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 Fundamentals of Jyotisha ( Part IV)

Om Shri Gurave Nama.H 

GRAHA/PLANETS characteristics and description continued......

 Aart from !hat !e have dis"ussed earlier a#out the Stren$th of Graha% there is a very #eautifulsystem in Jyotisha "alled Shad #al or Shad #ala (Si& Stren$ths)% it estimates and redi"ts thestren$th of Graha durin$ its 'ransit and it also tells us the stren$th of Graha as a uantity% inaddition to Shad #ala there are fe! other related terms lie Astaavar$a #ala% Ishta hala andshta hala et".

 Shadbala is a method to evaluate the stren$th of Graha*Planets #y "al"ulatin$ the oints aGraha*Planet !ould $et #ased on its osition% dire"tion% motion% time% and ase"t% Naisar$ia(Natural stren$th) #ala is "ommon for all the ta#les so it is not very imortant% there are manyvariations for "al"ulation of Shad#ala% 'a#le No +, and - list these values in Viruas to "all aGraha Stron$% the values "an #e reresented in /uas and er"enta$e.

 Shad#ala "omrises of various tyes of stren$ths !hi"h are listed !ith all their

 further "lassifi"ations in the 'a#le no -0.

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 Astakavarga meanin$ ei$ht divisions it is a system of analy1in$ a "hart !ith rese"t to a $rou of 2 referen"e oints and it tells us the #enefi" ositions of 3a$na and seven lanets !ith rese"t toea"h other% so usin$ this system !e "an analy1e the Natal and the 'ransit "hart% transit "hart ismore imortant for day to day redi"tions.

'he individual Ashtaavar$a "hart is no!n as the 4hinnashtaavar$a% and the "om#ined effe"t

$iven in one "hart is no!n as Sarvashtaavar$a "hart.

'he total value of any house for any Graha*lanet is 5 2% If 4enefi" oints 5 &%26& 5 7alefi" oints.8 Graha*lanets & 2 oints 5 9:

'he house that $ets less than ;2 #enefi" oints !ill $ive less result as indi"ated #y that house. Similarly if any house "ontri#utes more than ;2 oints then the results denoted #y that house !ill#e $reater% ;2 is 9< of 9:.

'he individual oints of ea"h house if it is less than - the hala !ill not #e favora#le% a value of - isavera$e hala and oints a#ove - are very favora#le. 'he total is al!ays ++8.

'he /asis*si$ns !hi"h "arry 8 or 2 oints are the ea eriods of the native in that arti"ularshere of his*her life and the houses !ith 9 or : oints are eriods !ith $ood results% at the sametime /asis*si$ns !ith values % 0 or ; !ould $ive most unfavora#le results% the a#ove "hart sho!sma&imum oints for t!o houses Aries and S"orio and the lord of #oth these si$ns is 7ars andthese are :th and 00th si$ns from 3a$na% reresentin$% Jo#% =nemies% disease% $ain in everythin$%

 friends and elders as the rominent areas of his*her life% 8th and 2th house also "arry $ood oints%meanin$ #etter results in the areas reresented #y these t!o si$ns also.

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 Ishta and Kshta phala> Very simle translation of these t!o terms into =n$lish !ould #e?results I lie?% and ?results ainful to me?% to $et these values first "al"ulate the @"h"h /asmi andhesht rasmi of Graha% then usin$ these t!o "al"ulate the su#ha rasmis (Ausi"ious) and asu#ha(Inausi"ious) rasmis% further use these t!o and "al"ulate the Ishta and Bshta hala.

 =a"h Var$a la"ement "ontri#utes a stren$th a""ordin$ to the la"ement in the lanetCs si$n. 'a#le

 No -+ lists the stren$th of ea"h Graha as er their la"ement.

 If Su#hanas (Ausi"ious) is dedu"ted from :% Asu#hana (Inausi"ious oints) !ill emer$e andin other Var$as these values are halved.

 A Graha is "onsidered ausi"ious in the first four of the said la"es% In the fifth la"e it is neutral%i.e. neither $ood nor #ad and in the other t!o la"es it is inausi"ious.

 A tyi"al 'a#le sho!in$ Shad #ala in viruas% in ruas% in er"enta$e% Ishta and Bshta Phala islisted in the ta#le no --.

Conclusion> 'here are many versions of dis"ussions on this arti"ular toi" every Astrolo$er had tried to eel a ne! sin from this fruit% #ut the most imortant thin$ is% it $ives a dire"tmethodolo$y to la#el a Graha Stron$% Very Stron$% Dea% or Very Dea% I ersonally feel there isno need to $o into details and disse"t them to see if they $ive you reeata#le results lie a true

 hysi"al s"ientist% these values are lie indi"ators sho!in$ !here e&a"tly the GrahaCs are standin$and !ith ho! many oints ea"h.

 As the Graha*Planets are al!ays on the move% only Saturn and Juiter tae little more time to

than other Grahas% other !ise in a day there al!ays is a ossi#ility for !orst and the #est time oint. 7ore to follo!......... Fundamentals of Vedi" Astrolo$y (V)........Om Nama.H ShivaayaE SIanala% 7ontreal % June ;8.