NUMBER OF CHILDREN: There will be 10 sons if the 4th and the 6th are occupied by malefics while the 5th lord is in deep exaltation joining the ascendant lord as Jupiter is with another benefic. Nine will be the number of sons that one will beget if Jupiter is in deep exaltation as Rāhu is with the 2nd lord and the 9th is occupied by its own lord. There will be eight sons if Jupiter is in the 5th/9th while the 5th lord is endowed with strength and the 2nd lord is in the 10th. Saturn in the 9th from the ascendant while the 5th lord is in the 5th itself, will give 7 sons out of which twins will be born twice. If the 5th lord is in the 5th in conjunction with the 2nd lord, there will be birth of 7 sons out of which 3 will pass away. Only one son is denoted if there be a malefic in the 5th from the ascendant while Jupiter is in the 5th from Saturn or vice versa. If the 5th house has a malefic in it or if Saturn is in the 5th from Jupiter, the native will beget offspring only through his 2nd or 3rd wife. Should the 5th be occupied by a malefic while Jupiter has Saturn in the 5th as the ascendant lord is in the 2nd, and the 5th lord is with Mars, one will live long but lose his children one after the other as they are born.

पंचम मे पापग्रह हो और गुरु से पाचवे भाव मे शनि हो, पंचमेश भौम से युक्त हो, लग्नेश धनभाव मे हो तो जितने बालक उत्पन्न हो सभी मर जाएं।