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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 # Day (English) Vāra Planet
Monday is connected to the Moon, as the French Lundi, and the 1 Sunday Sūryavāra Sun
Sanskrit Somavar, all literally mean Moon’s day. The connection
2 Monday Somavāra Moon
is very obvious as we look over the different languages. Sunday
is obviously the Sun, Monday the Moon, Tuesday comes from 3 Tuesday Mangalavāra Mars
the ancient Germanic war god, Tiw, connected with Mars. 4 Wednesday Buddhavāra Mercury
Wednesday comes from the Germanic god, Woden, connected 5 Thursday Guruvāra Jupiter
to Mercury. Thursday comes from the Nordic god Thor who is 6 Friday Śukravāra Venus
connected with the Greek god Jupiter. Friday comes from the
7 Saturday Śanivāra Saturn
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.
LMT Horā Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed Thurs Friday Saturday
6 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 effects 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 then 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 Cycle

The 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.
Nityamadhaḥ sthasyendormābhirmānamoḥ sitaṁ bhavatyarddham| svacchāyayānyadasitaṁ kumbhasyevā'tapasthasya||4.1||

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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 Moon

The 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 prātipad) 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.
The sighting of the first crescent (new moon) was used in India, Babylon, Arabia, Israel, Egypt, Greece and parts of
4
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).
Lunar Phase Tithi Name Ruler
1&9 Prätipad, Navamé Sun
2 & 10 Dvétiyä, Daçamé Moon
3 & 11 Tåtéyä, Ekädaçé Mars
4 & 12 Chaturthé, Dvadaçé Mercury
5 & 13 Païchamé, Trayodaçé Jupiter
6 & 14 Ñañöé, Chaturdaçé Venus
7 & Full Moon Saptamé, Pürëimä Saturn
8 & New Moon Añöamé, Amävasyä Rähu
Tithi Deity
The 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
Tithi Deity 5 Energy

1 Brahmā (creator) Creating, culture, arts
2 Vidhātṛ-hari (supporter) Building, planning
3 Viṣṇu (sustainer) Expanding, protecting
4 Yama (Death) Transformation
5 Chandra (Moon) Growth, nourishment
6 Skanda (war-god) Burning, clarifying
7 Indra (king of heaven) Control, power
8 Vasus (the shining ones) Fame, being seen
9 Naga (serpent god) Deception, presumption
10 Aryamā (companion) Love, marriage, family
11 Rudra (lord of anger/rage) Power of destruction
12 Savitṛ (Sun’s creativity) Waking up, realizing
13 Bhaga (source of luck) Relationship, sexuality
14 Nirṛti (disorder goddess) Breaking, intensity
Full Viśvadevas (universal principles) Nobility, good character
Dark Pitṛs (Ancestors) Authority, karma
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 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
simultaeously 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.
# Constellation Deity Energy
1 Açviné Açvinikumar Healing, rejuvinating,
2 Bharaëé Yama Dying, death, transformation
3 Kåttikä Agni Burning, purifying, clarity,
4 Rohiëé Brahmä Creating, culture
5 Mågaçiras Chandra Growth, ojas, procreative power
6 Ärdrä Rudra Anger, power of destruction
7 Punarvasu Aditi Learning, understanding, Expanding
8 Puñya Båhaspati Knowing, awareness
9 Äçleñä Sarpa Deception, illusion, over confidence
10 Maghä Pitri Authority, karma
11 Pürvaphalguné Bhaga Relationship and sexuality
12 Uttaraphalguné Aryaman Love, marriage, and family
13 Hastä Savitre Waking up, realizing
14 Citrä Viçvakarmä Building, planning
15 Sväté Väyu Movement, strength to build
16 Viçäkhä Indrägni Alliance, support systems
17 Anurädhä Mitra Friendship, fine detail
18 Jyeñöhä Indra Sensory control, controlling urges
19 Müla Nirriti Breaking
20 Purväñäòhä Apah Feeling, searching
21 Uttaräñäòhä Viçva-deva Noblity, good character
22 Çravaëa Viñëu All-pervasive, expanding
23 Dhaniñöhä Vasu-deva Fame, shining, being seen
24 Çatabhiña Varuëa Punishment, repentance
25 Purvabhädra Ajaikapada Tapasya, penance
26 Uttarabhädra Ahirbudhnya Unseen, hidden
27 Revaté Püñän Nourisher, safe and fruitful journeys
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.
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 Rohiëé Commencement of coronations and new job
is good for stable, permanent and U.Phalguné positions (abhiñeka), remedial measures (çänti),
persevering results planting trees (taru), benefits for the town
Uttaräñäòhä
(nagara), dharmic works (dharma), sowing seeds
Uttarabhädra (béja), etc.
Tikñëa (Sharp and dreadful): Ärdrä Success in: attacks, retaliation, arguments
A cutting nature, ability to make Äçleñä (abhighäta), spells (mantra), working with ghosts
decisions, and executive ability (vetäla), imprisonment (bhandha), hurting
Jyeñöhä
or killing (vadha), terminating an employee,
Müla breaking unions/relations (bheda-sambhanda),
etc.
Ugra: (fierce and severe): when Bharaëé Success in: destroying, ruining, interrupting
action must be aggressive or harsh Maghä (utsäda), destruction/removal (näça), deceit/
dishonesty (çäöhya), imprisoning (bandha),
P.Phalguné
working with poison (viñada), slaughtering
Purväñäòhä (hana), work with weapons (astra), injuring
Purvabhädra (ghäta), etc.
Laghu (light): Açviné Business/ trade (paëya), sexual enjoyment (rati),
not heavy, quick, active, prompt, Puñya pursuit of knowledge (jïäna), jewelry, decorative
graceful, easy clothing, adornment (bhüñaëa), practical skills/
Hastä
arts (kalä), artisan/ skilled labor/handicraft
(Abhijit) (çilpa), use of herbs/medicines (auñadha), travels
and journeys, etc.
Mådu (soft/ mild/ tender): indicates Mågaçiras Gaining friends (mitra artha), delightful
easy going nature and bhoga Citrä activities, sex (surata), rules, ordinances (vidhi),
(indulging in pleasure/ enjoyments) Anurädhä clothing, new outfits (vastra), jewelry, adornment
(bhüñaëa), anything auspicious or ceremonial
Revaté (maìgala), singing (géta), etc.
Mixed-Mådutékçëa Kåttikä These nakñatra will give miscellaneous or mixed
(Soft and hard): Combination of Viçäkhä (vimiçra) results.
results
Chara (moveable/ ephemeral): easily Punarvasu Good to benefit one’s own or other people’s
changing nature Sväté welfare (cara karmaëi hitäni).
Çravaëa
Dhaniñöhä
Çatabhiña
Saggitarius
Sunday Monday Tuesday
P December 15 Q December 16 R December 17
Sun entering Sagittarius
W December 22 X December 23 Z December 24
C December 29 C December 30 D December 31
I January 5 J January 6 K January 7

Sunrise at 7:24 Bharaëé until 0:46 Kåttikä until 1:54
S10 until 13:38 Moon >> Taurus 7:07 Sunrise at 7:24
Sunrise at 7:24 S12 until 14:45
S11 until 14:33
“All societies have a holy book

or religion, which deals with
various do’s and dont's in order
to structure the society. This
M January 12 O January 13 P January 14
integrating quality is the quality
K2 until 6:43 K3 until 4:03
of ākāśā tattva, which coordinates
all bodily parts together.” Sunrise at 7:23 Sunrise at 7:23
Moon >> Leo 20:26 Maghä until 18:26
- Zoran Radosavljevic
Äçleña until 20:26 Perigee 24:20
Mercury >> Capricorn 22:05
2020
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
S December 18 T December 19 U December 20 V December 21
* December 25 A December 26 B December 27 C December 28
E January 1 F January 2 G January 3 H January 4

S6 until 4:58 Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24 Aphelion 4:34
Sunrise at 7:24 S7 until 7:31 S8 until 9:57 Sunrise at 7:24
Moon >> Pisces 8:09 Uttarabhädra until 17:50 Moon >> Aries 20:36 S9 until 12:03
Pürväbhädra until 14:53 Revaté until 20:36 Açviné until 22:58
Apogee 17:30 Solar Perihelion 23:47
New Year's Day
L January 8 M January 9 @ January 10 N January 11

Rohiëé until 2:21 Måga until 2:08 Ärdrä until 1:19 Punarvasu until 0:00
Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:24 Sunrise at 7:23
S13 until 14:15 S14 until 13:05 Eclipse begins 9:07 PDT K1 until 9:12
Moon >> Gemini 14:19 Pürëimä until 11:22 Eclipse Puñya until 22:20
Venus >> Aquarius 14:53 Eclipse ends 1:12 PDT
Moon >> Cancer 18:22
P January 15 Q January 16 R January 17

