In the study of astro-meteorolgoy the transit of planets with respect to Sun is the most important in forecasting rain. The classical text of Medini Jyotish like Bhavishya Phala Bhaskar has given scores of planetary combinations of good rain, scarcity of rain and famine. The transit of malefic planets ahead of Sun is consider to be an obstruction to the rain while the transit of benefic planets (Jupiter, Venus and Mercury) ahead of Sun or behind the Sun are good for the rain in general. Apart from this we also consider the ‘Sun Spot’ cycle for forecasting general weather trends. Since last two years the solar activity has been very low which is one of the reason for good rainfall in the Indian sub-continent during South-West Monsoon season. This year in 2022 the horoscope of Sun’s entry into Ardra Nakshatra and other planetary combination is indicating an excess rainfall during the South-West Monsoon season (June to September) in India and an early onset of the monsoon rains.

Horoscope of Sun entry into Ardra Nakshatra 2022

            22 June 2022, 11:42 hours at Delhi

At the time of Sun’s entry into Ardra Nakshatra the day is Wednesday and Nakshatra is Revati which is very auspicious. But tithi is Krishna Navami (Rikta Tithi) and it will be around mid day (at 11 hours and 42 minutes) when Sun will enter into Ardra Nakshatra which is not considered auspicious as per classical texts. If Sun enter into Ardra Nakshatra at the night time then it is more conducive for the rains. So there will be lots of damage to the crops due to erratic rainfall this year. Noticeable point here is that there is no malefic planet ahead of the Sun so Ardra Pravesh chart for 2022 has no major yoga for obstruction in rains.

{Hindi} इस साल खूब बरसेगा मानसून, जाने आप के शहर में कब होगी बारिश !

Ardra Pravesh Chart shows excess rainfall in year 2022 for India 

Moon in the 100% watery sign Pisces along with Mars and Jupiter is hemmed between Saturn and Rahu on either side of it, which is a yoga for some major destruction due to erratic rains. In Navamsha Moon is in watery sign Capricorn and aspect the 8^th house. The influences  of 8^th house in Ardra Pravesh Kundali indicate major deaths and loss of properties due to cloud burst and extremely heavy rainfalls. The overall rainfall will be higher than the normal and there shall be loss of lives due to it particularly in the months of  July and August in the Northern and central parts of India. The states of Andra Pradesh and Telangana are also vulnerable for losses of lives due to flood as in Ardra Pravesh chart Moon is in Revati Nakshatra which signify these areas.

The Delhi-NCR will get monsoon rains before 1^st of July which is the official date for the onset of south-west monsoon in this region.

Early onset of South-West Monsoon 2022 foreseen

As per the meteorological department of India the South-West monsoon normally enters into Kerala on the 1st of June every year. In astrology we study the position of planets in lunar horoscope to forecast the day when South-West monsoon would reach at the coastal areas of Kerala. There will be a total lunar eclipse exactly a fortnight before the official date of entry of South West Monsoon which though will not be visible in India but the planetary position at that time is indicating some major meteorological disturbances.

Total Lunar Eclipse (Not Visible In India) 

16 May 2022, 09:44 hours at Delhi

In the horoscope of total lunar eclipse of 16 May,  Moon is in watery sign Scorpio getting aspects of Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter indicate some major cyclones in the next 15 days of this total lunar eclipse. Since this eclipse will be visible in entire South America so there could be some earthquake and cyclone which will bring unseasonal rain in that part of the world. In India the South-West monsoon clouds will pick-up speed and there shall be an early onset of rain in the southern peninsular especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the last week of May due to some cyclone storm.

The South-West Monsoon clouds can burst open over the coastal areas of Kerala in the last week of May instead of their official onset date of 1^st of June.

In Navamsha of the Total Lunar Eclipse of 16 May , Moon is in Cancer sign in the lagan  in opposition with Sun and Venus in Capricorn sign. In astro-meteorology Cancer, Capricorn, Scorpio and Pisces are watery sign. We have lots of planets in these signs in Rashi and Navamsha of Total lunar eclipse of 16 May which will surely bring an early onset of South-West Monsoon in many parts of India this year.

