tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62286465080345818902024-03-19T11:12:59.686-07:00Jotiz - Vedic AstrologyDev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-1561600029698066702020-08-15T18:21:00.000-07:002020-08-15T18:21:04.059-07:00Summer 2019 - bringing on a new generationI admit, our days are long over. No more contesting that. It was over a while back, when the next two generations stopped listening, then after the two eclipses in June 19, our belief in the 'graha' movement finally witnesses a death-knell. No respite. When I attempt to drive home the point on how ancient civilizations in South Asia, Jerusalem, South Africa are losing to the next generation machine-age phenomena, I make little connection. Perhaps that’s the direction of this new genetic evolution – lose the threads until someone catches them 200 years from now. That leaves me with little choice, but to agree to the consequences. With the transits, Jupiter becomes direct and showers his blessings. That is an immense start. More to come.Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-2012558216841107652020-08-15T18:19:00.000-07:002020-08-15T18:19:27.547-07:00Abuse! Abuse! and Abuse!That is all that is - abuse. Abuse nature till it becomes intolerable. How can humans callously abuse the creatures that are not so capable as humans at abusive ways. Destroy other species to win an extra year of living.<br />
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When I read about the way goats, chickens and cows are treated before they are subject to slaughter-house treatment, it was terrifying. Yet, what it meant for crabs and other oceanic animals being subject to torture, it did not come close. If you read the National Geographic article on how other creatures are subject to trauma and pain just to satisfy the medical profession as in https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a26038/the-blood-of-the-crab/?utm_source=pocket-newtab, then you realize the cruelty we as humans inflict on nature. Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-21450109801956147672019-06-04T20:09:00.001-07:002020-08-15T18:22:39.282-07:00Old Stuff held in draftJuly 2nd/3rd 2019 brings an interesting Solar Eclipse. With Saturn, Pluto and Ketu in opposition to Sun, Moon, Rahu with Venus creeping into their midst, these combinations will mark a different Summer. I have learned one thing about eclipses - they reveal secrets and generate fear. If you have read the ancient Ramayana epic, it has chapters on Hanuman attempting to destroy the ill aspects of Rahu and Sani. The anecdotes clearly state if you bring upon strength, then fighting the fear that Rahu instills or the negation Sani brings, are easily manageable. Its been a two-year battle with me, none of it was easy, but there is an opportunity on July 2nd, extending to Jul 3rd, to make the best of it.Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-5098995599906609862018-10-15T20:02:00.000-07:002018-10-15T20:02:00.966-07:00Unique Dasa combinations <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Dasa is an Asterism based progression, quite unique to Vedic Astrology. Every graha or planetary body gets a weighted period on which it acts on a native. Those set periods can be recursively divided in similar weighted manner into sub periods and their sub periods, bringing an event’s occurrence to within a few days. Of course, one can recursively traverse the function to get to sub units of time, but for ease of understanding most ancient texts like this blog, limited it to three grahas only.<br />
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Understanding a Dasa period is not easy as many factors influence the period it represents. It’s sub divisions make the challenge exponential and further sub divisions further increase the complexity.<br />
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Any Dasa combination of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn overwhelms one half of the natal zodiac. These grahas are the lords of 8th, 9th, 10th sign; lords of 11th, 12th and 1st sign. From Scorpio to Aries is completely under the influence of the three Grahas, in their Dasa rulership. Of course, depending on how the houses are distributed from the ascendant (lagna), the combination of the three Grahas can exert lopsided pressures on one half of the native’s chart. I have witnessed some incredible results during the Dasa-Antara-Pratyantara of the three. If the period lasts 6 months, each month gets a unique (3 x 2) influence. Gain in wealth in one month with extra losses in another month, or loss of wealth followed by a gain; loss of health followed by an incredible recovery and similar yin-yang combinations occur within that short span of time.<br />
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A similar combination to the one described comes from Sun, Moon and Mercury dasa period. They involve a third of the native’s chart starting from the 3rd to the 6th sign. If such a region lies between 1st to 4th or 2nd to 5th house, the results could be really good. <br />
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Just added more features to Naksya.com. It can also be associated with Jotiz.com. One of the key features of Naksya is its ability to span 30,000 years of astronomical data. Thanks to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory data and Astrodient, I was able to port their C++ libraries into Node JS and thus run a site that I believe will be of immense help to researchers. The Node JS libraries have been given back to the open source community.<br />
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Naksya is all about Nakshatra only. In this application, there are no standard 12 divisional zodiacs. Everything is Aster based or Fixed Star based. As an astrologer, you can compute a person’s birth chart and see it on a 27 divisional chart. Just to help folks navigate, a reference to the 12 signs is also in the chart. The chart tells you where your grahas were in Nakshatra(s) at time of birth and at a time of transit. It also gives you calculations which are forgotten – strength from birth position to transiting (bala’s acquired during transits), besides strength from the two luminaries Moon and Sun.<br />
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There is no concept of Ascendant in Naksya.<br />
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Also added the rising transits of Fixed Stars – such as Sirius, Andromeda, Orion (stars) etc. With Naksya, one can literally traverse down forgotten history to the Kuruskhetra war which happened in 3020 BCE. To enter such a year, you key in the year as -3020 and month and day as usual. We all understand that month and day were differently computed 5000 years back, (perhaps didn’t even exist and that’s another story). Naksya gives you a relative scale to think. To go into a period that is 10,000 years back, enter the year as -10000. Or, fast forward 10,000 years, enter the year as 10000.<br />
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As I write, Naksya is the only web application that can handle years -14,9999 to 14,9999 – that’s 30,000 years. I will be adding ‘eclipses’ to the Application shortly. As you can understand, it has been very rough getting such a site out with such phenomenal ranges and complex software.<br />
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Right now, the software requires an unlock key to run. If your interest is in star based or nakshatra based astronomy (or astrology), please let me know. I will be happy to give you a key. The intent is to make the software open to public in future – of course through some login credentials. In return, please send your opinion. There is always room for improvement. Since this is a computational engine, there will be some rough edges.<br />
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All mobile lovers will love the responsive page – https://www.naksya.comDev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-53117535102456820672016-05-01T19:54:00.000-07:002016-05-01T20:19:28.779-07:00Web Responsive, SSL driven Jotiz 4.5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Presenting Jotiz 4.5 (<a href="https://www.jotiz.com/">https://www.jotiz.com</a>)
- a completely revamped astrology software that is Web Responsive. It works on
all devices – laptops, tablets, small-footprint smart phones, iPad, iPhone,
Samsung… Lots of changes, device friendly and fully secure. Yes – Jotiz uses
SSL SHA-2 certificates and the protocol is https – which means your
communication with the website is completely secure. It has remained free from
the beginning; it will remain free for all users without any advertisements as
long as possible. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In an unrented garage in a small town suburban home, Jotiz
