Casting a Vedic Chart

This section describes how to cast a Vedic or Vedic divisional chart.

A Vedic Natal chart is identical to any other natal chart in Solar Fire except that it must use a sidereal zodiac rather then the tropical zodiac as conventionally used in Western astrology. (The most commonly used sidereal zodiac is “Lahiri”, which is the officially nominated zodiac in India.)

It is possible to calculate any Vedic divisional chart using a tropical chart as the base chart. However, conventionally, they are only calculated using base charts that have a sidereal zodiac. Therefore, if you try to calculate a Vedic divisional chart using a base chart that does not have a sidereal zodiac, then Solar Fire will prompt you with a warning message. (This warning may be switched off if you wish).

If you wish to work with Vedic charts in the conventional way, then it is recommended that you ensure that you have all your required base charts already calculated in a sidereal zodiac. You can do this in a variety of ways, as follows...

•Create a new natal chart using Chart / New, and ensure the selected zodiac is a sidereal one.

•Use Chart / Edit / Edit Chart or Copy and Edit Chart and change the selected zodiac to a sidereal one.

•Use Chart / Edit / Toggle Chart Zodiac to change the zodiac (and optionally also house system) of an existing base chart. See Default Zodiac and Default House System for information on changing your preferred zodiac and house system for vedic (sidereal) charts.

•Use Chart / Vedic (i.e. this dialog) and choose the “Vedic Natal” method to create a new base chart using the default sidereal zodiac.

>> To cast a Vedic or Vedic divisional chart

1.Choose Vedic from the Chart menu.

2.Select the required chart type from the Chart Type to Generate.

3.Select the OK or Apply button.

The chart will be added to the list of "Calculated Charts" on the Main Screen.