Jagannatha Hora

Release of Version 5.0: May 8, 2003
Release of Version 6.0: July 1, 2004
Release of Version 7.0: February 23, 2005
Release of Version 7.1: March 22 & 30, 2008 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.2: May 8, 2008 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.3: December 3, 2008 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.32: January 14, 2009 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.33: July 22, 2009 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.4: March 21, 2010 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.5: February 9, 2011 (List of improvements)
Release of Version 7.51: February 21, 2011 (List of improvements)

We are pleased to announce a Vedic astrology software program for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP and Vista computers!

Purpose
Requirements
About the author
Features
How to get it!

Purpose: Various computations needed by serious Vedic astrologers and Vedic astrology researchers.
 

Requirements: This program will work on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista computers. It will not work on old Windows 3.1 systems. It will not work on Macintosh/Apple systems with MacOS operating system and other non-windows systems such as Linux, Unix, Solaris etc systems.

A little less than 100 MB of disk space is needed for this program. But there are minimal installations that will work with less than 10 MB of disk space.

Though this software works for all display settings, it is optimized for 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 displays. With a display of 800x600 or less, the GUI (graphical user interface) becomes less powerful.
 

About the author:

This software was designed and written by P.V.R. Narasimha Rao. He took his a bachelors degree in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (Madras), a top engineering institute of India, and masters degree from Rice University, Houston, USA. He works as a software engineer near Boston. He is a Sanskrit scholar with two diplomas equivalent to bachelor's degree in Sanskrit literature (one of them with distinction). The author learned astrology from his father Sri P.V.S. Chalapathi Rao and he considers Dr B.V. Raman, from whose books he learnt astrology, his second guru. He is the author of the textbook "Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach". His research articles on Vedic astrology were published in "Astrological Magazine of India", "Jyotish Digest" and "Express StarTeller" magazines.
 

Features:

In terms of the range of calculations available, technical depth and breadth, level of customizability of calculations and ease of use, Jagannatha Hora is unsurpassed by any contemporary Vedic astrology software package. A nearly complete list of the features available in the full version can be seen here.
 

How to get it:                  

To download any of the following zip files, click the right mouse on the "Download" link and select "Save target as" in the pop-up menu. The corresponding zip file will be saved on your computer in the directory you choose. Go to that directory in a windows explorer. Locate the zip file and unzip it. You will get a file with the same name, with .zip in the file name replaced by .exe. Run the executable by double-clicking on it. The corresponding installation should start in a few seconds. Read the instructions and follow them. The first screen may give a security warning about an unknown publisher. If you give permission to the installer executable to run by clicking "Run", the installation will proceed.

File	Size	What it contains	Download
jh_update.zip	0.9 MB	If you have a working copy of Jagannatha Hora version 7.3 or higher on your computer, this is all you need to upgrade to the latest!	Download
jh_base_install.zip	3.8 MB	All calculations Complete implementation of traditional SSS (Sri Surya Siddhanta) for planetary calculation Drik siddhanta - modern ephemeris for 1800-2400 AD Drik siddhanta - analytical model for 3000 BC-3000 AD A very small atlas	Download
jh_ephem_install.zip	29.3 MB	Drik siddhanta - modern ephemeris for 5400 BC-5400 AD (installs only the ephemeris files)	Download
jh_atlas_install.zip	17.5 MB	Full atlas (installs only the atlas files)     - Half million cities in US     - Two million cities in the rest of the world	Download

Note: The zip files do not have any problem with them. Many people have successfully downloaded and installed the software. If you are unable to unzip them after downloading them or unable to install, it means that your download did not succeed for some reason. Keep trying until you succeed. We cannot help you with this and there is no use in sending us an email.

For a few years, we freely mailed software CDs to people who wanted them. But we have now discontinued the practice due to scarcity of time and resources. You have to download the software from the internet. You may also try to find someone who has already downloaded it and get them to make a CD for you. We apologize for our inability to mail CDs to you.