had a small beginning. It was 1986 and the rains were incessant. Built on
C-Language using the most versatile compiler – Borland’s Turbo C, the first
application ran in DOS. It had no name I can remember; it was a mere astrology
software. A gentleman who by profession was a trader had coerced me into writing
a software of which I had very little knowledge. In a book-fair, I found
several books by B.V. Raman which became my gospel for many years. With the
popularity of Intel 386 processors and the advent of Windows 3.1, the astrology
software – Mystic was rebuilt with Borland C++ compiler. I remember the
excitement of buttons, windows, scrollbars that appeared in a first ever
Windows GUI Vedic Astrology system. In 1994 before the announcement of Windows
95, Borland aggressively announced Delphi and a new breed of Mystic was
announced in 1995 overlapping Microsoft Windows 95 announcement. It was
revolutionary – menus, dialogs, 256 bit images, panels, Paradox data engine
took over the interface of Mystic. For a few years it remained dormant until
Internet became mainstream and GoMystic appeared in 1998 as a Java applet with
fancy calculations. The GoMystic Prediction Engine was registered with the US
Copyright Office in early 2000. From an applet to a PHP server based system in
2003 to a complete web responsive system is what it has become – almost 27
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It must be perfect then. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Far from it. I still find holes, panaceas, faulty logic –
which tells you how complex the system is. Or is it? Why should nature make
such a complex system to describe our Karma, our fate? Here’s my answer – every
book, manuscript that I have read is concealed in riddles. Most have been
authored mindlessly without any divine knowledge or thought. The last few years
have been the true revelation for me – I believe I have finally cracked the
code. Here is Jotiz (grown from its “nascent-no-named” humble beginning to later
day “Mystic”) and finally AquaPisces (<a href="https://www.aquapisces.com/">https://www.aquapisces.com</a>).
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of Parasara, Charaka, Patanjali, William Lilly, Raphael, Varaha Mihira converge
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This is first ever attempt in bringing the concepts of
astrology, ayurveda, TCM and American native herbal medicine under one roof.
Algorithmically it was a challenge, making it web responsive and device
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Here’s hoping you enjoy Jotiz and AquaPisces as much I
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Today with 15,000 native data, 13,000 + known users, and approximately
25,000 anonymous users Jotiz has come a long way. The new site contains all the
previous versions and the new web responsive site built with Bootstrap, JQuery,
PHP, MySQL and a bunch of new algorithms. <o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-73982732707229696282015-05-12T20:29:00.001-07:002015-05-12T20:29:42.090-07:00DIY - Jotiz CardioMachine with Arduino Due and TI MSP 432 and MSP 430<h2>
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I present here a series of blogs that are intended to enable the use of ‘things’ in the Internet of Things IoT complementing Jotiz.<br />
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The idea of a Microcontroller based Cardiogram Reading machine was something I had planned on for quite a while. There is little to doubt that Panchanga and Kaala have a definite influence on a person’s mind, spirit and heart. Based on that key-note, I went about assembling a small machine that could fit into your palm, read EKG through electrodes on your body and correlate heart readings to the Panchanga and Kaala of time.<br />
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There were several architectural alternatives, which I went through and I present them all to you.<br />
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2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Arduino Due (32 Bit SAMX) MCU with Olimex EKG/EMG front end shield<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TI MSP 430 (16 Bit) Launchpad with SparkFun EKG front end board<br />
4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TI MSP 423 (32 Bit) Launchpad with SparkFun EKG front end board<br />
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The TI Launchpads were connected headless to the EKG front ends. The data was collected over the serial port through a program written in Java, which would plot and render the data on the cloud. To the Arduino boards, I added shields I had created which had LCD and OLEDs mounted additional to the EKG front ends.<br />
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1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Energia - http://energia.nu/<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc/<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Arduino Mega - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardMega<br />
4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Arduino Due - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardDue<br />
5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sainsmart Due - http://www.sainsmart.com/sainsmart-due-atmel-sam3x8e-arm-cortex-m3-board.html<br />
6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sintron Mega 2560 R3 ATmega2560 with USB Cable<br />
7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Olimex EKG Frontend - https://www.olimex.com/Products/Duino/Shields/SHIELD-EKG-EMG/<br />
8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SparkFun AD8232 EKG - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/ad8232-heart-rate-monitor-hookup-guide<br />
9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hammond Manufacturing 1553BRDBKBAT Enclosure<br />
10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gikfun Prototype Shield DIY KIT for Arduino<br />
11.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Diymall 0.96" Inch I2c IIC Serial 128x64 OLED<br />
12.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SainSmart 1.8" TFT Color LCD Display Module with SPI Interface & MicroSD<br />
13.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Radioshack Enclosure Project Skeleton Kit (Two-Tray)<br />
14.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TI MSP 430 G2 series - http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontrollers_16-bit_32-bit/msp/ultra-low_power/msp430g2x_i2x/overview.page<br />
15.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Texas Instruments MSP432 Launchpad - http://www.ti.com/tool/MSP-EXP432P401R<br />
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Three layered Jotiz-Cardio machine on Arduino (Sintron) Mega</div>
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MSP 432 Launchpad (32 Bit) with Sparkfun AD8232 EKG Board</div>
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Arduino 32 Bit (Single channel) with Olimex EKG Shield</h3>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> screen.firstPage();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> do {<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> draw();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
screen.setColorIndex(1);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> } while (
screen.nextPage() );<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> starttime =
millis();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.begin(57600);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.setTimeout(2000);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.println("Vedic Heart Machine");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.println(">> Please input Time : Example
\"21,53,0,25,4,2015,-4\"");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (!pTime) {<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> processTime();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> pTime = true;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> } <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (!pDone) {<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> doPanchanga();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> pDone = true;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> }<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">}<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">void doPanchanga() {<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print("PCH, Date ");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print(nYY);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print("-");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print(nMM);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print("-");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print(nDD);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print("
