Saamakkol Aroodam

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Translation by

Chapter 1

Sri Venkataraman, SA Mumbai Club

Editor: Yenbeeyes Prostrations to Sri Maha Ganapathi Prostrations to the Nava Graha A Note hat is written below is information collected over a period of few years and it is from scattered sources. Saamakkol Aroodam is a very rare work of prashna which is followed in rural Tamilnadu. We did not know that it is the same as Jainendramala, a rare work on prashna written by a Jain Monk many centuries back or so, the exact dating of it is not known to us and hence it can be just a century old too. Many years back it was told to us by a Delhi astrologer practising nadi astrology that his Guru who is a south Indian had taught him Jainendramala which as per him is the best system and he told us that it originates in the south. We searched but even scholars of astrology had not heard of it. Then it took 2003 to 2008 to hunt for the text. Finally we got an English version of it, the translator of it was not

K.A.Venkatraman has been a student of

astrology for the past 25 years. As a young man picked up Palmistry from Cheiros Language Of The Hand. After few years found that the lines have tendency to appear and disappear over a period of time. Timing of events was cumbersome. Switched on to Astrology around the year 1981. Late Dr B.V. Raman is Manasa Guru. Family also has a tradition in Astrology. Believes Vedic astrology is the proof of Karma and its effects. A horoscope is nothing but a printed circuit of Prarabhda Karma.

written, later it was told to us by someone that it was the Late Subramanium Shastri (the first man to translate many astro classics in English in 1920s/30s who had done the translation). We made someone type out the whole text but other projects took dominance and this file got lost in the abyss of an unorganized computer. Then in 2010 or so we had organised a Nadi astrology conference in Telegu University, where a participant who had travelled from Coimbatore came to us and took us aside and said he practices Jaamakkol Aroodam (he might have meant as Saamakol Aroodam) and only uses that for predictions and it is the best system for prediction, he said he has developed a software on it in tamil (or Malayalam, dont remember now) language. We requested him to write an article but he did not inspite of a repeated request few months later, it was only later we suspected that someone might have blocked that article from coming out. Then in 2012, Mr Upendra Mehta, an elderly man from Saptarishis Astrology Mumbai Club mentioned Jainendramala (some call it Jinendra Mala) and said one of the most senior Gujarati astrologers (Navin Bhai Zhaveri) and successful predictors of yesteryears had told him that if one wants to master prashna they should forget everything else and only use Jainendramala. Mr Mehta did hunt the text out but it was unsuccessful, finally one day we got the English version of it in our computer and passed it on to him. 3 months before this in the Chara Dasha workshop of KN Rao conducted by SA at mumbai, one of our volunteers from Tamilnadu had come and mentioned about Samakkol Aroodam system, then within a week by chance we stumbled upon this link http://archive.org/details/samakkoalarudam015246mbp Upon verification it was found that it was the same Samakkol Aroodam that people were talking about. We requested Mr Venkataraman to translate this work, unfortunately he is an honest, straightforward, quiet, humble and lacking Image building skills of astrologers and completed this within 3 weeks. Hats off to astrologers like him who keep the vidya of astrology alive by bringing out long forgotten works, others (astrologers and institutions) seem only busy to boast of their predictive skills or garland themselves in astrological conferences or only make money out of astrology. It was later found out that Jainendramala written by a Jain Muni (monk) was translated in Tamil by someone and later brought out by Late S. Vaidhya Nathan, which was later brought out by as a similar translation by another Tamil astrologer. This present work is a translation of Shri Vaidhya Nathans work and it follows below. Hope our readers will appreciate the hard work of keeping the tradition of our munis and sages alive by using this prashna method and giving their feedback. Saptarishis Astrology

Foreword strology is a divine science which can give proper guidance to future. A person who uses the astrological knowledge properly can lead a happy life. There is an old famous saying Prevention is better than Cure.. Astrology Helps in This Manner To Take Steps Which Can Avoid Possible Calamities Of Future. In life all people face problems, let it be a millionaire or a pauper. These problems have to be analysed to find the root cause and take remedial steps in time to lessen the possible suffering. The Science of Arooda is the best in this respect to alleviate the problems of people. Arooda is a special section of Astrology. Even in this Saamakkol Aroodam has no equal. It will not be an exaggeration to say that for any problem the solution is given within 10 minutes and it is the speciality of this method. In the book which you are reading now there are many examples of problems and their solutions worked out. Some people may say this is done by Divine trance speakers also. There is a big difference. The divine speakers speak or answer questions in public. It may not be possible to put all problems in public to get an answer. It has also been seen in many cases that the answers do not come out correctly. There will be mental dissatisfaction also in case the answer fails. This is not the case with Saamakkol system. You can hit the bulls eye not once or twice but 5 times in a row. The idea is not to discredit divine trance revelations. I have personally answered more than 3000 questions from across the world and every client has gone away with satisfaction. People have even contacted me by Telephone and Fax and got their answers correctly. Briefly I want to say that in 5 minutes one Arooda which makes it 12 per hour and a total of 288 in 24 hours can be done by this method. This is the uniqueness of this method and any type of question according to the changing patterns of life can be answered. I prostrate to my Gurus Alliyandal Arunachalam and Trichi Kaly ana Rama Iyer before submitting this book before you by Gods grace and blessings Created by Daivagna Ratna S. Vaidhya Nathan. Prostrations to Sri Maha Ganapathi Prostrations to the Nava Graha

