The first lunar eclipse of the year falling on the 31st of January has become a matter of curiosity for the astronomers as the Moon on that day will be closest to the earth in its orbit, which is called super-moon, and it will look a bit ‘reddish’ at the time when shadow of earth […]
Solar Ingress of Scorpio and forecasting Winter Crops for 2018
The winter crops in India is know as Rabi crops which are planted in the month of October-November and harvested in March-April months of next year. There has been an astrological tradition of giving a forecast about the possible harvest of Kharif ( summer crops) and Rabi crops ( winter crops) since the days of […]
Forecasting North-East Monsoon 2017
The south-west monsoon season ( June-September) 2017 has ended with a normal but erratic rainfall. As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) the country received 841.3 millimeters (mm) of rain as against the long period average of 887. 5 mm which is just 5% short. If the rainfall is within 10% range of its long […]
Planets and south-west monsoon forecast for year 2017
An early onset of summer in the month of March and the record temperature has surprised meteorologist in India. As per the Indian Meteorological Department the temperature in the month of March at many places was above normal for about 6 to 7 degrees. The city of Ahmedabad touched 42.8 degrees, Nagpur recorded 43 degrees, […]
Transit of Sun and forecasting summer season trends for 2017
Transit of Sun hold a special importance in forecasting seasonal trends as per the astro-meteorological texts. Sun’s entry into Aries around 14th of April brings heat waves across the central, western and northern parts of the country. The position of other planets with respect to Sun set the tone of seasonal trends. The transit of […]