Eclipses in Båhat Saàhitä
In the Båhat Saàhitä of Varahamihira a variety of eclipse factors are explained and their
predictive impact is described. A partial eclipse is called ‘licking’ or sipping the honey (leha) [V.45].
This is where the shadow barely touches the luminary on its edge and is generally auspicious as it
gives rains and happiness (as if the node was gentle).
When the partial eclipse becomes larger, it has two other names based upon where and how
close the nodes are to the conjunction. When the lower/southern part of the Sun is eclipsed (savya),
it is considered generally auspicious: there are heavy rains, possible floods but the people are
happy. When the upper part of the Sun is eclipsed (apasavya), it is considered inauspicious: many
deaths occur due to tyranny and robbers [V.44].
A total eclipse, called ‘swallowed’ (grasana), is considered inauspicious: a powerful leader

will die and prosperity declines [V.46]. A total eclipse is also called ‘completely swallowed’
(sarva-grasta) [V.27], to differentiate it from those where some light is still seen.
An annular eclipse, called enclosed (nirodha), is a benevolent omen indicating well-being

and happiness in the region [V.47]. A hybrid eclipse (madhyatamas) is an evil omen of disease and
epidemic [V.51].
Sometimes a lunar eclipse can be only slightly darkened by the penumbral shadow of the
Earth and the Moon has just a transparent shadow on it, described as the ‘vapors of the breath on
a mirror’. This is called scented (äghräta) and is considered a good omen indicating good rains and
crops and prosperity [V.50]. A total eclipse where the edges are dark (tamontya) is an evil omen
indicating food shortages, crop failure due to pests and theft [V.52].
A long lasting eclipse (avamardana) is called crushing or oppressing. It is inauspicious and

said to bring destruction to nations and their leaders [V.48]. If the luminary is covered with dark
clouds just after it has come out of eclipse, it is said that the influence of the eclipse is growing
(äroha), like a weed or unwanted tree that grows back after it is cut. This is said to be an evil omen
indicating emergencies and war [V. 49].
Varähamihira also gives predictions about where in the sky the eclipse happens [V.27-31].
He predicts about which planets are aspecting the eclipse [V.60-62], and conjunct the eclipse [V.64-
68], as well as the sign of the eclipse [V.35-42], and the lunar month in which the eclipse happens
[V.69-80], as well as external weather during and after an eclipse [V.63, 92-96]. He also gives
predictions for how the eclipse ends (mokña), such as whether it leaves on the top section or the
middle of the luminary [V.81-91].
2020 Note
When there are more than the standard four eclipses in a year (two solar and two lunar) the
additional eclipses will generally be very minor. Notice how on the tenth of January, the
penumbral eclipse has the node very close above the Moon but not completely covering it. June
will have two normal eclipses with the lunar a penumbral above the Moon, and then July will have
another penumbral eclipse with the node just below the Moon.
2020 January 10: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Image from http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/
2020 January 10: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Penumbral Eclipse begins Jan 10 at 17:07 UTC Jan 10 at 9:07 PDT
Maximum Eclipse Jan 10 at 19:10 UTC Jan 10 at 11:10 PDT
End of Eclipse Jan 10 at 21:12 UTC Jan 10 at 1:12 PDT
Capricorn
O January 12 P January 13 Q January 14
K4 until 1:20
Sunrise at 7:23
Sun entering Capricorn Sun >> Capricorn 12:38
Pürvaphalguné until 16:27
Moon >> Virgo 21:59
K5 until 22:41
[Saṅkrānti]
V January 19 W January 20 X January 21

Moon >> Scorpio 4:18 Sunrise at 7:20 Sunrise at 7:20
Sunrise at 7:21 Anurädhä until 10:01 Moon >> Sagittarius 10:13
Viçäkhä until 10:12 K11 until 12:37 Jyeñöhä until 10:13
K10 until 13:22 K12 until 12:16
Martin Luther King Day
B January 26 C January 27 C January 28

Moon >> Aquarius 4:10 Sunrise at 7:16 Sunrise at 7:15
Sunrise at 7:17 S3 until 18:53 Moon >> Pisces 16:00
S2 until 16:46 Çatabhiña until 19:53 S4 until 21:17
Dhaniñöhä until 17:19 Pürväbhädra until 22:44
G February 2 H February 3 I February 4

S8 until 6:34 Sunrise at 7:10 Sunrise at 7:09
Sunrise at 7:11 S9 until 7:50 S10 until 8:20
Bharaëé until 9:42 Kåttikä until 11:23 Rohiëé until 12:20
Venus >> Pisces 12:48
“Exaltation of a planet shows
Moon >> Taurus 16:11
a place where it achieves its
desires - Mars is death kāraka and
without the energy and spark of
the soul, this body is dead. Saturn
N February 9 O February 10 P February 11
is not kāraka for death, but for
Moon >> Leo 6:14 Maghä until 3:36 Pürvaphalguné until 0:54
longevity. Saturn wants you to
live long and pay all kārmic debts Äçleña until 6:14 Sunrise at 7:03 Moon >> Virgo 6:13
through suffering.” Sunrise at 7:04 K2 until 16:49 Sunrise at 7:02
K1 until 20:16 Perigee 24:27 K3 until 13:24
Uttaraphalguné until 22:17
2020
R January 15 S January 16 T January 17 U January 18
Sunrise at 7:22 Sunrise at 7:22 Moon >> Libra 0:19 Sunrise at 7:21
Uttaraphalguné until 14:37 Hasta until 13:01 Sunrise at 7:22 Sväté until 10:46
K6 until 20:12 K7 until 17:59 Citrä until 11:43 K9 until 14:31
K8 until 16:04
Y January 22 Z January 23 * January 24 A January 25

Müla until 10:50 Pürvaañäòhä until 11:51 Uttaraañäòhä until 13:16 S1 until 15:02
K13 until 12:19 K14 until 12:48 Amäväsya until 13:42 Çravaëa until 15:06
Moon >> Capricorn 18:10
Saturn >> Capricorn 20:27
Chinese New Year
D January 29 D January 30 E January 31 F February 1

Sunrise at 7:14 Uttarabhädra until 1:43 S6 until 2:23 S7 until 4:42
Apogee 13:26 Sunrise at 7:14 Moon >> Aries 4:40 Sunrise at 7:12
Pürväbhädra until 22:44 Mercury >> Aquarius 13:23 Revaté until 4:40 Açviné until 7:24
S5 until 23:50 Sunrise at 7:13
Vasanta Païchamé
J February 5 L February 6 M February 7 @ February 8

Moon >> Gemini 0:30 S12 until 6:54 Moon >> Cancer 4:55 S14 until 2:33
Sunrise at 7:08 Sunrise at 7:07 S13 until 5:02 Sunrise at 7:05
S11 until 8:02 Ärdrä until 11:51 Sunrise at 7:06 Puñya until 8:35
Måga until 12:29 Punarvasu until 10:31 Pürëimä until 23:34
Mars >> Sagittarius 14:22
P February 12 Q February 13 R February 14

Sunrise at 7:01
K4 until 10:10
Hasta until 19:55
Two Zodiacs and Precession
The 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 (nirāyana).
290 CE according to Lahiri Ayanāṁśā (which is accepted by the Indian government), 359 CE according to Raman
2
Ayanāṁśā, 221 CE according to Fagan-Bradley, and 560CE according to De Luce.

Aquarius
N February 9 O February 10 P February 11
Sun entering Aquarius
T February 16 U February 17 V February 18

K8 until 1:44 K9 until 1:06 K10 until 1:03
Sunrise at 6:56 Sunrise at 6:55 Sunrise at 6:54
Anurädhä until 15:24 Moon >> Sagittarius 15:44 Müla until 16:37
Mercury goes Retrograde 16:52 Jyeñöhä until 15:44
Presidents' Day
* February 23 A February 24 B February 25

Dhaniñöhä until 0:13 Çatabhiña until 2:51 Pürväbhädra until 5:41
Amäväsya until 7:32 S1 until 9:46 S2 until 12:11
Moon >> Pisces 22:57
F March 1 F March 2 G March 3

Sunrise at 6:37 Sunrise at 6:36 S8 until 0:21
Kåttikä until 19:25 Rohiëé until 21:02 Sunrise at 6:34
S7 until 23:24 Moon >> Gemini 9:34
Måga until 21:54
“Vāyu tattva comes from the

11th bhāva. Vāyu tattva enters
our body through breathing and
M March 8 @ March 9 N March 10
thinking. This constant moving of
Daylight Saving Time Starts 2:00 Sunrise at 7:26 K1 until 6:54
thoughts and desires is the cause
of rebirth.” Sunrise at 7:27 Pürëimä until 10:48 Sunrise at 7:24
S14 until 14:35 Pürvaphalguné until 12:39 Uttaraphalguné until 9:32
- Zoran Radosavljevic Maghä until 15:40 Moon >> Virgo 17:52
Mercury goes Direct 20:49
Holika Perigee 23:30
Holi
2020
P February 12 Q February 13 R February 14 S February 15
Sun >> Aquarius 1:34 K6 until 4:52 K7 until 3:00
Moon >> Libra 6:53 Sunrise at 6:58 Sunrise at 6:57
Sunrise at 7:00 Sväté until 16:31 Moon >> Scorpio 9:49
K5 until 7:17 Viçäkhä until 15:39
Citrä until 17:58
Valentine's Day
[Saṅkrānti]
W February 19 X February 20 Y February 21 Z February 22

K11 until 1:33 Moon >> Capricorn 0:22 K13 until 3:52 K14 until 5:34
Sunrise at 6:52 K12 until 2:30 Sunrise at 6:50 Sunrise at 6:48
Pürvaañäòhä until 17:58 Sunrise at 6:51 Çravaëa until 21:50 Moon >> Aquarius 10:59
Uttaraañäòhä until 19:44
Mahä Siva Rätri
C February 26 C February 27 D February 28 E February 29

Apogee 3:34 Sunrise at 6:42 Sunrise at 6:40 Sunrise at 6:39
Sunrise at 6:43 Moon >> Aries 11:38 Venus >> Aries 12:03 Bharaëé until 17:12
Uttarabhädra until 8:38 Revaté until 11:38 Açviné until 14:33 S6 until 21:47
S3 until 14:43 S4 until 17:15 S5 until 19:40 Moon >> Taurus 23:49
I March 4 J March 5 K March 6 L March 7

S9 until 0:31 Sunrise at 6:32 Sunrise at 6:30 Sunrise at 6:29
Sunrise at 6:33 Moon >> Cancer 15:25 Puñya until 19:35 S13 until 17:02
Ärdrä until 21:56 Punarvasu until 21:09 S12 until 20:00 Moon >> Leo 17:23
S10 until 23:50 S11 until 22:18 Äçleña until 17:23
O March 11 P March 12 Q March 13 R March 14

K2 until 3:04 Citrä until 3:46 Sväté until 1:30 Sunrise at 7:18
Hasta until 6:30 Sunrise at 7:21 Sunrise at 7:19 K6 until 15:56
Sunrise at 7:23 K4 until 20:21 K5 until 17:48 Anurädhä until 22:54
Moon >> Libra 17:05 Moon >> Scorpio 18:11
K3 until 23:30 Sun >> Pisces 23:24
Viçäkhä until 23:50 [Saṅkrānti]
Pisces
S March 15 T March 16 U March 17
K7 until 14:50 K8 until 14:30 K9 until 14:55
Sun entering Pisces Moon >> Sagittarius 22:43 Müla until 23:16
Jyeñöhä until 22:43
Y March 22 Z March 23 * March 24