Raipur, Mumbai and Central India will get timely monsoon rains 

At the time of  New Moon  of 30 May 2022 at 17:00 hours at Delhi there is a very interesting conjunction of Mars and Jupiter in Pisces sign. As per Bhavishya Phala Bhaskar Mars and Jupiter conjunction brings obstruction in the rain but here we are getting this conjunction in Pisces which is a watery sign. Moon is Vargottama along with Sun in Taurus sign which is an earthy sign. This yoga can bring obstruction in the rains during the first fortnight of June,  but only in some areas of Southern  States. Mumbai will get monsoon on time around 10^th of June, Raipur in Chhattisgarh will also get timely onset of monsoon around 15^th of June but some obstruction may come for North Eastern states as Rahu is in Aries getting the aspect of Saturn from Aquarius which can obstruct rain in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh etc.

 Horoscope of Sun’s entry into Cancer

 16 July 2022, 22 hours and 57 minutes at Delhi

There will be extremely heavy rains in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and some parts of Rajasthan after Sun’s entry into Cancer sign on 16^th of July 2022. At the time of Sun’s entry into Cancer watery sign Pisces is rising with Jupiter in the lagan. Sun is getting aspect of Saturn from watery sign Capricorn. Mars, Saturn and Jupiter all three aspect Sun which is in Cancer making a yoga for destruction of heavy rains in Northern and Central parts of India. Punjab, Himachal, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh may get flood due to heavy rains in the second fortnight of July month this year. Cancer sign specifically signify the central parts of India which includes Madhya Pradesh, Northern Maharashtra and some parts of Chhattisgarh.

. Horoscope of New Moon

   28 July 2022, 23 hours and 24 minutes at Delhi

At the time of New Moon of 28 July 2022 Sun, Moon, Mercury are in watery sign Cancer getting aspect of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. This yoga again shows some very destruction rains which may bring cloud burst in the hilly states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh any time during next 15 days of the New Moon of 28 July 2022. There will be so much of rains in the month of July and first fortnight of August that people in many parts of India would start praying to the almighty for getting relief from the flood situation. The areas at the banks of river Ganga, Yamuna, Gandak, Kausi will get inundated due to extremely heavy rainfall between 15^th of July to 15^th of August 2022.

Horoscope of New Moon

 27 August 2022, 13 hours and 47 minutes  at Delhi

The New Moon chart of 27^th of August has three  very interesting combinations for unseasonal rainfall. Jupiter in Pisces is getting aspect of Mercury from Virgo which will bring very good rainfall particularly in all the south Indian states which will surprise many meteorologist. Venus would be in Cancer in mutual aspect with Saturn in Capricorn which is also a very good yoga for excess rainfall. Then we have Sun hemmed between Mercury and Venus which as per Bhavishya Phala Bhaskar can bring a break between heavy rainfall days. So in the fortnight starting from 27^th of August there shall be very erratic rainfall which will bring flood in many areas of North India and South India while in many parts there will be break in the rainfall for few days.

Overall the South-West monsoon 2022 indicate a year of excess rainfall, losses of lives and properties due to flood and cloud burst. The monsoon will have an early onset in most parts of the country and there shall be extremely heavy rainfall during 15^th of July to the 30^th of August this year which will bring the situation of flood in many parts of the country including North and Central India. Jupiter in Pisces will especially known to bring flood in the river Yamuna and  Ganga in North India and also in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Mars will be transiting ahead of the Sun during  almost entire South-West monsoon season (June to September) this year. As per classical text of astro-meteorology this is a yoga for an  erratic rainfall along with some obstruction in the rain in between. Although till 20th of July there shall be good rainfalls as Mars will soon enter into Cancer on the 4th of June and will remain in this ‘full watery sign’ for almost one and half month. But afterwards there are possibilities of dry periods from the 20th of July onward in many parts of the country. Saturn transiting through Shravana Nakshatra in retrograde motion and Rahu’s transit from Rohini are other two indications of very erratic rainfall with some long dry periods in between and flood in some parts of the country .  All these yoga’s combine are forecasting  a very erratic South-West monsoon 2021 season with uneven distribution of rains as per both time and space.

