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Background
and Technical Explanation of Karma Index
- by Satrajit Majumdar
Vedic Astrology has stood the test of time. The ancient
Vedic Principles are now over 6,000 years old, and
can be made even more relevant as we enter the new
millennium in helping us empower our lives. More so
today than ever, Astrology can help point the way,
it can give us more awareness and a tool to make proper
choices in life.
Here we demonstrate how the ancient Ashtakbarga techniques
of Vedic Astrology can be used effectively for the
purpose of predicting future events and also how it
can be used conclusively to analyze past events in
the life of an entity.
The entity could be anything- a human being, a country
or a corporation, which has a natal horoscope chart.
The underlying unity is that such an entity is governed
by collective or individual will, and has a freedom
of choice. It is of course imperative that it has
a date of birth, place of birth and time of birth,
based on which a natal horoscope is cast and of the
natal horoscope can be computed thereafter.
Ashtakbarga is a unique tool in Vedic Astrology, which
quantifies the benefic and malefic influence of each
planet in precise numerical terms. It is unique in
that it combines the effects of different planets
and can integrate the effects of different planets
with respect to each other. It is also unique that
it integrates the natal effects of planets with their
transit status in a very simple and elegant manner,
compared to very difficult progression techniques
of Western Astrology or Dasha Vichar, or Varshaphal
techniques of Vedic Astrology.
Further through Astkabarga, a dynamic model for planet's
effects can be built up, whereas all the other techniques
mentioned above are essentially a static model which
depends on the horoscope at a specific time, be it
the natal chart or the yearly chart or monthly chart.
Since the planets are in perpetual motion, a dynamic
model is always preferable over a static model. Further,
it is a totally integrated close loop system where
the effects of all the planets are simultaneously
considered. It is universal and internally consistent
and it also is least dependent on an individual astrologer’s
judgment. This is because the parameters are very
well quantified. Each planet has a universal constant
of 8 dots of destiny (Benefic and Malefic combined).
A chart has universal constant of 337 or 386 or 429
dots of destiny depending on whether one includes
or excludes Lagna (Ascendant) or Rahu. Probably, this
is the reason why Maitreyee says to Parashar in the
introduction to Ashtakbarga:
"Please teach
me that shastra which even people with low intellect
can understand and make use of for ascertaining happy
or unhappy events also the longevity by analyzing
the position of planets at the time of consideration"
(Dots of Destiny by Vinaya Aditya).
At a later stage, Ashtakbarga techniques somewhat
lost its importance. The author believes that primarily
due to the immense calculations that are demanded,
astrologers stopped using it. Not everybody is as
fluent in fast computation as Shakuntala Devi.
However, with the advance of information technology
in the last decade, and with enormous computing power
now being available at the hands of an astrologer,
there is bound to be renewed interest in Ashtakbarga,.
More and more astrologers will start using Ashtakbarga,
with vengeance for working out their predictions.
Ashtakbarga, will also take its rightful place in
prediction technique and will not be yet another tool
for Gochar or transit prediction.
One can then truly appreciate the significance of
Parashar‘s statement:
"We can give general
(Samanya) predictions on the basis of the natal chart.
But definite (Nischaya) predictions can be obtained
only by Ashtakbarga"
(Secrets of Ashtakbarga, by Prof. P. S. Shastri).
With this preamble, I would now like to describe a
new software program called "Karma Index". This software
exploits the power of Ashtakbarga, and has been developed
by us in Cyber Astro.
The Karma Index software first computes the standard
Ashtakbarga from a horoscope chart. Presently we use
a 337 model that is without considering contributions
of Lagna (Ascendant) and Rahu. The input required
for this is the position of planets and Ascendant
position in the chart only. However, we also input
the shadbal of the 7 planets from the natal chart.
We then compute an average natal benefic and malefic
coefficient of every planet on the basis of both shadbal
and Natal Ashtakbarga strength of each planet, based
on the number of benefic dots received by each planet
in their Natal sign as per their individual Bhinnashtaka
Varga. We then compute the daily strength of each
planet based on the status of benefic dots received
by the planet in the particular sign from its Bhinnashtak
and Sarvashtak status.
