Whatever nakshatra the Moon is in, the ruling planet establishes first chapter of life.
Each planet rules a certain number of years:.
Diagram showing the nakshatras and their planetary rulers.
Each nakshatra is associated with a specific planet.
Note that these positions are sidereal.
The nakshatras are 27 lunar mansions, with 13☂0′ degrees each.
Determine the nakshatra the Moon is located in at birth.
The technique is calculated roughly as follows:.
Astrodienst has a helpful guide for calculating vimshottari dasha periods, but sadly do not seem to offer chart calculation services for this technique on their site.
The program Freedom recommends for Windows:.
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Most programs for Windows like Solar Fire will calculate it no good ones for Mac.
Was just launched today to coincide with this episode.
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There is a new free online vimshottari dasha calculator on Astro-Seek.
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How to calculate Vimshottari dasha periods, generally speaking.
First appears in Parashara (circa 8th century?).
The most common or popular is the vimshottari dasha system.
Different dashas used for different purposes.
Three broad categories of dasha systems.
Many different dasha systems in Indian astrology.
Not all chart placements are activated at all times.
Dashas indicating when the indication will occur during the life.
The birth chart indicates various things.
Understand the past, correctly perceive the present, and predict the future.
Introduce the concept of dashas and timing ( kalana).
Translated Sanskrit excerpts from Parashara in his book.
Follows the Parashara tradition primarily.
Introducing Freedom, and talking about his background.
Here is an outline with some of the major points touched on in this episode: This episode is available in both audio and video versions, and you will find links to both at the bottom of this page. There is a long set of show notes below, which outline some of the main points touched on during the course of the episode. The outline is largely based on the chapter on dashas in volume 1 of Freedom’s book, although the book goes into more detail. This episode is meant to be a general introduction to the calculation, conceptualization, and interpretation of the vimshottari dasha system. You can find more information on his website: He also teaches a course on Vedic astrology, and the next class begins on March 28, 2019. In the last episode of the podcast we presented an introduction to a recently recovered ancient time-lord technique called zodiacal releasing, and noted how a number of similar techniques called “dasha” systems are still used in Indian astrology to this day.įor this episode I decided to interview an expert in Vedic astrology in order to provide western astrologers with a well-rounded introduction to one of the most popular dasha techniques that is used today.įreedom is the author of two books on Indian astrology: Science of Light: An Introduction to Vedic Astrology, and Science of Light, Volume 2: Foundations of Vedic Astrology. Episode 193 features an interview with astrologer Freedom Cole on the vimshottari dasha system, which is a timing technique used in Vedic astrology.