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A NOTE ON NADI AMSHAS

By "Daivagna Ratna" P.V.R.RAYUDU B.E.,M.Tech
WHAT IS NADI AMSHA?
Most of the astrologers may be knowing by now what is Nadi amsha. For the benefit of others,
the Nadi amsha is the subtlest division of a rashi (sign) suggested by Sage Satyacharya similar to
the Vargas (divisions) given by Sage Parasara. It is generally the 150th part of rashi, amounting
to 12' of arc or 48 seconds in time if 2 hours duration is taken for rashi. In the Chararashis
(moveable) it is counted clockwise from the beginning of rashi, in the Sthira rashis (fixed) anti
clockwise from the end of rashi and in the Dwiswabhava rashis (dual/common) from the middle
of rashi. Different names are given for each nadi amsha such as Vasudha, Vaishnavi etc the last
nadi amsha being called Parameshwari. Thus the first nadi amsha of Vasudha in chara rashi will
be the 150th in the sthira rasi and 76th in the Dwiswabhava rasi. The names chosen also seem to
indicate some good or bad nature of the particular amsha similar to the names given in
Shatshtyamsha.
Each nadi amsha is again divided into two parts called Poorvabhaga (first part) and Uttarabhaga
(second part), amounting to total of 300 parts, each
part consisting of 6' in arc or 24 seconds in time. Some nadi astrologers divide the nadi
amasha into 4 parts, amounting to a total of 600 parts, called Kalas each Kala consisting of 3'
in arc or 12 seconds in time, to distinguish the role and duty of an individual as Brahmin,
Kshatriya, Vysya or Sudra in the broad fields of religious / philosophical guidance, ruling,
trading, or service respectively.
Sthula(broad)life patterns are given for 1st & 2nd part of each nadi amsha in a Lagna
(Ascendant).The general life patterns for some of these nadi amshas in a lagna are covered in the
Astrological magazine of Bangalore, India. Sukshma (subtle) patterns are to be evolved with
the position of planets in the particular chart.
HOW THE NADI AMSHA IS VISUALIZED?
Now let us see how this nadi amsha divisions might have arrived at by our ancient astrologers. It
is mainly based on Tatwa/Antar Tatwa Siddantha. The order of the tatwas and their duration are
Prithvi tatwa (earth) 6 minutes, Jala tatwa (water) 12 minutes, Tejo tatwa (fire) 18 minutes, Vayu
tatwa (air) 24 minutes and Akash tatwa(ether) 30 minutes. That means, for every 90 minutes the
tatwas complete one round and start the second round. Thus in 24 hours, 16 rounds will be
done.In this the odd number rounds are Savya (clockwise) and the even number rounds are
apasasvya (anti clockwise). Now, if you take Prithvi tatwa of 6 minutes and its Antar tatwa
duration will be 24 seconds (6 multiplied by 6 and divided by 90), which is the time taken for
each part of nadi amsha.

Now consider the Aroha (upward) and Avaroha (downward) motions of duration in Prithvi Antar
tatwa as follows:
Aroha AntaraTime (Mins-Secs)Avaroha AntharaTime (Mins-Secs)Prithvi0-12Akash1-00Jala024Vayu0-48Tejo0-36Tejo0-36Vayu0-48Jala0-24Akash1-00Prithvi0-12TOTAL3-003-00
You can see that the duration is still sub-divided into minimum of 12 seconds, which is time
taken for each Kala of nadi amsha.
This scheme is given in the book "Jyotisha Siddhamthamu" (out of print now) written in 1973
in South Indian Telugu language by my Guru Late
"DaivagnaRatna" & "Vidya Visarada" Sri Divakaruni Venkata Subba Rao, quoting "Jataka
Phalachintamani" that the tatwas take avaroha also.
MALE/FEMALE BIRTHS - RECTIFICATION OF BIRTH TIME
Based on this, tables are evolved to find out the male/female birth after sunrise as per the birth
tatwa, chara/sthira/dwiswabhava lagnas, day and Moon nakshatra (constellation).The tatwas
represent male/female birth as: Prithvi male, Jala female, Tejo male, Vayu female and Akash
male. From these tables, time of birth can be rectified to suit the male or female birth. Of
course, Mr.M.V.Rao in his article "Rectification of birth time "Bhrugu nadi" in the magazine
"The Times of Astrology" March 1973, Prof.P.S.Sasti in his book "Rectification of birth (An
analytical approach) published by M/s Rangoon Publications of Delhi in 1996 and Mr.Marc
Penciled in his book "The Nadi System of Rectification" in 1976 gave their own tables and
interpretations for correcting the birth time for male/female
birth, without going into Aroha & Avaroha Antar Tatwas. Anyway, it is for the readers to find
their best method to rectify the birth time for male/female birth. In either case, the calculation of
correct Sun rise time is very important. I do not propose to discuss the same in detail here as it is
not directly connected to the present topic.
MY NADI AMSHA MODEL
My date of birth is 7 September 1938, Place of birth Vizianagram, Andorra Prudish, India
Longitude 83-27 East, Latitude 18-07 North. The time of birth is given in the old records as 7
ghettos 55 vighatis after Sun rise. The Day of birth is Wednesday. The Moon Nakshatra is
Savanna 4th pad. Following the system given in the book "Jyotisha Siddhamthamu", following
Antar tatwas, the birth is in Tejo anat. tatwa in Jala tatwa, Tejo representing male birth to suit
to the other conditions of Libra chara rashi lagna, Wednesday and Moon nakshatra of Savanna.
This matches the time of birth of 9-00 AM LMT or 8-56-16 AM ITS, as obtained from the
original record and hence no rectification of birth time is required. This would give about 6
degrees in Libra lagna depending on the Amasha used. Now, the nadi amsha patterns around
this 6 degrees in moveable lagna are to be checked, as given in the Astrological magazine of
Bangalore, India, relating to 31st nadi amsha by name "Kampala" from 6 to 6-12 in moveable