The values are suitably modified based on whether
they have received any benefic dots with reference
to Kakshya lord that they are transiting at any point
of time. The values are further modified with the
dignity of the planet with reference to the Kakshya
lord, sign lord as well as the sthanbal, combust and
retrogression status of the planet with reference
to the sign it is transiting at any given day. The
whole value is then further discounted with respect
to the Average natal coefficient of each planet to
arrive at the Net positive or Net negative index value
representing the net benefic or malefic effect of
the particular planet for a particular day.
The algebraic sums of the daily index value of each
of the 7 planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,
Venus and Saturn) represents the "Karma Index" value
for the chart for the particular day. The positive
and negative strength, of all planets from the different
criterion mentioned above, are all rationalized and
expressed in terms of units of 2, the way relative
strength of Shadbal is expressed. Thus, after effecting
the entire criterion, the maximum or minimum index
value for a planet in this model can be ± 22.5 (twenty-two
point five).
Thus, if we consider all seven planets, the theoretical
maximum or minimum value of Karma Index can be ± 157.5
(one hundred fifty seven point five). Next, we have
introduced a concept of "Cumulative Karma Index".
The cumulative Karma Index for the first day is equal
to the daily value of Karma Index for the first day.
The cumulative Karma Index for the second day is the
algebraic sum of Karma Index for the first day and
the Karma Index for the second day and so on so forth.
Thus, the cumulative Karma Index of any day is the
algebraic sum of the day’s Karma Index and the previous
day’s cumulative Karma Index.
The theoretical maximum and minimum value of cumulative
Karma Index for a year as per this model will be ±
57, 645 (fifty seven thousand six hundred and forty
five). However, this is only a theoretical limit and
is not astronomically feasible.
Our experience so far shows (after a study of approx.
1,000 Karma Indexes) that the accumulated positive
Karma Index for a year will rarely go beyond ± 2,500.
The daily value of Karma Index will rarely cross ±
15. Also, our experience shows that if the cumulative
Karma Index is greater than 1,000 points per year,
it indicates extraordinary success for the native.
Average success is indicated when the cumulative Karma
Index is between 500 and 1,000 per year.
If it is between 100 and 500 it shows virtually no
progress. It the index is 100 or less per year it
indicates negative progress and misfortunes. Misfortunes
are progressively greater if the index gets lower
and lower negative value.
The cumulative Karma Index gives the telescopic picture
of the life of an entity as a whole in terms of positive
and negative status. The cumulative process creates
a dynamic model.
Apart from Karma Index, in this model we define 12
other indices based on each of the 12 houses of the
horoscope chart. For the cumulative Karma Index, we
consider all the seven planets but in calculating
the index for individual house, we consider the following
planets only:
- Lord of the house.
- Planets located in the house in the natal chart.
- Planet aspecting the house in the natal chart
(aspects in Vedic astrology sense and not in the
sense of Western aspects).
- Planet which is the Natural signifier of the
particular house.
Thus, if a planet in a particular chart fulfills more
than one criterion for a particular house, it will
be considered that many times in calculating the index
value for the particular house. It is obvious that
maximum number of criterion a planet can fulfill will
not be more than 3. Thus 3 is the maximum weight that
a planet can get in the individual house index computation.
The rest of the calculations are the same as that
of Karma Index calculations.
Thus, the software creates a database, which is composed
of daily index values of each planet, and the daily
index values of Karma Index and 12 other individual
house indexes. The software automatically computes
the cumulative values, moving averages and any other
standard stochastic parameters that may be required
by an analyst.
Different queries can be made on this database based
on any selection criterion. As we show you here on
our website, we can predict the future of any entity-
be it a person, a country or the stock market using
the model of the Karma Index.
Prices range from: US $15 to $99 INR 600 to 4000
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