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Friday,June25,2004

Janma Vighatika Graha

INTRODUCTION
Maharishi Jaimini Says in his immortal classic Jaimini Sutras that the sex and complexion of
the child can be known from the ruling planet the exact moment of the birth. The smallest
division of time which defines the moment of birth is the vighatika, which is 1/3600th part
of a day. We know that 1 day is 60 ghatikas and 1 vighatikas so if the day is divided into
3600 parts, the lord of each part shall define the sex and complexion of the child born at
that moment.
We know that the approximated duration of 1 sign to rise is 5 ghatikas (60/12) and hence
there are 300 vighatikas in 1 sign (5*60). Thus we might see here a strong link between the
vighatika rising at the moment of birth and ardhanadiamsa, which happens to be the 300th
part of a sign. This ardha nadiamsa forms the basis of nadi literature and can define the
life of a native to considerable extent.
This knowledge can be used in to explain and understand completely different lifestyle
between twins, who otherise have similar rasi and varga charts. This also can be used to
rectify the birth chart till a vighatika or 24 seconds.

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CALCULATION
1. The moment of birth is always considered from the Sunrise or Sunset. So the start of the
vighatikas for finding the ruler of the moment of birth has to be reckoned from the Sunrise
or Sunset based on birth happening before of after the Sunset.
2. The time of birth elapsed after Sunrise of Sunset is converted into Vighatis. (1 Hr = 2.5
Ghati = 150 vighati).
3. The ruler of the vighatikas is based on the sequence of the lords of the weekdays (Su1,
Mo2, Mars 3, Me4, Ju 5, Ve 6, Sa 7, Ra 8, Ke 9), starting from Sun. To arrive at the
lord of the ruler, divide the Vighatis arrived at the previous step by 9 and round it up to the
higher interger and count that number from Sun.

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One easier way to find the reminder of a number when divided by 9 is to add up the digits of
the number and subsequently adding the digits of the number until we arrive at the final one
digit no. For illustration, when 9834 is divided by 9, the reminder would be 9+8+3+4 =24
=2+4= 6 (Reminder)
4. Rising of Vighatis of male planets give male birth, whereas rising of vighatis of female
planets give female births. Similarly, vighatis of eunich planets give eunuch births.
a. The Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Rahu are males. In the example, the planets Rahu ruled the
seminadi amsa to give a male child.
b. The Moon, Venus, Ketu indicates females.
c. Mercury rules the female eunuchs while Saturn rule male eunuchs. However this should be
predicted only if specific combination for such a birth exist in the conception chart. Else,
Mercury will indicate a female child as Saturn indicates a male.
d. If the Janma Vighatika Graha is placed with a female planet, then it will show female
birth and so on. However, if it is not conjoined with any planet, then the sex of the sign
shall dominate. All even signs indicate females, whereas all odd signs indicate males.
However, there is an exception to this as Pisces and Cancer shows male birth being even
signs and Aquarius and Gemini rules female birth even though they are odd signs.
e. If the Janma Vighatika Graha is exalted or conjoin a exalted planet, then it indicate
male birth, where as if it is debilitated or placed with a debilitated planet, then it indicate
a female birth. This is an overriding principle to the above mentioned principles from points
a. to d.

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Note: The definition of the sunrise shall have a big impact on the vighatis elapsed. This is
because there is as much as 4 min difference in time from rise of the upper limb of the sun
and the rise of the center of the Sun. So it is pertinent to decide, what time should be taken
as the time of Sunrise.
From time immemorial the rishis, started all the activities of the day with the Sunrise.
However, this does not mean that at that point of sunrise, the upper limb of Sun has actually
risen on the horizon, rather it was based on the moment they could see the first ray of Sun
on the horizon. We know that due to a phenomenon called refraction, the Sun seems to have
risen on the horizon a few minutes before the actual rise of the upper limb. As this is the
moment, when we can see the first ray of the Sun, it heralds the start of the day and all
reckoning should happen from that moment of Sunrise.
So in short, the Sunrise definition for the purpose reckoning the birth time is the apparent
rise of the Suns upper limb.

INTERPRETATION
The single most important planet in a horoscope, which has the most substantial impact in
the life of a native is this janma vighatika graha. This is because, a planet which can
determine the sex of the native is a link between the karma of the past life, which has to be
manifested in this life. Thus the lordship, placement and yogas of this planet has the most
significant impact in the life of the native.

