Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 17 · Planet Periods
दशातत्वम्
आरोहिणी मध्या चेत् सम्पूर्णा ।
If an ascending dasha (planet period) is of the middling kind, it becomes full.
सद्दृष्टयुतस्याधिकरश्मेः केन्द्रकोणगस्य शुभान्यथा कष्टा ।
Say a planet is aspected by or joined with good planets. Say it has more rays, and is in a kendra (corner house) or a trikona (luck house). Then its…
लग्नदशा चरभेऽङ्गे द्रेष्काणक्रमाच्छ्रेष्ठा मध्याऽधमा द्विस्वभावे व्यत्ययेन स्थिरे नेष्टेष्टसमा ।
The dasha (planet period) of the lagna (rising sign) goes by its drekkana (one-third part of a sign). If the lagna is a moving sign, the 1st, 2nd…
वक्रगस्य पाके स्थानमानसौख्याद्यपचयः ।
In the dasha (planet period) of a retrograde planet, a person's place, honour, comfort and the like decline.