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Judgement

Longevity

By D.P. Saxena, MA.

RANJAN PUBLICATIONS
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Contents
Preface Introduction 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10, ll. Correct Birth Time Arishtas and Arishta Bhangas Divisions of Life Death Inflicting Planets AshtakaVarga Other Methods of Ayurdaya Pindayurdaya and Amsayurdaya Novel Method of Determination of Longevity Mathematical Methods and their applicability Aeidents and the Unfortunate Events Epilogue

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Preface
There are persons who hate astrolory and have no faith in it. There is no apprehension from such persons. They are in the open field and can be dealt with. The greatest apprehen' sion is from those who love astrolory and have great faith in its predictions. The reason is that they make too heavy demands on it to be easily satisfied. Longevity of human being is one such subject. They will not be satisfied if they are merely told that the particular person has a deerghaJruor a long life. They want to have the answer in quantitative terms, precisely, in years, months and days etc. I am also one such admirer. Being a serious student as well I worked on the subject. The net result of my labours is presented to the readers. As an admirer of the scienceand its student I have always been interested in taking it to as many peron as possible. I have been for the purpose teaching this science under the auspices of Delhi Chapter of Astro Scienes Research Institute of India. As for writing a book on a subject like longevity which is both difficult and vast I have to admit that the divine grace of Gurudeva H. H. Swami Madhawanandji Maharaj inspired me for it and the Invisible Hand of Lord Hanuman did the job. I bow my head in reverence to the lotus feet of Gurudeva and dedicate myself to the service of the Lord. My sincere and unsolicited thanks go to Ranjan Publica' tions who readily agreed to publish my work under their seal and cover. I am also indebted to Sh. S. C. Chaudhri who helped me in a second reading with a view to edit it.

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Introduction
Determination of longevity of human beinp in exact and precise terms of years, months and days etc., is a diffrcult task. It is transgressing the Providential domain. As we are imperfect human beinp our methods can claim perfection, if at all they do, only to a certain extent and nothing beyond that. The masters had their way and the best way to reach some of their heights is to follow their foot prints. The sages tackled this question very competently and we have no better alternative but to follow them most scrupulously. They based all their conclusions on a comprehensive study of the birth chart- To arrive at correct conclusions, therefore; the first important thing is to judge the reliability of the time of birth upon which the whole edifice of the chart has been prepared. As it is not the purpose to show how the rectification of the error in time oi'birth is made, we have restricted ourselves only to check up the conectness of the time of birth and not to indulge in its correction. The first chapter deals very briefly with this subject. Three methods have been explained here very briefly. The first is the easiest method in the light of Ruling Planets advocated by very eminent astrologer of our days, K. S. Krishnamurti. The second is that of counting the constellations and checking up the position of Moon. There is yet another method by which we check the sex of the new c\omerand if it is the same as it should be the time of birth gets confirmed. It may be mentioned here very clearly that our sages meant by life the yogajayu determined by various combinations of planets called the yoga. Their judgement started with the time of birth itself. In chapter 2 therefore the three types' of arishtas known as Gandarishta, Tithi ganda and lagna ganda, visha navamsasi, inauspicious muhurtas for the birth

6 have been explained. Sadyo'arishta, arishtas, and yogarishtas have been described briefly and the principles in the background explained. various flactors that nulliff the effects of iUo.'" arishtas have also been refened to in the chapter' There is a special emphasis on the study of childhood period which ranges upto 12 years of age with minor adjust' ments both wayJ because it is during this period that the prospects of liG depend more c,n various external circumthan on the blessinp or curse of the planets. In other "t.rr"u" words, the problem of early life was considered with reference to Desh, Kala and Patra that is the country, period, and the peison. chapter 3 deals with the claqsification of life into 1h""" compartments, namely, the alpayu, madhyamayu and strength/weakness of poornayu -houses tased on the study of the and planets. This has been followed by an attempt at studying the various factors that prove deterrents to the prospects of the continuitY. In chapter 4 the principles relating to the study of the birth charl have been explained. The good and bad planets and houses, importance of nodes, variousyogas, importance of drekkana.s and navamsas and the principle of Bhavadbhavam etc. have been dealt with. various causes of death have been studied. Transit systern, Pada rasis, the Upgrahas, Tara dasa 'system, Spashta Deha, Spashta Mrityu and Spashta Jeeva have also been included in the study. Is is after confirmation in various ways that life would last for some substantial period, atternpts were made about the calculation of longevity mathematically in precise terms. Inall there are 32 methods. All of them could not be included in this book for reasons of space but the most important and popular of them have found their place' Chapter 5 deals with ashtakavarga system of calculations. Preparation of charts, Ekadhipatya and Trikona Sodhanas. Mandal Sodhana, Rasi and graha gunakaras have all been explained in detail with example Samudaya ashtakavarga and its calcula.practlcal 'liotrs with practical illustrations have also been included. In the end, a word about the circumstances under which Bhinna

.7 ashtakvarga or the Samudaya ashtakvarga should be tried and working out the dasa system has been explained' Badrayan's horary system of calculating the longevity with step by step considerations supported by practical calcu' lations have been explained. The Rasmikayu calculations, Bharanas and haranas, the nakshatrayu, Gauri Jataka and Jaimini system have been included with practical illustrations. They form the subject matter of chapter 6. In Chapter 7 the Pindayurdaya and the Amsakayurdaya methods have been discussed in detail and illustrated with practical exarnples in each case. Chapter 8 has been devoted to a new method of determin' ing the longevity. Its separate treatment would indicate'its importance. The method is really novel in the sense that I have not found it in the classical books. It was found in the book 'Span of Life' written by Sh. G. S. Rama Murthi. The second edition of the book was published in 1971. Sh. Rama Murthi has stated that this method is being practised success' fully by one family of astrologers in the South. There are two main merits of the method. The one great merit is that it is too simple to be explained and practised. There are no ifs and buts. The way it has been explained indicates that it is universally applicable. The other advantage is that it is very easy to praciise without any mathematical calculations. As regards its usefulness this author has very little to comment, as the same has not so far been used by him. The ne,"sons for its recommendation is that it takes into account the life fiactors from various angles. The calculations are rnade ovr that basis of four important fiactors which deal with life in its various aspects. The lagna represents the native. The third house indicates his prowess. The eighth house is for life itself according to astrological prirrciples. The tenth house stands for karmasthana as well as the retirement from life. The readers are requested to practise it thernselves and draw their own conclusion. It would be better if they could share their experiences with others. Chapter 9 deals with all the methodsof calculations oollectively. Their practical utility has been discussed and various

8 circumstances under whlch one or the other method can be used has been explained. In short a comparative study of the methods is the subject rnatter of the chapter. In practical life of today it has been noticed that the methods fail not so much on account of their own short comirrgs as due to the diffierences in the times then and now. The etresses and hurdles on the way today are not only many in number but also much deeper in intensity. The accidents which take a heavy toll of hurnan life every now and then call for a deeper study. Of course as human beinp we are quite imperfect instruments to judge the ways of providence. We can howerrer be more careful and cautious attempts. The extra care that can be taken in judgement has been discussed and explained to some extent in the chapter. In the Epilogue the author has tried to cval.uate the various methods by way of critical appreciation of the methods and their practical utility. A word about what the author has been doing in this respect has also been added by way of advice. This may be followed or rejected lies within the discretion of the readers.

#j Chapter 1

Correct Birth fime

The basis of calculation of lonpvity, be it in mathematical or general terms, is the plaaement of planets and the rising sign as the ascendant or the lagna. For this it is very neeeshas been pr:PT* to check up the horoscope ilthe "ame to be applied in have may methods "JV rectification The *"loUV. i" F-ryt necessarf,/ abeoluteiy is that thing one The *rrr" be would "tl*". It birth' of time the prepar"a fo" chart a detailed l-to prearclions should freferable to have a computerised-one. *Tewa" which shows the 12 the of basis the on ventur'ed L rasis and the placement of the planets in it. From personal e:rperience it can be said that the minimum requiremenF o.f t chart are the cusps of all houses and the longitudes *oik"bl" in degrees and minutes at least, if not in secplanets the of onds. After getting the chart in the way explained above there are two shoit cuts to check the correctness. One way is to try to check up a few events of the earlier life of the native. If the same have taken place during the period indicated by the chart it ean be preeumed that the chart is correct to a reason' th"t further predictions can be ventured able degree "tra within certain limits of time. This is an eaqy method and can be relied upon. No rectification need be undertaken. The other method is itre method of Krishnamurti Padhdhati or K' P', as it is pnerally called. In this sletem we ane guided by the Ruling Planets of the moment.

The concept of Ruling Planets

Every moment of our life is governed by some or the-other planets. hhe planets ruling at any particular moment of time are the:

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l. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Judgement of Langeuity Lagna rasi lord Lagna cuspal lord Moon sign lord Moon's constellation lord Lord ofthe week day.

An example will clarify the case.The time, day, date and place for which the R. Ps. are required to be determined and the horoscope to be checked is given below and the method explained. The lagna cusp of the horoecope is I _ 2g".47,.

For determining

the R. p.

17-8-1991;Time 16.09 Hrs. day Saturday and place New Delhi. The lagna on 17-8-Lgg1at 16.0g Hrs or I.S.T or IS.47.Sz LMT at Delhi is calculated as under. Reference Tables of Ascendants on Nirayan basis by N. C. Lahiri. ST on 17-8-1900at 12-00 Noon (LMT) = 9 - 40 - 4g 17-8-1991 at .10(-) Time interval

9-40-33 3 - 4 7. 5 2 ( + ) lg - 28.25 38 (+)

Correction for Time interval

Conection for Delhi

t3-29-03 B( + )
13-29-06 or' 13'29

Ascdt is g-ro.oo Iongitude of Moon at 16.0gHrs. ? - ?. 46, HenceAscdt sign lord is Jupiter Ascdt. Constt. lord is Ventrs

Conzet Birth Time Moon sign lord is Mars Moon Constt. lord is Jupiter Day lord is Saturn The Ascdt sign lord of the Chart is Venus. Ascdt constt. lord of the chart is Mars.

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The sign lord of the ascendant and the nakshatra lord should be one of the Ruling Planets. Venus being the ascendant lord of the chart is correct because it is also one of the R. Ps. Mars the nakshatra lord being also one of the R. Ps. is also conect. It would be a little more interesting to note that the sub lord Mars is in Saturn star which is also one of the ruling planets. If we wish to go into the calculations of sub-sub lord he would also be one of the ruling planets at the time of scrutiny. This appears to be the easiest method of checking the chart. Generally the difference of time may not exceed about 10 - 15 minutes. In that case the lagna cusp may be in some other constellation which has to be moved to suit the ruling planets and time adjusted according to the place of birth. The following case was refened to the author in January 1991. Instead of checking the lagna at that time one glaring fiact of life came to notice which was confirmed. The glaring fact was that the native who at the time of consultation was past 48 years, should not have been married. The horoscope of the native is reproduced below for readers'examination.
Moon 8.25 Sat (R) 16.58 Ascdt 29.47

Ketu 6.39

Jp (R)2.0s
Bah 6.39

Ven5,34 Sun4.33

Merc28.*| Mars19.35

The subject is not marriage; hence how it was judged is

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Judgement of Longeuity

not being dealt with here. The other equally easy method is also explained. Conrrert the time of birth into vighatis if it is given in ghatis. If the time is given in LS.T. (Indian standard time) eonvert it into ghatis and vighatis after sunrise and then corrvert them to vighatis. Multiply the vighatis by 4 and divide the result by g. Take the remainder and count asi many nakshatras from Aswini/ MaghaMoola as the remainder. This is according to the position of Moon at the time of birth. If Moon has croesedAswini but not Magha count from Aswini and check up whether Moon is in the oorrect nakshatra in the chart. An example will make it clear. A child is born at 55143ghatis after sun rise. Each ghati has 60 vighatis. Hence total vighatis are (60 x 55) + 43 = 8348. This divided by nine gives a remainder 4. Moon is iri Leo at . L4.2L. We therefore count 4 from Magha. We get Hasta the nakshatra. In the case under reference Moon is in poorva Phalguni. Thus the time of birth is doubtful. Rectification of the chart is not the purpose here, hence the same has not been explained. In Uttar Kalamritam there is one quite interesting method. Convert the ghatis into Vighatis and divide thern by 225. lf the remainder is between 0 and llb or 45 and g0 or 1b0 and225 the native shor:ld be male; otherwise a female. In the above case the Vighatis are 3343. This divided by 22lleaves a remainder 193. The remainder is between 1b0 and 225. The birth therefore should be of a male child. The native is really a male child. This one is too simple to be adopted. This shows only the sex of the chitd. It does not confirm the time of the birth. Unless there is some grave mistake of time the method may not work. It has nothing to do with the actual time. It deals with the period. Readers may be benefitted in predicting the sex of the child just from the chart. The author does not claim much of dependable experience on the subject. Research is needed which some of the esteemedreaders may be inclined to undertake. There are other methods of checking the correctness of time of birth. The one method is through the Ardhayamesh

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also. This is a long procss.The same is not being dealt with here. Those who are interested may refer, for easy exposition the book A5rurnlrnaya by Acharya Mukund with Hindi commentary of Dr. Suresh Chandra Mishra.

Chapter 2
Arishtas and Arishta-Bhangas
The longevity can be determined in many ways. They are both astrologrcal and mathematical according to astrological principles. It is however agreed to by the sages that the mathematical calculation should not be undertaken before the child attains at least the age of 12 years. It is believed that death before or upto 4 years of age depends largely on the oonstitution and the sins of omission and commission of mother. Mother may be herself suffering from disease which may hamper the growth of the child who lives on her milk and prove fatal. The death between 4 years and eight years may occur due to father's negligence or his bad karmas. It is not easy to identiff the sins (bad karmas) of father but it can easily be appreciated that the negligence or ignorance of father can make or mar the longevity. When the child is suffering from chicken pox the father may consult the witch doctors instead of medical oflicers, and be the cause of death of the child. Competent medical officers may not be available which may also cause death. The death between 8 and 12 years of age is supposed to be due to the sins of child itself in his previous birth. Whatever be the neasnnait is quite reasonable to say that no assessment of life-span should be attempted before the child attains a stage where he can look alter himself at least to some extent. In view of the considered views of sages and seer it is propoeed to deal with the arishtas and the classs of life in thirs chapter. Life has been divided into three classes, namely the alpayu or short life, madhyamayu or the medium life and deerghayu or the long life. The appropriate period of alpayu is

Arishtas and Arishta-Bhangas

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32 years. The arishtas which may reduce this span have been divided into three classes. They are saddyo aGhtu", arishta yogas and yogarishtas. The saddyo arishtas give their results promptly or, say, upto 8 years of age. The ar-irshtayogas do it between the ages of g and 20 and the yogarishtas betieen the ages 20_and30years. They are all, therefore, called the alpayu yogas. In the sense of our modern divisions of life the sjddyo arishtas may be calted the Balarishtas. They are of three kinds namely the gandarishtas, the grabarishtas and pataki vedha arishtas.

Gandarishtas
There are certain periods which are considered inauspicious for any birth. They are called the gandarishtas. hhe gandarishta.s are three in number viz the gandarishtas, tithialisftas and lagna-gandas. Virtually they are only two. The -gandarishthird one the lagna-ganda is only an extension of tas. . There are se\En planets and two nodes. Each of them rules orrer three constellations. The constellations of Mercrrry and of Ketu are not judged auspicious for any birth. These are Aswini, Mula, Maghq Aslesha,Jeyeshtha and Revati. If Moon happens to be posited in any of these onstellations the newborn is supposed to sufrer from the ill effects of gandarishta widely known in the lay-man,s languap as gandalmoola. The parents of the child born in gandarishta seek the advice of astrologers regarding epecial poojas havanas and charity etc. to be done to propitiate planets toavoid their displeas.tr"'. ttr" learned Acharya Mukand has further sub-diviied the gandarishtas into three. They are the Dina-gandas or day ganias, Ratri gandas or the lSrt gpndas ana the Sandhi E""a*. According to him the birth when Moon is in Mura ur" J"rr"is the dina-gandq that in the Aslesha ana Irragha is ththa Ratri-ganda and in Rerati and Aswini it is Sandhya g""a"

fithi

ganda

The former arishtas were due to Moon's occ'pation of the constellations. Tbis is about the births on certain-dates of the

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lunar months.

Judgemc* of tnns*ity

The Hindu lunar month is divided into two fortnights called the Sukla Paksha (the bright fortnight) and Krishna Paksha (the dark fortnight). The period when Moon is increasing is calledthe Sukla Paksha.The cuunting of days is 15 for each instead of 30 straight-way. The first one ghati (24 minutes) of the first and the last one ghati of the last 15th date forms Tithi ganda.In this way thele are three tithi gandasviz the periods between the 15th and lst, 5th and 6th, and between the tenth and eleventh. They are all treated as inauspicious. For academicpurposesonly these tithi gandas have beenmentioned here. In fact all this is with reference to Moon'sposition vis-a-vis Sun. The tithis in Hindu calender are with-reference to Moon's position in relation to Sun and not amrding to the number of days passed.

Lagna Ganda
As has already been stated earlier the lagna gandanta is only an extension of the gandarishta. The constellations of Ketu, it would be noted, fall in the beginningof Aries, Leo and Sagittarius rasis and those of Mercury in the end of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. If the lagna happ"ns to fall in the Sandhis of these rasis the period of one ghati on both eides is called the Lagna-gandanta. A great deal tras been said about them in Muhurta Par[iata and Muhurta Martanda" It ie a point for research whether they are inauspicious and if so to what extent and why. Readers may have their own experiments and conclusions. To the author they are not always bad. All this depends upon the position of their lords in the chart. It may be stated that in Hindu astrologr Sun, Moon and the lagna are the three pillars of any birth chart. The auspiciousness here is with reference to lagna and its onjunctions. It is however for consideration here that only the coastellations of Ketu and Mercury are considered evil. Why these two have been singled out is a matter for research. So far as the practical experience goes no star is universally good or bad. It is his position in the horoscope that makes him thirs or that. In the view of the author it is neessary to judge the

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pro' position of Mercury and Ketu in the birth chart before which lord constellation the is It ffi;;;;il1"a-i-""t. the fruits to be given by the to a very gJ governEl "*tent planet tenenting the cnnstellation' and 8 There is similar mis-conception about houses 6 however' of ftoio"-p.. Both are treated "" "lt' The author' of tfris view. They are bad when the affairs of lagna i" "ot under consideratiorrl Th"y are not bad for the affairs-of are example, ;ii th" houses. foi it affai; of 10th house, fior " chart is the of rather auspicious. Eig\th lrouse ifr"y desires' of "r" house, th" ho.t*" of the fulfillment the llth of the for the affairs of tenth house, the house house' l0th for p."f*"1"". Likewise the 6th houseis the 9th' and Mercrrry that the author feels In a gimil", -"on"i be rnay Mars Ketu should not be singled out for maltrcatment' a greater evil. Visha Navamsas or the Poisonous Navamsas

As someconstellations have been declaredinauspicious so also some smaller portions have been clagsified as bad 'itt"y are rather worse than the or inauspicious. poison inauspicious ones. They are termed as Visha or the which are as under: l.FirstnavamsaofAriee,Taunrs,VirgoandSagittarius' 2. Fifth navarnsaof Libra, Gemini, Leo and Aquariue' 3. Ninth navamsaof Cancer,Scorpio,Capricornand Pisces. The ill effects of the navamsasare as under' The navamsa of Sun is harmful to father, of Moon to mother, of Mars to maternal uncle,of Saturnto brother' of Mercury, Jupiter and Venus to the native himself' For propet appreciation of the above observations it is n""oory to a"aiy.e a few cases. For Aries and Sagittarius the first NavamEtalord would be Mans. For Aries born the Iagnegrr would be the 8th lord also and for sagittarius the ifrft. notf, poeitions are inauspicious for the native. The first navamsa tord for Virgoans and Taureans would be Saturn'

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tt"t't?,t\ud.g ete'nt of Long euity J

For Virgoans he will be the 6th lord. For Taureans the posi' tion is not so. We have to take into consideration the constel' lations involved. It would be the constellation of Sun who is a great enemy of Satum. Similarly other positions can also be examined. The fifth navamsa lord for C'emini, Libra and Aquarius would be Saturn. He is 8th lord for Gemini, an<i lagnesh and, 12th, lord for Aquarius. For Librans Saturn is the yogakaraka being the 4th, and the 5th lord but the constellation would be of Rahu who is a natural malefic. Now there are certain yogas which may be classified as Balarishta yogas. They are Yamaghantayoga and Kulika yogas. The yamaghanta yoga is formed if: ' ,1. On Sunday Moon is in Magha, od 2. On Monday Moon is in Vishakha . 3. On Tuesday Moon is in Aridra WednesdayMoon is in Mula .rl.Ot " 5. On Thursday Moon is in Kritika Friday Moon is in Rohini ilj'0. O" ,' 7. On Saturday Moon is in Hasta

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' Kulika yoga is the period that comes each day. It is one of the inauspicious muhurta. If the dinaman4 (period between sunrise and sunset) is divided by 15 we get one Muhurta-span during the day and if Ratrimana (period between Sun-set and Sun-rise is divided by 15 we get the duration of one muhurta in the night. The inauspicious kulika muhurta is as
r'iir under: "-' ' 'r'lli

Da.y Muhurta . 14th 12th 10th 8th 6th 4th

2nd

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Ratri " ta, Muhurta 13th llth

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Sunday
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Monday

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Saturday ;tiir

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The Kulika Muhurta is offset if the week day lord and Moon are strong and if a benefic planet is pcsited in the lagna. Apart from the above our sages have identified certain sensitive points in the zodiac which are considered to be inauspicious if Moon occupiesthose points at the time of birth of the native. They are to be found in all the rasis. Their degrees are however difrerent in each case.They are Aries 8', Taurus 25" Gernini 22', Canrer 22';Lm 21"; Virgo 1'; Libra 4" Scorpio 23"; Sagittarius 18", Capricorn 20" Aquarius 20' and Pisces 10'.
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After discussing various sensitive poinLs in the zodiac and timinp of birth etc. consideredinauspicious it becomesnecessary to detail the planetary combinations called the yogas which influence the life span of the individual. Considering the spacr:available in the book it is not possible to give all the yogas given by the sages. Those who are interested are advised to consult the ciassical books on the subject. A reference to some of them is enough to explain various funda)\j r-11i .t mental principles. It has been stated earlier that arishtas are in relation to Lagna, Sun and Moon. In other words there are three cardinal factors considered important in the a.*cessmentof longevity. The liactorsthat afllict the lagna, Sun or Moon individually or 'severally will tell upon the life span of individual. The position of planets that is 6/8 are detrimental. The 6/8 position means one of the planet is in the 6th house and the other in the 8th house from each other. The other point that is detrimental to the afliairs of house concerned is the 12th house from it. The following few yogas may be examined in this background. 1. If Sun or Moon are afflicted in the lagna by Rahu or associated with Saturn and l{ars occupies the 8th house, the mother and the child both die. 2. The malefics occupy 6th, 8th and the' lzth, houses .er, without any benefic influences produce the same effect. 3. Mars in' the lagna or 8th house and SunMoon

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Judgement of LongeuitY afllicted by the effects of eclipse produce the same rsults.

4. Moon in the 7th or 8th house surrounded by the malefics produce the above effects. 5. Malefics occupying 2nd, 6th, 8th and 12th houses form the yoga of early death of the child. . 6. Lagna and 7th houses sandwiched between the malefics bring about the results at 5 above. ?. Aflliction of Sun by Mars in the 7th house from Moon bring about the demise of the child within one week of the birth. The yogas detailed above are rry few in number. They have been detailed herejust to elaborate the points brought out above. It may also be pointed out that the houses 2 and seven are regarded as marakasthanas because 2nd is 12th to the 3rd house and ?th is 12th to 8th - the two ayusthanasi or the places indicating life/prowess of the native. There are yogas which give death in the matter of days, weeks, months and years. They are not being reproduced here for obvious neasons. As there are yogas for the arishtas there are yogas which nulliff the effects of arishtas. They also need careful study be' fore pronouncing any judgement on the basis of mere arishtas. Jupiter is the greatest benefic planet of the solar system. His auspicious position in the birth chart is an indication that the native can tide over his bad period by proper remedial measures like bhakti (derotion), alms and charity etc. Some of the arishta-bhanga yogas are detailed here only to underline again the underlying principles. ' 1. Jupiter in lagna, Kendra (4th, ?th, or 10th houses) or ' Trikonahouses (Sthand 9th) wards offall the lagnarish" tas. This is doubly so if the rasis ocorpied by Jupiter are his own (Sagittarius or Pisces) or that of hig exaltation that is Cancer. 2. Any benefic planet in Kendra with Sun in the llth house can ward off all the inauspiciousness of lagna.