Hour ");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print(nHour);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print(":");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print(nMin);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print("
TimeZone ");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.println(nTZ);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
pch.initialize_panchanga(nDD, nMM, nYY, nHour, nMin, nTZ);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> delay(200);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> pDone = true;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // Set the timer for
EKG Reading<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // TC1 : timer
counter. Can be TC0, TC1 or TC2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // 0 : channel. Can be 0, 1 or 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // TC3_IRQn: irq
number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // 250 : frequency
(in Hz)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // The interrupt
service routine is TC3_Handler.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> startTimer(TC1, 0,
TC3_IRQn, 250);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">}<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">void processTime() {<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nHour =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nMin =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nSec =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nDD =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nMM =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nYY =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> nTZ =
Serial.parseInt();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (nYY == 0) nYY =
2015;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (nDD == 0) nDD =
25;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (nMM == 0) nMM =
4;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (nHour == 0)
nHour = 23;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (nMin == 0) nMin
= 36;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (nTZ == 0) nTZ =
-4;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> setTime(nHour, nMin,
0, nDD, nMM, nYY);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">}<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> activetime =
millis() - starttime;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (timerInitiated)
{<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> inADC =
analogRead(0);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print("ADC,");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print(inADC);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print(",");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.println(activetime);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> }<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<h3>
Arduino 8-Bit Mega with Olimex EKG and OLED</h3>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">#define SAMPFREQ 256 // ADC sampling rate 256<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">#define TIMER2VAL (1024/(SAMPFREQ)) // Set 256Hz sampling frequency <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">volatile unsigned char CurrentCh = 0; //Current channel being sampled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">volatile unsigned int ADC_Value = 0; //ADC current
value<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">#define OLED_RESET 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Adafruit_SSD1306 display(OLED_RESET);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">#define LOGO16_GLCD_HEIGHT 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">#define LOGO16_GLCD_WIDTH
16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">// Needed by Panchanga<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">uint8_t nDay = 6;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">uint8_t nDD = 11;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">uint8_t nMM = 4;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">unsigned int nYY = 2015;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">uint8_t nHour = 23;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">uint8_t nMin = 18;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">int nTZ = -4;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">char buf[2];<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">char sbuf[15];<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Panchanga pch;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> noInterrupts(); <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
FlexiTimer2::set(TIMER2VAL, Timer2_Overflow_ISR);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
FlexiTimer2::start();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> interrupts(); <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> doPanchanga();<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> ADC_Value =
analogRead(CurrentCh);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // Spit out the
values<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Serial.print("ADC, "); <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.println(ADC_Value);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<h3>
MSP 432 with Sparkfun AD8232 EKG </h3>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">int starttime;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">int activetime;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">int previoustime = 0;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">int cnt = 0;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">volatile unsigned int inADC = 0;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> pinMode(2, INPUT);
// Setup for leads off detection LO +<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> pinMode(3, INPUT);
// Setup for leads off detection LO -<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if ((digitalRead(2)
== 1) || (digitalRead(3) == 1)) {<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // Leads not
connected<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> //
Serial.println('!');<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> } else{<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // send the value
of analog input 0:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> inADC =
analogRead(A0); // PIN_06<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> // inADC =
map(inADC, -4096, 4096, 1024, 1024);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print("ADC,");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print(inADC);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.print(",");<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">
Serial.println(activetime);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> ++cnt;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> }<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> //Wait for a bit to
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Based on the quality of time as determined by the Panchanga many
health problems can be determined. Jotiz is being expanded to included uncharted
medical astrology.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-58567361027986437442015-05-12T19:21:00.000-07:002015-05-12T19:21:08.011-07:00TI CC3200 LaunchPad IoT using Jotiz RESTful Services<h2>
TI CC3200 LaunchPad IoT with Sharp LCD using Jotiz RESTful Services</h2>
I present here a series of blogs that are intended to enable the use of ‘<i>things</i>’ in the Internet of Things IoT complementing Jotiz.<br />
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The CC3200 Launchpad from Texas Instruments is new generation 32 bit MCU with SoC and WiFi built it. In this article, I present the CC3200 micro-controller and its ability to read the Jotiz web service which gives the Panchanga. The development board is the size of a credit card and comes as an attractive red PCB. I also attached a Sharp 96x96 LCD booster pack on the MCU board to display the results. All this, I put into an acrylic enclosure with spacers and screws.<br />
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The Simplelink WiFi CC3200 Launchpad was connected to a Windows 7 laptop through the USB port. Remember to download the drivers for CC3200 from TI website. To develop the program, the Open Source Energia based on the Arduino IDE was used.<br />
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It uses the WiFi library, JSON and the Sharp booster pack
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the relevant information from the encoded JSON and displays on the LCD.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Based on the quality of time as determined by the Panchanga many
common day to day decisions like attending an interview, choosing the right