Mars >> Capricorn 2:10 K14 until 0:01 Amäväsya until 2:29
Sunrise at 7:06 Moon >> Pisces 6:07 Sunrise at 7:02
Çatabhiña until 9:57 Sunrise at 7:04 Apogee 8:23 (farthest of 2020)
Pürväbhädra until 12:51 Uttarabhädra until 15:49
Vasanta Navarātri
D March 29 E March 30 F March 31

Kåttikä until 2:48 Rohiëé until 4:48 Måga until 6:14
S5 until 13:32 S6 until 14:45 S7 until 15:20
Jupiter >> Capricorn 15:25 Moon >> Gemini 17:36
K April 5 L April 6 @ April 7

Maghä until 2:28 S13 until 3:23 Mercury >> Pisces 1:54
Sunrise at 6:44 Moon >> Virgo 5:03 Sunrise at 6:41
S12 until 6:56 Sunrise at 6:42 Perigee 11:08 (closest of 2020)
Pürvaphalguné until 23:46 Uttaraphalguné until 20:46 Hasta until 17:37
“This sign holds the highest
S14 until 23:32 Pürëimä until 19:35
level of bhakti, universal love
and offering, as well as sacrifice
Hanuman Jayanté
and giving. Amṛta, or divine

nectar (blissful drink of Gods)
Q April 12 R April 13 S April 14
is consumed in this sign, where
K5 until 4:46
Soma’s ritual of marriage is
performed. ” Sunrise at 6:34
Moon >> Sagittarius 6:43
Jyeñöhä until 6:43
Easter Sunday
2020
V March 18 W March 19 X March 20 Y March 21
Pürvaañäòhä until 0:31 Uttaraañäòhä until 2:20 Çravaëa until 4:35 Sunrise at 7:07
Moon >> Capricorn 6:55 Sunrise at 7:10 Sunrise at 7:09 Dhaniñöhä until 7:10
Sunrise at 7:12 K11 until 17:30 Moon >> Aquarius 17:51 K13 until 21:39
K10 until 15:57 Vernal Equinox 20:50 K12 until 19:27
A March 25 B March 26 C March 27 C March 28

S1 until 4:58 Sunrise at 6:59 Sunrise at 6:58 Bharaëé until 0:22
Sunrise at 7:01 S2 until 7:24 S3 until 9:43 Venus >> Taurus 3:08
Moon >> Aries 18:47 Açviné until 21:40 Sunrise at 6:56
Revaté until 18:47 Moon >> Taurus 7:01
S4 until 11:49
G April 1 H April 2 I April 3 J April 4

Sunrise at 6:50 Moon >> Cancer 1:03 Puñya until 6:11 Moon >> Leo 4:39
Ärdrä until 6:59 Sunrise at 6:49 Sunrise at 6:47 Äçleña until 4:39
S8 until 15:11 Punarvasu until 6:59 S10 until 12:29 Sunrise at 6:45
S9 until 14:14 S11 until 10:01
Rāma Navamī
N April 8 O April 9 P April 10 P April 11

Moon >> Libra 4:04 Sunrise at 6:38 Moon >> Scorpio 3:57 K4 until 6:32
Sunrise at 6:39 Sväté until 11:45 Sunrise at 6:36 Sunrise at 6:35
Citrä until 14:33 K2 until 12:09 K3 until 9:02 Anurädhä until 7:42
K1 until 15:44 Viçäkhä until 9:25
Passover (First Day)
T April 15 U April 16 V April 17

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 (uttarāyana 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 (dakṣināyana) 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 (Uttarāyana), 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
Uttarāyana 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 Uttarāyana, 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. Uttarāyana 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.
Charaka Saṁhitā, Sūtrasthāna VI (Tasyāśita).

1
2
Charaka actually uses the term Ādityasyodagayana- the Sun moving northward. Uttarāyana 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.
Map for Sacramento, the capital of California, which is 38° north: about the northernmost tip of Jammu and Kashmir.
4
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.
Aries
Q April 12 R April 13 S April 14
K6 until 3:49 K7 until 3:42
Sunrise at 6:32 Sunrise at 6:31
Sun entering Aries Müla until 6:33 Pürvaañäòhä until 7:11
Sun >> Aries 7:53 Moon >> Capricorn 13:28
[Saṅkrānti]
X April 19 Y April 20 Z April 21

Sunrise at 6:24 Apogee 12:00 Sunrise at 6:21
Moon >> Pisces 12:08 Sunrise at 6:22 K14 until 17:08
K12 until 12:14 K13 until 14:43
Pürväbhädra until 18:53 Uttarabhädra until 21:53
C April 26 C April 27 D April 28

S3 until 0:54 S4 until 2:01 S5 until 2:39
Rohiëé until 10:26 Måga until 12:00 Ärdrä until 13:03
Moon >> Gemini 23:16
J May 3 K May 4 L May 5

Sunrise at 6:06 Sunrise at 6:05 Hasta until 4:09
Pürvaphalguné until 9:13 Uttaraphalguné until 6:50 Sunrise at 6:04
Moon >> Virgo 14:39 Mars >> Aquarius 8:10 S13 until 10:52
S11 until 17:44 S12 until 14:25 Moon >> Libra 14:46
“The Sun brings this tiny spark Perigee 20:03
of the soul (from Leo rāś) to the
Narasimha Caturdashé
Aries rāśi (its exaltation), which
rules natural (birth) intelligence.
The blessing of Aries rāśi
P May 10 Q May 11 R May 12
lies in that realization.
The blessing teaches us that we
are not this body, but the tiny Müla until 15:43 Pürvaañäòhä until 15:40 Uttaraañäòhä until 16:24
spark of the soul.” K4 until 18:06 K5 until 17:24 K6 until 17:30
Saturn goes Retrograde 20:42 Moon >> Capricorn 21:47 Venus goes Retrograde 23:44
Mother’s Day
2020
T April 15 U April 16 V April 17 W April 18
K8 until 4:22 K9 until 5:42 Sunrise at 6:26 Sunrise at 6:25
Sunrise at 6:29 Sunrise at 6:28 K10 until 7:35 K11 until 9:48
Uttaraañäòhä until 8:34 Çravaëa until 10:36 Dhaniñöhä until 13:06 Çatabhiña until 15:55
Moon >> Aquarius 23:48
* April 22 A April 23 B April 24 C April 25

Moon >> Aries 0:48 Açviné until 3:35 Bharaëé until 6:10 Sunrise at 6:16
Revaté until 0:48 Sunrise at 6:18 Sunrise at 6:17 Kåttikä until 8:28
Sunrise at 6:20 S1 until 21:32 Moon >> Taurus 12:46
Amäväsya until 19:26 Mercury >> Aries 14:05
S2 until 23:23
Ramadan Starts Akñaya Tåtéyä
E April 29 F April 30 G May 1 I May 2

S6 until 2:43 S7 until 2:10 S8 until 0:58 Sunrise at 6:07
Sunrise at 6:11 Sunrise at 6:09 Sunrise at 6:08 Maghä until 11:10
Moon >> Cancer 7:28 Puñya until 13:23 Moon >> Leo 12:35 S10 until 20:40
Punarvasu until 13:32 Äçleña until 12:35
S9 until 23:07
M May 6 @ May 7 N May 8 O May 9

Citrä until 1:22 Pürëimä until 3:46 K1 until 0:32 Sunrise at 5:59
Sunrise at 6:03 Sunrise at 6:02 Sunrise at 6:01 Moon >> Sagittarius 16:33
S14 until 7:16 Moon >> Scorpio 14:44 Anurädhä until 18:03 Jyeñöhä until 16:33
Sväté until 22:38 Viçäkhä until 20:08 Mercury >> Taurus 21:17 K3 until 19:35
K2 until 21:46
Buddha Pürëimä
S May 13 T May 14 U May 15

Sunrise at 5:56
Çravaëa until 17:53
K7 until 18:22
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
Uttarāyana Sun (Agneya)
they were called on during prayers. Spring is ruled by the Vasus
Śiśira: Cold Season Maruts
(the shining ones); Summer by the Rudras (destruction gods);
and the Rainy Season by the Ādityas (creative potency of the Vasanta: Spring Vasus
forms of the Sun). Autumn is ruled by the Viśvadevas (universal Grīṣma: Summer Rudra
principles), and the Winter seasons are ruled by the Maruts
(wind gods).2 In the Atharvaveda, the deities of the seasons Dakṣiṇāyana Moon (Saumya)
were invoked in prayer, while later the seasons themselves were Varṣa: Rainy Season 21
Ādityas
invoked. After the invocation of the seasons in the Taittirīya Śarad: Autumn Viśvadevas
Saṁhitā (VII.1.18.1-2), the worshipper says, “Holy order have I Hemant: Winter Maruts
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. Uttarāyana 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.
I use the term Varṣa and its English translation of rains or rainy instead of “Monsoon” which is the Portuguese and
1
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.
Dr Raghavan, Ṛtu in Sanskrit Literature, p.6.
4
Taittiriya Saṁhitā VII.2.10.1-2.

5
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 Wedding

The 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
Ṛgveda X.90.6.
6
Brahma Purāṇa 36.7. The seasons appear as beautiful women, each made of the elements of their season.
7
For the full article on the seasons, see http://www.sutrajournal.com/the-six-seasons-part-one-by-freedom-cole.

