Mystery About Number and Longitude of Each Nadi Explained by Jagdish Raj Ratra, India

Article by Jagdish Raj Ratra, India

Experts on Nadi, it is said, give predictions with amazing accuracy. There are 150 nadis in every rashi of 30°. Role of nadi in predictive astrology is same as of DNA in biological life. DNA is map of growth, health and decay of human life. Nadi provide insight into the current life of a native and also of his predecessors and successors. Role of lagan and planets through dasha and transit modify the sequence of events in the life of a native.

Secret of nadis about their numbers and each longitude lies in the Shodasa vargas (sixteen subdivision of a sign) as propounded by Shri Parashar, which are:

List out each longitude of each subdivisions under all vargas, merge them all in ascending order. All of them will submerge into 150 longitudinal units, not one less nor one more. To make things simpler, we can group the vargas which merge with each other in part or full as under:

These are seven groups. Take last item in each group as leader which covers all subdivisionsin its group. Let us list them individually.

Saptamsa (30°/7)
0° → 4°:17’, 8°:34’, 12°:51’, 17°:08’, 21°:25’, 25°:42’, 30°:00’

Sodashamsa (30°/16)
0° → 1°:52’:30”, 3°:45’, 5°:37’:30”, 7°:30’, 9°:22’:30”, 11°:45’, 13°:17’:30”, 15°:00’, 16°:52’:30”, 18°:45’, 20°:37’:30”, 22°:30’; 24°:22’:30”, 26°:15’, 28°:17’:30”, 30°:00’

Chaturvinshansha (30°/24)
0° → 1°:15’, 2°:30’, 3°:45’, 5°:00’, 6°:15’, 7°:30’, 8°:45’, 10°:00’, 11°:15’, 12°:30’, 13°:45’, 15°:00’; 16°:15’, 17°:30’, 18°:45’, 20°:00’, 21°:15’, 22°:30’, 23°:45’, 25°:00’, 26°:15’, 27°:30’, 28°:45’, 30°:00’

Bhamsha (30°/27)
0° → 1°:06’:40”, 2°:13’:20”, 3°:20’:00”, 4°:26’:40”, 5°:33’:20”, 6°:40’:00”, 7°:46’:40”, 8°:53’:20”, 10°:00’:00”, 11°:06’:40”, 12°:13’:20”, 13°:20’:00”, 14°:26’:40”, 15°:33’:20”, 16°:40’:00”, 17°:46’:40”, 18°:53’:20”, 20°:00’:00”, 21°:06’:40”, 22°:13’:20”, 23°:20’:00”, 24°:26’:40”, 25°:33’:20”, 26°:40’:00”, 27°:46’:40”, 28°:53’:20”, 30°:00’:00”

Khavedamsha (30°/40)
0° → 0°:45’, 1°:30’, 2°:15’, 3°:00’, 3°:45’, 4°:30’, 5°:15’, 6°:00’, 6°:45’, 7°:30’, 8°:15’, 9°:00’, 9°:45’, 10°:30’, 11°:15’, 12°:00’, 12°:45’, 13°:30’, 14°:15’, 15°:00’, 15°:45’, 16°:30’, 17°:15’, 18°:00’, 18°:45’, 19°:30’, 20°:15’, 21°:00’, 21°:45’, 22°:30’, 23°:15’, 24°:00’, 24°:45’, 25°:30’, 26°:15’, 27°:00’, 27°:45’, 28°:30’, 29°:15’, 30°:00’,

Akshavedamsha (30°/45)
0° → 0°:40’, 1°:20’, 2°:00’, 2°:40’, 3°:20’, 4°:00’, 4°:40’, 5°:20’, 6°:00’, 6°:40’, 7°:20’, 8°:00’, 8°:40’, 9°:20’, 10°:00’, 10°:40’, 11°:20’, 12°:00’, 12°:40’, 13°:20’, 14°:00’, 14°:40’, 15°:20’, 16°:00’, 16°:40’, 17°:20’, 18°:00’, 18°:40’, 19°:20’, 20°:00’, 20°:40’, 21°:20’, 22°:00’, 22°:40’, 23°:20’, 24°:00’, 24°:40’, 25°:20’, 26°:00’, 26°:40’, 27°:20’, 28°:00’, 28°:40’, 29°:20’, 30°:00’

