Ishta Ghatika

[rita]

I read an article which uses Ishta Ghatika for Nakshatra Shuddhi, i.e., for birth time rectification. Can somebody please tell me whether Ishta Ghatika is calculated in JHora. And if it is, where do I look for it?

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Rita,

ISHTA KAAL IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS ISHTA GHATI. Istakaal is the difference between sunrise and time of birth. HERE THE BIRTH TIME MUST BE CONVERTED TO LOCAL MEAN TIME.

This is used in BTR. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT ABOUT THE PROCEDURE

REGARDS
RAMANAN






























































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[lovacrs]

I think it is the same as "Janma Ghati" shown in JHora "Basics" --> "Key Info" tab

[rita]

I think it is the same as "Janma Ghati" shown in JHora "Basics" --> "Key Info" tab

Thank you lovacrs.

Do I need to change any settings in JHora to derive the correct value of Janma Ghati? As Ramananji says it has to be Local Mean Time, how do I ensure JHora is using that?

[rita]

Dear Rita,

ISHTA KAAL IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS ISHTA GHATI. Istakaal is the difference between sunrise and time of birth. HERE THE BIRTH TIME MUST BE CONVERTED TO LOCAL MEAN TIME.

This is used in BTR. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT ABOUT THE PROCEDURE

REGARDS
RAMANAN

Thanks Ramananji.

However I tried to search on the internet, but the examples I found are not very clear to follow. I would be grateful if you could use this time of birth as an example and explain how to calculate Ishta Kaal:

28th December 1970
16:30pm
Nairobi, Kenya

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Rita,

The sun rise time given in j hora for the date of birth given is....6.31.50...Your time of birth is 16.30.All we have to do is just find out as to how many ghatis have elapsed between the the sun rise and the time of birth.One ghati is 24 minutes.

To make calculations easy...Let us assume the sun rise time to be 6.30 AM...The birth time is 16.30 hours. so 10 hrs has elapsed and 10 hrs is 25 ghatis. , as 2.5 ghatis is one hour.

I think j hora calculates this for you and you need not take the pains to convert an hour in to ghatis and ghatis in to vighatis.



Regards
Ramanan

[rita]

Thanks Ramananji.

I'll use JHora to make it easier.

[lovacrs]

I think it is the same as "Janma Ghati" shown in JHora "Basics" --> "Key Info" tab

Thank you lovacrs.

Do I need to change any settings in JHora to derive the correct value of Janma Ghati? As Ramananji says it has to be Local Mean Time, how do I ensure JHora is using that?

JHora gives you an option to use LMT (local mean time) for chart generation. There is a check box in the birth data dialogue. Just use that and see the calculated Janma Ghati.

If you are calculating manually as Ramananji has suggested you can use the local sun rise time published in a regional almanac (panchaang) and the birth time as per local standard time.