What is declination of the sun?
If a straight line is drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, the line will cut the earth’s crust at a place. The latitude of that spot is the same as the latitude of the sun, and hence called sun’s declination.
The sun keeps going up and down from the tropic of Cancer to the tropic of Capricon endlessly, as the earth is tilted to 23.4 degrees.
The tilt of the earth
axis at 23.4 degrees , causes the seasons on the planet, which sustains life .
The earth
revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis at the same time,
keeping the planet alive. There is a divine ratio of 108 , between earth, moon
and sun.
This was NOT accidental
and Lord Vishnu took the Varaha ( boar ) avatar for this, to set things in the
proper place, so that the earth continued as a rotating a devolving self
excited dynamo.
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VISHNU AVATAR VARAHA
BOAR , FIXING THE PLANET AT CONSTANT OF 108 AT AN AXIS OF 23.4 DEGREES VADAKAYIL
“
After planting the earth, He adorned it with mountains and then divided it into
seven continents” - Vishnu
Purana 1.4.45-50
The shadow cast by the
Earth stretches back 108 times the diameter of the Earth and the sun is 108
times the earth's diameter. The distance of the Moon from the Earth is 108
times the diameter of the Moon.
Mantras are chanted 108
times, and hence the Rudraksha rosary mala has 108 beads..
If there were no
seasons – there would be NO chance for Brahma and Shiva to create and destroy – like
evaporation and condensation, to sustain life on the planet .
Birds and whales
wouldn't migrate, bears wouldn't hibernate, and insect populations wouldn't
cycle. Deciduous trees (those that shed
their leaves before a cold season) and perennial plants would die, having been
denied their required dormant season.
The cycles of flowering plants would be
disrupted. All plant life on earth would be affected, and because the feeding
and reproductive stages of nearly all animal-life on earth follows the seasonal
changes in the plant world, the results would clearly be monumental.
Summer is warmer than
winter (in each hemisphere) because the Sun's rays hit the Earth at a more
direct angle during summer than during winter and also because the days are
much longer than the nights during the summer. During the winter, the Sun's
rays hit the Earth at an extreme angle, and the days are very short.
There
would be no ocean currents and monsoons, due to lack of clockwise and
counter-clockwise vortices..
In a world without
seasons, there wouldn't even be wheat., humans would probably never have
advanced past a state of living in small, scattered settlements, scrounging for
survival and often dying of horrific insect-borne diseases.
Earth without a tilt
would be stratified into climate bands that would get progressively colder as
you moved away from the equator. Humans would never survive the continuous
winter of the high latitudes, and so we would likely congregate in the planet's
tropical midsection with a dwindling fresh water supply..
If the habitable world
were a humid tropical zone like the rain forests of the Congo, unrelenting
rainfall would quickly erode soil in any areas cleared for farming, and would
leach nutrients down below root level, swiftly rendering tilled land infertile
for crops.
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DVAITA VEDANTA OF
SANATANA DHARMA OR HINDUISM VADAKAYIL
Vishu is usually on 14th
April.
However in 2014, it is on April 15th.
On April 14th
at a place in Kerala slightly north of Kochi and south of Trichur, will have
the same declination of the sun, on its
passage northwards from the equator to the tropic of Cancer.
The Tropic of cancer is
at 23.4 deg North and the Tropic of Capricon is 23.4 deg South. The sun will
travel north till it reaches the tropic of cancer ( relative ) and then will
turn back and proceed south to the tropic of Capricon — continiously and
endlessly.
This means places North
of tropic of cancer in India will never have the SUN DIRECLY OVERHEAD AT NOON .
When
the sun is exactly overhead at noon, a vertical stick or a tall pillar on the ground will cast
no shadow, and the light and dark hours of the day will be of same duration.
When the sun is overhead at the equator, ( declination is zero ) the sun will rise exactly at the east and set exactly at the west . But India does NOT extend to the southwards equator. On ships we have experienced this.
