Advanced Vedic Astrology Programs
Every professional-level Vedic program offers North and South Indian charts, several
standard ayanamsas and a user-defined ayanamsa, animated transits, rectification tool(s), a
time-change atlas, multiple dasha systems, the ability to import files from the Quick*Charts
format, Classical Vedic interpretations (e.g., of natal planet positions), an astro-clock (i.e., a
chart that shows the positions at the present moments and automatically updates when the
positions change), varga (divisional) charts, research tools, tables and graphs including ash-
takavarga, kutams, nakshatras, shri pati house cusps, aspects, panchang, upagrahas, and shad
bala. They also offer the ability to design your own screens and pages, and to select the default
house system, present location, true or mean node setting, and a customer’s logo.
Parashara’s Light.This program (by Geovision Software) combines beautiful graphics with
exceptional ease of use. Its unparalleled Page Designer allows you to precisely control the size and
placement of charts, tables, and graphs, and to make as many custom designed pages as you want.
The software also allows you to create your own sets of pages to be printed at the push of a button.
Parashara’s Light has many unique features including the only Vedic transit and dasha list-
ing that can include entry into signs, nakshatras, navamsas, specific degrees, and kakshas, as well
as whole sign and degree transits, sade sati, and dasas up to five levels. The program can also pre-
pare a monthly calendar showing these events, and is the only Vedic program to offer a graphic
ephemeris, too.
The software has a wonderful and easy-to-use Muhurta (electional) screen, complete
with a simple indicator of general auspiciousness of the date and time that anyone can under-
stand, plus a fine time-shifting tool, as well as rasi and navamsa charts, and detailed tables of
planetary information (including avastas, kakshas, and ashtakavarga), five levels of three dasa
systems, and the results of the present tarabala, chandrabala, tithi, karana, and nakshatra.
The program has a wonderfully formatted Kaksha report, the ability to graph distributions
on groups of charts for signs, nakshatras, dignities, shad bala, aspects, and conjunctions for each
planet and the ascendant, a point calculator (e.g., Sun-Moon). It searches from 1001 yogas for
those that apply to the chart, and then interprets (and shows the formula for) each yoga. Its aus-
piciousness graph is an excellent display of each planet’s strengths by shad bala, vimsopaka, dig-
nity, number of good vargas, shastiamsha, and two systems of avasthas.
Shri Jyoti Star.This program (by ShriSource) excels in the great range of calculations
and tables that it offers, including many compatibility features (e.g., Kuta and Yoni for all
planets, cross-chart tables of relationships, aspects, lords, ashtakavarga, etc., and the ability to
show two different people’s charts, graphs, and tables on the same page), and a wealth of
graphs and tables for individual charts (such as astronomical data, Arabic parts, panchang,
avasthas, argala, udayas, rashmis, latitude, house strengths, and many more).
The Time Shift tool is exceptional in its usefulness in rectification. While viewing any
screen(s) of charts, graphs, and tables, you can easily shift the birth date forward or backwards
in time by any increment, and see all of the charts, graphs, and tables change accordingly. Shri
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