Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
दशेशा वह्निभा ज्ञेयाः क्रमात्रिः परिवर्तनात्॥स्युर्दशादिवसास्तेषां धृति १८त्रिंशति ३० मूर्च्छनाः २१ ॥२॥
Know the dasha (planet period) lords from Krittika, in order, going round three times. Their dasha days are 18, 30, 21...
Simple meaning: Gauri's period lords: counted from Krittika, three rounds of nine stars; days begin 18, 30, 21.
वेदेषवो ५४ नागकृता ४८ मुन्यर्थाः ५७ क्षितिसायकाः५१॥
Gauri's period days, continued: 54, 48, 57, 51, 21, 60; for a month, take a twelfth.
षडंशतुल्यास्त्वेतासां नाडिकाद्याः फलं दशाः ॥
Day periods: a sixth of the days, in ghatikas. Mahadeva's view: count from Ardra, three stars to each lord.
अथ गौरीमतोक्तस्य दशाक्रमस्य दशादिमा या भवसादुपेता ॥
Gauri's periods, first period: split it by the part of the birth star passed and still to run.