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,, 3. If the malefic planets are in the vargas of benefic planets : and are aspected by benefics who are strong and in the vargas of benefic planets the misfortunes of lagnarishtas are warded off. The vargas here mean the Navamsas. , 4. All the arishtas are st at naught if all the benefics ar posited in their vargottama navamsa (where the planet occupies the same rasi in navamsa chart as he does in the birth chart) and all the evil planets are in the rasis of friends or benefics. 5. If any one of Mercury, Jupiter or Venus is strong and oc' cupies Kendra and is unafflicted by aspect, coqjunction or association of malefics all the arishtas are warded off. On Saravali Mercury has been left off). In fact Mercury becomes a benefic only when he is unafflicted. 6. If Mercury is posited in his moola trikona, or in his own navamsa duly aspected by Venus the arishtas are warded off. The same results follow if Mercury in the lagna is aspected by Jupiter. The yogas warding off the arishtas on account of Gandanta evils are grven below. 1. If Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are in 5th and 9th houses from each other. 2. Ketu's occupation of 3rd, 6th, or llth house which happens to be Libra, Capricorn or Pisces is an important anti-arishta. 9. Rahu's occupation of the 3rd, 6th, or l1th, house duly aspected by the benefics produces the same resuJts. 4. Rahu's occupation ofAries, Taurus or Caner which happens to be the lagna of the native produces the same results. 6. Saturn's occupation of ascendant, 3rd, 6th, or l1th house which happens to be his own rasi or the rasi of his exaltation or that of Jupiter produces the same results as above

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6. In the case of night borns (between the period of Sun-set and the followingSun rise) Moon's occupation of the 1lth house is an auspicious augury' In the case of day borns Venus, occupation ofKendra, Trikona or llth house produces the same results' The various yogas that cancel the bad effects produced by Moon's position. 1. Full Moon aspected by all the planets' 2. Moon in his highest position of exaltation duly aspected by Venus. 3. Er.en a weak Moon posited in the navarnsastof benefic planet and aspected'by the benefics is competent to produce the same resullt as ahove. 4. According to Saravali, and Kalyana Verma the occupa' tion of 6th, ?th and 8th house.sfrom Moon by the unaf, fli"J"d benefies produces strong arishta-bhanga' ,' , , 6. I\[oon posited in the 6th or 8th house duly aspect$ b.y benefi& (if birth is in bright fortnight) and by malefics (if birth is in dark fortnight) is a strong antidote for all arishtas. These are some of the inauspicious yogas' The yogas cancelling them have also been detailed. More can be had from classical lexts or some of smaller books on the subject. The purpose of repeatingsome of them is to underline their imporcan never be over-emphasised when i.tr.u. Their i*po"tan* subject under discussion is longevity.

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In the foregoing pages the discussion was restricted to a very short span of period called the childhcod days. In that short space the inauspicious timinp of birth and sensitive points in the zodiac affecting the life of the new born, and some yogas nulliffing the arishtas were discu*sed in brief. 'The childhood period is normally a part of alpayu which extends upto the age of about 32 years. This division is just an arbitrary division. In practice there may be a difference of 2-3 years both ways. The person living upto the age of 30 or 35 years will be supposed to have an alpayu or the short life' A sepiilate treatment of the period of childhood has been glven because the life during that period depends more upon the external circumstances than the planetary combinations called the yogas or other factors. Despite so many arishtas present in the birth chart for the childhood days it has been seen that child often does not even fall sick during the period of arishtas. This is due to many factors. One of them is the advancement of medical science. The chicken pox known till the other day as a dreaded and fatal disease has now almost been banished. Further, the high degree of health consciousness of the general man ha,scontributed immensely to reduc' ing the mortality rate. These days the illness is not supposed to be a curse of some divine power. No ojhas (persons practis' ing witchcraft) are invited to cure the sick child. These and many other factors have often fought the divine curse of the planets and achieved the ultimate victory. This was particularly on this account that a special treatment 'Has given to the childhood period. For further study it is necessary to have a fresh outlook on the life span as a wholc.
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In the context of our study a brief reference to Ashtottari and Vimsottari dasa system appears necessary' In terms of Ashtottari dqsa the normal life of the individual is taken to be 108 years. In Virnsottari system it has been taken as 120 yearn. In fact none ofthe periods has beelr nearer to the actual view of this position the long life is taken to mean 96 "prtt.In yL** with marginal adjustments on both sides' The life span of the individual is divided into three categories or classes namely the alpayu or the short life, madhyayu or the medium life and deerghayu or the long life. The short life or the alpayu runs upto the age of 32 years' There are various planetary combinations which, other thinp remaindo not allow the longevity to go beyond 32 years' ing the ""-", The factors that attempt to cut short the life are known as arishta.s and those that nulliff their effects aI known as arishta bhangas. In judging the life span both of them need a careful study. In the classical texts one can come across yogas which fix upthe life span too precisely in mathematical terms. There *"" yog* which limit the longwity ta 22 yearc or 30 required in the work years. -nor nre stuay of such yogas is neither the longevto determine advisable not is It desirable also. approxiyogas' An the of basis the on ity in absolute terms what is is accuracy reasonable mate idea to a certain degree of alpayu the yogas for sought for here. Some of the important are detailed here. 1. Second lord in 9th house, Jupiter and Venus in llth Saturn in ?th house. and

2. Mars in the ?th house, Venus in 8th and Sun in 9th house. 3. Saturn in the 7th house and Sun in the 4th. 4. Malefics in the Kendras without any benefic influences on them and the ascendant lord weak. 5. Out gf the three important planets that is the 8th lord, 10th iord and ascendant lord only one is strong and the other two weak. 6. If all the planets are posited in the houses I to 12.

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In respect of the yogas refened to above the main consid' eration has been of the lagna and of the death inflicting planets. The planets in the houses 2 and 7 and the lords of these houses are the maraka planets. The same thing should be studied with reference to the ascendant lord, 8th lord, 10th lord and Saturn the ayush karaka planets. Other combinations for alpayu are as under: 1. The ascendant lord is an enemy of Sun and is posited in the house of his enemy. 2. An the planets occupy houses I ta 12. 3. Moon is weak in the chart and Jupiter and Venus occupy lagna and Mars and Saturn occupy the bth house.. ' 4. Saturn in Aries (debilitated ayush karaka), Mercury in Taurus, Sun in Taurus/Virgo/ Aquarius and the 8th house occupied by a nalefic. 6. The 8th lord in kendra, Jupiter and Sun in lagna (if the lagna happens to be Cancer). 6. Jupiter in lagna and Moon with Rahu in the 7th or 8th house. ?. The 8th lord in kendra or the 12th house from lagna or Moon. In the Prasna Marga some more combinationsl are grven which cause alpayu yogas. Some of them are: 1. Weak lagna lord and weak Moon. 2. Lagpa and Moon having malefic aspects over them. 8. Lagna and Moon being associated with malefics. 4. Combust lords of lagna and rasi. 6. Solar or lunar eclipse at the time of birth 6. Moon in the 8th house. ?. Kendras, ttikonas malefics. and the 8th house ocnrpied by

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There are many other yogas which indicate a short span. Normally the alpayu means the age upto 32 years. This is so only in normal cases which generally do not obtain in practical life. This is only an approxirnation. Some marginal adjustments both ways may be required. In fact a very careful study of the factors affecting the life both by increasing it and by ,decreasing it is necessary. The study of planetary strength is also equally important. The higher and lower limits of madhyayu are 64 and 32 years. As it is with the alpayu here also the minor adjustments are necessary. The persons enjoyrng the span of 50 and 70 years shall both be considered to be having a madhyamayu. There are yogas for the madhyamayu also. The principles governing the madhyamayu are the same as for alpayu. The Sun, Moon and the lagna are given maximum importance and the rnutual relationships of tlrem as a result of their placements with reference to each other are studied. Some points in the zodiac are declared inauspicious and the lagna rising at those places is treated as undesirable for purposes of long span. Some portions of the constellations are also found not conducive to the long span of life. In the madhyamayu also almost the same principles are observed with some difference. It was the cusp of the lagna which was given special attention to these. Here the exarnination is of the lagna as a whole. Saturn being the ayush karaka holds the same important position in the consideration of Madhyamayu as it did in the alpayu. The 8th house and the 8th lord get the sarne importance. .r! i, j:r I . .. i

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5. Evil influence of the badhakadhipaties 6. Involved in malefic yogas, and 7. Not being aspected by their lords. The flactors opposite to the above indicate the strength of the houses. ' A" it is for the houses so also it is for the planets. The Lstrength of the planets here does not signiff the shadbala 'necessarily. For his strength the planet should not be aspected by or associated with malefics; should not be hemmed between them or in their rasis or navamsas. The planet should not be placed in an evil house and he should be posited in his own iasi, rasi of exaltation or his friend's rasi or navamsa or his rasi of e:<altation. ii Some of the important yogas indicating madhyamayu are glven below. The same cautions as were observed in the judgement of alpayu are to be observed here. The favourable and the unfavourable yogas or arishtas should be noted alongwith the arishta-bhangas, their comparative strengths and weaknesses assessed and suitable adjustments made in the maximum life span of the native. 1. If malefrcs oct'upy houses 2,3,4,5,8 and 11'2. If weak Jupiter owns the lagna and malefics occupy keni.r,j, dras, trines and houses 6,8 and 12. ,r, 3. If a benefic is in kendray'trine, powerful Saturn in 6th and/or a malefic in 8th house. 4. If the trines and kendras are occupied both by benefics & 6. Weak lagna lord, Jupiter in Kendray'trine hou'qes and malefics in 6th 8th and 12th houses. ''"6. For day borns if malefics occupy 8th house from Moon. 7. It any of the three lords houses - is weak. lords of lagna, 8th and 10th

Besides the above yogas there are certain combinations which limit the life to certain specifrc number of years within

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the span of middle life. All those can be treated as yogas for middle life. 1. If a benefic ir, his own sign aspects the 8th house the life span may be 10 years or 40years. 2. If a powerful benefic planet occupies a quadrant and Mercury also occupies a quadrant which happens to be his own house/friends'house/his house of exaltation with Moon in the 7th aspected by Jupiter the native will have 50 years ofage. 3. Mercury, in 4th or 10th house, Moon in lagna, 8th or 12th house and Jupiter and Venus posited in any one house together the native may have 50 years of age. 4. Sun in association with malefics occupies the lagna, Moon in 10th, and Jupiter in the kendra, the native gets an age ofabout 55 years. 5. Venus in lagna, Jupiter in kendra, and Saturn in 9th house. The native enjoys an age of63 years. 6. From lagna to the 4th house, if any one of the houses is occupied by four pianets the person enjoys 61. years of age. 7. The person gets 60 years of ap if the lagna or any of the kendra houses is occupied by Jupiter and Venus and there is one planet in the fourth house. 8. Venus in lagna, Jupiter in the quadrant and Saturn in 9th. The native gets 63 years of age. iikewise many yogas indicating long life may be quoted here. Before such yogas are reproduced it may be clarified that the long life extends upto 96 years. With suitable adjustments of the strengths of yogas, of the planets and of the houses the maximum limit can be stretched upto 108 years. Persons have been seen living beyond this span also. There may be some who may cross even the limit of 120 years. The sages are reported to be living those ages and beyond in normal course. Their longevity comes under amityu yoga, Muni

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Tulya (like a saint) 8yu yogas and Indra Pada yogas. It is not considered necessary to deal with them because such long spans of life are not a normal feature in the days we are all lMng. They are something abnormal and exceptional for us' We witt inciude them all in long life or deerghayu' The Jataka Tatva mentions the following combinations for long life' 1. If Moon is in 5th house, Jupiter in trine position and Mars in the 10th house. 2. If the 8th lord who happens to be a malefic or Saturn occupy 8th house. 3. If the lord of 8th house is in his own sign or'Saturn occupies the eighth house. 4. If Saturn occupies the 5th house which happens totl6 his own house or house of his e:raltation. 5. If the lords of 6th and 12th houses are pcited in lagna or ifthe lord of lagna or of 10th house oocupies a quadrant' 6. (a) If the 10th lord is in 5th house; (b) If the lord of 8th house is exalted; (c) Ifbenefics occupy the quadrants. ?. When Saturn is associated in the kendra with lords of 10th, 8th and the lagna. 8. Lord of8th house posited in the lagna and aspected by Jupiter or Venus. 9. Jupiter & Venus posited in quadrants. In the Prasna Marga also there are some yogtss indicating long life. Some of them are given here for the benefit of readers. 1. Lagna and Moon should be strong. 2. Lagnalord and the lord of Moon sign should have benefic aspects on or association of benefic planets with them. 3. Jupiter posited in lagna.

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liongevity is a very vast subject. Life span is not only the span that the planets grant. It is also affected by the circumstances that put an end to it. As the planets grant life so also there may be the planets which not only affect life but directly put a stop to it. Such planets may be called the killing planets or the death-inflicting planets known as the marakeshas in the technical vocabulary here. The discussion has so far been about the fiactors causing life and sustaining it. Various Sadhaka and Badhaka factors were studied. Sadhaka factors prornote the prospects of life. The Badhaka ones may be taken as deterrents to sadhaka factors. The same question of life can be studied fnom an other point of view. An attempt to identiff the planets who can possibly cause a cessation of life or bring about the death will also be equally important. Any measure of suocess in this attempt would also be rewarding. We know the time of birth and date of birth etc., when the horoscops is produced for judgement. If by any device we can find out the probable date and time etc., of death our problem is solved. The longevity, after all, is nothing but the period intervening between the birth and death. In this chapter the problem shall be analysed from this point ot' view. The death inflicting planets will be identified for the purpose. .i: No particular planet is universally bad or good. It is only its placement in the birth chart that makes him so. The rank malefic planet like Saturn has been seen as the most benefic for some natives and it may look stranp but true that the same rank malefic is considered to be the karaka or the significator of life. The most benefic planet of the solar s5retem,

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Jupiter, is not credited with this dignity when the question of life span is considered. In order to identiff the death inflicting planet it is neces" sary to identi$ the evil house of the horoscope from the point of view of life because it is the place of the planet that makes him dreaded or the dearest Planet. Lagna or the ascendant in the chart represents the physi' of thd native, his general health and immunity or body cal otherwise to diseases. Any house detrimental to Lagna may, if not must,prorre detrimental to the eontinuan@ or sustenance of the physical body. Chandra lagna or the sign where lVloon is posited at the time of birth also gets the same importanoe ast ihe lagna. Twelfth house to any house is always detrimental to the affairs of the latter aecording to astrological principles. As lagna and the Moon sign in the birth chart stand for physical existence, house 8 stands for the life of the individual. Eighth house to 8th is the third house which also gets the same importance because it stands for Prakrama or the prowess of the natirrc. Any deterrent to 3rd house would be fiatal to the native in the same way ae it would be for the 8th house. For the consideration of life therefore the important houses to bejudged are the lagna, the Chandra lagna, the 8th house and the 8rd house. The detrimental house will be 12th house from these houss. The twelfth house for lagna is the 12th house of the chart and lfth to 8th and 3rd houses will be ?th and 2nd houses of the chart respectirrely. The lfth house to Moon sign can be determined by finding out the house from the as@ndant where Moon was posited at the time of birth. In short the evil houses from the point of view of longevity would be the houses, 2,7 and 12 from the ascendant and the Moon. The planets associated with these houses in any manner are potent malefics. Here one thing that is to be kept in mind is that the lagnesh or the lord of the ascendant should always be treated as benefic unless very badly afiicted. For the Capricprnians Saturn is the lagnesh as well as the 2nd lord or the marakesh and the death inflicting planet. Despite his lordship of the 2nd house he will generally remain a benefic unless he is afilicted by other planets. Similar is the case with Venus'

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For the Taureans Venus is the lagpa lord as well as the seventh lord and therefore the marakesh. Unless he is afflicted by virtue of his occupation or association etc., he will prove a benefic. Having identi{ied the houses the study can proceed further. Apart from the evil houses and the association or connection of the planets with them Saturn being the anrsh karaka has also an important part to play in the question of life and death. The important evil combinations are girn:n below. L. The eighth lord posited in the houses 6, 8 or 12 becomes a potent maraka. Death may oocur in major or minor period of this lord. 2. The lord of sign occupied by Saturn also becomes a maraka. Death may oome about in the main or minor period of 8th lord. 3. The planet onjoining the eighth lord also trecomes a maraka planet. The death may ocur in the concurrent periods of the two planets. 4. Lord of 8th house from MoonA,agna occupying the 8th house and aspecting lagna or Moon. The period of both 8th lords are bad. 5. Lagna lord occupying an evil house in conjunction or association with Rahufi(etu becomee a death inflicting planet himself. There are many other situations where the 8th lord and lagnesh turn to be maraka grahas.The main points to understand and remember are: 1. The planets concerned with the maintenance of life do turn malefics by their plaaements in the evil houses. 2. The sign lords of evil houses are sometimes the potent death inflicting planets and the planets connected with these planets also become malefics to the extent of becoming the death inflicting planets. In effect there are many death inflicting planets. In some

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cases all the planets and nodes become marakeshas. Some of them may become so by virtue of occupations of evil houses, others by virtue of lordship of these houses and still others by conjunction or associations. In such cases the actual marakesh has to be determined on the basis of relative strength of planets which again needs a careful study' Normally the lagna lord is always benefic. If he occupies the lagna and obtains the dignity of exaltation etc., he becomes very powerful. If he happens to be comparatively weaker than the81h lord, the later in his minor periods will cause illness and death in his major Period. Besides the above there are some mone yogas which may be noted here. 1. Ifthe lord ofthe lagna and the 8th house occupy houses LlLl\fl 19 or 10 alongwith some other planet the death occurs in the Paka period of the planet occupying the 8th house. 2. If the 8th lord is weak and occupies any of the trine or quadrant houses along with some other planet the death takes place in the period of 8th lord. 3. If Saturn occupies the lagna or the 8th house it may be the period of Saturn - major or minor-when death occurst. 4. The lords of lst and 2nd house, if occupying movable sigrrs, give death in their own periods. 6. The conclusions may be drawn from Ashtaka Varga also. The classical writers have identified the evil periods on the basis of birth constellations or the Janma Nakshatras as well as the rasis in the lagna. It may be pointed out here that despite all the exencise at the identification of maraka planets it has not been possible to determine the importance of each planet as a maraka graha. The yogas simply tell us the nature of planets, that is the planets who can as well play the part of marakas. Who are the most pctent of them to do the work remains still to be identified. It would be better if some sort of classification is made of :

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all the maraka planets and on that basis identification of the vilest and worst malefic can fruitfully be attempted. It has been said earlier that houses 1, 8 and 3 are impor' tant for the existence ofthe native and 12th house ofeach of them is the deterring house for the fulfillment of the objective of the house. This is to say that if the houses 1,8, and 3 refer to life, their 12th houses refer to be the maraka houses. The lords of these maraka houses, their occupants and the planets connected with them become the death inflicting planets. There may also be some other planets who may not be directly connected with these maraka planets or the houses, yet may appropriate to themselves the responsibility of marakeshas. Such planets, if planets they can be called, are Rahu and Ketu. They easily deputise for the planets associated with them in the same house, for the planets who aspect them, for the planets whose constellations they tenant and finally for the planet who is the lord of their tenanted rasi. All these death inflicting planets can be grouped in three categories namely the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. The second and ?th lords are the death inflicting planets. The occupants of these houses are also classified as death inflicting planets. Planets conjoined with the above two lords also become the maraka planets. In some cases the lords of the 3rd, 6th and 8th houses are also the killing planets and also the aspecting planets some times assume this responsibility. Lords of the 22nd drekkana and 64th Navamsa occupied by Moon can also be clubbed together with the maraka planets. In the face of so many planets and sometimes almost all the planets it is necessary to classi$ them as Primary, Secondary and Tertiary death inflicting planets in accordance with their power to perform the unfortunate act. The most important are the planetsoccupyingthd 2nd and 7th house. They are the primary death inflicting planets. The occupants are stronger than the lords. Amonpt the occupants the malefics are stronger than the benefics. In the last amonpt the Primary death inflicting planets come the lords of these two houses, that is, of 2nd and 7th and the planets conjoined with them. Amonpt the secondary planets are included the benefic planets occupying the 2nd and 7th houses. The lords of 3rd

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andSthhouses,calledthehousesoflife,alsobecomethemar akas if they are associatedwith 2nd and ?th lords' In the list of tertiary maraka planets can be included of the Saturn the ayush karaka if he is connectedwith any or the 6th the of lords the and marakas of the abovetwo types horothe planet in weakest gtu ana houses.Last of atiis ttre occunavamsa 64th of scppe,lords of the 22nd drekkana and by afnicted most planets the ;i; by Moon. Amongst them all Which death' cause ;p""i conjunction *ita/ot associationcan pf"""t! wiit ao the work will dependupon their powerof death infliction to be judged judiciously'
JVIrs' The case can better be e:rplained by an example' here' examination Indira Gandhi's horoscope is taken up for

The first problem here is to determine whether her life falls in short, middle or long life category. Exact Yogas may not be available everywhLre but on the basis of principles outlined an idea can be had. In this case la' 8\ gna is afllicted as the rank Sun it. It malefic Saturn occuPies Merc two between hemmed also is /g\ The Ketu. and malefics other Ven Flahu lagna lord is Moon who is not only in the rasi of his enemy but also aspectedpowerfully by the marakesh Saturn' Mer' Fifth house is occupiedUy Sun the marakesh and also by it circumstances such under trr, 3rd and- 12th lord. had Crandhi Indira Mrs. ""ry that *oita not be diffrcult to conclude that the yoga.did ;h" ;ip;y" yoga.It is everybody's-knowledge aspectof J-upiter powerful the of not fructiry. Tlis wasbecau.e the 3rd Merqrry the associate his ;; th" ma?akesh Sun and

"',arztnlordofMrs.Gandhi.Jupiteralsohasaspecialaspect ott ttt*tt, the lagna lord. This made her survive the alpayu' The exact yogas may not be available but the spirit of tfem an indication of a long Sriieirs. Guru Chandrayoga^is "-fro"ia account of this aspect On Moon. the life. Heie Jupiter aspects

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of Jupiter Moon can be treated as strong lagnesh aspecting the lagna. The third factor indicating long life is that the lagna lord and the eighth lord should notbe in the same house together. In this case both may not be in the same house but their mutual direct aspect may be taken to mean to have the same effect. Thus there are indications that the span of life may be classified as long life. Here it may be pointed that the factors indicating the spa.nare not very powerful. After mak' ing some adjustments towards the lower side it can safely be said that she would at least live upto the upper limit of the madhyamayu. After determining the approximate span of life an attempt has to be made for determining the death inflecting planets.

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Second and 7th houses are the maraka houses. Their occupants and lords have to be taken. They are Sun and Salurn, Mars by virtue of his occupation of the 2nd house and Mercury due to his association with Sun the marakesh has also to be included. Saturn is an ayush karaka planet turned a maraka by being the lord of 7th house. Moon as a lagna lord in the 7th may not be a very great maraka planet particularly when aspectud by Jupiter the 9th lord. Being the 6th Iord also simultaneously Jupiter is not wholly benefic. Amonpt the Primary Marakas are Saturn Sun and Mars. Then there are Venus, Rahu, Jupiter and Mercury. Here Saturn is most important because he is the 7th lord (maraka) and 8th lord posited in lagna without any benefic aspect except that of Moon. Next in importance areVenus and Rahu as occupants of 6th house, and Jupiter as lord. Nodes are mone powerful than the planets. We get on that basis Rahu at number 2. Actually she was murdered during the mahadasa of Saturn and Bhukti ofRahu. This is one way of finding the span of life of the individual. , In the first place determine the class of life, determine the paraka planets that will cause death near about the period of life determined by the yogas.

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Heretheauthorwishestosaysomethingofhisowne.xpeof life and the ri"rr." ,"gt"ding the determinatibn of the class if the maraka planets in order of their alt"t-itt""tion method or strength. Readers are free to accept or reject the have their own exprience. same The stress is not on the ascendant, because the period this ascendant continues for about two hours' During the fastest lhe position does not change substantially' Even Moondoesnotchange*.r"h'Ifascendantistakenintoconsidsame place eration it has to be iccepted that the births at the type of within a difference of two hourrs shall have the same lifeandthesametypeofeventsshallbewitnessed.E:rperithat it is not so. This is not so because the cusp of ;;;il" The constelthe ascendant changes every four minutes or so' coming into stars minor lation may remaitt Itt" o*" but the by the understood well be operation ao change. This can very Rohini piliti"" of Moon. II" *ry remain_in the constellation b" Lut a little shift forward will tell us which planet TJl birth of time running its sub'period or minor period at the mahadasa of Moon. The same position can be a"ii"gift" and adopted in respect ofall the other planets and the lagna the difference noted. the Ascendant stands for the native and the cusp explaing places the general nature of him or her' Imagining Moon in all if planets and the various houses the position of constellation that.of lords whose major period is under operation and the makes operative be period shall sub-lord whose minor alpayu' life, of elass the out difference. For finding or deerghayu the study of the constellation -"afty"ot"yu andsublordis''*"""'"y.Ithastobeseeninwhoseconstella. tionthecuspalconstellationlordandsublordareposited'By of way of an e-xample, cusp of the ascendant has a longitude rzs.go.HadMoonueeninthispositionitwouldhavebeen saidthatth."natilrenrnsthesub.periodofSuninthemajor dnd su! lord of the ascendant Groa of Ketu. The cuspal lord in this case are Ketu and sun. The sub lord of the ascendant cuspisthedecidingfactorintheassessmentoflife'Following rules may be noted.

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1. Ifthe sub lord ofthe ascdt. cusp is posited in the star of a planet occupying the badhakasthana or the marakast' hana and is tl* *tttt*ted with houses 6th, 8th, or 12th the life can be treated as short. t Fo" fixed houses that is Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquariusthegthhouseisabadhakasthana'Henceonlyinsuch cases the indication would be a short life' 2. If the sublord of the lagna cusp is in the star of the planet occupying the lst, 5th, fth and 10th or owning these houses the life is long. 3. If the lagna cusp sub lord signifies both benefic and malefichousesthespanoflifeshouldbeconsideredas Madhya or middle life. The above rules are simple and easy to apply' The position will be clear by the example of Mrs Indira Gandhi's horoscope. Details of longitude have to be noted which are as under: AscdFCanet 27' 21', Sun-Vrischik 4'08, Moon-Capri' 13'15; 16.23; Mercury-scorpio corn 5.37; Mars-Leo 15.01; Venus--'sagittarius 21'00; SaturnJupiter-Taurus 10.33; Ketu-Gemini L0'33' Cancer 21.47; Rahu-sagittarius The lagna cusp falls in the constellation of Mercury and sub of Jupite;. ThusJupiter is the sub lord of the lagna cusp' At is the fS.Of fre is posited in the constellation of Mmn' He '/th house the occupying By benefic. lagna lord and as such a ne rras assumed'the responsibilities of the marakesh also. Hence he is a malefic. Thus the sub-lord of the cusp, Jupiter is concerned with both benefic and malefic houses. He himself is the lord of 9th house a benefic. According to rule 3 Indira Gandhi was ordained a middle life which is arrived at above through detailed examination of yogas. For purposes of signiSing the results of various houses following principles have to be noted. They are: 1. The occupa.nts of the houses are stronger to offer the result ofthe houses they occupy than the lords ofthqse houses.

