Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 14 · Miscellaneous Questions
प्रकीर्णाध्यायः
( ५ ) ( २१ ) ( १४ ) ( ९ ) ( ८ ) ( ३ ) ( ११ ) हत्वा स्मरावशेषे स्यादुदयः शुभग्रहस्य तदा ।अभिमतसिद्धिः प्रष्टुर्न क्रूरस्योदये किंचित् ॥ २० ॥
Multiply by these numbers: 5, 21, 14, 9, 8, 3 and 11. Then take the remainder by seven. If it falls to a good planet, that planet is rising. Then the asker's wish will come true. If it falls to a bad planet, nothing will come of it.
Simple meaning: If the remainder falls to a good planet, the wish will come true. A bad planet gives nothing.
गुणकारैक्यविभक्ते तस्मिन् सूर्यादिगुणकपरिशुद्धे ।
Take away each planet's number in turn. The planet whose number cannot be taken away shows the time.
भौमदिवाकरशेषे दिवसाः शुक्रेन्दुशेषतः पक्षाः ।
Mars or Sun means days. Venus or Moon means fortnights. Jupiter months. Mercury seasons. Saturn years.
आधाने तदनु जये पराजये वा शत्रूणां निधनविधौ समागमे वा ।
For these questions, this method shows when the good or bad results will come.