sign and 32nd nadi amsha by name "Quanta" from 6-12 to 6-24, for two parts in each nadi
amsha.
For the sake of interest and appreciation of the readers, I quote below the general life pattern
given for the second part of Kamalamsha (6-6 to 6-12) from Dhruva Nadi:
"The native belongs to a Shudder caste.(?). He is a devotee of Vishnu and is the 8th issue (?) to
his parents. He is born in a city. His parents are long lived. His father lives as an employee of
the State moving about in different places. He serves a Niche Parch. His profession in to do
with chemicals and minerals (Rasayargada-moolena Dhabi dravyadhi Haitian). His father is a
welted man. He lives in a foreign country. He has a number of friends. His mother is a lady of
great moral character and discipline. His eldest brother is not alive. He has a long life and
well built body (?) and a dark complexion (?). He is educated. He is dutiful to his parents and
is Satwik by nature. He has respect for the Brahmins and Gods. He is moderate in his ambitions
and his talk. He has the knack to read others' characters, but inclined to deceive his friends (?).
He is an eloquent speaker. He is employed in the Defense department (Senapatimupashritya). He
marries a good looking girl of character in his 21st (?) year. His real prosperity begins after
marriage. When he is 16 (?) a great misfortune hits the family because of his father's Yoga
bhanga. His father becomes much afflicted due to the machinations of enemies and loss of
wealth. After his 22nd year, he gets a daughter (?). His father's enemies become crushed and
things will again improve. His parents become extremely happy. At 29 he gets into the good
glances of ruler. His father dies when he is 32 (?). There is continuous prosperity after 35. At
36 his mother dies(?). At 40 he has a big lift in the position. He is sent to foreign countries on
errands. He gets plenty of money and two conveyances. At 42 he gets Raja Mudra. 2 sons and 1
daughter (?) are long lived. He is helpful to others. He gives charities. His sons also prosper.
He prospers like the waxing Moon till his death. At 64 his wife dies. At 65 he passes away."
I may mention here that the general pattern mostly matches except for the ages and the question
mark (?) is given in the brackets wherever it differs. The idea to give this reading is only to
appraise the readers how a general life pattern is given from the lagna nadi amsha only. The
patterns in the other nearer nadi amshas are not discussed to save space. It is not also necessary
that all the points have to match correctly since it is only a broad background key to
subsequently link it up intelligently with the actual planetary positions for understanding the
actual life events.
COMMENTS
Though it is fairly understood how the nadi amsha divisions are visualized by our great ancient
astrologers, it is still a hard nut to crack how they could have given the general life pattern of
each nadi amsha without referring to any particular lagna and planetary positions. It seems that
there are 108 tatwas, what are they and whether they are also linked up the nadi amshas is not
known. This minute division sets the seed of an individual. If the correct nadi amsha is
established, which is not so easy, there is a bird's eye view of the entire past and future of the
person concerned. Each nadi amsha has got its own peculiar characteristics, but it

can clearly indicate one's pattern of destiny. In relation to planetary positions, birth star etc it
can give an idea of one's parentage, number of brothers, sisters etc. A nadi amsha connected with
a birth star and certain other planetary situations can enable us to predict future events with
considerable accuracy. In fact, it seems, that Sage Satyacharya, father of Nadi Astrology, says
that in the absence of the correct nadi amsha, the time of birth cannot be decided accurately.
During my recent visit to USA to give lectures on this topic of Hindu Astrology in the
conferences of American Federation of Astrologers and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, on their
invitation, I found there in a World almanac book that for every 3 seconds 9 births and 6 deaths
take place ( it is for the scholars to understand where the other extra 3 births are coming from).
That means, this nadi amsha division that a human birth takes place in every 12 seconds also
may not hold good in the present circumstances. The present nadi amshas might have been
written in the ancient times when the birth rate is very slow. Also it looks that these patterns are
visualized to suit more to some particular regions within some distance of longitudes.
Therefore, it is the moral duty of every astrologer to collect and maintain the birth data and life
events of the known individuals and discuss with others in the field with an open mind and
research angle or present their findings in this esteemed journal or elsewhere for the benefit of
others in the field. Then probably we may get similar charts on the same day with different
lagna parts and life stories, born to different parents or as twins, in different countries to really
do some research. By subjecting the Sage's revelation to proper investigation and research,
some rules may be formulated to pinpoint the correct moment of birth, if God permits the
ancient astrological wonders may be revived again and a new Nadi Grantha may evolve to suit
to the present modern circumstances. It is also necessary for all astrologers to thoroughly
study the available literature on Nadi astrology, though scanty, and attempt to collect as much
information as possible for real research.

Nadi-Amsha Table
Created on 01 July 1999
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