While places below the
tropic of Cancer to the southern tip of India will have the sun directly
overhead twice— one when the sun is travelling north and the other time when it
travels south.
Vishu occurs on the
first day when the sun is enters the rashi of medham on its passage NORTHWARDS from the tropic of capricon (via the equator) to the tropic of cancer..
April 14th marks the new year in accordance with Kolla
Varsham the Malayalam calendar. This occasion signifies the sun's transit into
the Meda Rasi (first zodiac sign ) according to Indian astrological
calculations, and represents the vernal equinox.
The Malayalam calendar
is a sidereal solar calendar. In Kerala Medam is
seeding time.
Western astrology takes
the tropical approach, whereas Hindu astrology takes the ACCURATE sidereal one.
This results in the originally unified zodiacal coordinate system drifting
apart gradually, with a clockwise(westward) precession of 1.4 degrees per
century.
For the tropical zodiac
used in Western astronomy and astrology, this means that the tropical sign of
Aries currently lies somewhere within the constellation Pisces ("Age of
Pisces"). Most perceptive modern
Western astrologers, have advocated abandoning the tropical system in favour of
a sidereal one. This is what happens when you steal without understanding the
concepts.
Vedic Hindu astronomy uses
sidereal time which takes into account the precession of the equinoxes—though the
white man tries to ridicule us for NOT knowing this— and that too after
immorally after copying from us.
The earth revolves
around the sun in a ELLIPTICAL orbit -- and at the same time the earth wobbles
on its own axis -- like a slowed down top, where it takes 25765 years for a
full round wobble ..
A solar calendar is a
calendar whose dates indicate the apparent position of the sun moving on the
celestial sphere.
The Hindu solar
calendar starts on April 14–15 ( Kerala Vishu festival ) each year. This
signifies the sun's "entry" into Mesha ( medham ) rashi .
Like I said before ,
the malayalam calendar is a siderial solar calendar. The position of the earth
is reckoned with respect to the zodiacal constellation near which the sun can
be found.
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VEDIC COSMOLOGY OF
INDIA 5000 BC VADAKAYIL
The Indian national
Saka calendar is used, alongside the Gregorian calendar, by the Government of
India. The Saka calendar is also used in
Bali with Hinduism religion . Here the medham starts on March 21st ( aries
).This is for uniformity to unite the country where there are different
methods. The usage officially started at
medam (Chaitra) 1, 1879 Saka Era, or March 22, 1957.
This system is totally
based on revolving of the earth around the sun.
It is independent of revolving of the moon around the earth. . This date March 22nd is chosen , as on this
date, the day and night are of equal
length in “both hemispheres of the earth”- basically at the equator.
Sidereal and tropical
are astrological terms used to describe two different definitions of a
"year".
Thus Aries of the tropical
zodiac is from 21st March to 20th April—while it is from
15th April to 15th May as per the siderial zodiac.
Both divide the
ecliptic into a number of "signs" named after constellations, but
while the sidereal system defines the signs based on the fixed stars, the
tropical system defines it based on the position of vernal equinox (i.e., the
intersection of the ecliptic with the celestial equator).
Because of the
precession of the equinoxes, the two systems do not remain fixed relative to
each other but drift apart by about 1.4 arc degrees per century..
In astronomy this is a
difference between the length of a sun - tropical year (365.2422 rotations of
the earth) and a star -sidereal year (365.2563 rotations).
The tropical system was
adopted during the Hellenistic period and remains prevalent in Western
astrology—basically lifted without commonsense from ancient Hindu astrology .. The
Tropical Zodiac is the position of the sun referenced against the earth’s horizon
at a particular locale which gives you the seasons as a measure of the flow of
time. The framework for the 4 seasons
are the 2 solstices and the 2 equinoxes. This is the one most western
astrologers use.
The Sidereal Zodiac is the position of the sun referenced
against the star background, as a measure of the flow of time. The framework
for the star background is the constellations the sun passes in front of. This
is the one perceptive astronomers use.
We can measure time by the seasons
(tropical time) or by the stars (sidereal time). The sun, as the time hour
hand, is common to both.
