What's New in Janus 6.2
By Hank FriedmanChanges from Janus 6.1 to 6.2
New features
* Vedic Chart module:
- The Dasa Report now delineates - for Rahu as Dasa Lord -- its placement in a Dharma, Artha, Kama, or Moksha house.
- Relationship between current Bhukti Lord's Sign and Dasa Lord's Sign interpretation has been added to the Dasa Report.
- Can now display the Sripati chart in a North Indian Chart.
* Horary Chart module:
- Can now save a wheel with transparent background to a PNG file for desktop publishing.
- Can adjust time of chart in Local Sidereal Time.
- Can now cast preceding charts.
* "Find Features" has been added to the Main Screen menu.
* List Transits module.
- Can now organise which columns to display and their order.
- Can now save transit list image to PNG file.
* General Settings. Can now select which planets to display stations in wheels.
* Calculate Transits module. Can now select aspect orbs or planet orbs, and house cusps offsets.
* Favourite Locations option has been added to the Atlas dialog.
* Planets close to their stations in wheels now display a SD or SRx glyph instead of S.
About displaying SRx, SRx, Rx, SD, and SD, glyphs in a wheel as a transit planet passed through its two stations.
Using animated transits as an example and using the distance setting. As a direct planet moves toward its first station, when the transit enters its distance region before the station, the wheel will display a SRx glyph. When the transit reaches its first station and turns retrograde, the glyph will change to SRx (or the color setting you used for retrograde.) When the retrograde transit moves away from its first station and reaches its distance region past the station, the glyph will change to Rx. When the retrograde transit reaches its distance region before its second station, the glyph will change to SD. When the retrograde transit reaches its second station and turns direct, the glyph will change to SD. When the direct transit moves away from its second station and leaves its distance region past the station, the SD glyph will disappear.
A black glyph means the planet is direct.
A red glyph means the planet is retrograde.
SRx means the first station's region.
SD means the 2nd station's region.
Rx means retrograde.
Path of a planet passing through 2 stationary points and their regions
\ 2nd station
Direct ----SD-------
L \ SD SD Distance
o \ --/-----\----
n \ / \
g \ Rx \
i \ / \
t ----\-----/-- \
u Distance SRx SRx \
d ------SRx---- Direct
e 1st station \
\
------ Time ------>
Improvements
* Stations are now displayed in the Page Designer wheels.
* These modules now automatically calculate when opened: Daily Timing, Table of Houses, Ayanamsa, Planetary Cycles, Dynamic Age Harmonics, Ephemeris Grid, Ephemeris Text, and Constellation Planting Guide.
* +/- hours and minutes animation works better.
* Data entry of birth time now supports additional formats: 6am, 6pm, 11am, 11pm, 630am, 630pm,1130am, and 1130pm.
* The Horary and Electional modules Get Chart function now includes chart notes.
* The initial chart in the Traditional Chart modules now includes the chart's notes.
* Primary Directions in Bi-Wheel Animation. The Direct setting now moves planets clockwise against the order of the signs using the same convention as the Primary Directions module. The Converse setting now moves planets counter clockwise in the order of the signs. PD calculations are now more robust at the expense of reduced maximum animation speed.
* Two letter zodiac sign abbreviations have been replaced by zodiac sign glyphs in view all star positions and view all Arabic parts positions in the Traditional, Horary, and Electional Chart modules.
* Initial Date and Time Options added to the Graphic Ephemeris time frame tab.
- 1st Jan current year 12 AM.
- 1st current month and year 12 AM.
- Current day month and year 12 AM
- Last used date and time.
* Leap years are now considered when changing the starting date using the back period buttons -1/4, -1/2, -1 and the forward period buttons +1/4, +,1/2, +1 in the Graphic Ephemeris, Declination Graph, and the Uranian Graph.
Fixes
* Check the House System has been fixed in the ACG Map.
* Print and Copy Dignity Table in the Horary and Electional chart modules now correctly uses house cusp offsets when calculating a planet's house position.
* Missing terms in the Electional Chart dignity table has been fixed. Print and Copy dignity table stopping at Sun's term ruler has been fixed.
* Stations definition Distance or Time Span is now working correctly in General Settings.
* Aspect lines are now displayed in Page Gallery wheels.
* List Transits Screen.
- Direction dates in sidereal zodiac have been fixed.
- Print and Copy List header. Coordinate System, Zodiac Name, and Moon's True or Mean Node now reported correctly.
* Stations in sidereal zodiac are now displayed correctly in wheels.
* Import ;/ Export Charts. Export to Quick Charts format has been fixed.
* The position of Capulus M34 in the constellation of Perseus has been fixed.
* Animation calculations now limit dates to the range 5399 BC to 5399 AD to prevent cascading "Date Out of Range" error messages occurring.
* Antiscia position direct and retrograde are now the same as the natal planet condition.
* Calculate Transits module and Calculate Individual Transits module.
- Moon VOC using Modern setting has been fixed.
- Calculations in the sidereal zodiac are now more robust.
* Star selection out of range problem has been fixed in the Electional Search module.
* Selected Aspect Method now works correctly in Bi-Wheel settings.
* Mansion Boundaries Offset setting now works correctly in Arabic Lunar Mansions Wheel module.
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