Lesson 1 Determination Of Arooda The name Saamakkol comes out of the union of three factors. A Sajama or Jama in Sanskrit is a time duration of 3-3/4 ghatikas or 1-1/2 hours. According to Astrological rules a day is 60 Ghatikas or 24 hours. The day and the night are divided into 8 jamas each making it a total of 16 jamas of 3-3/4 Ghatikas each which is 16 x 3-3/4 = 60 Ghatikas or 8 jamas = 30 Ghatikas. (8 x1-1/2=12 hours of day +12 hours of night = 1day) The 1st 8 is from Morning 6 Oclock to Evening 6 Oclock and the 2nd 8 is from Evening 6 Oclock to Morning 6 Oclock of next Sun rise. Editors notes: The word Jaama is a tamil word which is also written as Saama ( or or

). The references to Jaama gives the time duration as 7 ghatikas. In ancient times there
existed a watch of 3 hours and there were 4 for the day and 4 for the night thus covering 24 hours of the day. Hence each such 3 hours was considered as Jaama which is equal to 7 ghatikas. However in this treatise a Jaama is taken as 3 ghatikas or 1 hour 30 minutes. N.Chidambaram Iyer uses the word Yama in his translation of Jinendramalai. KOL in Tamil ( ) means a planet. IN this system 8 planets rotate in the same order over 24 hours. THERE is never any change in their order. These are called KADIR ( ) (SUN), SEI () (MARS), PON ( ) (JUPT), MAL () (MERC), PUGAR ( ) (VENUS), Mandan () (SHANI), SNAKE ( ) (RAHU). SUN, MARS, JUPITER, MERCURY, VENUS, SATURN AND RAHU. Editors Note: The Tamil words for the planets have been given and have been used probably to distinguish the difference between the Saamakkol Planets and the planets as per transit. The Tamil words are given in a different colour above. Memorising this unchanging order is a must for the astrologer. AROODAM is the science of answering a question/s with the help of planets for questions asked during a specific period of time. It is in fact a problem solving method for guidance of humanity. Hence this is also known as Prasna Arooda. AROODA in Sanskrit means to climb up or sit in an elevated position. So in this system the most important thing is where (in which Rasi) the queriest is seated /standing. Combining the (Sama, Kol, and Arooda) and

answering the question became Saamakkol Aroodam. In Sanskrit it is known as JAMAGRAHA AROODA. (The idea originated from original Jain Samhita known as JAINENDRAMALA IN TAMIL.) To begin with we have learnt that there are 8 jamas each for the day and the night Secondly we have seen 8 planets which move in the same unchanging order. Thirdly we have seen the Arooda which keeps changing depending upon the Rasi occupied by the questioner. So correct determination of the Arooda is vital for getting the correct answers. With the help of this Arooda we determine another factor called KAVIPPU which we will see later.

How To Determine The Arooda Correctly?

All astrologers generally have a consulting room or place where they meet their clients. Usually some chairs or benches are provided for the client to sit facing the astrologer. Where benches or chairs are not there a Dari (mattress like) is put on the floor and clients sit on it. The Astrologer should have a diagram of the zodiac as shown below before him.

Taurus Gemini Aries Cancer Pisces

Aquarius

LEO

.
Capricorn
Sagittarius

VIRGO

SCORPIO

LIBRA

RAaR A

Pisces Aquarius

Aries

Taurus Gemini Cancer

Capricorn

Leo

Sagittarius Scorpio

Libra

Virgo

The houses can be marked as shown above also. Where ever the client sits that will become the Arooda. A little practice would be sufficient to discern the Arooda correctly. Editors Note: Here the North Indian Chart format has not been given. That is because it is a moving one. The Lagna as well as the house numbers undergo a change depending upon the time and place. The above circular diagram is exactly the same as defined in Prasna Marga. Astrologers having table and chair system can put the chairs in a circular or semi circular fashion. The client will in most cases move the chair to a convenient position from which the Arooda can be determined. If the client sits exactly opposite the astrologer the Arooda is Scorpio. If he sits on the right side of astrologer he is in Libra, IF he sits on the right side corner he is in Virgo. Farther right would be Leo. Similarly the left corner would be Sagittarius. Further left Capricorn still farther Aquarius and so on. Practice will make you perfect. Sometimes a group of two or three people may come and each will occupy a different position. The Person who asks the first question will mark the Arooda and later the other person/s may ask questions on behalf of the first person. The Arooda will remain the same it will not change. Sometimes a couple may come to ask about a problem. Let us presume that it pertains to their son who failed in exam and is missing from home. The father may say sir the boy is missing for the last two days and we are terribly anxious. The wife may say sir Please see that there is no danger to the life of my son and that he will return safely to home. Here the life of boy has become priority issue hence it has to be decided first. Sometimes a person with a hefty body may occupy two signs. (This problem is avoided by using chairs). One day a husband and wife came to me for Arooda. The husband was of normal girth and he occupied a chair. The wife was hefty and she said the chair may not hold my weight and sat on the floor. She was blocking two signs and it made difficulty for me to determine the Arooda. So I told her madam if you would move a little you will get

