Name
Enter name of the person whose
birthchart/jaatakam/kundali is to be done.
Birthdate
Enter the birthdate of the
person. Please verify this information. Exact birthdate is
required.
Birthtime
Enter the birthtime of the person
in 24 hour format. If the birth is after 12 noon then add 12 to
the hours. For example: 13:00 for 1:00 PM, 14:00 for 2:00 PM,
23:00 for 11:PM. For midnight 12:00 use 00:00.
LMT:
The standard time came into effect
after 1900 or so in many parts of the world. Before local time
was in effect. If you are trying to ener birthtime of a person
born before 1900 then most likely it will be LMT. But double
check records. Mostly this box should be unchecked.
Country
Select the birth country from the drop down selection box.
State
If your birth country is the United States then this drop down
selection box is automatically enabled. For other countries you
need only the birth country and birth city information.
City
Enter first few characters of your birth city. You'll be given a
drop down selection box. please select your birth city from
there. For Bombay use Mumbai, for Bangalore use Bengaluru, for
Madras use Chennai, likewise you can try the alternate names.
Timezone:
Countries east of London (GMT) will have a positive time difference
from GMT. This is dependent on the longitude. Every country has
a standard one or more timezone depending on the chosen
longitudes. For countries like America and Australia, we have
multiple timezones. For countries west of london will have a
negative time difference from London (GMT). Most online software
select -5.0 for America which is wrong. This field will be
automatically updated based on your city you've entered. Please
double check this information.
DST/Wartime
European countries, America,
Australia and other countries oberseve daylight saving. This
means the clock will be advanced to one hour during summer as
sun rises early. During the winter time the clock is switched
back to normal standard time. Now when this happens depends on
government rules. The dates may change every year. Please
validate this information from appropriate government
authorities. We have provided daylight saving information here
which will be updated automatically. We reply on data provided
to us and for birth past 1970s we may not have accurate daylight
saving information. For which you might need to talk to
appropriate government authorities of your county/country. Not
every state in united state observe daylight saving. Arizona
doesn't observe daylight saving. Certain counties in United
states didn't follow daylight and certain adjustant counties
did. Hence it is very important to obtain this information from
correct authorities. Wartime was in effect during the second
world war and also when a country enters a war with another one.
Please check with the local authorities at the time of birth to
obtain this information.
Longitude
Enter longitude of your birth place. This will be updated
automatically, depending on your birth city. Longitudes are
either east and west of GMT. They decide the standard and
localtime.
Latitude
Latitude run north and south of equator. Every location on the
earth will have an intersection of longitude and latitude. Think
it like a grid over earth. This will be updated automatically
when you enter city. Please double check the information.
Ayanamsha
The differnce between the origin of the fixed zodiac and the
tropical zodiac. Defining the zodiac is the big problem and
people have tried to solve it. The sky around earth is divided
into 12 equal parts. Each part is a zodiac. The earth is tilted
to roughly 23 degrees, and circles around sun with the tilt
pointing towards or away from sun. Earth also rotates on its own
axis. The precession of the equinoxes refers to the precession
of Earth's axis of rotation with respect to inertial space. As
the earth precesses every year the imaginary point of begining
of zoadic also slides by say roughly 50 seconds a year. This is
measured with reference to some fix star. This precession of the
equinoxes gives a birth to ayanamsha. It is the difference
between the tropical zodiac and the nirayana zodiac. So people
in the past have tried to pinpoint exact location of fixed
zodiac in the past. As They haven't agreed on which it should be
we have various opinions. Most widely used are Lahiri (Default)
also known as chitrapaksha. According to this the fixed or
sidereal zodiac starts exactly 180 degrees from chitra (the
spica) star. That origin is called nirayana mesha arambha bindu.