On Horoscope and Date of Birth of Sri Krishan

I have been able to collect 13 variations of Horoscope of Sri Krishan from various sources  and about 7 different dates of birth : 

1. Pt Y N Jha in his book ‘Janam Kundli Se Bhavishye Phal’ mentions the time of birth of Lord Krishan as “Bhadrapad Krishan Ashtmi, Rohini Nakshatra, Dwapar Yuga” and gives the horoscope as :

 

2. Jyotish Ratnakar Sh. Devaki Nandan Singh, “863874 yrs 4 mths, 22 days after the commencement of Dwapar Yug, Bhadra Krishan Ashtmi, Rohini Nakshatra, Midnight. Moon at horizon at the time of birth. He ruled for 125 yrs 7 mths and 9 days and went to heaven on Chaitra pratipada, Friday. After that Kaliyuga commenced.

 

 

3. Dr. Yajyanarayan Mehta, President, Varahamir Jyotish Parisadh, Ujjain, quotes Surdass in his article ‘Surdass Aur Jyotish’ published in Samarika of ‘33^rd Rashtriya Jyotish Sammelan’ of 20-21 June, 1998, Bhopal :

            Samvat saras vibhavan, Bhado aath tithi budhvaar,

            Krishan paksh Rohini, Ardh nisi harshan jogudaar,

            Vrish hai lagan, ucha ke nisipati, tanhi bahutsukh pe hai,

            Chauthe sinh rasi ke dinkar, jiti sakal mahi lehey,

            Panchvey budh kanya ko jo hai, putrani bahut bade hai,

            Chatvey shukra tula ke shani jut datru rahan nahipe hai,

            Unch neech yuvati bahu kari hai, satvey rahu pare hai,

            Bhagye bhavan mei maker mahi sut, nahu aishvarya bade hai,

            Laabh bhavan mei meen brihaspati, nav nidhi ghar mei aihey,

            Karam bhavan ke iis, sanichar syam baran tan aihey,

            Aadi sanavan parbra ham prabhu, ghat-ghat antarjami,

            Sau tumhare avtarey aani ke, Surdass ke swami.

And establishes the time of birth as Bhado Krisahn Asthami, mid-night, Rohini nakshatra, Harshan yoga, Taurus ascendant, Wednesday.

4. Pt Kewal Anand Joshi, ref Amar Ujala, 20 Aug 2003. “Date of birth fixed as 19^th July, 3229 BC. He must have lived for 125 yrs.

Sh Arun Bansal---Article in ‘Outlook India’ magazine Aug/Sept 2006, Krishna Date of Birth is 21 July, 3228 BC. The horoscope he proposes is same as proposed by Pt Kewal Anand Joshi, ref Amar Ujala, 20 Aug 2003. But Pt Kewal Anand Joshi fixed date of birth as 19^th July, 3229 BC.

Sh KK Pathak:  Same version of this kundli appears in “Astrological Magazine, Sept 1997, p. 770, in an article by him “Astrological Clues to Male and Female progeny” where he mentions that, “the 5^th house from Lagna and Chandra Lagna (Moon sign) is occupied by 5^th lord Mercury itself who is exalted there. Karaka Jupiter is with a male planet Sun in a Kendra and both are aspected by Yogakaraka (9^th-cun-10^th lord) Saturn”.

5. Noted from a kundli of some lady and same was published in Punjab Kesari news paper sometime in 1999:

6. Copied from a kundli of some person in Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) :

7. Another version from a kundli from Una (Himachal Pradesh) :

8. Sh Bepin Behari in his book ‘Vedic Astrology’  has discussed about the horoscope of Sri Krishan. He has not mentioned the position of Mercury and Jupiter.

9. From a Kundli in Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)  : 

10. Still another version of Sri Krishan is available in the book “Mercury and You” published by ‘Indica Publishers’ in Chapter “Mercury’s Role in the Life of Some Illustrious Persons” by  Dr. Jaiprakash Sharma :

11. Copied from a Kundli at Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) :

12. Yet another incomplete horoscope is discussed by Chiraan on his website :

13. One horoscope on some internet site was found as under :

14. Anantha Krishna KS : All 9 planets are in Mulathrikona :

15. Sh BV Raman in his book ‘Notable Horoscopes’ fixes the date of birth of Lord Krishna as 19 July, 3228 BC. (reference Astrological Magazine, Jan 1995, p. 39). Incidentally it is Saturday on this date. Some where I also found a reference quoting Sh BV Raman ‘19 Jul 3102 as the date of birth of Sri Krishan’.

16. Prof B Suryanarayan Rao sets the year of birth as 3125 BC. BV Raman quotes this date in his book ‘Notable Horoscopes’.

17. Dr Atul Tandon opines that “According to Indian system of time calculation Sri Krishan was born in dwapar Yuga when some 863874 years of this yuga have elapsed, in the month of Bhadapada, Ashtami of Kishan paksha, mid-night, in Rohini nakshatra, Taurus ascendant when the Moon was rising. Kali Yuga commenced on earth, according to belief of religious scriptures and people, after Krishan departed to goloka in Bhadrapada month, Triyodasi of krishan paksha, Sunday, midnight, in Aslesha nakshatra, Gemini ascendant. 5104 years of Kaliyuga have already elapsed till 2003 AD. As per this indication 5229 years have elapsed since Krishan was born. Nirnaya Sagar Panchang, Sridhar Chandanshu Panchang, Sri Brij Bhumi Panchang, Sri Govardhandhari Panchang, Sri Jayotish Bhaskar Panchang, and Sri Jayvinodi Panchang also verify this belief.”—reference Amar Ujala, 20 August 2003.

So by this calculation Sri Krishan was born around 3226 BC.

18. Prof RV Vaidya: Sravan krishan Ashtami, Wednesday, mignight, Rohini nakshatra, Vrishab lagan, Saturn occupied in Thula. The name of the year Sreemukh. (Astrological Magazine, March 1997, p 295, in his article ‘Some controversial dates Established.’ This article was first published in Nov 1946 issue of the Marathi magazine, Sahyadri of Poona. He died on Chaitra Sukla 1, Friday of the Pramathi Samvatsara, after 35 yrs (shad thrimsae varshae) after the Bharat battle. He was around 125 years old then. Prof RV Vaidya has stated that he has found the date of birth of Lord Krishna to be 2874 BC. and also that the correct date of the Mahabharata battle is 2786 BC. 

There are only two common factors in these versions of horoscopes :

1. Lagan in Taurus with Moon in it.
2. Sun in Leo in 4^th House.

The Date of Birth period ranges from 3229 BC to 2874 BC.

Suggested Dates of Birth of Sri Krishan	Source
19 July 3229 BC (Friday)	Pt Kewal Anand Joshi
19 July 3228 BC (Saturday)	Sh BV Raman
21 July 3228 BC (Monday)	Sh Arun Bansal
3226 BC	Dr Atul Tandon
3125 BC	Sh B Suryanarayan Rao
19 July 3102 BC (Wednesday)	Anonymous reference to Sh BV Raman
2874 BC	Prof RV Vaidya

It is believed that Sri Krishan was born on Wednesday (Surdass) but the above dates do not fulfill this criterion, except 19 July 3102 BC. On 19 July 3229 BC it is Friday. On 19 July 3228 BC it is Saturday. On 21 July 3228 BC it is Monday.