8
Taurus
P May 10 Q May 11 R May 12
Sun entering Taurus
V May 17 W May 18 X May 19

K 10 until 0:13 Apogee 00:44 K 12 until 5:02
Purvabhādra until 1:29 K 11 until 2:39 Sunrise at 5:51
Sunrise at 5:52 Uttarabhādra until 4:28 Moon >> Aries 7:24
Sunrise at 5:51 Revatī until 7:24
B May 24 C May 25 C May 26

Moon >> Gemini 5:04 Sunrise at 5:47 Sunrise at 5:46
Sunrise at 5:47 S 3 until 12:49 S 4 until 12:40
Mercury >> Gemini 11:24 Ārdrā until 18:32 Moon >> Cancer 12:54
S 2 until 12:31 Punarvasu until 18:58
Mṛgaśira until 17:40 Memorial Day
H May 31 I June 1 K June 2

S 9 until 5:08 S 10 until 2:28 Sunrise at 5:43
Sunrise at 5:44 Sunrise at 5:43 Chitrā until 10:25
Uttaraphalgunī until 14:31 Hastā until 12:33 S 12 until 20:36
Moon >> Libra 23:30 Perigee 20:38
S 11 until 23:35
“Every day, exactly at sunrise,
the drop of Amṛta falls on the
bottom of the tongue, and that
drop is known as the nectar of life,
O June 7 P June 8 Q June 9
which actually awakens us alive.
Mūla until 1:41 Purvāśāḍhā until 1:15 Uttarāśāḍhā until 1:30
One day when this drop fails to
fall, that day we will not open our Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:41
eyes anymore.” K 2 until 8:26 Moon >> Capricorn 7:15 K 4 until 7:10
K 3 until 7:27
2020
S May 13 T May 14 U May 15 V May 16
Sun >> Taurus 4:47 Sunrise at 5:54 Sunrise at 5:53
Sunrise at 5:55 K 9 until 21:54 Moon >> Pisces 18:45
Moon >> Aquarius 6:52 Śatabhiṣa until 22:36
Jupiter Retrograde 7:34
K 8 until 19:53
Dhaniṣṭhā until 20:00
[Saṅkrānti]
Y May 20 Z May 21 * May 22 A May 23

K 13 until 7:13 K 14 until 9:07 Amäväsya until 10:39 S 1 until 11:48
Aśvinī until 10:08 Bharaṇī until 12:34 Kṛttikā until 14:39 Rohiṇī until 16:22
D May 27 E May 28 F May 29 G May 30

S 5 until 12:03 S 6 until 10:58 S 7 until 9:26 S 8 until 7:28

Puṣya until 18:57 Moon >> Leo 18:29 Maghā until 17:33 Pūrvaphalgunī until 16:13
Āśleṣā until 18:29 Moon >> Virgo 21:49
L June 3 M June 4 @ June 5 N June 6

Sunrise at 5:43 Moon >> Scorpio 0:38 Anurādhā until 4:14 Moon >> Sagittarius 2:43
Svātī until 8:13 Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:42 Jyeṣṭhā until 2:43
S 13 until 17:37 Viśākhā until 6:07 Pürëimä until 12:13 Eclipse Sunrise at 5:42
S 14 until 14:46 K 1 until 10:04
R June 10 S June 11 S June 12 T June 13

Śravaṇa until 2:28 Dhaniṣṭhā until 4:06 Sunrise at 5:41 Moon >> Pisces 2:16
Sunrise at 5:41 Sunrise at 5:41 Śatabhiṣa until 6:19 Sunrise at 5:41

K 5 until 7:35 K 6 until 8:42 K 7 until 10:23 Purvabhādra until 8:58
Moon >> Aquarius 15:12 K 8 until 12:30
June 5: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
June 5: Penumber Lunar Eclipse

Penumbral Eclipse begins Jun 5 at 17:45 UTC Jun 5 at 10:45 PDT
Maximum Eclipse Jun 5 at 19:24 UTC Jun 5 at 12:24 PDT
Penumbral Eclipse ends Jun 5 at 21:04 UTC Jun 5 at 2:04 PDT
June 20-21: Annular Solar Eclipse
June 20-21: Annular Solar Eclipse

First location to see the partial eclipse begin Jun 21 at 03:45 UTC Jun 20 at 8:45 PDT
First location to see the full eclipse begin Jun 21 at 04:47 UTC Jun 20 at 9:47 PDT
Maximum Eclipse Jun 21 at 06:40 UTC Jun 20 at 11:40 PDT
Last location to see the full eclipse end Jun 21 at 08:32 UTC Jun 21 at 1:32 PDT
Last location to see the partial eclipse end Jun 21 at 09:34 UTC Jun 21 at 2:34 PDT

Gemini
U June 14 V June 15 W June 16
Sun >> Gemini 11:24 Moon >> Aries 14:48 Aśvinī until 17:34
Sun entering Gemini Uttarabhādra until 11:52 Revatī until 14:48 K 11 until 19:21
K 9 until 14:50 K 10 until 17:11
Apogee 17:56
[Saṅkrānti]
A June 21 B June 22 C June 23

Mṛgaśira until 0:32 Ārdrā until 1:01 Punarvasu until 1:03
S 1 until 23:30 Moon >> Cancer 19:05 S 3 until 21:45
S 2 until 22:50
Father's Day Puri Ratha Yäträ
G June 28 H June 29 I June 30

S 8 until 12:06 Moon >> Libra 5:57 S 10 until 7:20
Hastā until 18:44 S 9 until 9:44 Svātī until 15:34
Jupiter >> Sagittarius 16:52
Chitrā until 17:09
Perigee 19:12
N July 5 O July 6 P July 7

Purvāśāḍhā until 10:32 Uttarāśāḍhā until 10:42 Śravaṇa until 11:26
Moon >> Capricorn 16:32 K 2 until 20:33 K 3 until 20:50
K 1 until 20:53
Shravana Mäsa begins
“Depending on our talents and
inclinations, we may choose an
education or training. If we have S July 12 T July 13 T July 14
a talent to paint , we can choose Mercury Direct 01:26 K 8 until 5:40 Aśvinī until 1:37
arts but without painting skills, K 7 until 3:19 Sunrise at 5:54 Sunrise at 5:55
we cannot become a painter.”
Sunrise at 5:53 K 9 until 7:55
- Zoran Radosavljevic Apogee 12:26

Moon >> Aries 22:44 Mercury Direct 1:26
Revatī until 22:44
2020
X June 17 Y June 18 Z June 19 * June 20
Sunrise at 5:42 Moon >> Taurus 2:34 Sunrise at 5:42 Sunrise at 5:42
Bharaṇī until 20:01 Sunrise at 5:42 K 14 until 23:23 Moon >> Gemini 12:06
K 12 until 21:10 Mars >> Pisces 7:45 Rohiṇī until 23:32 Summer Solstice 14:43
Mercury Retrograde 21:59 Kṛttikā until 22:02 Amäväsya until 23:42 Eclipse
K 13 until 22:32
C June 24 D June 25 E June 26 F June 27

Puṣya until 0:41 Sunrise at 5:44 Sunrise at 5:44 Moon >> Virgo 3:21
Sunrise at 5:43 S 5 until 18:34 S 6 until 16:35 Sunrise at 5:45
S 4 until 20:18 Maghā until 22:56 Pūrvaphalgunī until 21:41 S 7 until 14:24
Moon >> Leo 23:57 Uttaraphalgunī until 20:16
Āśleṣā until 23:57
J July 1 K July 2 L July 3 @ July 4

S 11 until 5:00 S 12 until 2:48 S 13 until 0:47 Solar Aphelion 4:34
Moon >> Scorpio 8:26 Anurādhā until 12:44 Moon >> Sagittarius 11:38 Mūla until 10:53
Viśākhā until 14:04 Jyeṣṭhā until 11:38 Pürëimä until 21:45 Eclipse
S 14 until 23:05
Guru Pürëimä
P July 8 Q July 9 Q July 10 R July 11

Moon >> Aquarius 0:01 Sunrise at 5:51 Sunrise at 5:52 K 6 until 1:04
Sunrise at 5:50 Śatabhiṣa until 14:40 Moon >> Pisces 10:25 Sunrise at 5:52
Dhaniṣṭhā until 12:46 K 5 until 23:09 Purvabhādra until 17:03 Uttarabhādra until 19:49
K 4 until 21:42
V July 15 W July 16 X July 17

July 4: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
July 4: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Penumbral Eclipse begins Jul 5 at 03:07 UTC Jul 4 at 20:07 PDT
Maximum Eclipse Jul 5 at 04:29 UTC Jul 4 at 21:29 PDT
Penumbral Eclipse ends Jul 5 at 05:52 UTC Jul 4 at 22:52 PDT
Saìkränti
Saṅkränti 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 Saṅkränti depending on the day it occurs, each having
its own name.
The solar day of Saṅkrānti starts the new sidereal solar month. There were a number of different variations
to this calculation in ancient India. In the Southwestern part
Sunday Ghora
of India (ancient Malabar region), if the Sun changed signs
Monday Dhvänkñi
before 1pm (18 ghaṭikas) then that was the Saṅkrānti day, and
if it changed after, then the next day was utilized. In Tamil Tuesday Mahodari
Nadu, if the Saṅkrānti happens before sunset (30 ghaṭikas) Wednesday Manda
they use that day while after sunset they use the next day. In Thursday Mandakini
Bengal, they use the day that has Saṅkrānti before midnight Friday Mishra
(45 ghaṭikas). In Odisha, the Saṅkrānti day was whatever solar Saturday Räkñasi
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 kṣaya months.
For this Vedic calendar, we utilize the Sun changing signs before 1pm (18 ghaṭikas) as the day of Saṅkrānti.
When the Sun has just changed signs, work is less effective. I use the analogy that if you install a fence on Saṅkrānti,
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 Saṅkrānti 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 puñöivardhanam

urvärukamiva bandhanän måtyormukñéya mämåtät
Çiva-Mahäpuräëam, Rudra Saàhitä, Yuddha Kaëòa, chapter 50

1
1/10th the amount done in japa is offered in homa for best results.
2
Cancer
S July 12 T July 13 T July 14
Sun entering Cancer
Z July 19 * July 20 A July 21

Sunrise at 5:58 Moon >> Cancer 2:59 Sunrise at 6:00
Ārdrā until 9:10 Sunrise at 5:59 Puṣya until 8:01
K 14 until 11:41 Punarvasu until 8:51 S 1 until 8:55
Amäväsya until 10:33
F July 26 G July 27 H July 28

Hastā until 0:08 Sunrise at 6:05 Sunrise at 6:06
Sunrise at 6:04 S 8 until 16:28 Moon >> Scorpio 14:19
Moon >> Libra 11:20 Svātī until 21:12 S 9 until 14:30
S 7 until 18:40 Viśākhā until 20:03
Chitrā until 22:34
M August 2 @ August 3 N August 4

