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i Judgement

Longevity

By
D.P. Saxena, MA.

RANJAN PUBLICATIONS
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 Contents
Preface 4
Introduction 5
1. Correct Birth Time I
2. Arishtas and Arishta Bhangas 14
3. Divisions of Life 23
4. Death Inflicting Planets 31
5. AshtakaVarga 56
6. Other Methods of Ayurdaya 82
7. Pindayurdaya and Amsayurdaya 114
8. Novel Method of Determination of Longevity 729
9. Mathematical Methods and their applicability 133
10, Aeidents and the Unfortunate Events 139
ll. Epilogue 146
 Preface

There are persons who hate astrolory and have no faith in

it. There is no apprehension from such persons. They are in
the open field and can be dealt with. The greatest apprehen'
sion is from those who love astrolory and have great faith in
its predictions. The reason is that they make too heavy de-
mands on it to be easily satisfied. Longevity of human being is
one such subject. They will not be satisfied if they are merely
told that the particular person has a deerghaJruor a long life.
They want to have the answer in quantitative terms, pre-
cisely, in years, months and days etc. I am also one such
admirer. Being a serious student as well I worked on the
subject. The net result of my labours is presented to the
readers.
As an admirer of the scienceand its student I have always
been interested in taking it to as many peron as possible. I
have been for the purpose teaching this science under the
auspices of Delhi Chapter of Astro Scienes Research Institute
of India. As for writing a book on a subject like longevity
which is both difficult and vast I have to admit that the divine
grace of Gurudeva H. H. Swami Madhawanandji Maharaj
inspired me for it and the Invisible Hand of Lord Hanuman
did the job. I bow my head in reverence to the lotus feet of
Gurudeva and dedicate myself to the service of the Lord.
My sincere and unsolicited thanks go to Ranjan Publica'
tions who readily agreed to publish my work under their seal
and cover.
I am also indebted to Sh. S. C. Chaudhri who helped me in
a second reading with a view to edit it.

Sector-19/A-95 D. P. Saxena
NOIDA-2O1301
 Introduction

Determination of longevity of human beinp in exact and

precise terms of years, months and days etc., is a diffrcult task.
It is transgressing the Providential domain. As we are imper-
fect human beinp our methods can claim perfection, if at all
they do, only to a certain extent and nothing beyond that. The
masters had their way and the best way to reach some of their
heights is to follow their foot prints.
The sages tackled this question very competently and we
have no better alternative but to follow them most scrupu-
lously. They based all their conclusions on a comprehensive
study of the birth chart- To arrive at correct conclusions,
therefore; the first important thing is to judge the reliability of
the time of birth upon which the whole edifice of the chart has
been prepared. As it is not the purpose to show how the
rectification of the error in time oi'birth is made, we have
restricted ourselves only to check up the conectness of the
time of birth and not to indulge in its correction. The first
chapter deals very briefly with this subject. Three methods
have been explained here very briefly. The first is the easiest
method in the light of Ruling Planets advocated by very emi-
nent astrologer of our days, K. S. Krishnamurti. The second is
that of counting the constellations and checking up the posi-
tion of Moon. There is yet another method by which we check
the sex of the new c\omerand if it is the same as it should be
the time of birth gets confirmed.
It may be mentioned here very clearly that our sages
meant by life the yogajayu determined by various combina-
tions of planets called the yoga. Their judgement started with
the time of birth itself. In chapter 2 therefore the three types'
of arishtas known as Gandarishta, Tithi ganda and lagna
ganda, visha navamsasi, inauspicious muhurtas for the birth
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have been explained. Sadyo'arishta, arishtas, and yogarishtas

have been described briefly and the principles in the back-
ground explained. various flactors that nulliff the effects of
iUo.'" arishtas have also been refened to in the chapter'
There is a special emphasis on the study of childhood
period which ranges upto 12 years of age with minor adjust'
ments both wayJ because it is during this period that the
prospects of liG depend more c,n various external circum-
than on the blessinp or curse of the planets. In other
"t.rr"u"
words, the problem of early life was considered with reference
to Desh, Kala and Patra that is the country, period, and the
peison. chapter 3 deals with the claqsification of life into
1h""" compartments, namely, the alpayu, madhyamayu and
strength/weakness of
-houses tased on the study of the
poornayu
and planets. This has been followed by an attempt at
studying the various factors that prove deterrents to the pros-
pects of the continuitY.
In chapter 4 the principles relating to the study of the
birth charl have been explained. The good and bad planets
and houses, importance of nodes, variousyogas, importance of
drekkana.s and navamsas and the principle of Bhavadbhavam
etc. have been dealt with. various causes of death have been
studied. Transit systern, Pada rasis, the Upgrahas, Tara dasa
'system,
Spashta Deha, Spashta Mrityu and Spashta Jeeva
have also been included in the study.
Is is after confirmation in various ways that life would last
for some substantial period, atternpts were made about the
calculation of longevity mathematically in precise terms. Inall
there are 32 methods. All of them could not be included in this
book for reasons of space but the most important and popular
of them have found their place' Chapter 5 deals with ash-
takavarga system of calculations. Preparation of charts,
Ekadhipatya and Trikona Sodhanas. Mandal Sodhana, Rasi
and graha gunakaras have all been explained in detail with
.practlcal
'liotrs example Samudaya ashtakavarga and its calcula-
with practical illustrations have also been included. In
the end, a word about the circumstances under which Bhinna
 .7

ashtakvarga or the Samudaya ashtakvarga should be tried

and working out the dasa system has been explained'
Badrayan's horary system of calculating the longevity
with step by step considerations supported by practical calcu'
lations have been explained. The Rasmikayu calculations,
Bharanas and haranas, the nakshatrayu, Gauri Jataka and
Jaimini system have been included with practical illustra-
tions. They form the subject matter of chapter 6.
In Chapter 7 the Pindayurdaya and the Amsakayurdaya
methods have been discussed in detail and illustrated with
practical exarnples in each case.
Chapter 8 has been devoted to a new method of determin'
ing the longevity. Its separate treatment would indicate'its
importance. The method is really novel in the sense that I
have not found it in the classical books. It was found in the
book 'Span of Life' written by Sh. G. S. Rama Murthi. The
second edition of the book was published in 1971. Sh. Rama
Murthi has stated that this method is being practised success'
fully by one family of astrologers in the South. There are two
main merits of the method. The one great merit is that it is too
simple to be explained and practised. There are no ifs and
buts. The way it has been explained indicates that it is univer-
sally applicable. The other advantage is that it is very easy to
praciise without any mathematical calculations. As regards
its usefulness this author has very little to comment, as the
same has not so far been used by him. The ne,"sons for its
recommendation is that it takes into account the life fiactors
from various angles. The calculations are rnade ovr that basis
of four important fiactors which deal with life in its various
aspects. The lagna represents the native. The third house
indicates his prowess. The eighth house is for life itself accord-
ing to astrological prirrciples. The tenth house stands for kar-
masthana as well as the retirement from life. The readers are
requested to practise it thernselves and draw their own con-
clusion. It would be better if they could share their experi-
ences with others.
Chapter 9 deals with all the methodsof calculations oollec-
tively. Their practical utility has been discussed and various
 8

circumstances under whlch one or the other method can be

used has been explained. In short a comparative study of the
methods is the subject rnatter of the chapter.
In practical life of today it has been noticed that the
methods fail not so much on account of their own short com-
irrgs as due to the diffierences in the times then and now. The
etresses and hurdles on the way today are not only many in
number but also much deeper in intensity. The accidents
which take a heavy toll of hurnan life every now and then call
for a deeper study. Of course as human beinp we are quite
imperfect instruments to judge the ways of providence. We
can howerrer be more careful and cautious attempts. The extra
care that can be taken in judgement has been discussed and
explained to some extent in the chapter.
In the Epilogue the author has tried to cval.uate the vari-
ous methods by way of critical appreciation of the methods
and their practical utility. A word about what the author has
been doing in this respect has also been added by way of
advice. This may be followed or rejected lies within the discre-
tion of the readers.
#j
Chapter 1

Correct Birth fime

The basis of calculation of lonpvity, be it in mathematical

or general terms, is the plaaement of planets and the rising
sign as the ascendant or the lagna. For this it is very neees-
to check up the horoscope ilthe has been pr:PT*
methods "ame
may have to be applied in
"JV
*"loUV. The rectification
*rrr" The one thing that is abeoluteiy necessarf,/ i" F-ryt
"tl*".
a detailed chart prepar"a fo" the time of birth' It would be
l-to prearclions should
freferable to have a computerised-one. *Tewa" which shows the 12
L ventur'ed on the basis of the
rasis and the placement of the planets in it. From personal
e:rperience it can be said that the minimum requiremenF o.f t
*oik"bl" chart are the cusps of all houses and the longitudes
of the planets in degrees and minutes at least, if not in sec-
onds. After getting the chart in the way explained above there
are two shoit cuts to check the correctness. One way is to try
to check up a few events of the earlier life of the native. If the
same have taken place during the period indicated by the
chart it ean be preeumed that the chart is correct to a reason'
able degree th"t further predictions can be ventured
"tra
within certain limits of time. This is an eaqy method and can
be relied upon. No rectification need be undertaken. The other
method is itre method of Krishnamurti Padhdhati or K' P', as
it is pnerally called. In this sletem we ane guided by the
Ruling Planets of the moment.

The concept of Ruling Planets

Every moment of our life is governed by some or the-other
planets. hhe planets ruling at any particular moment of time
are the:
10 Judgement of Langeuity

l. Lagna rasi lord

2. Lagna cuspal lord
3. Moon sign lord
4. Moon's constellation lord ;
5. Lord ofthe week day.
An example will clarify the case.The time, day, date and
place for which the R. Ps. are required to be determined and
the horoscope to be checked is given below and the method
explained. The lagna cusp of the horoecope is I _ 2g".47,.

For determining the R. p.

17-8-1991;Time 16.09 Hrs. day Saturday and place New
Delhi.
The lagna on 17-8-Lgg1at 16.0g Hrs or I.S.T or IS.47.Sz
LMT at Delhi is calculated as under. Reference Tables of As-
cendants on Nirayan basis by N. C. Lahiri.
ST on 17-8-1900at 12-00 Noon (LMT) = 9 - 40 - 4g
17-8-1991at .10(-)
9-40-33
Time interval 3 - 4 7. 5 2 ( + )
lg - 28.25
Correction for Time interval 38 (+)
t3-29-03
Conection for Delhi B( + )
13-29-06
or' 13'29
Ascdt is g-ro.oo
Iongitude of Moon at 16.0gHrs. ? - ?. 46,
HenceAscdt sign lord is Jupiter
Ascdt. Constt. lord is Ventrs
Conzet Birth Time 1L

Moon sign lord is Mars

Moon Constt. lord is Jupiter
Day lord is Saturn
The Ascdt sign lord of the Chart is Venus.
Ascdt constt. lord of the chart is Mars.
The sign lord of the ascendant and the nakshatra lord
should be one of the Ruling Planets. Venus being the ascen-
dant lord of the chart is correct because it is also one of the
R. Ps. Mars the nakshatra lord being also one of the R. Ps. is
also conect. It would be a little more interesting to note that
the sub lord Mars is in Saturn star which is also one of the
ruling planets. If we wish to go into the calculations of sub-sub
lord he would also be one of the ruling planets at the time of
scrutiny. This appears to be the easiest method of checking
the chart. Generally the difference of time may not exceed
about 10 - 15 minutes. In that case the lagna cusp may be in
some other constellation which has to be moved to suit the
ruling planets and time adjusted according to the place of
birth. The following case was refened to the author in Janu-
ary 1991. Instead of checking the lagna at that time one
glaring fiact of life came to notice which was confirmed. The
glaring fact was that the native who at the time of consulta-
tion was past 48 years, should not have been married. The
horoscope of the native is reproduced below for readers'ex-
amination.

Sat (R) 16.58

Moon 8.25
Ascdt 29.47

Ketu 6.39 Jp (R)2.0s

Bah 6.39

Ven5,34 Merc28.*|
Sun4.33 Mars19.35

The subject is not marriage; hence how it was judged is

 t2 Judgement of Longeuity

not being dealt with here.

The other equally easy method is also explained. Conrrert
the time of birth into vighatis if it is given in ghatis. If the time
is given in LS.T. (Indian standard time) eonvert it into ghatis
and vighatis after sunrise and then corrvert them to vighatis.
Multiply the vighatis by 4 and divide the result by g. Take the
remainder and count asi many nakshatras from Aswini/
MaghaMoola as the remainder. This is according to the posi-
tion of Moon at the time of birth. If Moon has croesedAswini
but not Magha count from Aswini and check up whether Moon
is in the oorrect nakshatra in the chart. An example will make
it clear.
A child is born at 55143ghatis after sun rise. Each ghati
has 60 vighatis. Hence total vighatis are (60 x 55) + 43 = 8348.
This divided by nine gives a remainder 4. Moon is iri Leo at
. L4.2L. We therefore count 4 from Magha. We get Hasta the
nakshatra. In the case under reference Moon is in poorva
Phalguni. Thus the time of birth is doubtful. Rectification of
the chart is not the purpose here, hence the same has not been
explained.
In Uttar Kalamritam there is one quite interesting
method. Convert the ghatis into Vighatis and divide thern by
225. lf the remainder is between 0 and llb or 45 and g0 or 1b0
and225 the native shor:ld be male; otherwise a female. In the
above case the Vighatis are 3343. This divided by 22lleaves a
remainder 193. The remainder is between 1b0 and 225. The
birth therefore should be of a male child. The native is really
a male child. This one is too simple to be adopted. This shows
only the sex of the chitd. It does not confirm the time of the
birth. Unless there is some grave mistake of time the method
may not work. It has nothing to do with the actual time. It
deals with the period. Readers may be benefitted in predicting
the sex of the child just from the chart. The author does not
claim much of dependable experience on the subject. Research
is needed which some of the esteemedreaders may be inclined
to undertake.
There are other methods of checking the correctness of
time of birth. The one method is through the Ardhayamesh
Conect Birth Time 13

also. This is a long procss.The same is not being dealt with

here. Those who are interested may refer, for easy exposition
the book A5rurnlrnaya by Acharya Mukund with Hindi
commentary of Dr. Suresh Chandra Mishra.
 Chapter 2
Arishtas and Arishta-Bhangas
The longevity can be determined in many ways. They are
both astrologrcal and mathematical according to astrological
principles. It is however agreed to by the sages that the
mathematical calculation should not be undertaken before the
child attains at least the age of 12 years. It is believed that
death before or upto 4 years of age depends largely on the
oonstitution and the sins of omission and commission of
mother. Mother may be herself suffering from disease which
may hamper the growth of the child who lives on her milk and
prove fatal. The death between 4 years and eight years may
occur due to father's negligence or his bad karmas. It is not
easy to identiff the sins (bad karmas) of father but it can
easily be appreciated that the negligence or ignorance of fa-
ther can make or mar the longevity. When the child is suffer-
ing from chicken pox the father may consult the witch doctors
instead of medical oflicers, and be the cause of death of the
child. Competent medical officers may not be available which
may also cause death. The death between 8 and 12 years of
age is supposed to be due to the sins of child itself in his
previous birth. Whatever be the neasnnait is quite reasonable
to say that no assessment of life-span should be attempted
before the child attains a stage where he can look alter himself
at least to some extent.
In view of the considered views of sages and seer it is
propoeed to deal with the arishtas and the classs of life in thirs
chapter.
Life has been divided into three classes, namely the al-
payu or short life, madhyamayu or the medium life and
deerghayu or the long life. The appropriate period of alpayu is
 Arishtas and Arishta-Bhangas lb

32 years. The arishtas which may reduce this span have been
divided into three classes. They are saddyo aGhtu", arishta
yogas and yogarishtas. The saddyo arishtas give their results
promptly or, say, upto 8 years of age. The ar-irshtayogas do it
between the ages of g and 20 and the yogarishtas betieen the
ages 20_and30years. They are all, therefore, called the alpayu
yogas. In the sense of our modern divisions of life the sjddyo
arishtas may be calted the Balarishtas. They are of three
kinds namely the gandarishtas, the grabarishtas and pataki
vedha arishtas.

Gandarishtas
There are certain periods which are considered inauspi-
cious for any birth. They are called the gandarishtas. hhe
gandarishta.s are three in number viz the gandarishtas, tithi-
alisftas and lagna-gandas. Virtually they are only two. The
-gandarish-
third one the lagna-ganda is only an extension of
tas. .
There are se\En planets and two nodes. Each of them
rules orrer three constellations. The constellations of Mercrrry
and of Ketu are not judged auspicious for any birth. These are
Aswini, Mula, Maghq Aslesha,Jeyeshtha and Revati. If Moon
happens to be posited in any of these onstellations the new-
born is supposed to sufrer from the ill effects of gandarishta
widely known in the lay-man,s languap as gandalmoola. The
parents of the child born in gandarishta seek the advice of
astrologers regarding epecial poojas havanas and charity etc.
to be done to propitiate planets toavoid their displeas.tr"'. ttr"
learned Acharya Mukand has further sub-diviied the gan-
darishtas into three. They are the Dina-gandas or day ganias,
Ratri gandas or the
lSrt gpndas ana the Sandhi E""a*.
According to him the birth when Moon is in Mura ur" J"rr"-
is the dina-gandq that in the Aslesha ana Irragha is
ththa
Ratri-ganda and in Rerati and Aswini it is Sandhya g""a"

fithi ganda
The former arishtas were due to Moon's occ'pation of the
constellations. Tbis is about the births on certain-dates of the
16 Judgemc* of tnns*ity

lunar months.
The Hindu lunar month is divided into two fortnights
called the Sukla Paksha (the bright fortnight) and Krishna
Paksha (the dark fortnight). The period when Moon is increas-
ing is calledthe Sukla Paksha.The cuunting of days is 15 for
each instead of 30 straight-way. The first one ghati (24 min-
utes) of the first and the last one ghati of the last 15th date
forms Tithi ganda.In this way thele are three tithi gandasviz
the periods between the 15th and lst, 5th and 6th, and be-
tween the tenth and eleventh. They are all treated as
inauspicious. For academicpurposesonly these tithi gandas
have beenmentioned here. In fact all this is with reference to
Moon'sposition vis-a-vis Sun. The tithis in Hindu calender are
with-reference to Moon's position in relation to Sun and not
amrding to the number of days passed.

Lagna Ganda
As has already been stated earlier the lagna gandanta is
only an extension of the gandarishta. The constellations of
Ketu, it would be noted, fall in the beginningof Aries, Leo and
Sagittarius rasis and those of Mercury in the end of Cancer,
Scorpio and Pisces. If the lagna happ"ns to fall in the Sandhis
of these rasis the period of one ghati on both eides is called the
Lagna-gandanta. A great deal tras been said about them in
Muhurta Par[iata and Muhurta Martanda" It ie a point for
research whether they are inauspicious and if so to what
extent and why. Readers may have their own experiments
and conclusions. To the author they are not always bad. All
this depends upon the position of their lords in the chart.
It may be stated that in Hindu astrologr Sun, Moon and
the lagna are the three pillars of any birth chart. The auspi-
ciousness here is with reference to lagna and its onjunctions.
It is however for consideration here that only the coastel-
lations of Ketu and Mercury are considered evil. Why these
two have been singled out is a matter for research. So far as
the practical experience goes no star is universally good or
bad. It is his position in the horoscope that makes him thirs or
that. In the view of the author it is neessary to judge the
 tT
Arishtas ahd Arishto-Bhangas
pro'
position of Mercury and Ketu in the birth chart before
It is the constellation lord which
ffi;;;;il1"a-i-""t.
governElto a very gJ the fruits to be given by the
"*tent
planet tenenting the cnnstellation'
and 8
There is similar mis-conception about houses 6
however'
of ftoio"-p.. Both are treated "" "lt' The author'
i" of tfris view. They are bad when the affairs of lagna
are"ot under consideratiorrl Th"y are not bad for the affairs-of
example,
;ii th" houses. foi it affai; of 10th house, fior
ifr"y
"
rather auspicious. Eig\th lrouse of the chart is
"r" house, th" ho.t*" of the fulfillment of desires'
the llth
of the
for the affairs of tenth house, the house
p."f*"1"". Likewise the 6th houseis the 9th' for l0th house'
the author feels that Mercrrry and
In a gimil", -"on"i
Mars rnay be
Ketu should not be singled out for maltrcatment'
a greater evil.

Visha Navamsas or the Poisonous Navamsas

As someconstellations have been declaredinauspicious so

also some smaller portions have been clagsified as bad
'itt"y are rather worse than the
or inauspicious.
poison
inauspicious ones. They are termed as Visha or the
which are as under:
l.FirstnavamsaofAriee,Taunrs,VirgoandSagittarius'
2. Fifth navarnsaof Libra, Gemini, Leo and Aquariue'
3. Ninth navamsaof Cancer,Scorpio,Capricornand Pisces.
The ill effects of the navamsasare as under'
The navamsa of Sun is harmful to father, of Moon to
mother, of Mars to maternal uncle,of Saturnto brother'
of Mercury, Jupiter and Venus to the native himself'
For propet appreciation of the above observations it is
n""oory to a"aiy.e a few cases. For Aries and Sagittarius
the first NavamEtalord would be Mans. For Aries born the
Iagnegrr would be the 8th lord also and for sagittarius the
ifrft. notf, poeitions are inauspicious for the native. The first
navamsa tord for Virgoans and Taureans would be Saturn'
 tt"t't?,t\ud.gete'nt of Long euity
18 J

For Virgoans he will be the 6th lord. For Taureans the posi'
tion is not so. We have to take into consideration the constel'
lations involved. It would be the constellation of Sun who is a
great enemy of Satum. Similarly other positions can also be
examined. The fifth navamsa lord for C'emini, Libra and
Aquarius would be Saturn. He is 8th lord for Gemini, an<i
lagnesh and, 12th, lord for Aquarius. For Librans Saturn is
the yogakaraka being the 4th, and the 5th lord but the con-
stellation would be of Rahu who is a natural malefic.
Now there are certain yogas which may be classified as
Balarishta yogas. They are Yamaghantayoga and Kulika yo-
gas. The yamaghanta yoga is formed if:
' ,1. On Sunday Moon is in Magha,
od 2. On Monday Moon is in Vishakha
.t,:,rjl
.i,
. 3. On Tuesday Moon is in Aridra
WednesdayMoon is in Mula
.rl.Ot
" : i , , r j, . ,
': p;.' i.lt;t
5. On Thursday Moon is in Kritika
', . .,*i;l{':l
Friday Moon is in Rohini ;*fl,
ilj'0. O" '
"-:ij.lt);: ,i1,..
,' 7. On Saturday Moon is in Hasta
' Kulika yoga is the period that comes each day. It is one of
the inauspicious muhurta. If the dinaman4 (period between
sunrise and sunset) is divided by 15 we get one Muhurta-span
during the day and if Ratrimana (period between Sun-set
and Sun-rise is divided by 15 we get the duration of one
muhurta in the night. The inauspicious kulika muhurta is as
r'iir "-' ' 'r'lli
under:
'';"t;:i:t\ii[t " l"f'
Da.y Wek Ratri "
Muhurta doys ta, Muhurta
14th Sunday 13th
. ' ':r:
i., _ j.:J.:,,. .,;i
12th Monday llth
'it"::
10th Tuesday 916 'ertQ
Wednesday 7th ",
8th
6th ,;-;::. ,r,,,;'
Thursday ;r!: 5th,,6s s***rrll
ijij :' 8rd i r[*o$;rl';'
4th .'i'i.i. '
Friday ;
;tiir i,Ist :O[:S!{ttdFrtj
2nd Saturday
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Ari shtas and Ari shta-B hangas 19

The Kulika Muhurta is offset if the week day lord and

Moon are strong and if a benefic planet is pcsited in the lagna.
Apart from the above our sages have identified certain
sensitive points in the zodiac which are considered to be
inauspicious if Moon occupiesthose points at the time of birth
of the native. They are to be found in all the rasis. Their
degrees are however difrerent in each case.They are Aries 8',
Taurus 25" Gernini 22', Canrer 22';Lm 21"; Virgo 1'; Libra 4"
Scorpio 23"; Sagittarius 18", Capricorn 20" Aquarius 20' and
Pisces 10'.
i:.
After discussing various sensitive poinLs in the zodiac and
timinp of birth etc. consideredinauspicious it becomesneces-
sary to detail the planetary combinations called the yogas
which influence the life span of the individual.
Considering the spacr:available in the book it is not possible to
give all the yogas given by the sages. Those who are interested
are advised to consult the ciassical books on the subject. A ref-
erence to some of them is enough to explain various funda-
mental principles. .t )\j r-11i

It has been stated earlier that arishtas are in relation to

Lagna, Sun and Moon. In other words there are three cardinal
factors considered important in the a.*cessmentof longevity.
The liactorsthat afllict the lagna, Sun or Moon individually or
'severally will tell upon the life span of individual. The position
of planets that is 6/8 are detrimental. The 6/8 position means
one of the planet is in the 6th house and the other in the
8th house from each other. The other point that is detri-
mental to the afliairs of house concerned is the 12th house
from it. The following few yogas may be examined in this
background.
1. If Sun or Moon are afflicted in the lagna by Rahu or as-
sociated with Saturn and l{ars occupies the 8th house,
the mother and the child both die.
2. The malefics occupy 6th, 8th and the' lzth, houses
.er, without any benefic influences produce the same effect.
3. Mars in' the lagna or 8th house and SunMoon
20 Judgement of LongeuitY

afllicted by the effects of eclipse produce the same r-

sults.
4. Moon in the 7th or 8th house surrounded by the malefics
produce the above effects.
5. Malefics occupying 2nd, 6th, 8th and 12th houses form
the yoga of early death of the child. .
6. Lagna and 7th houses sandwiched between the malefics
bring about the results at 5 above.
?. Aflliction of Sun by Mars in the 7th house from Moon
bring about the demise of the child within one week of
the birth.
The yogas detailed above are rry few in number. They
have been detailed herejust to elaborate the points brought
out above. It may also be pointed out that the houses 2 and
seven are regarded as marakasthanas because 2nd is 12th to
the 3rd house and ?th is 12th to 8th - the two ayusthanasi or
the places indicating life/prowess of the native.
There are yogas which give death in the matter of days,
weeks, months and years. They are not being reproduced here
for obvious neasons.
As there are yogas for the arishtas there are yogas which
nulliff the effects of arishtas. They also need careful study be'
fore pronouncing any judgement on the basis of mere arishtas.
Jupiter is the greatest benefic planet of the solar system. His
auspicious position in the birth chart is an indication that the
native can tide over his bad period by proper remedial meas-
ures like bhakti (derotion), alms and charity etc. Some of the
arishta-bhanga yogas are detailed here only to underline
again the underlying principles.
'
1. Jupiter in lagna, Kendra (4th, ?th, or 10th houses) or
'
Trikonahouses (Sthand 9th) wards offall the lagnarish-
"
tas. This is doubly so if the rasis ocorpied by Jupiter are
his own (Sagittarius or Pisces) or that of hig exaltation
that is Cancer.
2. Any benefic planet in Kendra with Sun in the llth house
can ward off all the inauspiciousness of lagna.
.4rishtas ond Arishta-Bhangas )l

,, 3. If the malefic planets are in the vargas of benefic planets

: and are aspected by benefics who are strong and in the
vargas of benefic planets the misfortunes of lagnarishtas
are warded off. The vargas here mean the Navamsas.
, 4. All the arishtas are st at naught if all the benefics ar
posited in their vargottama navamsa (where the planet
occupies the same rasi in navamsa chart as he does in
the birth chart) and all the evil planets are in the rasis of
friends or benefics.
5. If any one of Mercury, Jupiter or Venus is strong and oc'
cupies Kendra and is unafflicted by aspect, coqjunction
or association of malefics all the arishtas are warded off.
On Saravali Mercury has been left off). In fact Mercury
becomes a benefic only when he is unafflicted.
6. If Mercury is posited in his moola trikona, or in his own
navamsa duly aspected by Venus the arishtas are
warded off. The same results follow if Mercury in the
lagna is aspected by Jupiter.
The yogas warding off the arishtas on account of Gan-
danta evils are grven below.
1. If Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are in 5th and 9th houses
from each other.
2. Ketu's occupation of 3rd, 6th, or llth house which hap-
pens to be Libra, Capricorn or Pisces is an important
anti-arishta.
9. Rahu's occupation of the 3rd, 6th, or l1th, house duly
aspected by the benefics produces the same resuJts.
4. Rahu's occupation ofAries, Taurus or Caner which hap-
pens to be the lagna of the native produces the same
results.
6. Saturn's occupation of ascendant, 3rd, 6th, or l1th house
which happens to be his own rasi or the rasi of his
exaltation or that of Jupiter produces the same results as
above
22 Judgem'ent of InngeuitY