better ventilation. So she turned and moved a little and my Arooda got fixed. I have stated this here to illustrate how an astrologer should be intelligent in dealing with the clients. Now we will see how the Planets occupy the signs. Editors Notes: Considering the difficulties in determining the Arooda (Lagna This word is not used here, but it is understood that whenever we say Arooda it indicates Arooda Lagna), another method is also being followed in Tamilnadu, details of which are given as under: Here the time the person comes for asking a query is noted. The hour portion is omitted. i.e. if one comes for a query at 12:44, the 12 hour is omitted and the minutes alone are taken into consideration. Each hour of 60 minutes is divided by 12 and the resultant quotient of 5 minutes is the duration of one Arooda. The counting is done in clockwise manner beginning from Aries. Aries is allotted the first 5 minutes, Taurus the next 5 minutes (i.e. between 6 and 10 minutes) and so on. So in the example above, the minute portion is 44 and dividing it by 5 (being the duration of one Arooda) we get a quotient of 8 and a reminder of 4. So 8 Aroodas are over and the person has come in the 9th Arooda which is 9th sign from Aries-Sagittarius becomes the Arooda. This is the practice I have noticed and has no relation with regard to the book which is being translated. This is just for information of the readers only. Readers may also refer the verses from Prasna Marga Chapter 2, Verses 7 to 11 of B .V.Ramans translation. Prostrations to Sri Maha Ganapathi Saamakkol Aroodam Lesson 2 Daily and hourly position of planets. In the previous lesson we learnt about determination of Aroodam. The jamas are 8 in number each of duration of 1-1/2 (1.5) hours both for day and night. Now we will see how the planets 8 in number serially the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Moon and Rahu occupy the Rasi chart. The seven of these excluding Rahu are connected with the week days. Kadir Sei Pon SUN MARS JUPITER Rules Sunday Rules Tuesday Rules Thursday Prostrations to the Nava Graha

Mal MERCURY Rules Wednesday Pugar VENUS Rules Friday Mandan SATURN Rules Saturday Madi MOON Rules Monday Let us take the case of Sunday. The jamas are in the following order. 1st Jama 2nd Jama 3rd Jama 4th Jama 6 To 7-30 hrs 7-30 to 9 09 to 10-30 10-30 to 12 5th Jama 6th Jama 7th Jama 8th Jama 12-to 13-30 13-30 to 15 15-to 16-30 16-30 to 18

6.00

X
1 7 9 10
6:00 7:30 16:3018:00 15:00 16:30

X X X
10 12

3 1 1

16:3018:00

6:00-7:30

7:30

7:30

7:30
15:0016:30

7:30

7:30

13:30-15:00

13:30-15:00

7:30-9:00

7:30-9:00

9:00-10:30

9:00-10:30

10:30-12:00

12:00-13:30

12:00-13:30

10:30-12:00

The above is the picture of both North Indian as well as South Indian charts. The time is normally entered outside the sign. Wherever there is no space outside, we have given the time inside itself.

See the chart above, the fixed signs are not included in the Jama (see X, there is no time to it). Secondly Jama always starts from Pisces and moves anti clockwise till it comes to Aries. (In the North Indian chart it will be clockwise direction). The 8 Jamas of the night also move in the same fashion. The directions are four in Number. They are the EAST, SOUTH, WEST and NORTH. There are 4 sub directions such as SOUTH EAST, SOUTH WEST, and NORTH WEST AND NORTH EAST. Each sign is divided into 4 parts. The fixed signs give away two parts each to the adjacent signs on either side. Thus each direction consists of 6 parts or 8x6= 48 parts as shown below:
East North East 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 West 4 2 South East 2 4 4 2 2 4 South South West

North

North West

East is 4 parts of Mesha+2 parts of Vrishabha South east is 2 parts of Vrishabha+4 parts of Mithuna South is 4 parts Kataka +2 parts of Simha South west is 2 parts of Simha+4 Parts of Kanya West is 4 parts of Tula +2 parts of Vrishchika North West is 2 parts of Vrishchika and 4 parts Dhanu North is 4 Parts of Makar+2 parts of Kumbha North East is 2 Parts of Kumbha + 4 parts of Meena Now let us see how the planets are placed in the 1st jama of Sunday. See the chart below.

Rahu Sun

Moon

Pi X Aq

Ar

X Ta

Ge Cn X Le Vi
Venus Saturn

Mars Jupiter

Cp Sg

Sunday 1st Jama X Sc Li

Mercury

For a better understanding of the concept given below is the chart in both the formats with the planets placed inside.

In the 2nd jama Sun will move to Makara and others will move forward leaving the fixed signs. In the third jama the Sun will be in Dhanus and others will move forward and so on. This is how the planets sit in the signs at any time. In the initial stages putting a small cross on fixed signs will avoid error in posting.
Sunday Day time 1st Jama 2nd Jama 3rd Jama 4th Jama 5th Jama 6th Jama 7th Jama 8th Jama Pi Su Ra Mo Sa Ve Me Ju Ma Cp Ma Su Ra Mo Sa Ve Me Ju Sg Ju Ma Su Ra Mo Sa Ve Me Li Me Ju Ma Su Ra Mo Sa Ve Vi Ve Me Ju Ma Su Ra Mo Sa Cn Sa Ve Me Ju Ma Su Ra Mo Ge Mo Sa Ve Me Ju Ma Su Ra Ar Ra Mo Sa Ve Me Ju Ma Su

Same kind of posting can be done for the 8 jamas of the night also. Now let us see the posting of planets in the 1st Jama of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.

