BTR As in Lomash Sanhitaa

The Lomash Sanhitaa translated by Vineet Ji gives two Birth Time Rectification
methods
Checking the accuracy of Lagna (Lagna Rectification) - Two methods for BT
rectification are discussed below (1) Using Gulikaa and
(2) Using Praanapad. Since there are vague methods, in practice, these methods
can at best be used to check the accuracy of the BT only and not to correct it.
1. Use of Gulikaa - Computation of Gulikaa
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[O fortunate one! Now listen to the means of computation of Gulikaa. For days beginning with
Sunday, in the sequence 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, 6 and 2, multiply these by the duration of the day and
divide by 30. The Dhruvakas at day begin from the weekday (as given in below table) itself.
During the night multiply (these numbers) by the duration of night. The Dhruvakas at night
begin from the (Lord of the) fifth (day). The ascendant at the time obtained thus shall be the
Gulikaa.

Here the word Dhruvakaa is used as a technical term to refer to these

numbers. This is the calculation for Keralite Mandee (the mathematical point at
the end of a full Muhoort with in the Yam of Saturn) rather than the
Paraasharee Gulikaa (the mathematical point at the starting of Saturns Yam),
which is termed Gulikaa here. The rising time of Gulikaa (Mandee) for all the
weekdays along with the same in Hr-Min are tabulated below. Please note that
Gulika (Mandi) rises this much time after Sunrise provided the day or night
duration is 12 hours exact. If the day or night duration changes the rising time
also should be adjusted proportionately.
Weekday Day (Khatika) Night (Khatika) Day (Hr. Min)
Sunday
26101
0 hrs 24 min
Monday
22.6
8 hrs 48 min
Tuesday
18
27 hrs 12 min
Wednesday14.26
5 hrs 36 min
Thrusday 1022
4 hrs
Friday
618
2 hrs 24 min
Saturday 214
48 min

Day (Hr. Min)

4 hrs
2 hrs 24 min
48 min
10 hrs 24 min
8 hrs 48 min
7 hrs 12 min
5 hrs 36 min.

The above tabulation is for days with 30 Naadikaa (12 hours). When there are
increase or decrease in day and night span, proportionate adjustments should be

made in Gulika rising time as well.

Correcting the lagna using GulikaThe method given here is for checking the
accuracy of the given birth time rather than for really correcting the birth
time.
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[If the Lagna is strong then then correcting of Lagna should be done for Lagna using Gulikaa. If
the Moon Sign is strong then the correcting of Moon sign should be done using Gulikaa. The
method is the same in both cases. If both (Lagna and Moon sign) are devoid of strength then too
(the correction of birth time should be done) using Gulika.]

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[The Gulikaa should be in 1-7-5-9 houses from Lagna. For humans and animal Gulikaa can also be
in 2-10 houses from Lagna. For birds Gulikaa can be in 3-7-11 houses from Lagna. For insects,
serpents and aquatic animals the Gulika shall be in the remaining houses (i.e.4-12 houses)]

The condition given to ensure whether the lagna is accurate or not is that - If
Lagna is accurate then Gulikaa will come in houses 1st-2nd-7th- 5th-9th-10th to
it only. Or in other words if the Gulikaa is in 3rd-4th-6th- 8th-11th- 12th from
Lagna then it indicates that the given Lagna is inaccurate. But this condition
applies only if the Lagna is strong. Otherwise make the necessary adjustment in
time and move Lagna to the next or previous sign (whichever is near) so that the
above condition would be satisfied. Even though not told here it should be known
that a Lagna becomes strong
1. when Lagna Lord is strong,
2. when Lagna Lord is placed in Upachaya (1-3-6-10-11) to Lagna,
3. when Mercury or Jupiter aspect or conjunct with Lagna.
The same condition applies to Moon Lagna also when checking whether it is
strong or not. So the point to note is that, if as per the above condition if Lagna
is not strong but instead Moon sign is strong then correction of Moon sign (and
not the Lagna) should be done based on the position of Gulikaa (and all the
predictions should be done based on Moon Lagna in this case and not Lagna).
Thus if Moon sign is strong then, if Gulikaa is not in 3-4-6-8-11-12 houses from
Moon sign, it can be assumed that Moon sign is accurate. If Moon sign is strong
and this condition regarding Gulikaa is not satisfied then make the necessary
adjustment in time and move Moon sign to the next or previous sign (whichever
is nearer) so that the above condition would be satisfied. The proposed position
of Gulikaa relative to Lagna for humans and animals in the above quote is
tabulated below.

