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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 2 · Aspects, Strength, Results
दृष्टिसाङ्गबलेष्टकष्टाद्यानयनाधिकारः
अथ द्वादशवर्गीचक्रम् तत्रवामनः ॥गृहहोराद्रेष्काणाः पादांशः पंचांशषष्ठांशौ ॥सप्ताष्टनवदशांशा रुद्रांशा द्वादशांशाश्च ॥
Now the dvadashavargi (twelve-part division) chakra (wheel). There Vamana says: House, hora (half of a sign), drekkana (one-third part of a sign), padamsha (one-quarter part of a sign), panchamsha (one-fifth part of a sign) and shashthamsha (one-sixth part of a sign). Then the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth parts. Then the rudra parts (rudra is 11), and the dvadashamsha (one-twelfth part of a sign).
Simple meaning: The twelve divisions of a sign: house, hora, drekkana, quarter, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth.
भौमशुक्रज्ञचंद्रार्कबुधशुक्रारमंत्रिणः ॥
Sign lords from Aries: Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter.
लग्नार्द्धं जायते होरा सर्वलग्नेषु सर्वदा ॥
Hora: half a sign is a hora. In odd signs the horas go to the Sun, then the Moon. In even signs to the Moon, then the Sun.
मेषादिसर्वराशीनां त्रिभागेषु यथाक्रमम् ॥
Drekkana: the three parts of a sign go to the lords of the 1st, 5th and 9th.