Saturn Moon

Venus

X X
Mercury

Rahu Sun

Monday 1st Jama X

Mars

X
Jupiter

Sun Mars

Rahu

X X
Moon

Jupiter Mercury

Tuesday 1st Jama X

Venus

X
Saturn

Jupiter Mercury

Mars

X X
Sun

Jupiter Saturn

Wednesday 1st Jama X

Moon

X
Rahu

Mars Jupiter

Sun

X X
Rahu

Mercury Venus

Thursday 1st Jama X

Saturn

X
Moon

Mercury Venus

Jupiter

X X
Mars

Saturn Moon

Friday 1st Jama X

Rahu

X
Sun

Venus Saturn

Mercury

X X
Jupiter

Moon Rahu

Saturday 1st Jama X

Sun

X
Mars

In Vedic Astrology no planet gets exalted in fixed signs. Moon though exalted in fixed sign Taurus has no light of its own. It reflects the light of Sun. Secondly its exaltation is in 3 Degree which is added to Aries. So in Saamakkol Arooda the fixed signs are powerful by themselves and no need for any planet to be present in them. Whenever these signs become the Lagna it is beneficial in all cases except questions regarding disease because they indicate prolongation of the disease. Method to verify the correctness of posting of planets: At any time Venus will always be in 7th to Sun Saturn will always be in 7th to Mars Moon will always be in 7th to Jupiter Rahu will always be in 7th to Mercury If it is not so there is mistake in posting of planets. In the next lesson we will learn about Udayam (rising sign) soorya veedi (Suns Path) and Kavippu. Exercise Post the planets for 10:29:00 hrs on a Saturday Saamakkol Aroodam Lesson 3 DETERMINATION OF UDAYAM UDAYAM is the rising sign at the time of the question. It is also known as Lagna in Normal astrology but to make it distinct to Saamakkol Arooda it is called as the UDAYAM. Another important aspect is in normal astrology there are only 12 Lagnas for a day of 24 hours where are as in Saamakkol there are 12 Lagnas rising for the day and 12 for the night. This means Lagna changes hourly in Saamakkol Aroodam. Depending on the sun rise variation there may be a difference of few minutes+/- otherwise it is constant. This is the speciality of Saamakkol Arooda so let us learn how to fix the Udayam. The first and most important thing is the Sun Rise and Sun set of the place where the Arooda is done. Normally the Panchang gives the rising and setting time of Sun for most of

the places. If the difference is more than 30 seconds it can be rounded off to 1 and if it is less than 30 seconds it can be omitted. Let us take a practical example to illustrate this point. Today is 1993 August 6th Friday. Place Tiruchirappalli. According to Ananda Bodhini Panchanga (This is under Vakya system) the Sun rise/Set times on 31st of July are shown as 06:05 Am and Sun set 06:36 On 10th of August the sun rise is at 06:08 and Sun Set 06:32 PM The Sun rise has gone up by 2in 10 day s which is equal to 120 seconds. So the difference for a day = 12 seconds. For 6 days it will be 6x12=72 second or 1and 12. Since sun rise is advancing this difference to be added to the sunrise time of 31st July. 06:05+1:12=06: 07:17 omitting 17seconds we get Sunrise time on 6th August as 6:07 Editors Note: The actual Sunrise can also be taken if it is available. On 6th August 1993 the exact Sunrise at Tiruchirappalli was 06:07:59 and the Sunset was at 18:34:10. Similarly the Sun Set on 10th August is 06:32 which is 4 less than that of 31st July. This is equal to 240 seconds divided by 10 will give us 24seconds per day. For 6 days it will be 6 x 24 = 144 second or 2and 24 seconds. Omitting 24 seconds we have to deduct 2 from the Sun set time of 31 July we get 06:36_2 = 06:34 as the sun set time of 6th august. Thus on the selected date the Sun Rise is 06:07 and Sun set is 06:34 and the difference = 12hrs and 27 minutes. This is daylight time. Dividing this figure by 12 we get 1hr and 2and 15 as the movement time of UDAYAM from one sign to the next. Omitting 15 we can take it as round figure of 1hr and 2 minutes for the day. The time interval between Sunset of 6th August and sun rise of 7th august = 11:33 which is equal to 693 minutes. Dividing this by 12 we get 57and 45 rounding 58 as the movement time of Udayam during the night of 6th august. Let us presume a client comes for Arooda on Friday the 6th August at 11 Am. Let us calculate the UDAYAM:August 6th becomes 22nd of the month of Ashad as per Panchanga. The Sun rises in Cancer sign from 1st of Ashad. The Lagna moves 4 per degree as per normal astrology. In SAMKKOL there are 24 Lagnas or 12 each for day and night. So the movement of lagna will be half the normal or 2. Hence for 22 days of Ashad the movement will be 2 x 22= 44

minutes. The passing time of a lagna is 1:02 minutes in each sign. Sun rise =06:07 +1:02 =07:09. So 07:09-00:44 = 06:25 is the time of ending of cancer sign in the horizon. Leo rises in the east at 06:25:00 and will last up to 07:27.The next is Virgo ending at 08:29, Libra ending at 09:31, Scorpio ending at 10:33 hrs. The next is Dhanu1 we get 11:35 as the end of Dhanur. HENCE at 11 Am the sign on the horizon is Dhanur (Sagittarius) which becomes the UDAYAM. (UL). Editors Notes: The horoscopic representation with the planets put inside will look as below: In the North Indian Format Sagittarius is taken as the Udaya Lagna which is coming in the top. The ending time of each sign is noted outside the chart. The South Indian format with the planets marked outside is given below the compound chart.
Cp-12.37 Sg-11.35 Sc-10.33

