SHORT-LIFE COMBINATIONS: Should the Moon be in the 6th, 8th, or the 12th from the ascendant and be in aspect to a malefic, the child will die soon. If in the process there be a benefic's aspect, it may live up to 8. If a benefic is retrograde in the 6th/8th/12th being in aspect to a malefic, death will occur within a month of birth (only when the ascendant is unoccupied by a benefic). Should the 5th be occupied by Saturn, Mars and the Sun jointly, (early) death of mother and brother will come to pass. Mars placed in the ascendant or in the 8th and be conjunct Saturn or Sun or be in aspect to a malefic, being bereft of benefic aspect, will prove a source of (immediate) death.

जिसके जन्म-समय में सूर्य-शनि-चन्द्र-मंगल — ये सब ग्रह पंचम स्थान में स्थित हों — उस शिशु की माता व भाई (सहोदर) की शीघ्र ही मृत्यु हो जाती है। यदि 1-8 भाव में मंगल पाप-युक्त या पाप-दृष्ट हो तथा कोई शुभ-ग्रह दृष्टि न करे — बालक के लिए मृत्युप्रद योग है।