Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 17 · Planet Periods
दशातत्वम्
नीचाभिमुखस्यावरोहिणी कष्टदा सैव मित्रोच्चराश्यात्मांशगस्य मध्यमा ।
Say a planet is moving toward its nicha (low point). Its dasha (planet period) is called descending. It brings hardship. But say the planet is in a friend's sign or its uchcha (high point) sign. Or say it is in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the same dasha is middling.
उच्चाभिमुखस्यारोहिणी शुभदा सैव नीचारिभांशगस्याधमाऽल्पशुभदा ।
Say a planet is moving toward its uchcha (high point). Its dasha (planet period) is called ascending. It brings good. But say the planet is in the…
तुङ्गात्ममित्रभगस्य शत्रुनीचांशगत्वे पूर्वार्द्धे शुभा परार्द्धे मिश्रा ।
Say a planet is in its uchcha (high point), its own sign or a friend's sign. But say it is in an enemy's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Or say…
मित्रोच्चात्मस्वत्रिकोणवर्गोत्तमस्ववर्गगस्य शुभा ।
Say a planet is in a friend's sign. Or say it is in its uchcha (high point) or its own sign. Or say it is in its mulatrikona (a planet's strong…