VEDIC ASTROLOGY 2020 CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
Pararshara Jyotisha Conference of America
Panchang - The Five Pillars of Time
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FRIDAY | May 8, 2020
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Begin Registration and Check-In
Lunch on your own
1:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Opening Ceremonies - Panj Enterprises & PJCOA Welcomes You
1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Presentation: Sat Siri Kaur Khalsa
Introduction to Panchanga calculations
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath
Panchanga Lecture #1 Pancatmika tattva and creation, from the teachings of Achyutananda
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Tea Break (and time for room check-ins)
3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath (Continued)
Panchanga Lecture #1 Pancatmika tattva and creation, from the teachings of Achyutananda
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Dinner on your own
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Ethics in Jyotish
Moderator: Freedom Cole
Panelists: Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar ,Nomi Gallo, additional panelists to be announced
Audience questions and participation welcome!
SATURDAY | May 9, 2020
6:00 am to 7:00
Yoga with Sarab Prakash (Ben Brown) – Conscious Kriyas for Comprehension
(No Yoga clothes required!)
7:00 am to 8:00 am
Breakfast on your own
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Presentation: Sat Siri Kaur Khalsa
How the weekdays are aligned with Vedic time, giving calculations from the start of Kali Yuga.
9:00 am to 12:15 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath
Panchanga Lecture #2 Solar energy through the weekday planets, in Rasi (D1) and Navamsa (D9) divisional charts, and connection with father in Dvadasamsa/dasha, health
10:15 am to 10:30 am
Tea Break
12:15 pm to 1:15 pm
Vegetarian Box Lunch at Hotel (optional)
1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Presentation: Sat Siri Kaur Khalsa
Tithi and Suksma Tithi calculations; flip of the horns of the bull.
2:00 pm to 5:15 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath and Kaartik Gor
Panchanga Lecture #3:
Use of Tithi in relationships, Tithi and spouse, dharma vivaha (Kaartik Gor)
Sukshma Tithi and progeny (Sanjay Rath)
3:45 pm to 4:00 pm
Break
5:15 pm to 6:00 pm
Free time – Explore Area, Bookstore, Vendor Exhibits, Silent Auction
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Vegetarian Buffet Dinner Together – Franciscan Room, Hotel (optional)
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm
Special CONCERT in the Chapel at Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town (optional)
(Free Admission to Full Conference Registrants)
SUNDAY | May 10, 2020
6:00 am to 7: 00 am
Yoga with Sarab Prakash (Ben Brown) – Conscious Kriyas for Comprehension
(No Yoga clothes required!)
7:00 am to 8:00 am
Breakfast on Your Own
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Presentation: Sat Siri Kaur Khalsa
Two kinds of Nakshatra Mandala - circular 27-star and square 28-star tables, the symbols and shape.
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Presentation: Sarbani Rath
Nakshatra vrksa, the breath - sohaM-haMsa and relationship between the animal and plant kingdoms
Morning Tea & Beverage
Tea Break – Tea will be available from 9 through 11:15 am to get as you like, e.g., as speakers change at the podium.
10:15 am to 11:00 am
Presentation: Deborah Redman
Navatara Chakra of 27-star mandala and Vimshottari lordships
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath (Part 1)
Panchanga Lecture #4: Special nakshatra using 27-star mandala, and the gandanta nakshatra and nakshatra parts
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Vegetarian Buffet Lunch at Hotel (optional)
Announcements (Silent Auction Winners)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath
Panchanga Lecture #4: Continued from morning.
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Tea Break
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm
Track 1: Presentation: Kaartik Gor
Marana Tithi - Death
Track 2: Presentation: Eric Rosenbush
Interface of Calendrical Cycles like Rtu with Ayurveda
4:15 pm to 5:45 pm
Presentation: Komilla Sutton
The Grand Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: Personal and world issues related to this once-every-60-years conjunction, this time taking place in the sign of Capricorn.
5:45 pm to 6:45 pm
Presentation: Andrew Foss, Ph.D.
Jyotisha and the History of Mankind: Understanding the flow of world events from before Lord Krishna to the coming times.
6:45 pm
Dinner on Your Own
MONDAY | May 11, 2020
6:00 am to 7: 00 am
Yoga with Sarab Prakash (Ben Brown) — Conscious Kriyas for Comprehension
(No Yoga clothes required!)
7:00 am to 8:00 am
Breakfast on your own
8:15 am to 9:00 am
Presentation: Sat Siri Kaur Khalsa
Calculations of the 27 daily yogas from Pushya and the nakshatra of Brihaspati, their names and types
9:00 am to 11:00 am
Presentation: Raman Suprajarama (invited)
Panchanga Lecture #5 Application of yogas in horoscopy
11:00 am to 11:15 am
Stretch/Tea Break
11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Presentation: Sat Siri Kaur Khalsa
Calculations of the 11 types of Karana — 4 fixed and 7 movables
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Vegetarian Box Lunch at the Hotel (optional)
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Presentation: Pandit Sanjay Rath
Panchanga #6: Karana types, meanings, planetary lords and usage in rasi, Navamsa, Dasamsa
4:00 pm to 4:45 pm
Closing Ceremony