Like Laplace’s Celestial Mechanics, Ganitha Nirnayam or Mathematical Formulae is a treatise on Astro Maths to compute the longitudes of planets.

This book uses the Sidereal system.

The Western method is to find the True Anomaly of the planet and then add to it The Argument of Perihelion ( a mathematical quantity ) to arrive at a planet’s longitude

Theta = v + w

The Indian method is Longitude Corrected Thrice. First the mean longitude of the planet is calculated and then three trignometric corrections are given to find the true longitude of the planet.

First the Mean longitude is reduced by a mathematical process called Manda Kriya. Mandochha refers to Aphelion. By Manda Kriya the mean longitude is reduced to Manda Sphuta, the longitude obtained after the first trignometric correction

Astral Amulets protect one from planetary afflictions. If a man is tormented by Saturn, a Saturn Astral Amulet will save him from afflictions galore

Astral Amulets protect one from planetary afflictions. If a man is tormented by Saturn, a Saturn Astral Amulet will save him from afflictions galore

Astral Amulets protect one from planetary afflictions. If a man is tormented by Saturn, a Saturn Astral Amulet will save him from afflictions galore

The Ascensional Difference is the difference between Oblique Ascension and Right Ascension.

The formula for computing the Ascensional Difference

Sin C = Tan Phi Tan Delta

where C is the Asc difference Phi is the Latitude of the place and Delta the Sun’s declination

The Sun’s declination can be found out by the formula

Sin J = Sin L Sin w

where J is the Sun’s declination, L the mean longitude of the Sun and w Sun’s maximum declination

In order to develop the software, I had to research on a lot of books. They are

Celestial Mechanics by Laplace
Astronomia Nova – Kepler
Bryon’s Astronomy

the Encyclopaedia Brittanica Astronomical tables by Newcombe

and Indian Books

Siddhanta Sekhara by Sripathi
Ganitha Nirnayam by Puliyur

To study Astronomy was difficult and later to implement the formulae was also difficult. But then I persevered and developed the Vedic Astrology software

Shankara was an Illusionist; Aurobindo was a Realist ( “Maya is real, because it is the Self’s experience of the Self” )

The term assigned by Sankara to the whole process of creation was Maya. Aurobindo, on the other hand, called it Leela or the play of the Divine. Leela includes the idea of Maya and exceeds it !

” This is our Eternal Lover luring us to Himself, through all these flashy masks of Himself, through all this shimmering blazes of His eternal and ineffugable Self-Existence ” said the Master !

The algorithms for my Vedic Astrology Software were developed in 1998. Since I was conversant with Maths and Astrology, the process was easy for me. There were some bugs initially. But they were debugged and now my Zodiac software is one of the most accurate in the world !

Long before Aurobindo, scholars were disputing which path to Godhead – the Four Noble Paths, Bhakthi, Jnana, Karma, Raja Yogas – was greater than the other.

Aurobindo stressed that all paths are different branches of the Supreme Path, the Integral Yoga.

Universal Love is the quality needed for Bhakthi Yoga. Psychic control for Raja Yoga. The discriminatory intellect for Jnana and Selfless Action for Karma.

Unless an aspirant develops all these qualities, how can he be eligible for Self Actualisation ?

Integral Yoga, therefore, becomes one of the many ways for Self Realisation