Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
गतैष्यदिनविश्लेषनाडिकाद्यनुसारतः ॥साध्या दिनफले प्रोक्ता कर्मणा घटिकादशा ॥ ३ ॥
Follow the gap, in ghatikas (24-minute units) and so on, between the passed and coming day entries. By this working, find the period in ghatikas for the day's result.
Simple meaning: Periods in the day: use the gap between two day entries to find each period in ghatikas.
दिनप्रवेशे दिनप्रवेशलग्नवर्तमानहद्देशस्यादौ निसर्गवशाद्दशा तत्क्रमेणान्येषान्दशादिनानि ज्ञेयानि ॥
Natural periods for one day: start with the lord of the hadda where the day-entry lagna falls. The other planets follow in order.
अथ दशाफलविचारस्तत्र दशाफलविचारे विशेषफलमाह तेजास्सिंहः ॥
Period results: first judge the year lord and the period lord, then the birth chart. Weigh strength at birth, in the year and in the period.
सूतौ च वर्षसमये च दशाविपाककाले चयो बलयुतस्सकलापि तस्य ॥
Strong at birth, in the year and in its period: the whole period is best. Otherwise judge looks, joinings, place and the Moon's strength.