The Study of Jyotisha · Chapter 54 of 54 · Appendices

Tables

The tables of the course, gathered for reference. The chapter where each is explained is given in brackets.

The signs (7)

#	Sign	Sanskrit	Lord	Quality	Element	Odd/even
1	Aries	Mesha	Mars	movable	fire	odd
2	Taurus	Vrishabha	Venus	fixed	earth	even
3	Gemini	Mithuna	Mercury	dual	air	odd
4	Cancer	Karka	Moon	movable	water	even
5	Leo	Simha	Sun	fixed	fire	odd
6	Virgo	Kanya	Mercury	dual	earth	even
7	Libra	Tula	Venus	movable	air	odd
8	Scorpio	Vrishchika	Mars	fixed	water	even
9	Sagittarius	Dhanu	Jupiter	dual	fire	odd
10	Capricorn	Makara	Saturn	movable	earth	even
11	Aquarius	Kumbha	Saturn	fixed	air	odd
12	Pisces	Mina	Jupiter	dual	water	even

Dignities (10)

Exaltation and deepest degree (Brihat Jataka I.13; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 3.49–50); debilitation is the same degree in the opposite sign; moolatrikona ranges are the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra's (3.51–54); Varahamihira gives moolatrikona by sign only (Brihat Jataka I.14).

Graha	Exaltation	Debilitation	Moolatrikona	Own signs
Sun	Aries 10°	Libra 10°	Leo 0°–20°	Leo
Moon	Taurus 3°	Scorpio 3°	Taurus 3°–30°	Cancer
Mars	Capricorn 28°	Cancer 28°	Aries 0°–12°	Aries, Scorpio
Mercury	Virgo 15°	Pisces 15°	Virgo 15°–20°	Gemini, Virgo
Jupiter	Cancer 5°	Capricorn 5°	Sagittarius 0°–10°	Sagittarius, Pisces
Venus	Pisces 27°	Virgo 27°	Libra 0°–15°	Taurus, Libra
Saturn	Libra 20°	Aries 20°	Aquarius 0°–20°	Capricorn, Aquarius

Share of good results by dignity (Brihat Jataka XX.11): exalted full; moolatrikona ¾; own sign ½; friend's sign ¼; enemy's sign less than ¼; debilitated or combust nil.

Natural friendships (10)

Graha	Friends	Neutral	Enemies
Sun	Moon, Mars, Jupiter	Mercury	Venus, Saturn
Moon	Sun, Mercury	Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn	—
Mars	Sun, Moon, Jupiter	Venus, Saturn	Mercury
Mercury	Sun, Venus	Mars, Jupiter, Saturn	Moon
Jupiter	Sun, Moon, Mars	Saturn	Mercury, Venus
Venus	Mercury, Saturn	Mars, Jupiter	Sun, Moon
Saturn	Mercury, Venus	Jupiter	Sun, Moon, Mars

Temporal friendship: a planet in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th or 12th from another is its temporal friend. Compound: friend + friend = great friend; friend + neutral = friend; friend + enemy = neutral; neutral + enemy = enemy; enemy + enemy = great enemy (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 3.56–58).

Aspects (11)

Every planet aspects the 7th from itself. Special full aspects: Mars the 4th and 8th; Jupiter the 5th and 9th; Saturn the 3rd and 10th (Brihat Jataka II.13; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 26.2–5). Jaimini's sign aspects: movable signs aspect the fixed signs except the adjacent one, fixed signs the movable except the adjacent, dual signs the other duals (Jaimini Sutras 1.1.2–4; Chapter 38).

Directional strength (14)

Full strength in the	1st	4th	7th	10th
Planets	Mercury, Jupiter	Moon, Venus	Saturn	Sun, Mars

(Brihat Jataka II.19.)

Shadbala minimums (14)

Graha	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
Minimum (rupas)	6.5	6	5	7	6.5	5.5	5

(Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 27.32–33.)

The nakshatras (4, 13)

Lords in the Vimshottari order; deities as Varahamihira lists them (Brihat Samhita 98.4–5); gana (Muhurta Chintamani 6.29) and nadi (6.34).