Li-9.31

Cn-6.25

Vi-8.29

Cp-12.37 Sg-11.35 Sc-10.33

Li-9.31

Le-7.27 Vi-8.29 Cn-6.25

Le-7.27

Sun Mars

Rahu

End 12:37 Jupiter

Friday 11:00 A.M 06/08/1993

Moon End 6:25 End 7:27 Saturn End 08:29

End 11:35

Udayam End 10:33

Mercury

Venus End 09:31

The above is the Arooda chart in which Venus is in Libra in the 4th Jama and other planets in serial order from there. Let us now take the case of a client who comes for Arooda at 08:45 PM. The sun set is 06:34 adding 58 to this will give us 07:32 and deducting 44 we get 06:48 as the ending time of Cancer sign. Add 00:58 to this. So Leo ends at 07:46 PM add 0:58 to this and Virgo ends at 08:44. Libra rises at 08:45 hence UDAYAM is Libra. The planetary positions will be as under in South Indian Format.
Jupiter Mercury Sun End 6:48 End 7:46 Rahu End 08:44 Mars

Venus

Friday Night 8:45 06/08/1993

Udayam Saturn Moon Begin 8:45

The South North combined chart is below. As usual the planetary positions are given inside and the time the sign ends is given outside

Vi-8.44

Le-7.46

Editors Notes: In Jinendramala it is stated that Udaya sign is the rising sign of the zodiac at the time of query. For the given time above ciz. 20:45, the rising sign will be Aquarius whereas we are getting the Udaya sign as Libra.

Kavippu means to invert. In Sanskrit it is known as Chhattram (Chatta). (N.Chidambaram Iyer has termed it as Chhatra).It means after reaching a specific limit, find out the matters hidden beyond it. In some areas the fisherman invert an umbrella type net in the pond and through a Hole in the top pick up big fish by inserting hand through it. So also many hidden aspect can be known by Kavippu. Udayam tells about the future .The Arooda indicates loss and Kavippu tells about Hidden matters. Kavippu is a strong factor in Saamakkol Aroodam. Before finding Kavippu we have to learn about Soorya Veedi. (Path of the SUN). Sun travels in 3 modes they are UTTARAYANA, DAKSHINAYANA and POORVAYANA. The Transit Of Sun over 3 group of signs is called the Soorya Veedi. For Vaishakha, Jyeshta, Ashada and Shravana Months the SOORYA VEEDI is Mesha (Aries).

Cn-6.48 Le-7.46 Vi-8.44

Saamakkol Aroodam Lesson 4 KAVIPPU

For Kartika, Margasirsha, Paush (Pushya) and Magha months the Sooryaveedi is Mithun (Gemini). For Bhadrapada, Aswin (Ashwayuja) ,Phalguna and Chaitra the Soorya veedi is Vrishabha (Taurus) rasi. Editors Notes: For those who are not familiar with the names of the months given above: In the months when the Sun passes through Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and Leo-sign Aries is known as Surya Veedhi (the path of the Sun). In the months when the Sun passes through Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius, sign Gemini is known as Surya Veedhi. And in the months when the Sun passes through Aries, Virgo, Libra and Pisces, sign Taurus is known as Surya Veedhi. The names of the months clarification: In India there are two types of Panchanga (almanac) are in use. One is Sauramana and the other is Chandramana. Saura means based on movement of Sun and Chandra means based on the movement of Moon. In Chandramana again there are two types one is from Full Moon to next Full Moon (Purnimanta) and the other is from New Moon to next New Moon (Amavasyanta). The names of the months differ in both Chandramana as well as Sauramana. In Tamil Nadu majority people follow Sauramana Panchang. The Panchang which the original author has referred to also comes under Sauramana. So he has given actual Tamil names in his Tamil version which has been translated as above. For the benefit of the readers, I am giving below the names of both the names of the months as well as the English equivalents. Remember for Chandramana the month starts either from Full Moon or from New Moon. For the Sauramana the month starts from the day Sun enters the concerned sign which normally falls in the middle of each English month with plus or minus 1 to 2 days. For example Mesha (Aries) will start around 14th of April and will last till 13th or 14th of May. For example today when we are editing this translation (25-08-2013) the Tamil month is Avani or Simha or Leo to dilute it to English. In Chandramana it is Bhadrapada as per Purnimant (that is who follow the Full Moon system). Under Amavasyant (those who follow New Moon system), it is Sravana. Whichever system one follows the position of Sun remains the same which is in Leo. Since the Sauramana Panchang names the months as per the position of the Sun in a rasi (like Mesha or Aries, Vrishabha or Taurus), it will be easy to follow the same. Wherever possible we shall mention the Sauramana months also so that readers can understand where the Sun will be and decide about the Surya Veedhi.

Chandramana Chaitra Vaishakha Jyeshta Ashada Shravana Bhadrapada Ashwayuja Kartheeka Margashira Puishya Magha Phalguna

English months March-April Aoril-May May-June June-July July-August AugustSeptember SeptemberOctober OctoberNovember NovemberDecember DecemberJanuary JanuaryFebruary FebruaryMarch

Souramana Mesha(Aries) Vrushabha(Taurus) Mithuna(Gemini) Kataka (Cancer) Simha (Leo)

English months

April-May May-June June-July July-August AugustSeptember Kanya (Virgo) SeptemberOctober Thula (Libra) OctoberNovember Vrushchika(Scorpio) NovemberDecember Dhanus (Sagittarius) DecemberJanuary Makara (Capricorn) JanuaryFebruary Kumbha (Aquarius) FebruaryMarch Meena (Pisces) March-April

Surya Veedhi Taurus Aries Aries Aries Aries Taurus Taurus Gemini Gemini Gemini Gemini Taurus

Let us say for example in Sravan (As per Sauramana it is Leo) month, let the Arooda be Kanya (Virgo) Rashi and Pisces is the UDAYAM , Where will be the KAVIPPU? For Sravan month the soorya veedi is Mesha (Aries). Count from Arooda Rasi Kanya (Virgo) to Mesha (Aries) it will be 8. The UDAYAM is Meena (Pisces). COUNT 8 from Meena (Pisces). It will be TULA(Libra), which becomes the Kavippu. Editors Notes: To give the rule Count the signs from the Arooda sign to the Surya Veedhi (both inclusive); count as many signs from the rising or Udayam. The sign thus obtained is therefore known as Chhatra or Kavippu. Both the chart format is given and the positions are all given inside the signs.

