Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Thursday, September 28, 2006

My vacation with family! (Sept 2006)

Recently I had a chance to unwind in Kerala (via Bangalore and return via Madurai), along with family. My kids had their quaterly exam vacation hence this trip.

First we went to Bangalore, stayed there for 2 days and a night, saw around the places where we were before, as we were visiting after a long time, met some old friends and went to the famous shopping spots (Brigade, MG Roads and Commercial) with some Kolu shopping at Cauvery and the no new McDonalds - a very good one which kids liked - toys with meal. The lunch at Kamat Minerva and dinner at MTR was superb!

After a trip to the Lalbagh Gardens, we then flew next day afternoon to Calicut from Bangalore, to relax at the backwaters of Kerala.

There is a famous five star resort in Calicut - about 10 kms away - called Kadavu. Stayed there for 3 days and 2 nights. Superb service and the best deal!. We enjoyed a lot. Kids liked their fish and other Non Veg curries. I cannot comment on that, as I am a vegetarian for now. This resort is on the backwaters and we stayed in a very good view room. You can see lots of foreigners there. We saw a show of Kalari payatu and a Kathak dance.




Then we went to Madurai via Coimbatore and stayed there for a day and did darshan in various temples including MeenakshiAmman temple, Alagar Koil and Palamuthir Cholai.

Enjoyable trip...

Friday, September 15, 2006

Flaw in Duckworth-Lewis Method

Yesterday (Sept 14th, 2006) India lost against West Indies in the match conducted at Malaysia.

There is not allowance given in terms of field restrictions, where typically 20% of runs are made extra in the Power-plays. So in effect West Indies, had made only 113 (-20% on 141).

Of course there is an issue of team batting second, with a reduced score, where the pro-rata approximation can be used.

I would re-device the method like this.

Say if the team 1 batting first bats the full 50 overs, in the alloted time.

(1) If there is rain interruption after the team 2, bats for greater than 20 overs for a result. Take out 20% of runs, or the difference in run rate of the opposition.
India bats first and makes 309/5 and 133/2 in 20 overs, so the run rate difference is 6.65 - 6.18 = 0.47 or 4.7% less. Hence the actual run made by West Indies is 141/2 ( - 20% + 4.7% ) = 119. So in effect India won, by 14 runs.

(2) If there is rain interruption before the second session, and there is loss of say 30 overs, due to time. So the team batting second has to make 20% more than the average run-rate needed. For example, India bats first and makes 309/5 and 133/2 in 20 overs, the target has to be 6.2 + 20% = 7.64, which means West Indies should be given a target of 153. Even with this, WI made only 141, hence lost by 12 runs.

Note - the nearest whole number should be used.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Prithiv's new Art!




Sept 10th and 13th, 2006

Surya-Jyothika wedding on Sept 11th, 2006



Congrats Surya (Saravanan) and Jyothika (Sona)! Good Luck! God Bless!

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Thursday, August 24, 2006

It's School, Study, Family and Sleep Times....

Prithiv's Computer Art!



We are winning the Mangoes Competition!

My kids Artwork!





Quadruplets at Chennai (c) Kumudam 30-8-2006



I read a story on Lady Shruti Anand, who had Quadruplets....

God Bless the kids.

I am not sure about Kumudam setting up a trust to help the family. They were expecting help from Govt. Or Private Cos.

If interested please email Kumudam at kumudamindia@gmail.com or call them 044-2642-2148

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Sani Dasa and it effects for 19 years

Sani Dasa runs for 19 years in a 120 years cycle. Maha Dasa. (starting from Moon – Vimothri dasa)
Bhukthi is the total period of a planet in the MahaDasa – here it is 19/ (Dasa Period) for Sani / Shani about 19/120 of the time of Shani in your Bhukthi period. 798 days.
Anthra is the subdivision of the above and once again using the same principle as above, it works to 798 * 19/120 = 126 days, where super things happen in a person life.
So for a given Dasa and Bhuthkti and Anthra, the first period is itself. Lots of changes happen then based on the transit of the planet itself in various houses. Note that Sun and Moon period, always good results only in a given house – 12 you have. Venus gives a total changeover. Hmm.. Kethu and Rahu, are unpredictable. But it follows the pattern what its own predecessor does.
Here is the list with 120 as the period & percent of time ( Dasa/Bhukthi/Anthra ). Sort of the revolution time, around sun (but Parashara thought of keeping Earth Centric – thats why you dont see Earth in the 12!).
1  Sa 19 15.83%
2  Me 17 14.17%
3  Ke 7 5.83%
4  Ve 20 16.67%
5  Su 6 5.00%
6  Mo 10 8.33%
7  Ma 7 5.83%
8  Ra 18 15.00%
9  Ju 16 13.33%
All the software using Swiss based Ephimeris DLL, take the starting point of the DOB and give you the chart for 120 years – assuming the max years a person can live is 120 only!

