A scholar in Vedic astrology, Suryanarayana Sastry garu was a Siddhanti educated at Kasi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi. His teacher was Muralidhar Mishra. He used to publish and print almanacs (panchangam) with financial assistance from Magam samsthanam.

He drew inspiration to learn astrology from Cheemalapati Maridayya Siddhanti of Munganda Agraharam and Tandava Krishna Acharya.

The Siddhanti calculated his time of death (Sometime in November 1937), which was 3 days after the naming ceremony of his granddaughter Susarla Rama Lakshmi.