Varahmihir is the most impressive Acharya of the science of astronomy. He wrote three books titled Panchsiddhantika, Bruhatjatak and Bruhatsamhita. A long tradition from vedang astrology to Varahmihir is introduced by him in his book Panchsiddhantika. Varahmihir was not only an astronomer but also an astrologer. He was capable of formulating his own principles, still however he has collected in his book the prevalent principles in his book. And so those principles have reached us. Bruhatsamhita is the encyclopedic work light is shed by him on many aspects of Indian religion, Sculpture and religious architecture in this book.
It is believed that Varahmihir was the resident of Avanti, (Ujjayini). He lived during the earlier part of the sixth century. Adityadas was his father as well as his Vidyaguru teaches. It is said that Varahmihir was a devout worshipper of the Sun. He studied astronomy to please the Sun. He had a son named Pruthuyashas. He wrote a book titled Shatpanchashika. Today this work is also one of the famous books of astronomy.