22. In the benefic dasa period of a planet, the good effects are caused immediately by the Divine Soul living within the body and assuming for the time being a benefic character (a). When a person is found to enjoy the good effects described for a planetary Dasa period, it may be concluded that such dasa period is going on at the time. As regards the effects described for planets which might be powerless, these are experienced by a person either in his dream or in mental reveries (b).

Notes

(a) If the dasa period be a malefic one, the Divine soul assumes a malefic character for the time, and produces evil, and if the period be of a mixed nature, the Divine soul assumes a corresponding character and produces both good and evil.

(b) A wild train of thought in which a person enjoys or suffers according to his hopes or fears.

23. If the effects of a planet be found to be benefic under one yoga and malefic in respect to the same point under another yoga (a) neither of the effects will occur; if two or more yogas give a character, one a different character to one and the same planet, the former will take effect. But if, to two distinct planets, conflicting effects have been assigned, both will come to pass in their respective dasa periods.

Notes

(a) For example, if under an yoga, a planet is declared to bring wealth and under another to destroy it.

N.B. - The division of life into dasas as given by the Author is hardly studied by Indian Astrologers, evidently from the difficulties attending its application. These Astrologers, as a class, employ the exceedingly simple division of life into what is known as Udu or Nakshatra Dasas. According to this, the maximum period of human life is divided into 9 parts presided over by the seven planets and by Rahu and Ketu - the two nodes of the Moon. They come in the following order and their vears are also given below:-

(9) Venus, 20 years.

The lord of the dasa period, at the time of birth, is ascertained from the asterism which the Moon occupies at the time - the nine triangular asterisms represent the nine dasas: if therefore at the time of birth, the Moon occupy one of the triangular asterisms of

How much of the period of a particular dasa has elapsed and how much remains at the time of birth must be ascertained from the portion of the asterism passed over by the Moon and the portion remaining at the time. This may be roughly ascertained from the time taken by the Moon to go over the portion of the asterism - the whole time in which the Moon passes through a particular asterism (as given in the Calendar) representing the full period of a dasa; e.g., suppose the Moon to take 64 ghatikas and 42 vighatikas to go over the asterism of Krittika, and suppose that at the time of birth, the Moon has gone over a portion of asterism covered by 24 ghatikas and 16 vighatikas. Required the number of years remaining at the time of birth in the dasa period of the Sun. Now, the time in which the Moon will go over the remaining portion of the asterism of Krittika = 64 gh. 42. vigh -24 gh. 16 vigh. =40 gh. 26 vigh. Now, 64 gh. and 42 vigh. represent the whole period of 6 years of the Sun, Therefore time required

6 years

= ----------------------x 40 gh. 26 vigh.

64 gh. 42 vigh.

6

= ----------------------x(40 x 60 +26.) years.

64 x 60 + 42

6 7278

= ------x 2426 years = ----- years = 3 Savana years,

3882 1941

8 months, 29 days, 51 ghatikas, 39 vighatikas = 3 Soura years, 8 months, 14 days, 6 ghatikas, 3 vighatikas.

To this must be added in the order stated the dasa periods of the Moon, Mars, Rahu, etc, till we come to the present age of the person.

Again, the nine dasa periods are each divided into 9 sub-divisons known as Antardasas - the lord of the first antardasa being the lord of the dasa period, and those of the antardasas which follow are the same as the lords of the dasa periods which follow; so that, the antardasas, of the dasa period of Jupiter, for instance, are those of Jupiter, Saturn. Mercury, Ketu, Venus, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and Rahu. The lengths of the antardasa periods bear the same proportion to each other as the lengths of the dasa periods. For instance, required the length of the antardasa period of Venus in the dasa period of Jupiter. The dasa period of Jupiter is 16 years, that of Venus is 20 years, that of all the planets is 120 years; therefore the

16 years length of the antardasa period required --------------- x 20

120 years years = 8/3 years = 2 Savana years and 8 months. = 2 Soura years, 7 months, 19 days, 30 ghatikas.

Again, each of the antardasa period is further subdivided into 9 parts, in the same proportion, known as Sukshma periods. The Appendix will contain tables for the dasa and antardasa periods.