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Astrology in Ved

Astrology in Raamaayan;   Muhoort in Raamaayan

Astrology in Mahaabhaarat
by Sunil Bhattacharjya
(1) MBH does mention Raashi (Sign) a couple of times. The following verse appears in the Van Parv (188. 87). It says  that when the Moon, the Sun and Jupiter in Tisya come together in one Raashi (Sign), the Krit Yug (era or age) would begin. Can you say which Raashi the MBH is referring to if not the one of the 12 Raashi?

(2) MBH (6.3.17) mentions Brahm Raashi. It had Shravan and Abhijit Nakshatra. After the MBH times the Abhijit Nakshatra was dropped and the 12 Raashi were reconstituted with 27 equally spaced Nakshatra in place of earlier unequally spaced 28 Nakshatra. That shows that the MBH did use Raashi and that too before the presently used system came into vogue. One should not get confused by the use of the Abhijit Muhoort also in the MBH (1.123.36).

(3) In Van Parv, 188.88, there is a mention of Nakshatra also.
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Astrology in Others
(1) Vedaang Jyotish (1400-1800 BC) mentions Meen Prbhriti Rahasya, which means Meen (Pisces) and other Rashi. It is another thing that A Weber unnumbered and removed the Raashi verse from the Vedaang Jyotish, saying that it mentions Brihaspati and Brihaspati according to him is not mentioned in Ved. That showed only the ignorance of Weber. Sudhakar Dwivedi did not allow it to be dropped entirely and he kept the unnumbered verse in the Vedaang Jyotish.

(2) Ved also mentions the Raashi but western scholars, who want straight meanings cannot see these. Anyway I am giving a few of the references below :

Vrishabh Raashi (Rig Ved,  6.47.5; 8.93.1),
Mithun Raashi (Rig Ved,  3.39.3),
Sinha Raashi (Rig Ved,  5.83.7; 9.89.3),.
Kanyaa Raashi (Rig Ved,  6.49.7) and
Kumbh Raashi (Rig Ved,  7.33.13)

(3) Some Puraan also mention the Raashi. The Vaaman Puraan particularly gives the specific Nakshatra and Nakshatra Pad too in the different Raashi. The Puraan have to follow the five criteria called Panch Lakshan and according to one of them the historical part has to be kept updated. That is why some Puraan, particularly those emphasizing the history, kept themselves up to date up to the Gupta period. Some western scholars, unaware of the Panch Lakshan, get confused by seeing events up to the time of Gupta period in these Puraan.

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