Tithi Humans, according to Sage Mahatapas the great ascetic, are born from the Hiranyagarbha, the cosmic

womb in their different forms to the world we live in. They represent separate principles of creation, all being distinct yet the same. Each person is connected to the Atma, the eternal soul that never dies. A portion of this eternal soul comes through the Hiranyagarbha to earth in the form of the Jiva Atma, the living soul. Sun is atma and Moon is Jiva atma. The daily distance between the Sun and Moon is a tithi. The principles of divinity are the deities that rule the tithis. These are Agni, Ashwini Kumaras, Gauri, Ganapati, Nagas, Kartikeya, Aditya, Matrs, Durga, Diks, Kubera, Vishnu, Yama, Rudra, Chandra and Pitris. Birth on the tithi will show what divine principle you are working with and how to deal with and get the best out of it. Tithis represent the different natures of human life if when properly understood give us the opportunity to preserve our precious amrita that the soul has gathered over its previous lifetimes. It shows our weaknesses, our strengths as well as the connections to the deities. Each tithi is a personification of a deity that divided itself in two halves. One that remained in eternity and the other that came down to earth to face the law of karma and guard the soul. The Tithi Basics From their conjunction at the New moon, the Sun and the Moon move away from each other 12 per day. This is known as a lunar day or as a Tithi. A lunar month has 30 tithis. Each tithi is slightly shorter than the solar day. A lunar year is of 48 weeks. Tithis are the lunar steps to and away from the Sun, the daily interaction of the living with the eternal. The lunar month is divided into two fortnights known as Pakshas. The Pakshas are 1. Shukla Paksha- the bright half of the Moon, from the New Moon to the full Moon. 15 tithis belong to the waxing cycle of the moon. 2. Krishna Paksha- the dark half of the Moon, from the Full Moon to the New Moon. 15 tithis belong to the waning cycle of the Moon In the Indian almanac, the tithis are always represents by numbers from 1 (the first day) to 15 (the full moon). After the 15th day of the Lunar cycle, the next tithi is known as the number 1 again, then 2, 3, 4 and onwards to 14. The 30th day- the darkest night of the lunar month is known as Amavasya and number 30 represent this. Amavasya is when the Sun and Moon's longitude is the same again. The lunar days (tithis) of both the bright and dark half of the month are below:

Day One

Tithi Pratipada

Quality One Giving Rise

Deity Agni

Two Three

Dwitiya Tritiya

Auspicious Strength & Power

Ashwini Kumar/Brahma Gauri - Wife of Shiva

Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

Chathurthi Panchami Shasti Saptami Ashtami Navami Dashami

Negative Laxmi/Wealth Fame Friendly Conflict Agressive Soft

Ganapati Naga Kartika-Mars Surya - Sun Shiva/Matrgana Durga Yama - the God of Death/Diks - Godesses of the Ten Directions

Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen/Full Moon Thirtieth

Ekadashi Dwadashi Trayodashi Chaturdashi Purnima

Happiness Fame Victory Agressive Soft

Vishwedeva/Kuber/Vayu Vishnu Kamdeva/Dharma Shiva/Rudra Soma

Amavasya

Inauspicious

Pitris

You always refer to the days as Shukla Trayodashi meaning the 3rd day of the waxing Moon or Krishna Pratipada, the 1st day of the waning Moon. 4th, 9th and 14th tithis are known as Rikta tithis. Rikta means unsupported and they are generally avoided in starting auspicious projects. Originally the birth dates were always given in terms of tithis rather than the date of birth. When I asked my grandmother the date of birth, she told me that she was born at sunrise on the 5th tithi of the month of Bhadra ( Sun in Virgo) in the year George V visited India (1911).

