What I write now is based on article published in the" TimesOfIndia" a few years back under the "Speaking Tree".It was entitled "Dating the Ramayana with Valmiki"s clues" written by Saurabh Kwatra.
Kwatra has tried to use astronomical data provided in Valmiki's Ramayana to date the events mentioned in the Ramayana in a chronological reality.What I am trying to do is to summarise what the author has written in his article.
That ancient Indians had an accurate method of time measurement is today an accepted fact.They regularly used and recoded the" tithis" or dates according to the phases of the Moon,the months,the solstices,equinoxes and the positions of astrologically relevant luminaries like the Sun,Jupiter,Venus etc.All this meant that the timings of events were recorded in the astronomical format.All that is therefore required to use this information on h of the Ramayanaeavenly positions into a simple calendrical time line.
Rishi Valmiki,the celebrated composer of the Ramayana records the birth of Rama in Uttarayana in the Chaitra month,in bright fortnight,on the ninth day of Punarvasu nakshatra on a Monday and under Karka Lagna.Rishi Valmiki also gives details of the birth with various planetary positions in the zodiac:
Sun in Mesha at 10deg.;
Mars in Capricorn at 28deg;
Jupiter in Cancer at 5deg;
Venus in Pisces at 27deg; and
Saturn in Libra at 20deg.
These starry combinations have occurred only once so far as measurable history is concerned and therefore helps to fix the important date,the birthday of Rama,as 4December,7323BC.Today this tithi, celebrated as Ram Navami, has shifted by about 4months in the course of the last 9300years.
Another important date in the Ramayana is the date Rama left Ayodhya on his 14 year exile.Valmiki gives the following stellar positions for this event:
"Crux(Trishanku),Mars,Jupiter and Mercury have cornered the Moon.Vaishakha and MilkyWay are shining in the sky".Using this additional input,astronomical rules fix Rama's exile at a time he turned 17years of age.Another event,Hanuman's return from Lanka after discovering Sita (in Sundarkanda) can similarly pin pointed as occurring on a Pushya Poornima.
Using the above techniques, the pivotal events of he Ramayana can be fixed at the following dates:
Rama's birth 5December,7323 BC
Rama's marriage with Sita 7April,7307 BC
Rama's exile 29November,7306BC
Hanuman's entry in Lanka 1Sept,7292BC
Hanuman's meeting with Sita 2Sept,7292BC
Construction of Ram Setu 26-30Oct7292BC
Beginning of the War with Ravana 3Nov7292BC
Kumbhakarna's death 7Nov7292BC
Ravana's killing by Rama 15Nov7292BC
Rama's return to Ayodhya 6Dec7292BC..
The last event,celebrated as Deepawali, should also have advanced by about four months, but strangely the event falls in Oct-Nov each year.No one has been able to explain this satisfactorily so far.
According to Kwatra, the birth chart and the course of events in Rama's life is so precise that it can be used as a case study in support of Astrology as`a science.The natal chart indicates a`yogic RajyaYoga a very rare planetary combination where the native rises to be a king but leading a life renouncing wordly pleasures.It is an establshed fact that Rama lived a simple hermit's life.Mars in 7th,exalted.indicates a bold and courageous spouse,but at the same time with a sharp tongue.It was the latter that led Lakshamana to leave Sita alone in the cottage and go in search of Rama.Venus' exalted position in the 9th house of travel and destiny gives a public life with the spouse.Sita followed Rama during his exile while Lakshmana had to leave his consort behind.The Jupiter-Moon conjunction in Cancer forms the well known Gaja Kesari Yoga blessing the native with simplicity,honesty,and religiosity and confers fame.Sun the significator of soul in deep exaltation (in the Aries) in the 10th house of karma suggests that Rama was a higher,perhaps a dual soul.The King of Ayodhya and the Divine Incarnate of Lord Vishnu simultaneously."
Kwatra has tried to use astronomical data provided in Valmiki's Ramayana to date the events mentioned in the Ramayana in a chronological reality.What I am trying to do is to summarise what the author has written in his article.
That ancient Indians had an accurate method of time measurement is today an accepted fact.They regularly used and recoded the" tithis" or dates according to the phases of the Moon,the months,the solstices,equinoxes and the positions of astrologically relevant luminaries like the Sun,Jupiter,Venus etc.All this meant that the timings of events were recorded in the astronomical format.All that is therefore required to use this information on h of the Ramayanaeavenly positions into a simple calendrical time line.
Rishi Valmiki,the celebrated composer of the Ramayana records the birth of Rama in Uttarayana in the Chaitra month,in bright fortnight,on the ninth day of Punarvasu nakshatra on a Monday and under Karka Lagna.Rishi Valmiki also gives details of the birth with various planetary positions in the zodiac:
Sun in Mesha at 10deg.;
Mars in Capricorn at 28deg;
Jupiter in Cancer at 5deg;
Venus in Pisces at 27deg; and
Saturn in Libra at 20deg.
These starry combinations have occurred only once so far as measurable history is concerned and therefore helps to fix the important date,the birthday of Rama,as 4December,7323BC.Today this tithi, celebrated as Ram Navami, has shifted by about 4months in the course of the last 9300years.
Another important date in the Ramayana is the date Rama left Ayodhya on his 14 year exile.Valmiki gives the following stellar positions for this event:
"Crux(Trishanku),Mars,Jupiter and Mercury have cornered the Moon.Vaishakha and MilkyWay are shining in the sky".Using this additional input,astronomical rules fix Rama's exile at a time he turned 17years of age.Another event,Hanuman's return from Lanka after discovering Sita (in Sundarkanda) can similarly pin pointed as occurring on a Pushya Poornima.
Using the above techniques, the pivotal events of he Ramayana can be fixed at the following dates:
Rama's birth 5December,7323 BC
Rama's marriage with Sita 7April,7307 BC
Rama's exile 29November,7306BC
Hanuman's entry in Lanka 1Sept,7292BC
Hanuman's meeting with Sita 2Sept,7292BC
Construction of Ram Setu 26-30Oct7292BC
Beginning of the War with Ravana 3Nov7292BC
Kumbhakarna's death 7Nov7292BC
Ravana's killing by Rama 15Nov7292BC
Rama's return to Ayodhya 6Dec7292BC..
The last event,celebrated as Deepawali, should also have advanced by about four months, but strangely the event falls in Oct-Nov each year.No one has been able to explain this satisfactorily so far.
According to Kwatra, the birth chart and the course of events in Rama's life is so precise that it can be used as a case study in support of Astrology as`a science.The natal chart indicates a`yogic RajyaYoga a very rare planetary combination where the native rises to be a king but leading a life renouncing wordly pleasures.It is an establshed fact that Rama lived a simple hermit's life.Mars in 7th,exalted.indicates a bold and courageous spouse,but at the same time with a sharp tongue.It was the latter that led Lakshamana to leave Sita alone in the cottage and go in search of Rama.Venus' exalted position in the 9th house of travel and destiny gives a public life with the spouse.Sita followed Rama during his exile while Lakshmana had to leave his consort behind.The Jupiter-Moon conjunction in Cancer forms the well known Gaja Kesari Yoga blessing the native with simplicity,honesty,and religiosity and confers fame.Sun the significator of soul in deep exaltation (in the Aries) in the 10th house of karma suggests that Rama was a higher,perhaps a dual soul.The King of Ayodhya and the Divine Incarnate of Lord Vishnu simultaneously."
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