1. Determine first which of the following three is powerful - (a) the Rising Sign, the Sun and the Moon. His period comes first. Then follow the periods of the planets occupying the Kendra houses, from such powerful rising sign or the Sun or the Moon. Then come the periods of the planets occupying the Panaphara houses from the same; and lastly come the periods of planets occupying the Apoklima houses (b). If there be no planets in the Kendra or Panaphara or Apoklima houses, then the periods of the other planets come in the order stated (c).

Notes

(a) In more ways than one in comparison with the other two according to Yavaneswara (vide Stanzas 19 to 21 of Ch; II. and Stanza 19 of Ch. I).

(b) The order in which come the periods of the several planets occupying the Kendra or the Panaphara or the Apoklima houses is given in the next stanza.

(c) In other words, the 8 Dasa periods divide into three distinct groups. Those of the planets occupying the 4 Movable signs form one group; those of the planets occupying the 4 Fixed signs form another group and those of the planets occupying the 4 Common signs form a third group. Now, if the Lagna, the Sun or the Moon whichever is more powerful than the other two, occupy a Movable sign, the Movable group comes first, the Fixed group comes next and the Common group comes last. If it occupy a fixed sign, the Fixed group comes first, the Common group comes next and the Movable group comes last. And if it occupy a Common sign, the Common group comes first, the Movable group comes next and the Fixed group comes last. The group that comes first is always headed by the powerful Lagna, the Sun or the Moon.

2. The lengths of the several planetary periods known as Dasas are the same as those of the planets as found in the last Chapter. Again, of the several planets occupying the Kendra or Panapbara or Apoklima houses, the Dasa period of the most powerful planet comes first then comes that of the planet next in power and so on; but if the planets be of equal power (a), the Dasa period of the planet whose period is the longest comes first; and if the planets be of equal power and period, then, the period of the planet which rises first (b) comes first.

Notes

(a) For instance, there are five ways of judging the strength of the planets. Now, out of Sthanabala, Dikbala, Chestabala, Kalabala and Grahadarsanabala, suppose Saturn to be powerful in 3 ways and Mars in 2 ways; now, as Mars possesses Naisargika strength over Saturn, Mars and Saturn are said to be of equal power.

(b) That is, reappears after its conjunction with the Sun, according to Garga. Taking Stanzas 1 and 2 together, we find that the dasa period of the Lagna or the Sun or the Moon, whichever is most powerful, comes first. Then come the periods of the planets occupying the Kendra houses, in the order stated. Then come the periods of the planets occupying the Panaphara houses in the same order, and lastly those of the planets occupying the Apoklima houses in the same order.

3. The period of the Antardasa (a) (sub-division of planetary period) of the planet (b) occupying the same house as the lord of the Dasa period, is one-half of the Antardasa period of such lord. The Antardasa periods of the planets occupying the 5th and the 9th houses from the lord of the Dasa period, are, each, one-third; those of the planets occupying the 7th house from the lord are, each, one seventh; and those of the planets, occupying the 4th and the 8th houses from the lord, are, each, one-fourth of the Antardasa period of the lord. The Antardasa periods of the Lagna-dasa shall be determined in the same way.

Notes

(a) Planetary divisions of life are known as Dasa periods and planetary sub-divisions of life are known as the Antardasa periods.

(b) The Antardasa periods of a particular Dasa period of a planet come in the order stated in the text, viz., first comes the Antardasa period of the planet itself, then that of the planet occupying the same house as the lord of the Dasa period, then that of the planet occupying the 5th or the 9th house from the lord, then that of the planet occupying the 7th house from the lord, and lastly that of the planet occupying the 4th or the 8th house from such lord. If several planets occupy the same house as the lord of the Dasa period, the lord of the Antardasa is the most powerful of them. Similarly, if several planets occupy the 5th or the 9th house or the 7th house or the 4th or the 8th house from the sign occupied by the lord of the Dasa, the lord of the Antardasa is the most powerful planet. If there be several planets in the 5th or the 9th house, then the fraction for the powerful planet of each is 1/3. Similarly, if there be several planets in the 4th or the 8th house, the fraction for the powerful planet of each is 1/4. If there be no planets in any of these places, the Antardasa periods of the other planets alone should be taken.

4. The fractions (a) should all be made to have a common denominator with different numerators. The Dasa period should be divided by the sum of the numerators and the quotient when multiplied by the several numerators will give the periods of the several Antardasas.

Notes

(a) That is 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/3 1/4, 1/4, 1/7, are all the possible ones.

Suppose for instance, there are planets in the several places referred to in the last stanza excepting, say, the 7th house from the signs occupied by the lord of the Dasa. The periods of the four Antardasas - those of (1) the lord of the Dasa, (2) the planet with it, (3) the planet occupying the 5th or the 9th house from it, and (4) the planet occupying the 4th or the 8th house from it - are in the proportion of 1/1 : 1/2 : 1/3 : 1/4. Reducing these to fractions with a common denominator, we get 12/12 : 6/12 : 4/12; in other words, the Antardasa periods are in the proportion of 12: 6: 4: 3. The sum of these numbers is 25; if, therefore, the Dasa period be divided by 25 and the quotient multiplied by 12, 6, 4 and 3, we shall obtain the periods of the four Antardasas.