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The 13th day of Garbottam of 2015-2016 began after 5.30 PM on 10th January 2016 and ended after 6 PM on 11th January 2016. By this the Garbottam of this season is coming to an end.
The 195th day effect in
my place of observation will be on 21st
July 2016.
The corresponding fortnight will be from 2nd December 2016 to 15th December 2016.
The 2nd half of the last day of Garbottam
showed some redeeming features thereby indicating that my place of observation
and Chennai would indeed see some rains in December. The Garbottam features picked
up after Utthradam ended around 11 AM on 11th January 2016.
The 13th day started with good breeze and
clear sky. The morning was cool but bright with less of reddish hues. The
clouds were sparse and gave a brushed-away appearance. But by 11 AM the clouds
were spotted in the east and the south with good breeze which continued till
the end of the day. The following sequence of photos of the sky will reveal how
the Garbottam features picked up after 11 AM.
At 8 AM – Clouds looked fanned away
A kind of thwarting away of the fetes, which will be
manifest as shattering away of clouds and winds at the time of rainfall in
December 1st week of 2016. That is, the clouds that would be moving
towards my place will be dissipated or pushed away from my place at that time.
Another appearance of dissipated clouds at around 9
AM.
By 11 AM clouds were seen moving across the sky and towards
the Sun, some of them featuring aquatic shapes.
A fish like cloud was spotted in the east at 11 AM
Groups of clouds were moving in the eastern sky from
North to south. The wind was from North and east at that time.
At 12.30 PM more distinct forms of aquatic animals
were seen.
Clouds were crossing close to the Sun and were
shining with a halo in sun light.
The same continued at 1.00 PM though clouds were not
actually hiding the disc of the Sun. If the sun is hidden that is a wonderful
Garbottam feature. But that did not happen though faint clouds crossed the Sun.
The crossing of the Sun by small bunches of clouds
continued at 1.30 PM
At the same time aquatic figures were weakly formed
in the east and northern sky.
From North to south clouds with such features were
seen moving. This shows that winds and rainfall in the corresponding season
will be from south.
By 3 PM, the aquatic shapes were very much less, but
there were clouds in north, east and south.
The sun was surrounded by clouds but they were not
glossy nor were they hiding the sun.
By 5 PM the aquatic forms were thwarted and bunches
of clouds vanished. The Sun was preparing to set in grand red horizon.
A beautiful reddish sun accompanied by streaks of
clouds. This was missing on the 12th day.
The observation of the 5
factors for day-13 are as follows:
(1) Wind:- Gentle and
pleasant wind at the time of start of the 13th day. The wind was
from west and south. In the morning around 9 AM, gentle wind was blowing from North
West. Throughout the day the gentle winds continued.
Result:- A
good feature of Garbottam. Initial direction shows rainfall – wind direction from
North east. In the 2nd half of the fortnight the direction will be
from south east.
(2) Rain:- Nil.
Result:- Does not indicate rains in the said
period.
(3) Lightening:- Nil.
Result:- Does not indicate rains in the said
period.
(4) Thunder:- Nil.
Result:- Does not indicate rains in the said period.
(5) Clouds:- Only in
the 2nd half of the day clouds were seen. For most part of the 2nd
half, cloud formation in aquatic shapes was good. But clouds were not dense.
Towards the last quarter, the amount of clouds increased.
Result:- Average to good feature of Garbottam that
would favour the 2nd half of the fortnight.
3-some
features:-
(1) Terrestrial
:- Behaviour of birds satisfactory.
(2) Atmospheric :- Of
the 12 features noted in my blog on Garbottam,
(1) Gentle breeze was there throughout (2)
Small bunches of clouds in aquatic forms started in the last quarter of the day.
(3) Clouds were pale and blue tinted at times.
