Light on Astrology

5. Planetary combinations original: "Yogas" leading a person to have children through a second wife. Combinations under which a person becomes the father of many daughters.
6—7. Combinations leading to the end of a family line.
8. Combinations leading a person to have a son by adoption.
9. Combinations leading to the loss of children.
10. Combinations for having many children.
11. When will the children be all males?
12. Time when conception may take place.
13. How to determine the number of offspring?
14. Method to ascertain the strength of fertility original: "fecundity".
15. To determine whether progeny is assured or not.
16—18. Methods advocated to ward off barrenness.
19—22. Causes of childlessness.
23—24. Remedies recommended to ward off the sins leading to childlessness.
25—32. Time when the birth of a son may be expected.
33. To determine the time of delivery.
34. Bases for prediction of effects.

Chapter 13 original: "Adhyaya"

1. The longevity of the person should be the first thing to be determined.
2. Various opinions about the correct time that has to be taken for the Ascendant original: "Lagna," the sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth at a birth.
3—4. The life of children under 12 years cannot be calculated for the reasons stated.
5. Remedies to ward off the evil effects due to infant mortality original: "Balarishta".
6. Infant mortality original: "Balarishta", mortality caused by planetary combinations original: "Yogarishta", short life original: "Alpayus", middle life original: "Madhyamayus", and full life original: "Purnayus" defined.
7. Maximum period of human life and its divisions into three kinds.
8. Death of the child if born during "Day-Death" original: "Dinamrityu," a specific inauspicious time for birth.