Great Answer from BP Lama Jyotisa on Time of Birth:

And if so, then how can Jyotish account for the differences in their lives?

If two people are born very close to each other in time-space, such as twins born within minutes of each other, their lives are much more similar than people generally realize. In particular, their thoughts are very similar. As humans we tend to dramatize relatively small differences between us, but in reality when all factors conscious and unconscious are accounted for, the similarities between most peoples lives far outweigh the differences.

However, if birth times can be recorded with precision, even very small birth time differences are recognizable in the Jyotisha varga. For example, the Shastyamsha lagna changes every 15 seconds.

There have been ongoing discussions during the past 30 centuries as to when to measure the event of birth.

The discussion includes whether it could be measured at the moment of conception (perhaps for very conscious parents) or should it be counted from the moment when the cervix at the top of the birth canal is fully open and the mother gives her first laboring push, whether birth occurs at the baby’s first breath of Earth’s atmospheric air, or whether (as in some cultures) the child is not really “of the Earth” until their tiny feet touch the earth, which might not happen until their 12th month of life or even later.

I personally measure “time of birth” from the event of the baby’s first breath.

Best wishes for your success in Jyotisha studies,

Sincerely,

BP Lama, Jyotisha

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