Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
विशेष उक्तस्तेजास्सिंहेन ॥दृष्ट्यादिकैरपि समोह्निरविर्निशीन्दुस्त्रैराशिकोत्थविभुताभृदसौ न चेत्स्यात् ॥स्याद्वा तदा मुथशिली चरगेन येन स्थाप्यः पतिस्सतमृतेशशिराशिपस्तु ॥
Tejahsimha adds a point. Suppose aspect and the rest are equal. Then the Sun by day, or the Moon by night, is year lord. This holds if it is the trirashipa (lord of Balabhadra's four-sign group). If not, set as lord the planet that makes ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) with it. Without that, take the lord of the Moon's sign.
Simple meaning: Equal candidates: the Sun by day or the Moon by night, if it is the four-sign group lord; else its ithasala partner; else the Moon's sign lord.
ग्रहज्ञाभरणेपि ॥
Moon not four-sign group lord: the planet in the chief yoga with the Moon is year lord, else the lord of the Moon's sign.
मुख्ययोगो इत्थशालाख्यः ॥
Gloss: the chief yoga is ithasala.
अत्र विशेषान्तरमाह वैद्यनाथः ॥
Year lord in ithasala with the Moon: if it also had kambula with the Moon at a night birth, the year is the best.