Institution
American College of Vedic Astrology (ACVA)
A 501(c)(3) school in Sedona teaching classical Jyotisha through a tiered certification ladder
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The American College of Vedic Astrology is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution in Sedona, Arizona, established in 1992 to teach classical Jyotisha, the Vedic astrology of India. Its stated aim is teaching classical Jyotisha for contemporary society, and its course ladder is built to do exactly that: Level 1, Jyotisha Ratna, covers the essentials of Jyotish, and Level 2, Jyotisha Prabhakara, carries students into advanced practice, with professional certification earned through examinations.
ACVA runs as an online faculty with instructors specializing across the Jyotisha curriculum, and its accreditation standards set what a certifying course must cover, from the fundamentals of chart reading to the muhurta (electional timing) and Vedic medical astrology material that sits inside the tradition. Beyond the course ladder, the college maintains a store of three decades of recorded lectures from well-known authorities on Vedic astrology, free webinars and videos from its faculty, membership, an email newsletter, an events calendar, and a Vedic chart calculator as public resources.
The college is explicitly structured as an institution: an incorporated nonprofit with a board of directors, a leadership team, instructors and staff, published ethics, and course admissions. Students enroll at any time and work through the curriculum online, with ACVA certification positioned as a step toward becoming a credentialed Vedic astrologer. The institution's stated mission: To teach classical Jyotisha for contemporary society.
Mission
To teach classical Jyotisha for contemporary society.
History
The American College of Vedic Astrology was established in 1992 in Sedona, Arizona as an incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution. Its education program grew into a tiered Jyotisha certification ladder (Level 1 Jyotisha Ratna, Level 2 Jyotisha Prabhakara, then professional certification by examination), supported by a downloadable archive of three decades of recorded lectures from leading Vedic astrology teachers and an accreditation standards process for certifying courses.