The annual birthday is usually celebrated in two ways. One is celebrated on the day the Sun is in its birth rashi and the Moon is in the birth nakshatra. If you sun at birth is in Leo and the Moon in Ashwini. The annual birthday will be the date when these two are in their natal positions. The annual birthday would be different on different dates. The second is Tithi Pravesh. Pravesh means to enter. The day the Tithi is the same as on the day of birth - in effect the angle between the sun and the moon is the same - is taken as the annual birthday. The yearly chart analysis is also done from tithi pravesh rather than solar return chart. As solar return only takes the sun and its return as the main factor, not both the luminaries, it does not give the complete picture of the coming year. Karana The Karana is half a tithi. Karna means to take action, to do. The karanas have the ability to strengthen or mar a tithi. They represent the underlying influences. Karana are underlying energies and have to be studied as subordinate to the tithis not the other way round. Karana are the 6 difference between the Sun and the Moon. They are 60 in all. There are thirty tithis and sixty karanas. There are 11 types of Karanas. Four fixed and seven movable. The fixed Karanas are Shakuni, Chatuspada, Naga and Kintughna are negative. The seven movable Karanas are Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti. They start with Bava on the second half of the first tithi and repeat themselves in the same order eight times in a lunar month. The four fixed Karanas start with the 2nd half of the 14th day of the Krishna paksha, Amavasya and the first half of the 1st Tithi of the Shukla Paksha. The first karana in shukla paksha is always the fixed Kintughna. The fixed karanas do not repeat themselves. Nitya Yoga Nitya means daily and yoga means a yoke or connection. The Panchanga yoga is different from the yogas formed by the planets. The yoga is formed by the daily connection between of the Sun and Moon. The Moon travels 13 20' away from the Sun each day. These 13 20' sections (similar length of a nakshatra) form a yoga. A yoga is a subtle blending of solar and lunar energies that give special indications every day. There are 27 such yogas formed and each one is linked to a particular nakshatra. Some are malefic in nature and others benefic. The yoga at the time of the birth influences the personality and also gives the yogi and avayogi planets. The yogas are connected to the nakshatras but are different from the planetary nakshatras. Yogi planet and Yogi Point Yogi planet is a planet for prosperity and avayogi give the opposite results. The exact degree of the yoga becomes the yogi point. The ruler of the nakshatra where this point is yogi planet and the ruler of the Rashi the nakshatra is in, is known as the duplicate yogi. The 6th nakshatra from the yogi nakshatra is the avayogi nakshatra and its ruler is the avayogi planet.

Yogi point is an extremely positive degree in the natal chart, when benefics transit over this point, you can expect major material success. The house where the yogi planet is placed in the chart gets enhanced. Avayogi can cause trouble. The duplicate yogi is also a planet that helps. There is no duplicate avayogi. The dasha of yogi planets give good results and avayogi will give negative. In relationships compatibility, if your partners ascendant ruler is your yogi planet, it bring good fortune to your relationship whereas if it is your avayogi planet, it can bring debt, pain and incompatibility. It is important not to get carried away by the principle of yogi and avayogi planets but to view them as supplementary information that enhances the natal analysis. While they have the ability to alter the final judgement, they are not the only factor to consider. The Yogas

Yoga 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Vishkumbha Preeti Ayusmana Saubhagya Shobhana Atiganda Sukarma Dhriti Shoola Ganda Vriddhi Druva Vyaghata Harshana Vajra

Nakshatra Pushya Ashlesha Magha P Phalguni U Phalguni Hasta Chitra Swati Vishakha Anuradha Jyeshta Mula P Ashadha U Ashadha Sharvana

Yogi Planet Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Sun Moon Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Sun Moon

Avayogi Moon Mars Rahur Jupitar Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Moon Moon Moon Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Siddhi Vyatipata Variyana Parigha Shiva Siddha Sadhya Shubha Shukla Brahma Indra Vaidhrati

Dhanishta Shatabhishak P Bhadra U Bhadra Revati Ashwini Bharani Krittka Rohini Mrigasira Ardra Punarvasu

Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Sun Moon Mars Rahu Jupiter

Ketu Venus Sun Moon Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Sun