The Lamp of Birth

1 3:30 Pra. abbreviation for Praharas, a unit of time equal to 3 hours 5:35 Ishta the "desired" or specific time of birth being calculated 21 Pra. 0 Yogi 5 Pra. 3... highly technical calculation shorthand; likely referring to planetary yogas or divisions of time. On this day, the duration of day is 27:54 ghatikas a traditional Indian unit where 1 ghatika is 24 minutes; 60 ghatikas make a full day and the night is 25:55 ghatikas. The solar calculation...

...the number of days passed original: atraganāḥ; the count of days since a fixed epoch is 22 59. Here, the Sun at sunrise original: atrodaya sūryaḥ is at 8 signs, 3° 42' 55". The equation of the center original: mandaphalaṃ; a correction for the non-uniform motion of planets in the positive original: dhane is 2° 8' 3". The Sun in Aries original: meṣārkaḥ is 11...

...10. The ascensional difference original: carāthadha is 8... with the correction for ascensional difference, the Sun original: carasaṃskṛtorkaḥ stands at 11 signs, 10° 45' 50". The precession original: ayano is 0 signs, 21° 23'. Thus, the Tropical Sun original: sāyanārkaḥ; the Sun's position including the correction for the wobble of the Earth's axis is at 0 signs, 2° 11' 10". The portions of the zodiac sign occupied original: gṛha bhogapādāḥ are 22° 28' 10". Based on the measure of Aries, the elapsed time original: bhogakālaḥ is 184. The Moon at birth original: janmacandra...

...at the time of the ascendant of conception original: āthānalagne; refers to the Adhana or the moment of fertilization, the Tropical position original: sāyana is 10 signs, 5° 11' 9". Based on the measure of Aquarius original: kumbhapramāṇe, the remaining time original: muktakaālaḥ is 56. By the mean risings of the signs from Taurus to Capricorn...

...25... adding the elapsed and remaining portions original: bhukta bhogayoge gives 35:3. Dividing by sixty original: alpaṣaṣṭyā bhāgaṃ, the resulting Moon at the time of conception original: ādhāne dhracandraḥ is 5 signs, 9° 23'. At this time, the Moon is being determined. There, the [values are] 11s 28° 55"... 2s 10° 27' 55"... 11s 39' 29"... 5s 51'... 0s 11° 39' 18"... 2s 0° 38' 32". The Triple-corrected Moon original: triphalacandraḥ is 0 signs, 11° 42' 55". The lunar anomaly original: ca manda ke is 8 signs, 18° 54' 58".

The Moon's equation of center original: cadra mandaphalaṃ is... 2° 8' 29". The True Moon original: spaṣṭacandraḥ is 7 signs, 11° 24' 54". The Moon at conception original: ādhānacandro in the tropical ascendant of birth original: janmalagnasāyane is 2 signs, 8° 17". Based on the measure of Taurus original: vṛṣapramāṇe, the remaining time original: muktakaālaḥ is 8. The Tropical Sun at birth original: janma sāyanārkaḥ is 8 signs, 25° 13' 55". Based on the measure of Sagittarius original: dhanurdharapramāṇe...

...the elapsed time original: bhogakālaḥ is 39. The rising measures from Capricorn to the end of Aries original: makarādi meṣāṃtodaya pramāṇāni are 225. Adding the elapsed and remaining portions, it becomes 230. Dividing by sixty, the result is obtained. Jupiter original: guru... 1 10. The Moon at birth original: janmacandra is subtracted from the Sun at the ascendant...