When the Abbasids defeated the Umayyads, they eventually decided on founding a new capital city. Under Al Mansur they built the city of Baghdad, blending knowledge of astrology and urban planning to birth a city of wonder.

A thread on astrology and Baghdad -AAO

Al Mansur settled on Baghdad’s location in proximity to the old Sassanid cities & called upon Indian & Central Asian city-planners to build it round in the Persianate fashion, but in order to build a truly wondrous city he called upon the powers of astrology -AAO

He turn to the Persian Nawbakht and the Jewish astrologer, Mashallah ibn Athari. -AAO

Together they employed ikhtiyārāt, a type of astrology used to elect the most auspicious timing for an event.

Want to know the perfect day to get married, to sign a contract, or even to wage a war, ikhtiyārāt can provide the answer -AAO

Using ikhtiyārāt Nawbakht and Mashallah elected July 31 762 for the founding of Baghdad. The historian and contemporary astrologer, James Holden used the Persian Al Biruni's records to recreate the horoscope.

I’ve attached a contemporary version -AAO

KATHA SRAVANTHI (BEDTIME STORY 29/3/22):
In one of tweets today We talked about SRI. TADEPALLI RAGHAVA NARAYANA SHASTRY garu. He was Born in Guntur in a village called Chandolu, on August 5 1897.He mastered BALA MANTRA, one of the most powerful mantras. He did

Bala mantra japa to the counts of lakhs, and it is said that MATHA BALA TRIPURA SUNDARI would reside in his house always. One day a bangle seller visited his house & all the 8 women of the house, took bangles. Those days bangle sellers would themselves adorn bangles to the women

When it was time to collect the money, the bangle seller counted for 9 pairs of hands. When SHASTRY JI confronted why he's asking for 9 pairs when there are only 8 women in the house, the bangle seller said along with the 8 women, there was a little girl, and she asked for green

Bangles. When SHASTRY JI went inside the pooja room, in front of the picture of BALA TRIPURA SUNDARI, were green bangles. SHASTRY JI had the habit of leaving food on a rock every day in front of his house, before his lunch, and one man asked him one day why he is leaving the

Food everyday on the rock and polluting the environment, and also wasting food. SHASTRY JI said, just because you cannot see, doesn't mean none are eating that food. The man argued and said if you have the power then show me who's eating the food. SHASTRY JI said yes,and took the