Tropical Zodiac:--Most
people know what their birth sign is. They may be a Libra or a Taurus or one of
10 other signs of the Tropical Zodiac.
What does it mean?
It means that at the
time of their birth, from an earth perspective, the sun was in 1 of 12 zones
around the earth. Each of the 12 has an
angular length of 300. 12 X 300 =3600. The
frame of reference for these zones is the sun’s positions relative to the
earth’s horizon. As the sun moves
through the seasons its altitude changes and so do the compass bearings of its
rising and setting positions.
None of these signs can
be directly related to a group of stars that can be seen in the skies with
one's physical eyes.
Sanskrit term Ayanamsa
is the angle by which the sidereal ecliptic longitude of a celestial body is
less than its tropical ecliptic longitude. Ayanamsa is around 24° today. The
ayanamsha describes the increasing gap between the tropical and sidereal
zodiacs. The ayanamsa, changes
continually through the Precession of the Equinoxes at the rate of
approximately 50" a year. Suryasiddhaanta states that ayanamsha was zero
in 499 AD (Mesha Samkranti).
Tropical (sayana) zodiac
is analogous to measuring the positions of trees and buildings sitting in a
slowly moving bus. Sidereal (nirayana) zodiac, on the other hand, considers a
fixed zodiac.
Astrologers when they
use modern astronomical calculations to determine the position of celestial
bodies, they need to take into account the difference caused by the different
reference point used in specifying the longitude, and this they call the
ayanamsa. As earth’s precession
changes every year, the difference between the tropical zodiac and the sidereal
zodiac changes. This difference is called “ayanamsa” (sidereal difference
The Islamic calendar is
still lunar, with no correction for the extra days in a solar year. As a
result, the Islamic months move forward by about 11 days every solar year. So,
for instance, the month of Ramzan (or Ramadan) keeps shifting. It was in
November in the year 2005.
Every calendar on this
planet ,including the Mayan calendar has been lifted from the Hindu calendar.
During the equinox, a
day has equal number of hours of daylight and darkness, which describes the origin
of the word "Vishu" which in Sanskrit means "equal".
Malayalam
Month ( sidereal ) / English
Months
Chingam / 16 August -15 September
Kanni / 16
September -15 October
Thulam / 16
October -15 November
Vrischikam/ 16 November -15 December
Dhanu / 16 December -14 January
Makaram/ 15 January –14 February
Kumbham/ 15 February -14 March
Meenam/ 15 March -14 April
Medam/ 15 April -15 May
Edavam/ 16 May -15 June
Midhunam/ 16 June -15 July
Karkhidakam/ 16 July -15 August
On the day, the Sun
leaves Meenam Rasi and enters Meda Rasi, it is Vishu Sankraman and Vishu is
celebrated the next day. The first day for Medam is the unchangeable day of Vishu, whereas other festivals are determined according to the lunar asterisms on which they fall.
Tropical
Zodiac/ English Months
Aries/ 21 March –20 April
Taurus/ 21 April –21 May
Gemini / 22 May – 21 June
Cancer/ 22 June –22 July
Leo / 23 July – 22 August
Virgo / 23 August –23 September
Libra / 24 September – 23 October
Scorpio/ 24
October –22 November
Sagittarius/ 23 November –21 December
Capricorn/ 22 December –20 January
Aquarius / 21 January –19 February
Pisces / 20 February –20 March
Mind you ,all these fancy
English ( Greeko ) names are all STOLEN from the ancient Hindu calendar. All their
constellations names too are stolen.
Just a few examples:
Tulam is Libra (
balance ).
Chingam or Simham is Leo
( lion )
Kanni or kanya is Virgo
( virgin girl )
Meenam is Pisces ( fish
)
Kumbam is Aquarius (
water pot ).
Midhunam is Gemini (
couple )
The passage of the sun
into the Medam ‘rasi’, is called`Meda sankramam’. Only when Meda sankramam
takes places before the break of dawn on Medam 1 do we consider it the new year
day and wake up to see the Vishukani.
