As the effects of the twelve houses are judged from the Ascendant and the Moon, effects of the twelve houses and the various planets are judged in the same manner. Therefore the inauspicious places (houses) named as Kanina from the seven planets beginning from the Sun and the Ascendant (total 8) should be marked by dots (bindus) and auspicious places named as Sthan by small vertical lines (rekhas) and on the basis of their assessment should the judgment of the horoscope and predictions be made.

ज्ञात्वाऽदौ करणं स्थानं विन्दुरेखोपलक्षितम्‌ । कर्मेष्टकवर्गस्य वाच्यं स्पष्टफलं यथा । । 15 । । इसीलिए इन आठ राशियों के द्वारा संकेतित अशुभ व शुभ बिन्दु को विश्लेषित करके स्पष्ट रूप से फल कहना चाहिए । अशुभ फल को करण या बिन्दु (०) से और शुभ फल को खड़ी रेखा ( | ) से प्रकट किया जाएगा ।