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2. The planels in the constellation of the occupants are stronpr than the occupants to offer the results of those houses. 3. The planets in the constellation of the lords of the houses are stronger to offer l,he results of the lrouses than the lords. 4. Nodes. if in any way oonnected with houses are the strr:ngest of all to offer the results. Their order of offering , results is like this in the descending order. , (a) Nodes give the resuits of planets conjoined with them. (b) Nodes give the results of the planets aspee,tingthem; and (c) Nodes give the result of the lord of the house they are posited in. In respect of the death infticting nature following rules applv. (a) Badhakasthanas, their occuparrts and the lords are the worst tnalefics, worst than the maraka planets. ft) The occupants and the lord of ?th house come next in power to do the job. (c) The occupants and the lorcl of 2nd house have less potenry than the planets at O) above. (d) The occupants and the lord of6th,8th are the least powerful of all. and 12th houses

After assessi.ngthe span of iife the next step is tojudge the death infticting planets operating near about the period of her life span. I{er la.gna is Cancer, a movable sign. Its badhakasthana is llth from it which is Taurus. Jupiter occupies Taurus' I'Ie also signifies the afftrirs of 10th house, the karmasthana. Being the 6th lord he is already a malefic. Being in the star of Moon who occupies the ?th house Jupiter becomes a potent malefic. There is no planet in any of the three constellations of J'upiter. Next, to Jupiter in power comes

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Venus,tt" 5"6|ukedhipati. He is in his own nakshatra and hence very strong. Mars is also in Venus constellation. He is not a-qgreat a malefic because by being in the constellation of Venus he will offer more predominantly the results of the house occupied by his star lord. Thus Jupiter and Venus are in the list of worst malefics. Next in order is the 7th, house. Moon though in Capricorn, does not occupy the ?th house because, its longitude is27.2lHence there is no octupant of ?th house. Saturn is its lord. Sun and Mercury are in his constellations' Here Mercury is posited in Scorpio with Sun the second lord, and he is also aspected by his star lord technically posited in the 12th bhava. Sun being the 2nd lord comes as the least malefic. In the descending order we have Jupiter, Venus, Mercury Saturn and Sun. Here Rahu occupies one of the houses of Jupiter and is also associated with Venus. Hence Rahu becomes mol powerful than Venus and Jupiter and therefore replaces both. Mrs Indira Gandhi was murdered when she was running the dasa of Saturn and Rahu. The intention as Krishnamurti the new students follow or not to conclusions. of introducing this systern which is known Padhdhati or merely K. P. is just to get acquainted with it and leave it for them to follow. They may like to draw their own

The discussion so far has been about the death inflicting planets. We may do better if rve can at any time identiff all such planets - potent as well as probable. 1. The planet posited in the 8th house can cause death. If there ar'e more than one planet the strongest of them gets this trrcwer. 2. The planet aspecting the eighth house can also cause death. 3. The drekkana of eighth house is al-qoimportant. 4. The navamsa of 8th hous is also an indicator of the mishap.

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5. The planet in exaltation in the 8th house' navamsa of 6. If the planet posited in the 8th houseis in the rasi' the sign of his exaltation or his friend's ?. The planet who is vargottam in 8th house' We can as well consider here the chances of accidental deaths revmled bY the Yogas' many other L. If the lagna lord is with the 8th lord and The native' the planets many persons aie a,ton-S.with house 8th in positd Lme results foliow if the 8th lord is alongwith many other Planets' the fourth 2. If Mars occupiesthe 10th house and Saturn one death may occur bY accident' house the 3. If Saturn, Mars antl Rahu occupy the 8th death maYbe bY acci'dent' Moon in 4. Mars in 6th or 12th house,Saturn in 8th and death' houses 6lSlt2the personmeetsan unnatural starting Divide the zodiacinto 3 parts of 4 rasis each'The words other In rasi' point of the first part *ould be the lagna first the as lagna iutr"t i" meant isihe first four housesfrom the house eighth p"ii, tft" next four houses namely bth to If part. last part and the remaining four houses the il;a groups planet occupiesany of these three *"iV*alefic enough to ""v *ilnoot any benefic influence, he becomespotent bedeath in his period. The planet in the rasi sandhi difference "".r=. stows illness, sotrow and pain' Here there is some only happens it that feel of opinion. Someeminent astrologers last the reached and ,"tren the planet is retrograde in motion degreeof the rasi at the time of birth' the bth In Jataka Pariiat the learned author says tlat if or ?th Saturn of 4th of Jupiter, dasa from birth is lf M"t", 6th period' of Rahu death takes place in that VimMaharishi Parasar has talked of Tara dasa' The first there As sottari dasa from birth is called the frst tara dasa' tana nine are there system are nine dasas in the Vimsottari

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of he has indicated the nature dasas also. For each dasa (2) Sam' tara (1) ianma ihw are results by their "";;"-* (?)Vedha p""tv""i

<oisaanau' x"tt"il" Ol pati -(e) (3)Vipat tai -w 'F equival^ents ingJish irt"ir I\litr. and (9)"ti-iti'it gt*tdfy *""!agt"O evil) 2' Prosperity 1. Birth star (which^i" T' Obstruction +. rtvot'""uiJi'i"irrri*f 6' Helptul of these 3. Danger nine basis the on is 8. Friendlyand9' Veryfienaly' It dt-v uesJ identiff ltre that ;;G;t9g"T :ot cla.ssifications of birth star is on the

some important tfrinp'betermination Punarvasube the star caseif basis of Moor,.l" "'itipotft*i""f jl1ma nakshatra becomes the where Moon *"t *-"fu, to be started the Punarvasu. Ir .ome'glcJiindertaking.ha's Moon is in Swati the day when gentleman *"v JJa"i""a to be his ninth star. In constellation necause that happens of the constellations that are terms of of parasal ii i" it " lords Cft" tota of Punarvasu is Jupiter' to be taken into ""*""i' at birth will find Saturn's dasa as Those havingJupil"td; In th"t the aboveshould be taken' helpful. It is in t#;tt*t to salt of pinch added fact the present i";;tr*ryt:.h^* the of tf1lo1j3 say that make it somewhatl""to"ttt"' They their periods if they are in death o"=" evil stars * tno"u ""iff The death inflicting power corabust, afnicted oi in aetifity' plan' loin" u"""n"^influences of other gets diluted be easily """o.ai"g of the sagesit can ets. Basedon the .Uoi" "ot"ments alpayu may face death argued that the ,,"tit'" who has an has madhvamavu tt" a,rr.tion or vipat "lT Y: who ffii;; is -ltft;P1 of -Pratyari star' He who a"-iJ^ii'tilJ;;i"d may e:<pect death his expect ordinarily supposedto the span of life as "oioiro"; determining during the vedhJ "*]en"t classification can be somesort of alpa, madhva "t;;;;;;# an easYguide. period'-It say' Saturn There are someviews about the evil thtt the native ehall irsa strong ro"""it pian* it shail -ott it is someordin"J* of Saturn. If die within fg V";';; he death inflicting planet nary planet orrrolls t"il"a to be j"st inthe beginning of the period' the death -"v b";;;; the killing planet death If some cruel-pil;t;p"* P \ dasaperiod and if it is the may be "r.p*t"ali,hJiJ"rthe

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benefic planet's period which has been identified as evil, the death may be expected in the middle of the dasa period. Similarly, if the lagna rasi is strong by day the death may come duringthe night and vice versa. These appear too simple rules to be followed in such intricate cases as life and death. It would be better if the planets are judged in the back-ground of the houses they own or occupy. 1. The planets owning any of the trine houses are alwa5rs benefic irrespective of their natural qualities. 2. ,The lords of 3rd, 6th, Bth and llth houses are always to be considered as malefics even though they be benefic by nature 3. The benefics owning the quadrants become functional malefics and the rnalefics in the same position becorne functional benefics. 4. Lord of Lagna is always to be considered as benefic because lagna is the one house which is both a trine and a quadrant. Based on the principles of Laghu Parasari some eminent astrologers say that the planet merely by virtue of his lord ship of an angular house does not behave the opposite of his nature. One exception is the lagna lord himself. It is ontended that lagnesh even if he is the lord of sixth or eighth house remains a benefic. Similarly, the two luminaries Sun and Moon do not become malefi<s even though they may be the lord of 8th or sixth house. They may be cruel lords of houses 2and7 and their occupants are called the marakeshas or the death inflicting planets. Jupiter and Venus are supposd to be great malefics if they occupy the Znd house. Normally this is not so. Sushloka Shataka, a book based on Laghu Parasari holdg the view ihat these two benefics do not become great marakas unless they happen to be the lord of Zth house. For deterrnining the maraka planets some baeic principles need to be remembered. In Uttar Kalamrit it is stated that the alfairs of any bhava should be judged from the bhava concerned and also from

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bhava which forms the same bhava from the concerned bhava' If for example the affairs for judgement pertain to 4th' house, the fourth house should be judged and also 4th to 4th that is the 7th bhava should also be given equal importance. If affairs of 10th house are to bejudged, the seventh house should not be left out because it is the 10th house from tenth. If the longevity judgd from the eighth house is the concern the 8th hot* from the eighth should also be judged. It is on the same logic perhaps thab 8th and 3rd houses are considered to be representing life or a5rusha. The house 12th to any house becomes a detrimental house. Therefore 2nd and 7th, houses are taken to be the marakasthanas. The twelfth house is alsrr taken into consideration in the context because the lap3la denotes the physical body of the native and death neans danger to this physical body. The 2nd and 7th houses are tlie but 7th is a greater evil than the 2nd' It is the m"".k*thanas potent killer than the 2nd lord and on the more who is lord 7th same analory the occupants of the 7th house are stronger malefics than the occupants of the 2nd house. Similarly, amongst the tnaraka planets those who are associated with the ?th lord becorne greater marakas than those who are not asqociated with the 2nd lord. In case the death inflicting planets are not judpd to be potent death inflictors the 12th, ilo.r* lord and occupants should be judged. Sometimes when no planet is judged to be strong enough to inflict the penalty of aeattr the malefic planet does the job. About the potency etc' of the planets for giving the results of a particular house their mutual relationship (not friendly or inimical) should be judged. Maharishi Parasar has outlined 4 type of mutual connections of the planets. They are. 1. Mutual exchangeof houses 2. Mutual aspect 3. Planet's full direct aspect on the planet occupying the former's house. 4. Occupying the same rasi In Jyotis Tatwa one more relationship is added. The planets get rnutually related to each other if they are posited in

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triire or angle from each other. If Mars is in 10th house and Sun in lagna or the seventh house,then Sun and Mars will have mutual relationship. Similarly if Mars is posited in second house and Saturn in 6th they are mutually in trine and as such related or better connected with each other. E:rperience has shown that such positions can not be ignored. On the question of marakeshas, Saturn and the nodee, particularly, Rahu should be paid special attention. If Saturn irs connected with the maraka planets he appropriates to himseff all the powers and becomes the biggest marakesh. The position of nodes is still more sensitive. They assume the qualities of the planets who are conjoined with them or aspect them or are their sign dispositors. To end the discussion on Marakeshas the position maybrieflybe summed up as under: 1. The houses 2nd and 7th are the marakasthanas. Seventh is worse than the 2nd and the planets as lords and/or occrrpants of these houses are marakeshas. 2. The planets connected with houses g, 6, 8, 11 and twelve are the malefic planets. 3. For the identification of death inflicting powers the strength and weakness of planets should be judged. 4. If all the planets are equally powerful the 6th lord should be treated as most malefic. 5. If Saturn is onnected with the maraka planets Saturn should be cpnsidered as the greatest malefic. The same rule applies to the nodes. 6. Rahu posited in Scorpio or Capricorn becomes a great malefic. This is one view. According to Parasar the main condition is that Scorpio or Capricorn should be the lagna also and Rahu posited in lagna. 7. Gulika is regarded as the maha maraka. 8. If there are many maraka planets thene will be illness during their najor and minor periods and the sixth lord beomes the decisi\re factor in catrsing death.

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T?ansit
Transits offer their results only when the relevant dasa indicates a particular event. The planets are always moving and transiting some or the other sensitive points but death is not caused because the maraka dasa does not coincide with the time of transits. Transits speciS the periods more precisely than the dasas or the yogas. To find out whether a particular transit will prove fatal or not it is necessary to judge the dasa running at the time of the transit to get the result. If it is the maraka dasa running at the time of a particular transit the result will be fatal otherwise the transit may simply pasrqaway or at the most bring about some comparatively minor event like accidents or illnesses. As there are nine planets so also the sages had a concept of nine sub-planets. These sub-planets are non luminous bodies called the Up-grahas. They are Kala, Paridhi, Dhuma, Ardhyam, Yamkantak, Dh4nu, Gulika or Mandi, Vyatipata and Upketu. How their longitudes are calculated is given below.
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1. Dhuma 2. Vyatipata 3. Paridhi 4. Dhanu 5. Upketu For Gulika

= longitude of Sun + 4. 13.20.00 = 12 signs- Dhuma = 6signs +Vyatipata = 12 signs- Paridhi = Dhanu + 0.16.40'00

(for day borns)

Days duration is dividedby 8 and multiplied by the multiplier. Multipliers are on Sunday 7, Monday 6, Tuesday 5, Wednesday4, Thursday 3, Friday 2, Saturday 1. After calculating the Ishta kala longitude of Gulika is determined as the iagna. Gulika for night borrrs

Night duration is divided by 8 and multiplied by the following multipliers according to the day for which it is ,'

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Sunday 3, Mondav 2, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 7, Thursday 6, Friday 5 and Saturday 4. This process will give the Ishta and like lagna its longitude can be worked out.

Deternrining

time of death from Tlansits

1. Add the longitudes of Gulika, Sun and Lagna. When Jupiter in transit reaches the rasi and point arrived at as above death takes place; or 2. When Jupiter trarrsits the trine to the rasi of the lord of the above rasi death takes place. 3. When Jupiter transits the rasi or its navamsa obtained by deducting longitude of Yamakantaka from the longitude of the lagna lord.

Saturn's transit
1. lObtain rasi after deductingthe longitude of Saturn from that of G'ulika, Death takes place when Saturn reaches the navamsa rasi of that rasi. 2. When Saturn transits the trine of the above rasi. 3. Add the longitudes of Dhuma, Vyatipata, Paridhi, Dhanu, and Upketu and obtain the rasi etc. When Saturn reaches that rasi or its drekkana death takes place. 4. When Saturn transits dwadasamsa of Gulika. 5. When Saturn transits the trines of rasi arrived at by the total of the longitudes of 6th lord, 8th lord and 12th lord. 6. Jupiter transits the navamsa of Gulika. 7. Moon's transit of the rasi arrived at by adding up the longitudes of Moon and Gulika. 8. Sun's transit of the rasi anived at by adding Lagna,

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Moon and Gulika (Addition may be with rasis or without rasi; both ways Sun's transit of the part of the Zndiac is dangerous to life). 9. Jupiter transits the rasi or its trines anived at by adding up the longitudes of the lord of lagna, Sun and Gulika. 10. Jupiter transits the rasi or its trine amived at by deducting the longitudes of Yamakantak from the lagna. 11. Jupiter transits the rasi or its navzrmsa arrived at by adding up the longitudes of lagna, Saturn and Gulika and multiplying it by four. 12. According to Prasna Marga Saturn's first round of the zodiac brings death to alpayu, in the second round to madhyamayu and in the 3rd to deerghayu natives. The classical writers have given some other methods of calculating the evil periods. For day borns the longitudes of Sun and Saturn should be added and the constellation determined. The death shall take place in the period of the constellation lord. For the night borns the constellation should be determined by longitudes of Moon and Rahu. Therc is also the system of calculating Spashta Jeeva, Spashta Deha and Spashta Mrityu. If the total of Spashta Jeeva and Spashta fhha exceeds Spashta Mrityu the native enjoys deerghayu, if the same is less the person has short life. The calculations of Spa^shtaJeeva, Spashta Deha and Spashta Mrityu are given below. 1. Spashta Jeeva 2. Spashta Deha = (Iong. of lagna x 5) + long. of Gulika.

.= (long.of Moon x 8) + long. of Gulika. 3. Spashta Mrityu = O.ong. of Gulika x 7) + long. of Sun. Some easier methods have also been outlined for determining the death period.

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1. If all the seven planets join together in transit in the 2. The same result follows if the above association
takes place in the 7th rasi from Moon sign or ascendant faelr. 3. If all the malefics join together in the 8th rasi from lagna or Moon sign. ' 4. If one malefic transits Lagna sign or the Moon sign and other malefics come to 6l8lL2 houses. There are so many ways of determining the dasa of planets malefic to life. The question as to when we should erpect the transit results to fructiff still remains to be answered. The question has been replied by the sages as under: 1. Sun starts giving results 5 days earlier than his transit to the next sign. 2. Moon does it 72 minutes earlier. 3. Mars does it 8 days earlier. 4. Mercury does it 7 days earlier. Venus also does the same. 6. Jupiter does it 2 months earlier. 6. Saturn does it 6 months earlier. 7. Rahu and Ketu start doing it 3 months earlier. It is now proposed to study the causes that bring about death of the native. This is another way of determining the longevity. The sages have thrown a flood of light on this aspect of the question. It is the 8th house that needs a comprehensive analytical study in this respect. Amongst the causes there will be, inter alia, the fatal diseases, unfortunate aeidents as well as the psychological and sentimental factors leading to suicides etc. About the diseases, etc. it is necessary to know the three humors and seven elements represented by the planets. All the diseases in those days were the result of imbalance of these humors. They are:

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Elemcnts and. Patts of body. Fire, bone. Water, blood. Injury b3rarms, marrow. Fever,skin. Unknown diseases, fat. Hunger, semen. Thirst, nervous system.

Sun Mmn Mars. Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn

Biles. Phlegm,wind. Biles. all three. Phlegm. Phlegm,wind. Wind.

The rasi in the eighth house will represent the the part of the body of the l(ala Purusha and the planets their own effects. The important parts of 8th house are the drekksna of the rasi falling in it and the nanamsaof the lagna. The planets important in this respect are the lord of 8th house the occupa.nts and the planets aspecting the eighth house. If there is no occupant ofthe house, the eighth lord and the lord of2}nd drekkan of the lagna are to be taken into acrount. 1. The sign of the eighth house represents the part of the body of l(ala Punrsha. The sayne part of the body of the natire will be alfected. The trouble will be indicated by the planet occupying the 8th house. 2. If there ane many planets occupying the house the strongest of them will represent the trouble. 8. If many planets are strong in the house the trouble will be complicated by the qualities of the planets concerned. 4. The strongest of the planets aspecting the eighth house can also cause the disease. 5. If no planet aspects the house the rasi of the ZZnd drekkana or its lord would represent the fatal disease. The main principles that emerge from the above ane:

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l. Occupants are stronger to cause illness' 3. Planets aspecting the house come next' 4. Lords and rasi of drekkana are the last to give diseases. Thecausesofdeathcanbedeterminedbythedrekkana of the rasi falling in the eighth house. Each has its own peculiarities which are available in classics. They need not be repeated here for want of sPace. Similarly the troubles indicated by the Navamsa of the if rasi indicate the cause of death. Just by way of an example, the the eighth house happens to be Scorpio or it contains of Scorpio tlie cause of death may be sprue, jaundice' r"rr-ri* or injury by stone or arms. If the occupant of the house is exalted there he will give the troubles accrrrding to its nature. Sun in such position death by fire, Moon by water, Mars by quarrels or iill "r.t* armed fight etc. If the occupant happens to be exalted in the house and also in the same navamsa the results will be as under:Sun Y*") MarsJ Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn - Death due to some scandal or ill repute' - Death by a quadruPed. - Death due to bad blood. - Death due to phlegmatic disease' - Death due to mouth disease. - Death due to starvation.

If the planet is vargottam in the 8th house the cause of 'death in the case of Sun is due to iron (it may be injury by iron rods), Moon give it by quadrupeds, Mars denotes fall from high place, Mercury from wind troubles, Jupiter by his own hands (it may be suicide or accidental firing), Venus by lep rosy and Saturn by cancer, tumour, injury etc.

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If the planets are in inimical sign in the 8th house Sun gives death due tci'impure blood, Moon by troubles of the bowels, Mars by the diseasesof the sexual organs, and Saturn by a quadruped specially the horse. The other details of the causesare as under: 1. If Mars is in the quadrant and Rahu in the ?th housethe persronhimslf is the canseof death. 2. If malefics are in the kendras and lagna lord is surrounded by maleficsthe death is due to the native himself. Death oocurs due to the natire's own wife or husband under the following conditions 1. Ingna occupied by Sun and Saturn, Moon and Mars in tlp 7th, and Venus in the Znd house. 2. Piscs is the asce,ndant. Sun and Moon o@upy it and the maletrlcsare in the 8th house. 8. Saturn and Mars in the ?th houseand the ?th lord oocupies 6th 8th or lfth house. 4. Saturn and Mars in the 7th and Sun as the 7th lord irs positd in the 6th/8th/12th houee. There are many other reasonsof death. Someof them are as under: The person dies in the prison if: 1. The lagna lord alongrrith malefic ocupies house of his debility and the 8th lord not oeupying or aspecting the house. 2. The lord.s of lagrra and 8th house are poeited in the houses of their debility and aspectedby those planets who are in their own houssof debility. 8. The lords of lagns and 8th houseare in their houses of debility and aspected by Rahu and legnesh not aspecting the ninth hotrse. The native in sudr a condition dies in air.

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There are yogasr indicating the death of the native in toiletg by hangrng, in combats and armed strugles. Similar conclusions about the place and mode of death, etc., can be drawn from the Padas of lagna and other houses. The rules are: 1. If the eighth house rasi from the lagna Pada and 7th house pada are movable signs the death takes place out of the house. 2. If the eighth house rasis from the lagna pada and 7th house pada are both fixed signs death takes place in the house. 3. If the eighth house rasi from the lagna pada and the 7th house pada are dual rasis the death may take place on the way in the journey. The determination of Pada rasis is erplained. If suppose lagna is Aries and its lord Mars occupies the ninth house, the lagna pada will be the ninth house from Mars that is the fifth house of the horoscope.Similarly in the same casethe 7th lord Venus, suppose, is posited in the 4th house which is 10th from ?th house the pada of the 7th house would be tenth from 4th, that is, the first house. Thus pada of the ?th house is lagna. The pada calculation is the contribution of Jaimini. He has further said that 1. If the third rasi from Pada navamsa rasi ie a movable sign the death of the perston is in an unnatural way. 2. If the 6th, rasis ftom the pada rasi or the navamsa rasi are movable signs death takes place in an unnatural way and in a closed room. 3. If one of the rasis in the above case is movable and the other dual death takes place bebre the normal period. 4. If the third rasi from Pada rasi or Pada navamsa rasi is occupied by or aspected by malefics the death takes place at stony places. 6. Lf the eighth ra.si from lagna or atmakaraka and Pada

Death Inflicting

Planets

55

, ''6.

rasis or Pada navamsa rasis are occupied or aspected by the malelics and particularly by Rahu death takee place by hanging. If th" 3rd rasi from the lagna or the atmakaraka happens to be Libra death is by lathis and if Leo is the rasi the death is by snake bite.

$:?. If Saturn is eighth from atmakaraka death is by taking poison. If that is aspected by Mercury the death may be from dianhoea" There are many other ways in which Jaimini has tried to study the causes of death.