The rainfall could be around 90% to 95%  of the long period average with lots of abnormal behaviour like concentrated heavy rain fall on small number of days at some areas and then long period of dryness which will give lots of troubles to the farmers during the sowing of seeds in the  Kharif season (monsoon crops).

Why so many cyclones and unseasonal rainfall in May 2021 ?

After cyclone Tauktae bring rainfall in almost entire South, North and Western parts of the country now there is a danger of another cyclone Yaas to hit the bay of Bengal next week as per the news report. The unseasonal rainfall in the month of May has already broken the record of 120 years in Delhi. Now around the upcoming lunar eclipse of 26 May another cyclone may create havoc in the Eastern Part of the country where this lunar eclipse will be visible. The state of Orissa, West Bengal and Assam can receive heavy rainfall immediately after this lunar eclipse of 26 May.

Sun enters into Taurus horoscope 

14 May 2021, 23:37 hours at Delhi 

Sun, Rahu and Mercury are know to bring cyclone storms. In the solar ingress horoscope of Taurus Sun, Rahu, Mercury and Venus are conjoined. In Navamsha chart Mercury, Jupiter, Sun and Mars are in watery which indicate good rainfall. This bring lots of unseasonal rains in the second fortnight of May and temperature is also below normal for the season. But these astro-meteorological disturbances are not a good indicator for  the south-west monsoon and also for the country. If the lunar month of ‘Jyeshtha’, which is from 27th of May to 24th of June, does not get high temperature then south-west monsoon is likely to bring less rain in North and central parts of the country in its last phase i.e. during  August and September months.

Why Sun’s entry into Taurus horoscope is so important ?

In Medini Jyotish (mundane astrology) there is an ancient tradition of forecasting harvest on the basis of solar ingress charts. The ‘kharif’ or Monsoon crops are cultivated around May-June in India, depending upon region, and are harvested during last week of September or October. As per Brihat Samhita, a 5^th century AD classical text of Medini Jyotish, the horoscope cast at the time of Sun’s entry into Taurus (Vrishabha) sign gives indications about the harvest of crops which are sown during monsoon season. Sun enters into Taurus sign every year in the mid of May which is the time when many South-Indian states are under pre-monsoon rains. Rice, Maize and Cotton are major Kharif crops. In the South Indian states these crops are sown during May while in Western and Central India during June when they gets rain. In North the sowing season comes in early July.

As per Brihat Samhita’s ‘Sashya Jataka Adhyay’ chapter 39,  if there are benefic planets like Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in Kendra i.e. square of Sun at the time of its entry into Taurus sign, then the Kharif crops grows rapidly after sowing. Similarly the text says that if Sun has benefic planets on its either side or Sun gets the aspect of benefic planets then also the Kharif harvest will be good for the farmers. However, if there are malefic planets like Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu in Kendra (square) position from Sun or they are associated with Sun then the crops may get damaged in some areas due to erratic rainfall and pests. Since last two years India has received bountiful of rains during South-West monsoon season and farmers has enjoyed good harvest. But this year there could be some erratic rainfall as malefic planet Mars is ahead of Sun in the solar ingress of Taurus chart.

Sun has  enter into Taurus on 14^th of May this year at 23:37 hours IST (Indian Standard Time). The horoscope for Sun’s entry into Taurus is cast by taking place as Delhi which is capital of India. As we can see here Sun is associated with two benefic planets which are Mercury and Venus. But it is also in conjunction with a malefic Rahu. So there shall be some erratic rainfall this year. Jupiter, the most auspicious planet, is in the 10^th house from Sun which is a good Kendra (square) position. So despite some erratic rainfall the Kharif harvest shall be very good. The South-West monsoon will strike the coastal areas of Kerala around 1^st of June and it will give good rainfall during 3^rd of June to 20^th of July as Mars would then be transiting in Cancer sign which is a 100% watery Rashi. There shall be bountiful of rains in Southern States like Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Telangana. In Maharashtra and parts of central India there will be good rains in the last fortnight of June and in early July. So farmers in these areas will be able to do the sowing of seeds on time. But in Northern states there could be some troubles to the farmers as after 20^th of July Mars will move into a dry sign Leo and it will be ahead of Sun in transit. So some deficient rains in Northern states like UP, Bihar, Punjab, and Haryana etc. may give some troubles to the farmers. Overall the production during the Kharif season will be good as at the time of Sun’s entry into Taurus there are benefic planets Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in Kendra from it.

