Ascertain the 5th, the 8th as well as the 4th star from Janmarksha, i.e. the star occupied by the Moon at the time of a person's birth. Cycles of dasas are calculated from every one of these as the starting point. The dasa counted from the 5th is called Utpanna; that from the 8th, Adhana; that from the 4th, Kshema. If the dasas in these cycles have their ends tallying with each other or with the end of the dasa taken in the same order from Janmarksha, giving the same number of years, months, etc., it is a sign that the life of the person concerned is to end with the dasa. In the case of people endowed with short, long and medium lives, the demise will happen at the close of the 3rd, the 7th and the 5th dasa respectively.