Shashtiamsa (30°/60)
0° → 0°:30’, 1°:00’, 1°:30’, 2°:00’, 2°:30’, 3°:00’, 3°:30’, 4°:00’, 4°:30’, 5°:00’, 5°:30’, 6°:00’, 6°:30’, 7°:00’, 7°:30’, 8°:00’, 8°:30’, 9°:00’, 9°:30’, 10°:00’, 10°:30’, 11°:00’, 11°:30’, 12°:00’, 12°:30’, 13°:00’, 13°:30’, 14°:00’, 14°:30’, 15°:00’, 15°:30’, 16°:00’, 16°:30’, 17°:00’, 17°:30’, 18°:00’, 18°:30’, 19°:00’, 19°:30’, 20°:00’, 20°:30’, 21°:00’, 21°:30’, 22°:00’, 22°:30’, 23°:00’, 23°:30’, 24°:00’, 24°:30’, 25°:00’, 25°:30’, 26°:00’, 26°:30’, 27°:00’, 27°:30’, 28°:00’, 28°:30’, 29°:00’, 30°:30’

Now the job is very simple. Arrange them manually or by computer. All these divisions fit in 150 segments from 0°:30’ to 30° as per the list hereunder.
Nadis have been grouped in each degree, separated by a gap.

Details of degreewise number of Nadis:
i. 11th, 20th degree have 3 nadis each = 3 x 2* = 6
ii. 1st, 4th, 8th, 23rd, 27th & 28th – 4 nadi each = 4 x 6 = 24
iii. 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 21st,
24th, 26th, 28th have 5 nadis each = 5 x 14 = 70
iv. 2nd, 6th, 13th, 18th, 25th, 29th – 6 each = 6 x 6 = 36
v. 9th, 22nd have 7 nadis each = 7 x 2 = 14
Total =150

*Degree distribution is interesting 2, 6, 14, 6, 2
These 150 nadiamshas are not of equal longitude (arc). They are unequal. Some nadis are long and some are short. The smallest nadiamsha is 00°:01’:40” and biggest is 00°:30’:00”.
The counting of nadis for moveable, fixed and dual signs is somewhat confusing. Under movable signs count is 1 (Vasuda) to 150 (Parmeshwari), while under fixed signs the count is reverse from 150 (Parmeshwari) back to 1 (Vasudha), under dual signs, the count is 76 to 150 and 1 to 75 (forward from middle).

Making reference to nadi longitudes has been made still simpler. We have given longitude of each nadi under moveable, fixed and dual signs in same line. In the list reader will find that some names of nadis are repeated eg.
Brahmi appears at Sr. No. 3 & 111
Sama appears at Sr. No. 7 & 103
Kala appears at Sr. No. 33 & 48
Durbhaga appears at Sr. No. 37 & 62
Sukhada appears at Sr. No. 43 & 77
Preeta appears at Sr. No. 59 & 112
Kokila appears at Sr. No. 106 & 138

List of Nadis & their respective longitudes

(-) Underline under Serial number indicate mismatch of names suggested by both researchers.

Sanskrit Alphabetical names of nadis as searched by late Shri C.S.Patel with serial number.

About Author: Jagdish Raj Ratra is B.Com (hons) L.L.B Fellow (F.I.I) worked in Insurance Sector (LIC Of India) for 38 years. He has been dedicated to serious study in astrology since last few decades. He retired in Feb 1996, has special interest in Jaimini Astrology. He Researches on
a) Why there are 150 nadis in a sign and what is the span of each nadi
b) What is their importance and its contribution in natives age span?