Moon >> Capricorn 0:27 Sunrise at 6:11 Sunrise at 6:12
Sunrise at 6:10 Pürëimä until 8:59 Moon >> Aquarius 8:17
S 14 until 9:00 Śravaṇa until 19:41 K 1 until 9:26
“Mind, as well as awareness of Uttarāśāḍhā until 18:49 Dhaniṣṭhā until 21:01

all experiences, are situated in Rakña Bandhana
Cancer rāśi. It is through this
rāśi, that we experience karma.
That is why the first experience
of this world comes through a R August 9 S August 10 T August 11
contact with a mother. This aspect Sunrise at 6:16 Sunrise at 6:17 Sunrise at 6:18
of water element (experience
Moon >> Aries 6:37 Aśvinī until 9:36 Bharaṇī until 12:27
creating sukha & dukha) is found
Revatī until 6:37 K 7 until 20:38 Moon >> Taurus 19:07
in Cancer and consequently
mapped into the 4th bhāva Apogee 6:50 Kåñëäñöamé K 8 until 22:47
of a zodiac. ” K 6 until 18:14
2020
V July 15 W July 16 X July 17 Y July 18
Bharaṇī until 4:14 Sunrise at 5:56 Sunrise at 5:57 Sunrise at 5:58
Sunrise at 5:55 Kṛttikā until 6:23 Rohiṇī until 7:58 Mṛgaśira until 8:54
K 10 until 9:50 K 11 until 11:16 K 12 until 12:04 K 13 until 12:12
Moon >> Taurus 10:49 Moon >> Gemini 20:31
Sun >> Cancer 22:17
[Saṅkrānti]
B July 22 C July 23 C July 24 E July 25

Sunrise at 6:01 S 3 until 4:34 S 4 until 2:05 Uttaraphalgunī until 1:49
Moon >> Leo 6:46 Maghā until 5:14 Pūrvaphalgunī until 3:33 Sunrise at 6:03
Āśleṣā until 6:46 Sunrise at 6:02 Sunrise at 6:02 S 6 until 21:03
S 2 until 6:53 Moon >> Virgo 9:07
Perigee 22:01
S 5 until 23:33
Näga Païcamé
I July 29 J July 30 K July 31 L August 1

Anurādhā until 19:11 Moon >> Sagittarius 18:35 Venus >> Gemini 16:41 Mercury >> Cancer 15:03
Jyeṣṭhā until 18:35 Mūla until 18:19 Purvāśāḍhā until 18:23
O August 5 P August 6 P August 7 Q August 8

Sunrise at 6:13 Sunrise at 6:14 Purvabhādra until 1:04 Uttarabhādra until 3:42
K 2 until 10:21 K 3 until 11:46 Sunrise at 6:15 Sunrise at 6:16
Śatabhiṣa until 22:48 Moon >> Pisces 18:27 K 4 until 13:37 K 5 until 15:49
T August 12 Y August 13 V August 14 W August 15

Sunrise at 6:19 K 9 until 0:29 K 10 until 1:33 K 11 until 1:51
Kṛttikā until 14:57 Sunrise at 6:20 Moon >> Gemini 5:35 Sunrise at 6:22
Rohiṇī until 16:53 Sunrise at 6:21 Ārdrā until 18:33
Mṛgaśira until 18:06
Frequencies of the Tithi
Here 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.
Element Tithi Name

fire (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)
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
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 Days

A 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.
Civil purposes refers to government and business administrative activities. A financial transaction or a day at work
1
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.
The entire Sūkta 10.85 has a large amount of astronomical and calendrical references that are wrapped in myth and
2
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).
Leo
X August 16 Y August 17 * August 18
K 12 until 1:21 K 13 until 0:06 Sunrise at 6:24
Mars >> Aries 5:59 Sunrise at 6:24 Moon >> Leo 15:38
Sun entering Leo Sunrise at 6:23 Puṣya until 17:14 Āśleṣā until 15:38
Sun >> Leo 6:42 K 14 until 22:10 Amäväsya until 19:42
Punarvasu until 18:14
Mercury >> Leo 19:59
[Saṅkrānti]
D August 23 E August 24 G August 25

S 5 until 4:35 S 6 until 2:02 Viśākhā until 1:29
Chitrā until 4:36 Svātī until 2:51 Sunrise at 6:31
Sunrise at 6:29 Sunrise at 6:30 S 8 until 22:10
Moon >> Scorpio 19:47
S 7 until 23:53 Rädhäñöamé
L August 30 M August 31 @ September 1

Uttarāśāḍhā until 1:22 Śravaṇa until 2:34 Dhaniṣṭhā until 4:08
S 13 until 20:20 Venus >> Cancer 13:34 Pürëimä until 22:22
Moon >> Aquarius 15:19 Mercury >> Virgo 23:32
S 14 until 21:10
P September 6 Q September 7 R September 8

K 4 until 6:38 Sunrise at 6:42 Moon >> Taurus 2:40
Sunrise at 6:41 K 5 until 9:09 Sunrise at 6:43
Aśvinī until 16:54 Bharaṇī until 19:56 K 6 until 11:34
Kṛttikā until 22:46
“This permanent light of the Sun Labor Day

can articulate and provides us with
the ability to know, and therefore,
this sign & Sūrya indicate our
ability to understand, know, and W September 13 X September 14 Y September 15
digest the knowledge – in the same Punarvasu until 4:04 Puṣya until 3:23 Moon >> Leo 1:56
way the liver in the body digests Sunrise at 6:47 Sunrise at 6:48 Āśleṣā until 1:56
both emotions and bodily fluids.”
K 11 until 14:47 K 12 until 13:00 Sunrise at 6:49
K 13 until 10:31
Maghā until 23:51

2020
A August 19 B August 20 C August 21 C August 22
Sunrise at 6:25 Sunrise at 6:26 Perigee 3:55 Sunrise at 6:28
Maghā until 13:38 Pūrvaphalgunī until 11:21 Sunrise at 6:27 Hastā until 6:42
S 1 until 16:50 S 2 until 13:44 Uttaraphalgunī until 8:59 S 4 until 7:28
Moon >> Virgo 16:46 S 3 until 10:34 Moon >> Libra 17:37
Gaëeça Caturthé Åñi Païcamé
H August 26 I August 27 J August 28 K August 29

Anurādhā until 0:34 Moon >> Sagittarius 0:08 Mūla until 0:08 Purvāśāḍhā until 0:33
Sunrise at 6:32 Jyeṣṭhā until 0:08 Sunrise at 6:33 Sunrise at 6:34
S 9 until 20:56 Sunrise at 6:32 S 11 until 19:48 Moon >> Capricorn 6:43
S 10 until 20:09 S 12 until 19:52
N September 2 O September 3 P September 4 P September 5

Śatabhiṣa until 6:04 Moon >> Pisces 1:45 K 2 until 1:54 K 3 until 4:10
K 1 until 23:58 Purvabhādra until 8:21 Uttarabhādra until 10:58 Moon >> Aries 13:51
Revatī until 13:51
Pitå Pakña begins Apogee 23:29
S September 9 T September 10 Y September 11 V September 12

Sunrise at 6:44 Rohiṇī until 1:09 Mṛgaśira until 2:55 Ārdrā until 3:55
K 7 until 13:37 Sunrise at 6:45 Sunrise at 6:46 Sunrise at 6:46
Mars Retrograde 15:21 Moon >> Gemini 14:08 K 9 until 15:50 K 10 until 15:45
K 8 until 15:06 Jupiter Direct 17:47
Z September 16 * September 17 A September 18

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.
Good is Green, Average (“if Moon strong”), Avoid Red

(Bright fortnight and first five tithi of the dark half)
Prātipad (1) Ṣaṣṭī (6) Ekādaśī (11)
Dvītiyā (2) Saptamī (7) Dvadaśī (12)
Tṛtīyā (3) Aṣṭamī (8) Trayodaśī (13)
Chaturthī (4) Navamī (9) Chaturdaśī (14)
Pañchamī (5) Daśamī (10) Pūrṇimā/Amāvasyā
Virgo
W September 13 X September 14 Y September 15
Sun entering Virgo
C September 20 D September 21 E September 22

Sunrise at 6:54 Moon >> Scorpio 2:47 Mercury >> Libra 4:23
Svātī until 10:22 Sunrise at 6:54 Autumnal Equinox 6:30
S 4 until 13:58 Viśākhā until 8:19 Anurādhā until 6:49
S 5 until 11:13 Sunrise at 6:55
S 6 until 9:02
Rahu >> Taurus 22:13
J September 27 K September 28 L September 29

S 11 until 7:17 S 12 until 8:30 S 13 until 10:04
Śravaṇa until 8:20 Dhaniṣṭhā until 10:09 Śatabhiṣa until 12:18
Venus >> Leo 12:32 Saturn goes direct 21:44
Yom Kippur
P October 4 P October 5 P October 6

Sunrise at 7:06 Bharaṇī until 2:27 K 4 until 0:03
K 3 until 21:33 Sunrise at 7:07 Kṛttikā until 5:24
Moon >> Taurus 9:12 Sunrise at 7:08
“Digestion is systematic
compilation of decisions
which leads to
understanding and learning,
U October 11 V October 12 W October 13
and that is why this sign, Virgo,
K 9 until 5:24 K 10 until 4:10 K 11 until 2:07
shows growth, improvement and
aiming to perfection."
Puṣya until 12:49 Moon >> Leo 12:00 Maghā until 10:25
- Zoran Radosavljevic Āśleṣā until 12:00 Mercury Retrograde 18:05
Indigenous People’s Day K 12 until 23:22

2020
Z September 16 * September 17 A September 18 C September 19
Sun >> Virgo 6:38 Moon >> Virgo 2:38 S 1 until 0:21 Moon >> Libra 2:12
Sunrise at 6:50 Amäväsya until 4:01 Perigee 6:48 Sunrise at 6:53
K 14 until 7:27 Sunrise at 6:51 Sunrise at 6:52 Chitrā until 12:51
Pūrvaphalgunī until 21:19 Uttaraphalgunī until 18:30 Hastā until 15:37 S 3 until 17:10
S 2 until 20:41
Pitå Pakña ends/Amäväsya
[Saṅkrānti] Rosh Hashana
F September 23 G September 24 H September 25 I September 26

Moon >> Sagittarius 5:55 Mūla until 5:40 Purvāśāḍhā until 6:01 S 10 until 6:31
Jyeṣṭhā until 5:55 S 8 until 6:32 S 9 until 6:14 Uttarāśāḍhā until 6:56
S 7 until 7:28 Moon >> Capricorn 12:12
M September 30 @ October 1 N October 2 O October 3