6. In the case of night borns (between the period of Sun-set

and the followingSun rise) Moon's occupation of the 1lth
house is an auspicious augury' In the case of day borns
Venus, occupation ofKendra, Trikona or llth house pro-
duces the same results'
The various yogas that cancel the bad effects produced by
Moon's position.
1. Full Moon aspected by all the planets'
2. Moon in his highest position of exaltation duly aspected
by Venus.
3. Er.en a weak Moon posited in the navarnsastof benefic
planet and aspected'by the benefics is competent to pro-
duce the same resullt as ahove.
4. According to Saravali, and Kalyana Verma the occupa'
, tion of 6th, ?th and 8th house.sfrom Moon by the unaf-
,' fli"J"d benefies produces strong arishta-bhanga'
, , 6. I\[oon posited in the 6th or 8th house duly aspect$ b.y
benefi& (if birth is in bright fortnight) and by malefics (if
birth is in dark fortnight) is a strong antidote for all
arishtas.
These are some of the inauspicious yogas' The yogas
cancelling them have also been detailed. More can be had from
classical lexts or some of smaller books on the subject. The
purpose of repeatingsome of them is to underline their impor-
i.tr.u. Their i*po"tan* can never be over-emphasised when
subject under discussion is longevity.
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Divisions of Life
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In the foregoing pages the discussion was restricted to a
very short span of period called the childhcod days. In that
short space the inauspicious timinp of birth and sensitive
points in the zodiac affecting the life of the new born, and
some yogas nulliffing the arishtas were discu*sed in brief.
'The
childhood period is normally a part of alpayu which
extends upto the age of about 32 years. This division is just an
arbitrary division. In practice there may be a difference of 2-3
years both ways. The person living upto the age of 30 or 35
years will be supposed to have an alpayu or the short life' A
sepiilate treatment of the period of childhood has been glven
because the life during that period depends more upon the
external circumstances than the planetary combinations
called the yogas or other factors. Despite so many arishtas
present in the birth chart for the childhood days it has been
seen that child often does not even fall sick during the period
of arishtas. This is due to many factors. One of them is the
advancement of medical science. The chicken pox known till
the other day as a dreaded and fatal disease has now almost
been banished. Further, the high degree of health conscious-
ness of the general man ha,scontributed immensely to reduc'
ing the mortality rate. These days the illness is not supposed
to be a curse of some divine power. No ojhas (persons practis'
ing witchcraft) are invited to cure the sick child. These and
many other factors have often fought the divine curse of the
planets and achieved the ultimate victory. This was particu-
larly on this account that a special treatment 'Has given to the
childhood period. For further study it is necessary to have a
fresh outlook on the life span as a wholc.
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24 Judgement of LongeuitY

In the context of our study a brief reference to Ashtottari

and Vimsottari dasa system appears necessary' In terms of
Ashtottari dqsa the normal life of the individual is taken to be
108 years. In Virnsottari system it has been taken as 120
yearn. In fact none ofthe periods has beelr nearer to the actual
view of this position the long life is taken to mean 96
"prtt.In
yL** with marginal adjustments on both sides'
The life span of the individual is divided into three catego-
ries or classes namely the alpayu or the short life, madhyayu
or the medium life and deerghayu or the long life. The short
life or the alpayu runs upto the age of 32 years' There are
various planetary combinations which, other thinp remain-
ing the do not allow the longevity to go beyond 32 years'
The factors that attempt to cut short the life are known as
""-",
arishta.s and those that nulliff their effects aI known as
arishta bhangas. In judging the life span both of them need a
careful study. In the classical texts one can come across yogas
which fix upthe life span too precisely in mathematical terms.
There *"" yog* which limit the longwity ta 22 yearc or 30
required in the work
-nor nre stuay of such yogas is neither
years.
desirable also. It is not advisable to determine the longev-
ity in absolute terms on the basis of the yogas' An approxi-
mate idea to a certain degree of reasonable accuracy is what is
sought for here. Some of the important yogas for the alpayu
are detailed here.
1. Second lord in 9th house, Jupiter and Venus in llth and
Saturn in ?th house.
2. Mars in the ?th house, Venus in 8th and Sun in 9th
house.
3. Saturn in the 7th house and Sun in the 4th.
4. Malefics in the Kendras without any benefic influences
on them and the ascendant lord weak.
5. Out gf the three important planets that is the 8th lord,
10th iord and ascendant lord only one is strong and the
other two weak.
6. If all the planets are posited in the houses I to 12.
 Diuisions of Life 25

In respect of the yogas refened to above the main consid'

eration has been of the lagna and of the death inflicting
planets. The planets in the houses 2 and 7 and the lords of
these houses are the maraka planets. The same thing should
be studied with reference to the ascendant lord, 8th lord, 10th
lord and Saturn the ayush karaka planets. Other combina-
tions for alpayu are as under:
1. The ascendant lord is an enemy of Sun and is posited in
the house of his enemy.
2. An the planets occupy houses I ta 12.
3. Moon is weak in the chart and Jupiter and Venus occupy
lagna and Mars and Saturn occupy the bth house..
4. Saturn in Aries (debilitated ayush karaka), Mercury in
' Taurus, Sun in Taurus/Virgo/ Aquarius and the 8th
house occupied by a nalefic.
6. The 8th lord in kendra, Jupiter and Sun in lagna (if the
lagna happens to be Cancer).
6. Jupiter in lagna and Moon with Rahu in the 7th or 8th
house.
?. The 8th lord in kendra or the 12th house from lagna or
Moon.
In the Prasna Marga some more combinationsl are grven
which cause alpayu yogas. Some of them are:
1. Weak lagna lord and weak Moon.
2. Lagpa and Moon having malefic aspects over them.
8. Lagna and Moon being associated with malefics.
4. Combust lords of lagna and rasi.
6. Solar or lunar eclipse at the time of birth
6. Moon in the 8th house.
?. Kendras, ttikonas and the 8th house ocnrpied by
malefics.
 Judgement of l-ongeuitY
,26
There are many other yogas which indicate a short span.
Normally the alpayu means the age upto 32 years. This is so
only in normal cases which generally do not obtain in practical
life. This is only an approxirnation. Some marginal adjust-
ments both ways may be required. In fact a very careful study
of the factors affecting the life both by increasing it and by
,decreasing it is necessary. The study of planetary strength is
also equally important.
The higher and lower limits of madhyayu are 64 and 32
years. As it is with the alpayu here also the minor adjust-
ments are necessary. The persons enjoyrng the span of 50 and
70 years shall both be considered to be having a madhyamayu.
There are yogas for the madhyamayu also. The principles
governing the madhyamayu are the same as for alpayu. The
Sun, Moon and the lagna are given maximum importance and
the rnutual relationships of tlrem as a result of their place-
ments with reference to each other are studied. Some points in
the zodiac are declared inauspicious and the lagna rising at
those places is treated as undesirable for purposes of long
span. Some portions of the constellations are also found not
conducive to the long span of life. In the madhyamayu also
almost the same principles are observed with some difference.
It was the cusp of the lagna which was given special attention
to these. Here the exarnination is of the lagna as a whole.
Saturn being the ayush karaka holds the same important
position in the consideration of Madhyamayu as it did in the
alpayu. The 8th house and the 8th lord get the sarne impor-
tance. .r! i, j:r .
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Some guiding principlee for determining the strength of

houses have been laid down in the Prasna Marga.They are
weakif: :!... .!,,,
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1. Their lords are weak. rii, iil"l'.
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2. They are occupied by malefics. ,'.. , ii;:;il.

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3. They are aspected by malefics. : .{'t

4. They are hemmed between the maleficq. ' ','i ,

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Diuisions of Life , :,,, 27

5. Evil influence of the badhakadhipaties

6. Involved in malefic yogas, and
7. Not being aspected by their lords.
The flactors opposite to the above indicate the strength of
the houses.
'
A" it is for the houses so also it is for the planets. The
Lstrength
'necessarily.of the planets here does not signiff the shadbala
For his strength the planet should not be aspected
by or associated with malefics; should not be hemmed between
them or in their rasis or navamsas. The planet should not be
placed in an evil house and he should be posited in his own
iasi, rasi of exaltation or his friend's rasi or navamsa or his
rasi of e:<altation.
ii
Some of the important yogas indicating madhyamayu are
glven below. The same cautions as were observed in the
judgement of alpayu are to be observed here. The favourable
and the unfavourable yogas or arishtas should be noted along-
with the arishta-bhangas, their comparative strengths and
weaknesses assessed and suitable adjustments made in the
maximum life span of the native.
1. If malefrcs oct'upy houses 2,3,4,5,8 and 11-
'2. If weak Jupiter owns the lagna and malefics occupy ken-
i.r,j, dras, trines and houses 6,8 and 12.
3. If a benefic is in kendray'trine, powerful Saturn in 6th
,r, and/or a malefic in 8th house.
4. If the trines and kendras are occupied both by benefics &

6. Weak lagna lord, Jupiter in Kendray'trine hou'qes and

malefics in 6th 8th and 12th houses.
''"6.
For day borns if malefics occupy 8th house from Moon.
7. It any of the three lords - lords of lagna, 8th and 10th
houses - is weak.
Besides the above yogas there are certain combinations
which limit the life to certain specifrc number of years within
28 Judgement of Longeuity

the span of middle life. All those can be treated as yogas for
middle life.
1. If a benefic ir, his own sign aspects the 8th house the life
span may be 10 years or 40years.
2. If a powerful benefic planet occupies a quadrant and
Mercury also occupies a quadrant which happens to be
his own house/friends'house/his house of exaltation with
Moon in the 7th aspected by Jupiter the native will have
50 years ofage.
3. Mercury, in 4th or 10th house, Moon in lagna, 8th or
12th house and Jupiter and Venus posited in any one
house together the native may have 50 years of age.
4. Sun in association with malefics occupies the lagna,
Moon in 10th, and Jupiter in the kendra, the native gets
an age ofabout 55 years.
5. Venus in lagna, Jupiter in kendra, and Saturn in 9th
house. The native enjoys an age of63 years.
6. From lagna to the 4th house, if any one of the houses is
occupied by four pianets the person enjoys 61. years of
age.
7. The person gets 60 years of ap if the lagna or any of the
kendra houses is occupied by Jupiter and Venus and
there is one planet in the fourth house.
8. Venus in lagna, Jupiter in the quadrant and Saturn in
9th. The native gets 63 years of age.
iikewise many yogas indicating long life may be quoted
here. Before such yogas are reproduced it may be clarified
that the long life extends upto 96 years. With suitable adjust-
ments of the strengths of yogas, of the planets and of the
houses the maximum limit can be stretched upto 108 years.
Persons have been seen living beyond this span also. There
may be some who may cross even the limit of 120 years. The
sages are reported to be living those ages and beyond in nor-
mal course. Their longevity comes under amityu yoga, Muni
Diuisions of Life 29

Tulya (like a saint) 8yu yogas and Indra Pada yogas. It is not
considered necessary to deal with them because such long
spans of life are not a normal feature in the days we are all
lMng. They are something abnormal and exceptional for us'
We witt inciude them all in long life or deerghayu' The Jataka
Tatva mentions the following combinations for long life'
1. If Moon is in 5th house, Jupiter in trine position and
Mars in the 10th house.
2. If the 8th lord who happens to be a malefic or Saturn
occupy 8th house.
3. If the lord of 8th house is in his own sign or'Saturn
occupies the eighth house.
4. If Saturn occupies the 5th house which happens totl6 his
own house or house of his e:raltation.
5. If the lords of 6th and 12th houses are pcited in lagna or
ifthe lord of lagna or of 10th house oocupies a quadrant'
6. (a) If the 10th lord is in 5th house;
(b) If the lord of 8th house is exalted;
(c) Ifbenefics occupy the quadrants.

?. When Saturn is associated in the kendra with lords of

10th, 8th and the lagna.
8. Lord of8th house posited in the lagna and aspected by
Jupiter or Venus.
9. Jupiter & Venus posited in quadrants.
In the Prasna Marga also there are some yogtss indicating
long life. Some of them are given here for the benefit of read-
ers.
1. Lagna and Moon should be strong.
2. Lagnalord and the lord of Moon sign should have benefic
aspects on or association of benefic planets with them.
3. Jupiter posited in lagna.
30 Jud,gem.entof Longeuity
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4. Guruchandrayogain iagna. ,,;t': t -,, ,.,,
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, 5. Strong lagna lord in the quadrant. )ii r, {,r e}i[ Jo a:;i
6. Lagna lord and the Bth lord together in any houee.
It may be noted that the above statements are all general
statements which are helpful to prolonging the life span but
being too general need very careful study. No pronouncement
of the span of life should be made upon them.

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Death Inflicting Ptanets

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liongevity is a very vast subject. Life span is not only the

span that the planets grant. It is also affected by the circum-
stances that put an end to it. As the planets grant life so also
there may be the planets which not only affect life but directly
put a stop to it. Such planets may be called the killing planets
or the death-inflicting planets known as the marakeshas in
the technical vocabulary here.
The discussion has so far been about the fiactors causing
life and sustaining it. Various Sadhaka and Badhaka factors
were studied. Sadhaka factors prornote the prospects of life.
The Badhaka ones may be taken as deterrents to sadhaka
factors. The same question of life can be studied fnom an other
point of view. An attempt to identiff the planets who can
possibly cause a cessation of life or bring about the death will
also be equally important. Any measure of suocess in this
attempt would also be rewarding. We know the time of birth
and date of birth etc., when the horoscops is produced for
judgement. If by any device we can find out the probable date
and time etc., of death our problem is solved. The longevity,
after all, is nothing but the period intervening between the
birth and death. In this chapter the problem shall be analysed
from this point ot' view. The death inflicting planets will be
identified for the purpose.
.i: No particular planet is universally bad or good. It is only
its placement in the birth chart that makes him so. The rank
malefic planet like Saturn has been seen as the most benefic
for some natives and it may look stranp but true that the
same rank malefic is considered to be the karaka or the
significator of life. The most benefic planet of the solar s5retem,
32 Jrtdgemcnt of I'ongeuitY

Jupiter, is not credited with this dignity when the question of

life span is considered.
In order to identiff the death inflicting planet it is neces"
sary to identi$ the evil house of the horoscope from the point
of view of life because it is the place of the planet that makes
him dreaded or the dearest Planet.
Lagna or the ascendant in the chart represents the physi'
cal body of thd native, his general health and immunity or
otherwise to diseases. Any house detrimental to Lagna may, if
not must,prorre detrimental to the eontinuan@ or sustenance
of the physical body. Chandra lagna or the sign where lVloon is
posited at the time of birth also gets the same importanoe ast
ihe lagna. Twelfth house to any house is always detrimental
to the affairs of the latter aecording to astrological principles.
As lagna and the Moon sign in the birth chart stand for
physical existence, house 8 stands for the life of the individual.
Eighth house to 8th is the third house which also gets the
same importance because it stands for Prakrama or the prow-
ess of the natirrc. Any deterrent to 3rd house would be fiatal to
the native in the same way ae it would be for the 8th house.
For the consideration of life therefore the important houses to
bejudged are the lagna, the Chandra lagna, the 8th house and
the 8rd house. The detrimental house will be 12th house from
these houss. The twelfth house for lagna is the 12th house of
the chart and lfth to 8th and 3rd houses will be ?th and 2nd
houses of the chart respectirrely. The lfth house to Moon sign
can be determined by finding out the house from the as@n-
dant where Moon was posited at the time of birth. In short the
evil houses from the point of view of longevity would be the
houses, 2,7 and 12 from the ascendant and the Moon. The
planets associated with these houses in any manner are po-
tent malefics. Here one thing that is to be kept in mind is that
the lagnesh or the lord of the ascendant should always be
treated as benefic unless very badly afiicted. For the Capri-
cprnians Saturn is the lagnesh as well as the 2nd lord or the
marakesh and the death inflicting planet. Despite his lordship
of the 2nd house he will generally remain a benefic unless he
is afilicted by other planets. Similar is the case with Venus'
Death Infl.icting Platwts 33

For the Taureans Venus is the lagpa lord as well as the

seventh lord and therefore the marakesh. Unless he is af-
flicted by virtue of his occupation or association etc., he will
prove a benefic. Having identi{ied the houses the study can
proceed further.
Apart from the evil houses and the association or connec-
tion of the planets with them Saturn being the anrsh karaka
has also an important part to play in the question of life and
death.
The important evil combinations are girn:n below.
L. The eighth lord posited in the houses 6, 8 or 12 becomes
a potent maraka. Death may oocur in major or minor pe-
riod of this lord.
2. The lord of sign occupied by Saturn also becomes a mar-
aka. Death may oome about in the main or minor period
of 8th lord.
3. The planet onjoining the eighth lord also trecomes a
maraka planet. The death may ocur in the concurrent
periods of the two planets.
4. Lord of 8th house from MoonA,agna occupying the 8th
house and aspecting lagna or Moon. The period of both
8th lords are bad.
5. Lagna lord occupying an evil house in conjunction or
association with Rahufi(etu becomee a death inflicting
planet himself.
There are many other situations where the 8th lord and
lagnesh turn to be maraka grahas.The main points to under-
stand and remember are:
1. The planets concerned with the maintenance of life do
turn malefics by their plaaements in the evil houses.
2. The sign lords of evil houses are sometimes the potent
death inflicting planets and the planets connected with
these planets also become malefics to the extent of
becoming the death inflicting planets.
In effect there are many death inflicting planets. In some
34 Judgement of Longeui$

cases all the planets and nodes become marakeshas. Some of

them may become so by virtue of occupations of evil houses,
others by virtue of lordship of these houses and still others
by conjunction or associations. In such cases the actual
marakesh has to be determined on the basis of relative
strength of planets which again needs a careful study'
Normally the lagna lord is always benefic. If he occupies the
lagna and obtains the dignity of exaltation etc., he becomes
very powerful. If he happens to be comparatively weaker than
the81h lord, the later in his minor periods will cause illness
and death in his major Period.
Besides the above there are some mone yogas which may
be noted here.
1. Ifthe lord ofthe lagna and the 8th house occupy houses
LlLl\fl 19 or 10 alongwith some other planet the death
occurs in the Paka period of the planet occupying the 8th
house.
2. If the 8th lord is weak and occupies any of the trine or
quadrant houses along with some other planet the death
takes place in the period of 8th lord.
3. If Saturn occupies the lagna or the 8th house it may be
the period of Saturn - major or minor-when death oc-
curst.
4. The lords of lst and 2nd house, if occupying movable
sigrrs, give death in their own periods.
6. The conclusions may be drawn from Ashtaka Varga also.
The classical writers have identified the evil periods on
the basis of birth constellations or the Janma Nakshatras as
well as the rasis in the lagna.
It may be pointed out here that despite all the exencise at
the identification of maraka planets it has not been possible to
determine the importance of each planet as a maraka graha.
The yogas simply tell us the nature of planets, that is the
planets who can as well play the part of marakas. Who are the
most pctent of them to do the work remains still to be identi-
fied. It would be better if some sort of classification is made of :
Death Inflicting Planets 35
all the maraka planets and on that basis identification of the
vilest and worst malefic can fruitfully be attempted.
It has been said earlier that houses 1, 8 and 3 are impor'
tant for the existence ofthe native and 12th house ofeach of
them is the deterring house for the fulfillment of the objective
of the house. This is to say that if the houses 1,8, and 3 refer
to life, their 12th houses refer to be the maraka houses. The
lords of these maraka houses, their occupants and the planets
connected with them become the death inflicting planets.
There may also be some other planets who may not be directly
connected with these maraka planets or the houses, yet may
appropriate to themselves the responsibility of marakeshas.
Such planets, if planets they can be called, are Rahu and
Ketu. They easily deputise for the planets associated with
them in the same house, for the planets who aspect them, for
the planets whose constellations they tenant and finally for
the planet who is the lord of their tenanted rasi. All these
death inflicting planets can be grouped in three categories
namely the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. The second and
?th lords are the death inflicting planets. The occupants of
these houses are also classified as death inflicting planets.
Planets conjoined with the above two lords also become the
maraka planets. In some cases the lords of the 3rd, 6th and
8th houses are also the killing planets and also the aspecting
planets some times assume this responsibility. Lords of the
22nd drekkana and 64th Navamsa occupied by Moon can also
be clubbed together with the maraka planets. In the face of so
many planets and sometimes almost all the planets it is nec-
essary to classi$ them as Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
death inflicting planets in accordance with their power to
perform the unfortunate act.
The most important are the planetsoccupyingthd 2nd and
7th house. They are the primary death inflicting planets. The
occupants are stronger than the lords. Amonpt the occupants
the malefics are stronger than the benefics. In the last
amonpt the Primary death inflicting planets come the lords of
these two houses, that is, of 2nd and 7th and the planets
conjoined with them.
Amonpt the secondary planets are included the benefic
planets occupying the 2nd and 7th houses. The lords of 3rd
36 Judgementof LongeuitY

andSthhouses,calledthehousesoflife,alsobecomethemar
akas if they are associatedwith 2nd and ?th lords'
In the list of tertiary maraka planets can be included
of the
Saturn the ayush karaka if he is connectedwith any
and the lords of the 6th or the
marakas of the abovetwo types
gtu ana houses.Last of atiis ttre weakest planet in the horo-
of 64th navamsa occu-
scppe,lords of the 22nd drekkana and
the planets most afnicted by
;i; by Moon. Amongst them all death' Which
;p""i conjunction *ita/ot associationcan cause
pf"""t! wiit ao the work will dependupon their powerof death
infliction to be judged judiciously'
JVIrs'
The case can better be e:rplained by an example'
examination here'
Indira Gandhi's horoscope is taken up for
The first problem here is to
determine whether her life
falls in short, middle or long
life category. Exact Yogas
may not be available every-
whLre but on the basis of
principles outlined an idea
can be had. In this case la'
8\ gna is afllicted as the rank
Sun malefic Saturn occuPiesit. It
Merc
/g\ is also hemmedbetween two
Ven other maleficsand Ketu. The
Flahu lagna lord is Moon who is
not only in the rasi of his
enemy but also aspectedpowerfully by the marakesh Saturn'
Mer'
Fifth house is occupiedUy Sun the marakesh and also by
trr, 3rd and- 12th lord. under such circumstances it
""ry
*oita not be diffrcult to conclude that Mrs. Indira Crandhi had
;h" ;ip;y" yoga.It is everybody's-knowledge that the yoga.did
not fructiry. Tlis wasbecau.e of the powerful aspectof J-upiter
;; th" ma?akesh Sun and his associate the Merqrry the 3rd

ott ttt*tt, the lagna lord. This made her survive the alpayu'
"',arztnlordofMrs.Gandhi.Jupiteralsohasaspecialaspect
The exact yogas may not be available but the spirit of tfem
of a long
Sriieirs. Guru Chandrayoga^isan indication
"-fro"ia
life. Heie Jupiter aspects the Moon. On account of this aspect
Death Inftictittg Planets 37
of Jupiter Moon can be treated as strong lagnesh aspecting
the lagna. The third factor indicating long life is that the
lagna lord and the eighth lord should notbe in the same house
together. In this case both may not be in the same house but
their mutual direct aspect may be taken to mean to have the
same effect. Thus there are indications that the span of life
may be classified as long life. Here it may be pointed that the
factors indicating the spa.nare not very powerful. After mak'
ing some adjustments towards the lower side it can safely be
said that she would at least live upto the upper limit of the
madhyamayu. After determining the approximate span of life
an attempt has to be made for determining the death inflect-
ing planets.

Prinary Marakas
Second and 7th houses are the maraka houses. Their
occupants and lords have to be taken. They are Sun
and Salurn, Mars by virtue of his occupation of the 2nd house
and Mercury due to his association with Sun the marakesh
has also to be included. Saturn is an ayush karaka
planet turned a maraka by being the lord of 7th house. Moon
as a lagna lord in the 7th may not be a very great maraka
planet particularly when aspectud by Jupiter the 9th lord.
Being the 6th Iord also simultaneously Jupiter is not wholly
benefic.
Amonpt the Primary Marakas are Saturn Sun and Mars.
Then there are Venus, Rahu, Jupiter and Mercury. Here
Saturn is most important because he is the 7th lord (maraka)
and 8th lord posited in lagna without any benefic aspect
except that of Moon. Next in importance areVenus and Rahu
as occupants of 6th house, and Jupiter as lord. Nodes are mone
powerful than the planets. We get on that basis Rahu at num-
ber 2. Actually she was murdered during the mahadasa of
Saturn and Bhukti ofRahu.
, This is one way of finding the span of life of the individual.
In the first place determine the class of life, determine the
paraka planets that will cause death near about the period of
life determined by the yogas.
88 Judgernent of I'ongeuitY

Heretheauthorwishestosaysomethingofhisowne.xpe-
of life and the
ri"rr." ,"gt"ding the determinatibn of the class
alt"t-itt""tion if the maraka planets in order of their
method or
strength. Readers are free to accept or reject the
have their own exprience.
same
The stress is not on the ascendant, because the
this period
ascendant continues for about two hours' During
the fastest
lhe position does not change substantially' Even
Moondoesnotchange*.r"h'Ifascendantistakenintoconsid-
same place
eration it has to be iccepted that the births at the
type of
within a difference of two hourrs shall have the same
lifeandthesametypeofeventsshallbewitnessed.E:rperi-
;;;il" that it is not so. This is not so because the cusp of
The constel-
the ascendant changes every four minutes or so'
minor stars coming into
lation may remaitt Itt" o*" but the
well be understood by the
operation ao change. This can very
Rohini
piliti"" of Moon. II" *ry remain_in the constellation
b"
Lut a little shift forward will tell us which planet TJl
time of birth
running its sub'period or minor period at the
a"ii"gift" mahadasa of Moon. The same position can be
and
adopted in respect ofall the other planets and the lagna
the difference noted.
the
Ascendant stands for the native and the cusp explaing
the places
general nature of him or her' Imagining Moon in all
if planets and the various houses the position of constellation
that.of
lords whose major period is under operation and
period shall be operative makes the
sub-lord whose minor
difference. For finding out the elass of life, alpayu'
-"afty"ot"yu or deerghayu the study of the constellation
andsublordis''*"""'"y.Ithastobeseeninwhoseconstella.
tionthecuspalconstellationlordandsublordareposited'By
of
way of an e-xample, cusp of the ascendant has a longitude
rzs.go.HadMoonueeninthispositionitwouldhavebeen
saidthatth."natilrenrnsthesub.periodofSuninthemajor
dnd su! lord of the ascendant
Groa of Ketu. The cuspal lord
in this case are Ketu and sun. The sub lord of the ascendant
cuspisthedecidingfactorintheassessmentoflife'Following
rules may be noted.
 39
Deoth Inflietin'g Planets
1. Ifthe sub lord ofthe ascdt. cusp is posited in the star of
' a planet occupying the badhakasthana or the marakast-
hana and is tl* *tttt*ted with houses 6th, 8th, or 12th
the life can be treated as short.
t
Fo" fixed houses that is Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquar-
iusthegthhouseisabadhakasthana'Henceonlyinsuch
cases the indication would be a short life'
2. If the sublord of the lagna cusp is in the star of the planet
occupying the lst, 5th, fth and 10th or owning these
houses the life is long.
3. If the lagna cusp sub lord signifies both benefic and
malefichousesthespanoflifeshouldbeconsideredas
Madhya or middle life.
The above rules are simple and easy to apply' The position
will be clear by the example of Mrs Indira Gandhi's horoscope.
Details of longitude have to be noted which are as under:
AscdFCanet 27' 21', Sun-Vrischik 4'08, Moon-Capri'
corn 5.37; Mars-Leo 16.23; Mercury-scorpio 13'15;
Jupiter-Taurus 15.01; Venus--'sagittarius 21'00; Saturn-
Cancer 21.47; Rahu-sagittarius 10.33; Ketu-Gemini L0'33'
The lagna cusp falls in the constellation of Mercury and sub of
Jupite;. ThusJupiter is the sub lord of the lagna cusp' At
fS.Of fre is posited in the constellation of Mmn' He is the
'/th house
lagna lord and as such a benefic. By occupying the
ne rras assumed'the responsibilities of the marakesh also.
Hence he is a malefic. Thus the sub-lord of the cusp, Jupiter is
concerned with both benefic and malefic houses. He himself is
the lord of 9th house a benefic. According to rule 3 Indira
Gandhi was ordained a middle life which is arrived at above
through detailed examination of yogas.
For purposes of signiSing the results of various houses
following principles have to be noted. They are:
1. The occupa.nts of the houses are stronger to offer the
result ofthe houses they occupy than the lords ofthqse
houses.
,m Judgement of Longeuity

2. The planels in the constellation of the occupants are

stronpr than the occupants to offer the results of those
houses.
3. The planets in the constellation of the lords of the houses
are stronger to offer l,he results of the lrouses than the
lords.
4. Nodes. if in any way oonnected with houses are the
, strr:ngest of all to offer the results. Their order of offering
results is like this in the descending order.