Chapter 5
Ashtaka Varga
Ashtaka Varga (A.V.) system of prediction is one of the most popular and easy way of prediction. It has achieved the They start all their predictions admiration of most a-strologers. and end them with it. Vraddha Yawan is all praise for it and has gone to the extent of saying that he who knows the importance of ashtaka.iarga is Go$. His famous lines are even today repeated with reverence. erqo-q'fs Ewqrf: s{qr5ilqffli: I

3T-6-drfsqErd{i d \ilr{rfr n: $r+<:I I

(Ashtaka uarga Dasa marga sarueshamuttarnuttamah. Ashtaka uargasya mahatmyam. yo janati sa Ishwarah) Even Para-qarahas refened to A.V. system as the part of astrolory which deals with "Nischayatmic" prediction. Generlead to general tendencieg ally the juCgements of horoscopes precise predictions available in it. For A.V. system is one of the foremost systems. The main fundamental principle of the system is its assertion that no planet is eternally and universally good or bad. Even its placement in a particular bhava or house is not the last word as to its competenceto do good or bad uniformly. Planets have their natural mutual relationship. The relationship gets modified by their placement uis-a-uis each other. There are so many other factors that go into consideration at the time of judgement and prediction. A.V. is the system studying actions and interactions of planets uis-o-uis their mutual radical positions and also with regard to the lagna. It is thus a composite study of the nature of results the native may expect. The planets taken special note of are the seven

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57

planets namely Sun, Moon, Mars. Mercury Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, and one lagna. In all there are thus 8 charts grving the name to the system as Ashtaka Varga system. Ashta means eight. The system deals with the nischayatmic aspect of astrologr, that is, it talks in precise dates and timing of events. The exact span of life irsthe subject which is of great concern not only to the native but also to the astroloprs who venture certain predictions. A.V. system has an answer to such problems also. Before going into the calculation of life span according to the system it is necessary to have a brief resume of fundamentals. Every planet has some benefic places. They are in rbspect of himself and in respect of other seven planets and the lagna. Briefly summarizing them they are: l. Sun gives benefic points as unden L,2,4,7,8,9,L0 and 11 from himself; 3,6,10,11 from Moon; 6,7,12, from Venus, 1,2,4,7,8.9, 10 and 11 from Mars; 3,5,6,9, 10, 11, 12, from Mercury; 5,6,9 and 11 from Jupiter; I,2,4,7,8,9,10and 11 from Saturn and 3, 4,6, IO, 11, and 12 fron Lagna.Total number of points are 48. 2. Moon gives the following benefic grcints

3,6,7,8,10, and 11 from Sun 1,3,6,7,10 and 11 from himself 2,3,5,6,9,10 and 11 from Mars L,3,4,5,7,8,L0 and 11 from Mercury L,2,4,'1,8,L0 and 11 from Jupiter 9,4,17,9,10and 11 from Venus 3,5,6,and 11 from Saturn 3,6,10and 11 from Lagna 8. Mars gives followingbenefic 3,5,6,10arrd 11 from Sun 3,6 and 11 from Moon points

(6) (6) (7) (8) (7) \ (7) (4) (4) Total points 49 (5)" (g)

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1,2,4,7,8,L0 and 11 from himself 8,5,6,and 11 from Mercury 6,10,11 and 12 from Jupiter 6,8,11and 1.2from Venus L,4,7,8,9,10 and 11 from Saturn 1,3,6,10 and 11 from Lagna

(7) (4) (4) (4) (7) (6)

points 39
'6,6,9,11 and 12 from Sun 2,4,6,8,10, and 11 from Moon 1,3,5,6,9,10,11 and 12 from himself 1,2,4,7,8,9,L0 and 11.from Mars 6,8,11and 12 from Jupiter t,2,3,4,5,8,9 and 11 from Venus 1,2,4,7,8,9,10 and 11 from Saturn L,2,4,6,8,10 and 11 from Lagna 6. clupiter gives the following 66 benefic points L,2,3,4,7,8.9,10 and Ll from Sun 2,5,7,9, and 11 from Moon t,2,4,7,8,10 and 11 from Mars t,2,4,5,6,9,L0, and 11 from Mercury 1,2,9,4,7,8,L0 and 11 from himself 2,5,6,9,10 and 11 from Venus 8,5,6,and 12 from Saturn L,2,4,5,6,7,9,10 and 11 from Lagna 6. Venus glves the following 62 benefic 1rctntt 8,11and 12 from Sun Lr2rgr4r5,8,9,11and 12 from Mmn 8,4,6,9,11 and 12 from Mare 9,5,6,9,and 11 ftom Merurry 6,6,9,10and 11 from Jupiter 1,2,9,4,6,8,9,10 and 11 ftom himself

4. Menc'ry gives the followtng 64 *rrJ"-

(5) (6) (8) (8) (4) (8) (8) (7)

(e)
(5) (7) (8) (8) (6) (4)

(e)
(3)

(e)
(6) (5) (6)

(e)

Ashtaka Varga 3,4,5,8,9,10and 11 frcm Saturn 1,2,3,4,5,8,9, and 11 from l,agna 7. Saturn's 39 benefic points ar'e as under 1,2,4,7,8,LO and 11.from Sun 3,6, and 11 from Moon 3,5,6,10,11 and 12 from Mars 6,8,9,10,11 and 12 from Mercury 5,6,11 and 12 from Jupiter 6,11 and 12 frorn Venus 3,5,6,and 11 from himself 1,3,4,6,10and 11 from l,agna 8. Lagna gives 48 benefic points as under 3,4,6,10,11 from Sun 3,6,10,11and 12 from Moon 1,3,6,10and 11 from Mars 1,2,4,6,8,10 and 11 from Mercury L,2,4,5,6,7,9,10 and 11 from Jupiter 1,2,9,4,5,8, and 9 from Venus 1,3,4,6,10 and 11 from Saturn 3,6,10 and 11 from itself

59 (7) (8) (7) (3) (6) (6)

Q)

(3) (4) (6) (5) (5) (5) (7)

(e)
(7t
(6) (4)

To find out the places of benefic points in each case separate charts for each planet and the lagna are necessary. A practical illustration will help in understandingthe procedure etc. Rahu and Ketu are not taken into amount in A.V. system. E:rample
Soti

Lagna Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter

449730-

5 15 I 9 n 27

32 16 3 19 77 40

0 58 46 51 Lz 32

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3 54 5| 5-20 9- 28 25 3- 28 25
Venus Sat

34 44 49 49
Merc Ketu \4

The following chart gives this position.

Moon Bahu

For the sake ofconvenience 8 charts are drawn and the benefic points shown as small vertical lines. The charts on the left hand shall show in horizontal columns the 12 rasis and the names of planets in each rasi. On the top in vertical lines the names of seven planets and the lagna glving benefic points. In Sun's A.V. Sun grves benefic point.s at places I,2,4,7,8,9,L0 and 11 from himself. He is posited in Leo. His places of benefic points are Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini. These places are marked by small verticdl lines under vertical column of Sun. Moon gives benefic points at places 3,6,10 and 11. Moon is posited in Capricorn. His places would be Pisces, Gemini, Libra and Scorpio. This chart and other charts can be prepared similarly. Different charts as prepared from the data are glven below. The charts will give the total number of benefic points for each planet and lagna separately. The last vertical lines sha.ll indicate the benefic points in each rasi in each Ashtaknvarga which will be useful in future prcgess. They.shall have to be subjected to two types ofreductions before they are ready for the calcul,ation of the life span.

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61 Sun's A.V.

Sun Mmn Mare Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Aries Jup Taurus
Gemini

I
I I

1 1 1
I

I I 1 1 1

3
o

I
I

Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun Lagna Virgo Sat Ven Libra Scorpio Mars Sagrttarius Capricorn Moon Rahu
Aqua-

I I

I I I I

6 I 6 4

1 I

1 I I I

I 1 I 1 4 8 I

1 4

rius
Pilsces Total points

I I I I 6

1
8

48

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Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total Aries Jup Taurus Gemini Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun
T.agn-

1 1 1 1

I I

I 1 1 I 1
I

3
D

Virgo Sat Ven Libra lvfars

Sagittariue

I I I I I

1 1
I

2
I I I I I I 4 6 I

Capri@rn

Moon Rahu Aquarius Pisces Total points

I 1 1 6

I I

1 I

7 4 4

1 I

1
6

1 ,l I 7

49

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68 Mars ^dV.

Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun Lagna Virgo Sat Ven

Scorpio Mars Sagittarius

Caprioorn Moon Rahu

Aquarius

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Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total

Aries Jup Taurus

Gemini

1 1

1
I

1 1

1 1
1

t
I

Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun Lagna Virgo Sat Ven Libra Mars
Saglttarius

I
I

I 1

I 1

3
I 6
D

1 1

1 1

I 1 I

Capricorn Mmn Rahu

Aquarius

I I I
I

1 1 4 8
I 8 I

3
4 54

Pisces
Total points

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65 Jupiters A.V.

Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Aries Jup Taurus Gemini Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun Lagna Virgo Sat Ven
Libra

1 1 1 1 1
I

1 1 1 1 1

4 7 5

I
I

1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 I

4 4

Mars Sagrttarius Caprioorn Moon Rahu Aquariug Pisces

Total points

1 1

1 1

1 1

I 1 1
I

1 I

1 I

1 1

I I

7 .2

56

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Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total Aries Jup Taurus
Gemini I

1 I

1 1

I
I

I 1 1

4
I

Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun Lagna Virgo Sat Ven

Libra

I I

I 1

6 3 6 6

1 1 I 1 I

Scorpio Mars
Sagrttarius

1 1

1 1 I

1
I

Capricorn Moon Rahu Aquarius Pisces Total points I

1 I

1
I I

s
1 4

1 I 6

52

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67 Saturn's A.V.

Cancer Merc Ketu Lo Sun Lagna Virp Sat Ven Libra Scorpio Mars
Sagrttarius Capricorn Moon Rahu

Aquarius

Total points

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Lagna's A.V.

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Sun Moon Mars Mere Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total Aries Jup 1
I

1 I

1 1
I

4 1 1 6

Taurus 1
Cremini

I 1

Cancer Merc Ketu Leo Sun Lagna Virgo Sat Ven

Libra Soorpio Mars Sagih tarius

I I
I I

1 1 I

I
I

I I
I

4 6 5
D

1
I

1 1 1

I
I

Capricorn Moon Rahu

Aquarius

I 1 I

1
I

I 1

5 g
I

Pisces
Total points

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As has been said above figures in each A.V. have to be subjected to two progressive reductions. The two reductions are Trikona Sodhana and Ekadhipatya Sodhana and they follow in the same order.

Thikona

Sodhana or the Tlinal

Reduetion

The rasis 1,5, and 9 are in trine to each other. The trinal group for Aries is Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. For Taurus it is Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn. Similarly for Gemini the group is Gemini, Libra and Aquarius and for Cancer it is Cancer, Scorpio and Piscres.Thus thene are four groups of trines. the rules for trinal reductions or the Trikona Sodhana are: 1. If the number of lines in the same group is not the same the lowest number should be deducted from the number of each sign of the group. The remainder should be kept qgainst each sign. The sign containing tire least number will thus have zero. 2. If there is no figure in any of the signs of the group there will be no reductions. 3. If there is zero in two signs of the group the figures in the third sign will also be reduced to zero. 4. If the fig:res in all the trinal sign are the same all the figures shall be reduced to zero. The figures obtained after trinal reductions are further subjected to another reduction called the Ekadhipatya Sodhana or the reduction on accpunt of lordship. It may be stated that all the planets except Sun and Moon, are lords of two signs each. Mars holds sway over Aries and Scorpio, Venus over Taurus and Libra and Mercury over Gemini and Virgo. Similarly Jupiter is the lord of Sagittarius and Pisces and Saturn of Capricorn and Aquarius. These signs undergo reductions because of having the same lordship. There shall be no reductions in Cancer and Leo. The rules of reductions are: 1. If both signs of a planet are occtrpied there shall be no reductions after Trikona Sodhana. 2. If any of the two signs has zero after Trikona sodhana there shall be no further reduction. 8. If one of the signs is occupied by planet (s) and the other is not and the occrrpied sign has more number of lines

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than the unoccupied sign the occupied sign will retain its number of lines but those of the unoccupied sign will be reduced to zero. 4. Ifone ofthe signs is occupied and the other is not and the occupied one has less number of lines than the unoccupied one the number of the occupied sign will be repeated at both places. 5. Ifboth the houses ofthe planet are unoccupied and both have equal number of lines their number will be reduced to zero. 6. If both the signs of a planet have equal number of lines and one of the signs is occupied by planet (s) the occupied sign shall retain its numbers while the number of the unoccupied sign will be reduced to zero. 7. If both signs are unoccupied but have different number of lines the sign having the lower figure shall have zero for it and the sign having the higher number of lines shall have the the lower number. 8. Ekadhipatya Sodhana follows Trinal reductions and not the vice versa. To have a practical illustration of the two reductions it is necssary to have the summary charts prepared of A.V. chart of each planet and the lagna. The first column shows the rasi, the second shows the figures of A.V., the third and fourth columns left blank to fill up figures after Trikona Sodhana (I.S.) and Ekadhipatya Sadhana G.S.) In Sun's A.V. the figures in Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are 3,4,4 respectively. Rule No. 1. applies here and the figures ehould be 0,1,1. In the Taurus group the figures are 5,5 and 1' Aeording to rule I they should b 4,4 and 0. In the group of C'emini the figures are 6,3,4.They should be 3,0. and 1. In the last group they are 3,5 and 5. They should be 0,2 and 2' For Ekadhipatya Soclhana,Aries and Scorpio are the signs 6f Mars. Both signs are occupied but one of them contains zero. There will therefore be no further reduction after Trikona Sodhana. !'igures shall be repeated. Taurus and Libra are signs ofVenus, and one ofthem has zero. There shall be no further reduction. Mercury's signg are Gemini and Virgo. Both of them hav'e numbers. The occupied sign Virgo has more than the numbers of the unoccupied sign' Rule 3 applies.

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Sagittarius- and Pisces of Jupiter are loth unoccupied and ft"i" aim""Lnt numbels then Rule 7 will apply'In the caseof aqu"ti* and Capricorn Rule 2 applies' Similarly the reduc' tion in other charts can be made. Sun AV Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Ireo Virp Libra Scorpio Sagitt. Capricorn Aquarius Pisces 5 6 3 4 5 3 5 4 I 4 5 Mars AV Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitt. Capricorn Aquarius Pisces 2 5 5 2 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 TS ES 0 2 1 0 1 I TS 0 4 g 0 I 4 0 2 I 0 1 2 ES 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 I Moon AV Aries 5 Taurus 5 Gemini 5 Cancer 2 Lo 2 Virgo 4 Libra Scorpio 6 3 Sagitt. Capricorn 7 Aquarius 4 4 Pisces TS 33 11 11 ES

0o 00 00 11 11
bD

00 00
TS ES

Mercury
AV Aries Taums Gemini Cancer I-o Virp Libra Scorpio Sagitt. Capricorn Aquarius Pisces 5 5 6 6 g 6 3 6 5 S 3 4

0 2 3 0
I I

00 l1 21 00 1 1

I 0

22 22 30 11 00 33 00 22 22 00 00 00

72 Jupiter AV 4 7 Gemini 6 Cancer 4 Leo o Virp 4 Libra 4 Scorpio 7 Sagittarius 3 Capricorn 4 Aquarius 7 Pisces 2 Saturn AV Aries Taurus C'emini Cancer Leo54 Virgo Libra Soorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces 2 3 4 2 g 2 4 1 3 5 TS 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 ES 1I 0 | 2 | 0 | 4l 0 | 0 I 2 | 0 | TS ES 1 I 1 2 2 0 0
D

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AV
Aries 5 Taurus 4 Gemini 4 Cancer 4 Lo 3 Virgo 6 Libra 3 Scorpio 5 Sagittarius 6 Capricorn 5 Aquarius 3 Pisces 4 Lagna AV Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitt. 5 4 3

TS
2 0 1 0

ES
2 0 0 0

Aries Taurus

1 3
I

2 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0

0 0 I 0

0 2 0 1 3 11 00 00
TS

0 2 0
I

ES

3 4 6
5 5

0 | Capricorn 6

3 | Aquarius 3 3 | Pisces

I I 1 2 0 0 3 4 2 1 0 0

1 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 2 I 0 0

The treatment of rasis and of planets so far has been the same. No weightage has been given on any account to any of .these two important fiactors.Before finally computing the life span these factors have to be taken into acount. The two

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important factors indicated above ar,e called the planetary fiactors and the zodiacal factors. These fiactors remain constant in each case. Zodtacg,l fac-tors known as Rasi Gunakaras are as under. Rasi Guna.hara Rr;,si Gunaknra

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Lo Virgo

7 10 8 4 10 5

Libra Sorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Ploncts Jupiter Venus 'saturn

Planets Plancta4r Gunahanws Sun Moon Mars Mercury 5 6 8 6

7 8 9 5 11 t2 planztatA Gunakntzs 10 7 6

The figures in each of the rasis in the A.V. charts of the planets- and lagna have to be multiplied by the respective zodiacalfactor or the rasi gunakaras.Take Sun's A.V.After Ekadhipatya Sodhanathe figure in different A.V. ary.as qnler. They are first to be multiplied by the respective zodiacal factors.

Sunts A.V. Figure

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Lo Virgo : 0 4 0 0 I 4
X7= X10= X8= X4= Zod;iacal Factor

Result

x10= x6=

0 & 0 0 10 20

74 Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces 0 2 0 0 1 1 x x x x x x

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8: $= $= 11 L2=

0 16 0 0 11 T2
109

Sun's Rasi Pinda

Rasi Pindas of the other planets and lagna can likewise be calculated. They are Mnon 91, Mars 71, Mercury 87, Jupiter 146 Venus 64, Saturn 148 and lagna 85. After computing the Basi Pindas of each A.V. we have to compute the graha pindas in each case.

Sunts Ashtakavarga
Planets Rasi Prcduct Graha Bencfic Gunahnws Gunakntus

Sun Moon Mars. Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn

Leo Capricorn Scorpio Cancer Aries Virgo Virgo

1 0 2 0 0 4 4

o 5 8
D

10 7
D

Graha Pindas

5 0 16 0 0 28 20 69

Sun's Graha Pinda is 69. The graha pinda of other planets can also be calculated which are Moon 48, Mars 25, Mercury 77 Jupiter 70, Venus 57, Saturn 46 and l,agna57. Now we have each planet's rasi pindgs as well as glaha pindas. Total of them would be Sodya Pindas.

Planets Sun Moon

Graha Pin'das 69 48 + +91

Rosi Pind.as 109

Sodya Pind,as 178 139

75 Mars 2,5 Merc. 77 Jup. 70 Venus 67 Sat.#+148194 Lagra 57 + + + + + 7l 87 146 64 85 96 164 216 LzL 142

Sodhya Pinda of each planet indicates the groes span of life granted by the planets or lagna. There are two methods of conrrcrtingthe sodhyapindas into time span.One is that each sodhya pinda has to be multiplied thrice as under: Sun's SodhyaPinda is 178 L78 x3 634 (months) 44 yrs + 178 xB 594 (days) 178 x90 3560 (ghatis)

17 months 69 days 6 months ?/l daye 20 ghatie = 46 yrs, 1 months 23 days,20 ghatis.

The same can also be worked out by multiplying the eodhya pinda by 7127.The prcduci will give the number of years. This is the easier method. The periods of different planets would be Sun 46.L5, Moon 36.04,Mars 24.89;Mercury 42.52, Jupiter 56.00, Venus 31.37, Saturn 50.30 and lagna 86.81years. Aaording to SambhuHora this period should be reduced ag under: l. If it ie less than 2il it should be arepted. 2. If it is more than 27 but less tban 54 thenZl shorrlr'L deductedfrom it. 3. If it is monethan 54 but lees than 81 then 54 should be deductedfrom it. 4. If it ig more than 81 but less than 108 then deduct 8l from lt.

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This process is called the mandal sodhana and the result is the mandalayu. The revised figures after mandal sodhana are as under.

Sun Moon Mars Merc

19.15years 9.04years 24.89years 15.52years

Jupiter Venus Saturn Lagna

2.00years 4.37years 23.30years 9.81years

The above are the gross periods contributed by each planet and lagna towards the longevity of the native. This has further to be subjected to Harana Samskaras or the reductions. 1. If there are more than one planet in any rasi each of thern will suffer the reduction by half of the span contributed by it. Here there is some difference of opinion. There are some who say that each planet should be subjected to reductions whereas there are others who say that only the strongest of them will suffer the reduction. Devshal con' tributes to the former view. The author of Brahmayamala holds the later view. We also agree with the former view that the reduction should be tnade from each ' planet's contributions. 2. If the planet is in his natural enemy's sign he will lose 1/3rd of his mandalayu 3. If the planet is in his sign of debility he loses half of his mandalayu. 4. If the planet is combust his mandalayu should be halved; Venus and Saturn are exceptions to the rule. 5. If a planet suffers in graha yuddha (planetary war) one third must be deducted. 6. Chakrardha Reductions

Following reductions are required if the planet is posited in the visible half of the zodiac. The houses from 7th to 12th house constitute the visible half of the zodiac.

AshtahaVarga Nature of Planets 72th Houses lhh %h

77
1lth

8th

7th

Benefic Malefic

112 Full

Ll4 LIZ

Ll6 Llg

Ll8 L/4

LILO ULz L/5 u6

There are other methods also of Chakrardha harana which have not been explained for the reason that thev are tedious and also not in use). 7. If Sun or Moon are of unusual appearance (as in eclipse) one third of the mandalayu should be deducted. In Brahmayamala the author says that this reduction should be made if Sun or Moon are associated with Rahu or Ketu in any rasi. We accept what Brahma_ yamala says. N.B. If the same planet suffers more than one reductions the highest reduction should be applied. The period granld by Sun is lg.lbyears. He is in lagna in his own sign. He suffers no reduction.Iie shalt give fuil Fii"a that is 79.15years Moon is in Capricorn whose lord Saturn is neutral to him. He suflbrs no reduction on any account except that he is with Rahu. As p"r Rule ? he undergoes 1/3 reduction. Mars does not suffer any reduction Mercury is subjected to Rule 1 (becauseKetu is with him). _ Rule-2 and 6 apply to Mercury. He cannot be treated as benefic because he is afnict.d by Ketu. The maximum reduction is full _mandalayu. Rule 6 applies to Jupiter. Rules I and 3 apply to Venus and Rule 1 only to Saturn. Planets Periods Reductions Reduction Net period (Rules)

'

Sun 19.15 Moon 9.04 Mars 24.89 Mercury 15.52

7 2,6

ll3 . full

19.15 yrs. 6.03 yrs. 24.89yrs. yrs.

78 Planzts Jupiter Venus Saturn Periods 2.00 4.97 9.81

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6 1,3 I

Il8 ll2 tlz

Total

1.75vrs. 2'18 Yrs. 4.91 Yrs.

58'91Yrs'

to This is the span of life granted by the planets' We !1v9 to added and the span granted by the lagna take into."*.tnt now' it. The period granted by the lagna is worked out was After mandal sodhana the period granted by lagna is product 9.81 years. This is to be multiplied by 324' The lagna years' The 3fi8:44.This is divided by 365 to yield 8'?l us equivalent gives which signs 4 crossed in the example has years ' The 8'71 to added is This years' 4 number of years as (ignoring the 5"32' is of lagna total is 12.7L years- Longitude by multiplied 5'82 f9r)' *.ot"t1ed sign which ha.salready t*tt

itA"o

period Coiverting them into years we get 0' 18 years' The total or 71'80 years i2'89 granted Ulitagna is ti1t + 0.18 years or granted to the native' lear is the total life span

dar"s' of dayswhichis 5'32xL2 = 66'24 usthe number

Sanudaya

A.V. a5rurshor Collective

A'V' span

InThere is another method of calculating the longtrvitn by periods stead of determining it from the individual grant of worked out tfre ptanets and lagna and adding it up the same is till A'V' of same the is on a collective basis. The initial f"o"e"s indithese of basis the On all planets and lagna are prepared' prepared'-If (S'A'V') is vidual A.V. one sarva *it*k"',."ga 12 the total number of benefic points in any one rasi exceed substiitgut" of that rasi is divided by L2 and the remainder sodhana' trited for those figures. This is calted the mandala the same Here the mandala is of 12. After mandala sodhana are the Trikona and Ekadhipati sodhana follow' The rules pindas are same astalready gt',t"t. Rasi pindas and the graha pinda sodhya The pinda. sodhya also calculated to obtain the total the is result The Zl' UV is multiplied by ? and divided

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79

span collectively granted by all the planets and lagna. The same example is worked out acording to the new method.

Samudaya

ashtaka

varga

EosisABCDEF Aries2840000 Taurus99S0OO Gemini39300O CancerAS10000 Lo2840000 Virgo 34 10 7 Libran3000 Sorpio4040000 Sagittariusgl 7 3 Capricorn8l 74420?fr Aquariusgz85444 Pisces284000

35

84

27

L26

LU

A. Figures as collectdfrom individual A.V. B. Figures after mandala Sodhana C. Figures after Trinal reductions D. Frguree after Ekadhipatya sodhana. E. Ragi Pindas F. Graha Pindas The Sodhya Pindas calcrrlatedfrom the aboveis 126 + 104 = 230. This multiplied by 7 and divided by 27 g.,en the span collectirrely granted by all the factors %)0x7 1610
= = 59.63 yea$t

t7n

The longevity arirrcd at through the SA.V. is called the Nakshatra Apr. This irs different from the Nakehatrayu of

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Kalidas system which has been explained elsewhere' Though the A.V. system has been able to predict m9."! 9f the evenis of life with a precision, it cannot be a reliable method of determining the life span of the individual' Many astrologers are adopting this method for the purpose' It is difficult to assume that the results are always correct to some reasonable degree of accurary As has been said elsewhere there are 32 methods of calculation of longevity. The A.V. method is most popular with the astrologJrs. The question is whether this method can be adopted universally in all cases. The old seers and masterJof the science have never certified to the utility of any one method in all cases. Before adopting any one method it is required to judge the horoscope very' carefully and one or the other method to be adopted depends upon the circumstances indicated by the birth chart' The circumstances under which the Bhinnayu (longevity through individual A.V. of planets and lagna) is to be resorted to are given below. 1. If the 10th house is oeupied by both malefics and benefics. This view is supported in the Devasala Jataka also. 2. If Moon occupies a Panaphara or Apoklima house with another planet. 3. If Mars happens to be strong. The above are the three circumstances under which the Bhinnayu has to be calculated according to the A'V'S' of planet. After determining the longevity the next question that arises is the chronologr of thg periods of the planets. They are not to run according to the Vimsottari, Astottari or any other dasa system. According to Acharya Mukund the order to be followed is (1) Lagna (2) Venus (3) Mercury, (4) Sun, (5) Mars (6) Moon (7) Jupiter and (8) Saturn. According to some other acharyas (masters) the periods will follow in the order of Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Moon and Lagna.

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81

There is another view. Relative strength of Sun, Moon and lagna should be judged. The strongest of the three will be the first dasa lord and the period obtained in the A.V. of that planet or the lagna will run first. Next in order would be the periods of those who happen to be posited in the quadrants frcm the frst dasa lord. Next in order would be the periods of those planets who are posited in the Panaphara houses and last to follow are the planets posited in the Apoklimas. In case there ane mone than one planet in any particular category the precedence can be determined on the basis of their strength. This classification of priority has been given in the celebrated Sambhu Hora. Readers may have their own choice. Dr. Suresh Chandra Mishra supports the orders laid down in the Sambhu Hora.

