Physicist
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
The first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in a science, for the scattering effect that carries his name, prompted by the blue of the Mediterranean.
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, the deflected light changes its wavelength. This phenomenon, a hitherto unknown type of scattering of light they called modified scattering, was subsequently termed the Raman effect or Raman scattering. In 1930, Raman received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him" and became the first Asian and non-White person to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Born
- 1888-11-07, Tiruchirappalli, IndiaA Wednesday
- Died
- 1970-11-21, Bengaluru, IndiaA Saturday, aged 82
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- India
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1888-11-07, Tiruchirappalli, India · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Kolkatathe zone used then
Asia/KolkataThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 15°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 1°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 2°37′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 16°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 11°02′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 10°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 19°50′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 19°20′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 1°20′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 5°20′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1970-11-21, Bengaluru, India · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Kolkatathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 28°31′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 1°48′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 12°27′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 11°42′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Libra | 20°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 19°06′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 18°22′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 12°03′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 0°32′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 29°13′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.