Moon >> Pisces 8:07 Pürëimä until 14:06 K 1 until 16:27 K 2 until 18:58
S 14 until 11:57 Uttarabhādra until 17:27 Moon >> Aries 20:21 Mars >> Pisces 21:38
Purvabhādra until 14:45 Revatī until 20:21 Apogee 22:22
Aśvinī until 23:23
Q October 7 R October 8 S October 9 T October 10

K 5 until 2:18 K 6 until 4:07 K 7 until 5:20 K 8 until 5:47
Sunrise at 7:09 Sunrise at 7:10 Sunrise at 7:11 Moon >> Cancer 6:40
Rohiṇī until 8:06 Mṛgaśira until 10:20 Ārdrā until 11:57 Sunrise at 7:12
Moon >> Gemini 21:17 Punarvasu until 12:48
Y October 14 Z October 15 * October 16

Sunrise at 7:16 Uttaraphalgunī until 5:29
Pūrvaphalgunī until 8:11 Sunrise at 7:17
Moon >> Virgo 13:33 K 14 until 16:23
K 13 until 20:04
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 Time the Moon is Moon Rises Moon in Moon Sets

(Tithi) ahead/behind the Sun (Eastern Sky) Mid-heaven (Western Sky)
New within a few minutes Sunrise Noon Sunset
Waxing ½ 6 hrs behind Noon Sunset Midnight
Full 12 hrs behind Sunset Midnight Sunrise
Waning 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.
Libra
U October 11 V October 12 W October 13
Sun entering Libra
B October 18 C October 19 D October 20

Sunrise at 7:20 Sunrise at 7:21 Moon >> Sagittarius 13:43
Moon >> Scorpio 12:17 Anurādhā until 15:23 Jyeṣṭhā until 13:43
Viśākhā until 17:39 S 4 until 22:50 S 5 until 20:38
I October 25 J October 26 J October 27

Moon >> Aquarius 2:57 Sunrise at 7:28 Sunrise at 7:29
Sunrise at 7:27 Śatabhiṣa until 18:07 Moon >> Pisces 14:01
Dhaniṣṭhā until 15:53 S 11 until 22:17 Purvabhādra until 20:41
S 10 until 20:31
Vijayä Daśamī
N November 1 O November 2 P November 3

Daylight Savings Ends 2:00 Sunrise at 6:36 Sunrise at 6:37
Sunrise at 6:35 Kṛttikā until 10:20 Mercury Direct 9:49
Bharaṇī until 7:27 K 2 until 11:45 Rohiṇī until 13:00
K 1 until 9:21 K 3 until 13:55
Day of the Dead
“Ojas, which is created in Taurus
rāśi, goes to Libra rāśi, where it T November 8 U November 9 V November 10
creates sexual unity Sunrise at 6:42 Sunrise at 6:43 Sunrise at 6:44
or attraction.”
- Zoran Radosavljevic Moon >> Leo 19:13 Maghā until 18:26 Pūrvaphalgunī until 16:59

2020
Y October 14 Z October 15 * October 16 A October 17
Hastā until 2:28 Sunrise at 7:19
Sunrise at 7:18 S 1 until 8:39
Amäväsya until 12:31 Svātī until 20:22
Moon >> Libra 12:55
Perigee 16:46 Navarātri begins
Sun >> Libra 18:36
Chitrā until 23:22
[Saṅkrānti]
E October 21 F October 22 G October 23 H October 24

Mūla until 12:44 Purvāśāḍhā until 12:29 Uttarāśāḍhā until 12:58 Śravaṇa until 14:08
Venus >> Virgo 22:16
K October 28 L October 29 M October 30 @ October 31

S 12 until 0:25 S 13 until 2:46 Moon >> Aries 2:27 Aśvinī until 5:28
Sunrise at 7:30 Sunrise at 7:31 Revatī until 2:27 Sunrise at 7:33
Uttarabhādra until 23:30 S 14 until 5:16 Pürëimä until 7:49
Sunrise at 7:32
Apogee 11:45 Halloween
P November 4 Q November 5 R November 6 S November 7

Moon >> Gemini 2:14 Sunrise at 6:39 Sunrise at 6:40 Sunrise at 6:41
Sunrise at 6:38 K 5 until 17:07 Moon >> Cancer 12:19 K 7 until 18:00
Mṛgaśira until 15:21 Ārdrā until 17:15 K 6 until 17:54 Puṣya until 19:16
K 4 until 15:45 Punarvasu until 18:35
W November 11 X November 12 Y November 13 * November 14

Sunrise at 6:45 Sunrise at 6:47 K 13 until 4:30 K 14 until 0:49
K 11 until 11:12 K 12 until 8:01 Sunrise at 6:48 Perigee 3:42
Uttaraphalgunī until 14:56 Hastā until 12:25 Chitrā until 9:36 Svātī until 6:39
Moon >> Libra 23:02 Mars Direct 16:34 Sunrise at 6:49
Veterans Day Amäväsya until 21:08
Moon >> Scorpio 22:29

Naraka Chaturdaçé Lakñmé Püjä/ Dévälé
November 29-30: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Eclipse chart is cast for Sacramento, the capital of California. The rising sign is moving fast and will change depending where you are
within the time zone, so please consult your local time and location to make predictions according to your area.
November 29-30: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Penumbral Eclipse begins Nov 30 at 07:32 UTC Nov 29 at 23:32 PDT
Maximum Eclipse Nov 30 at 09:42 UTC Nov 30 at 1:42 PDT
Penumbral Eclipse ends Nov 30 at 11:53 UTC Nov 30 at 3:53 PDT
December 14: Total Solar Eclipse
December 14: Total Solar Eclipse

First location to see the partial eclipse begin Dec 14 at 13:33 UTC Dec 14 at 5:33 PDT
First location to see the full eclipse begin Dec 14 at 14:32 UTC Dec 14 at 6:32 PDT
Maximum Eclipse Dec 14 at 16:13 UTC Dec 14 at 8:13 PDT
Last location to see the full eclipse end Dec 14 at 17:54 UTC Dec 14 at 9:54 PDT
Last location to see the partial eclipse end Dec 14 at 18:53 UTC Dec 14 at 10:53 PDT

Scorpio
A November 15 B November 16 V November 17
Viśākhā until 3:46 Anurādhā until 1:07 Sunrise at 6:52
Sunrise at 6:50 Sunrise at 6:51 S 3 until 11:48
Sun entering Scorpio Sun >> Scorpio 17:24 Venus >> Libra 11:32 Mūla until 21:10
S 1 until 17:37 S 2 until 14:28
Moon >> Sagittarius 22:52
[Saṅkrānti] Jyeṣṭhā until 22:52
G November 22 H November 23 I November 24

Sunrise at 6:57 Sunrise at 6:58 Purvabhādra until 2:02
Śatabhiṣa until 23:35 Moon >> Pisces 19:23 S 10 until 13:13
M November 29 @ November 30 N December 1

Sunrise at 7:04 Pürëimä until 1:30 Eclipse K 1 until 3:23
Kṛttikā until 16:33 Sunrise at 7:05 Sunrise at 7:06
Rohiṇī until 19:01 Moon >> Gemini 8:07
Kärtika Pürëimä Mṛgaśira until 21:08
R December 6 S December 7 T December 8

Moon >> Leo 1:16 Maghā until 1:03 Pūrvaphalgunī until 0:18
Āśleṣā until 1:16 K 7 until 5:18 K 8 until 3:48
K 6 until 6:16 Sunrise at 7:12 Moon >> Virgo 6:02
“This rāśi is known as the
Uttaraphalgunī until 23:03
ascendant of the nighttime.
During the night, we go to sleep
and energy has to transform.
Every morning when we wake up,
Z December 13 * December 14 A December 15
we must have a huge reservoir of
energy to be able to do so.
We normally go to the toilet to K 14 until 11:15 Amäväsya until 8:17 Eclipse
empty the byproducts of digestion Anurādhā until 12:10 Moon >> Sagittarius 9:56
and movement of energy.”
Jyeṣṭhā until 9:56
2020
C November 18 D November 19 E November 20 F November 21
Sunrise at 6:53 Moon >> Capricorn 2:00 Sunrise at 6:55 Sunrise at 6:56
S 4 until 9:47 Sunrise at 6:54 S 6 until 8:01 S 7 until 8:19
Purvāśāḍhā until 20:09 S 5 until 8:30 Śravaṇa until 20:24 Moon >> Aquarius 8:56
Uttarāśāḍhā until 19:53 Dhaniṣṭhā until 21:39
Jupiter >> Capricorn 23:53
J November 25 K November 26 L November 27 M November 28

Uttarabhādra until 4:51 Sunrise at 7:01 Sunrise at 7:02 Sunrise at 7:03
Sunrise at 7:00 Moon >> Aries 7:51 Aśvinī until 10:53 Bharaṇī until 13:49
S 11 until 15:41 Revatī until 7:51 Mercury >> Scorpio 17:35 Moon >> Taurus 20:32
Apogee 16:28 S 13 until 20:52 S 14 until 23:18
S 12 until 18:17
Thanksgiving Day
O December 2 P December 3 P December 4 Q December 5

K 2 until 4:53 K 3 until 5:58 Punarvasu until 0:09 Puṣya until 0:58
Sunrise at 7:07 Sunrise at 7:08 K 4 until 6:34 K 5 until 6:41
Ārdrā until 22:52 Moon >> Cancer 17:52 Sunrise at 7:09 Sunrise at 7:10
U December 9 W December 10 X December 11 Y December 12

Sunrise at 7:13 Moon >> Libra 8:22 Svātī until 17:00 Moon >> Scorpio 9:12
Hastā until 21:22 Venus >> Scorpio 15:47 K 12 until 17:33 Perigee 12:41
K 10 until 23:22 Chitrā until 19:19 K 13 until 14:24
K 11 until 20:35 Viśākhā until 14:35
First Day of Chanukah
B December 16 C December 17 C December 18

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 midnight. Rādhāṣṭmī 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).
Important nomenclature for determining festivals:

1
Arunodaya- 4 ghaṭikas (1 hour, 36 minutes as a ghaṭika is 24 minutes) before sunrise

Prātaḥkāla- 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 sunset
Nisitha- 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.
This tithi is pāraviddha; predominance is given to the ending.
3
On Purṇīma, the Moon rises at sunset; on kṛṣṇa aṣṭamī (the waning 8th/ half-moon), the Moon rises at midnight; on
4
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 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 Consciousness