, (a) Nodes give the resuits of planets conjoined with them.

(b) Nodes give the results of the planets aspee,tingthem;
and
(c) Nodes give the result of the lord of the house they are
posited in.
In respect of the death infticting nature following rules
applv.
(a) Badhakasthanas, their occuparrts and the lords are the
worst tnalefics, worst than the maraka planets.
ft) The occupants and the lord of ?th house come next in
power to do the job.
(c) The occupants and the lorcl of 2nd house have less po-
tenry than the planets at O) above.
(d) The occupants and the lord of6th,8th and 12th houses
are the least powerful of all.
After assessi.ngthe span of iife the next step is tojudge the
death infticting planets operating near about the period of her
life span.
I{er la.gna is Cancer, a movable sign. Its badhakasthana is
llth from it which is Taurus. Jupiter occupies Taurus' I'Ie
also signifies the afftrirs of 10th house, the karmasthana.
Being the 6th lord he is already a malefic. Being in the star
of Moon who occupies the ?th house Jupiter becomes a
potent malefic. There is no planet in any of the three
constellations of J'upiter. Next, to Jupiter in power comes
Death Infl.icting Ploruts 4l

Venus,tt" 5"6|ukedhipati. He is in his own nakshatra and

hence very strong. Mars is also in Venus constellation. He is
not a-qgreat a malefic because by being in the constellation of
Venus he will offer more predominantly the results of the
house occupied by his star lord. Thus Jupiter and Venus are in
the list of worst malefics.
Next in order is the 7th, house. Moon though in Capricorn,
does not occupy the ?th house because, its longitude is27.2l-
Hence there is no octupant of ?th house. Saturn is its lord.
Sun and Mercury are in his constellations' Here Mercury is
posited in Scorpio with Sun the second lord, and he is also
aspected by his star lord technically posited in the 12th bhava.
Sun being the 2nd lord comes as the least malefic. In the
descending order we have Jupiter, Venus, Mercury Saturn
and Sun. Here Rahu occupies one of the houses of Jupiter and
is also associated with Venus. Hence Rahu becomes mol
powerful than Venus and Jupiter and therefore replaces both.
Mrs Indira Gandhi was murdered when she was running the
dasa of Saturn and Rahu.
The intention of introducing this systern which is known
as Krishnamurti Padhdhati or merely K. P. is just to get
the new students acquainted with it and leave it for them to
follow or not to follow. They may like to draw their own
conclusions.
The discussion so far has been about the death inflicting
planets. We may do better if rve can at any time identiff all
such planets - potent as well as probable.
1. The planet posited in the 8th house can cause death. If
there ar'e more than one planet the strongest of them
gets this trrcwer.
2. The planet aspecting the eighth house can also cause
death.
3. The drekkana of eighth house is al-qoimportant.
4. The navamsa of 8th hous is also an indicator of the
mishap.
42 Judgement of LongeuitY

5. The planet in exaltation in the 8th house'

navamsa of
6. If the planet posited in the 8th houseis in the
the sign of his exaltation or his friend's rasi'

?. The planet who is vargottam in 8th house'

We can as well consider here the chances of accidental
deaths revmled bY the Yogas'
many other
L. If the lagna lord is with the 8th lord and
the native' The
planets many persons aie a,ton-S.with
positd in 8th house
Lme results foliow if the 8th lord is
alongwith many other Planets'
the fourth
2. If Mars occupiesthe 10th house and Saturn
one death may occur bY accident'
house the
3. If Saturn, Mars antl Rahu occupy the 8th
death maYbe bY acci'dent'
Moon in
4. Mars in 6th or 12th house,Saturn in 8th and
houses 6lSlt2the personmeetsan unnatural death'
starting
Divide the zodiacinto 3 parts of 4 rasis each'The
rasi' In other words
point of the first part *ould be the lagna
lagna as the first
iutr"t i" meant isihe first four housesfrom
eighth house the
p"ii, tft" next four houses namely bth to
last part. If
il;a part and the remaining four houses the
planet occupiesany of these three groups
*"iV*alefic
enough to
*ilnoot any benefic influence, he becomespotent
""v
be-
death in his period. The planet in the rasi sandhi
difference
stows illness, sotrow and pain' Here there is some
"".r=.
feel that it happens only
of opinion. Someeminent astrologers
and reached the last
,"tren the planet is retrograde in motion
degreeof the rasi at the time of birth'
the bth
In Jataka Pariiat the learned author says tlat if
of Jupiter, 4th of Saturn or ?th
dasa from birth is lf M"t", 6th
of Rahu death takes place in that period'
Vim-
Maharishi Parasar has talked of Tara dasa' The first
As there
sottari dasa from birth is called the frst tara dasa'
system there are nine tana
are nine dasas in the Vimsottari
 43
Death Inftiaing Plonets
of
he has indicated the nature
dasas also. For each dasa (1) tara (2) Sam'
ihw are ianma
results by their "";;"-* p""tv""i (?)Vedha
x"tt"il" Ol <oisaanau'
-(e) (3)Vipat tai
pati
irt"ir ingJish equival^ents -w 'F
I\litr. and (9)"ti-iti'it evil) 2' Prosperity
1. Birth star (which^i"gt*tdfy *""!agt"O Helptul T' Obstruction
6'
3. Danger+. rtvot'""uiJi'i"irrri*f onthebasisof thesenine
is
8. Friendlyand9' Veryfienaly' It identiff ltre uesJdt-v:ot
cla.ssificationsthat ;;G;t9g"T
of birth star is on the
some important tfrinp'betermination Punarvasube the star
caseif
basis of Moor,.l" "'itipotft*i""f jl1ma nakshatra becomes
where Moon *"t *-"fu, the
to be started the
Punarvasu. Ir .ome'glcJiindertaking.ha's Moon is in Swati
gentleman *"v JJa"i""a the day when
to be his ninth star. In
constellation necause that happens
of the constellations that are
terms of of parasal ii i" it " lords
to be taken into ""*""i' Cft" tota of Punarvasu is Jupiter'
Those havingJupil"td; at birth will find Saturn's dasa as
In
helpful. It is in t#;tt*t th"t the aboveshould be taken'
added pinch of salt to
fact the present i";;tr*ryt:.h^* tf1lo1j3 of the
say that
make it somewhatl""to"ttt"' They
o"=" death in their periods if they are
evil stars * tno"u ""iff
The death inflicting power
corabust, afnicted oi in aetifity' plan'
gets diluted loin" u"""n"^influences of other
"""o.ai"g of the sagesit can easily be
ets. Basedon the .Uoi" "ot"ments
alpayu may face death
argued that the ,,"tit'" who has an
has madhvamavu
ffii;; tt" a,rr.tion or vipat "lT Y: who is
may e:<pecta"-iJ^ii'tilJ;;i"d-ltft;P1 of -Pratyari star' He who
ordinarily expect his death
supposedto
"oioiro"; determining the span of life as
during the vedhJ
alpa, madhva
"*]en"t classification can be somesort of
"t;;;;;;#
an easYguide.
period'-It say' Saturn
There are someviews about the evil
thtt the native ehall
irsa strong ro"""it pian* it shail -ott it is someordi-
die within fg V";';; n"J* of Saturn. If
he death inflicting planet
nary planet orrrolls t"il"a to be
the death -"v b";;;; j"st inthe beginning of the period'
the killing planet death
If some cruel-pil;t;p"* P \
may be dasaperiod and if it is the
"r.p*t"ali,hJiJ"rthe
44 Judgement of Longeaity

benefic planet's period which has been identified as evil, the

death may be expected in the middle of the dasa period.
Similarly, if the lagna rasi is strong by day the death may
come duringthe night and vice versa. These appear too simple
rules to be followed in such intricate cases as life and death. It
would be better if the planets are judged in the back-ground of
the houses they own or occupy.
1. The planets owning any of the trine houses are alwa5rs
benefic irrespective of their natural qualities.
2. ,The lords of 3rd, 6th, Bth and llth houses are always to
be considered as malefics even though they be benefic by
nature
3. The benefics owning the quadrants become functional
malefics and the rnalefics in the same position becorne
functional benefics.
4. Lord of Lagna is always to be considered as benefic be-
cause lagna is the one house which is both a trine and a
quadrant.
Based on the principles of Laghu Parasari some eminent
astrologers say that the planet merely by virtue of his lord
ship of an angular house does not behave the opposite of his
nature. One exception is the lagna lord himself. It is on-
tended that lagnesh even if he is the lord of sixth or eighth
house remains a benefic. Similarly, the two luminaries Sun
and Moon do not become malefi<s even though they may be
the lord of 8th or sixth house. They may be cruel lords of
houses 2and7 and their occupants are called the marakeshas
or the death inflicting planets. Jupiter and Venus are sup-
posd to be great malefics if they occupy the Znd house.
Normally this is not so. Sushloka Shataka, a book based on
Laghu Parasari holdg the view ihat these two benefics do not
become great marakas unless they happen to be the lord of Zth
house. For deterrnining the maraka planets some baeic prin-
ciples need to be remembered.
In Uttar Kalamrit it is stated that the alfairs of any bhava
should be judged from the bhava concerned and also from
Death Infticting Planets 45

bhava which forms the same bhava from the concerned bhava'
If for example the affairs for judgement pertain to 4th' house,
the fourth house should be judged and also 4th to 4th that is
the 7th bhava should also be given equal importance. If affairs
of 10th house are to bejudged, the seventh house should not
be left out because it is the 10th house from tenth. If the lon-
gevity judgd from the eighth house is the concern the 8th
hot* from the eighth should also be judged. It is on the same
logic perhaps thab 8th and 3rd houses are considered to be
representing life or a5rusha. The house 12th to any house
becomes a detrimental house. Therefore 2nd and 7th, houses
are taken to be the marakasthanas. The twelfth house is alsrr
taken into consideration in the context because the lap3la
denotes the physical body of the native and death neans
danger to this physical body. The 2nd and 7th houses are tlie
m"".k*thanas but 7th is a greater evil than the 2nd' It is the
7th lord who is more potent killer than the 2nd lord and on the
same analory the occupants of the 7th house are stronger
malefics than the occupants of the 2nd house. Similarly,
amongst the tnaraka planets those who are associated with
the ?th lord becorne greater marakas than those who are not
asqociated with the 2nd lord. In case the death inflicting
planets are not judpd to be potent death inflictors the 12th,
ilo.r* lord and occupants should be judged. Sometimes when
no planet is judged to be strong enough to inflict the penalty of
aeattr the malefic planet does the job. About the potency etc' of
the planets for giving the results of a particular house their
mutual relationship (not friendly or inimical) should be
judged. Maharishi Parasar has outlined 4 type of mutual
connections of the planets. They are.
1. Mutual exchangeof houses
2. Mutual aspect
3. Planet's full direct aspect on the planet occupying the
former's house.
4. Occupying the same rasi
In Jyotis Tatwa one more relationship is added. The plan-
ets get rnutually related to each other if they are posited in
46 Judgement of Langeuity

triire or angle from each other. If Mars is in 10th house and

Sun in lagna or the seventh house,then Sun and Mars will
have mutual relationship. Similarly if Mars is posited in sec-
ond house and Saturn in 6th they are mutually in trine and as
such related or better connected with each other. E:rperience
has shown that such positions can not be ignored.
On the question of marakeshas, Saturn and the nodee,
particularly, Rahu should be paid special attention. If Saturn
irs connected with the maraka planets he appropriates to
himseff all the powers and becomes the biggest marakesh.
The position of nodes is still more sensitive. They assume
the qualities of the planets who are conjoined with them
or aspect them or are their sign dispositors. To end the
discussion on Marakeshas the position maybrieflybe summed
up as under:
1. The houses 2nd and 7th are the marakasthanas. Seventh
is worse than the 2nd and the planets as lords and/or oc-
crrpants of these houses are marakeshas.
2. The planets connected with houses g, 6, 8, 11 and twelve
are the malefic planets.
3. For the identification of death inflicting powers the
strength and weakness of planets should be judged.
4. If all the planets are equally powerful the 6th lord should
be treated as most malefic.
5. If Saturn is onnected with the maraka planets Saturn
should be cpnsidered as the greatest malefic. The same
rule applies to the nodes.
6. Rahu posited in Scorpio or Capricorn becomes a great
malefic. This is one view. According to Parasar the main
condition is that Scorpio or Capricorn should be the
lagna also and Rahu posited in lagna.
7. Gulika is regarded as the maha maraka.
8. If there are many maraka planets thene will be illness
during their najor and minor periods and the sixth lord
beomes the decisi\re factor in catrsing death.
Death Inflicting Planets 47
T?ansit
Transits offer their results only when the relevant dasa
indicates a particular event. The planets are always moving
and transiting some or the other sensitive points but death is
not caused because the maraka dasa does not coincide with
the time of transits. Transits speciS the periods more pre-
cisely than the dasas or the yogas. To find out whether a
particular transit will prove fatal or not it is necessary to
judge the dasa running at the time of the transit to get the
result. If it is the maraka dasa running at the time of a
particular transit the result will be fatal otherwise the transit
may simply pasrqaway or at the most bring about some com-
paratively minor event like accidents or illnesses.
As there are nine planets so also the sages had a concept of
nine sub-planets. These sub-planets are non luminous bodies
called the Up-grahas. They are Kala, Paridhi, Dhuma,
Ardhyam, Yamkantak, Dh4nu, Gulika or Mandi, Vyatipata
and Upketu. How their longitudes are calculated is given
below.
toln

1. Dhuma = longitudeof Sun + 4. 13.20.00

2. Vyatipata = 12 signs- Dhuma
3. Paridhi = 6signs +Vyatipata
4. Dhanu = 12 signs- Paridhi
5. Upketu = Dhanu + 0.16.40'00
For Gulika (for day borns)
Days duration is dividedby 8 and multiplied by the multi-
plier. Multipliers are on Sunday 7, Monday 6, Tuesday 5,
Wednesday4, Thursday 3, Friday 2, Saturday 1.
After calculating the Ishta kala longitude of Gulika is
determined as the iagna.
Gulika for night borrrs
Night duration is divided by 8 and multiplied by the
following multipliers according to the day for which it is
,'
48 .Judgement of l-ongeuity

calculated.
Sunday 3, Mondav 2, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 7, Thursday
6, Friday 5 and Saturday 4.
This process will give the Ishta and like lagna its longi-
tude can be worked out.

Deternrining time of death from Tlansits

1. Add the longitudes of Gulika, Sun and Lagna. When Ju-
piter in transit reaches the rasi and point arrived at as
above death takes place; or
2. When Jupiter trarrsits the trine to the rasi of the lord of
the above rasi death takes place.
3. When Jupiter transits the rasi or its navamsa obtained
by deducting longitude of Yamakantaka from the longi-
tude of the lagna lord.

Saturn's transit
1. lObtain rasi after deductingthe longitude of Saturn from
that of G'ulika, Death takes place when Saturn reaches
the navamsa rasi of that rasi.
2. When Saturn transits the trine of the above rasi.
3. Add the longitudes of Dhuma, Vyatipata, Paridhi,
Dhanu, and Upketu and obtain the rasi etc. When Sat-
urn reaches that rasi or its drekkana death takes place.
4. When Saturn transits dwadasamsa of Gulika.
5. When Saturn transits the trines of rasi arrived at by
the total of the longitudes of 6th lord, 8th lord and 12th
lord.
6. Jupiter transits the navamsa of Gulika.
7. Moon's transit of the rasi arrived at by adding up the lon-
gitudes of Moon and Gulika.
8. Sun's transit of the rasi anived at by adding Lagna,
Death Inflieting Ptonets irg
Moon and Gulika (Addition may be with rasis or without
rasi; both ways Sun's transit of the part of the Zndiac is
dangerous to life).
9. Jupiter transits the rasi or its trines anived at by
adding up the longitudes of the lord of lagna, Sun and
Gulika.
10. Jupiter transits the rasi or its trine amived at by
deducting the longitudes of Yamakantak from the
lagna.
11. Jupiter transits the rasi or its navzrmsa arrived at by
adding up the longitudes of lagna, Saturn and Gulika
and multiplying it by four.
12. According to Prasna Marga Saturn's first round
of the zodiac brings death to alpayu, in the second
round to madhyamayu and in the 3rd to deerghayu
natives.
The classical writers have given some other methods
of calculating the evil periods. For day borns the
longitudes of Sun and Saturn should be added and the
constellation determined. The death shall take place in the
period of the constellation lord. For the night borns the
constellation should be determined by longitudes of Moon
and Rahu.
Therc is also the system of calculating Spashta Jeeva,
Spashta Deha and Spashta Mrityu. If the total of Spashta
Jeeva and Spashta fhha exceeds Spashta Mrityu the native
enjoys deerghayu, if the same is less the person has short life.
The calculations of Spa^shtaJeeva, Spashta Deha and Spashta
Mrityu are given below.
1. Spashta Jeeva = (Iong. of lagna x 5) + long. of Gulika.
2. Spashta Deha .= (long.of Moon x 8) + long. of Gulika.
3. Spashta Mrityu = O.ong. of Gulika x 7) + long. of Sun.
Some easier methods have also been outlined for deter-
mining the death period.
5r) J ud,gement of Longeoity

1. If all the seven planets join together in transit in the

lagna or rasi (Moon sign).
2. The same result follows if the above association
takes place in the 7th rasi from Moon sign or ascendant
faelr.
3. If all the malefics join together in the 8th rasi from lagna
or Moon sign.

' 4. If one malefic transits Lagna sign or the Moon sign and
other malefics come to 6l8lL2 houses.
There are so many ways of determining the dasa of
planets malefic to life. The question as to when we
should erpect the transit results to fructiff still remains to
be answered. The question has been replied by the sages
as under:
1. Sun starts giving results 5 days earlier than his transit
to the next sign.
2. Moon does it 72 minutes earlier.
3. Mars does it 8 days earlier.
4. Mercury does it 7 days earlier. Venus also does the
same.
6. Jupiter does it 2 months earlier.
6. Saturn does it 6 months earlier.
7. Rahu and Ketu start doing it 3 months earlier.
It is now proposed to study the causes that bring
about death of the native. This is another way of
determining the longevity. The sages have thrown a flood
of light on this aspect of the question. It is the 8th
house that needs a comprehensive analytical study in
this respect. Amongst the causes there will be, inter
alia, the fatal diseases, unfortunate aeidents as well as
the psychological and sentimental factors leading to suicides
etc. About the diseases, etc. it is necessary to know
the three humors and seven elements represented by the
planets. All the diseases in those days were the result of
imbalance of these humors. They are:
Death Inflicti ng Planets 51
Planets Humars Elemcnts and. Patts
of body.
Sun Biles. Fire, bone.
Mmn Phlegm,wind. Water, blood.
Mars. Biles. Injury b3rarms,
marrow.
Mercury all three. Fever,skin.
Jupiter Phlegm. Unknown diseases,
fat.
Venus Phlegm,wind. Hunger, semen.
Saturn Wind. Thirst, nervous
system.
The rasi in the eighth house will represent the the part of
the body of the l(ala Purusha and the planets their own
effects. The important parts of 8th house are the drekksna of
the rasi falling in it and the nanamsaof the lagna. The planets
important in this respect are the lord of 8th house the occu-
pa.nts and the planets aspecting the eighth house. If there is
no occupant ofthe house, the eighth lord and the lord of2}nd
drekkan of the lagna are to be taken into acrount.
1. The sign of the eighth house represents the part of the
body of l(ala Punrsha. The sayne part of the body of the
natire will be alfected. The trouble will be indicated by
the planet occupying the 8th house.
2. If there ane many planets occupying the house the
strongest of them will represent the trouble.
8. If many planets are strong in the house the trouble will
be complicated by the qualities of the planets concerned.
4. The strongest of the planets aspecting the eighth house
can also cause the disease.
5. If no planet aspects the house the rasi of the ZZnd
drekkana or its lord would represent the fatal disease.
The main principles that emerge from the above ane:
52 Judgeinent of LongeuitY

l. Occupants are stronger to cause illness'

2. The lord of house comes next'
3. Planets aspecting the house come next'
4. Lords and rasi of drekkana are the last to give diseases.
Thecausesofdeathcanbedeterminedbythedrekkana
of the rasi falling in the eighth house. Each has its own
peculiarities which are available in classics. They need not be
repeated here for want of sPace.
Similarly the troubles indicated by the Navamsa of the
if
rasi indicate the cause of death. Just by way of an example,
the eighth house happens to be Scorpio or it contains the
r"rr-ri* of Scorpio tlie cause of death may be sprue, jaundice'
or injury by stone or arms.
If the occupant of the house is exalted there he will
give the troubles accrrrding to its nature. Sun in such position
iill death by fire, Moon by water, Mars by quarrels or
"r.t*fight etc.
armed
If the occupant happens to be exalted in the
house and also in the same navamsa the results will be
as under:-
Sun - Death due to some scandal or ill repute'

Y*") - Death by a quadruPed.

MarsJ
Mercury - Death due to bad blood.
Jupiter - Death due to phlegmatic disease'
Venus - Death due to mouth disease.
Saturn - Death due to starvation.

If the planet is vargottam in the 8th house the cause of

'death in the case of Sun is due to iron (it may be injury by iron
rods), Moon give it by quadrupeds, Mars denotes fall from
high place, Mercury from wind troubles, Jupiter by his own
hands (it may be suicide or accidental firing), Venus by lep
rosy and Saturn by cancer, tumour, injury etc.
Death Inflicting Plnnzts 53
If the planets are in inimical sign in the 8th house Sun
gives death due tci'impure blood, Moon by troubles of the
bowels, Mars by the diseasesof the sexual organs, and Saturn
by a quadruped specially the horse.
The other details of the causesare as under:
1. If Mars is in the quadrant and Rahu in the ?th housethe
persronhimslf is the canseof death.
2. If malefics are in the kendras and lagna lord is sur-
rounded by maleficsthe death is due to the native him-
self.
Death oocurs due to the natire's own wife or husband
under the following conditions
1. Ingna occupied by Sun and Saturn, Moon and Mars in
tlp 7th, and Venus in the Znd house.
2. Piscs is the asce,ndant.Sun and Moon o@upy it and the
maletrlcsare in the 8th house.
8. Saturn and Mars in the ?th houseand the ?th lord oocu-
pies 6th 8th or lfth house.
4. Saturn and Mars in the 7th and Sun as the 7th lord irs
positd in the 6th/8th/12th houee.
There are many other reasonsof death. Someof them are
as under:
The person dies in the prison if:
1. The lagna lord alongrrith malefic ocupies house of his
debility and the 8th lord not oeupying or aspecting the
house.
2. The lord.s of lagrra and 8th house are poeited in the
houses of their debility and aspectedby those planets
who are in their own houssof debility.
8. The lords of lagns and 8th houseare in their houses of
debility and aspected by Rahu and legnesh not
aspecting the ninth hotrse. The native in sudr a
condition dies in air.
64 Judgement of longeuitY

There are yogasr indicating the death of the native in

toiletg by hangrng, in combats and armed strugles.
Similar conclusions about the place and mode of death,
etc., can be drawn from the Padas of lagna and other houses.
The rules are:
1. If the eighth house rasi from the lagna Pada and 7th
house pada are movable signs the death takes place out
of the house.
2. If the eighth house rasis from the lagna pada and 7th
house pada are both fixed signs death takes place in the
house.
3. If the eighth house rasi from the lagna pada and the 7th
house pada are dual rasis the death may take place on
the way in the journey.
The determination of Pada rasis is erplained. If suppose
lagna is Aries and its lord Mars occupies the ninth house, the
lagna pada will be the ninth house from Mars that is the fifth
house of the horoscope.Similarly in the same casethe 7th lord
Venus, suppose, is posited in the 4th house which is 10th from
?th house the pada of the 7th house would be tenth from 4th,
that is, the first house. Thus pada of the ?th house is lagna.
The pada calculation is the contribution of Jaimini. He has
further said that
1. If the third rasi from Pada navamsa rasi ie a movable
sign the death of the perston is in an unnatural way.
2. If the 6th, rasis ftom the pada rasi or the navamsa rasi
are movable signs death takes place in an unnatural way
and in a closed room.
3. If one of the rasis in the above case is movable and the
other dual death takes place bebre the normal period.
4. If the third rasi from Pada rasi or Pada navamsa rasi is
occupied by or aspected by malefics the death takes place
at stony places.
6. Lf the eighth ra.si from lagna or atmakaraka and Pada
Death Inflicting Planets 55
rasis or Pada navamsa rasis are occupied or aspected by
the malelics and particularly by Rahu death takee place
, by hanging.
''6.
If th" 3rd rasi from the lagna or the atmakaraka happens
to be Libra death is by lathis and if Leo is the rasi the
death is by snake bite.
$:?. If Saturn is eighth from atmakaraka death is by taking
poison. If that is aspected by Mercury the death may be
from dianhoea"
There are many other ways in which Jaimini has tried to
study the causes of death.
 Chapter 5
Ashtaka Varga

Ashtaka Varga (A.V.) system of prediction is one of the

most popular and easy way of prediction. It has achieved the
admiration of most a-strologers.They start all their predictions
and end them with it. Vraddha Yawan is all praise for it and
has gone to the extent of saying that he who knows the impor-
tance of ashtaka.iarga is Go$. His famous lines are even today
repeated with reverence.
erqo-q'fs Ewqrf: s{qr5ilqffli: I
3T-6-drfsqErd{i d \ilr{rfr n: $r+<:I I
(Ashtaka uarga Dasa marga sarueshamuttarnuttamah.
Ashtaka uargasya mahatmyam. yo janati sa Ishwarah)
Even Para-qarahas refened to A.V. system as the part of
astrolory which deals with "Nischayatmic" prediction. Gener-
ally the juCgements of horoscopeslead to general tendencieg
available in it. For precise predictions A.V. system is one of
the foremost systems.
The main fundamental principle of the system is its
assertion that no planet is eternally and universally good or
bad. Even its placement in a particular bhava or house is not
the last word as to its competenceto do good or bad uniformly.
Planets have their natural mutual relationship. The relation-
ship gets modified by their placement uis-a-uis each other.
There are so many other factors that go into consideration at
the time of judgement and prediction. A.V. is the system
studying actions and interactions of planets uis-o-uis their
mutual radical positions and also with regard to the lagna. It
is thus a composite study of the nature of results the native
may expect. The planets taken special note of are the seven
AshtahaVarga 57

planets namely Sun, Moon, Mars. Mercury Jupiter, Venus

and Saturn, and one lagna. In all there are thus 8 charts
grving the name to the system as Ashtaka Varga system.
Ashta means eight.
The system deals with the nischayatmic aspect of astrol-
ogr, that is, it talks in precise dates and timing of events. The
exact span of life irsthe subject which is of great concern not
only to the native but also to the astroloprs who venture
certain predictions. A.V. system has an answer to such prob-
lems also. Before going into the calculation of life span accord-
ing to the system it is necessary to have a brief resume of
fundamentals.
Every planet has some benefic places. They are in rbspect
of himself and in respect of other seven planets and the lagna.
Briefly summarizing them they are:
l. Sun gives benefic points as unden
L,2,4,7,8,9,L0and 11 from himself; 3,6,10,11 from Moon;
6,7,12, from Venus, 1,2,4,7,8.9, 10 and 11 from Mars;
3,5,6,9, 10, 11, 12, from Mercury; 5,6,9 and 11 from
Jupiter; I,2,4,7,8,9,10and 11 from Saturn and 3, 4,6, IO,
11, and 12 fron Lagna.Total number of points are 48.
2. Moon gives the following benefic grcints
3,6,7,8,10,and 11 from Sun (6)
1,3,6,7,10and 11 from himself (6)
2,3,5,6,9,10and 11 from Mars (7)
L,3,4,5,7,8,L0
and 11 from Mercury (8)
L,2,4,'1,8,L0
and 11 from Jupiter (7)
9,4,17,9,10and 11 from Venus \ (7)
3,5,6,and 11 from Saturn (4)
3,6,10and 11 from Lagna (4)
Total points 49
8. Mars gives followingbenefic points
3,5,6,10arrd 11 from Sun (5)"
3,6 and 11 from Moon (g)
58 Judgement of Longeuity

