In the Sanskrit tradition of ancient times there were verses to be found having relation to certain planets. The musicians therefore made their programma according to the influence of the planets of the cosmos, and that programma was carried out throughout the whole year. One might think that the influence of the planets is too vague to perceive, and that one could not make a programma upon it, but in all periods the whole of humanity has arranged its life according to the planetary influences just the same.