Time (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.
Sagittarius
Z December 13 * December 14 A December 15
S 1 until 5:37
Sunrise at 7:18
Sun entering Sagittarius Mūla until 8:01
Sun >> Sagittarius 8:03
[Saṅkrānti]
E December 20 F December 21 G December 22

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
L December 27 M December 28 @ December 29

Sunrise at 7:23 Rohiṇī until 2:10 Mṛgaśira until 4:02
S 13 until 16:51 Sunrise at 7:23 Sunrise at 7:23
Moon >> Gemini 15:10 Pürëimä until 19:29
S 14 until 18:25
Annapürëa Jayanti
Q January 3 R January 4 S January 5

Maghā until 6:27 Pūrvaphalgunī until 5:47 Uttaraphalgunī until 4:51
Venus >> Sagittarius 15:34 Moon >> Virgo 11:35 K 7 until 14:34
K 5 until 17:45 Mercury >> Capricorn 14:25
“Dharma is the natural law and K 6 until 16:18

this rāśi shows the concept of
dharma. Without dharma, there
would be no marriage and order
in society because the rules and X January 10 Y January 11 * January 12
regulations of dharma help people K 12 until 3:23 K 13 until 1:03 Sunrise at 7:23
and society live together.”
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
2020
B December 16 C December 17 C December 18 D December 19
Purvāśāḍhā until 6:34 Uttarāśāḍhā until 5:43 Śravaṇa until 5:34 Dhaniṣṭhā until 6:10
Moon >> Capricorn 12:18 Moon >> Aquarius 17:47
Mercury >> Sagittarius 22:08
H December 23 I December 24 J December 25 K December 26

S 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 2

Ārdrā 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
New Year's Eve New Year's Day K 4 until 18:53
T January 6 U January 7 V January 8 W January 9

Hastā 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 15

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.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed Thursday Friday Saturday

6:00-7:30 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 Rähu
10:30-12:00 Mercury Mars Venus Moon Saturn Rähu Sun
12:00- 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 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.
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.
Capricorn
X January 10 Y January 11 * January 12
Sun entering Capricorn
D January 17 E January 18 F January 19

Moon >> Pisces 11:46 Uttarabhādra until 20:25 Moon >> Aries 23:07
Purvabhādra until 18:13 S 6 until 21:30 Revatī until 23:07
S 5 until 19:45 S 7 until 23:46
Martin Luther King Day
J January 24 K January 25 L January 26

Sunrise at 7:17 Mercury >> Aquarius 2:59 Sunrise at 7:16
S 11 until 9:29 Sunrise at 7:17 S 13 until 11:42
Rohiṇī until 10:31 S 12 until 10:55 Ārdrā until 13:42
Moon >> Gemini 23:33 Mṛgaśira until 12:26
P January 31 P February 1 Q February 2

Pūrvaphalgunī until 11:48 Uttaraphalgunī until 10:28 Hastā until 9:03
Moon >> Virgo 17:29 Moon >> Libra 20:20
“Exaltation of a planet shows
a place where it achieves its
desires - Mars is death kāraka and
without the energy and spark of
W February 7 X February 8 Y February 9
the soul, this body is dead.
Moon >> Sagittarius 2:45 Mūla until 1:51 Purvāśāḍhā until 1:09
Saturn is not kāraka for death,
but for longevity. Saturn wants Jyeṣṭhā until 2:45 Sunrise at 7:04 Moon >> Capricorn 7:01
you to live long and pay all Sunrise at 7:05 K 12 until 13:50 Sunrise at 7:03
kārmic debts through suffering.” K 11 until 15:18 K 13 until 12:36
2021
A 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
[Saṅkrānti]
F January 20 G January 21 H January 22 I January 23

Sunrise 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 30

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
R February 3 T February 4 U February 5 V February 6

K 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 12

Uttarāśāḍhā until 0:42 Śravaṇa until 0:35
K 14 until 11:40 Amäväsya until 11:06
Aquarius
W February 7 X February 8 Y February 9
Sun entering Aquarius
C February 14 C February 15 D February 16

Purvabhādra until 3:03 Uttarabhādra until 4:59 Sunrise at 6:55
Sunrise at 6:58 Sunrise at 6:56 Moon >> Aries 7:27
S 3 until 12:30 S 4 until 14:08 Revatī until 7:27
Valentine's Day Presidents' Day S 5 until 16:17
Vasanta Païchamé
H February 21 I February 22 J February 23

Moon >> Gemini 8:26 Ārdrā until 23:01 Moon >> Cancer 17:40
Mars >> Taurus 15:07 Punarvasu until 23:48
O February 28 P March 1 P March 2

Moon >> Virgo 1:37 Sunrise at 6:38 Moon >> Libra 3:00
Sunrise at 6:39 Hastā until 16:02 Sunrise at 6:36
Uttaraphalgunī until 18:07 K 3 until 16:17 K 4 until 13:30
K 2 until 19:06 Perigee 21:18 Chitrā until 13:59
“Consciousness is Gods' gift U March 7 V March 8 W March 9

to mankind.”
- Albert Hofmann Sunrise at 6:29 Sunrise at 6:27 Sunrise at 6:26
Mūla until 7:29 Purvāśāḍhā until 7:11 Uttarāśāḍhā until 7:12

2021
Z February 10 * February 11 A February 12 B February 13
Dhaniṣṭhā 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
[Saṅkrānti]
Chinese New Year
E February 17 F February 18 F February 19 G February 20

Sunrise 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 27

S 12 until 4:36 S 13 until 3:50 S 14 until 2:21 Pürëimä until 0:18
Āśleṣā until 23:06 K 1 until 21:50
Pürëimä
Q March 3 R March 4 S March 5 T March 6

Sunrise at 6:35 Moon >> Scorpio 4:51 K 7 until 6:25 K 8 until 4:41
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 13

K 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
Pisces
A 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
Sun entering Pisces Sun >> Pisces 5:34 Moon >> Aries 16:14 Venus >> Pisces 14:31
Sunrise at 7:18 Revatī until 16:14 Aśvinī until 19:01
Uttarabhādra until 13:50
[Saṅkrānti]
G March 21 H March 22 I March 23

Mṛgaśira until 6:55 Sunrise at 7:06 Moon >> Cancer 4:01
Sunrise at 7:07 Ārdrā until 8:58 Sunrise at 7:04
S 8 until 20:31 S 9 until 21:38 Punarvasu until 10:16
S 10 until 21:54
@ March 28 N March 29 O March 30

Uttaraphalgunī until 5:06 Hastā until 2:32 K 2 until 4:58
Pürëimä until 11:48 K 1 until 8:25 Svātī until 21:15
Moon >> Libra 13:12
Holi Perigee 23:16
Passover (first day) Chitrā until 23:52
T April 4 U April 5 V April 6

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
“If a chemist does not become a

mystic, then is not a * April 11 A April 12 B April 13
chemist either” Sunrise at 6:35 Sunrise at 6:34
Amäväsya until 19:31 S 1 until 21:47
- Albert Hofmann
Moon >> Aries 23:00
Revatī until 23:00 Vasanta Navarātri
2021
C 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 27

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
P March 31 Q April 1 R April 2 S April 3

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
Viśākhā until 18:52
K 4 until 22:31
W April 7 X April 8 Y April 9 Z April 10

Moon >> 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

Aries
* April 11 A April 12 B April 13
Aśvinī until 1:50
Sunrise at 6:32
Sun entering Aries Mars >> Gemini 12:44
Sun >> Aries 14:03
[Saṅkrānti]
Ramadan
E April 18 F April 19 G April 20

Ārdrā until 16:32 Moon >> Cancer 11:59 Puṣya until 19:29
L April 25 @ April 26 N April 27

S 13 until 3:44 Moon >> Libra 0:02 Sunrise at 6:13
Sunrise at 6:16 S 14 until 0:15 Svātī until 7:39
Hastā until 13:25 Sunrise at 6:15 Perigee 8:22
Chitrā until 10:36 K 1 until 16:45
Pürëimä until 20:32 Moon >> Scorpio 23:26
Hanuman Jayanté
R May 2 S May 3 T May 4

Moon >> Capricorn 2:16 K 7 until 1:10 K 8 until 0:41
K 6 until 2:21 Sunrise at 6:06 Venus >> Taurus 0:57
Sunrise at 6:07 Śravaṇa until 19:57 Sunrise at 6:05
Uttarāśāḍhā until 19:52 Moon >> Aquarius 8:14
Dhaniṣṭhā until 20:41
“If a chemist does not become a

Y May 9 Z May 10 * May 11
mystic, then is not a
Moon >> Aries 4:59 Sunrise at 5:59 Sunrise at 5:58
chemist either”
Revatī until 4:59 Aśvinī until 7:56 Bharaṇī until 11:01
- Albert Hofmann Sunrise at 6:00 K 14 until 9:26 Amäväsya until 12:00

K 13 until 7:01 Apogee 14:53 (farthest for 2021)
Mother’s Day Moon >> Taurus 17:49
2021
B 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 24

Moon >> Leo 19:45 Maghā until 19:12 Pūrvaphalgunī until 17:52 Uttaraphalgunī until 15:54
Rāma Navamī
O April 28 P April 29 P April 30 Q May 1