In the Example given in Lesson 3, the Udayam is Dhanu (Sagittarius) and it is Sravan (Leo) month hence Soorya Veedi is Mesha (Aries). Suppose the Arooda is Vrishabha (Taurus). The Soorya veedi is in 12th to Arooda hence 12th from UDAYAM which is Vrishchika (Scorpio) will become the Kavippu.

Suppose Mesha (Aries) becomes Arooda then Dhanur (Sagittarius) itself will become Kavippu. It is easy to remember this Surya Veedi. In the beginning it is better to note down the Surya Veedi. In the months of Vaishakh, Bhadrapad, Kartik and Phalgun months Surya Veedi will change. It is enough if we remember this.

We have so far seen three important parts of Saamakkol Arooda which are Arooda, Udaya and Kavippu. We have also seen how to calculate them. The rest of the things we will see in the next lessons. It is better to follow the given below procedure for calculating Udaya: Write down the Sunrise and Sunset daily. Normally these change every 3 days. Note down the Tamil month and date also. For example Sun rise is 6:09. Sun set is 6:18. The intervening period is 12 hours 9 minutes. That each Udaya will be after 1 hour minutes or 1 hour 1 minute. Let us say that the Tamil date is 12. 6.09 + 1.01 = 7.10, and subtracting 2 minutes per day for the 12 days we get 6.46. If it is the month of Sravana Simha ends at 6.46. Till 7.47 Kanya, till 8.48 Tula, till 9.49 Vrischika, till 10.50 Dhanur and this can be noted in the chart diagram also. Time will not be wasted by this method and mistakes also will not happen.
1.53 2.54 3.55 4.56 12.52 5.57 11.51 6.46 10.5 9.49 8.48 7.47

Editors Notes: Since we are now equipped with the latest softwares and Panchangas which give the position of Sunrise and Sunset on a daily basis. So the above calculation may seem to be superfluous to some. Saamakkol Aroodam Lesson 5 WHAT ALL CAN BE FOUND OUT BY Saamakkol Arooda? The Matters pertaining to Astrology can be divided into six categories. They are: Victory or win, Defeat or failure, Gain, Loss, Happiness and sorrow are the items. But general reply seldom satisfies the clients who expect detailed and specific answers. So it becomes the duty of the Astrologer to give correct replies so that both the astrologer and

Astrology as a science will become credible in the eyes of people. We have already said that Saamakkol Aroodam is an excellent system and the list of things that can be said is really amazing. 1. Direction. 2. Gender (male /female) 3. Singe/double 4. Caste/Religion. 5. Colour 6. Legs 7. Shape 8. Horned amongst animals 9.Rays of planets (intensity) 10.Distance 11.Age 12. Taste 13. Moles 14. Right/Left 15. Hidden 16. Standing 17. Rotating 18. Rotating on a stand 19. Walking 20.Flying 21. Sliding/Creeping 22. Meeting place/Destination 23.Niht/Day 24. Time factor. Besides this there are three more and they are Dhatu or minerals, Mula or vegetables, and Jeeva or animals. Dhatus - Earth, Rocks, Ores, Minerals and Metals. Moola - Grass, herbs, shrubs, trees (vegetable kingdom and its products) Jeeva - All insects, Microbes, animals, human beings and life inside water There are two more sub divisions called as MOOLA DHATU and JEEVA DHATU. MOOLA DHATU Grass, shrubs, creeping plants which are dead or dried up, if not dead bark of a tree, flower and roots etc JEEVA DHATU is either dead animal and their carcass etc and skin, flesh, claws, horn etc are counted as Living Jeeva Dhatu. There are few other divisions which we will learn in course of our study. In the initial stages the student may get bogged by so much information, but it will become easy with practice like so many other works we do mechanically without thinking but as a matter of routine. Let us take the example quoted in lesson 1. The boy has run away because he failed in the examination. Father wants to know when the boy will come back and the mother wants to know that he is alive and safe. From the list given we have to take (1) Direction (10 distance) (22) destination (25) Time factor and analyse deeply. Then see item (3) also which will tell whether he ran away alone or with some one else and is at one place or moving around etc can be told. This is how Saamakkol Aroodam is done.

When I was learning Saamakkol Arooda from my late Guru Sri Kalyana Rama Iyer. An incident happened which needs to be mentioned here. One evening I had gone to meet him in a shop. The shop keeper asked him Sir I am thinking of disposing this shop. Can you please tell be what does the Aroodam say? After remaining silent for about 5-6 minutes my Guruji said Dispose it, you will get a profit of Rs. 40000/- You are disposing this shop to generate funds for your Daughters marriage. The Shop will be purchased by a gentleman from a farmer community. He will open a medical shop here. It will run for six moths after which one sweet shop will be opened which will run for long. I will not be alive to see all those changes but my disciple (pointing to me) will see it Things happened exactly as he said and when ever I pass that sweet shop it reminds me of my Guru deva. After his demise I became disciple of Alliyandal Arunachalam and an incident connected with him needs to be mentioned here. One day while my self and my guru were discussing some subjects one gentleman came for Aroodam and asked What profession will suit me? My guruji moved his hands in the fashion of a coffee hotel server and said you have already hired a shop for opening coffee hotel. The shop is south facing and in a street full of jewellers most of whom belong to Chettiyar community. The business will be moderate and income and expenditure will be equal with not much profit The gentleman is doing his coffee shop for the past 8 years without much of a profit. Such amazing predictions were the reasons which forced me to learn this science. I learnt much from Alliyandal and my prostrations at the feet of my guru. The various Aroodam methods in practice now are no comparison to this infallible science. No complicated mathematical procedure is necessary. Within 10 minutes answer can be given to any question. Taking into account the changing time in society, answers can be given correctly to many new problems. In fact it can be clearly stated as to the purpose of the clients visit and the question in his mind.

