Birth Time Rectification
-Rajendra Nimje, IAS
9lh October 2011
Why BTR?
o No two watches show the same time
o The birth definition is still not accepted by all across
the world
• Is it the time of separation of the body of child from
mother
• First cry or
• Cutting of umbilical cord
BTR DIFFICULTIES
o Who will record the birth time
o Can it be by the delivering mother - ?
o By expecting father and relative who are outside the
delivery room
o By the Doctor who is paying more attention to safe
delivery and operation if any
o By Nurse who is taking care of the new born baby and
the mother
o There is no one who is serious to note the exact time c
birth of the baby
Why Correction
o KP is based on sublord system
o The Lagna is on the horizon for about 2 hours
o The Lagna starlord can be for 54 minutes
o The sub ranging from 0 deg 46 min 40 sec i.e. 3
minutes to 2 deg. 13 min 20 sec i.e. about 9
minutes.
o Hence the Lagna sublord extends from 3 minutes
to 9 minutes.
In Vedic Charts
o In traditional method where Lagna is enough to cast
the chart and post all planets in which rasi they are,
it is enough if we get lagna in plus or minus one
hour on an average.
o In Stellar method one has to be accurate upto 20
minutes and birth time can be in this range.
o BTR is not essential in many of the cases born after
1960 as the birth recorded is within the band
Why BTR essential in KP
o In KP the sublord will change all calculations for not
only lagna but for other houses.
o Lagna has to be accurate in 3 to 9 minutes range
for fixing the right sub.
o This is mostly impossible as explained earlier.
o Most of the cases need BTR for KP system as
knowledge of birth time within this time band is very
difficult
Various Methods of BTR
o Parshara's method
o Varahamihira's method
o Kalidasa method
o Nakshatra Shuddhi
o Kerala Jyotish
o Event based rectification
o Nadi and Bhrigu’s method
o Pre-natal Epoch
o Krishnamurti Paddathi Rectification
Nakshatra Shuddhi
1. Nakshatra Shuddhi
Multiply the Ghatikas and Vighatikas of the Ishta
Kala by 4 and divide the product by 9. The reminder
should be counted beginning with Ashwini, Magha
or Moola in whatsoever Paryaya it falls. The 27
Nakshatras are distributed in 3 Paryayas consisting
of 1 st to 9th, 10th to 18th and 19th to 27th. This will
give the Janma Nakshatra.
Example:
Suppose the native was bom on 6.3.1980 at Ishta Ghatika 56.12,. Therefore,
54.12 X 4 19 = 224.48 / 9 = 24 X 9 + 8.48.
As the reminder is 8.48, Nakshatra may be Ashlesha (9th Nakshatra),
Jyeshtha (18th Nakshatra) or Revati (27th Nakshatra).
Istakaal is the difference between sunrise and time of birth in local mean time (LMT)
*Slide details from [Link]
*Man-Women janma Shuddhi
o Man -Woman Janma Shuddhi
Convert the Ishta Ghatika into Palas (by multiplying Ghatikas with 60).
Divide the same by 225. If the reminder is:
0 to 15 - male
16 to 45 - female
46 to 90 - male
91 to 150 - female
151 to 225 - male
These five groups represent, in their order male, female, male, female
and male respectively.
Example:
Ishta Ghatikas are 56.12. If we convert it into palas it will be 56 X 60 + 12
= 3372.
3372 / 225 = 14 X 225 + 222. In other words if we divide the ishtakal in
palas by 225, the reminder will be 222 which falls into 5th zone.
Therefore the birth should be of a male.
In case the horoscope that we are using for verification is of a female, we
can conclude that the time is not correct and needs some verification.
*Slide details from [Link]
LagnaShuddhi
Lagna Shuddhi
Find out the Rasi occupied by the Moon and Mandi; and
their Navamsas. The native will have this birth either in
the Rasi occupied by Maandi or the Moon whichever be
the stronger; or in the Lagna Rasi which will be the 7th,
5th or the 9th from either of them. If instead of these two
Rasis, the Navamsa Rasi owned by Mandi or the Moon
be stronger, then the Janma Lagna will be in the
stronger Navamsa Rasi or the 7th, 5th or the 9th from it.