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Chapter 6
Other Methods of Aytrdaya
horarXr s5zetem - This is the "y"!* of detemining the longevitythrough Itopry astrologr.Thebasisis that tnJ rztn hoise rrom tagna Badarayrna's method through

indicates the past span; the lagna the present and the 2nd house the future span. For this purpose Maharishi Badarayana has specified the gunnkas or the multipliers of each planet. They are Sun 5, Moon21, Mars 14,Mereury 9, Jupiter 8, Venus 3 and Saturn 11. As uzual the nirayana lagna is determined for the time pl* of the question, and a chart erected. The longitude "i9the lagna is reducd of to minutes or secondsas the casemay be. The Paramayu of human beings is taken as 120yrs. and b days. The longitude of the lagna reducedto minutes/wpnds is multiplied by the Paramayuand divided by 21600or by 21600 x 60 if the lagna has been reduced to se@nds.This gives the madhyama;ru of the native in years and months etc.Next step is to identig the l2th lord and his multipliers. If, suppose, the lagna is Dhanu the l2th from it *o.rU U. Sorpio whoselord is IVIars. The madhyamayu has to be multiplied by the gunakas of the 12th lord and divided by the Paranaytr. The quotient is ignored and the remaindJr dedueted from the Paramayu. judge the present age of the querent; and Titd step is to the figure nearest to the approximate age of thJquerent, as judged, ehould be accepted.Such errcnt i,gnery rare. In case

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the figures do not come any where near the estimated age, the 4th step is necessary. The Paramayu is divided into 3 equal parts of 40 years each. The three divisions may be taken as the three stages of life. If the querent belonp to 40 years or near about the figures may be adjusted by t 3 years. This should go on till the estimated age of the querent is reached. If the querent is between 40 and 80 the difference should be adjusted by (J 9 and ifthe age happens to be above 80 the adjustment should be (-d 6 years. This would be past span of life. The last step is to deduct the madhyamayu from Paramayu and the balance multiplied by the multiplier of the lord of 2nd house. The product divided by the Paramayu gives us the future span of life. Futune span + the past span is the total epan of life of the native. There are instructions as to when the lagna etc., should be taken into consideration. If the lagna is strong the calculations should be made from lagna; otherwise this should be done from Sun or the strongest planet in the horary chart. An example would make it clear. Time of query 15.34 I.S.T. Date 27-8-1991,Place Delhi. Lagna for the epoch Dhanu 15.28. Sun - Leo 10.01Moon in Pisces,Mars in Virgo, Merc. (R), Jupiter and Venus in Leo, Saturn in Capricorn and Rahu in Dhanu. Step No. I Lagna 15328 minutes. Paramayu reduced to days is 43205 days. 15328 x 43205 = 662246240 662246240 + 21600 = Remainder 11840 and quotient 30659. In other words 85 yrs 1 month 8 days. (hours ignored) Step No.2 Lagna is Dhanu. Its 12th rasi will be Smrpio whose lord is Mars and whose multiplier is 14. Madhyayu x multiplier of Mars i Paramayu.

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(85-1-8) x 14 = 1191 yrs 5 Month 22 days + 49205 = Remainder is 40087 days = L11yrs 4 month 7 days. - (111'4'7) = 8'7-28 (120.0-5) Here we get two figures namely LLL-4-7 and 8-7-28 The age of the querent is either ILL-4--7 days or 8-7-28 days. Suppose the age of the querent at the time of asking the question is roughly 65 years. His age is not nearer to any of the two figures. Since the querent is between 40 and 80 years we may start doinp a 9 years. As the apparent ap is much less we will p on reducing by 9. After deducting 5 times 9 we come to the figure of 66 yrs 4 months and 7 days. Hence 66 yrs 4 months and 7 days may be taken as the past span of life. Step No.3 Deduct madhyamayu from the Paramayu. Second lord in the o<ample will be Saturn, whose multiplier is 11. The balance of Paramayu and madhyamayu is multiplied by 11 and divided by Paramayu. The result is the future span of life. - (85-1-8)= 34-L0-27 (120-0-5) (34-L0-27)x 11 = 383 years 11 month 27 days + (120'05) = 3 yrs. 2 months, 1.2days. This means that the querent will survive 3yrs, 2 months and 12 days more from the date of the question that is upto 29th October 1994.

Rasmika5rurdaya
This is one of the methods of calculating the longevity; Each planet is supposed to have some fixed rasmis or rays and it is on the basis of these rasmis that the grant of the planet of the span of life is calculated. After calculating the ayu on the basis of these rasmis, suitable adjustments in the grant are made according to the circumstances of the planet and thus the net gant is oltained.

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85

of rasmis It may also be clarified here that the number is in.his planet of each planet given below are when the po-ition or at his highest position of exaltation' o.*-o"it"ha rar_ety available and this il; Gi;ion^ or the planets is at one and the same time is just like ;r*itio" of all the plan"i" positions' Some a dodo. They are generally at the intermittent of their. deep point the of tfr"- may Ue heading towards of-highest points their debility while others -uy U" reaching calculated are exaltaiions. In such circirmstances the ra.smis by the rule of three or proportionately' positiorr of The first step is to obtain the Nirayan of longitude the longitude this the planets ^highest and deduct from this If concerned' planet exaltation of the the deducted differeice is less than 6 rasis it should further be already is from 12 rasis. If the difference of the longitudes The than 6 rasis there is no need for further deductions' morne 12 from result obtained, after deduction or without deduction and rasis as the case may be, should be converted into degtees planet' The rninutes, etc., and multiplied by the rasmi of that granted total number of degrees will give the number of days A" the part of the etc', by the planet, ani minutes, 9ry' is Sun of longitude the Suppo'se elampt" will make it clear. Aries' degrees 10 is exaltation 11-4.i5. Sun's degreeof highest (11.4.15)-(0.10.0)=L0-24,|5'Thisdifferenceisalreadymore from than 6 rasis. Therefore there will be no further deduction and degrees 12 rasis. on conversion of the difference in minutes etc. we get 324.15. Sun's rasmi is 10. Multiplying g24.l5by 10 the product is 3242.30' Herc3242 is total number of compiete days and 30 minutes the fraction of the day' and This can conveniently be converted into years, months and years 9 or days 2 and = months days etc. 9242 + 30 108 degree one ghatis because 30 to 2 days. 30 minutes are equal is equal to one day and each degree has 60 minutes and each or aay OOghatis. Hence 30 minutes are equal to half a day 30 ghatis.

Sun's longitude is In another hypothetical case,suppoe longitude the g.Ll. Sun's from 0-10.00 Here deducting 4 has to be This signs. six than is less balance is 3-23.15.This

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deducted from 12 signs. The result is g-6.4b or 246.4b. This multiplied by 10 rasrnisyields a product of 2467.B0.]F,ere 2467 are the number of days whicli can be converted into years, months and days etc. This is called the madhyam Rasmikayu. are: The rasmis of each planet when at his highest exaltatio'

g, Mars 5, Mercury b, Jupiter Z, Venus g, _Sun 10, Moon and Saturn 5. After calculating the madhyam rasmikayu the Harana and Bharana Sanskaras start. Harar," *""ir" peduction and bharana means increase. Bharanas have to be done firlt.

Bharanas
1. If the planet is retrograde the madhyam ayu should be doubled. 2. If the planet is in his rasi of exartation the period shourd be doubled. 3. If the planet is in his Adhi mitra's rasi (in the rasi of great friend) the period should be doubled. , The term Adhi mitra indicates that the temporal relationships have to be taken into consideration. - Ilt!" same planet has to get more than one bharanas only the highest bharana has to be done.

Harana Samskara
l. If the planet is in the last phase of his retrogression there will be no increase in his period. on the oth-erhand there will be a decrease of f/gth period. Here the last phase of retrogression has not been specified. The last phase should be treated as the last degree of retrogression from where the planet will become margi or in direct motion. 2. ., I{ t!,: planet is in his natural enemy's rasi he will lose 1/12th part of his grant.

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If the planet is combusthe loseshalf of his madhyamayu period. This rule doesnot apply to Venus and Saturn. Note: The reductionshave to be appliedto madhyamayu. to explain the above. A practical illustration is necessar5l is as under: Example horoscope
g o t r go t

1. Lagna 2. Sun 3. Moon 4. Mars

6-29.48 6-13.16 3-19.30 &.5.22

Mercury JuPiter (R) Venus Saturn

7-6.8 l-27.OO 5'2L'07 6-7.48

To start the operations it is necessaryto know the points of highest exaltation of eachplanet.
.o ot

,.

at Sun Moon " ' Mars ' Merc

10.00 33.00 298.00 165.00

JuPiter Venus Saturn

at i n

95.00 957.00 200.00

Sun's A5nrrdaya
- (0-10.00) = 6'3.16 Sun'slongitude(6-18.16) This is more than 6 signs.No further deduction. x 10) x 10 = (183.16 Madhyamayu= (6-3.16) = 1832.40 Convertedinto period = 5 Jrrs, I month 2 days and 40 ghatis. Moon's Period - (1-3.00) = 2'16.30 (3-19.30) - (2 - 16.30) = 283.30 (12-0.0) = 9-13.30 289.30x9 = 2551.30 = 7 Jrrg,l month, l day and 3O ghatis Mars Period (e'.ZZ) -(9-28.00) =7 -7.Dx5

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Judgementof Longeuity = 217 = 3 yrg, 0 months,Gdaysand b0 gh. .22x 5 = 1086.50

Mercury's Period
(7-6.08) - (5-15.00) = 1-21.08 - (1-21.08) (12-0.0) = 10-8.52 = 308.52 308.52x 10 = 3088.40= 8 yrs, 6 months, 28 days and 40 Period

gh.

cfupiterts

(1 - 27.00)- (3 - 5.00)= 10 - 22.00= 322.00 322.00x 7 = 2254.00= 6 yrs, g months and 4 days. Venus Period (5 - 21.0n - (11 - 27.00\= 5 - 24.o7 - (5 - 24.07\=6- 5.53= 185.53 (12- 00.00) = 4yrs,l month, 17 daysand 4 gh. 185.53 x 8 = 1487.4

Saturrr's Period
- (6-20.00) (6-7.48) = 11-17.48 = 847.48 = x 5 1739.00 = 4 Jrs, 9 months and 29 da5rs. Bharana Samskaras

1. Jupiter is retrograde.Rule I applies. 2. Saturn is exalted.Rule 2 applies. 3. Venus is in Virgo the houseof Mercury who is his natural friend as well as his temporal friend and thus his intimate friend. Rule No. 3 applies. 4. Saturn is also likewise in his intimate friend's house. This is also the rasi of Saturn'sexaltation.Rules 2 and B apply.As two rules apply he will get the benefit of one of them only. He gets doublehis madhyamayuperiod. Thus Saturn, Jupiter and Venus get the double of their madhyamayu.

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Harana

Sanskara

Sun and Jupiter are in their natural enemy's house. Rule 2 applies. They lose IlL2 of their madhyamayu period. Rules I and 3 do not apply. Net grant of longevity
Planets Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Madhyamayu Increase Yr. M.D.gh. uig. 512407L 30 1306500 4 0 x2 >t.2 x2
Decrease Net

Yr. M. D. Gh LIL2 4 7 I 8 L2 8 I

vie

8 6 28 40 6 3 4 4 7L7 4 929

u;

72956 20 1130 0 0 650 0 62840 0 0 055 0 34 I 0 728 0 0 959 20

53 3

The net period granted by the planets is 58 years, 3 months, 9 days, 59 gh. 20 vig. It has been said elsewhere that the Pindayu has 12 variations. Likewise, the Rasmikayu method has 4 variations. Here is another method of calculations. In the 2nd method there is slight variation though the method is almost the same. The rasmis of each planet in this czrseare different. Each planet in his Paramochcha position g_ets the following rasmis. Sun 16, Moon 20 Mars 1, Mercury g, Jupiter 8 Venus 9 and Saturn 25. For illustration the same example as taken above for the calculation of longevity may be taken here. Sun's Contribution The difference between the longitude of the planet and that of his exaltation is 6-3-16 or 183.ld 183.16 x 16 = 2932.16.Converted into years etc. = 8 yrs I month, 22 days and 8.84 hours. Moons Porlod l5 yrs 9 months.

90 Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn

Judgement of I'ongeuitY 7 months, 7 daYs and 5.28 hrs' 7 years, 8 months, 19 days and 11.52 hrs. 7 years, l month and 26 daYs. 4 years, 7 months, 22 days and 13.68 hrs. 24 years, 1 month and 5 daYs.

Bharana remain the same. Hence as earlier the periods of Jupiter, Venus and Saturn will be twice. In Haranas there is one more harana and that is chakrardha reductions in addition to the reductions prescribed in the first systern. There are four planets in the western horizon from the lagna. They are Jupiter, Moon, Mars and Venus. Mars alone is a malefic. Rates of reduction as explained in Pindayttrdaya should be effected. The result after the adjustment of Bharanas and haranas will be the net contribution of planet to the native.

NakshatraJru
This method of calculating the longevity should not be confused with the Nakshatrayu method of Kalidas explained elsewhere. As in Rasmikayu method, there are gunakas in this method also. There they were called the Rasmis. Here they are called the gunakas or the multipliers. There Rahu and Ketu were not included amongst the planets and as such the grant of periods by them was out of question' .llere they are treated just like other planets. They have their rnultipliers and they do grant periods of longevity. It may also be said here that the multipliers of the planets and two nodes are the same as their respective periods in terms of years and the order of the periods is also the same as in Vimsottari system. The multipliers of Sun are 6, Moon 10, Mars 7 Mercury 17, Jupiter 16, Venus 20, Rahu 18, Ketu 7 and Saturn L9' These multipliers are applicable only when the planets concerned are at their highest exaltation point. To explain the process the example taken in the calculation of Rasmikayu will serve our purpose here. The details are reproduced here for the sake of convenience.

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Before we proceed with the exercise it may be necessary to say a few words about Rahu and l(etu known as nodes of Moon. They are shadowy planets and have not been granted any lordship of any of the rasis much less their places of exaltation. The later writers have granted them both the dignities. They are the lords of 2 rasis each and have their poinls of exaltation and debilitation as well. According to ' these writers Rahu owns cancer and capricorn and is exalted in Virgo 21 degrees. Sintilarly, Ketu is supposed to hold his sway over Aries and is exalted in Pisces 21 degrees. In the exercise rheir points of exaltation will be reckoned the same as mentioned here. Following rules are to be followed in this method. 1. Longitudes of the planets should be Nirayana ones. 2. Deduct the planets' highest point of e:raltation from the longitude of the planet. 3. If the balance is more than 6 rasis the same may be accepted. If it is less than 6 rasis it should be deducted from 12 rasis, and this balance should be retained. 4. The balance at 3 above should be reduced to degrees, minutes and seconds and multiplied by planetrs multiplier. The product would be the madhyamayu of the native in days. The minutes indicate the part of the day because 60 minutes make one degree and 60 ghatis make one day. There are no bharana samskaras or the increase in the grants of longevity by the planets. All the haranas are how_ ever applicable here. They are: f. ChakrardhaHarana The rates of reduction in the madhyama5ru if the planets are in any of the houses from l2th to ?th. 12th llth lhh qth gth Tth

Benefics Ln Malefics Full

tl4 UZ

t/6 Ltg

1/8 U4

LltO Lll

t/12 I/6

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Judgement of LongeuitY

The planet loses one third of its grant if he is posited in the house of his natural enemy. Mars and planets in retrograde motion are exemPted. 3. Astangata Harana The combust planet loses half of its grant. This does not apply to Saturn and Venus. 4. KrurodayaHarana This is the reduction on account of ttre affliction of lagna by the presence of the malefic there. There is no harana if the malefic occupying the lagna happens to be the lagnesh. If there are rnore than one malefics in the lagna the one nearest the cusp will get the reduction. If Rahu or Ketu alone are posited in the lagna there will be no reduction. The reduction will not apply when the malefic planet i;r lagna is aspectedby a benefic. For the quantum of reduction please refer to the rules given under Pindayu. Note: If the sarne planet is subjected to more than one reduction the one requiring highest reduction will be applied. Example Chart
gotsot

Lagna Sun Moon Mars Merc Sun ,

6-29-48 6-13-16 3-19-30 5-5-22 ?-6-18

JuPiter (R) Venus Saturn Rahu Ketu

7'6-8 5-2L-7 6-7'48 9-4'59 3'4-59

- (0-10-0) - Point of exaltation= (6-13-16) I-ongltude = 6.3.16. As this is alreadymore than 6 rasis no further deductionis necessa4r.

Other Methods of Ayudayo = 183.16 multiplied by its multiplier 6 = 1099.36 These are the days and fraction of the day = 3 Jrrs.,0 month and 19.6days. Moon - (1-3.0) (3-19.30) = 2-16.30. It is lessthan - (2-16.30) = 9-13 .30 6 rasis. Hence(12-0.0) = 283.30x 10 = 2835.0days, = 7 yrs. 10m.and 15d. Mars

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(5-5.2D- (9-28.0) =7-7.22.It is alreadymorethan Orasis. = 2L7.22 x7 = L52I.34 days 4 yrs., 2 monthsand 21.6days. Mercury - (5'15-0)= 1-21-18. (7-6-18) Leesthan 6 rasis. - (1-21-18) (12-0-0) = 10 - 8.42=308.42 (308.42) x l? = 5247.54 14 yrs, 6 months and 27.9 days. Jupiter (7-6-8)- (3-5-0) = 4-1-8Lessthan 6 rasis. - (4-1.8)= 7 -28.52= 238.52 (12-0-0) = 238.52x 16 = 3821.50 days = 1,0 yrs, 7 monthsand 11.8days. Venus (5-2I-7)- (11-27-0) = 5-2+7.It is lessthan 6 rasis. (12-0-0) - (5-24-7) = 6.5.53 = 185.53 185.53x 2O= 10Jns.,3 monthsand 2?.6days.

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- (6-20-00) (6-7-48) = 11-17-48 More than 6 rasis. = 347.48 days x 19 = 6608.12 = 18yrs,4 months and 8.2 days. Rahu - (5-21.0) (9-4.59) = 3-13-59 Lessthan 6 rasis. - (g-f3.59)= 8'16.1= 256.1 (12-0-0) 256.1x 18 = 4608.18days= 12yrs, 9 months& 18.3days Ketu _ (11-21.0) (3-4.59) = 3-13.59 - (3-16.59) (12.00.00) = 8-15.1 = 256.L days= 4 yrs, 11 monthsand 22.1days. 256.1x 7 = L792.7 Reductions 1. Mars, Venus, Moon and Ketu are to be subjectedto this reduction. Moon a benefic in 10 will lose 1/6 of its grant i.e. 8 months 25.3 days. Mars a malefic in 12th loses fuU of its grant = 4yrs. 5 months1.6days.Venusabeneficin 12th loses U2 of its grant = 5 yrs 1 month 28.8 days. Ketu a malefic in 10 loses 1/3 of its gXant = 1 yr., 7 months and 29.4 days. 2. Satrukshetra Harana Sun in Venus' house(enemy)loses 1/3 = I yr., 0 m. and' 6.5 days. Mars likewiseloses1/3grant = 1yr.,6 m. and 20.5days. Merc.also losesl/3 grant -- 4 yrs, 10 m. and 9.3 days. Ketu loees 1/3 of grant = 1 yr., 7 m and 27.4 daye. , 8. Astangf,ta Harana No planet ie affected

Other Methods of ,Aywd.a.ya 4. Krurodaya ' Harana

gb

There are 2 malefrcs Sun & Saturn. Sun is nearer the cusp. His period will be reduced. Lagna has passed g etmsas.= 8 x 1099.36days = 8?94.88days. 8794.88 + 108 = 81.4 daSrs = 2 months 21.4 days. Note: Sun and Mars have been subjected to reductions twice. Here reduction which is the maximum shall be undertaken

PIanet

Grpss Period Yr.M. D

Reductions Yr.M D

Net Result yr.M D.

Sun30t9.6 Moon 7 Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu Ketu

Total

10 5 6 7 3

16.0 1.6 n.g ll.8 n.6 B.z

I 0 4

0 6.5 825.3 5 1.6

2 7

013.1 L rg.7

4. 14 l0 10 18

4 10 9.3 b 128.8

I818.6 10 7 11.8 5 128.8 72 I 18.3 4 11 22.7

4 LZ 9 t8.B 4 11 tZ.1 87 0

2.70

16

2 LL.6

70

9 2r.2

Thus the span of life granted by planets is Z0 yrs g months and 21.2 days. Gauri Jataka Nakshatr:ayurdaya

The calculations are simple and eas5r.I{ere the birth constellation is taken into consideration. Birth constellation is the constellation in which Moon is posited at the time of the birth of the natire. It is required to find out the balance of the nakshatra in ghatis and vighatis etc. This period multiplied by 4 and divided by 3 gives us the period in y"""". This period added to 40 yields the Nakshatra Alu of the native. The readere not used to panchangas may ind it

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in ghatis, difficult to calculate the balance period of nakshatra and vighatis etc. A constellation extendsupto 13,d"ry-:::* longrtude De 20 miiutes. In a irypotfretical case let Moon's 4 of 'lupiter' of Pada 1 contains 10".14'.41"in Pisces.'Pi="u" one Jupiter's Thus Mercury. of sut.,,r-, and the last four has Moon in Pisces' 30'20 to degrees frorn zero p^a^ of constellation the "*t""ds be would 3".20; crossed this. From constellation' Utr."u Shada. Moon has not yet crossed this degree to balance The only' He has covered upto 10.'14'"41" - (10'14'41) (16'40) are constellation of U. Bhadra L" "o"ur"d The total extent of the nakshatra runs 60 ghatis' = 6".25-19" are equal In other words 48000 seconds (extent of nakshatra) can be be covered to period balance ;; ;0 ghatis. The that from the balance portion of the nakshatra "at".rU6O t" Moon has yet to travel. In the present hypotheticat-ry By il.t^rr"" p"rioa in ghatis and vighatis.etc' is 28-53'55-30'

year-s' months and vi"fal sg-6'-11'24. They are 11 days and24 ghatis as months, 6 ?8 us gives !rs, added to 40 the life sPan of the native.

bv 3 Thisdivided r."iiiprvi"g this bi 4 .*'ept ris-gs-+z'o' days' This

Thereisanothermethodofworkingthenakshatray u 'I'ne which is known as the old system or the old methocl' ghatis and vighatis etc. of thetirth coru;tellation are ;;i;" us the first mufiiplied by 60 Ind then by 12' The productgives years' into converted be easily Ufe in days which can above given "f example "p"" months and days etc. The hypothetical months 9 years' 57 as span the can be worked out. It will yieid 7 days and 6 ghatis.

Kendra5nr
kendras' The houses L,4,7 'rasi and 10 are called the or Mars Rahu If house' such each in of Add the number of that is occupying any of these houses the number four rasis. rasi should 6'e deducted from the total of the above life.in years' Th" b.lt r"= multiplied by 3 yields the span.of i9 tle lagna' In another hypothetical case suppose Scorpio will be ,Scorpio is 8th rasi. The fourth, seventh and 10th

il#;lltilt"e;"d

Rahu or theseiasis9+11+2+5 =26.1'etus supposeagain that

of The total of the numbers 5th rasis.

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Mars are not occupying these rasis. In that case 26 x 3 = 78 years will be the age of the native.

Kendra-Tfikona

Span

The houses L,4,7, and 10 are called the quadrants or the kendraqthanas, and houses 5 and 9 the trine houses or the Trikonasthanas. Add the number of rasis falling in these houses. Out ofthese six houses those that are occupied by the planets should be noted. The number of these rasis should be added to the above total of 6 rasis. The grand total multiplied by 12 and divided by 10 yields the span of life in yeals. In another hypothetical case whose chart is given below the same can be calculated. Here = 48+33 = 81 x I2llO = 97.2 yrs. 3+6+7+9+11+L2

Merc

Ven Ketu

Mars

Nakshatra

A5rurdaya (Kalidasa)

Every planet grants a term of life to the native by virtue of his occupation of certain place in the zodiac. f}riS place is considered in terms of the nakshatras and their padas. In this system the steps ofworking are as under: 1. Find out the nakshatra and the pada the planet is in. 2. Determine the nakshatras the planet has crossed and count it from Aswini nakshatra (both included).

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3. Divide the figure obtained at 2 above by 3. Ignore the quotient. Multiply the remainder by 4. Retain it.
4. Add the figure retained at 3 to the number of padas at L above. This is the number of years granted by the planet to the native. 5. Find out the duration of time taken by the planet in crossing the particular nakshatra he was in at the time of birth. The difference between the time of entry and exit will grve the information. This is cailed the Pramana. 6. Determine the time taken by the planet to travel through the particular pada of the nakshatra from the time of birth of the native. The difference between the time of birth and the time of exit will give the information. This is called lchcha. ?. Convert the time of Pramana and lchcha into Vighatis. 8. Multiply lchcha vighatis by 12 and divide the product by the Prarnana vighatis. This gives the number of months in decimals which can be converted into months, days ghatis and vighatis etc. 9. Add to this the number of years obtained at 4 above. The total is the gross period granted by the planet. Note: It is to be noted that the longitudes of planet harrc not to be taken into consideration. An example will e:rplain the above steps. Take the hypothetical case of the natilrc born on 6-5-1991 at 10 ghatis and 15 vighatis. In the first instance the time of entry and exit of each planet from the nakshatra may be noted here from a reliable pandranga.

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Sun enters Bharani 3rd Pada on 4-5-91at 43gh & 20 vigh. Sun enters Bharani 4th Pada on 8-5-91 at 9 ghatis and 48 vigh. Sun entered Bharani 3rd pada on 4-5-91 and 4th. padaof Bharani on 8-5-91.This means that he was traversing the 3rd pada of Bharani at the time of birtfi. 1. Bharani nakshatra 3rd Pada. 2. Planet has crossed only Aswini nakshatra which is one nakshatra. 3. The figure at 2 above on division by 3 will yield no quotient and remainder 1. This when multiplied by 4 gives 4. 4. Two padas of Bharani have been crossed by the planet. 4 + 2 = 6. Thus 6 years is the period of longevity granted ' by Sun. 5. Sun's entry into the 4th pada of Bharani means the exit from the 3rd pada of Bharani. Exit on (from 4th Pada) 8-t91 at 9 gh. and 48 vig. Entry on (4th Pada) 4-5-91 at 43 gh. and 20 vig. Difference (Pramana) 6. Birth Exit of planet Difference (Ichcha) 7. Pramana Ichcha (7173 x 12)

I days, 26 gh. and 28 vig. ' l' 6-5-1991at10gh. and 15 vig. 8-5-1991 at 9gh.and 48 vig. 1 day, 59 gh. and 33 vig. 12388vighatis 7173 vighatis 2L519

12388

= 3097

months

= 6 months,28 days,25 g}l.. & 27 vig.