Horoscope of Sun’s entry into Ardra Nakshtra in 2021

Now see the horoscope of Sun’s entry into Ardra Nakshatra which is given here. Gemini lagna is rising with Sun and Venus placed in it and Jupiter giving aspect to it. Jupiter’s aspect on the lagna, Sun and Moon will ensure that the rainfall will be normal i.e. around 90%  to 95% of the long period average. But Mars ahead of Sun is a classical combination of erratic behaviour of monsoon rains as per Bhavishya Phala Bhaskar. In Navamsha of the Ardra Pravesh chart Sun and Jupiter are in the lagan in mutual aspect with Moon, Saturn and Venus which also indicate some erratic rainfalls.

Mars and Saturn at the 1/7 axis during the entire month of June will give lots of destruction to crops because of some erratic rainfall. In the coastal areas there will be more than normal rainfall while in the plains there will be below average rains. The South-West monsoon will get delayed in reaching North and Western part of the country as the transit of retrograde Saturn in Capricorn shows deficient rainfall in these areas. The total cumulative rain fall in the South and Eastern part of the country will be more as compare to the North and Western parts. In the month of June and July there will be decent rainfall but in August and September there could be less than normal rainfall due to Mars transit from Leo and Virgo signs.

Horoscope of Lunar Eclipse of 26 May 2021 

Now see this horoscope of lunar eclipse of 26^th of May 2021 which will be visible in some parts of North-Eastern state of India. An eclipse just before the onset time of the south-west monsoon can bring strong meteorological disturbances which will make rainfall very erratic right from the beginning. In the first week of June coastal areas of Kerala and Tamil Nadu will get decent rainfall but in the interiors there will be deficient rains. Mars is ahead of Sun which is a classical yoga for disruption in the rainfall. South-West monsoon may reach late in Mumbai where the normal date for its onset is 10^th of June. In Raipur, Bhopal, Nagpur, Nasik etc. it will also reach late. The central India may not get sufficient rainfall till the end of June.

New Moon horoscope 

10 July 2021, 06:46 hours at Delhi 

At the time of New Moon (Amavasaya) of 10th of July Cancer lagna rising with Venus and Mars in the lagan in mutual aspect with Saturn indicate good rainfall in the North and central parts of the country. During 10th of July to the 20th of July North Indian states like Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan and the central parts of India like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh there will be good rainfall. But after the 20th of July Mars will move into Leo which can bring some obstructions in the rainfall.

Sun enters into Cancer Rashi horoscope 

16 July 2021, 16:54 hours at Delhi 

Cancer sign mostly signify the central parts of country. Whenever some major planet enters into this sign we can observe some interesting meteorological developments in Madhya Pradesh and parts of  Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Immediately after Sun’s entry into Cancer there shall be rains in these areas after 16th of July for at least 5 days.

Sun enters into Leo horoscope 

17 August 2021, 01:17 hours at Delhi 

Normally Sun’s entry into Leo bring good rainfall in western parts of the country especially in Gujarat and Rajasthan. This year at the time of Sun’s entry into Leo it will get the aspect of retrograde Jupiter which will bring good rainfalls in these areas but in the other parts of the country there shall be less than normal rainfall for the season as Mars would be ahead of Sun.

Sun’s entry into Virgo Horoscope 

17 September 2021, 01:18 hours at Delhi 

At the time of Sun’s entry into Virgo sign Jupiter would have reached Capricorn in retrograde motion joining Saturn and Moon there. This will bring some good rainfall in the 3^rd week of September month especially in some parts of Northern India. The state of Bihar and UP will get good rainfall then. But in the last week of September Sun will reach close of Mars which will again bring obstructions in the rainfall.

Thus south-west monsoon season is likely to end with around 90% to 95%  of rainfall only with lot of erratic behaviour giving troubles to the farmers. Out of 36 meteorological sub divisions many will face problem of deficient rains while in some there will be excess rainfall. The distribution of rainfall will be highly irregular in terms of  time and space. The Southern and Eastern part of the country may get sufficient rainfall while in North and Western parts there will be less than normal rain.