(3) Planetary:- (1)
Stars appeared pale. (2) Except Jupiter all the other planets were in Southern
declinations. Planets in northern declinations are desirable. (3) Sun was
reddish and the twilight also was reddish
Interpretation:-
195th day impact:- Rains
can be expected in the night of 21st July 2016. This day comes
in the corresponding fortnight of the 3rd
day of Garbottam. This fortnight is likely to be wet particularly in its
later half. The Garbottam effect on 21st July confirms rainfall-
conducive features in that fortnight.
The impact on the corresponding
fortnight (2nd December to 15th December 2016) in
my place of observation:- There may be isolated rains in the first half of the
fortnight and good rains in the 2nd half of the fortnight. Particularly
the 2nd week of December will see rainy conditions.
NE Monsoon:- It will
progress efficiently. Initially the direction will be from east and north east.
Later it will be from south, south east and south west. It will last till 16th
December.
Post
script:-
The Garbottam observation based on Sun’s movement in
Purvashada (Pooradam) star is over by now. This gives a general picture of
rainfall season of 2016 starting from June till December. This has to be
checked and correlated with real time rainfall to assess and fine-tune this knowledge
of the ancients. I will be checking it throughout within my capability. The
rainfall prediction is not over with this. It is continuous and goes on day by
day basis. I will be writing them also in subsequent posts. The concept of 195th
day impact is assessed till the month of Vaikasi for Tamilnadu. That is, till
Vaikasi this kind of Garbottam observation must be done to know the actual
rainfall on any day upto Karthigai.
The gist of the observation of this 13 day Garbottam
will be written as a separate blog. So far the overall observation as far as my
place of observation in Chennai is concerned is that there WON’T be a repeat of floods of
2015 in 2016. The rains will be less compared to 2015 in Chennai.
However other parts of Tamilnadu may be lashed with good rains given the good
run of NE Monsoon from November 16, 2016 onwards and even before that starting from
October 27th. It depends on
the Garbottam features in those places.
This was the first time I watched the sky and
environment continuously and with fervour. I was consciously feeling the wind,
its direction, the heat and the chillness. The following of the Sun throughout
the day and looking at it vanish behind the haze of the horizon sank my heart
with lost feelings of ‘oh when am I going to see you
again”!! In this Thiruppavai month, the words of Andal looked so real
and that the Sun was Narayana. “Unthannodu uravel namakku ingu ozhikka
ozhiyaathu” (உன்றன்னோடு உறவேல் நமக்கு இங்கு ஒழிக்க
ஒழியாது). My connection with the
Sun is forever. He will come back though he vanished from my sight in the
evening. எற்றைக்கும் ஏழேழ் பிறவிக்கும்
உன்றன்னோடு உற்றோமே யாவோம் உனக்கே நாம் ஆட் செய்வோம். Therefore
மற்றை
நம் காமங்கள் மாற்று. Oh Sun, purify my mind.
The Sun is the core factor
of weather and climate. Following its movements give us an idea about its mind.
The Sun is the bestower of everything in the world and everything depends on
the rainfall and the conducive climate for prosperity. The winds, the cloud
formation and even the wobble of the earth are controlled by the Sun. The Sun looking different on different days at sunset make me
think that every day is a different day though we do not understand more than
the heat or less of it on a day. The Megha concept is very much dependent on Sun. The
cloud formation that looked like a blanket around the earth on 19th
November 2015 is a phenomenon associated with Sun and its effect on cloud
formation in this VaaruNa Megha year (2015-16).
I will write those ideas in my upcoming posts.
Personally, it was philosophical bidding good bye to
Sun on this 13th day. The Sun is the foremost witness of our lives
through scores of our births. How many times in my past births have I watched
the sun rise and sun set! But at this time in my present birth I am watching
the Sun with a cosmic purpose, for the sake
of adding to the understanding of weather and
climate and for the sake of bringing out the
un publicised and unknown knowledge of the rishis of yore. May the
rishis guide me in my yearning for understanding their minds; May the Sun uplift
me to the state of Brahma Jingyasu!
