Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
दैवालंकृतौ ॥चंद्रेशलग्नेशमृतीश्वराश्चेद्व्ययारिमृत्यूपगता विलग्नात् ॥मृत्युप्रदा जन्मपमुंथहेशौ मृत्युस्थितौ क्रूरनिरीक्षितौ तथा ॥
Take the lords of the Moon's sign, the lagna (rising sign) and the 8th house. They may be in the 12th, 6th or 8th from the lagna. Then they bring danger to life. Now take the birth lagna lord and the lord of the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year). They do the same in the 8th, if bad planets look at them.
Simple meaning: Moon's lord, lagna lord and 8th lord in the 12th, 6th or 8th: a hard year. Birth lagna lord and muntha lord in the 8th with bad planets looking: the same.