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The Importance of KP Ayanamsa in Applied KP Prediction

Dr. Andrew Dutta

I have not failed. I have just found
10,000 ways that dont work.
Thomas A. Edisson



It gives me immense pleasure in authoring this article for the inaugural issue of KP E-
magazine edited by a scholarly KP professional, Shri Kanak Bhai Bosmia, who is well known
in India and abroad for his astoundingly correct predictions using the Krishnamurthi Paddhati
(KP) astrology. In fact, the launch of this electronic magazine for KP astrology will, perhaps,
be the first of its kind in this branch of astrology in the world. My best wishes are with the
editor and this scholarly journal.
The role of Ayanamsa in applied prediction can hardly be over emphasized. This
article is not an attempt to advocate any particular Ayanamsa, since we are all aware that the
Ayanamsa given by our revered Guruji late Shri K. S. Krishnamurthi (KSK) is a very
important ingredient for using his system of astrology. The Krishnamurthi Paddhati would
not yield correct results if one were to use any other Ayanamsa, namely Lahiri, Bhasin,
Sanatana, or Raman. For correct prediction through KP astrology we invariably need the
Ayanamsa suggested by Shri KSK, which he arrived at after decades of painstaking research.
In his First Reader, Shri KSK spent over 16 pages in discussing the role of Ayanamsa and his
exposition on this matter leaves no room for doubt that the Ayanamsa suggested by him for
15th April, 1900, taking the Epoch year as 291 AD, was 22 Deg 22 Min 30 Secs (KP &
Astrology Yearbook, 2003; pp 92-93) would yield consistent results with the precision rate
per second per year as 50. 2388475 seconds (also known as Newcombs rate of correction)
However, recently there has been some modification in this Ayanamsa. Some researchers in
the field of KP astrology have taken a different Epoch year and arrived at an Ayanamsa
which is different by about 4 mins 44 seconds. This Ayanamsa is popularly known as the KP
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Straight Line Adjusted Ayanamsa. As a result of this correction rate, the Ayanamsa value for
the same date as above turned out to be 22 Deg 27 Min 14 Secs thereby giving a difference of
4 Mins 44 Secs. Though this may appear to be a minor difference, practitioners and
researchers in the field of KP are well aware that this so called minor difference can cause
the entire prediction to go haywire.
Before I cite a case example to illustrate the importance of Ayanamsa, let me briefly
elucidate the concept of Ayanamsa. The word Ayan means movement. Therefore, Sha
Ayan means moving position or with-Ayan whereas, Nir- ah Ayan means static position or
without Ayan. This gives rise to the Sayana zodiac (the moving zodiac) of Western astrology
and the Nirayan zodiac (fixed or sidereal zodiac) of Indian astrology. The Ayanamsa value is
the distance between the Hindu first point and the Vernal Equinox, measured at an Epoch.
Vernal Equinox refers to one of the two points that arise due to the intersection of the
celestial equator and the ecliptic or the apparent path of Sun. Thus, the difference in values
for the various Ayanamsas occurs due to the different Epoch years that are considered as the
dates of coincidence of the two zodiacs. A number of Epochs were used by researchers and
scholars such as 361 AD, 394 AD, 397 AD, 498 AD 559 AD etc. We are all aware that in KP
astrology the smallest sub-division arc of a constellation is of a value of 4 mins. This belongs
to Sun. Therefore, any difference in the Ayanamsa values greater than 4 mins would alter the
sublord of a planet and cusp.
In the example below, I provide a case example where the choice of a particular
Ayanamsa yielded different results. This case is not an example to advocate any particular
Ayanamsa value but a simple illustration that Ayanamsa plays a very important role in
prediction. It is up to the wise discretion of the readers to find out the Ayanamsa value that
yield consistent results to them.
On 24
th
November, 2006 a lady approached me to know whether her husband would
get an interview call from a reputed educational institution. The question put forth was, will
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my husband get a call for the interview at BMA? She gave 20 as the horary number within
1-249. I analyzed the chart on the same day at 8:38:02 PM in Hyderabad using Geocentric
latitude correction and KP Straight Line Adjusted Ayanamsa value of 23 Deg 56 Mins 30
secs.















The cusps used for arriving at the prediction were 3, 9, and 11
th
cusps from 7th, which
means cusps 9, 3, and 5 respectively. The Moon of the unrotated chart reflected the query by
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signifying houses 3 at planet level, 7 at Starlord level and 5 at the sublord level. The other
signification of Moon10, 2, 1, and 4denoted that the husband of the querist was seeking
a change in the job due to increase in post and pay not due to any problem in the workplace.
The lady confirmed this. In the rotated chart, the 7
th
cusp sublord Venus denoted 10, 6, and
3, 3
rd
cusp sublord Jupiter denoted 3 and 9, 9
th
cusp sublord Jupiter denoted 3 and 9 and the
11
th
cusp sublord Moon denoted 3. So, the call for the interview was definitely to be received
by the husband of the querist.
The time for receiving the call for the interview was arrived after taking the help of
Ruling Planets at the time of judgment. The Lagna was ruled by Mercury-Jupiter-Saturn and
the Moon was ruled by Jupiter-Venus-Saturn. The fruitful significators were considered as
Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. The running Dasa-Bhukti-Anthara (DBA) was that of
Venus-Saturn-Mercury. All these planets were in the list of fruitful significators. I decided
that the matter has to come out during Jupiter Sookshma period.
It was found that Venus-Saturn-Mercury-Jupiter period operated from 30
th
December
2007 to 21
st
January 2007. The lady was informed that her husband would be receiving a call
during this period.
However, the call was actually received on 5
th
December 2006 and the lady was more
than pleased at me for telling her that her husband would be receiving the interview call. But
I was totally displeased at my wrong timing. Upon discussing this matter with some senior
KP astrologers of Hyderabad, I was told to look at the same prognosis using the KP Old
Ayanamsa. With this input, I re-casted the horary chart with the Ayanamsa value of 23 Deg
51 Mins 47 Secs. The chart is provided in the next page. There is no change in the sub
lordship of any cusps or planets except the Fortuna. However, the longitude of Moon and
other planets have changed along with the longitudes of the 12 cusps.

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Therefore, a change in the longitude of Moon due to the change in the value of
Ayanamsa gave different timings of the Dasa balance. It was found that the same Venus
Dasa, Saturn Bhukti, Mercury Anthara and Jupiter Sookshma operated during 17
th
November
2006 to 9
th
December 2006. Since, the analysis was done on 24
th
November 2006, it was clear
that the result would have occurred between 25
th
November 2006 to 9
th
December 2006.
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To conclude, therefore, I would like to say that in the above case example, using KP
Old Ayanamsa brought us into the actual period of fructification of results. The choice the
fruitful significators gave us the DBAS but the timing of this DBAS changed due to different
values of the Ayanamsa. Though there was no change in the sub lordship of the 12 cusps and
9 planets in this case, it may definitely happen when the degrees rising on the various cusps
are near their transition. And in such situation, the entire analysis may go wrong because the
fundamental premise of KP astrology depends upon the planetary lordship of the cusps and
planets. I conclude this article with best wishes to the editor of this electronic magazine.