Interior Angle of a Pentagon is?

What is a five-sided polygon with equal sides called?
A regular pentagon.

But here’s the real magic… each interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108 degrees!

Excerpt from Book The Krishna Key (Chapter 61)

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The week days - Notes from Book "The Scientific Dating of the Ramayana and the Vedas"

The Week Days

The concept of seven days of the week has not been imported from western countries to India. That concept is there even in RigVeda. In Taittiriya Samhita 7-4-7 a Yajna of 49 nights is mentioned. That 49 nights Yajna was performed by sage Vasishta to defeat Sudasa. It is said that a man performing 49 nights yajna gets Viraja. 49 nights fit in multiple of seven only. It does not fit in any other system say of Masa, Paksa, Nakshatra cycle etc. Therfore it is confirmed that in vedic era, a unit of seven days was in use.

Taittiriya Samhita 5-6-7 states that one should be consecreted for six days (sadaha) because there are six Ritus in a Samvassara. Further at 7-5-6 it states that after six days rites they leave out one day (as holiday?), this way they achieved one Masa.

Six Ritus (season) Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sarad, Hemanta and Sisira are seen only in India, not in Europe or Western countries. Therefore I can say that the week day system arose in India out of Yajna custom.

The week day system has probably some relation to Naksatra cycle too. In ancient India days were named or counted after Nakshatras. The moon resides in one Nakshatra for one day. Next day it goes to next Nakshatra. The moon moves on the path composed of 28 Nakshatras. Therefore four cycles of seven days composed a Nakshatra-Masa which was used by ancient Indians.

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Rohini sakata Bheda
More to read on this topic:
http://www.tifr.res.in/~archaeo/papers/Astronomy%20and%20Sanskrit%20literature/rohini%20shakat%20bheda.pdf

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Notes from Book "The Scientific Dating of the Ramayana and the Vedas"

By Astronomical calculations the exact Birth date of Rama as 4th December 7323 years B.C. I also proved that Rama was to be coronated on 29th November 7306 B.C, but unfortunately he had to depart to the forest on the same day. I had proved that it was Thursday as is said by Seetha and recorded by Valmiki in his famous Ramayana. I have proved that he had completed 17 years of age then. All these points are fully considered in my next article titled as 'The Exact Birth Date of Rama - 4th December 7323 B.C'

--Seethas Stay in Ramas house after marriage
Seetha was in Ramas house for 'Dwadasa Masa'. Aparently it is taken as twelve months but that is a mistake. If Seetha lived in Rama's house for 12 months and left house in Chaitra, she should have been married in Chaitra. But we have seen that she married in Bhadrapada on Shudha Tritiya Day. So we have to fix the exact period of her stay in Rama's house after wedding.

Date of exile of Seetha in forest is fixed as 29th November 7306 B.C. One year was definitely completed. So the date of wedding must be prior to 29th November 7307 B.C, in Bhadrapada. Let us go systematically on Astronomical basis.

19th Nov 7306 B.C, was Phalguna Amavasya which took place at 345 degree. Every year the Amavasya comes 10.883 days earlier and 10.883 degrees earlier. Hence on 29th Nov 7307 B.C, there was Phalguna Amavasya on 355 degrees. From this point if we plot backwards we find that 4th April 7307 B.C was Amavasya. This Amavasya took place at 119 degree or in Aslesa Nakshatra. Hence 4th April 7307 B.C was Sravana Amavasya with Aslesha Naksatra.

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Notes from Book "The Scientific Dating of the Ramayana and the Vedas"

The solar year consists of 365.25 63773 days while the Lunar year consists of 354.367 days. So 10.889 days are deficient. Therefore the seasons slide back on Lunar months. This discrepancy is corrected by taking one Adhimasa in every third year.

This method corrected the discrepancy for a few centuries but when the Sun precesses, the seasons get totally changed as far as the Lunar months are concerned.

Thus Chaitra Masa was consistant with Madhu Masa about a thousand years ago as told by Sayana in his commentary on Taittiriya Samhita but at present Chaitra Masa does not coincide with Madhu Masa. Now-a-days Phalguna Lunar Masa coincides with Madhu Masa.
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Valmiki writes that Ravana had imprisoned Seeta just like Mars imprisons Rohini. This simile is very appropriate because the constellation of Rohini (Aldebaran) is V-shaped and it appears like a gate. If Mars comes between the two limbs of V, it appears that Marks is standing like a guard at the gate. This must have been the position of Mars and Rohini while Ramayana was written. Astronomical calculations show that this might have happened between 6000-8000 years B.C, and never after that time till today.
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Valmiki writes that irate Ravana rushed towards Seeta just like Mars rushed towards Rohini. It is possible that in those ancient days around 9000 years ago, such a phenomenon was visible in the sky. Mars being a planet moves fast and if observed daily its movement towards Rohini can be seen easily. As Valmiki has used this simile, he must have seen this movement.
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When Maruti first saw Seeta in Lanka, Valmiki states that poor Seeta appeared just like Rohini harassed by Mars.
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Graha laghava and Brhat Samhita state that if Rohini gets bisected by Saturn or Mars it indicates the end of a Yuga. Saturn had bisected Rohini at 5294 years B.C or before that for many centuries (Last S.B.Dixit - History of Indian Astronomy)

At that time there was end of Dwapara Yuga. Prior to this was Treta Yuga which ended with bisection of Rohini by Mars. Dwapara Yuga is of 2400 years. So division of Rohini by Mars must have taken place 5294+2400=7694 years B.C. This might be the year of Rama-Ravana war and/or writing of Ramayana.
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Unlike foreign cultures who assign dynasty of kings to sons, in India we used to add the name to the dynasty only if a person ascends to the throne. For example, Sagars the 40th king in Iksvaku dynasty did not give his throne to his son Asamanja but coronated his grand son Ansumana.
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Janaka Dynasty - According to puranas Nimi was the first king and Krti the 59th king of Janaka Dynasty. Krti lived during Yajnavalkya who wrote Satapatha Brahmana. "Krittikas do not deflect from the east" is a statement in Satapatha by which late Mr.S.B.Dixit has proved its period to be 3000 years B.C. So Krti was at 3000 B.C. Seeradhvaja the father of Seeta, is the 10th while Krti is 59th in the list.
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Evolution: Valmiki states in Sundara Kanda (35) that Rama had four Molar teeth in each jaw. Dental science accepts that due to evolution the jaws of human beings are becoming smaller and the number is reducing from three to two. So the evidence suggests that Rama would have existed 10000 years ago?

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