Hora Sara · by Prithuyashas
Chapter 17 · Ashtakavarga and its results
सप्तदशोऽध्यायः
शेषेण मासादिवसाघटिकाश्च प्रकल्पयेत् ।दशाछिद्रसमे काले तस्मिन् मृत्युर्न संशयः ॥ ७० ॥
From the remainder, work out months, days and ghatikas (24-minute units). At a time that falls with a chidra (weak point) of the dasha (planet period), death comes, with no doubt.
मन्दाष्टवर्गे राशौ तु फलहीने क्षयो भवेत् ।
In Saturn's ashtakavarga (eight-source point table), a sign with no points brings decline. Say the Sun is in that sign, and the Moon is there too…
सर्वग्रहान् फलयुतांश्च नियोज्य चक्रे मूर्त्या च सर्वमशुभं च शुभं समं च ।
Place all the planets with their points in the chart, along with the lagna (rising sign). Know everything bad, good and middling. Read the results…
बालोबलिष्ठो लवणागमो सुरो रागीमुरारि शिखरीन्द्रगाथया ।
This verse and the next give the points in katapayadi (letter-number code). Each letter stands for one number. Each quarter of the verse is a group…