Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
मणित्थोपि ॥दिवा विलग्ने रविनायकोपि रात्रौ विधोर्जन्मविलग्नपश्च ॥वर्षप्रवेशे तनुपो मुथेशस्त्रिराशिनाथः कथितोधिकारे ॥
In a day chart, the lord of the Sun's sign. In a night chart, the lord of the Moon's sign. Also the lord of the birth lagna (rising sign). At the year's entry, the lagna lord, the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) lord and the trirashipa (lord of Balabhadra's four-sign group). These are named for the charge of the year.
Simple meaning: Manittha's five candidates: Sun or Moon sign lord, birth lagna lord, year lagna lord, muntha lord, four-sign group lord.