Release of version 1.0 : December 23, 1999 Release of version 3.0 : February 12, 2000 (Ratha Sapthami) Revamped release 5.0 : April 28, 2003 - Totally revamped, better GUI, more accurate and more features Improved release 5.01 : May 9, 2003 Latest release 6.0 : July 1, 2004 - Added annual Tithi Pravesha (lunar return charts), Tithi Ashtottari dasa, Moola dasa and Drigdasa
Requirements:
This program will work on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me,
Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers.
About 5 MB of disk space is needed for this program.
Features:
12 divisional charts (16 charts + D-5, D-6, D-8 & D-11),
option for using 3 kinds of hora charts - (a) Cancer-Leo hora chart,
(b) parivritti dwaya (bicyclical) hora chart of Vriddha Karikas (it is
used for family affairs and health) and (c) Jagannatha Hora chart.
The positions of nine planets, lagna, 6 special lagnas
(ghati lagna, hora lagna, bhava lagna & vighati lagna, varnada
lagna and Sree lagna) and 11 upagrahas/sub-planets (Dhuma, Vyatipata,
Parivesha, Indrachapa, Upaketu, Kaala, Mrityu, Artha Prahara, Yama
Ghantaka, Mandi & Gulika) - all these in ALL the twenty divisional
charts.
Two options for Vyatipata calculation (Vyatipata = 360 deg - Dhuma & Vyatipata = Dhuma + 53 deg 20 min)
Option to define whether Gulika, Mandi and other upagrahas
like Kaala rise at the beginning or middle or end of respective
portions
Arudha padas of all the houses in ALL the twenty divisional charts
Ashtakavarga and sodhya pindas of ALL the divisional charts
Swearing-in chart mode, where dasas are compressed to a chosen period of time
Lunar new year chart and annual Full Moon chart
Prasna mode with rasi and navamsa of prasna lagna obtained from a number between 1 and 108
Panchanga of a day with the end times of tithi, nakshatra,
yoga, karana and horas and times of Rahu kalam, Gulika kalam, Yama
gandam, sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.
Miscellaneous: Tajaka sahamas (sahams) in natal charts;
chara karakas (8-planet scheme); shadbalas, bhava balas &
ishta-kashta phalas; lunar month, lunar day (tithi), luni-solar yoga,
karana, sunrise and sunset time listing with charts (using the true
rise of upper limb); nakshatra balance and tithi balance; hora,
Mahakala hora and Kaala; support for Lahiri ayanamsa, Raman ayanamsa
and a few others; customizable nonlinear ayanamsa; customizable year
days in dasas (360 or 365.2425 or anything else that user wants to
try); convenient toolbar buttons; customizable printing;
south/north/east Indian chart formats; basic or complete plain text
export; direct email of plain text file attachment (if you have MAPI
configured); some lessons on Vedic astrology (if the version with
detailed help is downloaded)