Hello,

The updated version can be downloaded from

http://www.vedicastrologer.org/jh/

RishiRahul

The SAV (ashtakvarga) calculations in the new version is signficantly different from the older one although the BAVs for each planet remains the same, can someone please corroborate ?

thanks in advance

No worries, its the consolidate from reference option defaulted in SAV calculation, not sure of the advantage of one over the other, though, will need to study and figure it out. In case anyone wants to share, would appreciate that.

Rishiji,
  Any idea about the major changes from the older version in the new version?
Please don't tell me - " Try it yourself "

Hi Rajitha,

I have downloaded the software only annd am using it, but not in detail. Again it has sooo many options which I do not use/have not learnt to use.

Below is pasted a writing by Narasimhaji,the creator of this software whose knowledge is vast:

(1) Jagannatha Hora now works on Windows Vista. Earlier, it would work on Vista, but the preferences could not be saved. The problem is fixed now.
(2) US changed daylight saving time definition from 2007. The previous version of JHora did not have the correct definition. So standard time would be incorrectly used instead of daylight saving time for some charts in March, the first few days of April and the last few days of October. This is fixed in version 7.1 and daylight saving time will be correctly calculated for 2007 and later years.
(3) Drigdasa of Parasara as explained in my Jyotish Digest article is included. You can still use the drigdasa variation taught by some SJC gurus (including me) in the last 10 years. However, I strongly recommend using Parasara’s drigdasa.
(4) Some more options are added in ayanamsa. Specifically, you can use a variation of Chitrapaksha ayanamsa (aka Lahiri ayanamsa) that uses the mean Sun-earth plane for projecting planetary positions, instead of the normal oscillating Sun-earth plane. While we are fixing the starting point of the zodiac in each ayanamsa, the plane of the zodiac itself is oscillating in the regular ayanamsa implementations. But the plane is also fixed in this variation. Look for “Vishnunabhi plane (Chitrapaksha)” under the ayanamsa options. I recommend that. It makes hardly any difference for natal charts (even in divisional charts), but makes a difference in the divisional charts of Tithi Pravesha charts.
(5) Some overlapping text in Kalachakra dasa and Tribhagi Vimsottari dasa in the printouts is fixed.

Written by P.V.R.Narasimha Rao


Rishiahul