Käla 2008

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Ernst Wilhelm has just (9/1/2008) released the latest version of his flagship program Käla . With each upgrade, Käla becomes more and more powerful, and able to meet the needs of many Vedic astrologers. The upgrade is very inexpensive, just $30 for the downloaded version, or $35 to receive an upgrade CD.

When you first install Käla 2008, the program guides you step-by-step to configure its settings to your liking. This is a great feature (and it can be run again later, if you want to change any settings).

The new Sudarshana page is very well-designed. It has three concentric rings (click here to see an example ). The outer ring shows the Sun as the First house, the middle ring shows the Moon as the First house, and the inner ring shows the Lagna as the First house. Each ring is divided into two sections: the inner section shows the planets at birth, colored blue, and the outer section shows the positions of the transiting planets (each with its own color). One can navigate to four levels of Sudarshana dasa, with dates (and times) selectable. You can also quickly move forward or backward by a year at a time. Also included on the page is a Bhava chart.

The new Bhava Chalita page displays a Bhava wheel that enables jyotishis to easily see when planets are near house cusps and house boundaries. To see a sample, click here. It also has a table of bhava strengths, the influence on house cusps for any divisional chart, a detailed Shad Bala table based upon the Bhava chart, and Vimshottari and Chart dasa tables. I particularly like some of the pop up tables (that appear when clicking on charts). When clicking on the Bhava chart, a remarkable screen-wide table appears showing the precise Bhava house cusps for 16 divisional charts, plus the cuspal nakshatras and their lords and sub-lords down to 5 levels for each bhava of the Bhava chart.

Käla 2008 now calculates several additional dasa systems, specifically the Kalachakra dasa, and the three Mula dasas: Pinda, Naisaraga, and Amsa dasas. You can now also calculate Nakshatra dasas from any graha.

Another unique new feature is a listing based upon planetary ages, useful for prediction, with each age subdivided into 12 periods, one for each Rasi. You can also view a listing of the Antardasas of Rasis, for all the Nakshtra dasas (such as VImshottari and Shodasottari) as well as on the three Mula dasas. The Antardasas will be numbered 1-12, indicating the house from the dasa lord.

Many of Käla's previous screens are improved upon in the update. The Varshaphala page offers a Hadda Dasa listing, more Sahams (the Vedic equivalent to Arabic Lots) displayed in an incredibly detailed pop up information screen, three methods of timing of Sahams based on the distance of the Saham lord from the Saham, exact Tajika aspects and more.

A very nice addition to the Muhurta Helper is the ability to see what factors contribute to the score of any time period chosen by the program. This can enable users to evaluate each Muhurta more carefully.

The program adds to its already well-written modern interpretations of Vedic factors a new section on the 144 bhava yogas (i.e. the meaning of each house lord by the house it occupies) which are very literal translations from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra.

Käla 2008 has additional countries in its atlas, Ayurdaya calculations for longevity, Tajika aspect lines drawn in Varshaphala and Bhava charts, and more.

Afficionados of Käla will be delighted with this upgrade, and newcomers to Käla will find a great deal to appreciate and use.