Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
चरराशौ लग्नगते वारंवारं तु भोजनम् ॥एकवारं स्थिते लग्ने द्विवारं द्विःस्वभावके ॥
When the lagna (rising sign) is a chara rashi (moving sign), meals come again and again. When the lagna stands, one meal. In an ubhaya rashi (dual sign), two meals.
Simple meaning: Meals by lagna: a moving sign, meals again and again; a standing sign, one meal; a dual sign, two.
सूर्य्यारौ बलिनौ लग्ने क्षत्रियस्य गृहे भुजिः ॥
Meals: strong Sun and Mars, a warrior's house; Venus and Jupiter, a brahmin's house; the Moon and Mercury, a trader's house.
शूद्रगेहे सूर्यसुतो नीचगेहे कुभोजनम्॥
Meals: Saturn, a worker-class house; a low house, a poor meal; the 4th lord in the 4th, a good tasty meal.
वर्षतंत्रे ॥
Foods by planet: Sun sesame, Moon rice, Mars lentils and chickpeas, Saturn horse gram and black gram. Good planets looking make it a happy meal.