ILLUSTRATION
CASE I: SANJAY RATH
Date: August 7, 1963
Time: 9:15:10 pm
Time Zone: 5:30:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 84 E 01' 00", 21 N 28' 00"
Sunrise: 5:28:58 am
Sunset: 6:29:27 pm
Janma Ghatis: 21.25 18.49 = 2.76 hrs; Ghatis= 2.76*2.5 =6.9
Ayanamsa: 232038.76
Sidereal Time: 18:23:00
Janma Vighatis = 6.9*60 =414
Janma Vighatika Graha= Reminder of 414/9 = 4+1+4 = 9 (Ketu)

Interpretation:

Ketu is exalted and this shows male birth. Ketu is the mokshakaraka and defines the main
objective behind the action of the native is to get liberated from this life of bondage. The
aspect of Jupiter from the Lagna in pisces, gives him the knowledge of the maharishis
through tradition (Jup+Ketu) to take Jyotish to the direction of spiritual upliftment of
human kind.
Ketu is placed with the AL, shows that in this material world, he would be identify his goal
of life to as spiituality and shall join a spiritual organisation. Because this happens to be the
10th house from Lagna, the focus of the native shall be to keep doing his work, without any
benefit from the world (Ketu) and renouncing and material benefit in return.
There is no doubt, that the native has given a big boost to the spirituality (Ketu) in Jyotish
(Jupiter) given to him from tradition (Jup+Ketu) and is his sole purpose in this life (10th
house placed with AL).
CASE II: AJIT KRISHNAN
Date: January 28, 1980
Time: 10:36:00 am
Time Zone: 3:00:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 47 E 59' 00", 29 N 20' 00"
Altitude: 0.00 meters
Sunrise: 6:41:10 am
Sunset: 5:22:04 pm
Janma Ghatis: 9.7850

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Ayanamsa: 234134.86
Sidereal Time: 19:14:53
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Janma Vighati: 9.7850*60 = 587.1

Janma Vighatika Graha = 587.1/9 = 2.1 = 3 = Mars

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Interpretation:

The placement of Mars with two male planets Rahu and Jupiter, given male birth.
The placement of the lord of Birth, Mars in the 5th with Jupiter and Atmakaraka Rahu, sets
the focus of life to learning and reaching towards self actualization or selfrealization as
Mars happens to be the lagna lord.

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The association of Mars and Jupiter constitute the fruitful GuruMangala yoga making the
person a eternal learner and the native finds the purpose of soul fulfilled (AK) following the
path of learning.
CASE III: SARAJIT PODDAR
Date: August 25, 1974
Time: 2:32:44 pm
Time Zone: 5:30:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 85 E 17' 00", 23 N 40' 00"

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Sunrise: 5:27:59 am
Sunset: 6:12:49 pm
Janma Ghatis: 22.6979
Ayanamsa: 233027.22
Sidereal Time: 12:56:52
Janma Vighatika = Janma Ghatika * 60 = 22.6979*60 = 1361.874
Janma Vighatika Graha = Reminder (1361.874/9) = 2.874 = 3 = Mars
Interpretation:

Mars is a male planet giving a male birth. Mars is the Atmakaraka of the native and is placed
in the 9th house with Mercury and Sun and sama saptaka with the Lagna lord Jupiter. This
shifts the focus of the natives life to the Rajayogas happening in the 3rd and 9th axis.
Mars is the 5th and 12th lord and is placed in the 9th house and aspected by Jupiter,
constituting the potent Guru mangala Yoga. The native is a keen learner and has started
learning astrology at a very early age. The focus of the natives life is rotating around 5th,
12th and 9th, showing that the native gets most satisfaction by learning and teaching. The
focus of 12th house shows that the native shall be generous as Moon is placed in the 12th
house.
Posted by Varahamihira at 1:56 PM

2 comments:
Anonymous said...
Dear Sarajitji,
An excellent writeup on Janma Vighatika Graha. Thank you much. The only comment
I had was the birth time you have used for Sri Pt. Rath. The pranapada lagna in
Navamsa is Mesha. It is not in trines/7th to swamsa or navamsha moon although Kunda
seems to match just fine. So the birth time does not appear to be rectified. Kindly
comment.
Namaste.
Rageshwari.
Friday, June 25, 2004 11:28:00 PM

Sarajit Poddar said...

Dear Rageswari,
Thank you for pointing this out. The Navamsa Pranapada Lagna should be in Taurus in
the 7th from the Navamsa Lagna. The time of birth is changed to 21:15:26 IST.
Best Wishes
Sarajit
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:00:00 PM
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