Worked example

First I solve one from start to finish. Read every line. Then you finish one that is half done.

Example 1: the Sun in Chart A

What we are given

• Chart A was born on 15 March 1991.
• A Western table gives the Sun at tropical longitude 354.3°.
• The ayanamsa for 1991 is 23.7°.

What we want: the Sun’s Vedic sign and degree.

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Step 1: Take away the gap

Sidereal = tropical − ayanamsa

354.3 − 23.7 = 330.6°

The answer is above 0, so there is nothing to fix.

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Step 2: Divide by 30

330.6 ÷ 30 = 11, with 0.6 left over.

Check: 11 × 30 = 330. And 330.6 − 330 = 0.6.

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Step 3: Find the sign

11 full signs have been passed. So the Sun is in sign number 11 + 1 = 12.

Sign 12 is Pisces.

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Step 4: Write the answer

The left over was 0.6.

The Sun is at Pisces 0.6° in the Vedic zodiac.

Now check the Western sign

Do the same thing to the tropical number, without taking away the gap.

354.3 ÷ 30 = 11, with 24.3 left over. That is also sign 12, Pisces.

So the Western Sun is at Pisces 24.3°, and the Vedic Sun is at Pisces 0.6°.

Look closely

Both zodiacs say Pisces, but only just. The Vedic Sun is 0.6° past the start of the sign. The Sun moves about 1° a day, so if Chart A had been born one day earlier, the Vedic Sun would be in Aquarius.

Example 2: you finish it

This one is Chart C, born on 28 June 1964.

• Tropical Sun: 96.2°
• Ayanamsa for 1964: 23.4°

I have done the first step. You do the rest.

Step 1, done for you: 96.2 − 23.4 = 72.8°

Step 2. Divide 72.8 by 30. What is the whole number?

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Step 3. Which sign is the Sun in?

Choose an answerAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesCheck

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Step 4. How many degrees into that sign is it?

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Last one. What is Chart C’s Western Sun sign?

Choose an answerAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesCheck

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