1,2,4,7,8,L0
and 11 from himself (7)
8,5,6,and 11 from Mercury (4)
6,10,11and 12 from Jupiter (4)
6,8,11and 1.2from Venus (4)
L,4,7,8,9,10
and 11 from Saturn (7)
1,3,6,10and 11 from Lagna (6)
points 39
4. Menc'ry gives the followtng 64 *rrJ"-
'6,6,9,11
and 12 from Sun (5)
2,4,6,8,10,and 11 from Moon (6)
1,3,5,6,9,10,11and 12 from himself (8)
1,2,4,7,8,9,L0and 11.from Mars (8)
6,8,11and 12 from Jupiter (4)
t,2,3,4,5,8,9and 11 from Venus (8)
1,2,4,7,8,9,10and 11 from Saturn (8)
L,2,4,6,8,10and 11 from Lagna (7)
6. clupiter gives the following 66 benefic points
L,2,3,4,7,8.9,10and Ll from Sun (e)
2,5,7,9,and 11 from Moon (5)
t,2,4,7,8,10and 11 from Mars (7)
t,2,4,5,6,9,L0,and 11 from Mercury (8)
1,2,9,4,7,8,L0and 11 from himself (8)
2,5,6,9,10and 11 from Venus (6)
8,5,6,and 12 from Saturn (4)
L,2,4,5,6,7,9,10and 11 from Lagna (e)
6. Venus glves the following 62 benefic 1rctntt
8,11and 12 from Sun (3)
Lr2rgr4r5,8,9,11and 12 from Mmn (e)
8,4,6,9,11and 12 from Mare (6)
9,5,6,9,and 11 ftom Merurry (5)
6,6,9,10and 11 from Jupiter (6)
1,2,9,4,6,8,9,10and 11 ftom himself (e)
Ashtaka Varga 59

3,4,5,8,9,10and 11 frcm Saturn (7)

1,2,3,4,5,8,9,and 11 from l,agna (8)
7. Saturn's 39 benefic points ar'e as under
1,2,4,7,8,LOand 11.from Sun (7)
3,6, and 11 from Moon (3)
3,5,6,10,11and 12 from Mars (6)
6,8,9,10,11and 12 from Mercury (6)
5,6,11 and 12 from Jupiter Q)
6,11 and 12 frorn Venus (3)
3,5,6,and 11 from himself (4)
1,3,4,6,10and 11 from l,agna (6)
8. Lagna gives 48 benefic points as under
3,4,6,10,11from Sun (5)
3,6,10,11and 12 from Moon (5)
1,3,6,10and 11 from Mars (5)
1,2,4,6,8,10and 11 from Mercury (7)
L,2,4,5,6,7,9,10
and 11 from Jupiter (e)
1,2,9,4,5,8,and 9 from Venus (7t
1,3,4,6,10and 11 from Saturn (6)
3,6,10 and 11 from itself (4)
To find out the places of benefic points in each case sepa-
rate charts for each planet and the lagna are necessary. A
practical illustration will help in understandingthe procedure
etc. Rahu and Ketu are not taken into amount in A.V. system.
E:rample
Soti
Lagna 4- 5 32 0
Sun 4- 15 16 58
Moon 9- I 3 46
Mars 7- 9 19 51
Mercury 3- n 77 Lz
Jupiter 0- 27 40 32
60 Judgement of I'ongeuity

Venus 5- 3 54 34
Saturn 5-20 | 44
Rahu 9- 28 25 49
Ketu 3- 28 25 49
The following chart gives this position.
Venus Merc
Sat
Ketu
\4

Moon
Bahu

For the sake ofconvenience 8 charts are drawn and the

benefic points shown as small vertical lines. The charts on the
left hand shall show in horizontal columns the 12 rasis and
the names of planets in each rasi. On the top in vertical lines
the names of seven planets and the lagna glving benefic
points.
In Sun's A.V. Sun grves benefic point.s at places
I,2,4,7,8,9,L0 and 11 from himself. He is posited in Leo. His
places of benefic points are Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Aquarius,
Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini. These places are marked by
small verticdl lines under vertical column of Sun. Moon gives
benefic points at places 3,6,10 and 11. Moon is posited in
Capricorn. His places would be Pisces, Gemini, Libra and
Scorpio. This chart and other charts can be prepared simi-
larly. Different charts as prepared from the data are glven
below. The charts will give the total number of benefic points
for each planet and lagna separately. The last vertical lines
sha.ll indicate the benefic points in each rasi in each Ashtakn-
varga which will be useful in future prcgess. They.shall have
to be subjected to two types ofreductions before they are ready
for the calcul,ation of the life span.
AshtahaVarga 61

Sun's A.V.

Sun Mmn Mare Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna

Aries
Jup I 1 I 3
Taurus I 1 I I 1 o
Gemini I 1 I I 1 1 6
Cancer
Merc
Ketu I 1 I I
Lo
Sun
Lagna 1 1 I I 4
Virgo
Sat
Ven I 1 I I I 6
Libra I I I I
Scorpio
Mars 1 I 1 1 I 6
Sagrt-
tarius I I I I 4
Capri-
corn
Moon
Rahu I 1
Aqua-
rius 1 I 1 I 4
Pilsces 1 1 I I I c
Total
points 8 4 8 7 4 I I 6 48
62 J ud,gement of In ngeuity

Moon's A.V.

Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total

Aries
Jup 1 I I 3
Taurus 1 I 1 I I D

Gemini 1 1 1 1 I o
Cancer
Merc
Ketu I 1 I I 1 5
Lo
Sun
T.agn- 1 1 2
Virgo
Sat
Ven I 1 2
Libra I I 1 I 4

lvfars I I I I I 6
Sagit-
tariue I I I I
Capri-
@rn
Moon
Rahu I I 1 I I 1 I 7
Aqua-
rius 1 I 1 I 4
Pisces 1 1 1 I 4
Total
points 6 6 ,l I 7 7 4 4 49
 AshtahaVa.rga. 68

Mars ^dV.

Cancer
Merc
Ketu
Lo
Sun
Lagna
Virgo
Sat
Ven

Scorpio
Mars
Sagit-
tarius
Capri-
oorn
Moon
Rahu
Aqua-
rius
64 Judgement of Longeuity

Mercurl/s A.V.

Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total

Aries
Jup I 1 1 1 1 5
Taurus 1 I 1 1 t b

Gemini 1 I 1 1 1 I 6
Cancer
Merc
Ketu 1 I 1 1 I D

Lo
Sun
Lagna I 1 1 3
Virgo
Sat
Ven I I 1 I I I 6
Libra I 1 1 3

Mars 1 I 1 1 I I 6
Saglt-
tarius 1 1 1 1 I D

Capri-
corn
Mmn
Rahu I I I 3
Aqua-
rius I I 1 3
Pisces I 1 I I 4
Total
points 5 6 8 8 4 8 8 7 54
AshtahaVargo 65

Jupiters A.V.

Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna

Aries
Jup 1 I 1 1 4

Taurus 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 7

Gemini 1 I 1 1 I 5

Cancer
Merc
Ketu I 1 1 1 4
Lo
Sun
Lagna I I 1 1 1 6

Virgo
Sat
Ven 1 1 1 1 4

Libra 1 1 1 1 4

Mars 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 7

Sagrt-
tarius 1 1 1 3
Capri-
oorn
Moon
Rahu I 1 1 1 4
Aqua-
riug 1 I I 1 I I 1 7
Pisces 1 I .2
Total
points I 5 7 8 8 6 4 9 56
66 Judgementof Longeuity

Venus'A.V.

Sun Moon Mars Merc Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total

Aries
Jup 1 1 I I I o
Taurus I 1 I 1 4
Gemini I 1 1 I 4
Cancer
Merc
Ketu L I I 1 4
Lo
Sun
Lagna I I I 3
Virgo
Sat
Ven I I 1 I I I 6
Libra I 1 1 3
Scorpio
Mars 1 1 1 1 1 6
Sagrt-
tarius 1 1 I I I I 6
Capri-
corn
Moon
Rahu 1 I 1 1 I 5
Aqua-
rius I I I s
Pisces I 1 I 1 4
Total
points 3 I 6 5 D 9 7 8 52
 67
AshtaknVarga

Saturn's A.V.

Cancer
Merc
Ketu
Lo
Sun
Lagna
Virp
Sat
Ven
Libra
Scorpio
Mars
Sagrt-
tarius
Capri-
corn
Moon
Rahu
Aqua-
rius

Total
points
 68 Judgement of Longeuity

Lagna's A.V.

Sun Moon Mars Mere Jup Ven Sat Lagna Total

Aries
Jup 1 I 1 1 4
Taurus 1 I I 1 1 6
Cremini 1 1 I 1 4
Cancer
Merc
Ketu 1 I 1 3
Leo
Sun
Lagna I I 1 I
Virgo
Sat
Ven I 1 I I 4
Libra I I 1 I I I 6
Soorpio
Mars I 1 1 I I 5
Sagih
tarius I 1 1 I 1 D

Capri-
corn
Moon
Rahu I I 1 I I 5
Aqua-
rius 1 I 1 g
Pisces I I
Total
points 5 o D I 9 7 6 4 I
AshtahaVarga 69

As has been said above figures in each A.V. have to be sub-

jected to two progressive reductions. The two reductions are
Trikona Sodhana and Ekadhipatya Sodhana and they follow
in the same order.
Thikona Sodhana or the Tlinal Reduetion
The rasis 1,5, and 9 are in trine to each other. The trinal
group for Aries is Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. For Taurus it is
Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn. Similarly for Gemini the group
is Gemini, Libra and Aquarius and for Cancer it is Cancer,
Scorpio and Piscres.Thus thene are four groups of trines. the
rules for trinal reductions or the Trikona Sodhana are:
1. If the number of lines in the same group is not the same
the lowest number should be deducted from the number
of each sign of the group. The remainder should be kept
qgainst each sign. The sign containing tire least number
will thus have zero.
2. If there is no figure in any of the signs of the group there
will be no reductions.
3. If there is zero in two signs of the group the figures in the
third sign will also be reduced to zero.
4. If the fig:res in all the trinal sign are the same all the
- figures shall be reduced to zero.
The figures obtained after trinal reductions are further
subjected to another reduction called the Ekadhipatya
Sodhana or the reduction on accpunt of lordship. It may be
stated that all the planets except Sun and Moon, are lords of
two signs each. Mars holds sway over Aries and Scorpio,
Venus over Taurus and Libra and Mercury over Gemini and
Virgo. Similarly Jupiter is the lord of Sagittarius and Pisces
and Saturn of Capricorn and Aquarius. These signs undergo
reductions because of having the same lordship. There shall
be no reductions in Cancer and Leo. The rules of reductions
are:
1. If both signs of a planet are occtrpied there shall be no
reductions after Trikona Sodhana.
2. If any of the two signs has zero after Trikona sodhana
there shall be no further reduction.
8. If one of the signs is occupied by planet (s) and the other
is not and the occrrpied sign has more number of lines
70 Judgement of LongeuitY

than the unoccupied sign the occupied sign will retain its
number of lines but those of the unoccupied sign will be
reduced to zero.
4. Ifone ofthe signs is occupied and the other is not and the
occupied one has less number of lines than the unoccu-
pied one the number of the occupied sign will be repeated
at both places.
5. Ifboth the houses ofthe planet are unoccupied and both
have equal number of lines their number will be reduced
to zero.
6. If both the signs of a planet have equal number of lines
and one of the signs is occupied by planet (s) the occupied
sign shall retain its numbers while the number of the
unoccupied sign will be reduced to zero.
7. If both signs are unoccupied but have different number
of lines the sign having the lower figure shall have zero
for it and the sign having the higher number of lines
shall have the the lower number.
8. Ekadhipatya Sodhana follows Trinal reductions and not
the vice versa.
To have a practical illustration of the two reductions it is
necssary to have the summary charts prepared of A.V. chart
of each planet and the lagna. The first column shows the rasi,
the second shows the figures of A.V., the third and fourth
columns left blank to fill up figures after Trikona Sodhana
(I.S.) and Ekadhipatya Sadhana G.S.)
In Sun's A.V. the figures in Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are
3,4,4 respectively. Rule No. 1. applies here and the figures
ehould be 0,1,1. In the Taurus group the figures are 5,5 and 1'
Aeording to rule I they should b 4,4 and 0. In the group of
C'emini the figures are 6,3,4.They should be 3,0. and 1. In the
last group they are 3,5 and 5. They should be 0,2 and 2'
For Ekadhipatya Soclhana,Aries and Scorpio are the signs
6f Mars. Both signs are occupied but one of them contains
zero. There will therefore be no further reduction after Tri-
kona Sodhana. !'igures shall be repeated. Taurus and Libra
are signs ofVenus, and one ofthem has zero. There shall be no
further reduction. Mercury's signg are Gemini and Virgo.
Both of them hav'e numbers. The occupied sign Virgo has more
than the numbers of the unoccupied sign' Rule 3 applies.
AshtahnVargo 7I

Sagittarius- and Pisces of Jupiter are loth unoccupied and

ft"i" aim""Lnt numbels then Rule 7 will apply'In the caseof
aqu"ti* and Capricorn Rule 2 applies' Similarly the reduc'
tion in other charts can be made.
Sun Moon
AV TS ES AV TS ES

Aries 0 0 Aries
Taurus 5 4 4 Taurus 5 33
Gemini 6 g 0 Gemini 5 11
Cancer 3 0 0 Cancer 5 11
Ireo 4 I 1 Lo 2 0o
Virp 5 4 4 Virgo 2 00
Libra 3 0 0 Libra 4 00
Scorpio 5 2 2 Scorpio 6 11
Sagitt. 4 I 0 Sagitt. 3 11
Capricorn I 0 0 Capricorn 7 bD

Aquarius 4 1 1 Aquarius 4 00
Pisces 5 2 I Pisces 4 00
Mars Mercury
AV TS ES AV TS ES
Aries 2 0 0 Aries 5 22
Taurus 5 2 2 Taums 5 22
Gemini 5 3 1 Gemini 6 30
Cancer 2 0 0 Cancer 6 11
Leo 3 I 1 I-o g 00
Virgo 4 I I Virp 6 33
Libra 2 00 Libra 3 00
Scorpio 3 l1 Scorpio 6 22
Sagitt. 4 21 Sagitt. 5 22
Capricorn 3 00 Capricorn S 00
Aquarius 3 1 I Aquarius 3 00
Pisces 3 1 0 Pisces 4 00
 72 Judgement of Lon6euity

Jupiter Vemrs
AV TS ES AV TS ES
Aries 4 1 1 Aries 5 2 2
Taurus 7 3 I Taurus 4 0 0
Gemini 6 I 1 Gemini 4 1 0
Cancer 4 2 2 Cancer 4 0 0
Leo o 2 2 Lo 3 0 0
Virp 4 0 0 Virgo 6 2 2
Libra 4 0 0 Libra 3 0 0
Scorpio 7 5 D Scorpio 5 1 I
Sagittarius 3 0 0 Sagittarius 6 3 3
Capricorn 4 0 0 Capricorn 5 11
Aquarius 7 3 I Aquarius 3 00
Pisces 2 0 0 Pisces 4 00
Saturn Lagna
AV TS ES AV TS ES
Aries 2 1 1I Aries I 1
Taurus 3 0 0 | Taurus 5 I 0
C'emini 4 2 2 | Gemini 4 1 1
Cancer 2 0 0 | Cancer 3 2 2
Leo54 4l Leo 3 0 0
Virgo g 0 0 | Virgo 4 0 0
Libra 2 0 0 I Libra 6 3 1
Soorpio 4 2 2 | Scorpio 5 4 4
Sagittarius 1 0 0 | Sagitt. 5 2 2
Capricorn 3 0 0 | Capricorn 6 1 I
Aquarius 5 3 3 | Aquarius 3 0 0
Pisces 3 3 | Pisces 0 0
The treatment of rasis and of planets so far has been the
same. No weightage has been given on any account to any of
.these two important fiactors.Before finally computing the life
span these factors have to be taken into acount. The two
AshtakaVarga 79

important factors indicated above ar,e called the planetary

fiactors and the zodiacal factors. These fiactors remain constant
in each case.
Zodtacg,l fac-tors known as Rasi Gunakaras are as under.
Rasi Guna.hara Rr;,si Gunaknra
Aries 7 Libra 7
Taurus 10 Sorpio 8
Gemini 8 Sagittarius 9
Cancer 4 Capricorn 5
Lo 10 Aquarius 11
Virgo 5 Pisces t2
Planets Plancta4r Ploncts planztatA
Gunahanws Gunakntzs
Sun 5 Jupiter 10
Moon 6 Venus 7
Mars 8 'saturn
6
Mercury 6
The figures in each of the rasis in the A.V. charts of the
planets- and lagna have to be multiplied by the respective
zodiacalfactor or the rasi gunakaras.Take Sun's A.V.-
After Ekadhipatya Sodhanathe figure in different A.V.
ary.as qnler. They are first to be multiplied by the respective
zodiacal factors.

Sunts A.V.
Figure Zod;iacal Result
Factor
Aries 0 X7= 0
Taurus 4 X10= &
Gemini 0 X8= 0
Cancer 0 X4= 0
Lo I x10= 10
Virgo 4 x6= 20

:
74 Judgement of LongeuitY

Libra 0 x 0
Scorpio 2 x 8: 16
Sagittarius 0 x $= 0
Capricorn 0 x $= 0
Aquarius 1 x 11 = 11
Pisces 1 x L2= T2
Sun's Rasi Pinda 109

Rasi Pindas of the other planets and lagna can likewise be

calculated. They are Mnon 91, Mars 71, Mercury 87, Jupiter
146 Venus 64, Saturn 148 and lagna 85.
After computing the Basi Pindas of each A.V. we have to
compute the graha pindas in each case.

Sunts Ashtakavarga
Planets Rasi Bencfic Graha Prcduct
Gunahnws Gunakntus
Sun Leo 1 o 5
Moon Capricorn 0 5 0
Mars. Scorpio 2 8 16
Mercury Cancer 0 D 0
Jupiter Aries 0 10 0
Venus Virgo 4 7 28
Saturn Virgo 4 D 20
Graha Pindas 69
Sun's Graha Pinda is 69. The graha pinda of other planets
can also be calculated which are Moon 48, Mars 25, Mercury
77 Jupiter 70, Venus 57, Saturn 46 and l,agna57.
Now we have each planet's rasi pindgs as well as glaha
pindas. Total of them would be Sodya Pindas.
Planets Graha Rosi Sodya
Pin'das Pind.as Pind,as
Sun 69 + 109 178
Moon 48 +91 139
 75

Mars 2,5 + 7l 96
Merc. 77 + 87 164
Jup. 70 + 146 216
Venus 67 + 64 LzL
Sat.#+148194
Lagra 57 + 85 142
Sodhya Pinda of each planet indicates the groes span of
life granted by the planets or lagna. There are two methods of
conrrcrtingthe sodhyapindas into time span.One is that each
sodhya pinda has to be multiplied thrice as under:
Sun's SodhyaPinda is 178
L78 178 178
x3 xB x90
634 594 3560
(months) (days) (ghatis)
44 yrs 17 months 69 days
+ 6 months ?/l daye 20 ghatie
= 46 yrs, 1 months 23 days,20 ghatis.
The same can also be worked out by multiplying the
eodhya pinda by 7127.The prcduci will give the number of
years. This is the easier method. The periods of different
planets would be Sun 46.L5,Moon 36.04,Mars 24.89;Mercury
42.52, Jupiter 56.00, Venus 31.37, Saturn 50.30 and lagna
86.81years.
Aaording to SambhuHora this period should be reduced
ag under:
l. If it ie less than 2il it should be arepted.
2. If it is more than 27 but less tban 54 thenZl shorrlr'L
deductedfrom it.
3. If it is monethan 54 but lees than 81 then 54 should be
deductedfrom it.
4. If it ig more than 81 but less than 108 then deduct 8l
from lt.
76 Judgement of I'ongeuitY

This process is called the mandal sodhana and the result

is the mandalayu. The revised figures after mandal sodhana
are as under.
Sun 19.15years Jupiter 2.00years
Moon 9.04years Venus 4.37years
Mars 24.89years Saturn 23.30years
Merc 15.52years Lagna 9.81years
The above are the gross periods contributed by each
planet and lagna towards the longevity of the native. This has
further to be subjected to Harana Samskaras or the
reductions.
1. If there are more than one planet in any rasi each of
thern will suffer the reduction by half of the span contrib-
uted by it.
Here there is some difference of opinion. There are some
who say that each planet should be subjected to reduc-
tions whereas there are others who say that only the
strongest of them will suffer the reduction. Devshal con'
tributes to the former view. The author of Brahma-
yamala holds the later view. We also agree with the
former view that the reduction should be tnade from each
'
planet's contributions.
2. If the planet is in his natural enemy's sign he will lose
1/3rd of his mandalayu
3. If the planet is in his sign of debility he loses half of his
mandalayu.
4. If the planet is combust his mandalayu should be halved;
Venus and Saturn are exceptions to the rule.
5. If a planet suffers in graha yuddha (planetary war) one
third must be deducted.
6. Chakrardha Reductions
Following reductions are required if the planet is posited
in the visible half of the zodiac. The houses from 7th to
12th house constitute the visible half of the zodiac.
 AshtahaVarga 77
Nature Houses
of Planets 72th 1lth lhh %h 8th 7th
Benefic 112 Ll4 Ll6 Ll8 LILO ULz
Malefic Full LIZ Llg L/4 L/5 u6
There are other methods also of Chakrardha harana
which have not been explained for the reason that thev
are tedious and also not in use).
7. If Sun or Moon are of unusual appearance (as in eclipse)
one third of the mandalayu should be deducted.
In Brahmayamala the author says that this reduction
should be made if Sun or Moon are associated with
Rahu or Ketu in any rasi. We accept what Brahma_
' yamala says.
N.B. If the same planet suffers more than one reductions
the highest reduction should be applied.
The period granld by Sun is lg.lbyears. He is in lagna in
his own sign. He suffers no reduction.Iie shalt give fuil
Fii"a
that is 79.15years
Moon is in Capricorn whose lord Saturn is neutral to him.
He suflbrs no reduction on any account except that he is with
Rahu. As p"r Rule ? he undergoes 1/3 reduction.
Mars does not suffer any reduction
Mercury is subjected to Rule 1 (becauseKetu is with him).
_ -
Rule-2 and 6 apply to Mercury. He cannot be treated
as
benefic because he is afnict.d by Ketu. The maximum
reduc-
tion is full
_mandalayu. Rule 6 applies to Jupiter. Rules I and
3 apply to Venus and Rule 1 only to Saturn.
Planets Periods Reductions Reduction Net period
(Rules)
Sun 19.15 19.15yrs.
Moon 9.04 7 ll3 6.03 yrs.
Mars 24.89 . 24.89yrs.
Mercury 15.52 2,6 full yrs.
78 Judgement of LongeuitY

Planzts Periods Red.uctions Reduction Net Period

(Rules)
Jupiter 2.00 6 Il8 1.75vrs.
Venus 4.97 1,3 ll2 2'18 Yrs.
Saturn 9.81 I tlz 4.91 Yrs.
Total 58'91Yrs'
to
This is the span of life granted by the planets' We !1v9
the span granted by the lagna and added to
take into."*.tnt
now'
it. The period granted by the lagna is worked out
was
After mandal sodhana the period granted by lagna
product is
9.81 years. This is to be multiplied by 324' The
years' The lagna
3fi8:44.This is divided by 365 to yield 8'?l
crossed 4 signs which gives us equivalent
in the example has
4 years' This is added to 8'71 years ' The
number of years as
of lagna is 5"32' (ignoring the
total is 12.7L years- Longitude
*.ot"t1ed f9r)' 5'82 multiplied by
sign which ha.salready t*tt
itA"o usthe numberof dayswhichis 5'32xL2 = 66'24dar"s'
period
Coiverting them into years we get 0' 18 years' The total
granted Ulitagna is ti1t + 0.18 years or i2'89 years or 71'80
granted to the native'
lear is the total life span

Sanudaya A.V. a5rurshor Collective A'V' span

In-
There is another method of calculating the longtrvitn
periods by
stead of determining it from the individual grant of
worked out
tfre ptanets and lagna and adding it up the same is
is the same till A'V' of
on a collective basis. The initial f"o"e"s
On the basis of these indi-
all planets and lagna are prepared'
(S'A'V') is prepared'-If
vidual A.V. one sarva *it*k"',."ga
12 the
total number of benefic points in any one rasi exceed
substi-
itgut" of that rasi is divided by L2 and the remainder
sodhana'
trited for those figures. This is calted the mandala
the same
Here the mandala is of 12. After mandala sodhana
are the
Trikona and Ekadhipati sodhana follow' The rules
pindas are
same astalready gt',t"t. Rasi pindas and the graha
sodhya pinda. The sodhya pinda
also calculated to obtain the
UV Zl' The result is the total
is multiplied by ? and divided
,4shtakaVarga 79

span collectively granted by all the planets and lagna. The

same example is worked out acording to the new method.

Samudaya ashtaka varga

EosisABCDEF
Aries2840000
Taurus99S0OO
Gemini39300O
CancerAS10000
Lo2840000
Virgo 34 10 7 7 35 84
Libran3000
Sorpio4040000
Sagittariusgl 7 3 g 27
Capricorn8l 74420?fr
Aquariusgz85444
Pisces284000
L26 LU
A. Figures as collectdfrom individual A.V.
B. Figures after mandala Sodhana
C. Figures after Trinal reductions
D. Frguree after Ekadhipatya sodhana.
E. Ragi Pindas
F. Graha Pindas
The Sodhya Pindas calcrrlatedfrom the aboveis 126 + 104
= 230. This multiplied by 7 and divided by 27 g.,en the span
collectirrely granted by all the factors
%)0x7 1610
= = 59.63 yea$t
t7n
The longevity arirrcd at through the SA.V. is called the
Nakshatra Apr. This irs different from the Nakehatrayu of
80 Judgement of LongeuitY

Kalidas system which has been explained elsewhere'

Though the A.V. system has been able to predict m9."! 9f
the evenis of life with a precision, it cannot be a reliable
method of determining the life span of the individual' Many
astrologers are adopting this method for the purpose' It is dif-
ficult to assume that the results are always correct to some
reasonable degree of accurary
As has been said elsewhere there are 32 methods of
calculation of longevity. The A.V. method is most popular
with the astrologJrs. The question is whether this method
can be adopted universally in all cases. The old seers
and masterJof the science have never certified to the utility
of any one method in all cases. Before adopting any
one method it is required to judge the horoscope very'
carefully and one or the other method to be adopted depends
upon the circumstances indicated by the birth chart' The
circumstances under which the Bhinnayu (longevity through
individual A.V. of planets and lagna) is to be resorted to
are given below.
1. If the 10th house is oeupied by both malefics and
benefics. This view is supported in the Devasala Jataka
also.
2. If Moon occupies a Panaphara or Apoklima house with
another planet.
3. If Mars happens to be strong.
The above are the three circumstances under which the
Bhinnayu has to be calculated according to the A'V'S' of
planet.
After determining the longevity the next question that
arises is the chronologr of thg periods of the planets. They are
not to run according to the Vimsottari, Astottari or any other
dasa system. According to Acharya Mukund the order to be
followed is (1) Lagna (2) Venus (3) Mercury, (4) Sun, (5) Mars
(6) Moon (7) Jupiter and (8) Saturn.
According to some other acharyas (masters) the periods
will follow in the order of Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars,
Mercury, Moon and Lagna.
Ashtaha Varga 81

There is another view. Relative strength of Sun, Moon and

lagna should be judged. The strongest of the three will be the
first dasa lord and the period obtained in the A.V. of that
planet or the lagna will run first. Next in order would be the
periods of those who happen to be posited in the quadrants
frcm the frst dasa lord. Next in order would be the periods of
those planets who are posited in the Panaphara houses and
last to follow are the planets posited in the Apoklimas.
In case there ane mone than one planet in any particular
category the precedence can be determined on the basis of
their strength. This classification of priority has been given in
the celebrated Sambhu Hora. Readers may have their own
choice. Dr. Suresh Chandra Mishra supports the orders laid
down in the Sambhu Hora.

