A Note on 365 vs 360 day year in the Vimshottari Dasa System by tw853@yahoo.com (K !"#ine A$%$st &008' (.

)e*errin% the statement in Phala Deepika (+a%e (,6' *or mahadasa ca-c$-ation to ta.e the So-ar year/ which is the time ta.en by the S$n to com+-ete one ro$nd o* the 0odiac *rom any re*erence +osition/ 1$r$2i KSK has %$ided to ado+t the So-ar year o* 365.25 days alone *or ca-c$-atin% the Vimshottari Dasa system/ and to ta.e 360 days a year *or easy ca-c$-ation o* sub sub (DBAS) dasa periods. (K )eader 3 ++ ,6",4' &. 5his -en%th o* the So-ar year is in -ine with the *o--owin% re*erences6 (' Accordin% to the +resent $niversa--y $sed 1re%orian ca-endar/ the avera%e year is 365.&7&5 days/ which is a++-ied in the S8s -i.e K Astro 3.0/ 9:ora. &' 5he moderns ta.e the mean -en%th o* the siderea- So-ar year to be o* 365.&567 days (365d"6h",m",.50 sec'. 3' 3n S$rya Siddhanta/ the -en%th o* the sidera- So-ar year is 365.&584 days (365. %h (5.3(.30'/ which is -on%er than the above mean -en%th (365.&567' by abo$t 3m(,sec on-y. 7' 3n Siddhanta Siromani/ a So-ar year consists o* 365.&587 days (365. %h (5.30.&&'/ which is -on%er than the above mean -en%th (365.&567' by abo$t &m53sec on-y. 3. Some remar.s on the 360 day year are as %iven $nder. (' 5he 360 day year doesn;t re*er to the -en%th o* a So-ar year (365.&5 days' or <$nar year (360 tithis/ abo$t 357.36 so-ar days' and is ca--ed a Savan year or the civiyear. Nowadays it is not in $se in any +art o* the wor-d e=ce+t *or sacri*icia+$r+oses +artic$-ar-y *or the Soma"ya2na. &' 3n S$rya Siddhanta/ the So-ar month is said to have 30.738&&66 days (30. %h &6.(4.34' and the <$nar month has &,.5305833 days (&,. %h 3(.50.6'. 5he di**erence o* 0.,04673 days (%h 57.&4.3(' %ets corrected by one interca-ary month a*ter every 3& months and (5.&76 days. >or the +$re <$nar year o* abo$t 370 days/ the +anchan%s in 3ndia are corrected to be in -ine with the so-ar year by addin% one adhi.a masa every 3 years or so. 3' ?y ta.in% a month o* 30 days and a year o* 360 days/ one cannot %o by the $niversa--y $sed 1re%orian ca-endar. 3* the 360 day year rather than the 365 day year is $sed *or the mahadasa ca-c$-ation/ the %a+ between them wo$-d become more diver%ent with the dasa +eriod/ i.e. 6.&5 days (365.&5"360' a*ter ( year/ 3(.5 days (6.&5=6' a*ter 5 years/ abo$t 6 months a*ter 35 years/ a who-e year a*ter 40 years/ and a native may have to ce-ebrate his 4& birthday even whi-e he has yet to com+-ete his 4(st year $nder Vimshottari dasa o* the 365 day year. 7' 5he sim+-icity o* ca-c$-ation by dividin% the year into months by m$-ti+-yin% by (& and *$rther convertin% into days by m$-ti+-yin% o* 30 in the ca-c$-ation o* the dasa ba-ance at birth and s$b s$b (D?AS' dasa +eriods (in ?rihat arasara :ora Sastra/ Phala Deepika, 5ab-es o* ?h$.ti and Anthara etc' cannot be $nderstood as ta.in% a 360 day year " (& months = 30 days +er month. 5he year is ta.en as

365.&5 days. 5he act$a- dates com+$ted by ri%oro$s ca-c$-ations by ta.in% act$adays o* the months and by this sim+-e method di**er on-y by a *ew days@ acc$rate +ractica--y *or a-- astro-o%ica- +$r+oses. 7. 5he K astro-o%ers and the vast/ overwhe-min% ma2ority o* Vedic astro-o%ers/ e=ce+t some -i.e Sadasiva 1iri/ :ira 1$-ra2ani/ N. S$ndara )a2an/ )ohini )an2an/ have $sed the re%$-ar so-ar year o* 365 days. Since the 360 day year dasa o+tion is a-ready incor+orated in the S8s -i.e K Astro 3.0/ 9:ora/ the statistica- st$dy can be done easi-y to +rove whether the 360 day year %ives the better res$-ts. 5he bottom -ine is that one can $se what wor.s better *or him as an individ$a- astro-o%er/ whi-e sim$-taneo$s-y res+ectin% the +ersona- +re*erences o* others )e*erences ?rihat arasara :ora Sastra Dasa-Bhukti o!putation- 36" or 365 Days by N. S$ndara )a2an/ 5he Astro-o%ica- Aa%a#ine/ 9an$ary &007 #or Be$inners in %yotish-3 by )ohini )an2an htt+6BBwww.bo-o2i.comBastroB00308b.htm &o' (on$ is a )ear in *i!sottari +ahadasa, by 9yotish Sastri/ 5he Astro-o%icaAa%a#ine/ Cctober D November &000 htt+6BBwww.shyamas$ndaradasa.comB2yotishBreso$rcesBartic-esBhowE-on%EyearBho wE-on%EyearE(.htm&o' !any Days +ake a )ear, by ro*. S Sastri/ 5he Astro-o%ica- Aa%a#ine/ 9$ne (,84 -n .uest o/ 0ri$in o/ Parasar1s *i!shottary Dasa-Period by K.). Kar in K D Astro-o%y Fear ?oo. &007 2no' your Dasha by A-- 3ndia Astro-o%ica- Services htt+6BBwww.hind$astro-o%y.comB-earnastro-o%yBdasha.as+ 2P 3eader - by K.S. Krishnam$rti Phala Deepika, trans-ated by S.S. Sareen 4able o/ Duration o/ Dasa, Bhukti and Anthara in *i!shottari Dasa in6 )C>. K. S. K)3S:NAAG)53;S Advance !m+hemeris *or (,,( to &000 by ?. ?a-a 4i!in$ 56ents 4hrou$h *i!shottari Dasha by KN )ao *i!ottari 7 8du Dasas by San2ay )ath