The
Indian system calculates a day from sunrise to sunset, unlike the western
concept of 24-hour clock, which starts ticking off the day from 12 midnight.
Since the sankramam is
after the sunrise on Medam day 1, this day fails to qualify as the new year
day, and hence in 2014, April 15th is
the day of Vishu.. Only
after sunrise does the day begin for us. And sunrise on Medam day 2 is at 6.18
a.m. while it is still technically Medam day 1 till the next sunrise, only by which time Vishu kani time is over.
On Vishu day we
invariably get to hear this song between Vishu Kani and sunrise.
Chethi mandaram thulasi
pichaka malakal charthi
Guruvayurappa ninne
kanikanenam
Chethi mandaram thulasi
pichaka malakal charthi
Guruvayurappa ninne
kanikanenam
Mayil peeli
choodikondum manja thukil chuttikondum
Manikkuzhaloothi kondum
kani kanenam
Mayil peeli
choodikondum manja thukil chuttikondum
Manikkuzhaloothi kondum
kani kanenam
Chethi mandaram thulasi
pichaka malakal charthi
Guruvayurappa ninne
kanikanenam
Vakacharthu kazhiyumbol
vasanapoo vaniyumbol
gopikamar
kothikkunnorudal kanenam
Vakacharthu kazhiyumbol
vasanapoo vaniyumbol
gopikamar kothikkunnorudal
kanenam
Chethi mandaram thulasi
pichaka malakal charthi
Guruvayurappa ninne
kanikanenam
Agathiyamadiyante ashru
veenu kuthirnnoru
Avalpothi kaikkolluvan
kani kanenam
Agathiyamadiyante ashru
veenu kuthirnnoru
Avalpothi kaikkolluvan
kani kanenam
Chethi mandaram thulasi
pichaka malakal charthi
Guruvayurappa ninne
kanikanenam
Chethi mandaram thulasi
pichaka malakal charthi
Guruvayurappa ninne
kanikanenam
Lord Vishnu is associated with this holy day. He is the ‘Kaalapurusha’ or lord of Time in Hindu
belief. As the Zodiac New Year starts
on ‘Vishu’, devotees make oblations to Lord Vishnu ( especially his Krishna avatar ) for
his blessings.
As I am typing this, I
can see that my wife is preparing for the early morning 0430 hrs, Vishu Kani— she
is busy rolling the wicks for the nilavilakku lamp, and I am busy munching on a
sweet ripe mango too. The
most important event in Vishu is the Vishukkani, which literally means
"the first thing seen on the day of Vishu after waking up".
My wife will wake me
and my sons at 0500 hrs on Vishu pulari ( dawn ) for seeing the Vishu Kani. Brahma Muhurta is from
4 AM to 6 AM.
From 0445 to 0500 hrs
we usually lie awake in the darkness ( because many houses in the vicinity would
have started breaking high decibel crackers already ) , while my wife lights up
the lamps and gives the last touches to the vishu kani.
The Hindu Malayali believes
that his fortune for the year depends on the first thing he sees on the
astronomical New Year day.
Then she will guide me
to the kani first with her hands covering my eyes—and when I open my eyes for
darshan , what do I see?
It is golden hue everywhere in the darkness — a divine cornucopia-- lighted and polished brass
lamps ( nilavilakku ), a golden aramula
metal mirror with her gold jewelry reflecting in it, golden shower kani poo, a
golden Sri yantra, face of Lord Krishna
in her IPad ( modern computer age , right ) , golden colour mangoes, golden
kasavu cotton kodi mundu, plantains with lighted scented agarbatti stuck into it , betel
leaves and arecanut, naiyappam , unhusked nellu rice overflowing from a brass nazhi
vessel, ---
--- coconut, golden ripe papaya, golden large cucumber kani vellari ,
ganges water in polished brass kindi, a bhagawat gita, navadhanyam pulses, some
seasonal vegetable and fruits, a small jack fruit, sindhoor, turmeric,
camphor, some gold coins and currency for Vishu
kaineetam —the works.