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

God and FAITH

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the
problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new
students to stand and .....

Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful ?
Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to
heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But
God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
Student is silent.

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow.
Is God good?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything.
Correct?
Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and
observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student:No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your
God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that
matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol,
science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat,
superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we
don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero
which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is
no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the
absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not
the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student:You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of
something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light,
flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have
nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness
isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker,
wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof:Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue
there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You
are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can
measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses
electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully
understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to
be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive
thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process,
yes, of course, I do.


Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize
where the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution
at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going
endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a
scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the
Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's
brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,
demonstrable protocol,science says that you have no brain, sir. With
all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things moving & alive. . . . . . .


THAT STUDENT WAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fill in your name!

Monday, August 14, 2006

Classic Case of Twins with KP System

How would you explain about two people born on the same time(recorded), at the same hospital having different fates? Rich-poor,Healthy-weak etc.

The classic case of twins, born to a mother by operation, having thesame exact Natal Chart. (Lagna, Stars,...). Father did not have anywealth at all, he was a bag lifter in a cotton mill.
DOB 19-1-1964, 7.50AM, Coimbatore.

(1) One is surviving who has Polio, is poor. Unmarried. Plus two.
(2) The other one very Healthy, Civil Engineer and had a decentsalary, passed away in an accident at age 27 (21-5-1991), married -love (21-1-1990) with a kid then.

Answer

I am not also trying to prove one system of analysis is better than other. I am also learning here. I would say even the first time recorded is not that accurate by few seconds.
I am not analysisng the entire chart, but giving the pointers of the houses concerned as given.

What has heppened in life, is shown above with that extra 20 secs.

Here is small explanation with KP system, with the Cuspal Sub Lord theory. (I am not explaining on Significators and Ruling Planets here)

(1) 7.30 AM - time corrected (shows about his health and matches with education)

Asc with Mo/Ju, 2nd STL/CSL Ra/Ve, 3rd, Sa/Ju, 5th Mo/Ju, 7th Sat/Jup, 8th Ve/Ve,
10th Ra/Ke, 11th Sa/Ju and Other RPs Su-Su-Sa, Mo-Mo-Ma, Ve-Ra-Ju, Sa-Ma-Sa

Ra with Ve late marrage for (2,7,11) also one of the cause for low education (3,8,5).

(2) 7.30.20 AM - Doctor/Nurse has confirmed, it took about 15 to 20 seconds, to move the second baby out.

ASC with Mo/Ju, 2nd STL/CSL Ra/Ke, 3rd Sa/Ju, 5th Mo/Ju , 7th Sat/Jup, 8th Ve/Ve,
10th Ra/Ve, 11th Sa/Ju Other RPs Su-Su-Sa, Mo-Mo-Ma, Ve-Ra-Ju, Sa-Ma-Sa

Now what is different from above?

Only CSL of Ke instead of Ve changes in 2 and 10.
That was enough for change in his fate.

7th shows about marrage, confirmed as love for (2, 11) and marriage date matched.
Also his 8, 12, 2 and 7 has shown serious health issues on Sun Transit time during May 1991 (Kethu effect). Also Su and Ve helped in profession (10).

Punarphoo Dosa on KP System

This is the discussion summary, I send to people.. on Punarphoo Dosa. (Punarphoo in Tamil means, conjugal)

Malefic effects (marraige and Health only) Sat-Ven-Moon.

For Punarphoo we have to look at 4, 8, 10, 12 and with strong Saturn (RP), with Venus affliction, and under the Moon period, delays happen (note 2, 7, 11 not in picture). Few add more house too. In fact, all the 12 houses, with have these 3 planet combinatons some point of time. I have seen on that with Mars too! But not all in Sat DBA. There are verious combinations to look at.

When someone hears, that he has dosa, he puts blame on destiny and moves on. This is traditonal astrology. Nice placebo effect.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Bhagvad Gita and my Interpretations

Life teaches s so many things...

