BRAHMA GRAHA IDENTIFICATION: Maitreya said — O great Sage! Now please enlighten me how the Brahma-graha is picked out in a chart. The Sage said — From amongst the lords of the 6th, the 8th and the 12th, the planet who may possess the greatest strength and be in the Ascendant or the 7th with strength, the one posited in an odd sign within sixth house from the house concerned, is called the Brahma-graha. The lord of the 8th house in the 8th is also accepted as Brahma-graha. If Saturn or Rāhu-Ketu obtain Brahmatva (qualifications of Brahma-graha), they become Brahma-graha. If a number of planets obtain Brahmatva, the one with the largest number of degrees would become Brahma-graha. If there is parity in the degrees of such planets, the most powerful amongst them would become Brahma-graha.

छठे, आठवें और बारहवें भावों के स्वामियों में जो बलवान् हो और विषमराशि में स्थित हो, लग्न और सप्तम में जो बलवान् हो उसका अनुचर — वही ब्रह्मग्रह होता है।