Namaste friends,

I am pleased to release Jagannatha Hora 7.4. This release has a lot of useful
new features for research and a lot of bug-fixes that address instabilities.
This is the most complete and stable Jagannatha Hora ever. It is strongly
recommended that everyone having JHora should update to this version.

You can download the full version or short version or just a 1.5 MB update if
you have a working copy of JHora 7.3 or later on your computer. The details are
mentioned on the JHora homepage:

http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/jh

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The main features added in JHora 7.4 (compared to JHora 7.33) are listed here.
There are several other bug-fixes.

(1) Bhava arudha pada calculation has a new option now (not the default) to find
bhava arudha padas based on exact longitudes. This will allow you to replicate
the calculations in the free article "Padamsas and Tranits: A Research Finding"
at http://www.vedicastrologer.org/articles).

(2) The Vimsottari dasa based progressed chart where lagna, nine planets and
other Vimsottari dasa start points (including user defined special point and
special lagna) are progressed based on the Vimsottari dasa progression is
supported now. This will allow you to replicate the calculations in the free
article "Transits and Vimsottari Dasa Progression: A Specific Correlation" at
http://www.vedicastrologer.org/articles) and do further researches.

(3) In addition, progressed charts based on Yogini dasa, Kalachakra dasa and
Sudarsana Chakra dasa are also available, enabling further researches into fine
quantitative correlations between dasa based progressed charts and transit
charts.

(4) Gunanka scores based on ashtakoota (eight-factor) horoscope matching for
marriage are included now. Please click "View" and "Horoscope Matching Score" or
the icon in the toolbar with a man and woman. If you enter the nakshatra and
pada of bride/bridegroom, gunanka score and classification will be shown.

(5) JHora's "mundane" tab now has a button to locate the stationary transits of
planets. This will allow you to replicate the calculations in the free article
"Stationary Planets in Transit (A Research)" at
http://www.vedicastrologer.org/articles).

(6) The graha drishti of various planets on various houses from lagna, various
planets and other bodies and various houses from various arudha padas (if
longitude-based arudha padas are used) is evaluated and displayed in an aspect
view. One can mix and match different divisional charts and natal chart/transit
chart. One can evaluate aspects of D-9 longitudes of transit planets on D-10
logngitudes of natal planets for example. Aspects are quantified and shown as
percentages, using Parasara's formulas for evaluating longitude-based aspects.

(7) JHora was only giving Ishta phala and Kashta phala calculated based on Dr
Raman's book on balas earlier. JHora now also gives Ishta Phala and Kashta Phala
of Parasara, as defined in BPHS. In addition, JHora now gives Uchcha rashmi,
Cheshta rashmi, Subha rashmi and Asubha rashmi of seven planets, as defined by
Parasara in BPHS.

(8) Bhava/chalit chakras of divisional charts using various bodies as reference
(e.g. lagna, Moon, Jupiter, GL etc) are now available based on divisional
longitudes. House system chosen by user (e.g. Sripathi) is applied only to bhava
chart of D-1 when lagna is used as the reference and an equal 30-deg house
system is applied to bhava charts of other divisional charts such as D-9 and
D-10 or when a reference other than lagna is used in D-1. However, user
selection for whether the reference is the beginning or middle of a house is
applied to bhava charts of all divisional charts from all references.

(9) The ability to find nakshatras and nakshatra dasas based on the sidereal
zodiac even when using tropical zodiac for all other calculations was added.
Check the new checkbox in ayanamsa option dialog box.

(10) Saptarshi nakshatra dasa taught by Pt Sanjay Rath in his "Brihat Nakshatra"
book is added.

(11) Avayogi calculation had a bug that affected 50% charts. It is fixed now.

(12) When listing yogi, sahayogi and avayogi, now the exact longitudes of yoga
and avayoga points are also mentioned. They are also available in the basic
longitude window now and you can see their divisional longitudes too. Some
scholars consider them important in transits (thanks to Sri Ramadas Rao for the
suggestion).

(13) A toolbar has been added at the top to add/subtract time (in units of 1
sec, 15 sec, 1 min, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 month and 1 year) with the click of a
button.

(14) In all nakshatra dasas (Vimsottari, Ashtottari, Yogini etc), a new option
is added now and it will be remembered when you close and re-open. This option
governs how antardasas are found. Suppose mahadasas are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
and you need antardasas in mahadasa F. The following six options are supported:

F, G, H, A, B, C, D, E (start from the dasa lord and go forward)
F, E, D, C, B, A, H, G (start from the dasa lord and go backward)
G, H, A, B, C, D, E, F (start from the next dasa lord and go forward)
G, F, E, D, C, B, A, H (start from the next dasa lord sign and go backward)
E, F, G, H, A, B, C, D (start from the previous dasa lord and go forward)
E, D, C, B, A, H, G, F (start from the previous dasa lord and go backward)

The default for Shodasottari is the 6th option. The default for Ashtottari dasa
and Dwadasottari dasa is the 3rd option. For others, 1st option is the default.
However, you can experiment any option with any nakshatra dasa and draw your
conclusions!

(15) Previously only Vimsottari dasa could be started from nakshatras occupied
by references in divisional charts. Though the dasa options dialog box gave the
divisional chart selection for other nakshatra dasas also, it had no effect.
This has been fixed. All nakshatra dasas can now be computed based on the
nakshatra occupied by references in divisional charts.

(16) Sahamas found in JHora were sometimes using day time formula instead of
night time formula or vice versa, when calculated for the first time with a
birthdata. On a data update, they would be fixed. This is corrected now.

(17) Daylight savings time changes made in Canada in 2006 are now implemented in
JHora. Changes in US have already been implemented, but changes in Canada were
missed.

(18) "Uniform Krishna Mishra navamsa" based on my independent interpretation of
Krishna Mishra's verses on navamsa is added. This version results in a chart
that represents all signs uniformly, whereas the version of Krishna Mishra
navamsa shared by Shanmukha earlier, which is also supported in JHora, is biased
towards some signs, i.e. some signs occur 12 times, some signs occur 9 times and
some signs occur only 6 times. In uniform variation, all signs occur 9 times.

(19) The defaults in JHora are historically set to various values and I tend to
not change defaults as that seems to create confusion. However, my own
recommendations have evolved over the time. I added a menu item to set
preferences to my liking ("Preferences" >> "Related to calculations" >> "Set
Calculation Options as recommended by author"). If you click it, all preferences
(ayanamsa, sunrise, chara karaka definition etc) will be set based on what *I*
recommend.

(20) Import/export feature of preferences is added. If you select "File",
"Export preferences (.ini file)", it will save the preferences to a .ini file
with the location and file name selected by user through a file save dialog box.
If you select "File", "Import preferences (.ini file)", it will load the
preferences from a .ini file with location and name selected by user through a
file open dialog box. This enables you to back up your settings and try the
settings sent by other people.

(21) Links to a few important websites are added to the main menu. One can visit
jhora yahoogroup by clicking a menu, for example.

A few other bugs and instabilities were addressed.

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I hope Jagannatha Hora users will take advantage of new calculations and
features made available in this version. If you are offering JHora on your
website for a download, please update to JHora 7.4.

Best regards,
Narasimha
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