9. 6 years + (6 months, 28 da5rs,25 gh. and 27 vig.) = 6 yeans, 6 months, 28 days, 25 gh. and 27 vig.

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ets. This period of longevity can also be worked out accotding to the modern methods where ephemeris are -used' ThJ most important point here is nirayana longi-tudes -of For the convenience of modern readers the pfa""t*. iongitudes of the constellations are given here. This will help their to find out the constellations crossed by the planets. In the absence of this table they will have to divide the Iongitudes of the planet by 13" 20' or 800 minutes which ma! make them liable to errors sometimes' Here it may atso ue mentioned that one pada of a constellation is 3" 20' or 200 minutes' No. Constella' I'ongitudes No. Constella' Longitudes exten'd'ing tion extend'ing tion uPto from upto from the last the last constellation constellation

1. Aswini 2. Bharani 3. Kritika 4. Rohini 5. Mripira 6. Ardra. 7. Punarvasu 8. Pushya 9. Aslesa 10. Magha 11. P. Phalguni L2. V. Phalguni 13. Hasta 14. Chitra

13.20 26.40 40.00 53.20 66.40 80.00 93.20 106.40 120.00 133.20 146.40 160.00 L7g.2O 186.40

15. Swati 16. Visakha 17. Anuradha 18. Jyeshta 19. Moola 20. P. Shada 2I. U. Shada 22. Sravana 23. Dhanishta 24. Satbhisha 25. P. Bhadra 26. U. Bhadra 27. Revati

200.00 213.20 226.40 240.00 253.20 266.40 280.00 299.20 306'40 320.00 333'20 346.4C) 360.00

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The first step to be taken in the exerciseis to note down the nirayana longitudes of the planets. In the exanple they are as under.
ol

Lagna Sun Moon Mars Mercury Srrn's grant

t25.32 135.17 27r.04 2L9.20 tI7.L7

of longevity

Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu Ketu

x7.40
158.55 170.02 298.26 118.26

The table of nakshatra shows ttrat Sun has crossed' Magha. This is the 10th nakshatra when counted from Aswini. Ten divided by 3 yields the quotient as 3 and a remainder of 1. This remaindermultiplied by 4 grvesthe multiplicand as 4. This is upto Cancer.In L.eoSun has gone upto L6.I7. One pada is equivalent to 3.20. Thus he has crossed4 more padas in Leo which is the same as arrived at above. In order to find out the padas of qalrslplla travelled by Sun in addition to Magha deductthe spae occupied by the 10 nakshatras from the longitude of Sun. Sun's longitude 135.17 Spaceof 10 nakshatra (-) 193.20
Balance

L.57

The balanceof 1.57is lessthan 8.20which is the extent of one pada. In other words he has not crossederren one pada and as such nothing more is to be added to Sun'e period in tems of years. ' The balance 1.57 is oonrrcrted to se@nds that is 7020 seconds. This divided by 1000 gives us tbe number of montbs in decimal plam in addition to the aborre 4 years. 7020 divided by 1000 yields ?.020 months or 7 months, 0 daJ.", f4 hs and 24 ninutes. The total gross periods of longevity granted by Sua is 4 years, Z months, 0 da5rs, 14 hours and 24 minutes. The periods of longevity

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granted to the native by other planets can be worked out similarly. The periods of other planets are as under.

Planets

Years 9 5 11 8 10 3 52

Months 3 9 . 2 3 2 0 4

Days

hours

Sun47 Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Grossperiod

0L424 25448 18 6L424 18 I 3L424 15

The above is longevity granted by the planets' Now the longevity granted by lagna remains to be worked out' The peiiod granted by the lagna is calculated a little differently. Here the sigrrs are ignored. The longitudp after ignlring the signs is converted into seconds, which when li.rid"J Uy 1000 gives the months and fraction of month. By ignoring the signs the longitude of lagna is f!!' This is tonverted into seconds which comes to 19920' Dividing this by 1000 we get 19 months or 1 year 7 months' 2? days, 14 hrs. and 24 minutes. The gross total longevity granted to the native is 54 yrs, 0 months 12 days, 14 hours and 24 minutes. After determining the gross longevity Harana Samskaras are done. The rules are: 1. When the planet is in the visible half that is in houses L2, LL,10, 9, 8 or 7 the period ofthat planet undergoes a reduction as under. qth 7th 8th luh llth 12th

Malefic Full Beriefic tlz

Llz tl4

ll3 116

ll4 1/8

Ll' LILO

Ll6 TILZ

2. If the planet is combust or in his sign of debility his period iuffers a reduction of LfZ. The combustion of a planet is only in respectof the distanceof the planet from

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Sun. This distance is different in the case of each planet which has been given elsewhere. 3. When a planet suffers defeat in planetary wars Qraha yuddha) it loses one half of its term. The graha yuddha takes place when a planet is with Mars in the same rasi and when either Mars or the planet is (are) ' retrograde. 4. When the planet is in his enemy's camp he loses 1/3 of his term. N.B. When the same planet suffers more than one reductions the highest reduction is effected. 'the According to the above rules reductions in terms granted have to be examined. Sun, Moon Mars, Saturn and Lagna have no reductions. Mercury suffers full reduction of his term in accordance with rule 1. Mercury is afflicted here and therefore a malefic. Rule 2 applies to Venus. The loss is one half of the term. Rule 1 applies, likewise, to Jupiter. He suffers lllzth of its lonpvity.

Yrs Months Days Mercury'sloss Venusloss Jupiter'slcss Total loss = 11 = 5 = = 16 54 (-)16 97 2 1 8 11 - 0 -11 6 1 I L7 -L2 -17

Hr. L4 t2 2 -14 - 2

Min.

24
:-

24
-24 -24

The net longevity of the native is

25

L2-0

The longevity of the native according to the Nakshatra Ayurdaya system is 37 years, 0 months, 25 days, 12 hours. It may be mentioned that the native is at the moment living healthy after crossing this period.

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Jaimini Ayurdaya
It is the method of determining the longevity most relied upon and popular amonpt the astrologers both new and old and masters and neophytes alike. In the first place the longevity is determined in general terms. Life as usual has been divided in three classes on the basis of span or period of longevity. The three classes are (1) the alpayu (2) the madhyamayu and (3) the deerghayu. For the determination of these classes there are three groups of facbors. The group offactors are: 1. The lagna and the 8th lord. 2. The Moon anil the ascendant lord 3. The Asrcndant lord and the hora lagna. To avoid any confusion it may be stated at the outset that the hora lagna here is different from the hora of the lagna accounted for in the shadabalas or the six sources of planetary strength. Hora lagna here may better be called the Kaal Hora lagna to differentiate it from its name-sake While the above three groups are important pillars upon which the edifice of longevity rests, it is to be admitted that the considerations from Moon and Saturn have been left out. Moon represents the mind and forms an important factor for life. Saturn is the significator of longevity or the ayushkaraka. The great Maharishi Parasara has attached great importance to this factor. The subject here under discussion is Jaimini s5rstemas applicable to longevity, and as such it is proposed to follow the rules framed in the system without any modification etc. The subject has been discussed in chapter 2 and 3 of his Sutras. In fact Jaimini, perhaps, never wrote full treatise on the subject. Whatever has come from him is in the shape of sutras or hints which rnay be a good mechanism for committing something to memory and recalling it at the proper time rather than explaining the subject. These sutras are too brief to explain anything. The other misfortune

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for the later generation has also been that no authoritative translations or commentaries are available of all that he has written except the two chapters refened to above. Apart from the above three groups he has also referred to the study of ?th and 8th lords and the atmakarakas' Judgement of longevity should also be made from these factors. Thus two more groups have been added which are (1) the lords of 7th and 8th houses and (2) the atmakaraka and the lords of ?th and 8th houses. He has said further that the 2nd and 8th lords from the janma lagna having any relationship with the atmakaraka planet indicate medium span. Relationship here means cunjunction, association or aspect. Jaimini has also talked of the strength of planets. Here again the strength of planets is not the same as arrived at after the calculation of the six sources of strength or shadabalas. In chapter 2 he says qRrc: IrM: that is, the strength of planet lies in the strength of the rasi he is posited in. In other words the strength of rasis has to be judged for the assessment of weaknesses or otherwise of the planets. For the assessment ofthe strenglh ofrasi he says: 1. Rasi occupied by planets is stronger than the one not occupied. 2. Rasi occupied by more number of planets is stronger than the rasi occupied by less number of planets. 9. If two or mone rasis halre equal number of planets the one that offers some dignity to the occupants is stronger than the one which does not. The dignity of the planet here means the dignity of being in his own sign, Moola trikona or the sign of his e:raltation. All this reguires no further elaboration, explanation or discussion. It is simple and easy to understand. Even after taking so nuch care in the determination of longevity he has introdued one more element. The element is of the revision of the class of life determined by the above considerations. Sometimes the alpayu becomes the madhyayu and sometimes it is vic versa. Before proeeding further it

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would be necessary to explain and erect the Kaala Hora lagna because that rvould be an important factor in the judgernent of the class of life of the native.

Kaala Hora Lagna or the K.H.L.

As in casting'the horoscope so also in the KHL we are concerned with the Ishta Kaala.Ishta kaala is the local mean time elapsed between the previous sun rise and the time of birth. This period is provided in ghatis and vighatis etc. One ghati consists of 60 vighatis and.\l2 ghati make one hour. In other words one ghati has 24 minutes and one vighati 24 seconds.If the time of birth is given in terms of LS.T. the same has to be converted into time after sunrise. The Ishta ghatis may be multiplied by 2 and divided by 5. The result would be hours, minutes and seconds. The number of hours show the number of rasis. If the number of hours is more than 12 hours the rasis would also be more than 12. In such cases 12 should be deducted to obtain the number of rasis. The minutes arrived at should be divided by 2 to obtain the degrees. The remainder may be converted into minutes. Thus the time in hours and minutes has been converted into rasis, degrees and minutes etc. If the lagna is an even sign these converted rasis, degrees etc. have to be added to the longitude of the lagna. In case the lagna happens to be an odd rasi the addition has to be made to the longitude of Sun. The result in each case is the K.H.L. For the sake of explanation let the Ishta Kaala be 44 ghatis and 25 vighatis and lagna Z signs, lg degrees and 35 minutes. By multiplying the Ishta Kaala by 2 the product is 88 ghatis and 50 vighatis. Dividing this by b the quotient is 17 which is the number of rasis and 3 as remainder. 60 vighatis make one ghati. Hence by multiplying B by 60 and adding 50 to the product there is 230 which when divided by 5 yields 46 minutes. By dividing 46 by 2 ttre quotient is 23 which is the number of degrees. The number of degrees is 23. and zero minutes. Because number of rasis obtained is more than 12, deduct 12 from it. The result

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5 is the number of signs. Thus the full figure is 5 signs and 23 minutes. In the hypothetical case above the lagna is Vrischika which is the 8th rasi, an even one. Hence longitude of lagna + 5 signs and 23 minutes becomes the K.H'L' Had the lagna been an odd sign the 5 signs etc. would have been added to the longitude of Sun. Now reverting to the subject of lonpvity the first step would be to determine the span of life from the three factors refened to aborre,namelY. 1. Lagna and 8th lord from the lagna' 2. Moon sign and the ascendant lord. g. Ascdt. lord and the K.H.L. The rules of determination of the class of life are:

Long Life
1. If both the factors are in movable sign. 2. If any one of them is in a fixed and the other in a dual rasi.

Medium

life

1. Both in dual rasi. 2. If any one of them is in movable and the other in a fixed rasi.

Short

life

1. Both in fxed rasis

2. One in movableand the other in dual rasi. The class of life has to be judged from all the three considerations. If the result from all the three consideration is the same it is a welcome feature and should be accepted for further treatment. If the class of life determined by two of the factors is the same and different from the third hctor, that determined by two factors should be accepted.

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In case the classes are different from each factor the one indicated by the group of K.H.L. should be accepted. The rules for the determination of the class from the lords of 7th and 8th houses from lagna and from the atmakaraka planet and the 7th and 8th lords are given below. An atmakaraka planet is he who has the highest number of degrees irrespective of the rasis. Sign or the rasi has no importance in the identification of the atmakaraka. ?th and 8th lords 1. The stronger of the two lords by virtue of his occupation of a Kendra house indicates a long life. 2. The stronger of the two lords by virtue of his occupying a Panaphara house gives medium life. 8. Stronger of the two lords by virtue of his occupation of an apoklima house indicates a short life. The same position holds good if considerd from the lords of the 7th and 8th houses and the atmakaraka planet. 1. Occupation ofa kendra house by the strongest indicates a long life. 2. Occupation ofPanapharas house by the strongest ofthe three indicates a medium life. 3. Occupation of an apoklima house by the strongest of the three planets shows a short life. After carefully determining the span of life from all the considbrations there still remain certain circumstances which call for the revision of the cless either downwards or upwards. The_medium life may become the short life or the the long life, as the case may be. The upward revision is brought aUout in the following ciranmstances. 1. If Jupiter is posited in the lagna or the Tth house associated or conjoined with benefisr or aspected by benefics (Mere presen of Jupiter without benefic aspect or association is not an enough condition to alter the cl+ss).

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2. When the ascendant or the descendant has benefic plan' ets on both sides. g. When the atmakaraka or the ?th therefrom has benefic planets on both sides. 4.. When the benefic planets are in trine from the atmakar' aka or the 7th from it. 5. When the benefic planets configurate in the lagna or the descendant. 6. When thebenefics are in trine from the ascendant or the descendant. The considerations that cause a downward revision are ast under: 1. If Saturn is one of the factors determining the class. 2. If Saturn is posited in the ra.si of his debilitation or in that of the enemy duly associated with or aspected by a malefic. This reduction will not be brought about if Saturn is posited in his own rasi or rasi of exaltation or if there is only an aspect of malefic (s) over him or is , only associated with malefic (s). '3. When Saturn is posited in kendrasthana from Jupiter or if any of these places ib aspected by Saturn alongwith Mars. 4. If Moon is posited in the gth or 12th house from the aseendant. 5. If Moon is posited in the 8th house from the atmakaraka. , 6. If Moon is posited in the 12th house or the 7th from lagna or from the atmaksrek4. ?. If Saturn is posited in the lagna or rasi or the rasi of the atmakaraka. 8. If Saturn is posited in 6/8/12th house from the lagna or the janma rasi (Moon sign) or the sign of the atmakaraka.

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9. If Saturn is conjoined with the lagna lord or the lord of the 7th house. 10. If lagna or the 7th houee are hemmed between the malefics. 11. If the malefics are posited in the bth/ftly'llth house from the lagna. or grd

12. If malefics have the same position as above fnom the atmakaraka. 13. If atmakaraka is hemmed between the malefics. The above are the causesrwhich call for a downward revision. As the whole edifice of Jaimini system stands on the question of the karakas or the three groups of factors the above factors are important only when they ane involved in the determination of longevity. Further it is important to note that merely one factor of the so urany referred to above is not an enough reason for the reduction. There should be many reasnns calling for the revision. They should at least be more than one. A practical e:rample is needed to oplain the above:

Ghatis 8/52,Lagru- 8-18.12;Sun 8-26.48; Moon 6 -7.29, Mars 6-12.18, Mercury &28.09, Jupiter 9-8.99; Venus 9-0.10, Saturn 6-20.58 Rahu 11-16.5?Ketu b-16.1?. of H.ILL. Ghatb (3/52x2\/5 = 1Hr.38 minutes.

For calculation

Corrverting into rasi and degree it yields 1 rasi 16 degrees and 30 minutes. Here lagna is an odd eign. Here added to the longitude of Sun the result is (8-20.49) + (l-16.90) = 10 - 18.13 .'. KIIL Determlnatlon l. Asoendant = 10 - 19.13. of longevlt5r and the 8th lord

Lagna is a dual rasi and 8th lord Moon in Monable ra.si. Indications: Short life.

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Moon sign a movable sign. Lagnesh Jupiter in movable rasi. Indications; Inng Life. / 8. Ascdt. lord and ILH.L. Lagnesh Jupiter in movable rasi. I(aala Hora Lagna a fixed sign. Indication: Medium life. Three groups of factors indicate three different spans of life. In such cases the span indicated by K.H.L. should be acepted. Henoe medium life is aeepted. Here there is no case for upward rnevision. As regards the downward revision there are two reasons calling for it. Refer conditions 3 and 7. Saturn alongwith l\ltrars is placed in the 10th house, a kendrasthana fnom Jupiter and Saturn'is also posited in rasi that is the Moon sign. Under these circumstanes the native shall enjoy short life. One thing that needs special consideration is that Saturn has not been taken into consideration for the determination of longevity. He is neither the lagna lord nor the 7th lord in the e:rample. As such no revision on the above account is called for. The atmakaraka has also not been taken into acount here. The span therefore irs final. It is madhyamaJru or the age between 82 and 64 years. For calculating the longevity in mathematical terms it is necessary first to determine as to how many of the three groups have contributed to the present determination. If they are all the three groups the factors involved are 6 because each group aonsists of 2 factors. In the present case the determination of medium life is based on one group only, narnely the group of Ascdt lord and K.H.L. Thus there are only two factors entering the determination. The average of their bhogramsas has to be calculated. The bhogamsas ane the number of degrees and minutes etc., a planet or lagna or K.H.L. has yet to pass to come out of the sign. Hypothetically, if the lagna irs 20 degrees in any sign it has yet to pass 10 degrees. The bhogramsa of lagna is therefore 10 degrees. In other words the longitude, dropping the sign, should be deducted ftom 30 degrees.

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J udgernent of Longeuity

K.H.L. Longitude13".13' Bhoryamsa

Bhogramsa

16".47',
21.2L 38.08

average is 19.04'

After ascertaining the average in the above manner it is required to be multiplied by the gunakas or the multipliers given by Jaimini for deerghayu, madhya5ru and alpayu. The gunaka for madhyamayu is 32. Hence 19.04 multiplied by 32 yield 61,0.8.For conversion into days they are further multiplied by 12. The result is 7321.36 days. Minutes become part of the day. Converting 7321days into years and months etc. we get 20 years, 4 months and 1.36 days. This period ha.sto be added to the khanda ofthe respective classes. These khandas are the lowest limit of the respective clabs. The alpayu's lowest point is zero because it extends from zero to 32 years. The madhyayu starts from 32 years. Its khanda is 32. The deerghayu starts from 64 years. Hene for deerghayu or long life the khanda is 64. In the case under reference the'span determined is medium. The khanda for medium span'is 32 years. Hence the above 20 yr. 4 months and 1.36 days are to be added to 32. The result is 52 years, 4 months and 1.36 days. This is the span of life to be enjoyed by the native. The above calculations have been done on the basis of 3 classes of life namely long, medium and short life. Certain astrologers have further sub-divided each of them into three classes, and determined their upper limits. The divisions made by Sh. Durga Prasad are:

Higher lnng life Medium life

Short life

Middle 108 yrs 72yrs 36 yrs

Lower 96 yrs 64 yrs 32 yrs

120yrs. 80 yrs. 40 yrs

He has also determined the khandas and gunakas of each sub class as well as the system/method oftheir use in the sanne way as Jaimini has done.

Other Methods of 'Ayud.a.ya The details are aisunder. Long h.fe If determined by One factor Two factors Three factors K. 64 72 80 G 32 36 40 Medium Slrcrt K.

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K.

G.

G.

4040040 4040036 3636092

Here K stands for Khanda and G for Gunaka. The longevity in the above example can be calculated on the basis of the above also. Upto the stage of average bhogramsas everything remains the same. Because it was only one factor thal detennined the span as medium the gunakas (multipliers) and khandas wculd be 40 each. 19".04' x 40 = 762.40 Multiplied further by 12 we get 9152 days = 25 yrs. 5 months and 2 days. This added to the khanda 40 years gives us 65 yrs, 4 rnonths and 2 days. This is the longevity of the native.

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Chapter 7
Pindayurdaya and

Amsa5rurrdaya
There are many more methods of calculation of longevity than the methods dealt with in the earlier chapter. Pindayurdaya, also known as the Grahadatta Pindayurdaya Amsayurdaya or Amsakayurdaya are important.

Pindayurdaya
The basic concept of the system is that the planets grant longevity according to their position in the zodiac. The period granted by these planets is subjected to various reductions on account of various causes. There are three schools regarding the grant of periods by the planets and four subdivisions the harana sanskaras or the reduction of periods' ""gt"dittg This constitutes 12 schools.

Grant of Periods bY the Planets

Yavanacharya, Manitha and Parasara hold the view that the planets Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury' Jupiter Venus and Saturn when in Paramochcha position or their position of highest exaltation grant a period of L9,25,15,12,75,21 and 20 years respectively' According to Jeevasarma the maximum number of years granted by the planet in the same position is one-seventh of the maximum ienggfr of life envisaged in the Vimsottari system that is 120 years and 5 days. Thus each planet according to Jeevasarma grants an equal period of 17 years, 1 month, 22 days and

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l7 '14484 years' 8 ghatis 34.3 vighatis, or in decimal terms' to him each According Th"ethird school is H by Badarayana' years ap14'28 is planet gives one seventh of 100 years that about thought of Thus there are three schools iio*i-It"ry. ihe grant ofPlanetary Periods' of the qllt As there are lhree schools regarding different four are peri,ods by the planets so there process called schools regarding the haranas also' One at the point of planet the Neechardhaharan believes that the the point of at J"Lifirv loses one fratf of its period granted process' highest exaltation. The other, the Neechabhava planet by the maintains that the entire period granted "! i!" the point ofits reaches planet same the exaltation vanishes if known as Kri' a""f a"Uifity or depression' The third process According taharana process allows proportionate -reductions' there is procss i" irr" lasfprocess kno*n-asihe Akritaharan on this planets the of no reductions what-so'ever in the grants account, that is, at their points of debility' method' Thus in all there are 12 variations of Pindayir is process Neechardhaharana The method of Parasara with twelve the all include tohere. It is not possible granted by "*lf"irrua .r"ri.tiorr" in this limited- space' The periods are Sun the planets at their points of ni4tot exaltations years' 12 iS yt", Moon 25 years Mars 15 year' Mercury years' years, Venus 21 years and Saturn 21 Jupiter 15 -g"t tt*""a if the planet is at its point of deep if,i" p""ioa these two debiliiation. tfte periods of grants in between of 3' rule the by out .In extremes have to be worked period this in increase some other methods Iike the Amsayu planet is in is allowed for rrarious other reasons. If the grant lost the of gains some the house of his friends etc' he the between period an intdrvening by him by occupying .in "thJ Amsayu method' This is not so in tivo extremes There are, however' some reductions in 'their iirrd.y.r"dtya. Haron oth"" accounts. The reductions are called the pe"ioi" 'ana situ4 Samskaras in the classical language' There are are the 1' ations where the amounts of grant is reduced' They 3' Astangata Chakrapatha Harana 2. Satrukshetra Harana'

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Chakrapatha

Harana

This is also called the Chakrardha Harana. In any birth chart the lagna or the ascendant is called the east and the 7th house the west of the zodiac. One half of the zodiac is therefore the houses 1 to 6 and the other half is from houses seven to twelve. Planets suffer reduction when they are in the second half of the zodiac. The reduction is maximum near the lagna that is house 12 and minimum in the farthest from it that is the 7th house. Here also the reductir:ns are effected according to the nature of the planet. .A benefic planet loses half of what a malefic planet loses in the same position. However, regarding these reductions, if there are more than one planet in any house all of them would not suffer this reduction. Only the strongest of them will tre subjected to this reduction. This is aocording to Satyacharya which is the view acceptable to all. The rates ofreductions are as under: Planet Malefic Benefic 12th Full Llth Il2 lhh Llg 9th LlA 8th Lll 7th Ll6

Lt2

u4 Harana

Ll6

u8

Llr0

LlLz

Satnrkshetra

This reduction is made in the case of planets occupying the house of their natural enemies. The loss on this account is one-third of the planetary grant. This reduction is not applied to all planets. Planets who are in retrograde motion and Mars, even when it is in direct motion, are exempted from this reduction. The word used in the text, is vakra which has been interpreted as Mars by some and as planet in retrograde motion by others. Varahamihira holds the former view and Badarayana and Gargacharya hold the later view. In practice, however, both Mars and the planets in retrograde motion are exempted from this reduction.

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Astangata Harana
The planet is supposed to be asta or combust when he reaches within certain limits from Sun. This limit is both forward as well as backward. At this point the planet disappears from the view because his light is obscured by the light of Sun. In this position the planet loses U2 of its contribution. The limits of aombustion are different for each planet. They are 1? for Moon, 17" for Jupiter, 10 for Venus and 5' for lMars, 14" for Mercuryll' Saturn. for Saturn and Venus are exempted from this.

I(rurodaya

Harana

This reductionis carried out when the malefic planet

oc.cupies the lagna. If the malefic planet is aspected by a benefic planet the amount of this reduction will be halved. There are certain exemptions to this rule also. 1. If the lagna lord happens to be a malefic and he occupies the lagna there will be no reductions. 2. If Rahu or Ketu alone occrrpy the lagna there is no reduction on account of Krurodaya Harana. 3. If there are more than one malefic planet occupying the lagna the reductions will be in the periods of the planet nearest the lagna. Here it may be clarified that Sun, Mars and Saturn are the only planets taken as malefics. WaningMoon and afflicted Mercury are not taken to be the malefic planets. As regards the quantum of reduction on this account Saravali has given the same. The reduction ie obtained by multiplying the total number of years already obtained by the number of navamsas of the rising sign that has risen above the horizon and dividing the product by 108 which are the total number of navamsas of the zodiac. The above procedure is aU regarding the calcrrlation

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of periods granted by the planets. The lagna, like any planet, also contributes to the period of longevity of native. Its procedure is, however, a little different.

