SHORT LIFE: One's span of life will be between 20 and 32 years if the ascendant lord is weak while the 8th lord is in an angle. The native will only be short-lived if the 8th lord is in fall while the 8th has a malefic in it and the ascendant lord is bereft of strength. Death will be instant at birth if the 8th house, 8th lord and the 12th house are all conjunct malefics. Malefic in angles/trines and benefics in 6th/8th while the ascendant has in it the 8th lord in fall — this yoga will cause immediate end. If the 5th house, 8th house and the 8th lord are all conjunct malefics, the life span will be very brief. Within a month of birth, death will befall the child if the 8th lord is in the 8th itself while the Moon is with malefics and be bereft of beneficial aspect.

(iv) केन्द्र व त्रिकोण में पाप-ग्रह हों, सारे शुभ-ग्रह 6.8 में हों, लग्न में अष्टमेश नीच-राशि में हो — तो तुरन्त मृत्यु होती है। (v) पञ्चम में पाप-ग्रह, अष्टमेश पाप-युक्त व अष्ट्म में पाप-ग्रह हो — तो स्वल्पायु होती है। (vi) अष्टमेश अष्ट्म में हो, चन्द्रमा पाप-युक्त-दृष्ट हो, और शुभ-ग्रह की दृष्टि-योग न हो — तो एक मास आयु होती है।