Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
विशेषमाह यादवसूरिः ॥जनुर्विलग्ने सति सायनांशे यत्रेंथिहा तत्पतिरब्दपोस्मिन् ॥शुभोशुभं क्रूरखगेन भव्यं फलं वदेद्रोमकसंमतं तदिति ॥
Yadava Suri tells one more special point. Take the birth lagna (rising sign) in sayana (tropical) degrees. Then the lord of the sign where the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) stands is the year lord here. If that lord is a shubha (good planet), tell a good result. Through a papa (bad planet), tell a bad result. This agrees with Romaka.
Simple meaning: With the birth lagna in tropical degrees, the lord of the muntha's sign is the year lord. A good planet as lord gives a good year; a bad one, a hard year.
इति मुथहाविचारः ॥
The muntha section ends here.
अथाज्ञातजन्मनः प्रश्नपत्रीकरणमुक्तं ताजिकभूषणे ॥
If the birth time is not known, cast the chart for the moment of the question, and read the year from it.
तत्कालहोरा खचरानुसारं वर्षे विचारं विदधीत धीमान् ॥
Question chart: use its rising sign and planets. The year begins when the year's Sun equals the question's Sun.