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 Chapter 6
Other Methods of Aytrdaya

Badarayrna's method through horarXr s5zetem

- This is the "y"!* of detemining the longevitythrough
Itopry astrologr.Thebasisis that tnJ rztn hoise rrom tagna
indicates the past span; the lagna the present and the 2nd
house the future span. For this purpose Maharishi Badaray-
ana has specified the gunnkas or the multipliers of each
planet. They are Sun 5, Moon21, Mars 14,Mereury 9, Jupiter
8, Venus 3 and Saturn 11.
As uzual the nirayana lagna is determined for the time
pl* of the question, and a chart erected. The longitude
"i9the lagna is reducd
of to minutes or secondsas the casemay
be. The Paramayu of human beings is taken as 120yrs. and b
days. The longitude of the lagna reducedto minutes/wpnds is
multiplied by the Paramayuand divided by 21600or by 21600
x 60 if the lagna has been reduced to se@nds.This gives the
madhyama;ru of the native in years and months etc.-
Next step is to identig the l2th lord and his multipliers.
If, suppose, the lagna is Dhanu the l2th from it *o.rU U.
Sorpio whoselord is IVIars.The madhyamayu has to be multi-
plied by the gunakas of the 12th lord and divided by the
Paranaytr. The quotient is ignored and the remaindJr de-
dueted from the Paramayu.
judge the present age of the querent; and
Titd step is to
the figure nearest to the approximate age of thJquerent, as
judged, ehould be accepted.Such errcnt i,gnery rare. In case
Other Methods of Ayurdaya 83

the figures do not come any where near the estimated age, the
4th step is necessary.
The Paramayu is divided into 3 equal parts of 40 years
each. The three divisions may be taken as the three stages of
life. If the querent belonp to 40 years or near about the
figures may be adjusted by t 3 years. This should go on till the
estimated age of the querent is reached. If the querent is
between 40 and 80 the difference should be adjusted by (J 9
and ifthe age happens to be above 80 the adjustment should
be (-d 6 years. This would be past span of life.
The last step is to deduct the madhyamayu from Par-
amayu and the balance multiplied by the multiplier of the lord
of 2nd house. The product divided by the Paramayu gives us
the future span of life. Futune span + the past span is the total
epan of life of the native.
There are instructions as to when the lagna etc., should be
taken into consideration. If the lagna is strong the calcula-
tions should be made from lagna; otherwise this should be
done from Sun or the strongest planet in the horary chart.
An example would make it clear. Time of query 15.34
I.S.T. Date 27-8-1991,Place Delhi. Lagna for the epoch Dhanu
15.28. Sun - Leo 10.01Moon in Pisces,Mars in Virgo, Merc.
(R), Jupiter and Venus in Leo, Saturn in Capricorn and Rahu
in Dhanu.
Step No. I
Lagna 15328 minutes. Paramayu reduced to days is 43205
days.
15328 x 43205 = 662246240
662246240 + 21600 = Remainder 11840 and quotient
30659. In other words 85 yrs 1 month 8 days. (hours ignored)
Step No.2
Lagna is Dhanu. Its 12th rasi will be Smrpio whose lord is
Mars and whose multiplier is 14.
Madhyayu x multiplier of Mars i Paramayu.
84 Judgem,ent of Longeuity

(85-1-8) x 14 = 1191 yrs 5 Month 22 days + 49205

= Remainder is 40087 days = L11yrs 4 month 7 days.
(120.0-5)- (111'4'7) = 8'7-28
Here we get two figures namely
LLL-4-7 and 8-7-28
The age of the querent is either ILL-4--7 days or 8-7-28
days. Suppose the age of the querent at the time of asking
the question is roughly 65 years. His age is not nearer to
any of the two figures. Since the querent is between 40 and
80 years we may start doinp a 9 years. As the apparent
ap is much less we will p on reducing by 9. After deducting
5 times 9 we come to the figure of 66 yrs 4 months and 7 days.
Hence 66 yrs 4 months and 7 days may be taken as the past
span of life.
Step No.3
Deduct madhyamayu from the Paramayu. Second lord in
the o<ample will be Saturn, whose multiplier is 11. The
balance of Paramayu and madhyamayu is multiplied by
11 and divided by Paramayu. The result is the future span
of life.
(120-0-5)- (85-1-8)= 34-L0-27
(34-L0-27)x 11 = 383 years 11 month 27 days + (120'05)
= 3 yrs. 2 months, 1.2days.
This means that the querent will survive 3yrs, 2 months
and 12 days more from the date of the question that is upto
29th October 1994.

Rasmika5rurdaya
This is one of the methods of calculating the longevity;
Each planet is supposed to have some fixed rasmis or rays and
it is on the basis of these rasmis that the grant of the planet of
the span of life is calculated. After calculating the ayu on the
basis of these rasmis, suitable adjustments in the grant are
made according to the circumstances of the planet and thus
the net gant is oltained.
 85
Other Methods of AYuri,oYo
of rasmis
, It may also be clarified here that the number
planet is in.his
of each planet given below are when the
o.*-o"it"ha po-ition or at his highest position of exaltation'
rar_ety available and this
il; Gi;ion^ or the planets is
at one and the same time is just like
;r*itio" of all the plan"i" positions' Some
a dodo. They are generally at the intermittent
the point of their. deep
of tfr"- may Ue heading towards
their points of-highest
debility while others -uy U" reaching
are calculated
exaltaiions. In such circirmstances the ra.smis
by the rule of three or proportionately'
positiorr of
The first step is to obtain the Nirayan
this longitude the longitude of
^highest and deduct from
the planets
exaltation of the planet concerned' If this
the
deducted
differeice is less than 6 rasis it should further be
is already
from 12 rasis. If the difference of the longitudes
The
mornethan 6 rasis there is no need for further deductions'
from 12
result obtained, after deduction or without deduction
and
rasis as the case may be, should be converted into degtees
planet' The
rninutes, etc., and multiplied by the rasmi of that
granted
total number of degrees will give the number of days
etc', the part of the A"
by the planet, ani minutes, 9ry'
Suppo'se the longitude of Sun is
elampt" will make it clear.
exaltation is 10 degrees Aries'
11-4.i5. Sun's degreeof highest
(11.4.15)-(0.10.0)=L0-24,|5'Thisdifferenceisalreadymore
from
than 6 rasis. Therefore there will be no further deduction
degrees and
12 rasis. on conversion of the difference in
minutes etc. we get 324.15. Sun's rasmi is 10. Multiplying
g24.l5by 10 the product is 3242.30' Herc3242 is total number
of compiete days and 30 minutes the fraction of the day'
and
This can conveniently be converted into years, months
= months and 2 days or 9 years and
days etc. 9242 + 30 108
2 days. 30 minutes are equal to 30 ghatis because one degree
is equal to one day and each degree has 60 minutes and each
or
aay OOghatis. Hence 30 minutes are equal to half a day
30 ghatis.
In another hypothetical case,suppoeSun's longitude is
4 g.Ll. Here deducting0-10.00from Sun's longitude the
-
balance is 3-23.15.This is less than six signs. This has to be
 86 Judgement of Longeuity
deducted from 12 signs. The result is g-6.4b or 246.4b.
This multiplied by 10 rasrnisyields a product of 2467.B0.]F,ere
2467 are the number of days whicli can be converted into
years, months and days etc. This is called the madhyam
Rasmikayu.
The rasmis of each planet when at his highest exaltatio'
are:
g, Mars 5, Mercury b, Jupiter
_Sun 10, Moon Z, Venus g,
and Saturn 5. After calculating the madhyam rasmikayu
the Harana and Bharana Sanskaras start. Harar," *""ir"
peduction and bharana means increase. Bharanas
have to
be done firlt.

Bharanas
1. If the planet is retrograde the madhyam ayu should be
doubled.
2. If the planet is in his rasi of exartation the period shourd
be doubled.
3. If the planet is in his Adhi mitra's rasi (in the rasi of
, great friend) the period should be doubled.
The term Adhi mitra indicates that the temporal
relationships have to be taken into consideration.

- Ilt!" same planet has to get more than one bharanas only
the highest bharana has to be done.

Harana Samskara
l. If the planet is in the last phase of his retrogression
there will be no increase in his period. on the oth-erhand
there will be a decrease of f/gth period. Here the last
phase of retrogression has not been specified. The last
phase should be treated as the last degree of retrogres-
sion from where the planet will become margi or in direct
motion.
2.
I{ t!,: planet is in his natural enemy's rasi he will lose
., 1/12th part of his grant.
Other Methods of Ayurdaya 87

8. Astangata Harana
If the planet is combusthe loseshalf of his madhyamayu
period. This rule doesnot apply to Venus and Saturn.
Note: The reductionshave to be appliedto madhyamayu.
to explain the above.
A practical illustration is necessar5l
Example horoscopeis as under:
t r t
g o go

1. Lagna 6-29.48 Mercury 7-6.8

2. Sun 6-13.16 JuPiter (R) l-27.OO
3. Moon 3-19.30 Venus 5'2L'07
4. Mars &.5.22 Saturn 6-7.48
To start the operations it is necessaryto know the points
of highest exaltation of eachplanet.
.o ot

Sun at 10.00 JuPiter at 95.00

Venus i 957.00
Moon " 33.00
' n 200.00
Mars 298.00 Saturn
' 165.00
,. Merc
Sun's A5nrrdaya
Sun'slongitude(6-18.16)- (0-10.00)= 6'3.16
This is more than 6 signs.No further deduction.
Madhyamayu= (6-3.16)x 10 = (183.16x 10)
= 1832.40Convertedinto period
= 5 Jrrs, I month 2 days and 40 ghatis.
Moon's Period
(3-19.30)- (1-3.00) = 2'16.30
(12-0.0)- (2 - 16.30)= 9-13.30= 283.30
289.30x9 = 2551.30 = 7 Jrrg,l month, l day and 3O
ghatis
Mars Period
(e'.ZZ) -(9-28.00)=7 -7.Dx5
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= 217.22x 5 = 1086.50= 3 yrg, 0 months,Gdaysand b0 gh.

Mercury's Period
(7-6.08)- (5-15.00)
= 1-21.08
(12-0.0)- (1-21.08)
= 10-8.52= 308.52
308.52x 10 = 3088.40= 8 yrs, 6 months, 28 days and 40
gh.
cfupiterts Period
(1 - 27.00)- (3 - 5.00)= 10 - 22.00= 322.00
322.00x 7 = 2254.00= 6 yrs, g months and 4 days.
Venus Period
(5 - 21.0n - (11 - 27.00\= 5 - 24.o7
(12- 00.00)- (5 - 24.07\=6- 5.53= 185.53
185.53x 8 = 1487.4= 4yrs,l month, 17 daysand 4 gh.
Saturrr's Period
(6-7.48)- (6-20.00)= 11-17.48
= 847.48x 5 = 1739.00
= 4 Jrs, 9 months and 29 da5rs.

Bharana Samskaras
1. Jupiter is retrograde.Rule I applies.
2. Saturn is exalted.Rule 2 applies.
3. Venus is in Virgo the houseof Mercury who is his natu-
ral friend as well as his temporal friend and thus his in-
timate friend. Rule No. 3 applies.
4. Saturn is also likewise in his intimate friend's house.
This is also the rasi of Saturn'sexaltation.Rules 2 and B
apply.As two rules apply he will get the benefit of one of
them only. He gets doublehis madhyamayuperiod.
Thus Saturn, Jupiter and Venus get the double of their
madhyamayu.
Other Methods of Ayurdaya 89

Harana Sanskara
Sun and Jupiter are in their natural enemy's house. Rule
2 applies. They lose IlL2 of their madhyamayu period. Rules
I and 3 do not apply.
Net grant of longevity
Planets Madhyamayu Increase Decrease Net
Yr. M.D.gh. uig. Yr. M. D. Gh vie
Sun 51240- LIL2 4 72956 20
Moon 7L 130- 7 1130 0
Mars 30 650- I 0 650 0
Mercury 8 6 28 40 - 8 62840 0
Jupiter 6 3 4 0 - x2 u; L2 0 055 0
Venus 4 7L7 4 - >t.2 8 34 I 0
Saturn 4 929 0 - x2 I 728 0 0
53 3 959 20
The net period granted by the planets is 58 years,
3 months, 9 days, 59 gh. 20 vig.
It has been said elsewhere that the Pindayu has 12 vari-
ations. Likewise, the Rasmikayu method has 4 variations.
Here is another method of calculations.
In the 2nd method there is slight variation though the
method is almost the same. The rasmis of each planet in this
czrseare different. Each planet in his Paramochcha position
g_etsthe following rasmis. Sun 16, Moon 20 Mars 1, Mercury g,
Jupiter 8 Venus 9 and Saturn 25.
For illustration the same example as taken above for the
calculation of longevity may be taken here.
Sun's Contribution
The difference between the longitude of the planet and
that of his exaltation is 6-3-16 or 183.ld
183.16 x 16 = 2932.16.Converted into years etc.
= 8 yrs I month, 22 days and 8.84 hours.
Moons Porlod l5 yrs 9 months.
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Mars 7 months, 7 daYs and 5.28 hrs'

Mercury 7 years, 8 months, 19 days and 11.52 hrs.
Jupiter 7 years, l month and 26 daYs.
Venus 4 years, 7 months, 22 days and 13.68 hrs.
Saturn 24 years, 1 month and 5 daYs.
Bharana remain the same. Hence as earlier the periods of
Jupiter, Venus and Saturn will be twice.
In Haranas there is one more harana and that is
chakrardha reductions in addition to the reductions pre-
scribed in the first systern. There are four planets in the
western horizon from the lagna. They are Jupiter, Moon,
Mars and Venus. Mars alone is a malefic. Rates of reduction
as explained in Pindayttrdaya should be effected. The result
after the adjustment of Bharanas and haranas will be the net
contribution of planet to the native.

NakshatraJru
This method of calculating the longevity should not be
confused with the Nakshatrayu method of Kalidas explained
elsewhere. As in Rasmikayu method, there are gunakas in
this method also. There they were called the Rasmis. Here
they are called the gunakas or the multipliers. There Rahu
and Ketu were not included amongst the planets and as such
the grant of periods by them was out of question' .llere they
are treated just like other planets. They have their rnultipliers
and they do grant periods of longevity. It may also be said here
that the multipliers of the planets and two nodes are the same
as their respective periods in terms of years and the order of
the periods is also the same as in Vimsottari system.
The multipliers of Sun are 6, Moon 10, Mars 7 Mercury 17,
Jupiter 16, Venus 20, Rahu 18, Ketu 7 and Saturn L9' These
multipliers are applicable only when the planets concerned
are at their highest exaltation point. To explain the process
the example taken in the calculation of Rasmikayu will serve
our purpose here. The details are reproduced here for the sake
of convenience.
 Other Methods of .Ayudarya 91

Before we proceed with the exercise it may be necessary to

say a few words about Rahu and l(etu known as nodes of
Moon. They are shadowy planets and have not been granted
any lordship of any of the rasis much less their places of
exaltation. The later writers have granted them both the
dignities. They are the lords of 2 rasis each and have their
poinls of exaltation and debilitation as well. According to
' these writers Rahu owns cancer and capricorn and is exalted
in Virgo 21 degrees. Sintilarly, Ketu is supposed to hold his
sway over Aries and is exalted in Pisces 21 degrees. In the
exercise rheir points of exaltation will be reckoned the same as
mentioned here.
Following rules are to be followed in this method.
1. Longitudes of the planets should be Nirayana ones.
2. Deduct the planets' highest point of e:raltation from the
longitude of the planet.
3. If the balance is more than 6 rasis the same may be ac-
cepted. If it is less than 6 rasis it should be deducted from
12 rasis, and this balance should be retained.
4. The balance at 3 above should be reduced to degrees,
minutes and seconds and multiplied by planetrs multi-
plier. The product would be the madhyamayu of the
native in days. The minutes indicate the part of the day
because 60 minutes make one degree and 60 ghatis make
one day.
There are no bharana samskaras or the increase in the
grants of longevity by the planets. All the haranas are how_
ever applicable here. They are:
f. ChakrardhaHarana
The rates of reduction in the madhyama5ru if the planets
are in any of the houses from l2th to ?th.
12th llth lhh qth gth Tth
Benefics Ln tl4 t/6 1/8 LltO t/12
Malefics Full UZ Ltg U4 Lll I/6
92 Judgement of LongeuitY

2. Satrukshetra Harana
The planet loses one third of its grant if he is posited in
the house of his natural enemy. Mars and planets in
retrograde motion are exemPted.
3. Astangata Harana
The combust planet loses half of its grant. This does not
apply to Saturn and Venus.
4. KrurodayaHarana
This is the reduction on account of ttre affliction of lagna
by the presence of the malefic there. There is no harana
if the malefic occupying the lagna happens to be the
lagnesh.
If there are rnore than one malefics in the lagna the
one nearest the cusp will get the reduction. If Rahu or
Ketu alone are posited in the lagna there will be no
reduction. The reduction will not apply when the malefic
planet i;r lagna is aspectedby a benefic. For the quantum
of reduction please refer to the rules given under
Pindayu.
Note: If the sarne planet is subjected to more than one
reduction the one requiring highest reduction will be
applied.
Example Chart
gotsot

Lagna 6-29-48 JuPiter (R) 7'6-8

Sun 6-13-16 Venus 5-2L-7
Moon 3-19-30 Saturn 6-7'48
Mars 5-5-22 Rahu 9-4'59
- ?-6-18 Ketu 3'4-59
Merc
Sun
, I-ongltude- Point of exaltation= (6-13-16)- (0-10-0)
= 6.3.16.As this is alreadymore than 6 rasis no
further deductionis necessa4r.
Other Methods of Ayudayo 98
= 183.16multiplied by its multiplier 6
= 1099.36
These are the days and fraction of the day
= 3 Jrrs.,0 month and 19.6days.
Moon
(3-19.30) - (1-3.0)= 2-16.30.It is lessthan
6 rasis. Hence(12-0.0)- (2-16.30)= 9-13 .30
= 283.30x 10 = 2835.0days, = 7 yrs. 10m.and 15d.
Mars
(5-5.2D- (9-28.0)=7-7.22.It is alreadymorethan Orasis.
= 2L7.22x7 = L52I.34days
4 yrs., 2 monthsand 21.6days.
Mercury
(7-6-18)- (5'15-0)= 1-21-18.Leesthan 6 rasis.
- (1-21-18)
(12-0-0) = 10 - 8.42=308.42
(308.42)x l? = 5247.54
14 yrs, 6 months and 27.9 days.
Jupiter
(7-6-8)- (3-5-0)= 4-1-8Lessthan 6 rasis.
(12-0-0)- (4-1.8)= 7 -28.52= 238.52
= 238.52x 16 = 3821.50days
= 1,0yrs, 7 monthsand 11.8days.
Venus
(5-2I-7)- (11-27-0)= 5-2+7.It is lessthan 6 rasis.
(12-0-0)- (5-24-7)= 6.5.53= 185.53
185.53x 2O= 10Jns.,3 monthsand 2?.6days.
94 Judgement of Longeuity

Saturn
(6-7-48)- (6-20-00)= 11-17-48More than 6 rasis.
= 347.48x 19 = 6608.12days
= 18yrs,4 months and 8.2 days.
Rahu
(9-4.59)- (5-21.0)= 3-13-59Lessthan 6 rasis.
(12-0-0)- (g-f3.59)= 8'16.1= 256.1
256.1x 18 = 4608.18days= 12yrs, 9 months& 18.3days
Ketu
_ (11-21.0)
(3-4.59) = 3-13.59
- (3-16.59)
(12.00.00)
= 8-15.1= 256.L
256.1x 7 = L792.7days= 4 yrs, 11 monthsand 22.1days.
Reductions
1. Mars, Venus, Moon and Ketu are to be subjectedto this
reduction.
Moon a benefic in 10 will lose 1/6 of its grant i.e.
8 months 25.3 days. Mars a malefic in 12th loses fuU
of its grant = 4yrs. 5 months1.6days.Venusabeneficin
12th loses U2 of its grant = 5 yrs 1 month 28.8 days.
Ketu a malefic in 10 loses 1/3 of its gXant = 1 yr.,
7 months and 29.4 days.
2. Satrukshetra Harana
Sun in Venus' house(enemy)loses 1/3 = I yr., 0 m. and'
6.5 days.
Mars likewiseloses1/3grant = 1yr.,6 m. and 20.5days.
Merc.also losesl/3 grant -- 4 yrs, 10 m. and 9.3 days.
Ketu loees 1/3 of grant = 1 yr., 7 m and 27.4 daye.

, 8. Astangf,ta Harana
No planet ie affected
 Other Methods of ,Aywd.a.ya gb

4. Krurodaya Harana
There are 2 malefrcs Sun & Saturn. Sun is nearer the
'
cusp. His period will be reduced. Lagna has passed g
etmsas.= 8 x 1099.36days = 8?94.88days.
8794.88 + 108 = 81.4 daSrs= 2 months 21.4 days.
Note: Sun and Mars have been subjected to reductions
twice. Here reduction which is the maximum shall be
undertaken
PIanet Grpss Period Reductions Net Result
Yr.M. D Yr.M D yr.M D.
Sun30t9.6 I 0 6.5 2 013.1
Moon 7 10 16.0 0 825.3 7 L rg.7
Mars 4. 5 1.6 4 5 1.6
Mercury 14 6 n.g 4 10 9.3 I818.6
Jupiter l0 7 ll.8 10 7 11.8
Venus 10 3 n.6 b 128.8 5 128.8
Saturn 18 4 B.z
Rahu LZ 9 t8.B 72 I 18.3
Ketu 4 11 tZ.1 4 11 22.7
Total 87 0 2.70 16 2 LL.6 70 9 2r.2
Thus the span of life granted by planets is Z0 yrs g months
and 21.2 days.
Gauri Jataka Nakshatr:ayurdaya
The calculations are simple and eas5r.I{ere the birth
constellation is taken into consideration. Birth constellation
is the constellation in which Moon is posited at the time of
the birth of the natire. It is required to find out the balance of
the nakshatra in ghatis and vighatis etc. This period
multiplied by 4 and divided by 3 gives us the period in y"""".
This period added to 40 yields the Nakshatra Alu of
the native. The readere not used to panchangas may ind it
96 Jud'gement of I'ongeuitY

in ghatis,
difficult to calculate the balance period of nakshatra
and vighatis etc. A constellation extendsupto 13,d"ry-:::*
longrtude De
20 miiutes. In a irypotfretical case let Moon's
contains 1 Pada of 'lupiter' 4 of
10".14'.41"in Pisces.'Pi="u"
of Mercury. Thus Jupiter's one
sut.,,r-, and the last four
degrees to 30'20 in Pisces' Moon has
p^a^ frorn zero
"*t""ds 3".20; would be the constellation of
crossed this. From
constellation'
Utr."u Shada. Moon has not yet crossed this
only' The balance degree to
He has covered upto 10.'14'"41" - (10'14'41)
of U. Bhadra constellation are (16'40)
L"
"o"ur"d The total extent of the nakshatra runs 60 ghatis'
= 6".25-19"
are equal
In other words 48000 seconds (extent of nakshatra)
balance period to be covered can be
;; ;0 ghatis. The
that
from the balance portion of the nakshatra
Moon has yet to travel. In the present hypotheticat-ry
"at".rU6O t"
By
il.t^rr"" p"rioa in ghatis and vighatis.etc' is 28-53'55-30'
r."iiiprvi"g this bi 4 .*'ept ris-gs-+z'o'Thisdividedbv 3
days' This
year-s' months and
vi"fal sg-6'-11'24. They are
added to 40 gives us ?8 !rs, 6 months, 11 days and24 ghatis as
the life sPan of the native.
T h e r e i s a n o t h e r m e t h o d o f w o r k i n g t h e n a k s h a t r a y'I'ne
u
which is known as the old system or the old methocl'
;;i;" ghatis and vighatis etc. of thetirth coru;tellation are
us the
first mufiiplied by 60 Ind then by 12' The productgives
easily be converted into years'
Ufe in days which can
"p"" "f example given above
months and days etc. The hypothetical
the span as 57 years' 9 months
can be worked out. It will yieid
7 days and 6 ghatis.

Kendra5nr
kendras'
The houses L,4,7 'rasi and 10 are called the
of in each such house' If Rahu or Mars
Add the number
of that
is occupying any of these houses the number
four rasis.
rasi should 6'e deducted from the total of the above
life.in years'
Th" b.lt r"= multiplied by 3 yields the span.of
i9 tle lagna'
In another hypothetical case suppose Scorpio
will be
,Scorpio is 8th rasi. The fourth, seventh and 10th
il#;lltilt"e;"d 5th rasis.The total of the numbersof
Rahu or
theseiasis9+11+2+5 =26.1'etus supposeagain that
Other Metltods of ,\yurdaya 97

Mars are not occupying these rasis. In that case 26 x 3 = 78

years will be the age of the native.

Kendra-Tfikona Span
The houses L,4,7, and 10 are called the quadrants or
the kendraqthanas, and houses 5 and 9 the trine houses or
the Trikonasthanas. Add the number of rasis falling in
these houses. Out ofthese six houses those that are occupied
by the planets should be noted. The number of these
rasis should be added to the above total of 6 rasis. The
grand total multiplied by 12 and divided by 10 yields the
span of life in yeals. In another hypothetical case whose
chart is given below the same can be calculated. Here
3+6+7+9+11+L2= 48+33 = 81 x I2llO = 97.2 yrs.

4 Merc Ven Ketu

Mars

Nakshatra A5rurdaya (Kalidasa)

Every planet grants a term of life to the native by virtue of
his occupation of certain place in the zodiac. f}riS place is con-
sidered in terms of the nakshatras and their padas. In this
system the steps ofworking are as under:
1. Find out the nakshatra and the pada the planet is in.
2. Determine the nakshatras the planet has crossed and
count it from Aswini nakshatra (both included).
98 Judgemcnt of Longeuity

3. Divide the figure obtained at 2 above by 3.

Ignore the quotient. Multiply the remainder by 4.
Retain it.
4. Add the figure retained at 3 to the number of padas at L
above.
This is the number of years granted by the planet to the
native.
5. Find out the duration of time taken by the planet in
crossing the particular nakshatra he was in at the time
of birth. The difference between the time of entry and
exit will grve the information. This is cailed the
Pramana.
6. Determine the time taken by the planet to travel through
the particular pada of the nakshatra from the time of
birth of the native. The difference between the time of
birth and the time of exit will give the information. This
is called lchcha.
?. Convert the time of Pramana and lchcha into Vighatis.
8. Multiply lchcha vighatis by 12 and divide the product by
the Prarnana vighatis. This gives the number of months
in decimals which can be converted into months, days
ghatis and vighatis etc.
9. Add to this the number of years obtained at 4 above.
The total is the gross period granted by the planet.
Note: It is to be noted that the longitudes of planet harrc
not to be taken into consideration.
An example will e:rplain the above steps. Take the hypo-
thetical case of the natilrc born on 6-5-1991 at 10 ghatis and 15
vighatis.
In the first instance the time of entry and exit of each
planet from the nakshatra may be noted here from a reliable
pandranga.
0ther Methods of Ayurdaya 99

Sun enters Bharani 3rd Pada on 4-5-91at 43gh & 20 vigh.