Sl Human/insect/ Aquatic animal

1.. Humans (and other land animals?)
Moon.
2. Insects
3. Serpents and aquatic animals

Position of Gulikaa
1-7- 5-9-2-10 houses from Lagna or
3- 7-11 houses from Lagna or Moon.
4-12 houses from Lagna or Moon.

It is not told whether the Gulikaa should be for the birth of plants etc in the
above quote. The above classification seems to be some how connected to the
classification of signs as Sthal (Land)-Jal (Aquatic)-Sareesrip a (Reptiles and
Insects); less water - in between land and water).

2. Use of Praanapad - Correcting Lagna using Praanapad

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[For human beings the Lagna can also be in the trine to Pranapada. Therefore similar calculations
(for correcting of the birth time) can also be done considering Praanapad]

Computation of Praanapad
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[Convert the time past sunrise into Vighatee (Pal) and divide by 15. Add it in terms of sign,
degrees etc to that sign (occupied by Sun), to the 9th sign (9th to the one occupied by Sun) or
to the 5th sign (5th to the one occupied by Sun) depending upon whether Sun is in a movable
sign, fixed sign or dual sign. The resulting sign shall be the Praanapad. Use it to correct the
ascendant as previously described. If the ascendant is not corrected through the Praanapad,
Gulikaa or the Moon then it should be known to be incorrect. For non-movable beings (like trees
etc) the Lagna should be corrected in the same way.]

The steps to calculate Praanapad is clarified below.

(1) Divide the Ishta Kaal (in Vighatee) by 15. (H*2.5*60)
(2) Take away multiples of 12.
(3) Convert the answer in to signs, minutes etc. (2.5=2 Rasi and 15 deg or 15 deg
of Gemini)
(4) Get the exact degree of the Sun in birth chart.
(5) Find out the Char (movable) Raashi in trine to Sun.
(6) Move the Sun to the movable sign which trine to the natal Sun. (for example,
my Sun is in Aquarius 18-59=10-18-59, movable sign is Libra trine to Aquarius.
So I take Sun's degree as Libra 18-59-00 or 6-18-59. When Sun is in Movable
sign just take the degree for same.
(7) Add this figure to figure came from step 3. It is Praanapad.
Praanapad must be in trine to Lagna. If not, make the necessary adjustment in
time so that Praanapad falls in trine of Lagna.

Practically speaking, the difference of even a single Vighatee (24 sec) in birth
time can cause a difference of 1 sign in Praanapad. And the maximum
difference that needs to be made to bring Praanapad to the trine of Lagna is at
max 3 Vighatee (1 min 12 sec) difference in given birth time. This is too small a
correction and practically useless. Both these methods (one using Gulikaa and
the other using Praanapad) are very vague and crude methods which should at
the most be used only to check the accuracy of the given birth time, and never
to correct it. Numerous other good and authentic birth time rectification
methods supported by sages are discussed in the book Secrets of Birth Time
Rectification (by Sreenadh OG; Sagar Publications).

Even if one gets some perfect Siddhaant without a millisecond of error, one has
to carry out birth time rectification of few minutes in most cases. My code
resulted in smaller error in birth time which I soon corrected. For instance,
correction in Deshaantar (Longitude) due to the change of Ujjain's longitude
from the center of old town to exact location of the Mahaakaal Mandir resulted
in subtraction of 0.63 seconds in my own birth time. True-Day correction also
results in a small correction in Isht Kaal amounting to a few seconds of error in
birth time only, small in comparison to few minutes of errors in most natives.