Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
कालहोराधिपो लग्ने सुखे वा शीघ्रभोजनम् ॥धने तुर्य्ये च राजा च मिष्टमन्नं क्षिपत्ययम्॥
If the lord of the kalahora (planet ruling the hour) is in the lagna (rising sign) or the 4th, the meal is quick. In the 2nd and the 4th, and the king too, this one puts in a sweet food.
Simple meaning: Meals: the hour lord in the lagna or 4th, a quick meal; in the 2nd or 4th, sweet food.
तुर्य्यं पश्यति लग्नं वा चंद्रस्तत्र सुभोजनम् ॥
Meals: the Moon looking at the 4th or lagna, a good meal; a good planet looking at the 10th, a pleasant meal at home.
शत्रौ शत्रुगृहे भुक्तमन्यद्दूह्यं स्वबुद्धितः ॥
Meals: a planet in an enemy's sign, a meal at an enemy's house; all planets in the lagna, a meal at home. Work out the rest yourself.
चरराशौ लग्नगते वारंवारं तु भोजनम् ॥
Meals by lagna: a moving sign, meals again and again; a standing sign, one meal; a dual sign, two.