Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
अथ वर्षे कालहोरादशा॥उक्तं च मुक्तावल्याम्॥वर्षे स्वरांशप्रमितानि केचित्प्रोचुर्दिनानि द्युसदां दशानाम् ॥कालाख्यहोराधिपतिक्रमेण तत्साधनोपायमथ प्रवच्मि ॥ १ ॥
Next, the kalahora (planet ruling the hour) dasha (planet period) in the year. And it is said in the Muktavali. Some say this: each planet's period in the year is a seventh of its days. They run in the order of the kalahora lords. Now I give the way to work it out.
Simple meaning: Kalahora periods: each planet gets one seventh of the year, in the order of the hour lords.
वारप्रवृत्तेर्गतनाडिकास्तु द्विघ्नाशरा५ प्तागतकालहोरा ॥
Kalahora at the year start: ghatikas since the weekday began, doubled and divided by five, give the hours passed.
आद्या दशा तस्य परा परेषान्तत्षष्ठषष्ठक्रमतोखिलानाम् ॥
Kalahora order: the current hour lord first, then every sixth planet. The remainder gives the parts passed and to come.
उभे तु वर्षाद्रि ७ बलेन निघ्ने शरोकृतेस्तंगतगम्यमाने ॥
Kalahora periods: the first lord's period is split into a part to come, at the start, and a part passed.