4 The Ned Tables Hed eatin: —For ascertainit in but minutes by even the . novice to Astrology — } FOR OTHER BOOKS ny THE SAME AUTHOR ine Test £02 ¥ Write for Literature and Dr. Bh. Satyanarayana Rao. i yeTHE NADI RECTIFICATION WITH TABLES By Dr. Bh. Satyanarayana Rao, Masulipatam, (S. India.)In memory of My beloved and worshipful mother (Who passed away at the age of 84 years ia December 1954, ful Sentcous to the tat minut, stating that her. body had beso a old for the soul to reside’ in—evidently the consequence of kon “Pranayama” exercies done secttly and unostentationly) All Rights Reserved £800 Copies—December, 1959, Primted a¢ the B. N. Press, Mount Road, Madras. PREFACE Tt so hay that, just before the publication of my Text-book of Scientific Astrology in 1936, a friend of mine, gave ine for perusal for six hours a manuscript of elabo- Fate Tables, running to 6+ pages in foolscap'size, compri-. ing the inevitable birth times, copied, ‘as stated, from’ Nadi. Perceiving therein a cyclic repetition, 1 l, in but a couple of hours, abridge the whole lengthy set of Tables to a single page when subsequenily printed. My friend was really astonished at my method of conden sation bearing no semblance whatsoever to the manuscript: But even then I sought his permission for publishing this in my Text-book, under the abridged Table (now out of ‘print and expresed therein my gratitude, Many readers, including some competent astrologers, who had tried the Tables, communicated tome theit appreciation ofthe admirable applicability of the ancient adi method and of its charming simplicity, even lavish- ing words of praise on me for having brought out the ‘Fables before the public for the first time and for thus making the astrological public very much indebted. Further experience with the method for well over two de- ‘cades has corroborated its utility and value. Thave mentioned in Chapter I what scems (0 be the real import of the word ‘Adhana’; in Chapters IT and ITI the vital importance of the Luminaries for subserving life on our globe, and the views regarding the origin of life of some famous authors on Cosmic Symbolisin; in Chapter W,V & VI given as much information as posible, collected from several sources, on the Tatvas which according to while the characteristics given of per- sons born under the Tatvas are my own inferences arrived at after years of experience with nati in Chap. VIL, 26 Examples of Rectification, worked out in det ifi‘The Book has been so designed as to be highly useful to one and all, the professional as well as the novice to Astrology. ‘The principal Tables F and G, based on different intervals of time, are so ingeniously ‘constructed by me for the facility of very easy and rapid reference that the same horizontal column against any Serial Number stands for both the ruling asterism and the Sex. All other Tables useful for ascertaining the necessary data before rectifi- cation are given to obviate the need of other books of reference. Kind readers are requested to communicate to me firstly, their experience of the Tables of rectification, and secondly, their views on all the explanations given_by me —perforce at the cost of some digression—on the Tatvas, their characteristics and the like, All constructive sugges tions for any improvement will be fully valued and. t up in the subsequent edition. Tam highly ful to Sri V, Thiruvenkat: M.A., LT, Vice-Principal, New Gollege, Madras, wl with his competence in both the oriental and occidental systems of Astrology, after going through the manuscript sent to him for perusal and suggestions, has encouraged me to publish this book early, not only this, has spontane- ously sent me his valuable Foreword. My gratitude is also due to Sri K. Suryanarayana, Superintendent of Excise, Masulipatam, who has given me in time Rajan’s work,now out of print, which has cleared a doubt of mine, after erecting the extensive Tables of ‘Sunrise ; to Sri D. Sivarama Sastri M.A., Lecturer, Hindu College, Masulipatam, for enlightening me on the formula pertaining to Refraction and Parallax, given in the Appendix to all kind readers of my works hitherto before hem; in particule, to the Manager, BN. Pres Madras for the admirable care he has taken in giving a neat get up to this Book. ‘The Author. bid.) FOREWORD Dr. Bh, Satyanarayana Rao is to be congratu- lated on his commendable attempt to bring out @ standard work on Rectification of Birth ‘Time based on our methods. The Hindus alwaysinsisted ‘on correct birth time or birth degree in all their calculations, even though at present this habit has fallen into disuse. This important Work indicates clearly that human births cannot occur at all times of the day, which is an important matter for all students of astrology