You see this is our
ancient culture , running into thousands of years , of the world’s first
civilization - and we are proud of it. .
We don’t go off tangent
mimicking the decadent west, where your teenaged daughter will get 2 dozen unsolicited love letters and cards on Valentines
day from known and unknown shady characters ...
When the decadent west
were running around nakes, eating raw meat,
staying in damp caves , doing GRUNT GRUNT for language, we were wearing
silk and diamonds, eating from a cooked menu, writing poetry in a language
thousands of years old, and staying in proper brick houses, with gardens with
deers , peacocks and elephants.
These vulgar invaders robbed us blind in 250 years , converting India from the richest on the planet
to the poorest -- and now want to make fun of our poverty.
After we receive the
vishu kaineetam ( coins / currency ) from my wife, myself and my sons go to burst
crackers and light fireworks. Crackers
are burst on the previous day twilight of Vishu and after darshan of vishu
kani.
I remember in my
father’s village at Chemancheri, the entire village used to come for vishu
kaineetam to VADAKAYIL HOUSE which was the first tiled and two storey house in
the village. The white skinned Collector
had crossed the paddy fields and come to Vadakayil house to collect money for
the British World War 2 effort ( extortion really -- for he told my grandfather
that he expects so much )
Our pet cats would be
hiding in some dark corner, as they do NOT appreciate such light pyrotechnics and
ear shattering sound .
As kids we used to
visit our friends just to check out how many crackers they have burst and what
type fireworks they have lit.
So I would NOT allow our maid to sweep up the
litter till our play mates had checked out – about 20 of them.
And when they said WOW—my
little chest would swell up with pride.
Then we take bath and
wear vishu kodi which is basically new clothes . Many visit temples and give
donations and food to poor people.
Vishu is celebrated
with much fanfare and vigour by children in all parts of Kerala. For them it is
a festival of light and fireworks called Vishu padakam.
And then later at noon
there is of course the mouth watering feast called Vishu Sadhya –with sometimes
as many as 64 dishes.
Konna poo is the state
flower of Kerala.
It is the national
flower of Thailand, as this was once a Hindu kingdom. You can still see the ancient Hindu temple
ruins in Thailand.
Below: The Preah Vihear
Temple ruins of Thailand.
Below: Samudra Manthan depicted at Preah Vihear temple
6000 year old Ayurveda
uses the bark and fruits of the Konna
poo (Cassia fistula) tree as they have great antioxidant properties and boosts
the immunity system , and help in purification of the blood. It is called “Aragvadha” or “disease killer”.
Cassia
Fistula is great in treating wounds. The specialty of the herb is that it
promotes tissue regeneration. The juice extracted from the leaves is used for dressing the infected skin .
The
roots of Cassia fistula have anti-diabetic properties , to reduce blood sugar and
regenerating the pancreas.
Vishu sadhya activates
every single taste bud on the tongue ( sweet, salty, bitter , sour , pungent ,
hot etc ) and is basically vegetarian
fare.
Traditional pickles made in
traditional clay containers known as ‘bharani’. Kerala used to export spices in bharani.
Jesus Christ took a ship from Bernice in Egypt
( Red sea ) to Muzris ( Kodungallur ) in Kerala, the cultural center of the Calicut ( my hometown ) king.
Kodungallur ( Muzris ) had the world's SECOND synagogue, church and mosque. The church and mosque are still there. The synagogue was destroyed by the marauding Portuguese Catholics 500 year ago, and relocated to Kochi.
Cultivation of new
crops commences on the next day after Vishu, and the activities would last up
to the Pathamudayam day or the tenth day from the Vishu day.
Vishu sadya ( banquet )
is eaten on banana leaves, the narrow part of the leaf is on the left side, as
is our culture. The end of the feast is with Paal Payasam, Pradhaman and Palada
Pradhaman.
After which we give a
nice BURRRRRPPPPPPP !
THIS IS WHO WE ARE !
Grace and peace !
