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Soma Surya and Panchanga

|| Om Gurave Namah ||

Soma Surya and Panchanga

By Sanjay Prabhakaran(For SJC Jyotish igest!

Shiva and Shakti together create this "ho#e universe$ %n astro#ogica# &aradigm' c#assicsteach us to associate Sun and oon res&ective#y )or Shiva and Shakti$ Samkya shastrateaches ho" to enumerate the "ho#e creation )rom this dua#ity created by Shiva and *ma(Purusha and Prakriti!$ ue to their mutua# ay emotions and basic nature is )ormed'"hich is ca##ed Guna$ +hey are o) three ty&es name#y ,ajas' Satva and +amas$ Soma ormoon is the indicator o) this$ One etymo#ogy )or the "ord soma(moon! is

sa + uma = soma.'Sa' means 'with' and 'Uma' is mother goddess.

-ence' oon is the &rime indicator o) creation o) the native understood by the Nata#chart$ +his interaction bet"een sun and moon creates the "ho#e native "ho is com&osedo) Gyana (kno"#edge!' action and &hysica# )orm$ +hese are ca##ed %ndriya$ .%ndriya. isderived )rom the "ord %ndu' another name )or oon$ %ndriya' #oose#y ca##ed senses' is

&rimari#y o) )ive ty&es$ %n gross )orm they are )ive )orms o) physical matter and subt#er)orms o) )ive gyana ( Conciousness / Knowledge ! indriyas ()rom satva! andkarma( action ! indiriya ()rom ,ajas!$ +hese )ive "ithin each c#ass is a#so com&osed o)various &ro&ortions o) rajas' satva and tamas$ -ence Five are &rime )orms created )romthe three &rime )orms as &er sankya (numeric enumuration! shastra$ %n short a## grossmatter' conciousness and action is created$

Sun' +hus "ith the interaction "ith oon creates a## bodies and animates them ti## death$oon.s 0ng#e )rom Sun (Seen as &hases o) moon!' norther#y rise 1 )a## noted by ,ahuand 2etu and -er course in Nakshtra 3odiac indicates the 4ua#ity o) time at a giveninstant$

Shastra teaches to note the 4ua#ity o) time "ith Panchanga$

Panchanga, The 5 limbs of Time.

+he objective o) this artic#e is to e5&ress the author.s understanding that the "ho#e chartshou#d be understood )rom this origin o) creation &ers&ective$ +he Sun and moon )ormsthe )ive angas(#imbs! o) time name#y' 6aara ("eekday!' +ithi' Nakshatra' 2arana and7oga$ +his gives resu#ts to other grahas corres&onding to to the )ive tatva "hich are 0gni(-eat/8nergy!' Pritvi (so#ids!' 0kasha (S&ace!' Ja#a (9i4uids!' 6ayu ( 0ir!$ 0gni is ru#ed

by Graha ars' Pritvi by ercury' 0ksha by Ju&iter' Ja#a by 6enus and 6ayu by Saturn$%n )act a## these tatvas "as created by Sun and oon interaction$

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C#assica# te5t gives various cues to understand &anchanga by giving various associations9ike'

6aara(:eekday! denotes 0gni (tatva ru#ed by ars!$2arana (;So#ar &osition in 3odiac! denotes 0kasha (tatva ru#ed by Ju&iter!$+ithi( oon Phase! denotes Ja#a (tatva ru#ed by 6enus!$ Nakshatra(9unar division o) 3odiac! denotes 6ayu (tatva ru#ed by Saturn!$

+hese in)ormation in conjunction "ith many other visua# geometric too#s are used to)urther understand +ime$85'2aa#achakra/0shtada#a &adma (Octa# Peta# 9otus! $Ghataka Chakra' (For destructive combinations!$

Students are encouraged to re)er to &anchanga o) the #oca# ace and get into corre#atingevery day events "ith the 4ua#ity o) time$

References.