This book shows how relevant this technique is to life.

Sujets

• Astrology

Informations

• Publié par: The Wessex Astrologer Ltd
• Date de parution: 03 juillet 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 21
• EAN13: 9781902405858
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Gayatri Mantra

Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah Tat Savitur Vareneyam Bhargo Devesya Dhimahi Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat
Other books by Komilla Sutton:

The Essentials of Vedic Astrology
The Lunar Nodes: Crisis and Redemption

You can visit Komilla’s website at
www.komilla.com

Published in 2007 by The Wessex Astrologer Ltd 4A Woodside Road Bournemouth BH5 2AZ England
www.wessexastrologer.com
Copyright © Komilla Sutton
Komilla Sutton asserts the moral right to be recognised as the author of this work.
ISBN 9781902405261 eISBN 9781902405858
A catalogue record of this book is available at The British Library
Cover design by Creative Byte, Poole, Dorset.
Printed and bound in the UK by Biddles Ltd, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
D EDICATION
This book is dedicated to
Dr Ajit Sinha, for showing me the light.
A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to thank the following for their help and support:
Paul F. Newman for his excellent editing and all the hard work he has done to make this book so special.
Margaret Cahill for being the best publisher an author can have, and her inspiration and relentless perfection that makes for such great books.
Swami Sita for her spiritual love and guidance.
Janet Lee for her great friendship.
My brother Kuldip Wirk for always being there for me.
And finally, to my great family who have always supported me, especially Naniji, my uncle M.M Singh and my mom.
C ONTENTS

1
What is Panchanga?

2
The Unfolding of Consciousness – from Subtle to Gross

3
Dina or Solar Day

4
The Nakshatras

5
Tithi

6
Karana

7
Nitya

8
Panchanga Shuddhi – Purifying the Panchanga

9
Finding Your True Light – Panchanga Analysis

Bibliography
1
W HAT IS P ANCHANGA ?
P anchanga is the Indian Almanac used from ancient times to tabulate the effect of many diverse cosmic factors that influence the quality of the day, and it is very different from those available in the west. The actual casting of the panchanga requires complicated calculations, as it has to be precise from the place of birth. The Hindu spiritual calendar and its annual festivals are based on it, and it is consulted for the best time for auspicious ceremonies. In most traditional Indian households, the panchanga is consulted daily to know the quality of the day. Panchanga is also used for almost every branch of vedic astrology: natal, muhurta (election), prashna (horary), transits, etc. While many regional panchanga are available annually, it is rare to get one that takes into account a longer period. Fortunately all vedic astrology software calculates the panchanga for any time and place so it should not be a problem to find the panchanga for the day you are searching for.
Panch means five, and Anga means limbs, so Panchanga literally means five limbs – or the five sources of energy that influence any given day. The essence of the panchanga is how the Sun and Moon relate on a daily basis and how these interactions create special awareness for each of us. The condition and the inter-relationship of the five limbs are a conduit through which the power of the luminaries have to pass in order to reach consciousness. If the circumstances created by them are difficult it will be harder to fulfil the potential in the natal chart even if it promises a lot. The panchanga is used to create the awareness and ability to see the promises of the birth chart more clearly.
Panchanga has mainly been used for election in the past, but it is important to understand that it is what sustains the birth chart, and allows us to see it in the right way. This has never been properly understood – we continue to judge the natal chart without looking at the energies that surround the day of birth. Ancient classics like Jataka Bharnam, Hora Ratnam and Maan Sagri have much information on this subject, which somehow was never incorporated into present day Jyotish in analysing natal charts. This book, Personal Panchanga , will study how these five forces influence the birth chart.
The Personal Panchanga is the secret key to understanding the deeper levels of your chart, and this book will help decode it. The birth panchanga has far reaching influences: it effects our emotions, temperament and nature. It can give added information about who we are and how we feel. It gives us special consonants which are right for our name, the way we relate to each other, the hidden personality, the right career, the lucky times of life and much more. It can strengthen the effect of the planets and give us additional qualities that we may not understand purely through the natal chart.
The Five Lights of the Day

The panchang is a combination of:


1. Dina – solar day
2. Nakshatra – the distance travelled by the Moon in one day
3. The Tithi – lunar day
4. Karana – the half lunar day
5. Nitya Yoga – the daily relationship between the Sun and the Moon
Dina means day. Dina is one solar day that begins at sunrise and ends at sunrise of the next solar day.
Nakshatra means a star in Sanskrit. A star is a point of cosmic light. One nakshatra is how far the moon travels in one day.
Tithi is a lunar day. From their conjunction at the New Moon, the Sun and the Moon move away from each other 12° per day. This 12° of separation is known as the tithi. A lunar month has 30 tithis. Each tithi is slightly shorter than the solar day. A lunar year is 48 weeks.
Karana is half a tithi. Karana is derived from the word Kar whose meaning is to do . Karana means doing, performing, producing and creating.
Nitya means daily and yoga means a yoke or connection. The panchanga yoga is different from the yogas formed by the planets. The yoga is the daily angle that is formed between the Sun and the Moon.

Dina is connected to the Sun and Nakshatra to the Moon; the other three components of the panchanga show the connection between the two luminaries.
Panchanga gives the quality of light with which to interpret the natal charts, and its strength is decided by the condition of the luminaries in the five sources, as just described. If it is strong, then it is easy to understand the message our birth chart is giving. If weak, it creates shadows and we are unable to comprehend what the chart tells us. A strong panchanga illuminates and highlights all we need to deal with life whereas a troubled panchanga makes it impossible to see even the good points of the natal chart. Without the awareness of the panchanga we can be scrabbling in the dark unable to make real sense of our natal charts. Each limb of the panchanga stands alone but how all the limbs interrelate with each other gives the final picture.
The Sun, Moon and the Panchanga
The natal positions of the Sun and Moon are very important. Other planets support the interaction of the luminaries. The quality of the Sun and Moon in a natal chart by rashi, conjunction and aspect will impact on the qualities expressed by the panchanga. If they are weak, despite the panchang promising a lot, it does not deliver to its best level. This is when the negative qualities of the panchanga can take root. Similarly a very negative panchanga can be improved if the luminaries are in dignity and strong in the natal chart. If one is in dignity and the other is weak, it gives more neutral effects. Special emphasis has to be placed on the Moon as the mind can improve and spoil the life the incarnating soul wants to achieve. Many spiritual disciplines are undertaken to strengthen the mind, as a strong and good mind is responsible for making or marring the quality of life. Remedial measures that can be performed for a negative panchanga are detailed in Chapter 8.
The Natal Chart and Panchanga
Consider the relationship between the panchanga and the natal chart in this way: panchanga as the location and the birth chart as a house being built. If the location is wrong, the best or most expensive house there will not be so valuable, whereas if the location is right even a rundown house can be improved and value added to it.
Why Study the Panchanga?
Birth panchanga tells of the burnt signs, the yogi or the good luck points, the lucky and unlucky planets, how to get the right name, the source of your energy, the best career options and relationship compatibility. Panchanga gives so much more information about your personality, its strengths and weakness. After reading this book, you may wonder how you ever analysed the natal chart without using it.
Many authors have written about the panchanga, so this is not new information. What this book provides is a step by step guide to using panchanga on a personal level and it fits the pieces of the jigsaw together.
The Spirituality of the Panchanga
The panchanga is seen as our connection with the divine forces. As the forces of consciousness move from the subtle to the gross level, they start connecting with us through the five great elements known as the pancha maha bhuta. Each of the five elements connect to one of the limbs of the panchanga. The panchanga shows the gross qualities of consciousness as we descend towards materialism but by controlling our inner and outer nature through spiritual endeavours we can turn this quality back from gross to subtle, and the soul can progress to its higher self.
The knowledge of panchanga was considered sacred and prayers were said to it so that it revealed the true spiritual picture to the aspirant. An important part of the incarnating soul is to purify their panchanga through spiritual and dharmic works so that the panchanga quality becomes more subtle, and the light we live in not only highlights our outer world but also brings inner light.
The descent and the ascent of consciousness is given in Chapter 2 along with the story of the five great elements, their relationship to the gross and subtle. Purifying the gross elements and connecting them to the subtle chakras through panchanga shuddhi is detailed in Chapter 9.
How the Chart and the Panch