Sun enters Bharani 4th Pada on 8-5-91 at 9 ghatis and
48 vigh. Sun entered Bharani 3rd pada on 4-5-91 and 4th.
padaof Bharani on 8-5-91.This means that he was traversing
the 3rd pada of Bharani at the time of birtfi.
1. Bharani nakshatra 3rd Pada.
2. Planet has crossed only Aswini nakshatra which is one
nakshatra.
3. The figure at 2 above on division by 3 will yield no quo-
tient and remainder 1. This when multiplied by 4 gives 4.
4. Two padas of Bharani have been crossed by the planet.
4 + 2 = 6. Thus 6 years is the period of longevity granted '
by Sun.
5. Sun's entry into the 4th pada of Bharani means the exit
from the 3rd pada of Bharani.
Exit on (from 4th Pada) 8-t91 at 9 gh. and 48 vig.
Entry on (4th Pada) 4-5-91 at 43 gh. and 20 vig.
Difference I days, 26 gh. and 28 vig.
(Pramana)
'
6. Birth l' 6-5-1991at10gh.and 15 vig.
-
Exit of planet 8-5-1991at 9gh.and 48 vig.
Difference (Ichcha) 1 day, 59 gh. and 33 vig.
7. Pramana 12388vighatis
Ichcha 7173 vighatis
(7173 x 12) 2L519
= months
12388 i 3097
= 6 months,28 days,25 g}l..& 27 vig.
9. 6 years + (6 months, 28 da5rs,25 gh. and 27 vig.)
= 6 yeans, 6 months, 28 days, 25 gh.
and 27 vig.
100 Judgem"entof I'ongeuitY

. The total gross period of longevity granted by Sun is as

arrived at 9 above.
Similarly we can find out the gross periods of other plan'
ets.
This period of longevity can also be worked out accot-
ding to the modern methods where ephemeris are -used'
ThJ most important point here is nirayana longi-tudes -of
pfa""t*. For the convenience of modern readers the
iongitudes of the constellations are given here. This will help
their to find out the constellations crossed by the planets.
In the absence of this table they will have to divide the
Iongitudes of the planet by 13" 20' or 800 minutes which
ma! make them liable to errors sometimes' Here it may
atso ue mentioned that one pada of a constellation is 3" 20'
or 200 minutes'
No. Constella' Longitudes No. Constella' I'ongitudes
tion extend'ing tion exten'd'ing
upto from uPto from
the last the last
constellation constellation

1. Aswini 13.20 15. Swati 200.00

2. Bharani 26.40 16. Visakha 213.20
3. Kritika 40.00 17. Anuradha 226.40
4. Rohini 53.20 18. Jyeshta 240.00
5. Mripira 66.40 19. Moola 253.20
6. Ardra. 80.00 20. P. Shada 266.40
7. Punarvasu 93.20 2I. U. Shada 280.00
8. Pushya 106.40 22. Sravana 299.20
9. Aslesa 120.00 23. Dhanishta 306'40
10. Magha 133.20 24. Satbhisha 320.00
11. P. Phalguni 146.40 25. P. Bhadra 333'20
L2. V. Phalguni 160.00 26. U. Bhadra 346.4C)
13. Hasta L7g.2O 27. Revati 360.00
14. Chitra 186.40
Other Methods of Ayud.aya 101

The first step to be taken in the exerciseis to note down

the nirayana longitudes of the planets. In the exanple they
are as under.
ol

Lagna t25.32 Jupiter x7.40

Sun 135.17 Venus 158.55
Moon 27r.04 Saturn 170.02
Mars 2L9.20 Rahu 298.26
Mercury tI7.L7 Ketu 118.26
Srrn's grant of longevity
The table of nakshatra shows ttrat Sun has crossed'
Magha. This is the 10th nakshatra when counted from
Aswini. Ten divided by 3 yields the quotient as 3 and a re-
mainder of 1. This remaindermultiplied by 4 grvesthe multi-
plicand as 4. This is upto Cancer.In L.eoSun has gone upto
L6.I7. One pada is equivalent to 3.20. Thus he has crossed4
more padas in Leo which is the same as arrived at above.
In order to find out the padas of qalrslplla travelled by
Sun in addition to Magha deductthe spae occupiedby the 10
nakshatras from the longitude of Sun.
Sun's longitude 135.17
Spaceof 10 nakshatra (-) 193.20
Balance L.57
The balanceof 1.57is lessthan 8.20which is the extent of
one pada. In other words he has not crossederren one pada
and as such nothing more is to be added to Sun'e period in
tems of years.
'
The balance 1.57 is oonrrcrted to se@nds that is
7020 seconds. This divided by 1000 gives us tbe number
of montbs in decimal plam in addition to the aborre
4 years. 7020 divided by 1000 yields ?.020 months or
7 months, 0 daJ.", f4 hs and 24 ninutes. The total gross
periods of longevity granted by Sua is 4 years, Z months, 0
da5rs, 14 hours and 24 minutes. The periods of longevity
LOz ,Iudgement of LongeuitY

granted to the native by other planets can be worked out simi-

larly. The periods of other planets are as under.
Planets Years Months Days hours

Sun47 0L424
Moon 9 3 25448
Mars 5 9 18
Mercury 11 . 2 6L424
Jupiter 8 3 18
Venus 10 2 I
Saturn 3 0 3L424
Grossperiod 52 4 15
The above is longevity granted by the planets' Now
the longevity granted by lagna remains to be worked out'
The peiiod granted by the lagna is calculated a little
differently. Here the sigrrs are ignored. The longitudp
after ignlring the signs is converted into seconds, which
when li.rid"J Uy 1000 gives the months and fraction of
month. By ignoring the signs the longitude of lagna is f!!'
This is tonverted into seconds which comes to 19920'
Dividing this by 1000 we get 19 months or 1 year 7 months'
2? days, 14 hrs. and 24 minutes. The gross total longevity
granted to the native is 54 yrs, 0 months 12 days, 14 hours
and 24 minutes.
After determining the gross longevity Harana Samskaras
are done. The rules are:
1. When the planet is in the visible half that is in houses
L2, LL,10, 9, 8 or 7 the period ofthat planet undergoes a
reduction as under.
12th llth luh qth 8th 7th

Malefic Full Llz ll3 ll4 Ll' Ll6

Beriefic tlz tl4 116 1/8 LILO TILZ
2. If the planet is combust or in his sign of debility his
period iuffers a reduction of LfZ. The combustion of a
planet is only in respectof the distanceof the planet from
Other Methods of ,{yurdaya 103

Sun. This distance is different in the case of each planet

which has been given elsewhere.
3. When a planet suffers defeat in planetary wars
Qraha yuddha) it loses one half of its term. The graha
yuddha takes place when a planet is with Mars in the
same rasi and when either Mars or the planet is (are)
'
retrograde.
4. When the planet is in his enemy's camp he loses 1/3 of his
term.
N.B. When the same planet suffers more than one reduc-
tions the highest reduction is effected.
'the
According to the above rules reductions in
terms granted have to be examined. Sun, Moon Mars,
Saturn and Lagna have no reductions. Mercury suffers full
reduction of his term in accordance with rule 1. Mercury
is afflicted here and therefore a malefic. Rule 2 applies
to Venus. The loss is one half of the term. Rule 1
applies, likewise, to Jupiter. He suffers lllzth of its
lonpvity.
Yrs Months Days Hr. Min.
Mercury'sloss = 11 2 6 L4 24
Venusloss = 5 1 1 t2
Jupiter'slcss = - 8 I :-
Total loss = 16 11 L7 2 24
The net longevity of the native is
54 - 0 -L2 -14 -24
(-)16 -11 -17 - 2 -24
97 25 L2-0
The longevity of the native according to the Nakshatra
Ayurdaya system is 37 years, 0 months, 25 days, 12 hours.
It may be mentioned that the native is at the moment
living healthy after crossing this period.
104 J udgement of l-ongeuity

Jaimini Ayurdaya
It is the method of determining the longevity most relied
upon and popular amonpt the astrologers both new and old
and masters and neophytes alike.
In the first place the longevity is determined in general
terms. Life as usual has been divided in three classes on the
basis of span or period of longevity. The three classes are (1)
the alpayu (2) the madhyamayu and (3) the deerghayu. For
the determination of these classes there are three groups of
facbors. The group offactors are:
1. The lagna and the 8th lord.
2. The Moon anil the ascendant lord
3. The Asrcndant lord and the hora lagna.
To avoid any confusion it may be stated at the outset that
the hora lagna here is different from the hora of the lagna ac-
counted for in the shadabalas or the six sources of planetary
strength. Hora lagna here may better be called the Kaal Hora
lagna to differentiate it from its name-sake
While the above three groups are important pillars upon
which the edifice of longevity rests, it is to be admitted that
the considerations from Moon and Saturn have been left out.
Moon represents the mind and forms an important factor for
life. Saturn is the significator of longevity or the ayushkaraka.
The great Maharishi Parasara has attached great importance
to this factor. The subject here under discussion is Jaimini
s5rstemas applicable to longevity, and as such it is proposed to
follow the rules framed in the system without any modifica-
tion etc. The subject has been discussed in chapter 2 and 3 of
his Sutras.
In fact Jaimini, perhaps, never wrote full treatise on
the subject. Whatever has come from him is in the shape
of sutras or hints which rnay be a good mechanism for
committing something to memory and recalling it at
the proper time rather than explaining the subject. These
sutras are too brief to explain anything. The other misfortune
Otlur Methods of Ayuflaya 105

for the later generation has also been that no authoritative

translations or commentaries are available of all that he has
written except the two chapters refened to above.
Apart from the above three groups he has also referred
to the study of ?th and 8th lords and the atmakarakas'
Judgement of longevity should also be made from these
factors. Thus two more groups have been added which are
(1) the lords of 7th and 8th houses and (2) the atmakaraka
and the lords of ?th and 8th houses. He has said further
that the 2nd and 8th lords from the janma lagna having
any relationship with the atmakaraka planet indicate medium
span. Relationship here means cunjunction, association
or aspect.
Jaimini has also talked of the strength of planets. Here
again the strength of planets is not the same as arrived at
after the calculation of the six sources of strength or shad-
abalas. In chapter 2 he says qRrc: IrM: that is, the strength
of planet lies in the strength of the rasi he is posited in. In
other words the strength of rasis has to be judged for the
assessment of weaknesses or otherwise of the planets. For the
assessment ofthe strenglh ofrasi he says:
1. Rasi occupied by planets is stronger than the one not
occupied.
2. Rasi occupied by more number of planets is stronger
than the rasi occupied by less number of planets.
9. If two or mone rasis halre equal number of planets the
one that offers some dignity to the occupants is stronger
than the one which does not. The dignity of the planet
here means the dignity of being in his own sign, Moola
trikona or the sign of his e:raltation. All this reguires no
further elaboration, explanation or discussion. It is
simple and easy to understand.
Even after taking so nuch care in the determination of
longevity he has introdued one more element. The element is
of the revision of the class of life determined by the above con-
siderations. Sometimes the alpayu becomes the madhyayu
and sometimes it is vic versa. Before proeeding further it
 106 Judgement of Longeuity

would be necessary to explain and erect the Kaala Hora lagna

because that rvould be an important factor in the judgernent of
the class of life of the native.

Kaala Hora Lagna or the K.H.L.

As in casting'the horoscope so also in the KHL we are
concerned with the Ishta Kaala.Ishta kaala is the local mean
time elapsed between the previous sun rise and the time of
birth. This period is provided in ghatis and vighatis etc. One
ghati consists of 60 vighatis and.\l2 ghati make one hour. In
other words one ghati has 24 minutes and one vighati 24
seconds.If the time of birth is given in terms of LS.T. the same
has to be converted into time after sunrise.
The Ishta ghatis may be multiplied by 2 and divided
by 5. The result would be hours, minutes and seconds.
The number of hours show the number of rasis. If the
number of hours is more than 12 hours the rasis would also
be more than 12. In such cases 12 should be deducted to
obtain the number of rasis. The minutes arrived at should
be divided by 2 to obtain the degrees. The remainder may
be converted into minutes. Thus the time in hours and
minutes has been converted into rasis, degrees and minutes
etc. If the lagna is an even sign these converted rasis,
degrees etc. have to be added to the longitude of the lagna.
In case the lagna happens to be an odd rasi the addition
has to be made to the longitude of Sun. The result in
each case is the K.H.L.
For the sake of explanation let the Ishta Kaala be
44 ghatis and 25 vighatis and lagna Z signs, lg degrees and
35 minutes. By multiplying the Ishta Kaala by 2 the product
is 88 ghatis and 50 vighatis. Dividing this by b the quotient
is 17 which is the number of rasis and 3 as remainder.
60 vighatis make one ghati. Hence by multiplying B by 60
and adding 50 to the product there is 230 which when
divided by 5 yields 46 minutes. By dividing 46 by 2 ttre
quotient is 23 which is the number of degrees. The number
of degrees is 23. and zero minutes. Because number of
rasis obtained is more than 12, deduct 12 from it. The result
'Other
Methods of AYudaYa 10?

5 is the number of signs. Thus the full figure is 5 signs and

23 minutes. In the hypothetical case above the lagna is
Vrischika which is the 8th rasi, an even one. Hence longitude
of lagna + 5 signs and 23 minutes becomes the K.H'L' Had
the lagna been an odd sign the 5 signs etc. would have
been added to the longitude of Sun.
Now reverting to the subject of lonpvity the first step
would be to determine the span of life from the three factors
refened to aborre,namelY.
1. Lagna and 8th lord from the lagna'
2. Moon sign and the ascendant lord.
g. Ascdt. lord and the K.H.L.

The rules of determination of the class of life are:

Long Life
1. If both the factors are in movable sign.
2. If any one of them is in a fixed and the other in a
dual rasi.

Medium life
1. Both in dual rasi.
2. If any one of them is in movable and the other in a
fixed rasi.

Short life
1. Both in fxed rasis
2. One in movableand the other in dual rasi.
The class of life has to be judged from all the three
considerations. If the result from all the three consideration
is the same it is a welcome feature and should be accepted
for further treatment. If the class of life determined by two
of the factors is the same and different from the third
hctor, that determined by two factors should be accepted.
 108 Judgernent of Longeuity

In case the classes are different from each factor the one
indicated by the group of K.H.L. should be accepted.
The rules for the determination of the class from the lords
of 7th and 8th houses from lagna and from the atmakaraka
planet and the 7th and 8th lords are given below. An atmakar-
aka planet is he who has the highest number of degrees irre-
spective of the rasis. Sign or the rasi has no importance in the
identification of the atmakaraka.
?th and 8th lords
1. The stronger of the two lords by virtue of his occupation
of a Kendra house indicates a long life.
2. The stronger of the two lords by virtue of his occupying a
Panaphara house gives medium life.
8. Stronger of the two lords by virtue of his occupation of an
apoklima house indicates a short life.
The same position holds good if considerd from the lords
of the 7th and 8th houses and the atmakaraka planet.
1. Occupation ofa kendra house by the strongest indicates
a long life.
2. Occupation ofPanapharas house by the strongest ofthe
three indicates a medium life.
3. Occupation of an apoklima house by the strongest of the
three planets shows a short life.
After carefully determining the span of life from all the
considbrations there still remain certain circumstances which
call for the revision of the cless either downwards or upwards.
The_medium life may become the short life or the the long life,
as the case may be. The upward revision is brought aUout in
the following ciranmstances.
1. If Jupiter is posited in the lagna or the Tth house
associated or conjoined with benefisr or aspected
by benefics (Mere presen of Jupiter without benefic
aspect or association is not an enough condition to
alter the cl+ss).
Other Method.s of AYudaYa 109

2. When the ascendant or the descendant has benefic plan'

ets on both sides.
g. When the atmakaraka or the ?th therefrom has benefic
planets on both sides.
4.. When the benefic planets are in trine from the atmakar'
aka or the 7th from it.
5. When the benefic planets configurate in the lagna or the
descendant.
6. When thebenefics are in trine from the ascendant or the
descendant.
The considerations that cause a downward revision are ast
under:
1. If Saturn is one of the factors determining the class.
2. If Saturn is posited in the ra.si of his debilitation or in
that of the enemy duly associated with or aspected by a
malefic. This reduction will not be brought about if
Saturn is posited in his own rasi or rasi of exaltation or
, if there is only an aspect of malefic (s) over him or is
only associated with malefic (s).
'3.
When Saturn is posited in kendrasthana from Jupiter or
if any of these places ib aspected by Saturn alongwith
Mars.
4. If Moon is posited in the gth or 12th house from the as-
eendant.
5. If Moon is posited in the 8th house from the atmakaraka.
6. If Moon is posited in the 12th house or the 7th from lagna
, or from the atmaksrek4.
?. If Saturn is posited in the lagna or rasi or the rasi of the
atmakaraka.
8. If Saturn is posited in 6/8/12th house from the lagna or
the janma rasi (Moon sign) or the sign of the atmakar-
aka.
 110 Judgem.ent of Inngeuity

9. If Saturn is conjoined with the lagna lord or the lord of

the 7th house.
10. If lagna or the 7th houee are hemmed between the male-
fics.
11. If the malefics are posited in the bth/ftly'llth or grd
house from the lagna.
12. If malefics have the same position as above fnom the at-
makaraka.
13. If atmakaraka is hemmed between the malefics.
The above are the causesrwhich call for a downward revi-
sion. As the whole edifice of Jaimini system stands on the
question of the karakas or the three groups of factors the
above factors are important only when they ane involved in
the determination of longevity. Further it is important to note
that merely one factor of the so urany referred to above is not
an enough reason for the reduction. There should be many
reasnns calling for the revision. They should at least be more
than one.
A practical e:rample is needed to oplain the above:
Ghatis 8/52,Lagru- 8-18.12;Sun 8-26.48; Moon 6 -7.29,
Mars 6-12.18, Mercury &28.09, Jupiter 9-8.99; Venus
. 9-0.10, Saturn 6-20.58 Rahu 11-16.5?Ketu b-16.1?.
For calculation of H.ILL.
Ghatb (3/52x2\/5 = 1Hr.38 minutes.
Corrverting into rasi and degree it yields 1 rasi 16 degrees
and 30 minutes. Here lagna is an odd eign. Here added to the
longitude of Sun the result is (8-20.49) + (l-16.90)
= 10 - 18.13
.'. KIIL = 10 - 19.13.
Determlnatlon of longevlt5r
l. Asoendant and the 8th lord
Lagna is a dual rasi and 8th lord Moon in Monable ra.si.
Indications: Short life.
Oth,er Methads of Ayudaya 111

2. Moon sigh and lagnesh

Moon sign a movable sign. Lagnesh Jupiter in movable
rasi. Indications; Inng Life.
/
8. Ascdt. lord and ILH.L.
Lagnesh Jupiter in movable rasi. I(aala Hora Lagna a
fixed sign. Indication: Medium life.
Three groups of factors indicate three different spans of
life. In such cases the span indicated by K.H.L. should be
acepted. Henoe medium life is aeepted.
Here there is no case for upward rnevision. As regards
the downward revision there are two reasons calling for it.
Refer conditions 3 and 7. Saturn alongwith l\ltrars is placed in
the 10th house, a kendrasthana fnom Jupiter and Saturn'is
also posited in rasi that is the Moon sign. Under these
circumstanes the native shall enjoy short life. One thing that
needs special consideration is that Saturn has not been
taken into consideration for the determination of longevity.
He is neither the lagna lord nor the 7th lord in the e:rample.
As such no revision on the above account is called for. The
atmakaraka has also not been taken into acount here. The
span therefore irs final. It is madhyamaJru or the age between
82 and 64 years.
For calculating the longevity in mathematical terms it
is necessary first to determine as to how many of the
three groups have contributed to the present determination. If
they are all the three groups the factors involved are 6
because each group aonsists of 2 factors. In the present case
the determination of medium life is based on one group only,
narnely the group of Ascdt lord and K.H.L. Thus there are
only two factors entering the determination. The average of
their bhogramsas has to be calculated. The bhogamsas ane
the number of degrees and minutes etc., a planet or lagna or
K.H.L. has yet to pass to come out of the sign. Hypothetically,
if the lagna irs 20 degrees in any sign it has yet to pass
10 degrees. The bhogramsa of lagna is therefore 10 degrees.
In other words the longitude, dropping the sign, should be
deducted ftom 30 degrees.
LLz J udgernent of Longeuity

K.H.L. Longitude13".13' Bhoryamsa 16".47',

Lagna lord Longitude 8.39 Bhogramsa 21.2L
38.08
: \
average is 19.04'
After ascertaining the average in the above manner it is
required to be multiplied by the gunakas or the multipliers
given by Jaimini for deerghayu, madhya5ru and alpayu. The
gunaka for madhyamayu is 32. Hence 19.04 multiplied by 32
yield 61,0.8.For conversion into days they are further multi-
plied by 12. The result is 7321.36 days. Minutes become part
of the day. Converting 7321days into years and months etc.
we get 20 years, 4 months and 1.36 days. This period ha.sto be
added to the khanda ofthe respective classes. These khandas
are the lowest limit of the respective clabs. The alpayu's lowest
point is zero because it extends from zero to 32 years. The
madhyayu starts from 32 years. Its khanda is 32. The
deerghayu starts from 64 years. Hene for deerghayu or long
life the khanda is 64. In the case under reference the'span
determined is medium. The khanda for medium span'is 32
years. Hence the above 20 yr. 4 months and 1.36 days are to be
added to 32. The result is 52 years, 4 months and 1.36 days.
This is the span of life to be enjoyed by the native.
The above calculations have been done on the basis of 3
classes of life namely long, medium and short life. Certain
astrologers have further sub-divided each of them into three
classes, and determined their upper limits. The divisions
made by Sh. Durga Prasad are:
Higher Middle Lower
lnng life 120yrs. 108 yrs 96 yrs
Medium life 80 yrs. 72yrs 64 yrs
Short life 40 yrs 36 yrs 32 yrs
He has also determined the khandas and gunakas of each
sub class as well as the system/method oftheir use in the sanne
way as Jaimini has done.
Other Methods of 'Ayud.a.ya 113

The details are aisunder.

Long h.fe Medium Slrcrt
If determined K. G K. G. K. G.
by
One factor 64 32 4040040
Two factors 72 36 4040036
Three factors 80 40 3636092
Here K stands for Khanda and G for Gunaka.
The longevity in the above example can be calculated on
the basis of the above also. Upto the stage of average
bhogramsas everything remains the same. Because it was
only one factor thal detennined the span as medium the
gunakas (multipliers) and khandas wculd be 40 each.
19".04' x 40 = 762.40 Multiplied further by 12 we get
9152 days = 25 yrs. 5 months and 2 days. This added to the
khanda 40 years gives us 65 yrs, 4 rnonths and 2 days.
This is the longevity of the native.

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 Chapter 7
Pindayurdaya and
Amsa5rurrdaya

There are many more methods of calculation of

longevity than the methods dealt with in the earlier
chapter. Pindayurdaya, also known as the Grahadatta
Pindayurdaya Amsayurdaya or Amsakayurdaya are
important.
Pindayurdaya
The basic concept of the system is that the planets grant
longevity according to their position in the zodiac. The period
granted by these planets is subjected to various reductions on
account of various causes. There are three schools regarding
the grant of periods by the planets and four subdivisions
the harana sanskaras or the reduction of periods'
""gt"dittg
This constitutes 12 schools.

Grant of Periods bY the Planets

Yavanacharya, Manitha and Parasara hold the view that
the planets Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury' Jupiter Venus and
Saturn when in Paramochcha position or their
position of highest exaltation grant a period of
L9,25,15,12,75,21 and 20 years respectively' According to
Jeevasarma the maximum number of years granted by the
planet in the same position is one-seventh of the maximum
ienggfr of life envisaged in the Vimsottari system that is 120
years and 5 days. Thus each planet according to Jeevasarma
grants an equal period of 17 years, 1 month, 22 days and
 115
Pi nd.a,yurday a a nd rLrnsayurday a
l7 '14484 years'
8 ghatis 34.3 vighatis, or in decimal terms'
According to him each
Th"ethird school is H by Badarayana'
is 14'28 years ap-
planet gives one seventh of 100 years that
of thought about
iio*i-It"ry. Thus there are three schools
ihe grant ofPlanetary Periods'
the qllt of
As there are lhree schools regarding
are four different
peri,ods by the planets so there
process called
schools regarding the haranas also' One
planet at the point of
the Neechardhaharan believes that the
at the point of
J"Lifirv loses one fratf of its period granted
process'
highest exaltation. The other, the Neechabhava
by the planet
maintains that the entire period granted "! i!"
the same planet reaches the point ofits
exaltation vanishes if
known as Kri'
a""f a"Uifity or depression' The third process
According
taharana process allows proportionate -reductions'
procss there is
i" irr" lasfprocess kno*n-asihe Akritaharan
of the planets on this
no reductions what-so'ever in the grants
account, that is, at their points of debility'
method'
Thus in all there are 12 variations of Pindayir
Neechardhaharana process is
The method of Parasara with
to- include all the twelve
here. It is not possible
granted by
.r"ri.tiorr" in this limited- space' The periods
"*lf"irrua
are Sun
the planets at their points of ni4tot exaltations
12 years'
iS yt", Moon 25 years Mars 15 year' Mercury
years'
Jupiter 15 -g"t years, Venus 21 years and Saturn 21
if,i" p""ioa tt*""a if the planet is at its point of deep
these two
debiliiation. tfte periods of grants in between
out by the rule of 3'
extremes have to be worked - .In
some increase in this period
other methods Iike the Amsayu
planet is in
is allowed for rrarious other reasons. If the
gains some of the grant lost
the house of his friends etc' he
an intdrvening period between the
by him by occupying
.in "thJ Amsayu method' This is not so in
tivo extremes
iirrd.y.r"dtya. There are, however' some reductions in 'their
Har-
pe"ioi"
'ana on oth"" accounts. The reductions are called the
4 situ-
Samskaras in the classical language' There are
are the 1'
ations where the amounts of grant is reduced' They
3' Astangata
Chakrapatha Harana 2. Satrukshetra Harana'
116 Judgement of Langeuity

Harana and 4. Krurodaya Harana.

Chakrapatha Harana
This is also called the Chakrardha Harana. In any
birth chart the lagna or the ascendant is called the east
and the 7th house the west of the zodiac. One half of
the zodiac is therefore the houses 1 to 6 and the other half
is from houses seven to twelve. Planets suffer reduction
when they are in the second half of the zodiac. The
reduction is maximum near the lagna that is house 12
and minimum in the farthest from it that is the 7th house.
Here also the reductir:ns are effected according to the
nature of the planet. .A benefic planet loses half of what a
malefic planet loses in the same position. However, regarding
these reductions, if there are more than one planet in any
house all of them would not suffer this reduction. Only the
strongest of them will tre subjected to this reduction. This is
aocording to Satyacharya which is the view acceptable to all.
The rates ofreductions are as under:
Planet 12th Llth lhh 9th 8th 7th
Malefic Full Il2 Llg LlA Lll Ll6
Benefic Lt2 u4 Ll6 u8 Llr0 LlLz
Satnrkshetra Harana
This reduction is made in the case of planets occupying
the house of their natural enemies. The loss on this account is
one-third of the planetary grant. This reduction is not applied
to all planets. Planets who are in retrograde motion and Mars,
even when it is in direct motion, are exempted from this re-
duction. The word used in the text, is vakra which has been
interpreted as Mars by some and as planet in retrograde
motion by others. Varahamihira holds the former view and
Badarayana and Gargacharya hold the later view. In practice,
however, both Mars and the planets in retrograde motion are
exempted from this reduction.
Pi nd.ayurd.aya and Amsnyurday a 117

Astangata Harana
The planet is supposed to be asta or combust when
he reaches within certain limits from Sun. This limit
is both forward as well as backward. At this point the
planet disappears from the view because his light is
obscured by the light of Sun. In this position the planet
loses U2 of its contribution. The limits of aombustion
are different for each planet. They are 1? for Moon, 17"
for lMars, 14" for Mercuryll' for Jupiter, 10 for Venus and 5'
for Saturn.
Saturn and Venus are exempted from this.

