(In the Mahab­hara­ta, after the return of the Pan­davas to Hasti­na­pu­ra fol­low­ing their mar­riage to Drau­pa­di, they are told to...

Rishi Lomasa arrives While Arju­na is in Indra loka, the oth­er Pan­davas and Drau­pa­di are ill at ease. They sore­ly miss Arju­na....

Skan­daarpanam! Aum Tat Sat! Skan­da Guru Swaminey Namah Aum Tat Purushaaya Vitma­he Maha Senaya Dheemahi Dhan­no Skan­dap Pra­cho­dayaad...

(Con­tin­ued from “Nara­da and the Maya of Shi­va”) When Vish­nu left, the great rishi Nara­da roamed over the Earth vis­it­ing Shi­va...

We have looked at the fun­da­men­tals of astron­o­my. Let us under­stand how time­keep­ing is relat­ed to the astro­nom­i­cal cycles or...

Uttarayana and Dakshinayana The move­ment of the sun along the eclip­tic from its most norther­ly dec­li­na­tion of +23.5 ° to its most...

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Syn­op­sis: Hin­du units of time Pan­changam Thithi - How to cal­cu­late the thithi Vasara Karana Yoga Naksha­tra, masa and ritu...

Syn­op­sis: Intro­duc­tion The celes­tial sphere The eclip­tic Equinox­es Right ascen­sion and dec­li­na­tion Hori­zon dia­grams...

Syn­op­sis: Prana and nadi The three swara Swara Yoga -Swara and thithi -Swara and rashi chakra The breath, space and time At the very...

Syn­op­sis: Trop­i­cal and side­re­al zodi­ac Ayanamsha Reck­on­ing of the day Reck­on­ing of the year Reck­on­ing of the month - Month...

The sto­ry of Nala and Damayan­thi Once, a rishi called Bri­hadaswa vis­its them. Bri­hadaswa is an expert in the game of dice. He says,...

Remedy#1 * Take a piece of chukku (dry gin­ger), rub it on a san­danakal (grind­ing stone) with a lit­tle water to make a paste. *...

Remedy#1 * Cut gin­ger into pieces and mash it using pes­tle and mor­tar to extract the juice. * Take the extract­ed gin­ger juice in a...

Rem­e­dy for wounds Crush kadukkai (Black Myrobal­an), add kar­pooram pow­der (edi­ble cam­phor) and apply to open wounds to stop the...

Rem­e­dy #1 Take a spoon­ful of Vend­heyam (Fenu­greek seeds) and cur­ry leaves and fry them in a pan. Now pour a glass of water to it...