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LESSON 6

Krushna’s Ayanamsa Table

There are two systems of calculating the longitude of the planets, the Tropical Zodiac
(Sayana) and the Sidereal Zodiac (Nirayana). The longitudinal differences between
these two systems is known as the ayanamsha.

We use the Sidereal system, so the correct value on the ayanamsa is very important.
The longitude of the planets are dependent upon the ayanamsa as it will effect not
only the longitude of the Ascendant, but the 16 divisional charts as well. The
Vimshottari Dasha is calculated on the Moon’s longitudes and one second of
difference may result in 1 to 3.6 hours difference in the dasha period, so a difference
of one minute will be equal to 2.5 days to 9 days.

Different scientists and astrologers are of different opinions about this “overlapping” of
both zodiacs. Both of them actually overlapped in 285AD, but since then, the
accumulated ‘out of alignment’ difference between these two zodiacs has widened
throughout the years to 23-24 degrees and is known as the “precession of the
equinox”. Due to this precession, it moves at a rate of about one degree every 72
years. Thus the starting point when the two zodiacs last coincided has been given
anywhere from 388 B.C to 498 A.D. The values can range anywhere from 46.3 secs
to 59.9 secs. per year.

I have chosen the starting date that both zodiacs coincided last as 24th Feb 366 A.D.
at a speed of 50.33 seconds per year. So I use 00:00:00 to start the Ayanamsha on
this day and then add 50.33 Secs for every year afterwards. On 1st Jan 367 A.D. the
Ayanamsa will be about 43 secs. On 1st Jan 1900 will be 21: 26: 44

On the next page, I will give my Ayanamsha Table. It starts off with the year 1900 and
jumps to 1931, for which it will give every consecutive year thereafter up until the year
2001.

This table gives the longititudes starting on January 1st of every year. In order to
calculate the proportional difference for any individual date in between, the following
formula can be used.
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FORMULA EXAMPLE
Ayanamsha for the date of (choose date) = March 12, 1949
= Ayanamsha for the year given in table = 22:06:54
+ Amount of days from January 1st + 71
÷ 365.25 ÷ 365.25
x 50.33 x 50.33
= Total = 9.78 (round off to 10 secs)
+22:06:54 = 22:07:04

The total value in BOLD lettering will be in seconds, so addition should also in
seconds. The final ayanamsha for the date of March 12, 1949 is 22:07:04

KRUSHNA’S AYANAMSHA TABLE

YEAR LONGITUDE YEAR LONGITUDE YEAR LONGITUDE

1900 21:26:44 1954 22:11:06 1978 22:31:14

1931 21:51:49 1955 22:11:56 1979 22:32:04
1932 21:52:39 1956 22:12:47 1980 22:32:55
1933 21:53:29 1957 22:13:37 1981 22:33:45
1934 21:54:19 1958 22:14:27 1982 22:34:35
1935 21:55:10 1959 22:15:18 1983 22:35:25
1936 21:56:00 1960 22:16:08 1984 22:36:16
1937 21:56:50 1961 22:16:58 1985 22:37:05
1938 21:57:41 1962 22:17:49 1986 22:37:56
1939 21:58:31 1963 22:18:39 1987 22:38:47
1940 21:59:21 1964 22:19:29 1988 22:39:37
1941 22:00:12 1965 22:20:20 1989 22:40:27
1942 22:01:02 1966 22:21:10 1990 22:41:18
1943 22:01:53 1967 22:22:00 1991 22:42:08
1944 22:02:43 1968 22:22:51 1992 22:42:58
1945 22:03:33 1969 22:23:41 1993 22:43:49
1946 22:04:23 1970 22:24:31 1994 22:44:39
1947 22:05:14 1971 22:25:22 1995 22:45:29
1948 22:06:04 1972 22:26:12 1996 22:46:20
1949 22:06:54 1973 22:27:02 1997 22:47:10
1950 22:07:45 1974 22:27:53 1998 22:48:00
1951 22:08:35 1975 22:28:43 1999 22:48:51
1952 22:09:25 1976 22:29:33 2000 22:49:41
1953 22:10:16 1977 22:30:24 2001 22:50:31