2025 BAVA Conference Global Adversities and Personal Remedies
In person in Central London and Online 4th-7th September 2025
Online 13th -14th September, 19th-21st September 2025
All lectures will be recorded via Zoom
Outstanding speakers:
The Principal speaker will be Pandit Sanjay Rath with Pandit Samavedula, Sarbani Rath, Dr Andrew Foss, Komilla Sutton, Mariella Cassar, Dr KS Charak, Dr Gyan Sharma, Dr Sharat Misra, Ksanati, Vijaya Subramanian, Penny Farrow, Zeljko Krgovic, Branka Larsen, Alok Khandewal, Claudia Anfuso, Keiko Ito and Sonal Sachdeva.
The Central London Venue
229 Great Portland St, London W1W 5PN. The venue is within a one-mile radius of King’s Cross, Euston, and St Pancras. The building is within walking distance from Regents Park, Great Portland Street and Warren Street London Underground stations and the green open spaces of Regent’s Park.
Thursday September 4th In person in Central London and Online
9:30 Registration
09.45am- 11:15 Puja Pandit Samavedula – Navagraha and Nakshatra Puja
11.15-11.45am Tea break
11.45am to 1.15pm Dr Sharat Misra – Bādhaka (obstacle) remedies in adversity
Lunch 1.15pm-2.45pm
2. 45pm -6.00pm–Pandit Sanjay Rath – Chhadaka छादक Vedhaka वेधक
छादक chādaka and वेधक vedhaka are intermediate level concepts related to planetary positions not in vogue in the modern vedic world. We are going to introduce them as well as bring out their applications. छाद chāda means a roof, a shelter whereas छादक chādaka can mean a covering, or any object that obscures the view and in turn hides something. वेध is far more negative – means a piercing that breaks through the shelter. A breach, an opening or perforation that is a weakness in the shelter. It hits (a mark) and punctures, wounding in the process
Tea break will be taken in the afternoon
Friday September 5th In person in Central London and Online
9:30 Registration
9:45am to 11.15am Ksanati – Dharma of All 27 Nakshatras via Śruti: Ancient, Ayurvedic, and Contemporary Remedies for Each Nakshatra
11.15-11. 45 Tea break
11:45am -1.15pm Sonal Sachdeva Afflictions in Panchanga – Karaṇa Nath, the Yogi planet and the Yogas in Pañcāṅga (Five Limbs of time – the Indian Ancient Almanac) help in overcoming major afflictions such as Dagdha Rashi (burnt signs) etc. We look in depth at the Yoga in Pañcāṅga and remedies.
Lunch 1.15pm- 2.45pm
2.45pm – 6.00pm Pandit Sanjay Rath -Bandhaka बन्धक Pratibandhaka प्रतिबन्धक
बन्धक bandhaka and प्रतिबन्धक pratibandhaka are from बन्ध (bandha) means binding, tying, a bond, fetter. In jyotiṣa usage it is not a bandage. Instead, its like a damming up of a river, like a strong block to a daśā. More meaning from ātman perspective like capture, arrest, imprisonment and custody. Any physical bond or connection. A yoga that joins, unites, combines and forms something. Various meanings and wide usage.
Tea break will be taken in the afternoon
Saturday September 6th In person in Central London and Online
9:30 Registration
9:45-11.15 Dr Andrew Foss – Overcoming mental health problems. Sources of Joy
11.15-11.45 Tea break
11:45am-1.15pm Sarbani Rath – Adversities in National Charts
Lunch 1.15pm-2.45pm
2:45pm – 6:00 pm Pandit Sanjay Rath -Workshop: Viparita Yoga Part One
Viparīta Yoga is explained as a rājayoga but is it really that, and if so under what circumstances. How are anger, fear and shock associated with this yoga? Does it only work in duṣthāna are can it also work in kendra and koṇa? Which jyotiṣa parts like lagnas, varga etc. can use it? And finally what are the remedies.
Tea break will be taken in the afternoon
Sunday September 7th In person in Central London and Online
9:30 Registration
9:45-11.15 Plenary – Hot topics with our faculty
11.15-11.45 Tea break
11:45-1.00pm Dr Gyan Sharma – Seven Astrological reasons for ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder’ (ASD)
Lunch 1.15pm-2.00pm
CHANGE OF TIME 2.00pm – 4.00pm Pandit Sanjay Rath –Workshop: Viparita Yoga Part Two
Viparīta Yoga is explained as a rājayoga but is it really that, and if so under what circumstances. How are anger, fear and shock associated with this yoga? Does it only work in duṣthāna are can it also work in kendra and koṇa? Which jyotiṣa parts like lagnas, varga etc. can use it? And finally what are the remedies.
Tea break will be taken in the afternoon
Saturday September 13th Online via Zoom Change of Topics!
1:00 pm Andrew Foss – Artificial Intelligence, a Jyotish view. Can AI be conscious? What is its future? How can we study it through vedic charts?
3:00 pm Komilla Sutton – Gulika and Mandi, the secret trouble makers.
5:00 pm Branka Larsen – Moon and the Mind: Remedies for Inner Stability in Turbulent Times.
Sunday September 14th Online
1:00 pm Alok Khandewal – Remedies for Marak and bad health dasha
3:00 pm Zeljko Krgovic – Jyotiṣa Svāsthya: Understanding Health Patterns Through Planetary Influence
5:00 pm Pandit Samavedula – The Vedic approach to personal and global remedies.
Friday September 19th Online Change of Talk with Pandit Sanjay Rath
1:00 pm Pandit Sanjay Rath Svadhina Vedha and Paradhina vedha. वेध vedha means piercing, breaching and shows weakness that is exploited. Svādhīna simply means independent and free – implies freedom to do something, which is the vedha. Parādhīna vedha simply means doing under order or direction and not of free will. A general is svādhīna vedha whereas the soldiers are parādhīna vedha.
3:00 pm Claudia Anfuso – Ritual as Remedy: The Pañca Mahā Yajñāḥ as a Framework for Modern Jyotiṣa
5:00 pm Dr Andrew Foss – What is going on? Our future may be better than we think
Saturday September 20th Online UPDATE Change of Talk and rescheduled with Pandit Sanjay Rath
1:00 pm Pandit Sanjay Rath -Drekkāṇa Lagneśa. Drekkāṇa needs no introduction but why is the lagna so important and why did the Egyptians and Hindus have such detailed drawings, symbols and even yantra of drekkāṇa. We derive and explore the drekkāṇa lagna to how the power of राम (rāma) or the Egyptian रा (rā) influences us.
This talk will now take place on October 31st at 5.30pm India Time
3:00 pm Vijaya Subramanian – The Journey of the Spiritual Warrior: From Enemies to Enlightenment or (Transformation through Adversity)
5:00 pm Penny Farrow -Dressing Vedic Remedies in Western Garb
Sunday September 21st Online
1:00 pm Keiko Ito -Pilgrimage as Purification. This lecture is my testimony of nearly 20 years of pilgrimage trips in India, organised by the BAVA Chair, Komilla Sutton. I will share the transformative journey of visiting temples in India and what it can mean for the Jyotish students as a personal remedy.
3:00 pm Dr KS Charak –Overt Demeanour, Covert Reality: How Nakshatras Reveal the Truth.
5:00 pm Komilla Sutton – Judging Navamsha. Key steps for analysing the chart