Margazhi Garbottam 2017 in a nutshell.

Previous articles:-

Rainfall 2017 – Level 1(Panchanga-based)

Rainfall 2017 – Level 2 (Planetary combinations)

Rainfall 2017 – Level 3 (Margazhi / Solar Garbottam).

The just concluded Margazhi Garbottam (Level 3 of prediction) has been given in a nutshell in a table below. In all the dates except the last date, the corresponding rainfall season has adverse planetary combination. It remains to be seen how the adverse planetary combinations affect the rainfall. What is given here is applicable to Chennai.

Day	Date of Garbottam	Observation	Date of Impact (Fortnight)	Prediction
1	28th  – 29th  Dec 2016	Wind-  Brief Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Moderate	22nd  June to 5th July 2017	Moderate rains in the middle of the fortnight. Between  28th and 30th June 2017.
2	29th – 30th Dec, 2016	Wind- Moderate in 2nd half. Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Good.	5th July to 19th July 2017	Good rains in the middle of the fortnight. Between 10th – 13th July 2017
3	30th - 31st Dec 2016	Wind-  Dry Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Nil	19th July to 2nd  August 2017	Dry weather.
4	31st Dec 2016 - 1st Jan 2017	Wind- Good Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Moderate to Good	2nd August to 16th August 2017	Moderate rains in the 2nd quarter of the fortnight. Between 5th and 8th August 2017.
5	1st - 2nd Jan 2017	Wind- Occasional hot wind. Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Less.	16th August to 30th August 2017	Dry weather.
6	2nd - 3rd Jan, 2017	Wind-Nil. Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Nil	30th August to 13th September 2017.	Dry weather.
7	3rd - 4th Jan, 2017	Wind- Occasional Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds-Good	13th September to 26th September 2017.	Good rains in the 2nd quarter of the fortnight. Between 18th and 21st Sep 2017.
8	4th – 5th Jan, 2017	Wind- Occasional Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Moderate to Good.	27th September to 10th October 2017.	Moderate rainfall in the 2nd quarter of the fortnight. Between 29th  Sep and 2nd October 2017
9	5th - 6th Jan, 2017	Wind- Good Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Good	11th October to 23rd October 2017.	Good rainfall in the middle of the fortnight. Between 14th and 18th October 2017.
10	6th - 7th Jan, 2017	Wind- Good. Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Good.	24th October to 6th November 2017.	Rainfall in the 1st week of November.
11	7th - 8th Jan, 2017	Wind- Nil Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Nil	7th November to 19th November 2017.	Dry weather.
12	8th - 9th Jan, 2017	Wind- Nil Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Nil.	19th November to 2nd December 2017.	Dry conditions.
13	9th - 10th Jan, 2017	Wind- Occasional Drizzles- Nil Lightening- Nil Thunder-Nil Clouds- Good.	2nd December to 15th December 2017.	Good rains in the middle of the fortnight. Between 6th and 10th December 2017.

Given below is the chart of major rainfall support days for the entire country in 2017. This is based on Mercury – Venus closeness. However these dates also have many adverse planetary combinations that spoil rainfall. Of the 4 periods in the chart the last one is almost free of adverse planetary combinations thereby ensuring good rainfall in that period.

1	March 7 to March 25
2	April 20 to June 21
3	August 27 to October 8
4	December 13 to January 9

The next is Level 4 which is about observing Garbottam on a daily basis and relate it to the 195th day. 

The details of how to see daily Garbottam will be posted soon.