Lagna A5mrvarshas or the period glanted Lagna

by

Varahamihira says that every navamsa of a rasi gives one year because there are 9 navamsas in a sign, the period granted by one sign is 9 years. In olher words each degree of the sign gives 0.3 years of longevity. Manitha and some others hold the view that number of years grven by lagna is the number of signs between the first point of Aries and the point of lagna rising. If in a hypothetical case the lagna is 10 degrees of Virgo the native gets 5 years upto Leo and 4 months up 10 degrees of Virgo. According to Saravali the method of Varahamihira should be followed if the lord of rising navamsa is stronger than the lord of the rising sign. The other method should be followed if the case is otherwise. An example will explain the case.
sn so

Ascdt Sun Moon Mars

4 5 32 4 15 t7 1 04 I 7 I 20

Mercury Jupiter
Venus Saturn

327L7 0274r 5355 52002

Process 1. Convert the nirayana longitude to degrees etc. 2. Deduct the longitude of the highest exaltation from the longitude of the planet. 3. If the difference at 2 above is less than 18S it should be deducted from 360 to make it more than 180. If the difference is more than 18O already no further deduction is required. 4. Multiply the full term of the planet with the figure at 3 above and divide the product by 36O The result thus obtained would be the sphuta ayurvarshas

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of the planet. Sun: Inngitude is 135.1?and its e>raltationpoints is 10' Diff6renceis 125.1?which is less than 180" Hence360 - 125.17= 234.43 Sun grants a period of 19 years' Therefore (19 x234.43y360= !2.99 years sphuta ayurvarshas Moon 27I.04 - 33.00 = 238.04. Already more tham 180 degrees.Therefore238.04x251360 = 16.53sphuta aYurvarshas. Mars 219.20 - 298.00 = 281'20 (already more than 18O) 281.20x 15/360= 11.72sphuta ayurvarshas' Mercury ll7.l7 - 165.00= 3L2.I7 (alreadymore than 180) gtZ.tl x 121360 = 10'41sphuta aJrurvarshas' Jupiter 27.41 - 95'00 = 292.41 (already more than 18O) years sphutaayurvarshas 2g2.4lx 15/360= 12.19 Venus 153.55- 35?.00 = 156.55,(less than 180 degrees)' = 203.05 360"-- 156.55 ' = 11.85years sphuta ayurvarshas 203.05x 211360 Saturn 170.02- 200.00= 330.02 (alreadymore than 18O) 330.02x 20/360= 18.34sphuta ayurvarshas' Note: All operations upto the stage of deductiol h1* etc. Beforemultiplying the beendone in terms of degrees differencethe minutes should be convertedinto fraction of degrees. The same results can be obtained in other way also' Each half of its period in 180' Sun's longitude is planet loses/gains igs'.t2. Its foint of debilityln 19o.00.At the moment he is losing his periods. out of 18o he ha-stravelled 125".17or l25.ig degrees$25.29 x g.5)/180= 6.61. His grant therefore would Ue fg - 6.61 = 12.39years. This is exactly the same' Now the grant of Lagna has to be calculated' The long' of Leo it falls As it is secondna\ramsa tude of lagna is 4-5.g2. the houseof in posited is Venus in Taurus. The lord is Venus.

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his intirnate friend Mercury. The lagna is l,eo and its lord sun is occupying his o'arnsign. It is aspected by Jupiter. Thereis no malefic aspect on it. Thus lagnesh Sun is stronger than Navarnsa lord Venus. Varahamihira's method should be adopted here. Every navamsa gives one year or the rasi gives nine years. Working on the basis of the grant of period Uy tfre lagna is I x 5.32130= 1.66years. This can as well be calculated in the following manner. One navamsa is 3.20 or 200 minutes. The navamsas passed by the lagna is 3.32120A = 1.66 years. The position of grant of longevity by planets and lagna is as under:

Years
Sun ldoon

Years Jupiter Venus Saturn Lagna

r

L2.39 16.53 1L.72 10.41

51.05

12.L9 11.85 18.34 1.66 44.04 = 95.09

Mars Mercury
Total

The total sphuta ayurvarshas granted by lagna and the planets is 95'09 years. The Harana samskara or the reduction operations have to be undertaken. As per rules given above for reduction Moon, Mercury and _ Jupiter a*e the only three planets to be subjected to the Har_ ana samskaras. Moon is posited in the house of saturn who is an enemy of Moon. The reduction on this account is E.El years. Mercury occupies the 12th sign. He is a benefic. He loses one half of his period that is LO.4I12 = 6.20 years. Jupiter occupies the gth house. IIe is also a benefic plariet. He Ioses one-eighth of his period that is Lz.Lglg = l.5i years. The total loss is The total sphuta ayurvarsha The net longevity or \ the Suddha ayu t = LZ.ZByears = gb.0g = gb"0g_ L2.ZB = 82.86 year.

Pi nday urday a and Amsay urdaya

tzL

\, '
\

AMSAKAYURDAYA

This is Satyacharya's method dealt with by parasara also. This process in certain cases has to be varied into what is known as Prakramanugata method oi the method in general use. These two methods are further divided into tw- parts known as Kritawiddhika and Akritwiddhika methods. In ttre one method the increase in the grant of periods known as Bharana Samskaras is allowed. In the otlier this is not allowed. Maharishi Parasara allows the increase in the periods. The arnsakayurdaya thus has four varieties or four methods. I{ow f;ar this method is useful is subject to difference of opinions- Rhattotpala considers this method as the only comect method. Varahamihira concurs with this. saravali and Manitha do approve of this method but do not attach much iinpor_ tance to it. sreepati and satyacharya have also dealt with ihis method. According to Satyacharya, the nirayana longitudes are converted into minutes and divided by 200 because each navamsa is of 200 minutes or 3.20. The quotient will indicate the number of navamsas passed by the planet from the first point of Aries. This quotient is divided bt 12. The remainder will give the grant of the planet in years and the remainder left after- dividing by 200 gives the fraction of the year. This may best be explained by an example. Supposethe longitude of Sun is 243.15. This when converted i'to minutes is eq-ualto 14b9b nrinutes. This divided by 200 yierds a quotienl of 72'and remainder 195. Dividing the quotient by 12 the remainder is zero. In other words sun in this casegrants a period of 19b/ 200 years only. These are the sphuta ay,urr".ihus of Sun in this case. These sphuta a5rurvarshas of planets are subjected to both bharana and harana samskaras. The method foiowed here is that of Parasara.

Bharana Periods
J

Samskaras or the fnerease of the

1. If the planet is exartecl or is in retrograde motion his aJrurvarshas should be multiplied by B. 2. The ayrrvarshas shourd be doubled if the pranet is in his own rasi or drekkana or is vargottama. The planet is

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vargottamawhen his rasi in navamsa is the same as the rasioccupied by him in the rasi chart' planets 3. If rules 1 and 2 both are applicable to any of the rule L will operate. Rule 2 will not be applied' 4. If aplanet is retrogtade in his sign-of exaltation application of rule 1 shallle onceonly' This applies to the appli' cation of rule 2 also.

Reductions

or llarana
Harana

Sarnskara

l. Chakrardha

The planet loses part of his grant of life to the native if he is , happens to be in the visiblehalf of the horizon' Lagna the the Ascendant. The visible half of the horizon covers houses 12th, 11th, 10th, gth, 8th and ?th houses' The loss ofthe term is accordingto the nearness ofthe house to to the ascendant, The reduction also varies according acon the nature ofthe planet concerned'The reductions count of the nature of the planet and the house he is posited in are as under. Planet 12th llth lhh hth 9th 7th

Benefic Il2
Malefic Full

Ll4
Ll2

u6
Ll}

1/8
ll4

1/10 Llt2
Lll Ll6

in any one . If more than one planets happen to be posited oftheabovehousesthereductionshouldbeappliedto the strongest planet in the house concerned and not to each pianet 2. Satrukshetra Harana The planet in an inimical house (the house whose lord is of the enemy of the planet) brinp about the reduction the 1/3 of its grant of life. Satrukshetra harana follows harana. The planet in retrogrademotion is dftuhtpJfta exempt'from this reduction. It may be stated here that the word used in classical texts is "vakra" which means the planet in retrograde motion as well as Mars, whether in direct or retrograde motion. There is therefore some

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difference of opinion in effecting this reduction. There are those who feel that only Mars is exempted, and not all planets. In practice, however, this reduction is nei' ther applied to Mars nor to planets in retrogression' 3. Astangata tion Harana or Reduction due to Combus-

Sun is the most powerful planet in the solar system and the planet that neachesnear Sun during transit loses its power to some extent. Sun ol'ershadows him. This is ealled combustion. As a result of combustion the planet loses one half of its grant of longevity. This rule does not apply to Venus and Saturn. The reasons of the exception ane not known. This deduction is to be done according to the grant that remains after the Chakrapatha and Satrukshetra haranas. The degrees of combustion of different planets have already been given under Pindayu method and therefore need not be repeated here. llar:ana 4. Krurndaya malefic in lagna or Reduction on Account of

No reductions are made on this account from the plane' tary grant of lonpvity in the Amsayu method. This re' duction is done only in the Pindayu method' All the above operations can well be understood by an ex' ample. E-ample
ol

horoscope

Lagna Sun Moon Mars

209.48 193.16 109.30 L55.22

Mercury Jupiter (R) Venus Saturn

216.08 57.00

t7L.07 187.48

As per rules outlined Tbove some increase in the grant of planetary period is made on account of their positions in Rasi, Drekkana and Navamsa charts. It would be better to have

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these charts prepared and kept ready in advance. In drekkana the rasi is divided into 3 equal parts of 1@ each. The lord of the first part is the lord of the rasi itself. The lord of2nd drekkana is the lord ofbth rasi therefrom and the lord of the third drekkana is the lord of 5th from the 5th rasi. Rasi chart
8 Merc
Mars Ven

Moon

Jup (R)

Drekkana

Chart

First of all the chart showsthe lagna. Lagna is in Libra in 3rd Drekkana. The rasi for the first would be Libra itself, for the seond it would be 5th from Libra that is Aquarius and that for the 3rd it would be 5th from Aquarius that is Gemini. Thus the chart is prepared as under.

'8\ Moon Merc"

-10 JUP

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Navamsa chatr
Each rasi is divided into 9 equal parts of 3.20 each. The first navamsa of each rasi is counted from the rasis shown against each. .Rasis Aries, Leo Sagittarius Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Nauamsas Counted frpm Aries Capricorn Libra Cancer

Lagna is in Libra and the number of Navamsa is fth.It is to be counted from Libra. Ninth rasi fmm Libra is C,emini. Thus Lagna in Navamsa Chart would be Gemini. Similarly the Navamsas of planets can be worked out. The Navamsa chart of the example horoscope will be as unden.
Navarnga Chart

.g

Moon Sat

Mars

Calculation of longevity
Sun Longitude 193.16= 11596minutes 11b96l200= euotient bz Remainder196 = Remainderg. Total Period = g.98yrs. 57112 Moon 109.30 = 6570 minutee; 6570/N0 = Quotient 32

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Remainder 170. 32112 Remainder 8. Total Period = 8.85year. Mars 155.22 = 9322 minutes; 9322f200 = Quotient 46 Remainder L22. 461L2= Remainder 10. Total Period = 10.60years = Quotient 64 Mercnry 216.08= 12968minutes; 129681200 Remainder168 Remainder4, Total period = 4-84year8 64112'= = Quotient L7 Jupiter 57.00 = '3420 minutes; 94201200 Remainder 1"68 L7lLZ= Remainder5, Total period = 5.10 years Venus L7L.O7= L0267 minutes, 102671200 Quotient 51 67. Remainder 5LlL2= Remainder3. Total Period = 3.34 years Quotient 56. Saturn L87.48 = LL268 minutes; LL268120O Bemainder8 = Remainder8; period = 8.34 years 561L2 of planets Thus the total sphuta a5rurvarshas = 51.05years. Bharana Samskaras '1. No planet is in e:raltation. 2. Moon being in own sign, add. Venus being in own drekkarra"add add. 3. Jupiter is retrograde,

8.85 year. 8.34 years. 10.20yearc.

Total irrcrease 22.39 Years Ilarana l.(a) Samskaras Chakrapatha Harana Mars, a malefic in 12th house should . lose all his ayurvarshas. Venus a benefic in the same house is to lose

Pinda.yurdnyo ond Arnsayurd.a.yo half of his ayunrarshas. Here Mars is stronger than Venus because of his more contribution and becauseVenus is in debility. Mars period only will be subjected (b) Moon a benefic in 10th houseloses' 2. Satmkshetra Haranas Sun loses 1/3rd of his grant that is 3. Astangata Harana There is no reduction on this acmunt. TotalReductions

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10'60years' 2.95 years. 3.33years.

16.88Years.

Total ayunrarshas granted by the planets are 51.05yearc. Sphuta ayurrarshas 22.39 yane. Increase in periode (+) Reduction (-) 79.44J'earst. 16.88years. 56.56yearc. Now the oontribution of lagna to the longevity remains to be calculated. Lagna alrurnzarchas

The method of calculation is the same as explained in the Pindayu method earlier. The first thing to be judged is whether lagna lord isetronger than the lagna navamsalord.If thst be so we adoptVarahamihira. If it is otherwise the proce' dure to be followed is tbat glven by Parasara. The lagna is Libra. Its lord is Venus who is posited in the house of his debility. Navansa lagna is C'emini whce lord is Mercury in the house of his enemy lUars but receiving the benefic aspect of Jupiter. Hence Mercury can be said to be better placed thanVenus. In guch casesthe method prescribed by Varahamihira has to be taken.

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The lagna gives one year for each navamsa passed. The longitude of lagna is 6 - 29.48. In other words it has passed g navannsas. Hence 8 full year. Eighth navamsa runs upto 26.40, for the balance 3.10 the amount can be calculated by rule of 3 which oomesto 0.94years. Total contribution of lagna will be 8.94 years. Thus the total period of longevity grantd by planets and the lagna is 56.56 + 8.94 years = 65.b or 6b years, 6 months.

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Chapter I
Novel Method of of Longevity Detemination
This is a new method of determination of longevity' This is new in the senFiethat I have not found it in any classical work. It has been given a separate treatment in a separate chapter because it is a simple and easy method which needs to be e:rperimented upon and verified as to \Yhat extent it can be relied upon and whether it can be universally applied' Sh. G.S. Rama Murthi in his book Span of Life published in 19?1 (second edition) has referred to it as being practised by one family of a,strologers in the South. The great merit oi ttt* method is that it is too simple. If analysed it will be found that it gives importance, besides the janma lagna and Chandra lagna, to Aroodha lagna and Pak lagna' Taking each lagna as the a-scendant it treats four important lords of the chart viz. the first, third, eighth and tenth' First lord directly represents the native, the third denotes his prowess, the eighth his ageAife/ayush and the tenth his karmasthana as well as the house of retiremerrt. The special feature of the method is that he does not regard eighth house as a bad house totally. Arly way, the method needs to be practised and experimented upon and the results obtained therefrom to be verified from facts. Here there are no ifs and buts. There is no consideration as to whether Sun is strong or Moon or the lagua.

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To start with, we may prepare the chart of birth and determine the ascendant, Chandra lagna, paka lagna and Aroodha lagna and judge the position of the lords of lst, 3rd, 8th and tenth houses in each case.The readers are expecied to be well acquainted with all the above four types of lagnas. The first two that is the ascendant or Janma lagna and Chandra lagna or the rasi, as it is called, are very common. Every body knows how to calculate them. A little explanation about the Paka and Aroodha lagnas may be necessary here. The paka lagna is the sign occupied by the lord of ascendant. If the ascendant is Libra and its lord Venus occupies Capricorn, the Paka lagna would be Capricorn. The ascendant lord is here posited in the fourth house from asoendant, count four signs from Paka lagna which is Aries. Aries will be the Aroodtra lagna. From each lagna find out the lst, 3rti, 8th and 10th lords and deal with them as under. 1. If the concerned lord is in Kendra or Trikona house from that lagna allot one full mark to the planet. 2. If the concernedlord is neither in Kendra nor in Trikona houses but is in his own sign or the sign of exaltation or Moola Trikona or posited in 3rd, or 8th house from that lagna award Ll2 mark to him. 8. If the concerned lord is a malelic planet posited in upachaya houses allot half a mark to him. 4. lf a planet getting full mark be in the house of his debility or in his enemy's camp his mark must be reduced to half. 5. If the concerned lord has evil association or is combust his mark has to be redued to half. 6. Add up all the marks of all planets in the exercise and multiply it by 6.25. The product would be the lifie span of the native in years and part of the year which can be converted into months and days etc. An e:rample will do best to explain the above procedure. The child born on 4-5-1990 has the following horusoope.

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Sun Merc
Sal Rahu

131

4.\ lGr,

/5 Moon

Here lagna irsPis@s and Chandra lagna is Lo. La' gna lord Jupiter is octuPYing Gemini. The Pnka la' gna, therefore, is Gemini. The lagna lord is four houses away from lagna. The Aroodha lagna will therefore be four houses away from Jupiter that is Virgo. Virgo therefore ehall be the Aroodha lagna here.

The processto be followed is as under: I From the lagna or the ascendant (a) Lagna lord is Jupiter posited in kendra ftom lagna. He gets full mark. The relevant house is that of Mercury who is an enemy of Jupiter. The one full mark is rcducd to half. (b) The third lord is Venus posited in the ascendant itelf. Jucampbecause He gets one full mark. He is in enemy's piter is his enemy.At the snme time he is exalted. The net result is one full mark. (c) Eighth lord is again Venus. He gets one full mark atexplained above. (d) Tenth lord is Jupiter who gets half a mark as e:plained above. 2. From Chandra lagna (a) Lagnesh Sun is poeited in 9th house from Chandra lagna. He gets one full mark. (b) Third lord Venus is posited in Pisceswhich is 8th from Chandra lagna. He gets 1/2 mark. (c) Eighth lord is Jupiter posited in llth from Chandra lagna. He gets zero. (d) Tenth lord Venus gets lf2 mark.

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(a) Lagnesh is Mercury which occupies 1lth house' He gets with a malefic Sun' ,""o. He is also a.ssociated (b) Third lord Sun oc,cupiesl'lth house, He gets zero' (c) Eighth lorcl Saturn is in 8th house' He gets one fialf mo:rk. He is malefic. He gets LlZ mark more as per Rule 3. Thus be gets one full mark. (d) Tenth lord Jupiter is in Kendra from Paka lagna but is posited in Mercury's house. He gets half a mark' 4. From Aroodha Lagna (a) Mercury is the lagnesh occupying 8th house' He gets half a mark but being:associated with Sun gets half mark re' duced to zero. gets ft) Third lord Mars is in 6th house. He is a malefic He half a mark. (b) above' ' {") Eigt tt lord is Mars. He gets half a mark as at (d) Tenth lord Mercury pts zero' asi per (a) above' The total marks obtained in the four lagnas are 7'marks' . This multiplied by 6.25 gives a product of 43'75 years or 43 years 9 months. The method is too simple and easy. It neither involves much of calculation nor many rules. The readers will do well to try this method. This author, however has no cnmments to offer.

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Chapter I
Mathematical Methods and Their Applicability
We have discussed and explained with practical illustrations various methods of calculating the life span of the indi vidual. Now it is time to consider their utility and applicabilrty.By utility we mean here whether the results obtained by these methods have any relevance to fact; that is do they correspond to the period of life actually enjoyed by the native? The comments of old sages and reports of later eminent astrologers and research workers ane our best guides in this respect. 1. Varahamihir in Brihat Jataka has said that all these calcula.tions apply only to ordinaqr personst. The sages and . saints born in this world are much above the influences of these planets. They can and do outlive even the maximum human life span granted by these planets. 2. All these calculations apply only to normal conditions of life. They cannot be applied to abnormal conditions like the disturbed social or political conditions. If these be the limitations it would be an exercise in futility to attempt any calanlations, much less the strenuous mathematical ones. While some attempt maybe made to judge the future greatness of the native by a careful and intelligent study of various yogas pr*ent in the birth chart there is absolutely nothing to indicate about the general oonditions of life. Further, we do not know what the words "extra-ordinar5l person" signiff. Is it to mean only the sages and saints or to

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include also the great personslike Einstein, Hitler, Jawaharlal Nehru and the like who influencedthe world to the extent of moulding its future in their own specialways. Under such circumstances it appears proper to girc up any attempt at mathematical calculations.Our indulgencein them may oth' erwise be only a sour@of indoor amusements. The reports of eminent astrologers and researth workers also serve as guiding lights to us. Dr. Suresh Chandra Misra ) or'that thaf it is difficult to say ( ffiiQr{ has commented of his in one Ojha Kumar is it" in this respect.Pandit Gofresh he has said that during his long experience has c-ommentaries not found the results of any of the methods corresponding to fiacts. Under such circumstancesit may not be difftcult to conclude that indulgence in mathematical pursuits is a sheer waste of time and enerry. Before discarding them like this a little deeper study of the subject is called for. Here comes the question why did the sagesdevise so many are not to serve any useful purpoe. methods if they who can be called the father of astrologr, Parasara, Maharishi rnethods in his work the Brihat thme all included has has simply conditioned the results Varahamihir Hora Sastra. but not discardedthem outright. Jaimini, another luminary in the horizon, has added one more method to so many methods. There must be some big reason behind the inventions cf these methods. A little more careful study would reveal that our sagesmeant by ayu or life only the life granted by the various planets who govern all that happens and is likely to happen in the terrqqtrial world. The life granted by these planets etc. was called the yogajayu or the span of life arrived at by study of various combinationsof the planets in the chart. They start their study of the problem from the rrery birth of the native. They studied deeplyeven the moment of birth. Certain timings of birth were declared inauspicious by them becausethey were not consideredhelpful to the ontinuance of life. Gandarishtas etc. are the points under reference in this context.

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Jt is also significant to note that their study at the earliest stagesof life was not of the factorsprnmotinglife but of those that hinder these prospects. They were concerned more with the prospectsof life than the er.entsof life. They harreadvised us not to indulge in any predictionsunlessthe span of life was n<sured. They studied first the arishtas; then the arishta bhangas; and then ultimately the various combinations of planets indicating various spans of life and the factors that LiG span was their first concern.In this nullify their effiects. concern they wanted to be doubly sure of their conclusions. They tried to check them in more than one ways. They interpreted the various yogaspresent in the horosmpe.Next they studied the same thing the other way. They studied the possible fiactorsdisturbing the life span. Study of the causesof death was one step in that direction, identification of the death inllicting planets was another. It was only after study ofthese death inllicting planets that they devised some mathematical ways to check up their oonclusiong. Thus it is quite evident that the mathematicalmethods were not supposed to be any independent source sf information but merely as supplementary to the study of the yogajayu. This gets a conlirmation from two facts. The one is that these methcds are to be applied to certain conditions only which gave them a reading of life span. ?he methods by calculations were required only to confirm their determinations. The other irs the fact that the determination of life span was the pre-conditionof the application of one or the other method. It would thus appear that the methods, if they fail, are not to be blanred as such. They have only to work within specific limitations as secondary or tertiary agents to detennine the life span.
For the applications of various

set down certain conditions. The onditions under which the Bhinnayu of the Ashtqkq Varga ehould be adopte<l are: 1 . If the l0th house is octupied by both the malefir:s and
benefics the Bhinnayu method should bc adoptecl.

methode they

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2. If Moon with some planet occupies any of the Panaphara or Apokli.ma houses. 3. If Mars is strong in the chart. 4. if lt{oon is weak but other planets are strong in the birth chart. Likewise for the application of Samudaya method of ayur' daya of the Ashtaka Varga there are two specific conditions laid down by thern. They are: . 1. Moon with some other planets should occupya quadrant and other weak planets should be in the panaphara and/ or apoklima houses. 2. Saturn the ayush karaka should be strc.rng' Misrayu like wise should be atternpted if: L. Moorr is strong and other planets are also strrcng. ' 2. There is no planet in the kendra and Moon is strong. It would be observed from the above that Ashtaka Varga method is linked particularly with the position of Moon. There is no consideration other than Moon. The calculations in the ashtaka varga method are not likely to serve any useful purpose in conditions different from those laid down above. Those are commit' who are using the method in all and sundry curses ting grave error. It would be no wonder if they fail to arrive at a conect judgement. The a-qhtakavarga system is perhaps devised to collaborate with the judgement of the life span on the basis of Moon's strength and l\{oon's position. For conditions other than the position of l\{oon and his stren6$h other mei.hbds have been devised. The.y should lrc adopted. It was not the intention of the sages to devise any one self-contained method which could universally be applied. For Pindayu, Arnsakayu and Nisargayu following arc the conditions under which one or the other method should be practised. These methods are based on the comparative strength and weaknesses of Moon, Sun and lagna. These are the three important pillars upon which the life of the native

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rests. Lagna is like the fulcrum. The strength of lagna is a must for a long life. Likewise Sun stands for physical vitality. 'He is the positive and primal fount of life. He offers power of ' resistance. Pindayu method is to be applied if Sun is strong in the chart. It should attain the dignity of being in his own house or in the house of his exaltation or moola trikona. It gets strengbh when he is in trine to other strong planets. If there are Mahapurusha yogas the Pindayu should be attempted. For the Amsakayu it is the position of lagna that is taken into consideration. Lagna should be strong. For the purtrPses of strength of any house or bhava including the lagna, thq lord by his occupation or even aspect grants sulficient strength. The aspect of benefic planets also makes the lagna strong' When lagna is strong the Amsakayu method should be followed. Nisargayu method is to be followed if Moon is strong in the chart. Thus the three methods, are linked with three different flactors- Sun, Moon and Lagna. There is no other consideration in selecting this or that method. The other three methods are Rasmikayurdaya, Nakshatrayu and Navamsa5ru methods. The position of the ayush karaka Saturn, the benefic Jupiter and Mercury are the important factors. The Rasmikayr is to be attempted if Saturn is stronger than Mercury and Jupiter. Navamsayu is to be followed if Jupiter is strongand Nakshatrayu method if Mercury is strong. Just as there are specific rules for following any particular method of calculation so also there are rules for dasa of planets etc. and their order of chronologl. The many dasa systems that are in vogue are not to be followed in the ayurdaya system. Even the number of years under each dasas are different. There are many dasas in vogue. Most popular amonpt them are the Vimsottari and Ashtottari system. They have fixed number of years allotted to each planet. They also have a fixed chronolory. There is no such fixed chronological order or the number of years in the periods of any planet in any

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qrstem. Number of years etc. of eachplanet here is in accordancewith the grant of longevitythe planet has done. In respect of the chronolory there are some differences of opinion. There are some wh'believe that the order should commence from sun. Next to follow are the periodsof saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Moon and lagna. Theneare others who take it as lagna,V'enus Mercury, Sun, Mars Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. This is one of the easiest-s;retems. In other words the order of the periods is fixed as ii is in any other dasa system. Some persons do not agre with the above order. Their spretem is quite different from the above.Accordingto them the order is not fixed. Each casehas to be dealt with i-ndepende1tly. The system is first to determine the strength of planets_and lagna. Next step is to compare the stlength "U of Sun, Moon and Lagna, who-so-ever is ihe strongest Io*o first in the order of dasa.s.If by any chance ali three are equally powerful the deciding factor would be the grant of longevity by each of them. Who-so-everhas the long6st span will be crnsideredto be the strongest.In casethe numbei of yearsris also the samethe decisionwill rest upon the order in w-hichthel are spoken.The spokenorder is Sin, Moon,Mars. \Iercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Lagna. Sun will ttrus be the lst, Iord. whoseperiodswill start. Next in order will be the planets who are posited in the kendrasthan from the first dasa lord. Next in order would be the planets in panapharahouses from the first dasa lord and last number will be of those who are positedin the apoklima houses from the first dasa lord. If there are more than one planets in any one category their order of precedenceshali be decidedit) on the- blsis of strength (2)on the basis ofthe longevitygranted by them and lastly (3) on the basis of their rising inihe horizon The otder of planets and lagna has to be decidedin each caseon merits in the light of the aboveguide lines. The number of years for eachof the planets would be the same as the longevity granted by them.