moment to discuss an idea or a raise, travelling, buying property, investing
can be done with less negative consequences. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">// Initializing the LCD and WiFi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> LCD_SharpBoosterPack_SPI myScreen;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> uint8_t k = 0;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> char server[] = "jotiz.com";</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> #elif defined(__CC3200R1M1RGC__)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> SPI.setClockDivider(SPI_CLOCK_DIV2); </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> SPI.setBitOrder(MSBFIRST);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE0);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 25, "FAIL");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> while(true);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> }</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> while (wifiStatus != WL_CONNECTED) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (wifiStatus == WL_CONNECTED) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 25, "Wifi: OK");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> } </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> delay(300);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (!offline) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> while (WiFi.localIP() == INADDR_NONE) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> delay(300);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> }</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (client.connect(server, 80)) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> client.println("GET /rest/resource.php?method=panch&format=json HTTP/1.1");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> client.println("Host: jotiz.com");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> client.println("Content-Type: application/json");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> client.println("Connection: close");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> client.println();</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> } </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> if (!offline) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> for (int i=0; i < 47; i++) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> String jsonstr = "";</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> while (client.available()) {</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> char c = client.read();</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> String js = jsonstr.substring(jsonstr.indexOf("{"));</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> char* jstr = strcpy((char*)malloc(js.length()+1), js.c_str());</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* root = aJson.parse((char *)jstr);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* dd = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "dd");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* mm = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "mm");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* yy = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "yy");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* hh = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "hh");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* mt = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "mt");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* dw = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "dw");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* ui = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "unodeInausp");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* si = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "saturnInausp");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* di = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "deathBearing");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> aJsonObject* da = aJson.getObjectItem(root, "directionInausp");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> char buf1[10] = "";</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf1, yy->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf1, "-");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf1, mm->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf1, "-");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf1, dd->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 25, buf1);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> char buf2[5] = "";</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf2, hh->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf2, ":");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> strcat(buf2, mt->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 35, buf2);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 45, "Rahu");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(70, 45, ui->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> blinkLed(LED1);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 55, "Saturn");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(70, 55, si->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> blinkLed(LED2);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 65, "Death");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(70, 65, di->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> blinkLed(LED3);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(10, 75, "Direction");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.text(70, 75, da->valuestring);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> myScreen.flush();</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> free(dw);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> free (jstr);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> delay (500);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> free(mm);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> ..</span></div>
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MyScreen is the LCD screen - SHARP 96x96 pixels. The board on startup initializes the WiFi client, sends the SSID and Password to authenticate as an user and obtains an IP address. After getting the IP address, it uses the internet to connect to Jotiz and make a RESTful request. The JSON string received is broken up into its elements and displayed. </div>
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Read more about this in the upcoming book “<b><i>Vedic Machine</i></b>”</div>
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Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-90111332501699842152015-05-12T18:32:00.002-07:002015-05-12T18:33:28.413-07:00DIY - MSP430 Launchpad with BMP180 (A farmer's Almanac) complementing Jotiz<h4>
Do it Yourself - MSP430 Launchpad with BMP180 complementing Jotiz</h4>
I present here a series of blogs that are intended to enable the use of ‘things’ in the Internet of Things IoT complementing Jotiz.<br />
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To start with, I have used a MSP430FR5969(c) Launchpad(c)(r) from Texas Instruments. The development board is the size of a credit card and comes as an attractive red PCB. I also attached a Sharp 96x96 LCD booster pack on the MCU board to display the results and a Bosch BMP180 pressure and temperature sensor from Adafruit. All this, I put into an acrylic enclosure with hex spacers and M3 screws.<br />
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2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Guide to MSP430FR5969 - http://energia.nu/pin-maps/guide_msp430fr5969launchpad/</div>
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It uses the wire library, the bmp085 and the Sharp booster pack libraries. It computes the Rahu Kaala, Gullika Kaala, Yamaghantaka and Shoola directions along with the sensors collecting pressure and temperature data from the ambient surroundings.</div>
