Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अथाज्ञातजन्मनः प्रश्नपत्रीकरणमुक्तं ताजिकभूषणे ॥जननसमयलग्नज्ञानभावे सुधीभिर्विधिवदमलपृच्छाकाललग्नं प्रसाध्यम् ॥शुभफलमशुभं वा कीर्तयेत्सर्वमस्मान्निगदितवदुदाराच्छास्त्रबुद्धेर्विचारात् ॥
Next, it is said in Tajikabhushana how to make a prashna (question chart) for one whose birth is not known. Say the lagna (rising sign) of the birth time is not known. Then wise people should properly work out the exact lagna for the time of the question. From it they should tell all the results, good or bad, as said before. They do so by broad thinking from knowledge of the shastra (science).
Simple meaning: 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.
पृच्छाविलग्नस्य विहाय राशिं विभाजयेदंशकलाकलापम् ॥
Question chart muntha: drop the lagna sign, divide the degrees and minutes by 150, count the answer from the lagna.
चतुर्थभावाधिपतिं विचिन्त्य स्वजन्मलग्नाधिपतिं बलार्थम् ॥
Look at the 4th lord and the birth lagna lord for strength.