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Powerful Jyotish Learning Tool!

Open the door to new and personalized levels of leaning with interactive features that help you learn Vedic Astrology faster.

• Vedic Astrology Tutorial: Its like having your very own Vedic Astrology teacher right there with you! This fully indexed feature of Parashara's light acts as a turn key to your understanding of Vedic Astrology. In it you'll be guided through the wealth of Vedic Astrological Principles including: interpretation of the planets and signs using your own chart as an example. Also, understand the variety of charts, types of transits, compatibility analysis, and more. Many of the sections contained in the tutorial use illustrated examples based on your own chart to help personalize your understanding of Vedic Astrology
• Interpretative Reports: Instantly learn about the meaning of your ascendant, moon sign, sun sign, and much more. Read and print over 20 different interpretive reports that are about you. This amazing feature will help you master the science of chart interpretation and gives you insight into how the planets, signs, nakshatras, houses, lordships, planetary conjunctions, planetary aspects, planetary strengths, and more are interpreted using your very own chart.
• Go to the Source of Vedic Astrological Knowledge: Reference Classical Vedic Astrological texts and run a 15 page report containing a list of your personal yogas (planetary combinations) complete with their meanings. This feature gives you a way of learning fundamental and authentic interpretive principles that relate specifically to you. This is a super short-cut to the source of Vedic Astrology knowledge, using your own life as a commentary. 

• Dasha System: Learn the basics of the Dasha system of prediction (based on planetary cycles) and understand how to integrate it with planetary transit analysis to help you predict the timing of events such as career change, marriage, birth of children, and more.
• Progression Charts: Easily create yearly, monthly or daily progression charts for any age at any place, and also view what Dashas will be running at that time. This feature will help you further define what events you can expect during a certain age in your life.
• Muhurta Calculator: Plan events down to the minute with the Muhurta calculator and begin all of your new undertakings such as marriage, vacation, applying for a job, and more with the power of the planets on your side.
• Compatibility Analysis: Better understand the dynamics of current or potential partners at the click of a button. Effortlessly calculate an extensive compatibility analysis and view and compare two overlapping charts at once to help you see right way the planetary influences that are affecting your relationships.
• Remedial Measures:  Find out which gemstones are right for you according to your jyotish chart and familiarize yourself with other remedial measures that Vedic Astrology recommends in order for you to help change any negative or undesirable tendencies in your life. 

• Dictionary of Astrological Terms: Learn new Vedic Astrology terms with our easy to access Vedic Astrology dictionary. This wonderful resource contains over 300 words, many of which are linked to the personalized Vedic Astrology Tutorial. This unique feature will instantly show you how key astrological terms relate directly to your own chart, taking your knowledge of Vedic Astrology, and how it applies to your life, to deeper levels.
• Four Classical Indian Texts: Read about all the planetary yogas (planetary combinations) one chapter at time, search for key terms, or simply narrow down the search to only the yogas that apply to your chart and find out for yourself how these interpretations of specific planetary combinations can open up a whole new world of chart interpretation. Reference four classical Indian astrological texts including Brihat Parashara Hora Sharstra, with both Sanskrit and English translation, Saravali, Hora Sara, and Garga Hora, all  in English.
• Easy Access Information Screens: Many items within the charts including planets, signs, houses, nakshatras, etc., can be clicked on to bring up instant reports giving you vital interpretive information at a glance.

 User Friendly Software

• Create, save, and print your charts effortlessly.
• Fully customize the look of the charts with attractive borders and backgrounds.
• Choose between North and South Indian style charts to suit your preference.
• Easy to use worksheet help tool to help you learn how to navigate and customize the chart and table arrangements on your screen and printouts.

• Free technical support via phone or email
• Receive a free subscription to our monthly e-zine where you can keep up to date on the latest knowledge in Vedic Astrology.

Frequently Asked Questions for Parashara's Light Demo Version

Pentium processor or higher
16MB of RAM
240 Megabytes of free hard disk space
A CD drive to load Parashara's Light in the computer
Color monitor with 16 bit color 800 x 600
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/NT

3. How do I install the demo?
Insert the CD into the CD drive. The installation program should launch automatically. If it does not, run Setup.exe from the CD. Follow the instructions of the installation program. After the installation, a program group called Parashara's Light is created. 

4. I've installed the software but I don't know how to access it.
To access the software after it has been installed, go to Start menu, go to Programs (All Programs on XP) and choose Parashara's Light under the Parashara's Light program group. Once you launch the application you should select the option for running in demo mode, unless you have purchased the full version.

5.  How do I upgrade to the full version of Parashara's Light?
To Upgrade to the full version of PL 6.0, you can purchase the software for $299. Visit our secure online servers and gain instant access to your software: order page  or you can also purchase the software by calling 1-800-459-6847 during our customer service hours M-F 9:00am-5:00 pm Central Time, USA.

6. I have purchased the software, how do I get a password? 
The easiest way to obtain a password is to got to our web site: http://support.parashara.com. Here you will need to log in with your customer id number which is made available once you've purchased the product. Also you will want to have your system id number ready. This is the number that you will find as you install the software and select the button "I have already purchased the software and want to enter my password." You will be prompted to enter your full name in the software as well as the web site, be sure and enter the name exactly the same in both places. A password will immediately be emailed to you.

7. How do I create a chart?
In either the demo mode or the full version, once the program launches, click on the "Calculate a chart" button. A birth data screen will appear. After you enter the birth information, including name, date, time and location, click OK to see the chart. You can enter the date in several formats and the program will automatically set it to its preferred format. Note: the software will automatically fill in the time zone, longitude, latitude, and day light savings time based on the birth data that is entered.

8. How do I change the chart style from South Indian to North Indian?
For the Demo Version of Parashara's light we have pre-set the chart style to South Indian. However,  upon purchasing the full version you can choose between North Indian, South Indian, and Western chart style charts.

9. How can I select glyphs as fonts?
In the full version of Parashara's Light, you can set the planetary and house fonts to traditional western glyphs. However for the demo version this option is not available.

10. How do I save a chart?
Charts cannot be saved in the demo version. However with purchase of the full version of the software, you will be able to save charts.