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Based on the quality of time as determined by the Kaala and the pressure and temperature readings, house plants, green house plants and outdoor plants can be watered or checked for damages.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> pinMode(P1_7, OUTPUT);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> digitalWrite(P1_7, LOW);</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> // Barometer Sensor</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> digitalWrite(P1_7, HIGH);</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> …</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> …</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> // After initializing the sensor, show the pressure and temperature</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> showPressureTemp();</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> …</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> // display the results on the LCD</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.begin();</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.setFont(1);</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.text(10, 5, "Vedic");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.setFont(0);</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.text(10, 30, "Jotiz Clock");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.text(10, 40, "(c)devb inc");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.flush(); </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> delay(2000);</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> myScreen.clearBuffer();</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> // check for quality of time </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> doTime();</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> …</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> …</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> // compute time</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">void doTime() {</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> float h1;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> nMin++;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (nMin > 59) {</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> nHour++;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> nMin = 0;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> }</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (nHour > 23) {</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> nDay++;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> nHour = 0;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> }</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (nDay > 6) nDay = 0;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> h1 = nHour + (nMin / 60);</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> switch (nDay) {</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 0:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if ((h1 >= 16.5) && (h1 <= 18)) showTime("Rahu ","W","Sun");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 15 && h1 < 16.5) showTime("Gulika","W","Sun");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if ((h1 >= 12 && h1 <= 13.5) || (h1 >= 18 && h1 <= 19.5)) </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">showTime("Yama ","W","Sun");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Sun");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 1:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (h1 >= 7.5 && h1 <= 9) showTime("Rahu ","E","Mon");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 13.5 && h1 < 15) showTime("Gulika","E","Mon");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if ((h1 >= 10.5 && h1 <= 12) || (h1 >= 3 && h1 <= 4.5)) </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">showTime("Yama ","E","Mon");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Mon");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 2:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (h1 >= 15 && h1 <= 16.5) showTime("Rahu ","N","Tue");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 12 && h1 < 13.5) showTime("Gulika","N","Tue");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if ((h1 >= 9 && h1 <= 10.5) || (h1 >= 1.5 && h1 <= 3)) </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">showTime("Yama ","N","Tue");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Tue");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 3:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (h1 >= 12 && h1 <= 13.5) showTime("Rahu ","N","Wed");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 10.5 && h1 < 12) showTime("Gulika","N","Wed");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 7.5 && h1 <= 9) showTime("Yama ","N","Wed");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Wed");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 4:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (h1 >= 13.5 && h1 <= 15) showTime("Rahu ","S","Thu");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 9 && h1 < 10.5) showTime("Gulika","S","Thu");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if ((h1 >= 6 && h1 <= 7.5) || (h1 >= 22 && h1 <= 24)) </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">showTime("Yama ","S","Thu");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Thu");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 5:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (h1 >= 10.5 && h1 <= 12) showTime("Rahu ","W","Fri");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 7.5 && h1 < 9) showTime("Gulika","W","Fri");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if ((h1 >= 15 && h1 <= 16.5) || (h1 >= 19.5 && h1 <= 21)) </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">showTime("Yama ","W","Fri");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Fri");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> case 6:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> if (h1 >= 9 && h1 <= 10.5) showTime("Rahu ","E","Sat");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if (h1 >= 6 && h1 < 7.5) showTime("Gulika","E","Sat");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else if ((h1 >= 13.5 && h1 <= 15) || (h1 >= 19.5 && h1 <= 21)) </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">showTime("Yama ","E","Sat");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> else showTimeOnly("Sat");</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> default: </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> break;</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> }</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">}</span></div>
</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<b><i>ShowTime</i></b> has three parameters - <b><i>the Kaala event</i></b>, <b><i>direction to avoid</i></b> and the <b><i>weekday</i></b>.</div>
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Read more about this in the upcoming book “<b>Vedic Machine</b>”</div>
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Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-56790320418113577402014-03-21T21:58:00.001-07:002014-03-21T22:03:13.558-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ballad-Divine is organized around the mainstays of Krishna's doctrines, those of philosophy, action, discipline, concentration, knowledge, meditation, devotion and surrender. These pillars are in turn expounded from smaller building blocks. The theme in the sentences are repeated throughout reinforcing the subject. It is styled mostly as a ballad expressing eighteen different chapters by short stanzas; of which some are metrical.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excerpt from Chapter 4, Lines 7 and 8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When there is fading of dharma </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And increase in infamy and sloth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then into birth, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loose myself going forth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For deliverance of good</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For destruction of terror</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For enthroning of rights </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am born from one age to another.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chapter 18, Lines 69 and 70</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No mortal performs </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Service that I value more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No other on earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is dear to me than the one I adore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judge I will </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those who study</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This sacred discourse of ours</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who offer me sacrifice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By knowledge of course. </span></div>
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Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-8065416132549529792013-09-22T19:40:00.001-07:002013-09-22T19:58:20.680-07:00Mithra - forgotten phenomenon <div class="MsoNormal">
Rev. Martin Luther King wrote a paper on Mithraism in 1949. He
also received an A grade on the essay on his presentation skills on an
