The Foreknowledge of the Rishies !


Yesternight, at 0130 am, we had an unexpected visitor, Mega Rains.

It is as if, Lord Parjanya, in His Bounty, had smiled upon Kerala ! For 15
minutes, Kerala shook under Bharani fury ! ( Bharani Njattuvela, as Sun transits
41 Arietis.


NIRAYANA LONGITUDES OF PLANETS
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PLANET    RASI         SPHUTAM      STAR         PADA    LONGITUDE
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SUN       ARIES        23:44:38    BHARANI            4     23 :44 :38
MARS      PISCES       11:29:23    UTHRATTATHI        3    341 :29 :23
JUPITER   TAURUS        1:39:42    KARTHIKA           2     31 :39 :42

It will please our friends on top, in Bombay, in Delhi, as blistering heat
is ruling India now. Many have perished due to SUnstrokes!

This event brings into significance the importance of the Kerala Njattvela Calendar. How correct were the Indian mathematicians !

We had written in our columns before that once Vishu comes, that will be the end of Venal, Summer, and after the Tenth Rising of the Sun, sporadic rains will make their
appearance.

Some Sankskrit terms are self explanatory. Kranti Vrittam ( Slanted Circle )was the name given to the Ecliptic, implying the Obliquity of the Ecliptic !

Perihelion was called Sheeghroccham. Sheegra means fast implying Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion, that all planets move faster at perihelion. Helios of Heliocentric is derived from the Sanskrit Heli, Heli Soorya Chandrama Sheetarashmi !

Aphelion was called Mandochha, implying that planets move slower at aphelion !