I(rurodaya Harana
This reductionis carried out when the malefic planet
oc.cupies the lagna. If the malefic planet is aspected by a
benefic planet the amount of this reduction will be halved.
There are certain exemptions to this rule also.
1. If the lagna lord happens to be a malefic and he occupies
the lagna there will be no reductions.
2. If Rahu or Ketu alone occrrpy the lagna there is no
reduction on account of Krurodaya Harana.
3. If there are more than one malefic planet occupying the
lagna the reductions will be in the periods of the planet
nearest the lagna.
Here it may be clarified that Sun, Mars and Saturn are
the only planets taken as malefics. WaningMoon and afflicted
Mercury are not taken to be the malefic planets.
As regards the quantum of reduction on this account
Saravali has given the same. The reduction ie obtained
by multiplying the total number of years already obtained
by the number of navamsas of the rising sign that has
risen above the horizon and dividing the product by 108
which are the total number of navamsas of the zodiac.
The above procedure is aU regarding the calcrrlation
 118 J udgement of I'ongeuity

of periods granted by the planets. The lagna, like

any planet, also contributes to the period of longevity
of native. Its procedure is, however, a little different.

Lagna A5mrvarshas or the period glanted by

Lagna
Varahamihira says that every navamsa of a rasi gives
one year because there are 9 navamsas in a sign, the period
granted by one sign is 9 years. In olher words each degree of
the sign gives 0.3 years of longevity. Manitha and some others
hold the view that number of years grven by lagna is the
number of signs between the first point of Aries and the point
of lagna rising. If in a hypothetical case the lagna is 10 de-
grees of Virgo the native gets 5 years upto Leo and 4 months
up 10 degrees of Virgo. According to Saravali the method of
Varahamihira should be followed if the lord of rising navamsa
is stronger than the lord of the rising sign. The other method
should be followed if the case is otherwise.
An example will explain the case.
sn so
Ascdt 4 5 32 Mercury 327L7
Sun 4 15 t7 Jupiter 0274r
Moon I 1 04 Venus 5355
Mars 7 I 20 Saturn 52002
Process
1. Convert the nirayana longitude to degrees etc.
2. Deduct the longitude of the highest exaltation from the
longitude of the planet.
3. If the difference at 2 above is less than 18S it should be
deducted from 360 to make it more than 180. If the
difference is more than 18O already no further deduction
"' is required.
4. Multiply the full term of the planet with the figure at 3
above and divide the product by 36O
The result thus obtained would be the sphuta ayurvarshas
Pi nday urday a and, AmsaYurdaY a 119

of the planet.
Sun: Inngitude is 135.1?and its e>raltationpoints is 10'
Diff6renceis 125.1?which is less than 180"
Hence360 - 125.17= 234.43
Sun grants a period of 19 years' Therefore
(19 x234.43y360= !2.99 years sphuta ayurvarshas
Moon 27I.04 - 33.00 = 238.04. Already more tham 180
degrees.Therefore238.04x251360
= 16.53sphuta aYurvarshas.
Mars 219.20 - 298.00 = 281'20 (already more than 18O)
281.20x 15/360= 11.72sphuta ayurvarshas'
Mercury ll7.l7 - 165.00= 3L2.I7 (alreadymore than 180)
gtZ.tl x 121360= 10'41sphuta aJrurvarshas'
Jupiter 27.41 - 95'00 = 292.41 (already more than 18O)
2g2.4lx 15/360= 12.19years sphutaayurvarshas
Venus 153.55- 35?.00 = 156.55,(less than 180 degrees)'
360"-- 156.55= 203.05
'
203.05x 211360= 11.85years sphuta ayurvarshas
Saturn 170.02- 200.00= 330.02 (alreadymore than 18O)
330.02x 20/360= 18.34sphuta ayurvarshas'
Note: All operations upto the stage of deductiol h1*
beendone in terms of degreesetc. Beforemultiplying the
differencethe minutes should be convertedinto fraction
of degrees.
The same results can be obtained in other way also' Each
planet loses/gainshalf of its period in 180' Sun's longitude is
igs'.t2. Its foint of debilityln 19o.00.At the moment he is
losing his periods. out of 18o he ha-stravelled 125".17or
l25.ig degrees$25.29 x g.5)/180= 6.61. His grant therefore
would Ue fg - 6.61 = 12.39years. This is exactly the same'
Now the grant of Lagna has to be calculated' The long'
tude of lagna is 4-5.g2.As it is secondna\ramsaof Leo it falls
in Taurus. The lord is Venus.Venus is positedin the houseof
 L20 Judgement of Longeuity
his intirnate friend Mercury. The lagna is l,eo and its lord sun
is occupying his o'arnsign. It is aspected by Jupiter. Thereis
no malefic aspect on it. Thus lagnesh Sun is stronger than
Navarnsa lord Venus. Varahamihira's method should be
adopted here. Every navamsa gives one year or the rasi gives
nine years. Working on the basis of the grant of period Uy tfre
lagna is I x 5.32130= 1.66years.
This can as well be calculated in the following manner.
One navamsa is 3.20 or 200 minutes. The navamsas
passed by the lagna is 3.32120A= 1.66 years. The position of
grant of longevity by planets and lagna is as under:
Years Years
Sun L2.39 Jupiter 12.L9
ldoon 16.53 Venus 11.85
Mars 1L.72 Saturn 18.34
Mercury 10.41 Lagna 1.66
Total 51.05 r 44.04 = 95.09
The total sphuta ayurvarshas granted by lagna and the
planets is 95'09 years. The Harana samskara or the reduction
operations have to be undertaken.
As per rules given above for reduction Moon, Mercury and
_
Jupiter a*e the only three planets to be subjected to the Har_
ana samskaras. Moon is posited in the house of saturn who is
an enemy of Moon. The reduction on this account is E.El
years. Mercury occupies the 12th sign. He is a benefic. He
loses one half of his period that is LO.4I12 = 6.20 years.
Jupiter occupies the gth house. IIe is also a benefic plariet. He
Ioses one-eighth of his period that is Lz.Lglg = l.5i years.
The total loss is = LZ.ZByears
The total sphuta ayurvarsha = gb.0g
The net longevity or \ = gb"0g_ L2.ZB
the Suddha ayu t
= 82.86 year.
 Pi nday urday a and Amsay urdaya tzL
\, ' AMSAKAYURDAYA
\
This is Satyacharya's method dealt with by parasara also.
This process in certain cases has to be varied into what is
known as Prakramanugata method oi the method in general
use. These two methods are further divided into tw- parts
known as Kritawiddhika and Akritwiddhika methods. In ttre
one method the increase in the grant of periods known as
Bharana Samskaras is allowed. In the otlier this is not al-
lowed. Maharishi Parasara allows the increase in the periods.
The arnsakayurdaya thus has four varieties or four methods.
I{ow f;ar this method is useful is subject to difference of opin-
ions- Rhattotpala considers this method as the only comect
method. Varahamihira concurs with this. saravali and Mani-
tha do approve of this method but do not attach much iinpor_
tance to it. sreepati and satyacharya have also dealt with ihis
method.
According to Satyacharya, the nirayana longitudes are
converted into minutes and divided by 200 because each na-
vamsa is of 200 minutes or 3.20. The quotient will indicate the
number of navamsas passed by the planet from the first point
of Aries. This quotient is divided bt 12. The remainder will
give the grant of the planet in years and the remainder left
after- dividing by 200 gives the fraction of the year. This may
best be explained by an example. Supposethe longitude of Sun
is 243.15. This when converted i'to minutes is eq-ualto 14b9b
nrinutes. This divided by 200 yierds a quotienl of 72'and
remainder 195. Dividing the quotient by 12 the remainder is
zero. In other words sun in this casegrants a period of 19b/
200 years only. These are the sphuta ay,urr".ihus of Sun in
this case. These sphuta a5rurvarshas of planets are subjected
to both bharana and harana samskaras. The method foiowed
here is that of Parasara.

Bharana Samskaras or the fnerease of the

Periods
1. If the planet is exartecl or is in retrograde motion his
J aJrurvarshas should be multiplied by B.
2. The ayrrvarshas shourd be doubled if the pranet is in his
own rasi or drekkana or is vargottama. The planet is
 I

I
L22 Judgement of LongeuitY

vargottamawhen his rasi in navamsa is the same as the

rasioccupied by him in the rasi chart'
planets
3. If rules 1 and 2 both are applicable to any of the
rule L will operate. Rule 2 will not be applied'
4. If aplanet is retrogtade in his sign-of exaltation applica-
tion of rule 1 shallle onceonly' This applies to the appli'
cation of rule 2 also.

Reductions or llarana Sarnskara

l. Chakrardha Harana
The planet loses part of his grant of life to the native if he
is
, happens to be in the visiblehalf of the horizon' Lagna
the
the Ascendant. The visible half of the horizon covers
houses 12th, 11th, 10th, gth, 8th and ?th houses' The
loss ofthe term is accordingto the nearness ofthe house
to
to the ascendant, The reduction also varies according
the nature ofthe planet concerned'The reductions on ac-
count of the nature of the planet and the house he is
posited in are as under.
Planet 12th llth lhh hth 9th 7th

Benefic Il2 Ll4 u6 1/8 1/10 Llt2

Malefic Full Ll2 Ll} ll4 Lll Ll6
in any one
. If more than one planets happen to be posited
oftheabovehousesthereductionshouldbeappliedto
the strongest planet in the house concerned and not to
each pianet
2. Satrukshetra Harana
The planet in an inimical house (the house whose lord is
of
the enemy of the planet) brinp about the reduction
1/3 of its grant of life. Satrukshetra harana follows the
dftuhtpJfta harana. The planet in retrogrademotion is
exempt'from this reduction. It may be stated here that
the word used in classical texts is "vakra" which means
the planet in retrograde motion as well as Mars, whether
'
in direct or retrograde motion. There is therefore some
Pi ndoyurdoy a and Amsay urdorya 123
difference of opinion in effecting this reduction. There
are those who feel that only Mars is exempted, and not
all planets. In practice, however, this reduction is nei'
ther applied to Mars nor to planets in retrogression'
3. Astangata Harana or Reduction due to Combus-
tion
Sun is the most powerful planet in the solar system and
the planet that neachesnear Sun during transit loses its
power to some extent. Sun ol'ershadows him. This is
ealled combustion. As a result of combustion the planet
loses one half of its grant of longevity. This rule does not
apply to Venus and Saturn. The reasons of the exception
ane not known. This deduction is to be done according to
the grant that remains after the Chakrapatha and
Satrukshetra haranas.
The degrees of combustion of different planets have al-
ready been given under Pindayu method and therefore
need not be repeated here.
4. Krurndaya llar:ana or Reduction on Account of
malefic in lagna
No reductions are made on this account from the plane'
tary grant of lonpvity in the Amsayu method. This re'
duction is done only in the Pindayu method'
All the above operations can well be understood by an ex'
ample.
E-ample horoscope
ol

Lagna 209.48 Mercury 216.08

Sun 193.16 Jupiter (R) 57.00
Moon 109.30 Venus t7L.07
Mars L55.22 Saturn 187.48
As per rules outlined Tbove some increase in the grant of
planetary period is made on account of their positions in Rasi,
Drekkana and Navamsa charts. It would be better to have
L24 Judgement of Inngeuity

these charts prepared and kept ready in advance.

In drekkana the rasi is divided into 3 equal parts of 1@

each. The lord of the first part is the lord of the rasi itself. The
lord of2nd drekkana is the lord ofbth rasi therefrom and the
lord of the third drekkana is the lord of 5th from the 5th rasi.
Rasi chart

8 Merc Mars Ven

4 Moon

Jup (R)

Drekkana Chart
First of all the chart showsthe lagna. Lagna is in Libra in
3rd Drekkana. The rasi for the first would be Libra itself, for
the seond it would be 5th from Libra that is Aquarius and
that for the 3rd it would be 5th from Aquarius that is Gemini.
Thus the chart is prepared as under.

'8\ -10
Moon JUP
Merc"
Pind.a.yurdarya and. Amsayurdaya t}l

Navamsa chatr
Each rasi is divided into 9 equal parts of 3.20 each. The
first navamsa of each rasi is counted from the rasis shown
against each.
.Rasis Nauamsas
Counted frpm
Aries, Leo Sagittarius Aries
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Capricorn
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Libra
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Cancer
Lagna is in Libra and the number of Navamsa is fth.It is
to be counted from Libra. Ninth rasi fmm Libra is C,emini.
Thus Lagna in Navamsa Chart would be Gemini. Similarly
the Navamsas of planets can be worked out. The Navamsa
chart of the example horoscope will be as unden.
Navarnga Chart

.g
Moon Mars
Sat

Calculation of longevity
Sun Longitude 193.16= 11596minutes
11b96l200= euotient bz Remainder196
57112= Remainderg. Total Period = g.98yrs.
Moon 109.30 = 6570 minutee; 6570/N0 = Quotient 32
L26 Judgementof l-ongeuitY

Remainder 170. 32112 Remainder 8. Total Period

= 8.85year.
Mars 155.22 = 9322 minutes; 9322f200 = Quotient 46
Remainder L22. 461L2= Remainder 10. Total Period
= 10.60years
Mercnry 216.08= 12968minutes; 129681200 = Quotient 64
Remainder168
64112'=Remainder4, Total period = 4-84year8
Jupiter 57.00 = '3420 minutes; 94201200= Quotient L7
Remainder 1"68
L7lLZ= Remainder5, Total period = 5.10 years
Venus L7L.O7= L0267 minutes, 102671200Quotient 51
Remainder67.
5LlL2= Remainder3. Total Period = 3.34 years
Saturn L87.48 = LL268 minutes; LL268120O Quotient 56.
Bemainder8
561L2= Remainder8; period = 8.34 years
Thus the total sphuta a5rurvarshasof planets
= 51.05years.

Bharana Samskaras
'1. No planet is in e:raltation.
2. Moon being in own sign, add. 8.85 year.
Venus being in own drekkarra"add 8.34 years.
3. Jupiter is retrograde,add. 10.20yearc.
Total irrcrease 22.39 Years

Ilarana Samskaras
l.(a) Chakrapatha Harana
Mars, a malefic in 12th house should
. lose all his ayurvarshas. Venus a
benefic in the same house is to lose
Pinda.yurdnyo ond Arnsayurd.a.yo t27

half of his ayunrarshas. Here Mars is

stronger than Venus because of his
more contribution and becauseVenus
is in debility. Mars period only will be 10'60years'
subjected
(b) Moon a benefic in 10th houseloses' 2.95 years.
2. Satmkshetra Haranas
Sun loses 1/3rd of his grant that is 3.33years.
3. Astangata Harana
There is no reduction on this acmunt.
TotalReductions 16.88Years.
Total ayunrarshas granted by the planets are
Sphuta ayurrarshas 51.05yearc.
Increase in periode (+) 22.39 yane.
79.44J'earst.
Reduction (-) 16.88years.
56.56yearc.
Now the oontribution of lagna to the longevity remains to
be calculated.

Lagna alrurnzarchas
The method of calculation is the same as explained in the
Pindayu method earlier. The first thing to be judged is
whether lagna lord isetronger than the lagna navamsalord.If
thst be so we adoptVarahamihira. If it is otherwise the proce'
dure to be followed is tbat glven by Parasara.
The lagna is Libra. Its lord is Venus who is posited in the
house of his debility. Navansa lagna is C'emini whce lord is
Mercury in the house of his enemy lUars but receiving the
benefic aspect of Jupiter. Hence Mercury can be said to be
better placed thanVenus. In guch casesthe method prescribed
by Varahamihira has to be taken.
L28 Judgentent of Longeuity
The lagna gives one year for each navamsa passed. The
longitude of lagna is 6 - 29.48. In other words it has passed g
navannsas. Hence 8 full year. Eighth navamsa runs upto
26.40, for the balance 3.10 the amount can be calculated by
rule of 3 which oomesto 0.94years. Total contribution of lagna
will be 8.94 years.
Thus the total period of longevity grantd by planets and
the lagna is 56.56 + 8.94 years = 65.b or 6b years, 6 months.

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 Chapter I
Novel Method of
Detemination of Longevity

This is a new method of determination of longevity' This

is new in the senFiethat I have not found it in any classical
work. It has been given a separate treatment in a separate
chapter because it is a simple and easy method which needs
to be e:rperimented upon and verified as to \Yhat extent it can
be relied upon and whether it can be universally applied'
Sh. G.S. Rama Murthi in his book Span of Life published in
19?1 (second edition) has referred to it as being practised
by one family of a,strologers in the South. The great merit
oi ttt* method is that it is too simple. If analysed it will
be found that it gives importance, besides the janma lagna
and Chandra lagna, to Aroodha lagna and Pak lagna'
Taking each lagna as the a-scendant it treats four important
lords of the chart viz. the first, third, eighth and tenth' First
lord directly represents the native, the third denotes his
prowess, the eighth his ageAife/ayush and the tenth his
karmasthana as well as the house of retiremerrt. The special
feature of the method is that he does not regard eighth
house as a bad house totally. Arly way, the method needs to
be practised and experimented upon and the results obtained
therefrom to be verified from facts. Here there are no ifs
and buts. There is no consideration as to whether Sun
is strong or Moon or the lagua.
 130 Judgement of Longeuity
To start with, we may prepare the chart of birth and
determine the ascendant, Chandra lagna, paka lagna and
Aroodha lagna and judge the position of the lords of lst, 3rd,
8th and tenth houses in each case.The readers are expecied to
be well acquainted with all the above four types of lagnas. The
first two that is the ascendant or Janma lagna and Chandra
lagna or the rasi, as it is called, are very common. Every body
knows how to calculate them. A little explanation about the
Paka and Aroodha lagnas may be necessary here. The paka
lagna is the sign occupied by the lord of ascendant. If the
ascendant is Libra and its lord Venus occupies Capricorn, the
Paka lagna would be Capricorn. The ascendant lord is here
posited in the fourth house from asoendant, count four signs
from Paka lagna which is Aries. Aries will be the Aroodtra
lagna. From each lagna find out the lst, 3rti, 8th and 10th
lords and deal with them as under.
1. If the concerned lord is in Kendra or Trikona house from
that lagna allot one full mark to the planet.
2. If the concernedlord is neither in Kendra nor in Trikona
houses but is in his own sign or the sign of exaltation or
Moola Trikona or posited in 3rd, or 8th house from that
lagna award Ll2 mark to him.
8. If the concerned lord is a malelic planet posited in
upachaya houses allot half a mark to him.
4. lf a planet getting full mark be in the house of his
debility or in his enemy's camp his mark must be reduced
to half.
5. If the concerned lord has evil association or is combust
his mark has to be redued to half.
6. Add up all the marks of all planets in the exercise and
multiply it by 6.25. The product would be the lifie span of
the native in years and part of the year which can be
converted into months and days etc.
An e:rample will do best to explain the above procedure.
The child born on 4-5-1990 has the following horusoope.
Nouel Method of Detennination of Langeuity 131

Sun Here lagna irsPis@s and

Merc Chandra lagna is Lo. La'
Sal gna lord Jupiter is octuPY-
Rahu ing Gemini. The Pnka la'
gna, therefore, is Gemini.
The lagna lord is four
houses away from lagna.
4.\ The Aroodha lagna will
lGr, therefore be four houses
/5
away from Jupiter that is
Moon
Virgo. Virgo therefore ehall
be the Aroodha lagna here.

The processto be followed is as under:

I From the lagna or the ascendant
(a) Lagna lord is Jupiter posited in kendra ftom lagna. He
gets full mark. The relevant house is that of Mercury
who is an enemy of Jupiter. The one full mark is rcducd
to half.
(b) The third lord is Venus posited in the ascendant itelf.
He gets one full mark. He is in enemy'scampbecauseJu-
piter is his enemy.At the snme time he is exalted. The
net result is one full mark.
(c) Eighth lord is again Venus. He gets one full mark atex-
plained above.
(d) Tenth lord is Jupiter who gets half a mark as e:plained
above.
2. From Chandra lagna
(a) Lagnesh Sun is poeited in 9th house from Chandra
lagna. He gets one full mark.
(b) Third lord Venus is posited in Pisceswhich is 8th from
Chandra lagna. He gets 1/2 mark.
(c) Eighth lord is Jupiter posited in llth from Chandra
lagna. He gets zero.
(d) Tenth lord Venus gets lf2 mark.
tgz Judgement of I'ongeuitY
3. From Paka Lagna
(a) Lagnesh is Mercury which occupies 1lth house' He gets
,""o. He is also a.ssociatedwith a malefic Sun'
(b) Third lord Sun oc,cupiesl'lth house, He gets zero'
(c) Eighth lorcl Saturn is in 8th house' He gets one fialf
mo:rk. He is malefic. He gets LlZ mark more as per Rule
3. Thus be gets one full mark.
(d) Tenth lord Jupiter is in Kendra from Paka lagna but is
posited in Mercury's house. He gets half a mark'
4. From Aroodha Lagna
(a) Mercury is the lagnesh occupying 8th house' He gets half
a mark but being:associated with Sun gets half mark re'
duced to zero.
gets
ft) Third lord Mars is in 6th house. He is a malefic He
half a mark.
' (b) above'
{") Eigt tt lord is Mars. He gets half a mark as at
(d) Tenth lord Mercury pts zero' asi per (a) above'
The total marks obtained in the four lagnas are 7'marks'
. This multiplied by 6.25 gives a product of 43'75 years or
43 years 9 months.
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much of calculation nor many rules. The readers will do well
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 Chapter I
Mathematical Methods and
Their Applicability

We have discussed and explained with practical illustra-

tions various methods of calculating the life span of the indi
vidual. Now it is time to consider their utility and applicabil-
rty.By utility we mean here whether the results obtained by
these methods have any relevance to fact; that is do they
correspond to the period of life actually enjoyed by the native?
The comments of old sages and reports of later eminent as-
trologers and research workers ane our best guides in this
respect.
1. Varahamihir in Brihat Jataka has said that all these cal-
. cula.tions apply only to ordinaqr personst. The sages and
saints born in this world are much above the influences
of these planets. They can and do outlive even the maxi-
mum human life span granted by these planets.
2. All these calculations apply only to normal conditions of
life. They cannot be applied to abnormal conditions like
the disturbed social or political conditions.
If these be the limitations it would be an exercise in
futility to attempt any calanlations, much less the strenuous
mathematical ones. While some attempt maybe made to judge
the future greatness of the native by a careful and intelligent
study of various yogas pr*ent in the birth chart there is
absolutely nothing to indicate about the general oonditions of
life.
Further, we do not know what the words "extra-ordinar5l
person" signiff. Is it to mean only the sages and saints or to
134 Judgement of InngeuitY

include also the great personslike Einstein, Hitler, Jawahar-

lal Nehru and the like who influencedthe world to the extent
of moulding its future in their own specialways. Under such
circumstances it appears proper to girc up any attempt at
mathematical calculations.Our indulgencein them may oth'
erwise be only a sour@of indoor amusements.
The reports of eminent astrologers and researth workers
also serve as guiding lights to us. Dr. Suresh Chandra Misra
has commentedthaf it is difficult to say ( ffiiQr{ ) or'that
is it" in this respect.Pandit GofreshKumar Ojha in one of his
c-ommentarieshas said that during his long experience has he
not found the results of any of the methods corresponding to
fiacts.
Under such circumstancesit may not be difftcult to
conclude that indulgence in mathematical pursuits is a
sheer waste of time and enerry. Before discarding them
like this a little deeper study of the subject is called for.
Here comes the question why did the sagesdevise so many
methods if they are not to serve any useful purpoe.
Maharishi Parasara, who can be called the father of astrologr,
has included all thme rnethods in his work the Brihat
Hora Sastra. Varahamihir has simply conditioned the results
but not discardedthem outright. Jaimini, another luminary
in the horizon, has added one more method to so many
methods. There must be some big reason behind the
inventions cf these methods.
A little more careful study would reveal that our
sagesmeant by ayu or life only the life granted by the various
planets who govern all that happens and is likely to happen
in the terrqqtrial world. The life granted by these planets
etc. was called the yogajayu or the span of life arrived at
by study of various combinationsof the planets in the chart.
They start their study of the problem from the rrery birth
of the native. They studied deeplyeven the moment of birth.
Certain timings of birth were declared inauspicious by
them becausethey were not consideredhelpful to the ontinu-
ance of life. Gandarishtas etc. are the points under reference
in this context.
Mathematical Methads an"dTheir Applicability 135

Jt is also significant to note that their study at the earliest

stagesof life was not of the factorsprnmotinglife but of those
that hinder these prospects.They were concernedmore with
the prospectsof life than the er.entsof life. They harreadvised
us not to indulge in any predictionsunlessthe span of life was
n<sured. They studied first the arishtas; then the arishta
bhangas; and then ultimately the various combinations of
planets indicating various spans of life and the factors that
nullify their effiects.LiG span was their first concern.In this
concern they wanted to be doubly sure of their conclusions.
They tried to check them in more than one ways. They
interpreted the various yogaspresent in the horosmpe.Next
they studied the same thing the other way. They studied
the possible fiactorsdisturbing the life span. Study of the
causesof death was one step in that direction, identification
of the death inllicting planets was another. It was only
after study ofthese death inllicting planets that they devised
some mathematical ways to check up their oonclusiong.
Thus it is quite evident that the mathematicalmethods were
not supposed to be any independent source sf information
but merely as supplementary to the study of the yogajayu.
This gets a conlirmation from two facts. The one is that
these methcds are to be applied to certain conditions only
which gave them a reading of life span. ?he methods
by calculations were required only to confirm their determina-
tions. The other irs the fact that the determination of life
span was the pre-conditionof the application of one or the
other method. It would thus appear that the methods, if
they fail, are not to be blanred as such. They have only to
work within specific limitations as secondary or tertiary
agents to detennine the life span.
For the applications of various methode they harrc
set down certain conditions. The onditions under which
the Bhinnayu of the Ashtqkq Varga ehould be adopte<l
are:
1 . If the l0th house is octupied by both the malefir:s and
benefics the Bhinnayu method should bc adoptecl.
136 Judgement of LongeuitY

2. If Moon with some planet occupies any of the Panaphara

or Apokli.ma houses.
3. If Mars is strong in the chart.
4. if lt{oon is weak but other planets are strong in the birth
chart.
Likewise for the application of Samudaya method of ayur'
daya of the Ashtaka Varga there are two specific conditions
laid down by thern. They are:
. 1. Moon with some other planets should occupya quadrant
and other weak planets should be in the panaphara and/
or apoklima houses.
2. Saturn the ayush karaka should be strc.rng'
Misrayu like wise should be atternpted if:
L. Moorr is strong and other planets are also strrcng.
' 2. There is no planet in the kendra and Moon is strong.