otherwise difficult concept. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The details of MLK's papers are in Stanford's website - <a href="http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/volume_i_13_september_to_23_november_1949/">http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/volume_i_13_september_to_23_november_1949/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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I witnessed Mithraism (worship of Mitra) when I was in Rome,
Italy. Mithra (AKA Mitra) is Vedic and Zoroaster's view of the powerful phenomenon
that guided Sun to spring. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5gOPO6tN1lVgkjVeg7Mf91VI562ctCJuO9CwHRJ1PAeIRCKHvA8Y3kFkLzjbIyu03tB4egL60RJXysXkO-5q2C_CEoEGly_FKmrQpZpzAnKzH1xgJWiuKFjmrilO0oNlPHB-WTtkqU-A/s1600/mithra1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5gOPO6tN1lVgkjVeg7Mf91VI562ctCJuO9CwHRJ1PAeIRCKHvA8Y3kFkLzjbIyu03tB4egL60RJXysXkO-5q2C_CEoEGly_FKmrQpZpzAnKzH1xgJWiuKFjmrilO0oNlPHB-WTtkqU-A/s320/mithra1.png" width="320" /></a>Yes, from winter to spring - a resurrection, a rebirth of the
Sun - the procreator, the God of the yesteryears. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Vatican Museums and Basilica of San Clemente offered me direct
insights into Mithra worship - a likely predecessor to Christianity - a long forgotten
history of reconciliation of a prevailing system to the great spiritual
movement that was gaining sturdy influence with its purer conception of God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can witness the mercy, the power of the Sol-God only in
darkness of the labyrinths in the dungeons at San Clemente.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mithra is the phenomenon that symbolizes the movement of the
Sun away from a Taurus culmination of summer solstice. The slaying of the bull
- "taurobolium", is so evident in the sculptures in the dungeons in Saint
Clemente's basilica. The presence of Ashvins in the rock sculpture; could also be Gemini twins; Saturn giving out the weapon to destroy the bull; Sol and
Luna blessing the act; Sirius the dog, the Lunar nodes shown as a serpent and
Scorpion (scorpio) all active participants marked the new epoch - the birth of
a new era. <o:p></o:p></div>
Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-9345637804200808722013-08-04T20:09:00.001-07:002013-08-04T20:40:22.246-07:00Venus, Jupiter and Saturn<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>A new look at Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>Sukracharya</i></b> (<i>related to Venus</i>), son of <b><i>Brighu </i></b>was vengeful
of <b><i>Vishnu </i></b>– <b><i>Vishnu </i></b>having destroyed their haven and having killed his mother and the
<b><i>ashuras </i></b>who she had given shelter to. Besides,
<b><i>Brihaspati </i></b>was the favored one both from his earlier teacher and <b><i>Brihaspati's </i></b>father <b><i>Angiras </i></b>and the <b><i>Devas </i></b>who eventually
elected <b><i>Brihaspati</i></b> as their own Guru.<br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>Sukracharya</i></b>, therefore, chose the <b><i>ashuras (the dark side, if the name permits) </i></b>as his disciples
and being stronger and more powerfully learned than <b><i>Brihaspati </i></b>quickly led <b><i>Ashuras </i></b>to
victory over the Devas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That was quite a mouthful!</div>
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<b><i>Sukracharya’s</i></b> progeny became the clan of Purus – <b><i>Pauravas</i></b>,
the family that fought in the <b><i>Mahabharata </i></b>and also <b><i>Yadus </i></b>– the dynasty that
<b><i>Lord Krishna</i></b> belonged to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Those of us endowed with Venus like features that
<b><i>Sukracharya </i></b>relates to are – Highly informed and knowledgeable; much better
than the competitor but are not always recognized by our managers and tribal leaders, easily capable of winning (victory),
egotist and plagued with vanity and
vengeance. The Sukra endowed persons give rise to progenitors that become strong clans. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Those that fall in line with Jupiter (<b><i>Brihaspati</i></b>) get
recognition much beyond their worth. Status, favors and recognition come easy
compared to other folks who actually deserve it. However, the shortcuts to success only create
holes in security; and eventually the downtrend begins to re-instate folks aligned
to <b><i>Sukra </i></b>(Venus) <i>(who are more hardworking and zealous in their efforts)</i> to take over or rule.<br />
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Some victories won by the Venus-driven may also get
counteracted by Saturn who is Venus’ friend. It is not unusual to see a strong
Venus-Saturn combination leading to Financial and Health problems in a person’s
life. It’s a clear indication for those born with strong Venus and Saturn to
witness a complete reversal of their fortunes and health two to three times in
their lifetime. But, having <b><i>Sukra </i></b>as their Guru, these reversals are short-lived
and eventually bring forth the victory they deserve.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the other hand, without a notion of a down trend, Jupiter
(<b><i>Brihaspati</i></b>) driven persons eventually lose out – either overconfident or too
lazy to fight the battles. Jupiter gains in the beginning, the end may be okay
with a good Moon combination; but not anywhere close to how it began. Obesity
and laziness are <b><i>Jupiterial</i></b> trends that can destroy the otherwise spiritually
inclined. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sun fiercely crossed the
Summer Solstice or was it this planet. Never mind the relative motions; the sun
was certainly fierce today. </span></div>
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after a deep sunset - was it the moon? It was the Supermoon!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The celestial gods blessed us with quite a sight - the day
and the night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sun and the Moon have so many differences - so many
conflicts and yet many areas of agreement. This was not their best moments; it
was a mere feast for mortal eyes only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moon and sun are in constant tensions when
they are a quadrant away. The moon in positions 1, 4,7,10 from the sun are never without
tensions. Though <b><i>Varaha Mihira</i></b> states Full Moon (180 degrees between the sun
and moon are good), I tend to differ. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kendrasthans are not good between sun
and moon. Neither is the 5th position. Only 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th and 11th are
good combinations between the two fast moving celestial planets. If the moon is
blessed by aspects from Jupiter and Venus; the yoga combinations above and the
aspects are extremely important indications for happiness and wealth.</span></span>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-12784651713339054802012-05-20T08:46:00.004-07:002012-05-20T08:46:52.409-07:00Solar Eclipse<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What an irony,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The god that illuminated the day,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Died</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The mortals are alive</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Wish god remained a little longer</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The darkness of the night</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Lesser</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Evil while god was being reborn</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Do gods die?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Was he not at nether-worlds?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Traveling</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Perhaps to a neighboring planet</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Now comes the worst,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The maiden casts her dark shadows</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Sunday Eclipse</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Will there be another reprise</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Enjoy the Solar Eclipse</b>. <i>Remember - Never look at the sun-god directly; wear appropriate eye glasses and eye protection.</i></span></div>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-26248807127555381782012-05-18T19:59:00.000-07:002012-05-18T19:59:02.617-07:00<br />
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Why Jotiz? </h2>
Astrology intrigued me from early 1990’s for several reasons. I was looking for a career path then. The soothsayers I came across were only interested in selling gem stones, especially precious stones on account of the huge profits they made. The astrologers would sell you anything like Ruby with Sapphire, Diamond and Emerald, Pearls that knew no upper limits – if you had most of these; then a Yantra or an encasement in 22 carat gold that you would be obliged to pay through your nose.<br />