#	Nakshatra	From	To	Lord	Deity	Gana	Nadi
1	Ashvini	Ari 0°00′	Ari 13°20′	Ketu	Ashvins	deva	adi
2	Bharani	Ari 13°20′	Ari 26°40′	Venus	Yama	manushya	madhya
3	Krittika	Ari 26°40′	Tau 10°00′	Sun	Agni	rakshasa	antya
4	Rohini	Tau 10°00′	Tau 23°20′	Moon	Prajapati	manushya	antya
5	Mrigashira	Tau 23°20′	Gem 6°40′	Mars	Soma	deva	madhya
6	Ardra	Gem 6°40′	Gem 20°00′	Rahu	Rudra	manushya	adi
7	Punarvasu	Gem 20°00′	Can 3°20′	Jupiter	Aditi	deva	adi
8	Pushya	Can 3°20′	Can 16°40′	Saturn	Brihaspati	deva	madhya
9	Ashlesha	Can 16°40′	Leo 0°00′	Mercury	Sarpa (serpents)	rakshasa	antya
10	Magha	Leo 0°00′	Leo 13°20′	Ketu	Pitris (ancestors)	rakshasa	antya
11	Purva Phalguni	Leo 13°20′	Leo 26°40′	Venus	Bhaga	manushya	madhya
12	Uttara Phalguni	Leo 26°40′	Vir 10°00′	Sun	Aryaman	manushya	adi
13	Hasta	Vir 10°00′	Vir 23°20′	Moon	Savitri	deva	adi
14	Chitra	Vir 23°20′	Lib 6°40′	Mars	Tvashtri	rakshasa	madhya
15	Swati	Lib 6°40′	Lib 20°00′	Rahu	Vayu	deva	antya
16	Vishakha	Lib 20°00′	Sco 3°20′	Jupiter	Indra-Agni	rakshasa	antya
17	Anuradha	Sco 3°20′	Sco 16°40′	Saturn	Mitra	deva	madhya
18	Jyeshtha	Sco 16°40′	Sag 0°00′	Mercury	Indra	rakshasa	adi
19	Mula	Sag 0°00′	Sag 13°20′	Ketu	Nirriti	rakshasa	adi
20	Purva Ashadha	Sag 13°20′	Sag 26°40′	Venus	Apas (waters)	manushya	madhya
21	Uttara Ashadha	Sag 26°40′	Cap 10°00′	Sun	Vishvedevas	manushya	antya
22	Shravana	Cap 10°00′	Cap 23°20′	Moon	Vishnu	deva	antya
23	Dhanishta	Cap 23°20′	Aqu 6°40′	Mars	Vasus	rakshasa	madhya
24	Shatabhisha	Aqu 6°40′	Aqu 20°00′	Rahu	Varuna	rakshasa	adi
25	Purva Bhadrapada	Aqu 20°00′	Pis 3°20′	Jupiter	Aja Ekapad	manushya	adi
26	Uttara Bhadrapada	Pis 3°20′	Pis 16°40′	Saturn	Ahirbudhnya	manushya	madhya
27	Revati	Pis 16°40′	Pis 30°00′	Mercury	Pushan	deva	antya

Vimshottari years (22)

Ketu	Venus	Sun	Moon	Mars	Rahu	Jupiter	Saturn	Mercury	Total
7	20	6	10	7	18	16	19	17	120

Sub-period = (dasha years × sub-period years) ÷ 120 (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 46.12–16; 51.1–2).

Other dasha systems (23)

System	Lords and years	Total
Ashtottari	Sun 6, Moon 15, Mars 8, Mercury 17, Saturn 10, Jupiter 19, Rahu 12, Venus 21	108
Yogini	Mangala (Moon) 1, Pingala (Sun) 2, Dhanya (Jupiter) 3, Bhramari (Mars) 4, Bhadrika (Mercury) 5, Ulka (Saturn) 6, Siddha (Venus) 7, Sankata (Rahu) 8	36
Natural (Varahamihira)	Moon 1, Mars 2, Mercury 9, Venus 20, Jupiter 18, Sun 20, Saturn 50	120

Ashtakavarga totals (16)

Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	All
48	49	39	54	56	52	39	337

Vimshopaka weights, six divisions (15)

D1	D2	D3	D9	D12	D30	Total
6	2	4	5	2	1	20

Scores in each division: own 20, great friend 18, friend 15, neutral 10, enemy 7, great enemy 5 (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 7.17–27).

The houses (9, 26–37)

House	Varahamihira's word (I.15)	Main later meanings	Significator (BPHS 32)
1	body	self, health, character	Sun
2	family	wealth, speech, food	Jupiter
3	brothers	courage, effort, skills	Mars
4	relations	home, mother, comfort	Moon
5	sons	children, intelligence, merit	Jupiter
6	enemies	illness, debt, service	Mars
7	wife	spouse, partners, the public	Venus
8	death	the hidden, sudden events, inheritance	Saturn
9	virtue	fortune, father, teachers	Jupiter
10	avocation	career, honour, action	Mercury (and others)
11	gain	income, friends, wishes	Jupiter
12	loss	expense, foreign lands, release	Saturn

Groups: kendras 1, 4, 7, 10; trikonas 1, 5, 9; upachayas 3, 6, 10, 11; dusthanas 6, 8, 12; panapharas 2, 5, 8, 11; apoklimas 3, 6, 9, 12.

Transits from the Moon (24)

Planet	Good in the … from the birth Moon
Sun	3, 6, 10, 11
Moon	1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11
Mars	3, 6, 11
Mercury	2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11
Jupiter	2, 5, 7, 9, 11
Venus	all except 6, 7, 10
Saturn	3, 6, 11

(Brihat Samhita 104.4.)

Combustion distances (15)

Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
12°	17°	14° (12° retrograde)	11°	10° (8° retrograde)	15°

(Surya Siddhanta IX.6–9; X.1.)

The divisional charts (12)

D	Name	Read for
1	Rashi	the body, everything
2	Hora	wealth
3	Drekkana	siblings
4	Chaturthamsa	fortune, property
7	Saptamsa	children
9	Navamsa	the spouse; dharma
10	Dasamsa	power, position, career
12	Dvadasamsa	parents
16	Shodasamsa	vehicles, comforts
20	Vimsamsa	worship, spiritual life
24	Chaturvimsamsa	learning
27	Saptavimsamsa (Bhamsa)	strength and weakness
30	Trimsamsa	misfortunes
40	Khavedamsa	auspicious and inauspicious effects
45	Akshavedamsa	all matters
60	Shashtyamsa	all matters (said to be very important)

(Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 6–7.)

#Tables

#The signs (7)

#Dignities (10)

#Natural friendships (10)

#Aspects (11)

#Directional strength (14)

#Shadbala minimums (14)

#The nakshatras (4, 13)

#Vimshottari years (22)

#Other dasha systems (23)

#Ashtakavarga totals (16)

#Vimshopaka weights, six divisions (15)

#The houses (9, 26–37)

#Transits from the Moon (24)

#Combustion distances (15)

#The divisional charts (12)