Saamakkol Aroodam Lesson 6 Nature of the signs As per Vedic Astrology there 12 signs and each is endowed with its own speciality. The same criteria are followed in Saamakkol also. Besides, the signs are divided into Chara (Cardinal), Sthira (FIXED) and UBHAYA (Dual) of 4 in each group.

Mesha,(Aries) Kataka(Cancer), Tula(Libra) and Makara(Capricorn) are Movable signs Rishabha(Taurus), Simha(Leo), Vrishchika(Scorpio) and Kumbha(Aquarius) are Fixed SIGNS Mithuna(Gemini), Kanya(Virgo), Dhanu(Sagittarius) and Meena(Pisces) are Dual signs Another grouping of these 12 signs is 1) SIRODAYA (Head rising) 2) PRISHTODAYA (Hind rising) and 3) UBHAYODAYA (Rising by either side) MITHUNA (GEMINI), SIMHA (LEO), KANYA (VIRGO), TULA (LIBRA), VRISHCHIKA (SCORPIO) AND KUMBHA (AQUARIUS) (6) are SIRODAYA RASHIS(Head rising). MESHA (Aries), VRISHABHA (Taurus), KATAKA (Cancer), DHANU (Sagittarius) and MAKARA (Capricorn) (5) are PRISDODYA (Hind rising)RASHIS. MEENA(Pisces) is an UBHAYODAYA Rashi. SIRODYA are born by head leading, Prishtodaya by hind leading and some birds and fishes and some aquatic animals are ubhayodaya in nature. There are further distinctions like two legged signs, four legged signs, hind legged signs, & many legged signs. MAKARA (Capricorn) alone is bird legged sign CANCER and SCORPIO are many legged signs MESHA (Aries), RISHABHA (Taurus), SIMHA (Leo) AND DHANU (Sagittarius) are four legged signs MITHUN (Gemini), KANYA (Virgo), TULA (Libra) and KUMBH (Aquarius) are two legged signs. Some times Meena (Pisces) is also considered as many legged rashi. SIRODAYA signs are more powerful during day time PRISHTODAYA are more powerful during night time UBHAYODAYA signs are powerful at both day and night

SIGHTS SIRODAYA signs look upward. PRISHTODAYA signs look sideways. (Like animals) BIRD SIGN also looks upwards. Many legged signs look downward and back, left or right side. ALL ODD SIGNSMESHA, MITHUNA, SIMHA, TULA, DHANU AND KUMBHA (6) are male signs. (English equivalents in order are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius) The others VRISHABHA, KATAKA, KANYA. VRISHCHIKA, MAKAR AND MEEN are female signs. (English equivalents in order are Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces) In these there is also distinction of single or double bodied signs MESHA (Aries) AND SIMHA (Leo) are Male single. MITHUNA (Gemini), TULA (Libra), DHANU (Sagittarius) AND KUMBA (Aquarius) are male and twin bodied. VRISHABH (Taurus), KARKA (Cancer), KANYA (Virgo) AND VRISHCHIK (Scorpio) are female and single. MAKAR (Capricorn) & MEEN (Pisces) are female double bodied. COLORS OF SIGNS MESHA, SIMHA AND DHANU are red in color. Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. VRISHABH, KARKA AND TULA are white. Taurus, Cancer and Libra. VRISHCHIKA, KUMBHA AND MEEN are Green. Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces MITHUN, KANYA AND MAKAR are dark colored. Gemini, Virgo and Capricorn. RESEMBLENCE OF SIGNS Mesha Aries - (RAM), Vrishabha Taurus - (BULL), Kataka Cancer - (Crab), Simha Leo - (Lion), Vrishchik Scorpio - (Scorpion), MITHUNA Gemini - (a couple man carrying a stick and women with veena and both sitting), KANYA Virgo - (a virgin with a germinating pot), TULA Libra - (man holding a balance in (standing position),

DHANU Sagittarius - (A Centaur horse up to neck and human head), MAKAR Capricorn - (Shark up to half and rest as deer), KUMBHA Aquarius - (man holding Water pot), MEENA Pisces - ( two fishes with heads and tails meeting each other swimming in opposite directions). RAYS OF SIGNS MESHA (Aries) = 7, VRISHAB (Taurus) = 8, MITHUNA (Gemini) = 5, KARKA (Cancer) = 3, SIMHA (Leo) = 7, KANYA (Virgo) =11, TULA (Libra) =2, VRISHCHIKA (Scorpio) = 4, DHANU (Sagittarius) = 6, MAKARA (Capricorn) = 8, KUMBHA (Aquarius) = 8, MEENA (Pisces) = 27 Nature of signs: - The are 3 in number 1) STANDING 2) ROTATING 3) STANDING AND ROTATING