Incidentally, none of these popular and acclaimed astrologers had a clue around astronomy; where the stars and the celestial bodies were around at anytime around the year. They believed and swore around their misinterpreted charts, in their tantric dogmas and beliefs; none of which agreed with my thinking and rationale.<br />
They had no clue or any idea of where astrology was headed except what they had been subjected to believe without any room for innovation. Had I not ventured to come to the US, my thoughts would have possibly been influenced negatively. <br />
Jotiz is a modern way of looking at classical astrology whether it is Vedic or Christian. Vedic expands into Indian, Indonesian, Cambodian, Sri-Lankan, Celtic, Chinese systems as they are practiced today – I do not confine myself to any single text like Brihat Hora Sastra; but use Phaladeepika, Brihat Jataka, Saravali, Jaiminee, Jataka Tattwa and other texts that make sense into the mix. Christian Astrology owes the scriptures to Lilly and Raphael, to many Arabic and Egyptian narratives. The references to Horary in Jotiz are clearly inclined towards Christian astrology than Vedic.<br />
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<br />Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-59516538404338139792012-05-04T17:39:00.001-07:002012-05-04T17:40:45.958-07:00May 5th, 2012Full Moon conjunct with Saturn! Saturn Retrograde in Cusp in exaltation. Opposition aspect (7th house) from both Sun and Jupiter. Sun in deep exaltation with powerful spring blaze - it’s the time for the new generation. The old will falter for the next few days – perhaps a fortnight. Is Facebook the winner? From the young and old perspectives – it seems so easy – yes it is.Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-73283917731715388452012-03-26T18:37:00.000-07:002012-03-26T18:38:44.218-07:00March 29th<p class="MsoNormal">March 29th should be an interesting day. Moon and Saturn exalted, though Saturn is still retrograde. Venus moves from detriment to own house. Sun closer to exaltation; just that Mercury has fallen. </p><p class="MsoNormal">An interesting day nevertheless; with a fallen Mercury anything and everything is possible. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank god Mars is not affected.</p>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-49041722720710562612012-03-25T11:07:00.003-07:002012-03-25T11:14:28.618-07:00Metaphors in the night-sky<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UNEoa0gnLa46o1Vj6DWPgAH78YQogjB7Sy8hduf_1GsXec5Hs5o9Dq6CaoFPjK-z48qLAQVlJHnWuA1FmIzK0SwISYuRHGmsxdMOnNC2Ok1DS2jdF2l9HrTij187YACCtRW_Ap0ACEAB/s1600/winter_ven_jup_03182012.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UNEoa0gnLa46o1Vj6DWPgAH78YQogjB7Sy8hduf_1GsXec5Hs5o9Dq6CaoFPjK-z48qLAQVlJHnWuA1FmIzK0SwISYuRHGmsxdMOnNC2Ok1DS2jdF2l9HrTij187YACCtRW_Ap0ACEAB/s200/winter_ven_jup_03182012.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723898550881860994" /></a><br /><div><span ><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">The last two weeks I am sure many of you have witnessed the South-Western sky with the two bright orbs lighting your path as you would drive back west. Fortunately, the drive back for me from work is west and very evening there appeared the bejeweled sky with Venus and Jupiter really close to one another. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I watched it every day; and back home shared it with family and neighbors. Even my grand daughter was so delighted to see a portion of the sky so intense and bright. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I just realized it was trying to tell us all something - something more than just a spectacle. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A glowing Venus in close conjunction with Jupiter" - our seers and forefathers were so right - a person is truly wealthy in the presence of real knowledge. Wealth becomes a shining orb in the presence of knowledge and spirituality - a metaphor so profound; so subtle being played out in the vast sky stage right before us.</p>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-11784756810273626632012-03-03T16:34:00.007-08:002012-03-03T16:57:30.919-08:002012 Winter Sky - A Feast for the Soul<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTszN3Ucl2xws7F1c7rawA8Mjq_dnJx10OYYV4UmLq0ypEx5DZHT3wBvyFLUoNIfpX0l606YoXe-JVI2tZPvUqOy_nsMriFIAOTpOjFlHKZJI-tn2iB-cFQBHjrV_Yv6p33xzjU0MZNAe0/s1600/blog1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 163px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTszN3Ucl2xws7F1c7rawA8Mjq_dnJx10OYYV4UmLq0ypEx5DZHT3wBvyFLUoNIfpX0l606YoXe-JVI2tZPvUqOy_nsMriFIAOTpOjFlHKZJI-tn2iB-cFQBHjrV_Yv6p33xzjU0MZNAe0/s200/blog1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715834389691564146" /></a><br /><div><span>This wint</span><span>er</span><span> I</span><span> braced myself a few nights in the bitter cold to witness and capture the night sky on my digital SLR. On the left is the result of my first encounter with a winter moon on February 9, 2012 as it rose in the east. I must have wasted close to hundred shots steadying the aperture and the controls. The results were terrific - this picture was taken handheld.<br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzooZcCuJdJBQgem9phzVqcqgrE0k3cc6HvZafYdaNYEC-S_IjDeK6y-jtorkIJ_ykeIFgHc5heGPOPpnK0I7N9rjrsKT2v58NzmYL0Qj57ofM6q5cINqi0lHNMUAr63yNrcUoxJAMbUj/s200/blog2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715834577893223058" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px; " /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>On Feb</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">r</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">uary 22nd after a storm, one could virtually count the celestial bodies. It was b</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">itter cold</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">and the ground was frozen. It was a moonless night - I could get the Orion and Ursa Major. The Ursa Major pictures were awful with light pollutants in the southern sky.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuo0XyuxkBcU_ZJTphcuzByypCNTZMCSOTXnIzrA7BNfkhzd6Gj2dRfhpOMLkQ1Q2gEQg0Sw4OkPkvtxVjjl8KI95JsatrkSxv6dEvvH85yJ6-i-JEq2V5mwgrHTnsFZtw80_whMrGnem/s200/blog4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715835274167041138" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">On February 26th, it was a brilliant spectacle with Moon surround</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">ed by</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> Venus in Pisces and Jupiter in Aries. These images were taken with a tripod without any shutter controls.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqK_edg9W2XG4KlJ8trhvHSx9IALpXnKnkLtLyQo6j7IBmqFOMgBph4sr11P3zS2DtoiVEHyNt1d_gynwTzSb-1DfzBRrvtf99it07lRf17Jg6aRur6iTkvXF4EhevJ1HHK-S8FTGPuLqM/s200/blog6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715836540311680610" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 172px; " /></span></div><div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y5p4e_VHTu7nsVA_-VvHoT0l8GOXobmRLpwRso7gqYTZD6GRa59MhQEQj-mJ34Tn3cPK7vE_UpdbU0F5Yd3bHR-LJ5bVKIcu-zf94fxMbZIJhadgWSB0kfQVJKg42G2IySuxdrjwxdH_/s200/blog5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715836533351185042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDB3RsMqDrH1cCItY6JKLQwTWPdcW7zPSoMyD3_xSJpORL3kdDR15c4bXLF-covZpMzPyBoK6uMOPrmhozngZMEOw8KrRlTxR3__OO34OkR8jemW9wBXTNq4T8q6y0DpjPHPdVpYlxG6X/s200/blog7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715836543161596962" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 200px; " /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Tonight, March 3, 2012 was another spectacle on the North-west sky with Jupiter and Venus in Aries and Moon in the mid-heavens (very close to Orion). Lens used - Sigma 200 MM f/11. </span></div><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div></div>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-89666848247785812272012-02-04T18:17:00.000-08:002012-02-04T18:24:37.547-08:00Sun's Triple Rebirth<div><b>Third Rebirth of the Sun</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The ancient Vedic folks observed nature like very few of us do. Under the blazing sun during the day; the morbid but cool starlit sky in the night was one of the few things that they could observe besides contending the other extremes of nature - climate, germs and animals. The dominant Sun; the easiest to observe appears in most doctrines - Vedic, Egyptian, Mayan … to name a few. The Sun appears in our everyday lives at a predestined time and rejuvenates life. Metaphorically, it <b><i>sets </i></b>and stays in the <b><i>underworld </i></b>to be re-born the next day. Sunrise occurs so frequently that we have taken it for granted. If it were not to reappear (be reborn) the next day, life on earth and the surrounding planets would cease - there is little to debate the celebration of the <i>Sun's appearance (rebirth) everyday</i>. The Vedic seers observed the rebirth of the Sun in many ways through prayers and meditations. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Sun is at it's <i>powerful in spring</i> and it faces a <i>severe decline in fall (autumn)</i>. The very fear that the shorter days of the fall would continue and eventually perish all life on Earth was a matter of contention and the phenomenon clearly shown in earlier astrological and astronomical scripts. The <i>rebirth of the Sun (Mitra)</i> around December 21st was of utmost importance - it showed the increasing longer days which would culminate in spring when Sun was at it's closest - life on this planet could continue undeterred.</div><div><br /></div><div>From the cities and vantage points where one can observe the night sky, the Seers could witness the Center of the Milky Way - the Center of the Galaxy to which the Sun would eventually belong to someday. The massive belt of the Galaxy was metaphorically observed as the pregnant belly of the mother of all creation - Aditi or perhaps Vishnunabhi and the dark rift around it the Galactic Birth Canal. Every year the Sun as it had done many thousands of years back moves into the Dark Rift and reappears - <i>the third rebirth</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1998, the population on Earth witnessed the first of the conjunct phenomenons - the positioning of the Sun at the farthest from the center of the galaxy. The lowest this stellar system could stoop to - the beginning of the end of the Kali Yuga. </div><div><br /></div><div>In 2012, during winter solstice, <b><i>the Sun will have its triple rebirth on one single day</i></b> - a day to rejoice a day marking the end of Kali Yuga declinations and the beginning of Kali Yuga rising to the Golden Period. The Mayan seers perhaps realized it was hard to predict a triple Sun rebirth on a single day and therefore decided not to pursue the Calendar. For the many mortals who would witness the Galactic changes to our Sun - the life giver, it will be a moment to remember.</div><div><br /></div>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-17863488439088222662011-12-26T18:33:00.000-08:002011-12-26T18:34:50.576-08:00Christmas Sky<p class="MsoNormal">Have you ever witnessed the skies above after Jupiter kept arriving past sunset? The trinity of Sun-Jupiter-Moon was so apparent in the October-November 2011 days. I only have binoculars to view the actual skies; nevertheless it lets you see the adjacent Ursa Major and Minor (something's you never forget from a past life - that's a pun); the critical thing is ensuring what you see is what you intend to get in Jotiz. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Post Christmas, I have followed the skies - Mars and Saturn are in the western horizon after sunset - not the best positions to be in considering the amount of light that is still around after Surya the Sun has set.</p>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-27973073422567704962011-09-28T18:23:00.000-07:002011-09-28T18:25:15.620-07:00Cannot rule out conflicts in a bigger scale<p class="p1">This month and the next will be quite a difficult one. Mercury competing with Sun to stay together is not a big help; add the fact that the new moon day on Sep 27th was a challenging one. To top it you have the 180 degree influence of Uranus Retrograde; and Saturn just 12 degrees apart. </p> <p class="p1">Are we headed for the third war - quite likely. Will it be the same as the earlier two wars - perhaps no. Every conflict has a meagre start and then moves to attracting other players, mundane astrology has the answers to who will be the allies with which axis. </p> <p class="p1">The big question - is it the end of the road for this planet - NO. The species that messed it up may be vanquished or destroyed but it will be business as usual on this earth on time measured on the planets clock and not human. </p> <p class="p1">The human tyrannical influence of 80-120 years (10s of billions of them at any time) slaughtering and plundering has degraded this planet closer to HELL among the better planets where similar life exist. </p> <p class="p1">It is time for the sky-people - Indra, Rudra and Maruts to make a reappearance. The heaven on earth needs to be restored. It may take tens of thousands of years, its worth the way coming back to this earth.</p>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-2809421911900348542011-06-19T19:05:00.000-07:002011-06-19T19:23:24.606-07:00The Uncanny Lunar Nodes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtnJ0fSbLIn5Y8xlNNmiQkRLttLDIIoLQZNNIvQGwNXshjJVj2CYL-BgjmwVVOhppCUHvc57NjHMMT9WgKXKEUhS0m3HemOe6tOgItCP_S2fde667NRUGH4xQnfe-op4N70A9Ocb4AtqI/s1600/rahu_ketu.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtnJ0fSbLIn5Y8xlNNmiQkRLttLDIIoLQZNNIvQGwNXshjJVj2CYL-BgjmwVVOhppCUHvc57NjHMMT9WgKXKEUhS0m3HemOe6tOgItCP_S2fde667NRUGH4xQnfe-op4N70A9Ocb4AtqI/s200/rahu_ketu.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620121844947315058" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rahu and Ketu, the two Lunar Nodes have been a constant center of controversy from the earliest of days - whether in Vedic, Arabic or Christian astrology and astronomy. The important fact is that eclipses are associated with these geometric points instigating human curiosity on eclipses and what the consequences of an eclipse are.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I do not consider myself a professional astrologer, but this is what I have observed on influences of Rahu the Lunar Upper Node especially during eclipses. Ketu the lower node is hard to determine, therefore I will stick with the head - forgive the pun.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My two cents on Rahu - Rahu reverts. Rahu is a key factor that repeats history. It is funny yet not a laughing matter; if you were to make a resolution a few weeks or a month before an eclipse or where Rahu would influence the two luminaries - Sun and Moon, your resolution may fail, you would simply revert back to where you started. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The two geometric points are in a constant retrogression (traveling in the opposite direction from the rest of the heavenly bodies); perhaps that was the reason the two geometric points were given so much importance throughout history.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The reversal, the tendency to remain status-quo; to revert is predominant among these points. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">A woman may have a miscarriage around an eclipse because of the 'nodes reversal factor' sending her back to the state the child was not conceived.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A lost item may be found, the reversal being it was never lost in the first place.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Saturn may slow you down; rarely does the influence of a heavenly body begin a reversal, unlike the Lunar Nodes that decelerate to the extent you revert to an earlier stage.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Again my 2'cs - do not make a resolution when a eclipse is around; if you want to quit smoking or a habit, wait till the eclipse is over. If you are under a Dasa or a Antardasa / Bhukti of Rahu or Ketu; maintain a status-quo, these are not times for change. Wait till a period of Sun, Mars, Saturn foster the change in a period unblemished by the two nodes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Classical astrology Vedic, Arabic, Ptolemy have virtually treated these moving points as heavenly bodies. The perception that Rahu is an impersonator of the Graha or Planet it is associated with can be taken with a pinch of salt. I have not seen how it works and have not received an explanation either on its beneficence or otherwise. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some state that like the planets, Rahu and Ketu are dignified when they occupy a sign. Till date, different schools of astrology have associated Rahu's exaltation with either Venus' or Mercury's sign. I think the house of exaltation - Taurus, Gemini or Virgo has remained an astrological challenge till date.</p>Dev Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290140253614788445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228646508034581890.post-61778145159105613922010-01-17T10:48:00.000-08:002013-08-04T20:19:29.263-07:00Jotiz - January 2010 Changes<div>
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