Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
ताजिकतिलकेपि ॥भावसाधनमथाभिधीयते हायनोत्थफलनिर्णयहेतोः ॥प्रश्नयानजनिवर्षवेशने भावसाधनमथादिकारणमिति ॥
Also in the Tajikatilaka. Now the finding of the houses is told. It is to settle the results that come from the year. In the question, the journey, birth and the year's entry, finding the houses is the first step.
Simple meaning: Houses come first: for year, question, journey and birth charts, work out the houses before anything else.
भावानां नामान्युक्तानि ताजिकमुक्तावल्याम् ॥
Names of the 12 houses: body, wealth, brother, friend, son, enemy, wife, 8th, duty, work, gain, loss.
अत्रलग्नादिभावा अन्वर्थसंज्ञा ज्ञेयाः ॥ यथादेहविचारोलग्नात् द्रव्यविचारो द्वितीयादेवं सर्वत्र ॥ एतत्सविशेषभावविचारे वक्ष्यामः ॥
House names mean what they say: body from the 1st, wealth from the 2nd, and so on.
तत्र भावानयनोपायउक्तः ॥ अथ चरखंडदिनार्द्धनयनं ।
Day-length steps: take the noon shadow at the equinox, multiply it by 10, 8 and 10, and divide the last by 3.