Description provided by the developers of Käla
Parashara's Light users will immediate notice familial resemblance in the worksheet concept. They will also find a few features that may make them consider owning two Vedic astrology software programs. Käla is the only Vedic astrology program that gives contemporary interpretations of planetary yogas. Every other program quotes the classical text which though sacred give such exaggerated delineations that one is often left scrambling to find the canceling yogas in the chart. Ernst (the designer) has written several books on Vedic astrology that deftly describe the subtle inner realities to Vedic entities and core yogas. These are presented in the natal reports and the compatibility report. The compatibility report is especially well written, both as clear astrological delineation and as beautifully written prose. Käla is quickly becoming the premier software due to its greatest accuracy, ease of use, and unique features.
Why Käla is the best Vedic astrology software for you?
For the Novice:
Käla provides an easy to use, uncluttered interface with modern delineations to jump start one's reading of the chart. Other Vedic programs aimed at the professional astrologers will easily overwhelm you with all the calculations possible within Vedic astrology; Käla focuses on the core calculations you need to use for Vedic prediction. Rest assured that this is not stripped down student software; there are plenty of calculations to keep you busy learning more Vedic astrology for many years to come.
For years, Western astrologers have had the benefit of interpretive reports to bridge the gap between books and charts. Many Westerns charting programs now include report writing so novices can get a jumpstart on reading charts. Their reports simply print out relevant paragraphs about planetary positions and aspects. It's not so easy with Vedic astrology. The indicators are more complex and Vedic textbooks with interpretations for a modern Western audience are a recent phenomenon.
Käla is the first Vedic astrology program to include a suite of reports with modern interpretations. This is significant breakthrough because the classical delineations found in all other Vedic astrology software are so complex, contradictory and steeped in the Hindu culture that they are barely intelligible to the Western novice Vedic astrologer. The classical texts, though sacred, give such exaggerated and frightening delineations that one is often left scrambling to find the canceling yogas in the chart.
Käla's modern delineation reports include Lagnas (ascendants), yogas in the current chart, the nature of the house lords, and Rahu/Ketu placements and aspects. The classic delineations are included as an option because they are considered the sacred original interpretations for Vedic astrology. It also has a beautifully written eight page compatibility report that includes a compatibility score.
For the Advanced Vedic Astrologer:
Käla has a few unique features that might convince you to own a second charting program. Chief among them are the reports which are conveniently organized by topic:
- Dasas: Important combinations in the horoscope that have a direct bearing on the results of the planetary dasas, like Vimshottari. Over 100 important and subtle rules of Vimshottari analysis are given here.
- Core Yogas: The important named yogas such as Lakshmi Yoga, Saraswati Yoga, Matsya Yoga, etc. as well as the more severe troublesome yogas such as Dur Yoga and Daridra Yoga, which cause poverty, wandering and instable lives.
- Compatibility: A sensitively written eight page compatibility report that examines all 12 Kutas and provides a complete compatibility score.
- Mental Illness: A compilation from over 40 texts of combinations indicating mental disorders.
- Illness and Accidents: Approximately 700 yogas for illness and accidents sourced from over 40 texts. Great help in medical astrology.
- Marriage and Sexuality: Over 450 yogas from the classical texts relevant to marriage, relationships and sexual nature.
- Modern Delineation's: Lagnas; Rahu and Ketu in the Houses and Rasis; Rahu and Ketu Joining and Aspecting Other Planets; Effects of Combust, exalted and debilitated planets. Nature of House Lords: Very descriptive effects of the different planets as house lords for each lagna.
- Classical Delineation's: Results of Lagnas according to Jataka Parijata; Planets in Rasis according to Brihat Jataka; Planets in Houses according to Brihat Jataka and also from Hora Sara; House Lords in Houses according to Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra; Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six Planet Conjunctions according to Saravali and also from Hora Sara; Planets in the Rasis Aspected by Other Planets according to Saravali; The Moon's Nakshatra according to Brihat Jataka.
- Gochara (transit) Report: the classical results of the transiting planets from the Moon, along with any Vedhas or Vipareet Vedhas.
Prasna (Horary) Techniques
When you click on the Prasna button it displays a pop-up window in which you can conveniently display the relevant techniques for 11 types of questions: success/failure, general indication, gains/financial & business, illness, the beginning of illness, marriage, lost articles, prices/crops, nature of query, purchase and sale, timing.
Animated Transits
Käla's Animated Transits screen allows you to view the transiting planets and lagna move around the birth chart. Aspects lines are even drawn from the transiting planet to the planets in the birth chart! Stop the chart at any moment and click on the Gochara report button for classical delineations.
- 160 MegaBytes of Hard Disk free space.
- 16 MegaBytes RAM memory minimum, 32 MegaBytes recommended
- Windows 98 or later, Windows NT, ME,XP and Virtual PC for MacIntosh