Viśākhā 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 8

K 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 15

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
Akñaya Tåtéyä
[Saṅkrānti]
Planet Date Time Sign Degrees Planet Date Time
Mercury goes Retrograde 16 FEB 2020 16:52 18° Aqu 46’ Ketu enters Scorpio 22 SEP 2020 7:49
Mercury goes Direct 9 MAR 2020 20:49 4° Aqu 5’ Venus enters Leo 27 SEP 2020 12:05
Mars enters Pisces 3 OCT 2020 2:43
Saturn goes Retrograde 10 MAY 2020 20:42 7° Cap 49’
Sun enters Libra 16 OCT 2020 18:04
Venus goes Retrograde 12 MAY 2020 23:44 27° Tau 42’
Venus enters Virgo 22 OCT 2020 21:49
Jupiter goes Retrograde 14 MAY 2020 7:37 3° Cap 6’ Sun enters Scorpio 15 NOV 2020 16:54
Mercury goes Retrograde 17 JUNE 2020 21:59 20° Gem 38' Venus enters Libra 16 NOV 2020 11:08
Venus goes Direct 24 JUNE 2020 23:46 11° Tau 12' Jupiter enters Capricorn 19 NOV 2020 21:07
Mercury goes Direct 12 JUL 2020 1:25 11° Gem 22’ Mercury enters Scorpio 27 NOV 2020 17:15
Mars goes Retrograde 9 SEP 2020 15:23 4° Ari 1’ Venus enters Scorpio 10 DEC 2020 15:25
Jupiter goes Direct 12 SEP 2020 17:40 23° Sag 17’ Sun enters Sagittarius 15 DEC 2020 7:35
Saturn goes Direct 28 SEP 2020 21:52 1° Cap 12’ Mercury enters Sagittarius 16 DEC 2020 21:51
Mars enters Aries 23 DEC 2020 19:43
Mercury goes Retrograde 13 OCT 2020 18:04 17° Lib 32'
Venus enters Sagittarius 3 JAN 2021 15:14
Mercury goes Direct 3 NOV 2020 9:50 1° Lib 46'
Mercury enters Capricorn 4 JAN 2021 14:10
Mars goes Direct 13 NOV 2020 16:43 21° Pis 6' Sun enters Capricorn 13 JAN 2021 18:22
Mercury goes Retrograde 30 JAN 2021 7:50 2° Aqu 21' Mercury enters Aquarius 25 JAN 2021 2:32
Mercury goes Direct 20 FEB 2021 16:53 16° Cap 53' Venus enters Capricorn 27 JAN 2021 13:43
Saturn goes Retrograde 23 MAY 2021 2:55 19° Cap 22' Mercury enters Capricorn 4 FEB 2021 9:57
Mercury goes Retrograde 29 MAY 2021 15:33 0° Gem 34' Sun enters Aquarius 12 FEB 2021 7:24
Venus enters Aquarius 20 FEB 2021 12:38
Jupite goes Retrograde 20 JUNE 2021 8:28 8° Aqu 2'
Mars enters Taurus 21 FEB 2021 14:35
Mercury goes Direct 22 JUNE 2021 14:59 21° Tau 59'
Mercury enters Aquarius 10 MAR 2021 22:51
Mercury goes Retrograde 26 SEPT 2021 22:09 1° Lib 20' Sun enters Pisces 14 MAR 2021 5:17
Saturn goes Direct 10 OCT 2021 20:08 12° Cap 44' Venus enters Pisces 16 MAR 2021 14:18
Jupiter goes Direct 17 OCT 2021 22:23 28° Cap 11' Mercury enters Pisces 31 MAR 2021 12:05
Mercury goes Direct 18 OCT 2021 8:16 15° Vir 59' Jupiter enters Aquarius 5 APR 2021 10:35
Venus goes Retrograde 19 DEC 2021 2:29 2° Cap 20' Venus enters Aries 9 APR 2021 17:47
Sun enters Aries 13 APR 2021 13:48
Planet Date Time Mars enters Gemini 13 APR 2021 12:19
Mercury enters Sagittarius 25 DEC 2019 01:59 Mercury enters Aries 16 APR 2021 8:21
Mars enters Scorpio 25 DEC 2019 07:20 Mercury enters Taurus 30 APR 2021 17:04
Venus enters Aquarius 8 JAN 2020 14:33 Venus enters Taurus 3 MAY 2021 00:44
Mercury enters Capricorn 12 JAN 2020 21:51 Sun enters Taurus 14 MAY 2021 10:38
Sun enters Capricorn 14 JAN 2020 12:15 Mercury enters Gemini 25 MAY 2021 19:07
Saturn enters Capricorn 23 JAN 2020 17:22 Venus enters Gemini 28 MAY 2021 11:17
Mercury enters Aquarius 30 JAN 2020 13:11 Mars enters Cancer 1 JUN 2021 17:53
Venus enters Pisces 2 FEB 2020 12:31 Mercury enters Taurus 2 JUN 2021 15:07
Mars enters Sagittarius 7 FEB 2020 13:53 Sun enters Gemini 14 JUN 2021 17:11
Sun enters Aquarius 13 FEB 2020 01:15 Venus enters Cancer 22 JUN 2021 1:35
Venus enters Aries 28 FEB 2020 11:48 Mercury enters Gemini 6 JUL 2021 22:23
Sun enters Pisces 13 MAR 2020 23:08 Sun enters Cancer 16 JUL 2021 3:59
Mars enters Capricorn 22 MAR 2020 01:48 Venus enters Leo 16 JUL 2021 20:37
Venus enters Taurus 28 MAR 2020 02:52 Mars enters Leo 20 JUL 2021 4:47
Jupiter enters Capricorn 29 MAR 2020 13:28 Mercury enters Cancer 24 JUL 2021 23:00
Mercury enters Pisces 7 APR 2020 01:43 Mercury enters Leo 8 AUG 2021 12:49
Sun enters Aries 13 APR 2020 07:38 Venus enters Virgo 10 AUG 2021 22:40
Mercury enters Aries 24 APR 2020 13:57 Sun enters Leo 16 AUG 2021 12:19
Mars enters Aquarius 4 MAY 2020 07:48 Mercury enters Virgo 25 AUG 2021 22:30
Mercury enters Taurus 8 MAY 2020 21:10 Mars enters Virgo 5 SEP 2021 14:43
Sun enters Taurus 14 MAY 2020 4:30 Venus enters Libra 5 SEP 2021 11:55
Mercury enters Gemini 24 MAY 2020 11:13 Jupiter enters Capricorn 14 SEP 2021 6:47
Sun enters Gemini 14 JUN 2020 11:04 Sun enters Virgo 16 SEP 2021 12:13
Mars enters Pisces 18 JUN 2020 7:14 Mercury enters Libra 21 SEP 2021 18:39
Jupiter enters Sagittarius 29 JUN 2020 19:46 Mercury enters Virgo 1 OCT 2021 15:25
Sun enters Cancer 15 JUL 2020 21:53 Venus enters Scorpio 1 OCT 2021 20:49
Venus enters Gemini 31 JUL 2020 16:11 Sun enters Libra 16 OCT 2021 00:11
Mercury enters Cancer 1 AUG 2020 14:48 Mars enters Libra 21 OCT 2021 12:45
Sun enters Leo 16 AUG 2020 6:13 Venus enters Sagittarius 30 OCT 2021 3:10
Mars enters Aries 16 AUG 2020 4:31 Mercury enters Libra 1 NOV 2021 21:04
Mercury enters Leo 16 AUG 2020 19:45 Sun enters Scorpio 15 NOV 2021 23:03
Venus enters Cancer 31 AUG 2020 13:07 Mercury enters Scorpio 20 NOV 2021 15:01
Mercury enters Virgo 1 SEP 2020 23:15 Jupiter enters Aquarius 20 NOV 2021 5:18
Sun enters Virgo 16 SEP 2020 6:07 Mars enters Scorpio 4 DEC 2021 15:47
Mercury enters Libra 22 SEP 2020 3:58 Venus enters Capricorn 8 DEC 2021 23:11
Rahu enters Taurus 22 SEP 2020 7:49 Mercury enters Sagittarius 9 DEC 2021 16:18
All times listed for Sacramento California

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The Lunar Cycle

Nityamadhaḥ sthasyendormābhirmānamoḥ sitaṁ bhavatyarddham| svacchāyayānyadasitaṁ kumbhasyevā'tapasthasya||4.1||

Lunar day (Tithi)

Thirty Phases of the Moon

Tithi Deity 5 Energy

Integration of the material:

Quality Nakṣatra Nakṣatra karma guṇa adhyāyaḥ [97]

Sun entering Sagittarius

W December 22 X December 23 Z December 24

C December 29 C December 30 D December 31

I January 5 J January 6 K January 7

“All societies have a holy book

* December 25 A December 26 B December 27 C December 28

E January 1 F January 2 G January 3 H January 4

New Year's Day

L January 8 M January 9 @ January 10 N January 11

P January 15 Q January 16 R January 17

A total eclipse, called ‘swallowed’ (grasana), is considered inauspicious: a powerful leader

An annular eclipse, called enclosed (nirodha), is a benevolent omen indicating well-being

A long lasting eclipse (avamardana) is called crushing or oppressing. It is inauspicious and

Image from http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/

2020 January 10: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

V January 19 W January 20 X January 21

Martin Luther King Day

B January 26 C January 27 C January 28

G February 2 H February 3 I February 4

Y January 22 Z January 23 * January 24 A January 25

D January 29 D January 30 E January 31 F February 1

J February 5 L February 6 M February 7 @ February 8

P February 12 Q February 13 R February 14

Ayanāṁśā, 221 CE according to Fagan-Bradley, and 560CE according to De Luce.

Sun entering Aquarius

T February 16 U February 17 V February 18

* February 23 A February 24 B February 25

F March 1 F March 2 G March 3

“Vāyu tattva comes from the

W February 19 X February 20 Y February 21 Z February 22

Mahä Siva Rätri

C February 26 C February 27 D February 28 E February 29

I March 4 J March 5 K March 6 L March 7

O March 11 P March 12 Q March 13 R March 14

Y March 22 Z March 23 * March 24

D March 29 E March 30 F March 31

K April 5 L April 6 @ April 7

and giving. Amṛta, or divine

A March 25 B March 26 C March 27 C March 28

G April 1 H April 2 I April 3 J April 4

N April 8 O April 9 P April 10 P April 11

Passover (First Day)

T April 15 U April 16 V April 17

Charaka Saṁhitā, Sūtrasthāna VI (Tasyāśita).

X April 19 Y April 20 Z April 21

C April 26 C April 27 D April 28

J May 3 K May 4 L May 5

* April 22 A April 23 B April 24 C April 25

E April 29 F April 30 G May 1 I May 2

M May 6 @ May 7 N May 8 O May 9

S May 13 T May 14 U May 15

Dutch variation of the Arabic word “mausim”.

Taittiriya Saṁhitā VII.2.10.1-2.

Coming to Śiva’s Wedding

For the full article on the seasons, see http://www.sutrajournal.com/the-six-seasons-part-one-by-freedom-cole.

Sun entering Taurus