In other words this method suggests that the lagna of
person must always be 1, 5, 7, 9 from either Moon or
Mandi. This should be checked both from Lagna chart
as well as Navamsa chart. This is a method which
suggests that there is a connection between moon
position and ascendant position at the time of birth.
*Slide details from [Link]
KP BTR
o Very Accurate
o Extremely Easy
o Same set of rules for all conditions
o Take in account the information available with the
native or relative/informer
o Corrects all Sandhi lagnas , Nakshatra Sandhis and
all border line cases
How TO DO KP BTR
o Cast the Chart with the available information
o Look at the lagna and the planets in lagna. They
should give clue to the personality.
o Take Ruling planets at the time of birth and Ruling
planets at the time of BTR. Cast them side by side
First Information
o Take information from the native or relative on how
much accurate his birth time is recorded. This is
the most crucial information and must be
documented immediately with the background
o Native narrates some stories told by his/her parents
related to the birth and tentative time
o Some parents document it properly
Correcting Lagna
o If the informer is indicating the accuracy of couple
of hours then look at the Lagna in the chart, the lord
of which should present in ruling planets at the time
of BTR. If not then the lagna is incorrect. Look at
the earlier or next possible lagna
Iagna Star
o If the information is correct within an hour but not
upto minutes then it is the Iagna star we should
bother about.
o The Iagna star must be present in RP else take the
earlier or next star and check it out.
Iagna Sub
o Finally the Iagna sub should also be present in
Ruling.
o This step is needed in most of the charts explained
earlier.
o Fix the Iagna sub
o There is generally a query at the time of BTR on a
specific issue in life. Check the sublord of the main
house dealing with that issue
Issue based rectification
o The main house of the prompted issue like
marriage, job, child birth etc, should also be present
in the ruling planet.
o In fact when we look at the natal chart the main
house of the query should had a sublord which is
present in the RP at the time of judgment.
Verification
o After correcting the birth time the next step is to
verify prominent landmarks in the natives life like
• Completion of education
• Job or Business start
« Marriage
• Child Birth
• Promotion
• Parents demise
• Promotion or rise in business
DBA vs Events
o Note down the DBAs for the corrected chart for all
the landmarks
o Look into the signification of the event and see if
the same DBA is running. If not then the BTR is not
correct or need fine tuning depending on what level
of BTR we are undertaking
Divine ACE
o The fine tuning of BTR is again divine
o Check the lagna sub, it should be connected with
moon in some way.
• Lagna sub can be connected with moon
starlord, sublord or
• It is connected with moon’s signlord.
o It confirms the Lagna with sub level accuracy and
we can conclude the BTR
New Readings
o Rule of Origin by Dr. Andrew Dutta
o Fine tuning by Gender Determination technique by
Sri C. Kadirvelu
*Rule of Origin
o The rectified Lagna Starlord is appearing as the 9th
Starlord or sublord
o The rectified Lagna sublord is appearing as the 9th
Starlord or sublord
o The rectified lagna starlord or sublord is linked to
the 9th starlord or sublord through a third planet
only.
o Method is published by Dr. Andrew Dutta
o He stated that Lagna and moon should have
connection at all the three levels, sign, star and sub
*From Andrew Dutta’s Paper
Gender Determination Technique:
oC. Kadirvelu has published Gender
determination technique
o With the help of Saturn , Rahu and Ketu
one can fix the Gender of the native. This
method is very accurate
oConversly , we know the gender of native
then for finer one to three minute
rectification in birth time we can work out
BTR by KP method explained earlier and
check the gender through GD technique
GD TECHNIQUE
o If the gender is tallying then the BTR is complete
o If the gender is opposite then it need couple of
mintues of rectification. Do trial and error and
finalize the sub in accordance with GD technique.
o Check the Ruling Planet of Lagna and Moon
sublord at the time of completion of BTR for
confirming the natal lagna sub