VRISHBHA, SIMHA, VRISHCHIKA AND KUMBHA are standing signs. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio amd Aquarius. MESHA, KARKA, TULA AND MAKARA are rotating signs. Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. MITHUNA, KANYA, DHANU, MEENA are standing and rotating. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. CRAWLING& FLYING SIGNS CANCER & SCORPIO are crawling. MAKARA (Capricorn) & MEENA (Pisces) are flying signs. CASTE OF SIGNS DHANU (Sagittarius) & MEENA (Pisces) are Brahmins. MESHA (Aries) & SIMHA (leo) are Kshatriyas. KARKA (Cancer) & VRISHCHIK (Scorpio) are Vaishyas. MITHUNA (Gemini), TULA (Libra) & KUMBH (Aquarius) are Shudras. VRISHBA (Taurus), KANYA (Virgo) & MAKARA (Capricorn) are others. MESHA, KARKA, TULA AND MAKARA are DHATU RASHI Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

VRISHBHA, SIMHA, VRISHCHIK AND KUMBHA are MULA RASHI Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. MITHUN, KANYA, DHANU AND MEENA are JEEVA RASHI Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. DIRECTIONS OF SIGNS MESHA (Aries) = EAST, SIMHA (Leo) & DHANU (Sagittarius) = SOUTH EAST VRISHABHA (Taurus) = SOUTH, KANYA (Virgo) & MAKARA (Capricorn) = SOUTH WEST, MITHUNA (Gemini) =NORTH, TULA (Libra) & KUMBHA (Aquarius) = NORTH WEST, KARKA (Cancer) =NORTH, VRISHCHIK (Scorpio) & MEENA (Pisces) = NORTH EAST.

Saamakkol Aroodam Lesson 7

Nature of PLANETS Just as the signs the planets are also divided as Head rising, Hind rising and Head & hind rising MERCURY, JUPITER, VENUS &RAHU are HEAD RISING. SUN, MARS & SATURN are HIND RISING. MOON & KETU are HEAD & HIND RISING. SIRODAYA PLANETS are powerful in day. PRISHTODAYA are powerful in the night. Ubhayodaya are powerful all the 24 hrs. SIGHT MOON & JUPITER look straight. MARS looks sideways. SUN looks upward.

MERCURY & VENUS look downwards. RAHU&SATURN have a slanting look. GENDER SUN, MARS AND JUPITER= MALE MOON. VENUS &RAHU = FEMALE MERCURY, SATURN & KETU= EUNACH SINGLE &TWIN SUN & MARS= SINGLE MALE JUPITER = MALETWIN MOON= FEMALE SINGLE VENUS & RAHU= FEMALE TWIN MERCURY, SATURN & KETU = TWIN EUNUCH NOTE: - Signs have no eunuch and planets have no single eunuch Of the nodes Rahu is female and Ketu is eunuch COLOR OF PLANET JUPITER = GOLDEN COLOR SUN = DEEP ORANGE/SFFRON RED MARS = BLOOD RED VENUS= MILKY WHITE MOON = CRYSTALWHITE MERCURY = GREEN SATURN &RAHU = BLACK KETU = FLAME COLOR FEET OF PLANETS MERCURY, JUPITER and VENUS= TWO FEET

SUN, MARS, SATURN = FOUR LEGGED MOON and NODES = MANY FEET Caste of planets MOON & JUPITER = Brahmins SUN 7 MARS=Kshatriyas BUDHA = VAISHYA VENUS= SHUDRA SAT/RAHU/KETU = OTHER CASTES. SHAPES OF PLANETS SUN == SQUARE MOON= CRESENT MARS= DUMBELL SHAPED MERCURY = TROIANGLE JUPITER= ELONGATED CIRCLE VENUS = OCTAGONAL SATURN = TWISTED RAHU&KETU =LONG SNAKE OTHER SHAPE OF PLANETS Moon, Mars & Saturn ==short stature Mercury, Jupiter and nodes = long stature Sun & Venus = average RAYS OF PLANETS SUN=5, MOON=21, MARS= 7, MERCURY=9, JUPITER=10, VENUS=16, SATURN AND NODES= 4 EACH State of planets standing/ Rotating/ Standing and rotating.

SUN & VENUS = STANDING MOON, MARS, NODES = ROTATING MERCURY, JUPITER & SATURN == STANDING AND ROTATING IT IS ALSO TAKEN LIKE MOON AND NODES =CRAWLING MERCURY= FLYING ONES OTHERS = WALKING (SATURN IS SUPPOSED TO BE LAME WALKING WITH STICK) ILLUMINATION (Light) OF PLANETS SUN=5 MOON=2, MARS=14, MERCURY=9, JUPITER = 10, VENUS=11, SATURN=4 NODE=4 Note: - There is no clear explanation of this illumination (Light) in any of the texts. The author did not have any occasion to make use of it at any time in his career. Here itself we will also learn about the illumination of signs MESHA (Aries), KARKA (Cancer), TULA (Libra) AND KUMBHA (Aquarius) HAVE 8 EACH VRISHABHA (Taurus), MITHUNA (Gemini), MAKARA (Capricorn) have 6 each SIMHA (Leo) has= 7 KANYA (Virgo) & DHANU (Sagittarius)= 11 EACH VRISHCHIK (Scorpio) =4 MEENA (Pisces) = 27 DIRECTIONS OF PLANETS SUN=EAST, VENUS=SOUTH EAST, MARS=SOUTH, RAHU = SOUTH WEST, SATURN=WEST, MOON=NORTHWEST, MERCURY=NORTH, JUPITER = NORTH EAST.