Lessons In Chara Dasha - Part 2

Alternative Arudha System and Raj Yoga Combinations

By Yuvraj Singh, India.

ith Obeisance to Lord Ganapathi and Navgraha Lords, I dedicate this article at the holy feet of Sage Jaimini, the founder of Jaimini astrology. May he accept and bless this article.

This article is in continuation from where we left in Chara Dasha- Part 1.

Alternative Lagnas Used in Chara Dasha

Karakamsha: In the Birth chart, the rashi occupied by Atma Karaka (AK) in
Navamsha becomes the Karakamsha Lagna which is really important for judging the chart and the predictions. All the events should also be verified by using the Karakamsha as Lagna specially education and career. We should also use Swamsha, which is the rashi containing the Atma Karaka (AK) in Navamsha and confirm the findings from birth chart, Karakamsha. Arudha Lagna: It is also known as Pad Lagna. We calculate Arudha Lagna in the following way: 1. See how far from the Lagna, the Lagna lord has gone, counting the number of houses between the Lagna and the Lagna lord. 2. From Lagna lord count as many houses and you reach the Arudha Lagna. Eg: Suppose, for Aries Lagna, the Lagna lord Mars sits in Virgo (the 6th house). Now count six houses from Mars i.e. Aquarius which becomes the Arudha Lagna.

We can and should do it for each and every house and mark the padas of all the houses on the chart which will help us in predictions. Some authorities use exception rules for judging the pada of houses but let us go by the teachings of Shri K.N. Rao that is not to use any exception and calculate the padas of each house as we did with the Lagna. Upapada Lagna: Its the Arudha/Pada of 12th House. Its very important for judgment of marriage timings and also marriage success or failure. Yogas in Jaimini System We dont follow the regular Yogas of Parashari system in Jaimini. It has its own set of Raj Yogas which are any number of combinations, through conjunctions and rashi aspects, between AK, AmK, PK, DK and 5th Lord. The typical Raj Yogas formed in Jaimini System are as follows:
AK + AmK AK + PK AK + DK AK + 5L AmK + PK AmK + DK AmK + 5L PK + 5L PK + DK DK + 5L -

Some special yogas are as follows: 1. Moon and Venus conjunct or aspecting each other. 2. Moon aspected by many planets. We also have to see all the Raj Yogas in Navamsha. See if they are decreasing in number or increasing. The effect will be accordingly. Also, see if the Karakas have aspects from benefics or afflicted, both in Rashi chart and Navamsha and judge judiciously.

Lets take an example chart to illustrate all the concepts we have learned above:

Chara Karakas (Descending Order of Degree) AK: Saturn BK: Mars PK: Sun DK: Moon AmK: Jupiter MK: Mercury GK: Venus

Jaimini Raj Yogas 1. Saturn (AK) & Jupiter (AmK) 2. Moon (DK) & Jupiter (AmK) 3. Sun ( PK) & Venus (5th Lord) Karakamsha Lagna: In Navamsha, AK is placed in Pisces. Hence, the Karakamsha Lagna becomes Pisces of Birth Chart (D-1).

Arudha Lagna: The LL Mercury, is placed in the 9th House. So we count 9 houses from 9th house and reach 5th House (Libra). This becomes our Arudha Lagna (AL). Similarly, we calculate Arudha Pada for remaining houses.
House 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lord Placement from House 9 1 8 6 6 5 6 10 9 3 12 11 Arudha Pada (House) 5th 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 1st 2nd 9th 8th

The next part will show us how to use what we have learned, in the first two parts, for finer predictions.