It would be observed from the above that Ashtaka Varga

method is linked particularly with the position of Moon. There
is no consideration other than Moon. The calculations in the
ashtaka varga method are not likely to serve any useful pur-
pose in conditions different from those laid down above. Those
who are using the method in all and sundry cursesare commit'
ting grave error. It would be no wonder if they fail to arrive at
a conect judgement. The a-qhtakavarga system is perhaps
devised to collaborate with the judgement of the life span on
the basis of Moon's strength and l\{oon's position. For condi-
tions other than the position of l\{oon and his stren6$h other
mei.hbds have been devised. The.y should lrc adopted. It was
not the intention of the sages to devise any one self-contained
method which could universally be applied.
For Pindayu, Arnsakayu and Nisargayu following arc the
conditions under which one or the other method should be
practised. These methods are based on the comparative
strength and weaknesses of Moon, Sun and lagna. These are
the three important pillars upon which the life of the native
Mathernatical Methods and Their fuplicability 137

rests. Lagna is like the fulcrum. The strength of lagna is a

must for a long life. Likewise Sun stands for physical vitality.
'He is the positive and primal fount of life. He offers power of
'
resistance.
Pindayu method is to be applied if Sun is strong in the
chart. It should attain the dignity of being in his own house or
in the house of his exaltation or moola trikona. It gets
strengbh when he is in trine to other strong planets. If there
are Mahapurusha yogas the Pindayu should be attempted.
For the Amsakayu it is the position of lagna that is taken
into consideration. Lagna should be strong. For the purtrPses
of strength of any house or bhava including the lagna, thq lord
by his occupation or even aspect grants sulficient strength.
The aspect of benefic planets also makes the lagna strong'
When lagna is strong the Amsakayu method should be fol-
lowed. Nisargayu method is to be followed if Moon is strong in
the chart. Thus the three methods, are linked with three
different flactors- Sun, Moon and Lagna. There is no other
consideration in selecting this or that method.
The other three methods are Rasmikayurdaya, Naksha-
trayu and Navamsa5ru methods. The position of the ayush
karaka Saturn, the benefic Jupiter and Mercury are the im-
portant factors. The Rasmikayr is to be attempted if Saturn is
stronger than Mercury and Jupiter. Navamsayu is to be fol-
lowed if Jupiter is strongand Nakshatrayu method if Mercury
is strong.
Just as there are specific rules for following any particular
method of calculation so also there are rules for dasa of plan-
ets etc. and their order of chronologl. The many dasa
systems that are in vogue are not to be followed in the
ayurdaya system. Even the number of years under each dasas
are different.
There are many dasas in vogue. Most popular amonpt
them are the Vimsottari and Ashtottari system. They have
fixed number of years allotted to each planet. They also have
a fixed chronolory. There is no such fixed chronological order
or the number of years in the periods of any planet in any
 138 Jttd.gemcntof Longevity
qrstem. Number of years etc. of eachplanet here is in accor-
dancewith the grant of longevitythe planet has done.
In respect of the chronolory there are some differences of
opinion. There are some wh'believe that the order should
commencefrom sun. Next to follow are the periodsof saturn,
Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Moon and lagna. Theneare
others who take it as lagna,V'enusMercury, Sun, Mars Moon,
Jupiter and Saturn. This is one of the easiest-s;retems.In
other words the order of the periods is fixed as ii is in any
other dasa system.
Some persons do not agre with the above order. Their
spretemis quite different from the above.Accordingto them
the order is not fixed. Each casehas to be dealt with i-ndepend-
e1tly. The system is first to determine the strength of
planets_and lagna. Next step is to compare the stlength "U of
Sun, Moon and Lagna, who-so-everis ihe strongest Io*o
first in the order of dasa.s.If by any chance ali three are
equally powerful the deciding factor would be the grant of
longevity by each of them. Who-so-everhas the long6st span
will be crnsideredto be the strongest.In casethe numbei of
yearsris also the samethe decisionwill rest upon the order in
w-hichthel are spoken.The spokenorder is Sin, Moon,Mars.
\Iercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Lagna. Sun will ttrus be
the lst, Iord. whoseperiodswill start. Next in order will be the
planets who are posited in the kendrasthan from the first dasa
lord. Next in order would be the planets in panapharahouses
from the first dasa lord and last number will be of those who
are positedin the apoklima housesfrom the first dasa lord. If
there are more than one planets in any one category their
order of precedenceshali be decidedit) on the- blsis of
strength (2)on the basis ofthe longevitygranted by them and
lastly (3) on the basis of their rising inihe horizon The otder
of planets and lagna has to be decidedin each caseon merits
in the light of the aboveguide lines.
The number of years for eachof the planets would be the
same as the longevity granted by them.
 Chapter 10
Aecidents and the
Unfortunate Events

Accidents are one of the important and major factors

putting impediments and obstacles in the way of easy flow
of life. They otten put an end to human life. They may be
classified in two categories. The one class is that which
affects the native individually and the other where a group
of persons are involved collectively. The former type of
events can be studied to some extent by the natal chart irt
the normal rvay. The accidents in the other group canrrot
be studied through the natal chart of the native because
they relate to the society as a whole and the individr.lal
concerned is involved as a member of that society. It is the
second type of accidents generally which put an end to indi-
vidual lives and are a major cause bringing disrepute to the
science.
It may be stated here that there are two branches
of astrolory narnely the hora and samhitas. They are trvo
different branches having differeni techniques of study. (In
the case of natal ch.art it is the hora branch that is tlz.e
metlznd. of study. The other branch that is the sarnhita
corrLesinto play where the study of society or the country as
a wh,ole form the subject m.atter of stud'y. Mundane or
political astrologt comes under the study of samhitas.) The
results or conclusions arrived at with the aid of one cannot
be put to test and blamed as a result of the oonclusions
arrived at through the study of the other. The events like
firing on the mob, major air crashes and rail accidents
come under the study of samhitas. They relate to the social,
 140 eludgemcntof LongeuitXr
political and other forms of disturbances. The circumstances
of the individual do not remain normal and as such
neither the yogasnor the mathematicalmethodsare likely to
respond to them. If at all we wish to be greatly concerned
with our predictions about the native we may have to take
some extra precautions and make a comprehensivestudy.
Even with all our care and pre-cautionthe successobtained
through the study of natar chart with the techniques of
hora are not likely to crown us with cent per cent sucess.
The reason is that the individual forms a very
insignificant part of society. He is quite negligible. with
a view to bring home the point at issue one question is
posed here. Somebody sits on the tea table to Ir"* som.
tea. The tea served to him is too hot. The prson busy in
some serious discussionsjust takes a sip. He will burn his
liqs an! the tongue and, may be, his ihroat may also be
affected. He will have pain and minor troubles also. If
somebody at that time says that the horoscopeof the
persrondid not give any indications about the burning of
his lips or tongue or the throat will he be justified? s"uch
events can not be foretold from the native's chart.
fra5na lagna may grve some indication. Despite all this it
is always commendableto harreas deeper a study as possible
of the birth chart. In the case of the native also we may
perhaps find someindications about the social and other con-
ditions which may affect him adversery. Elaborate rules
formed by the savants of astrologr have to be folrowed.while
undertaking such a comprehensivestudy we should have the
janma kundli, Navamsa and other Shodash \xarga
charts,
exact longitudesof planets and cuspsand the exteniof ho'"o.
Sun sign also has its own importancein such studies.
In the judgement of the relevant house we shouldjudge
the house,its lord and also the karaka or the signirrca:torir
the event under study. The principle of tshavad bhavam,
should also not be rost sight of- If foiinstance the question of
life is under judgement the eighth house from the eigth
house thAt is the Brd house should atso be studied the sa;e
way. The study of badhaka housesand their rords arso
calrs for
Accidents and the Unfortunate Eaents 141

the same detailed study. In the judgement of hquses

the strength of the house, its position with reference to
the placement of planets (it may be hemmed between
malefics), the various influences, benefic and malefic, upon it,
their relevant strength, the position of house lord, his associa-
tion with benefic'and malefic planets, his placement in
the malefic or benefic houses ane sone of the points which
need particular attention. Here some personal experiences of
the astrolopr at study needs to be made use of. No planet
is uni'"ersaly good or bad. His nature should be considered in
the context of the affiairs under study. Eighth house is bad
when we consider it in connection with the affairs of
the lagna, It is not bad when the affairs of tenth house are
concerned because it is l ith to the 10th. The eleventh house
is always a house of fulfillment of desires. Sixth hotse is
likewise the ninth to tenth house and as such auspicious. The
fifth house is considered to be a very auspicious house. If the
same house is judged in the context of the seventh house
affairs it will be helpful for the opposite party because house 5
is 1lth to the 7th house. The same thinp can be said about
the planets.
While studying the houses and planets it is very
necessary to study the nature of both of them. Sun and Mars
act differently when the matters about the marriage etc. are
concerned from that when they are concerned with other
matters. Jupiter alone may be a greattolerant but with his as-
sociation with Mars he may become a fanatic in religious
matters.
Normally the lord of the house is taken to be a very strong
significator of the affairs of his houses. This is actually not so.
The occupants are stronger planets than the lord of the house.
Sornetimes the nodes occupying the houses of significator
hecome stronpr significator of the affairs than the sign lords.
Jupiter and Venus the two great benefics are supposed to be
great malefics if they happen to occupy the maraka houses.
'
The bhava karakas should normally be away from the
house concerned as it is believed that karakas presence in the
 L42 Judgernent of Inngeaity
karaka bhava is not very helpful for the affaire of that house.
There is however an exception to the general rure fior the
ayushkarakaSaturn. Ifit happensto be positedin the eighth
househe is helpful.
The planets in the houses 10th to 4th show their
eJfects directly and help the native in achieving
the results desired for. The planets in the other half of
the cha* that is in the houses bth to gth show their
rnesults idirectly by removing the obstaclersand making
ttrc atmoephere favourable for achieving the desired
objectirrc.
The benefics in retrograde motion becomemore benefics
and the malefics in the samepcition becomegreater malefics.
similarly as a rule the benefic retrograde lhnets in their
signs of enaltation offer the fruits of debilitated planets and
malefics in the same position offer the ftuits of exalted plan-
ets.
Ttreseare someof the general rules which ehould nel* be
ignored. In the caseof longevity following points are of great
importamce.
1. The 22nd drekkana fnrm the ascendant falls in the
eighth house.This is one of the major souresof death.
Likewise the 6th navarnsa is very important in the con-
text.
?. The position of Gulik or Mandi and the rasis they ooeupy
ane of great importane.
8. Jhe eighth lord, the planets oeupying the eighth
house, planets aspecting the eighth- house, lord! of
22nd drekkana and of 64th navamsa should be studied
specially. The bitter enemies of the gth lord
and badbakadhipatis of the 8th house are important in
respect of the alfairs of the Bth house. Apart from the
signification of the planets their relative strength should
be etudied alongwith other factore.
Aceidents and the Unfottunate Euents 143

Timings of fnrctifi cations

For the timinp when we can expect the result promised
by the planets we harreto wait for major and minor periods.
This is the well establishedrule of astrolory. In the considera-
tion of the results somefundamentalprinciplesharrealso to be
borne in mind. Sometimesthe sameplanet holds the rulership
of the houses which ane contradictory to each other. Saturn
can be ruler of lagna as well as of the maraka housethe 2nd
house.Mars can alsobe the lagneshas well as the 8th lord. In
such casestheir malefic and benefic nature of lordship gives
the mixed results. They are neveroff-set.TVhenthe planet will
give bad results and when he will give good results would
mostly depend upon the placement of other planets. The
planet gives good results in the sub period of thoee planets
who arnewell disposedto him and the amount of goodor bad
would depend in the same way accordingto the temporal
5 Mars
relationshipe. Snt. Indira
Gandhi's horoscope may
here be cited as an example.
Here Saturn is the lord of
the maraka house ?th and
aleo the house of longevity
the 8th. He is posited in la-
E\ gna. Had he been strong he
Sun
Merc would have killed the natirc
/9\ soon. He is weak. Ivlrs.
Ven Gandhi continued her jour-
Rahu
ney of life for quite a long
time. Saturn's unlucky period startd. He is eighth lord along-
with his lordship of a maraka house. He therefore did not give
her a death blow and left the work to some other planet.
Rahu is in a malefic house as regard.s the lagna. He is also
6/8 to the major perid lord Saturn which is not a happy posi-
tion. Hence in his minor period Rahu did the job of a marake-
gha. She died in this period.
Often the question arises when we can e:pec{ the planet
to give his results. The planet gives the result in his major or
minor periods. The major periods are generally of very long
t44 J udgement of I'ongeuitY

duration. The minimum period of dasa is that of sun which is

6 years which is too long a period to keep watching' This
p."ioa is shortened by the gochar or transit system' No planet
is stationary except for a small period when it changes from
direct motion to retrograde motion or vice versa, During the
transit the planei gives the result according to the rasi he
reaches from the lagna lord or Moon sign. Saturn remains in
a house for about two and a half year. JupiLer remains for
about 13 months. Thus his period of dasa ha-sbeen shortened
upto about 13 months. Sun remains in a rasi for a month'
Thus we have come to such a short period. If more precision is
needed we can take recourse to Sudarshan system which is
alg; a part of the Transit system. In the Sudarshan sSrstem
one year period is allotted to each rasi commencing from the
lagna. After 12 years the circle starts afresh. For the purposes
of prediction we can ascertain the age of the native and find
out which house of the horoscopeis concerned with that year
of the native. The lord of the rasi gets prominence for that
year and for the events during this year. Results can be pre-
aict"a on the basis of the relationship of the year lord t'ith
other planets who will offer results in their transits of the
various malefrc and benefic houses reckoned from the year
lord planet. This planet should not be confused with the va'
rshesha or the year lord in the pnrgressed charts. To explain
the method Smt. Indira Gandhi's case can agEunbe taken as
illustration. She was born in 1917 and died in L984 that is in
67th year. The rasi associated with this period is Capricorn.
Its lord Saturn is posited in the lagna. Fortunately or unfortu'
nately the period running at that time was of Saturn himself.
Rahu and Saturn."" po"It"d in the house 6/8 from each other'
This is a very. bad position. Saturn being the ayush karaha
and Rahu being in an inauspicious position brought about the
death of Smt. Indira Gandhi. Saturn came in the compart'
ment of Moon. During the same period when Moon transited
Saturn's compartrnent of rasi the death occuned.
The compartments of each planet and lagrra are of equal
units in each rasi. Following are the comparlments of planets
ip each rasi.
Accidents and the Unfortunate Euents L45

Saturn from 00.00 to 3".45

Jupiter fronr 3'.45' to 7.30',
Mars from , 7.30 to 1 11. 5
Sun from 11 . 1 5 to 15.00
Venus frorn 15.00 to 18"45
Mercury from 18.45 to 22.30
Moon from 22.30 to 26"15
Lagna fronr 26.15 to 30.00
For purposes oftransits and reading the results, the pre-
cise period can be determined from the ashtakavarga tables
also.

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Epilogue

As has been said elsewhere there are 32 methods of calcu'

lations of longevity. Many of them have been discussed and
explained here. Many more could have also been added but for
want of space. The question that arises here is "why so many
methods and which of them is more reliable and dependable at
least in majority of cases.
The questions urge us to go into the whole issue once more
and a little deeper for a reply. It is a fundamental question.
Unless fundamentals are discu*sed the proper reply may not
be available.
'What is longevity''? It may be defined as the period be-
tween birth and death or the life that the individual has been
allowed to Iive on this planet. Our ancestors did not look upon
longevity qs the period between the birth and death. They
took it in the later sense. They meant by longevity the life
granted by the planets. This is the basic difference in the
approach and provides eloquent answer to our question.
According to the sages life is the span granted by Provi'
dence through the agency of celestial bodies, the planets. This
can easily be verified from the fact that they always talked of
yogajayu as ayusha and of no other ayusha. In fact the rvhole
concept of life was the span gtanted by the planets. For the
cessation of life also they looked to the planets. The planets on
one side indicated the prospects of life and on the other the
probability of its cessation. Each way it was for the planets to
respond to the queslion. If that be the approach how could
mathematical methods have an independent identity. Rather
they were supposed to serve the conclusions arrived at by the
study of various permutations and combinations of the planets
called the yogas.
It, is adrnitted that the basic concept of life was not mathe-
matit:al. It rl-as plarretary. They could very well fx up some
 Epilogue L47
norms of calculations. If Sun grants us life they could very
easily say that Sun when in Leo or Aries or any other sign for
that matter gives this much of life and for each aspect of other
thinp they could prescribe suitable reductions or increase.
Had this been done mathematical formulae and calculations
could have been criticised or applauded accordingto the meas-
ures of failure or success.On the other hand what they did
was to assess the yogajayu from various angles and then the
methods were utilised to corroborate the conclusionsdrawn on
the basis of their study of planets, their effects and resulting
rirodifications. Their consideration was the yogajayu. If we fail
today in the correct estimation the failure is not the failure of
mathematical method but of their own conclusions of life
based on planets.
The third and equally important factor is the way they
looked at yogajayu. Apart from the fair play of planets they
had many other principles governing the extent of life. They
divided the zodiac in 12 parts and each part in 2rrn naksha-
tras. Even these 12 signs and the 22 nakshatras in them could
not serve their purpose. The concept of janma lagna was
evolved. The rasi that rose in the east, without any considera-
tion of planets, was given the top most importance and all
other divisions of zodiac were considered in relation to that
part of the zodiac. These 12 parts of the zodiac or the 27
nakshatras were not considered as homogenus. The gan-
darishtas got their birth. These gandarishtas were so mi-
nutely treated by them that there came to be tithi gandas.
After dividing the space they tiivided the time also. Some time
was considered as auspicious and some inauspicious. The
question of navamsa$ and drekkana were also given due im-
portance.
The other fiactor that added dimensions to the problem
was the karakatwa.: er the significations granted to the plan-
ets. These significattons were also two fold. One was the per-
manent significa-tion as Saturn stands for ayu and Moon for
the mind. Besides thece ihetq ]?es some temporary significa-
tion allotted to the plarret by virtUe of their lordship and occu-
pation of the hous cr bhava. iit dny individual horosmpe.
 ,'
148 J udgement of I'ongeuity

Saturn if posited in the second bhava is supposed to work as

the maraka planet also. Thus karaka and maraka the two
portfolios quite opposite to each other were granted to the
same Saturn. They did not define when Saturn would act as
maraka and when as karaka of life.
They did not stop here. The concept of Sun, Moon and the
atmakarakas alongwith lagna and the sign occupied by Moon
was also evolved. Out of the 12 houses some houses were iden-
tified as evil and some as benefic. Houses 5 and 9 are always
auspicious and houses 3 6,8 and 12 evil'
After studyingall the sadhaka and badhaka factors that is
the fiactors that promote and put up a stop to life the sages
commenced another exercise. They had considered so far the
various factors, yogas and arishtas, that were responsible for
the continuity of life. Now they looked at the problem from
another angle. This was the study of purely deterring influ-
ences on life. The one who has been born is sure to die. Death
is surer than anything else. If the planets bestowed life they
must also be responsible for taking it away or snatching it
away. In other words they tried to identify various causes of
death. Sickness is one. To determine the planet causing fatal
illness they assigned some qualities to the planets. On the
basis of this assignment and comparative strength of planets
they identified various diseases. The basis of illness in those
days was the dis-balance of three humors. They studied sick-
ness and tried to identiff the most serious of them as fatal.
There may be causesother than sickness. The punishment
awarded by the state for some reasions was also studied with
reference to the seven planets, two nodes, lagna, and rasis etc.
There could be deaths due to some unnatural walrs. The per-
son may be killed by his friend. He may meet with an accident.
These factors were also studied and estimates of life span were
revised by them.
It is true that every effect has a cause. The death must
also have some cause although it may not be perceptible at the
moment. What is to be done in such case? Whatever be the
causes there must be some planet responsible for it. The con-
cept of death inflicting planets was evolved
Epilogue L49

Now comes the question of dasas. Let us suppose in a

hypothetical case Mars is the marakesh, and the a;ru deter-
mined is alpayu" We may also suppose that the balance dasa
at birth is 18 years of Rahu. How to adjust these 18 years and
why should he die in Rahu dasa when Sun and Moon have
granted him some span of life. Their dasa shall come at a very
late stage. It was with this end in view that they started a new
system of dasas quite different from theVimsottari, Ashtottari
and other systems. They decided the order of planets as re-
gards periods etc.
All this system can be set at nought by the transits. Thus
there were more than one way to judge the sam-equestion.
This is not to plead that the sages committed some inexcus-.
able blunder in having so many considerations and view
points of the same problem. Rather it is the other way round.
They gave us wider perspectives, as they appeared in actual
life, to examine the question. They command respect and
gratitude. Not-with-standing, the mathematical methods are
but poor vehicle to convey their concerns and cautions and
practical approach. We cannot blame the methods, but if at
all, the sages fcr so many ways of examining the subject.
Under these circumstances we have hardly any cause of griev-
ance against the mathematical methods.
In their quest for truth the sages reached a stage where
they had to admit some exceptional cases where no normal
rules of life operate. Nothing of this world is applicable. They
are the cases of highly evolved spiritual saints. The saints are
not subject to the commands of these planets. They, on the
other hand, comrnand them. They are over and above these
elements who have to behave themselves so far as the ques-
tion of these sages is concerned. The author in this respect
may like to go a step further. It is accepted that the planets do
not crcmmand the sages.It has also to be accepted at the same
time that no astrolopr less evolved than these sages can
predict any thing mrrectly by any means. If at all he does, the
credit shall go to those sages who granted their grace to the
astrologer to be able to predict something with some measune
of accuracy. This has been the personal experience of the
150 Judgem.ent of I'ong euitY

who are
author that even in the case of ordinary pensons
devoted than they will
devoted to God the astrologer less
In tsrihat Jataka this
never be able to give.correct prediction.
truth has been acepted indirectly'
The above discussion n'ould clearly show that the mncept
It
of our longevity has nothing to do with-mathematical bias'
can be terminated by the planets' When
i" itt" V"d:ayu which
tfrey *iti bo it o'ould depend upon their major and- minor
p"tioa"'Actually when'would depend upon so many factors'
period of
bn" a"". periodis one of them. To narrow down the
probability we may take r:ecourse to the transits, but these
iransits dt not always work. They work only at the opportune
moment. The experienc as well as the rules of astrological
t-hat take effect only
trediction lay down very' clearly Jhey
*h"t life has to come to an end. In fact these transits etc' only
to
become the causes of that which has to happen' If it has not
happen they simply pass off. To determine this opportune
our
time we have definitely to appruach the solution the way
ancestors did'
The first step therefore in ihe right direction is to ascer-
may
tain the longevity broadly in approximate terms' We
which is practical under our
however e'toirne some method
given circumstances. The person comes for consultations' He
our long deliberations' He also
Ioes not have time to spend in
doesnotwan'ttoleavethechartfordetailedstudyandcometo
of
us the next day. we have to give due regard to the fiactor
time.
we
After ascertaining the approximate period of longevity
may try to find the dasas of the planets running approxi-
maieiy-during that period. If the dasa is of some maraka
pUneL ,*" *tt have L rough idea of the time of approaching
ieath. Even this time in general cases becomesquite long' In
that case we may apply the transit rules and find out when
the inauspicious transit takes place.
The author applies very simple rules' In the first place the
basis for all this is not the birth chart. It is his belief that birth
chart depicts the life as a whole. It gives only a birds' eye view
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of it. The minor details are.certainly not available there. The

horary astrologr with the sole purpose of answering the
question of longevity is taken recourseto. A detailed chart for
the rnornent of jtrdgement is prepared showing the degrees of
the cusps and the longitudes of'each planet. This takes hardly
ten minutes. The sublord of ascendant cusp is examined. It is
his disposition which is the deciding factor.
1. If this sublord is posited in the star of the planet octupy-
ing a badhaka or the marakasthana and if the sublord
hirnself is also connected with houses 6l8lL2 the life of
the native is very short from the tirne of the judgernent.
2. If this sub-lord of the ascendantcusp signifies both bene'
fic and male{'rc houses the life rnay be taken'as
madhyamayu.
3. If the sublord is in the star of the planet situated in
house ll5l9ll0 or owning these houses the life is a long
life.
After the assessment of longevity he calculntes which
planet will have his dasa during that age and determine
which are the maraka planets during that period of age. It is
also exatnined by progression u'hen the lagna, lagna lord and
the ayush karaka Saturn receive evil aspects'When the death
inflicting planets transit such sensitive poinLsdeath may take
place. This narrows down considerably the period of the event
from the time of judgement. This processtakes another 8-10'
minutes. In general caseseven this long exercise is not con-cid-
ered necessary.
Here is one practical example where the horary chart was
not prepared. The judgement was based purely on the ba-sisof
the birth chart. To have correct results the birth chart should
be conectly prepared. In important casesthe author prepares
the charts himself on such occasiors.
The native whose birth details are given on the next page
had been ill for quite some time. The complications arose one
after the other and a time came in 1987 when the closest
relatives started doubting efftcacy of any treatment. They
consulted rnany astroloprs who confirmed their worst fears'
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Scorpio- lagna 2.52.26',Mercury 6.01

Gemini - Jupiter ffi) 2.53,Cancer- Ketu
4.18, Moon 19.24;Virgo - Ivfars5."14'
Venus21".00';Libra - Sun t3'.9'; Saturn
- 7'.42;Capricorn- Rahu 4.18.
The native was then running the periods of Venug '
Jupiter
Here it may be seen that the da-salord Venus is the ?th
lord and bhukti lord Jupiter the 2nd lord. Both are marake-
shas and henceeven the prominent astrologersconveniently
told the relatives that the last time had oome.
The question for judgement was "life or death?"The firct
thingto judge was the badhakasthanaand the badhakalord of
the ascendant.The chart was prepared again with Krish-
namurti aynarnsa.
Cusp Ascdt.Libra 29.48;M.C. Leo 3.42
Planets Libra--Sun 13.16,Saturn 7.48
Scorpio- Mercury6.08,Capricorn'Rahu 4.59;
Taurus - Jupiter (R) 27.00, Cancer - Moon
19.30,Ketu 4.59 Virgn - Mars 5.22, Venus
21.07 Running Perioclof Venus - Saturn from
14-5- 1987to 14-?-1990.
Ascendant is Libra. Its badhakasthana is Lc'o.There is no
occupant of Leo. Sun, its lord is alone concernedwith the
affairs of badhakasthana. Mars and Rahu are in the stars of
Sun. ?hus Rahu, Mars and Sun are the worst malefics.As a
node Rahu is most malefic. Being the period of Venus the
main period of these plancts are yet to come.The earliest pe-
riod would be of Sun. It woultl operatefrorn 14-7-1994.There
was no fear of the main periodsof any of the three planets.
About Venus whoseperiod was in operationat the time of con-
sultations he is the lagneshas well as the 8th lord posited in
the 12th. Being the lagnesh he is not likely to deal a fatal
blow. He rnay make hirn ill urhichhe had started doing. Rahu
a rnaleficby his position in the quadrant becomesa functional
benefie.He is in the houseof Saturn the ayusha karaka as
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well as the yoga karaka. There was no fear from him also. He
is also aspected by retrograde Jupiter and Moon the 10th lord.
As a benefic in kendra he would have become a functional
malefic but due to his occupation of his own sign that draw-
back disappears. Sun, though a badhaka lord is the lord of
1lth house occupying Iagna with the ayush karaka and yoga
karaka. Hence he also does not rernain that malefic. We may
have apprehensions from Mars as he is the 2nd and 7th lord
placed in 12th house. All the three positions are extremely
malefic. His sub-period was over in 1981.The sub periods to
follow were those of Mercury and Ketu. Mercury being the
ninth lord and also under direct aspect of retrograde Jupiter
was also not likely to deal the blow. Thus the native was
quite safe at least upto the end bf Venus period. The relatives
of the native were therefore advised to go ahead with the
treatment. They were also told clearly that the native was not
going to die so soon though he would be seriously ill. As
advised they provided the best medical treatment and now he
ha-qresumed his normal duties aflbera hospitalisation of about
a year. As the native is alive it is not proposedto discuss the
horoscope further. Another case may however be taken up for
detailed discussions.This is the case of President Ziaof Paki'
stan who died on 17-8-1988in an air crash.
. Aquarius-Lagral4.00 Ketu 0.20, Mars 10 10;
Gemini-Venus 15.00:
Cancer-Sun 27.00; Leo-Mercury 29.15 Rahu
0.20;Libra-Satttrn 4.30;Scorpio-JupiterL7.16,
Sagittarius-Moon 26.30
The lagha is Aquarius, a fixed sign. Its badhakasthana is
ninth frorn it, that is, Libra. The lord of Libra is Venus. Saturn
occupies it. Occupants are strongpr than the lord of the house.
Saturn occupies a badhakasthana, is lord of 12th and a rank
malefic by nature. He beomes the worst marakesh.
Next to Saturn comes Venus. Stronger than Venus are
the planets occupvingVenus stars. Moon and Mercury are po-
sited in Ventts Star, Mercury is the greater malefic of the two,
because of his lordship of 8th house and placement in the 7th
L54 Judgement of LongeuitY

house the marakasthana. In des@nding order we have Sat-

urn, Mercury ancl Venus. It is no surprise that the President
died during the concurrent period of these three planets' As
regards the date of the unfortunate event transit of planets
..n b" examined from Moon sign according to rules. Saturn
and Moon were transiting the Moon sign and the ?th house
from it respectively. Saturn was in Ketu star arrd Venus in
Rahu star.
It may be added here that death may be predicted fairly
accurately even by the examination of the birth chart in place
of the horary chart. When extreme caution is needed the
horary astroiogy can be applied' None of the two, that is the
horary chart or the birth chart, takes much of a tirne'
In the end it rnay be added that astrolory remains a sci'
ence of probabilities whatever be our accuracies of predictions.

UNIQUE CLASS/C
PHALA DEEPII(A
(Ori.ginal Text luith Translatton, Notes &
Exhaustiue CommentarA in lucid EttglishJ
bg Dr G.S. KaPoor