to ponder over and study. ‘A careful analysis of the Tables given in this ‘book reveals that human births could not occur every fourth minute of a day as one might lead to think, and this problem is well worth careful study. I have considered in my article on the “Correct Birth Time” published in the Annual ssue of the Astrological Magazine 1959, the case ‘of a child born on 26th Feby. 1958, at 2-45 p.m. Wednesday with Krithika Nakshatra. The mother’s condition was weak and the child had to be taken out forcibly with forceps at 2-45 p.m. even though the head presentation and Sra:a (flow) vtook place at about 8 a.m, accordin; ui 7 c im, eto the mid- wife. ‘The birth chart drawn for 2-45 p.m. did not satisly me, and the Varahamihira’s rule of recti- figaiion answering to 8 a.m. was more satis- ‘actory ; and this assumption is confirmed b Tables in this Book. oe I think that this method advocated in this Book cannot give fictitious Epochs as is the case with Sepharial’s Epochal Theory. Astrologers must feel grateful to Dr. Satya~ narayana Rao for tlais very usefial volume he has written on the rectification of birth time. MADRAS, } Y. Thiruyenkatacharya, M.A., Lt, Dated 24-2-1959, Vice-Principal, New Coltege. The Nadi Rectification with Tables CONTENTS ~The Epoch Versus the Adhana Il. The Sun, the Creator ‘The Moon, the ‘Translator The Tatvas ‘The Tatvas, their Rule and Characteristics ‘The Time Division of the Hindus How to use the Tables F & G with 26 Examples of Rectification in detail APPENDIX }) The Moon's Longitude for any date. {f) How to calculate the Times of Sunrise ‘with Examples ; also the Equation of ‘Time for anyday) ce (c) On Precession (a) Values of Equation ‘TABLES ‘Their sility and how to employ them A The Week Day for any English date B Values of Precession G_ The Sidereal Times D The Nirayana Ascendants E The Sunrise Times . eG) The Tables of Birth Times, the Aste- isms and the Sex. (for Rectification) HH ‘The Standard Times for Each Country { Town and Gities with their Latitudes ‘and the Differences in. time between the Standard and Local Times “Abbreviations for the Asterisms, used in ‘Table F ; The signs and Triplicity. DIBILOGRAPEY vii[Revathi 16° 40° to PISCES Uttarabhadra 3° 20° to 16° Purvabhadra. 0° to 3° 20° (4th grt, Purvabhadra 20° to 30° 3 qrt.’ satan : 6° 40 to 20° AQUARIUS Dhanista 0° to 6° 40° 23° 20° to 3t @ qres.) avanatn 10° co 28° 2 CAPRICORN Uttarashada 0° to 10° (arts) Uttarashada 26° 40° to 30° (st qrt. Perens 13°20 to 26° 40" Mula 0? to 13° 20° SAGITTARIUS! FRONTISPIECE ‘Asvani Krittika 0% to 13°20" | 0” to 10° Bharani (3 qrts.) 13° 20° to 26° 40"| Rohini Krittika 26° 40° to 30” Mrigasira (Ist qrt.) | 25° 20° 30° ) | arts.) 30° 40" The 27 Asterisms and ‘Their Duration Degrees and Mins. (Hindu Zodiac) 3 Ex-precession | |Visakha Chitu O10 8°20 | Ow O° to 6° 40" (4th qri satin nfameec 8°20, to 16°40", 6? 40° to 20° Jyesta Visakha 16°40" to 30°| 20° to 30” Bars.) LIBRA SCORPIO 10° to 23° 20" (See Page 95) Qari, Rae OF to 6 40" ‘Arudra 6° 40° to 20° Punarvasu, 20° to 30” | Barts.) | GEMINI Punarvasu OF 08 20 (4th art, Poanyaeatip 3°20 t0 16° 40° Aslesha 16° 40" to 30° _cANCER Makha 0° to 13° 20° Pubba 13° 20” to} 26° 40 lee 26° 40° to 30° (1 art) LEO Uttara 0 1010" rt Ha 10° to 23° 20° Chittra “23° 20° to 30° (2 qrts.) VIRGO INTRODUCTION Rectification of the Times of Births forms a primary ‘and essential process in horoscopical work. Despite the ‘availability of watches and clocks in these days in every ‘nook and corner of the civilised world the times of births ‘can be taken, in the majority of cases, to be only approzi- ‘mate, but, however, not varying except by a few minutes from the correct times. Much more should seem the vari- ance when births were noted in ‘“ghatis and vighatis”” before the introduction of the Standard Time in 1906 into India, But the astrologers then adopted some easy methods of their own to rectify such times ; and rather fairly frequently sach times sent to me have often been. found to nearly tally with those worked out by the Pre- Natal Epoch system or the Nadi method given in this Work, ‘The reasons for such approximations in the times of birth are mainly two-fold. Firstly, the attendants at par tucition are so busily absorbed in their primary duties tonnected with both the mother and the new born baby that, though previously instructed, they often fail to note the correct times. Secondly, there are some conflicting wnions regarding the actual time to benoted. Some hold that the correct time of birth is the moment ‘wien the head presents itself (Shirshodaya) ; some when the baby comes out fully from the womb (Bhupatana) ; yet others when the infant first ‘often’ cries synchronising with the first breath it takes when out of the womb, 1