Chapter 10
Aecidents and the Unfortunate Events
Accidents are one of the important and major factors putting impediments and obstacles in the way of easy flow of life. They otten put an end to human life. They may be classified in two categories. The one class is that which affects the native individually and the other where a group of persons are involved collectively. The former type of events can be studied to some extent by the natal chart irt the normal rvay. The accidents in the other group canrrot be studied through the natal chart of the native because they relate to the society as a whole and the individr.lal concerned is involved as a member of that society. It is the second type of accidents generally which put an end to individual lives and are a major cause bringing disrepute to the science. It may be stated here that there are two branches of astrolory narnely the hora and samhitas. They are trvo different branches having differeni techniques of study. (In the case of natal ch.art it is the hora branch that is tlz.e metlznd. of study. The other branch that is the sarnhita corrLesinto play where the study of society or the country as a wh,ole form the subject m.atter of stud'y. Mundane or political astrologt comes under the study of samhitas.) The results or conclusions arrived at with the aid of one cannot be put to test and blamed as a result of the oonclusions arrived at through the study of the other. The events like firing on the mob, major air crashes and rail accidents come under the study of samhitas. They relate to the social,

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political and other forms of disturbances. The circumstances of the individual do not remain normal and as such neither the yogasnor the mathematicalmethodsare likely to respond to them. If at all we wish to be greatly concerned with our predictions about the native we may have to take some extra precautions and make a comprehensivestudy. Even with all our care and pre-cautionthe success obtained through the study of natar chart with the techniques of hora are not likely to crown us with cent per cent sucess. The reason is that the individual forms a very insignificant part of society. He is quite negligible. with a view to bring home the point at issue one question is posed here. Somebody sits on the tea table to Ir"* som. tea. The tea served to him is too hot. The prson busy in some serious discussions just takes a sip. He will burn his liqs an! the tongue and, may be, his ihroat may also be affected. He will have pain and minor troubles also. If somebody at that time says that the horoscopeof the persrondid not give any indications about the burning of his lips or tongue or the throat will he be justified? s"uch events can not be foretold from the native's chart. fra5na lagna may grve some indication. Despite all this it is always commendableto harreas deeper a study as possible of the birth chart. In the case of the native also we may perhaps find someindications about the social and other conditions which may affect him adversery. Elaborate rules formed by the savants of astrologr have to be folrowed.while undertaking such a comprehensive study we should have the janma kundli, Navamsa and other Shodash \xarga charts, exact longitudesof planets and cuspsand the exteniof ho'"o. Sun sign also has its own importancein such studies. In the judgement of the relevant house we shouldjudge the house,its lord and also the karaka or the signirrca:torir the event under study. The principle of tshavad bhavam, should also not be rost sight of- If foiinstance the question of life is under judgement the eighth house from the eigth house thAt is the Brd house should atso be studied the sa;e way. The study of badhaka housesand their rords arso calrs for

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study. In the judgement of hquses the same detailed the strength of the house, its position with reference to the placement of planets (it may be hemmed between malefics), the various influences, benefic and malefic, upon it, their relevant strength, the position of house lord, his association with benefic'and malefic planets, his placement in the malefic or benefic houses ane sone of the points which need particular attention. Here some personal experiences of the astrolopr at study needs to be made use of. No planet is uni'"ersaly good or bad. His nature should be considered in the context of the affiairs under study. Eighth house is bad when we consider it in connection with the affairs of the lagna, It is not bad when the affairs of tenth house are concerned because it is l ith to the 10th. The eleventh house is always a house of fulfillment of desires. Sixth hotse is likewise the ninth to tenth house and as such auspicious. The fifth house is considered to be a very auspicious house. If the same house is judged in the context of the seventh house affairs it will be helpful for the opposite party because house 5 is 1lth to the 7th house. The same thinp can be said about the planets. While studying the houses and planets it is very necessary to study the nature of both of them. Sun and Mars act differently when the matters about the marriage etc. are concerned from that when they are concerned with other matters. Jupiter alone may be a greattolerant but with his association with Mars he may become a fanatic in religious matters. Normally the lord of the house is taken to be a very strong significator of the affairs of his houses. This is actually not so. The occupants are stronger planets than the lord of the house. Sornetimes the nodes occupying the houses of significator hecome stronpr significator of the affairs than the sign lords. Jupiter and Venus the two great benefics are supposed to be great malefics if they happen to occupy the maraka houses. ' The bhava karakas should normally be away from the house concerned as it is believed that karakas presence in the

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karaka bhava is not very helpful for the affaire of that house. There is however an exception to the general rure fior the ayushkarakaSaturn. Ifit happensto be positedin the eighth househe is helpful. The planets in the houses 10th to 4th show their eJfects directly and help the native in achieving the results desired for. The planets in the other half of the cha* that is in the houses bth to gth show their rnesults idirectly by removing the obstaclersand making ttrc atmoephere favourable for achieving the desired objectirrc. The benefics in retrograde motion becomemore benefics and the malefics in the samepcition becomegreater malefics. similarly as a rule the benefic retrograde lhnets in their signs of enaltation offer the fruits of debilitated planets and malefics in the same position offer the ftuits of exalted planets. Ttreseare someof the general rules which ehould nel* be ignored. In the caseof longevity following points are of great importamce. 1. The 22nd drekkana fnrm the ascendant falls in the eighth house.This is one of the major souresof death. Likewise the 6th navarnsa is very important in the context. ?. The position of Gulik or Mandi and the rasis they ooeupy ane of great importane. 8. Jhe eighth lord, the planets oeupying the eighth house, planets aspecting the eighth- house, lord! of 22nd drekkana and of 64th navamsa should be studied specially. The bitter enemies of the gth lord and badbakadhipatis of the 8th house are important in respect of the alfairs of the Bth house. Apart from the signification of the planets their relative strength should be etudied alongwith other factore.

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Timings of fnrctifi cations

For the timinp when we can expect the result promised by the planets we harreto wait for major and minor periods. rule of astrolory. In the consideraThis is the well established tion of the results somefundamentalprinciplesharrealso to be the sameplanet holds the rulership borne in mind. Sometimes of the houses which ane contradictory to each other. Saturn can be ruler of lagna as well as of the maraka housethe 2nd house.Mars can alsobe the lagneshas well as the 8th lord. In such casestheir malefic and benefic nature of lordship gives the planet will the mixed results. They are neveroff-set.TVhen give bad results and when he will give good results would mostly depend upon the placement of other planets. The planet gives good results in the sub period of thoee planets well disposedto him and the amount of goodor bad who arne would depend in the same way accordingto the temporal
relationshipe. Snt. Indira Gandhi's horoscope may here be cited as an example. Here Saturn is the lord of the maraka house ?th and aleo the house of longevity the 8th. He is posited in laE\ gna. Had he been strong he Sun would have killed the natirc Merc /9\ soon. He is weak. Ivlrs. Ven Gandhi continued her jourRahu ney of life for quite a long time. Saturn's unlucky period startd. He is eighth lord alongwith his lordship of a maraka house. He therefore did not give her a death blow and left the work to some other planet. Rahu is in a malefic house as regard.s the lagna. He is also 6/8 to the major perid lord Saturn which is not a happy position. Hence in his minor period Rahu did the job of a marakegha. She died in this period.
5 Mars

Often the question arises when we can e:pec{ the planet to give his results. The planet gives the result in his major or minor periods. The major periods are generally of very long

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duration. The minimum period of dasa is that of sun which is 6 years which is too long a period to keep watching' This p."ioa is shortened by the gochar or transit system' No planet is stationary except for a small period when it changes from direct motion to retrograde motion or vice versa, During the transit the planei gives the result according to the rasi he reaches from the lagna lord or Moon sign. Saturn remains in a house for about two and a half year. JupiLer remains for about 13 months. Thus his period of dasa ha-sbeen shortened upto about 13 months. Sun remains in a rasi for a month' Thus we have come to such a short period. If more precision is needed we can take recourse to Sudarshan system which is alg; a part of the Transit system. In the Sudarshan sSrstem one year period is allotted to each rasi commencing from the lagna. After 12 years the circle starts afresh. For the purposes of prediction we can ascertain the age of the native and find out which house of the horoscopeis concerned with that year of the native. The lord of the rasi gets prominence for that year and for the events during this year. Results can be preaict"a on the basis of the relationship of the year lord t'ith other planets who will offer results in their transits of the various malefrc and benefic houses reckoned from the year lord planet. This planet should not be confused with the va' rshesha or the year lord in the pnrgressed charts. To explain the method Smt. Indira Gandhi's case can agEunbe taken as illustration. She was born in 1917 and died in L984 that is in 67th year. The rasi associated with this period is Capricorn. Its lord Saturn is posited in the lagna. Fortunately or unfortu' nately the period running at that time was of Saturn himself. Rahu and Saturn."" po"It"d in the house 6/8 from each other' This is a very. bad position. Saturn being the ayush karaha and Rahu being in an inauspicious position brought about the death of Smt. Indira Gandhi. Saturn came in the compart' ment of Moon. During the same period when Moon transited Saturn's compartrnent of rasi the death occuned. The compartments of each planet and lagrra are of equal units in each rasi. Following are the comparlments of planets ip each rasi.

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to to to to to to to to

Saturn Jupiter Mars Sun Venus Mercury Moon Lagna

from fronr from , from frorn from from fronr

00.00 3'.45' 7.30 11 . 1 5 15.00 18.45 22.30 26.15

3".45 7.30', 1 11 .5 15.00 18"45 22.30 26"15 30.00

For purposes oftransits and reading the results, the precise period can be determined from the ashtakavarga tables also.

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Epilogue
As has been said elsewhere there are 32 methods of calcu' lations of longevity. Many of them have been discussed and explained here. Many more could have also been added but for want of space. The question that arises here is "why so many methods and which of them is more reliable and dependable at least in majority of cases. The questions urge us to go into the whole issue once more and a little deeper for a reply. It is a fundamental question. Unless fundamentals are discu*sed the proper reply may not be available. 'What is longevity''? It may be defined as the period between birth and death or the life that the individual has been allowed to Iive on this planet. Our ancestors did not look upon longevity qs the period between the birth and death. They took it in the later sense. They meant by longevity the life granted by the planets. This is the basic difference in the approach and provides eloquent answer to our question. According to the sages life is the span granted by Provi' dence through the agency of celestial bodies, the planets. This can easily be verified from the fact that they always talked of yogajayu as ayusha and of no other ayusha. In fact the rvhole concept of life was the span gtanted by the planets. For the cessation of life also they looked to the planets. The planets on one side indicated the prospects of life and on the other the probability of its cessation. Each way it was for the planets to respond to the queslion. If that be the approach how could mathematical methods have an independent identity. Rather they were supposed to serve the conclusions arrived at by the study of various permutations and combinations of the planets called the yogas. It, is adrnitted that the basic concept of life was not mathematit:al. It rl-as plarretary. They could very well fx up some

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norms of calculations. If Sun grants us life they could very easily say that Sun when in Leo or Aries or any other sign for that matter gives this much of life and for each aspect of other thinp they could prescribe suitable reductions or increase. Had this been done mathematical formulae and calculations could have been criticised or applauded accordingto the measures of failure or success.On the other hand what they did was to assess the yogajayu from various angles and then the methods were utilised to corroborate the conclusionsdrawn on the basis of their study of planets, their effects and resulting rirodifications. Their consideration was the yogajayu. If we fail today in the correct estimation the failure is not the failure of mathematical method but of their own conclusions of life based on planets. The third and equally important factor is the way they looked at yogajayu. Apart from the fair play of planets they had many other principles governing the extent of life. They divided the zodiac in 12 parts and each part in 2rrn nakshatras. Even these 12 signs and the 22 nakshatras in them could not serve their purpose. The concept of janma lagna was evolved. The rasi that rose in the east, without any consideration of planets, was given the top most importance and all other divisions of zodiac were considered in relation to that part of the zodiac. These 12 parts of the zodiac or the 27 nakshatras were not considered as homogenus. The gandarishtas got their birth. These gandarishtas were so minutely treated by them that there came to be tithi gandas. After dividing the space they tiivided the time also. Some time was considered as auspicious and some inauspicious. The question of navamsa$ and drekkana were also given due importance. The other fiactor that added dimensions to the problem was the karakatwa.: er the significations granted to the planets. These significattons were also two fold. One was the permanent significa-tion as Saturn stands for ayu and Moon for the mind. Besides thece ihetq ]?es some temporary signification allotted to the plarret by virtUe of their lordship and occupation of the hous cr bhava. iit dny individual horosmpe.

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J udgement of I'ongeuity Saturn if posited in the second bhava is supposed to work as the maraka planet also. Thus karaka and maraka the two portfolios quite opposite to each other were granted to the same Saturn. They did not define when Saturn would act as maraka and when as karaka of life. They did not stop here. The concept of Sun, Moon and the atmakarakas alongwith lagna and the sign occupied by Moon was also evolved. Out of the 12 houses some houses were identified as evil and some as benefic. Houses 5 and 9 are always auspicious and houses 3 6,8 and 12 evil' After studyingall the sadhaka and badhaka factors that is the fiactors that promote and put up a stop to life the sages commenced another exercise. They had considered so far the various factors, yogas and arishtas, that were responsible for the continuity of life. Now they looked at the problem from another angle. This was the study of purely deterring influences on life. The one who has been born is sure to die. Death is surer than anything else. If the planets bestowed life they must also be responsible for taking it away or snatching it away. In other words they tried to identify various causes of death. Sickness is one. To determine the planet causing fatal illness they assigned some qualities to the planets. On the basis of this assignment and comparative strength of planets they identified various diseases. The basis of illness in those days was the dis-balance of three humors. They studied sickness and tried to identiff the most serious of them as fatal. There may be causesother than sickness. The punishment awarded by the state for some reasions was also studied with reference to the seven planets, two nodes, lagna, and rasis etc. There could be deaths due to some unnatural walrs. The person may be killed by his friend. He may meet with an accident. These factors were also studied and estimates of life span were revised by them. It is true that every effect has a cause. The death must also have some cause although it may not be perceptible at the moment. What is to be done in such case? Whatever be the causes there must be some planet responsible for it. The concept of death inflicting planets was evolved

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Now comes the question of dasas. Let us suppose in a hypothetical case Mars is the marakesh, and the a;ru determined is alpayu" We may also suppose that the balance dasa at birth is 18 years of Rahu. How to adjust these 18 years and why should he die in Rahu dasa when Sun and Moon have granted him some span of life. Their dasa shall come at a very late stage. It was with this end in view that they started a new system of dasas quite different from theVimsottari, Ashtottari and other systems. They decided the order of planets as regards periods etc. All this system can be set at nought by the transits. Thus there were more than one way to judge the sam-equestion. This is not to plead that the sages committed some inexcus-. able blunder in having so many considerations and view points of the same problem. Rather it is the other way round. They gave us wider perspectives, as they appeared in actual life, to examine the question. They command respect and gratitude. Not-with-standing, the mathematical methods are but poor vehicle to convey their concerns and cautions and practical approach. We cannot blame the methods, but if at all, the sages fcr so many ways of examining the subject. Under these circumstances we have hardly any cause of grievance against the mathematical methods. In their quest for truth the sages reached a stage where they had to admit some exceptional cases where no normal rules of life operate. Nothing of this world is applicable. They are the cases of highly evolved spiritual saints. The saints are not subject to the commands of these planets. They, on the other hand, comrnand them. They are over and above these elements who have to behave themselves so far as the question of these sages is concerned. The author in this respect may like to go a step further. It is accepted that the planets do not crcmmand the sages.It has also to be accepted at the same time that no astrolopr less evolved than these sages can predict any thing mrrectly by any means. If at all he does, the credit shall go to those sages who granted their grace to the astrologer to be able to predict something with some measune of accuracy. This has been the personal experience of the

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who are author that even in the case of ordinary pensons will they than devoted devoted to God the astrologer less this Jataka tsrihat In never be able to give.correct prediction. truth has been acepted indirectly' The above discussion n'ould clearly show that the mncept It of our longevity has nothing to do with-mathematical bias' When planets' the by terminated be can i" itt" V"d:ayu which tfrey *iti bo it o'ould depend upon their major and- minor p"tioa"'Actually when'would depend upon so many factors' period of bn" a"". periodis one of them. To narrow down the these but transits, probability we may take r:ecourse to the opportune the at iransits dt not always work. They work only moment. The experienc as well as the rules of astrological take effect only t-hat Jhey trediction lay down very' clearly *h"t life has to come to an end. In fact these transits etc' only to become the causes of that which has to happen' If it has not happen they simply pass off. To determine this opportune our time we have definitely to appruach the solution the way ancestors did' The first step therefore in ihe right direction is to ascermay tain the longevity broadly in approximate terms' We our under practical is which however e'toirne some method He for consultations' person comes given circumstances. The also He deliberations' long our Ioes not have time to spend in doesnotwan'ttoleavethechartfordetailedstudyandcometo of us the next day. we have to give due regard to the fiactor time. we After ascertaining the approximate period of longevity approxirunning planets may try to find the dasas of the maieiy-during that period. If the dasa is of some maraka pUneL ,*" *tt have L rough idea of the time of approaching ieath. Even this time in general cases becomesquite long' In that case we may apply the transit rules and find out when the inauspicious transit takes place. The author applies very simple rules' In the first place the basis for all this is not the birth chart. It is his belief that birth chart depicts the life as a whole. It gives only a birds' eye view

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of it. The minor details are.certainly not available there. The horary astrologr with the sole purpose of answering the question of longevity is taken recourseto. A detailed chart for the rnornent of jtrdgement is prepared showing the degrees of the cusps and the longitudes of'each planet. This takes hardly ten minutes. The sublord of ascendant cusp is examined. It is his disposition which is the deciding factor. 1. If this sublord is posited in the star of the planet octupying a badhaka or the marakasthana and if the sublord hirnself is also connected with houses 6l8lL2 the life of the native is very short from the tirne of the judgernent. 2. If this sub-lord of the ascendantcusp signifies both bene' fic and male{'rc houses the life rnay be taken'as madhyamayu. 3. If the sublord is in the star of the planet situated in house ll5l9ll0 or owning these houses the life is a long life. After the assessment of longevity he calculntes which planet will have his dasa during that age and determine which are the maraka planets during that period of age. It is also exatnined by progression u'hen the lagna, lagna lord and the ayush karaka Saturn receive evil aspects'When the death inflicting planets transit such sensitive poinLsdeath may take place. This narrows down considerably the period of the event from the time of judgement. This processtakes another 8-10' minutes. In general caseseven this long exercise is not con-cidered necessary. Here is one practical example where the horary chart was not prepared. The judgement was based purely on the ba-sisof the birth chart. To have correct results the birth chart should be conectly prepared. In important casesthe author prepares the charts himself on such occasiors. The native whose birth details are given on the next page had been ill for quite some time. The complications arose one after the other and a time came in 1987 when the closest relatives started doubting efftcacy of any treatment. They consulted rnany astroloprs who confirmed their worst fears'

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Mercury 6.01 Scorpio- lagna 2.52.26', Gemini Jupiter ffi) 2.53,Cancer- Ketu 4.18, Moon 19.24;Virgo - Ivfars5."14' Libra - Sun t3'.9'; Saturn Venus21".00'; - 7'.42;Capricorn- Rahu 4.18. The native was then running the periods of Venug ' Jupiter lord Venus is the ?th Here it may be seen that the da-sa lord and bhukti lord Jupiter the 2nd lord. Both are marakeshas and henceeven the prominent astrologersconveniently told the relatives that the last time had oome. The question for judgement was "life or death?"The firct and the badhakalord of thingto judge was the badhakasthana the ascendant.The chart was prepared again with Krishnamurti aynarnsa. M.C. Leo 3.42 Cusp Ascdt.Libra 29.48; Saturn 7.48 Planets Libra--Sun 13.16, Scorpio Mercury6.08,Capricorn'Rahu 4.59; Taurus - Jupiter (R) 27.00, Cancer - Moon 19.30,Ketu 4.59 Virgn - Mars 5.22, Venus 21.07 Running Perioclof Venus - Saturn from 14-5- 1987to 14-?-1990. Ascendant is Libra. Its badhakasthana is Lc'o.There is no occupant of Leo. Sun, its lord is alone concernedwith the affairs of badhakasthana. Mars and Rahu are in the stars of Sun. ?hus Rahu, Mars and Sun are the worst malefics.As a node Rahu is most malefic. Being the period of Venus the main period of these plancts are yet to come.The earliest period would be of Sun. It woultl operatefrorn 14-7-1994.There was no fear of the main periodsof any of the three planets. About Venus whoseperiod was in operationat the time of consultations he is the lagneshas well as the 8th lord posited in the 12th. Being the lagnesh he is not likely to deal a fatal blow. He rnay make hirn ill urhichhe had started doing. Rahu a functional a rnaleficby his position in the quadrant becomes benefie.He is in the houseof Saturn the ayusha karaka as

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well as the yoga karaka. There was no fear from him also. He is also aspected by retrograde Jupiter and Moon the 10th lord. As a benefic in kendra he would have become a functional malefic but due to his occupation of his own sign that drawback disappears. Sun, though a badhaka lord is the lord of 1lth house occupying Iagna with the ayush karaka and yoga karaka. Hence he also does not rernain that malefic. We may have apprehensions from Mars as he is the 2nd and 7th lord placed in 12th house. All the three positions are extremely malefic. His sub-period was over in 1981.The sub periods to follow were those of Mercury and Ketu. Mercury being the ninth lord and also under direct aspect of retrograde Jupiter was also not likely to deal the blow. Thus the native was quite safe at least upto the end bf Venus period. The relatives of the native were therefore advised to go ahead with the treatment. They were also told clearly that the native was not going to die so soon though he would be seriously ill. As advised they provided the best medical treatment and now he ha-qresumed his normal duties aflbera hospitalisation of about a year. As the native is alive it is not proposedto discuss the horoscope further. Another case may however be taken up for detailed discussions.This is the case of President Ziaof Paki' stan who died on 17-8-1988in an air crash. . Aquarius-Lagral4.00 Ketu 0.20, Mars 10 10; Gemini-Venus 15.00: Cancer-Sun 27.00; Leo-Mercury 29.15 Rahu 0.20;Libra-Satttrn 4.30;Scorpio-JupiterL7.16, Sagittarius-Moon 26.30 The lagha is Aquarius, a fixed sign. Its badhakasthana is ninth frorn it, that is, Libra. The lord of Libra is Venus. Saturn occupies it. Occupants are strongpr than the lord of the house. Saturn occupies a badhakasthana, is lord of 12th and a rank malefic by nature. He beomes the worst marakesh. Next to Saturn comes Venus. Stronger than Venus are the planets occupvingVenus stars. Moon and Mercury are posited in Ventts Star, Mercury is the greater malefic of the two, because of his lordship of 8th house and placement in the 7th

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house the marakasthana. In des@nding order we have Saturn, Mercury ancl Venus. It is no surprise that the President died during the concurrent period of these three planets' As regards the date of the unfortunate event transit of planets ..n b" examined from Moon sign according to rules. Saturn and Moon were transiting the Moon sign and the ?th house from it respectively. Saturn was in Ketu star arrd Venus in Rahu star. It may be added here that death may be predicted fairly accurately even by the examination of the birth chart in place of the horary chart. When extreme caution is needed the horary astroiogy can be applied' None of the two, that is the horary chart or the birth chart, takes much of a tirne' In the end it rnay be added that astrolory remains a sci' ence of probabilities whatever be our accuracies of predictions.

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PHALA DEEPII(A
(Ori.ginal Text luith Translatton, Notes & Exhaustiue CommentarA in lucid EttglishJ bg Dr G.S. KaPoor