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Sun, in deep exaltation give 19, Moon 25, Mars 15, Mercury 12,
Jupiter 15, Venus 21 and Saturn 20 years of life respectively
according to Maya, Yavana, Manitha and Saktipurva.
Where a planet is debilitated he cuts away half of the term of
life and in the middle rasis he give terms of life as per rule of
three. The lagna is supposed to give that number of years,
which is represented by its amsa, while others say the number
will be similar to the rasi. A planet in an unfriendly sign cuts
one-third of his term unless he is retrograde. The combust
planets except Venus and Saturn, cut off half their term of life.
Evil planets in the 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th away 1,
, 1/3, , 1/6 and 1/8th of the term of life allotted to them
respectively. If benefics occupy the same houses, they take
away only one half of that which the malefics do. Satyacharya
says that, if there are many planets in anyone of the houses,
only the most powerful among them will eat the proportion of
life granted by it.
If an evil planet occupies the birth the number of amsas, etc.,
passed by the lagna must be multiplied by the total of the
planetary terms of years, etc., and then divided by 108, and
deducted from the total term of life the figure thus obtained. If
a benefic aspects the above conjunction, half of this must be
deducted.
Men and elephants have 60 x 2 years as terms of life and 5
days more. Horses live 32 years. Camels and asses 25 years.
Buffaloes and bullocks live 24 years. Dogs have 12 years.
Goats etc., 16 years.
If the last navamsa of Meena becomes lagna. If Mercury is in
the 25th minute in Vrishabha and if all the rest are in their
deep exaltations, the person gets the utmost limit of life, viz.,
120 years and 5 days.
Vishnugupta, Devaswami and Siddhasena have given similar
longevity. There is one serious objection to the acceptance of