My hobby of writing takes a twist and is going to Spirituality....

I am penning "Bhagvad Gita - My Interpretations", to be published through a Southern Imprint. It will have 365 Verses, for everyday healing. I will also try to make it available with Google Online.

It is my my way of helping people, based on the repeated queries I used to get for Astrological readings. Dont get bogged down by Supersitions.

A sample verse in my way...

"Do thy work, and thy shall not expect any return" - Bhagvad Gita. III Verse.

All about KP System

PRINCIPLES OF K.P. ASTROLOGY

1. General Introduction to Astrology
2. K.P. system
3. Natal Astrology
4. Horary Astrology
5. Horoscope Matching or Compatibility study

1. General Introduction to Astrology

The sky of 360 degrees is divided equally into twelve zodiac signs of 30 degrees each and into twenty-seven constellations of 13 degrees and 20 minutes each.There are nine planets including two nodes, Rahu and Kethu. Each constellation has a lord called its star lord. As there are twenty-seven constellations and only nine planets to act as their star lords,three constellations have the same planet as star lord.Thus sky has a three-fold symmetry from star lord point of view and 0 degree to 120 degrees,120 degrees to 240 degrees and 240 degrees to 360 degrees have the same star lord structure.

2. K.P. system

We have twelve cusps. In K.P. system, the starting point of a cusp house is called its cusp. Ascendant is the first cusp and the first cusp house extends form the first cusp to the second cusp. Similarly,other cusps can be calculated up to the twelfth cusp,strictly following K.P. system and K.P. ayanamsa. These cusp houses represent different matters or events of our life. The cusp sublords and planetary sub lords play various roles in materialising events in our day-to-day life. Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti studied the conventional Vedic and Western astrological techniques and found that they are very good in explaining the past events, but often fail to predict the future matters. They fail to explain why twins sometimes exhibit different behavioural patterns, though they are born with only few minutes’ difference.Thus,he thought of dividing a constellation (longitude of 13 degrees 20 minutes) into nine subdivisions following Vinshottari system. He assigned to each division a lord, sequentially, starting with the star lord of the first division with the name of the star lord of the constellation. If the constellation having Sun as star lord is divided into nine sub divisions,then the order is: Sun,Moon, Mars,Rahu,Jupiter,Saturn,Mercury, Kethu and Venus.These subdivisions are called sub lords or simply, subs. In K.P. system, the transiting planet or the planet in the natal (birth)chart is the source to offer the result depending upon its nature, occupation and ownership of the cusp house. This planet (source) offers the matters (or events) signified by the houses owned and occupied by its star lord (or the lord of the constellation where it is transiting or is deposited in the natal chart). The sub lord is the final deciding factor, which votes in favour or against the event.Thus in summary,the matters indicated by the star lord are offered through the planet transiting or deposited on it as per birth chart and the sub lord is the final deciding factor for materialisation of the event. In this method it is often possible to exactly pinpoint the date and time of occurrence of the event in future with one hundred percent accuracy.

3. Natal Astrology

Data required: Correct Birth details i.e. date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W). Natal astrology deals with the computations and predictions based upon the birth details(date,time and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W) of birth) . The birth time is sometimes not correctly recorded which ultimately results in error in prediction.In K.P. system, we have ruling planet technique to correct the birth time, if past single occurrence events like date of marriage or childbirth etc. are known.

4. Horary Astrology

Data required: 1. One question on a particular topic. 2. A number (between 1 to 249), called horary number. 3. Date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W) of the querist. In K.P. system, there are 249 sub lords in the zodiac and the querist is requested to tell his question and a number, between 1 and 249,which comes to his mind while putting the question.In this Divine science of astrology,there is one to one correspondence between the R.P.s (ruling planets) of the time of asking the question and the time of materialisation of the event. There is one ascendant corresponding to each horary number and a chart can be drawn, if date, time, place and this number are known.This astrology is called horary astrology and is more accurate and suitable for individual questions on any one walk of life.

5. Horoscope Matching or Compatibility study

Data required: Correct Birth details i.e. date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W). We move with like-minded people and avoid those who do not conform to our state of mind.This matching is very much essential, particularly for marriage,so that the couple can enjoy a long and happy life.It can be done taking natal horoscopes of two persons and analysing them as per Vedic and K.P. systems.


A Note - When people are asking me for readings, on any issues, please include the data, and as many events with dates as possible, to predict the future! If you cannot fix the past, cannot see the future!