Light on Astrology

original: "Phaladeepika" — a classic 15th-century Sanskrit text on Hindu astrology

3—4. A method to determine the timing of one’s death using the transit the movement of a planet through the zodiac at a specific time of Jupiter.
5. A method to determine the timing of death through the transit of the Moon.
6. A method to determine the timing of death for oneself and one’s brother.
7. A method to determine the timing of death for one’s father and mother.
8. A method to determine when a son’s death may occur.
9. An additional method similar to those provided in verses 3—4.
10. An additional method similar to the one provided in Verse 2. original: "Sl." for Sloka, a couplet or verse in Sanskrit
11—12. A method to determine the specific month and the Ascendant Lagna: the degree of the zodiac rising on the eastern horizon at the time of an event of one’s death.
13—28. A method to determine the specific timing of death—the particular major planetary period Dasa: a system of time cycles in Hindu astrology governed by specific planets, the year, the month, and the day the event may occur.

1. The effects of the Sun being in conjunction occupying the same sign or degree with each of the other six planets.
2. The effects of the Moon being in conjunction with each of the five planets other than the Sun.
3. The effects of Mars being in conjunction with each of the four planets other than the Sun and the Moon.
4. The effects of Mercury being in conjunction with Jupiter, Venus, or Saturn. The effects of Jupiter being in conjunction with Venus or Saturn.
5. The effects of Venus being together with Saturn. The effects of conjunctions involving more than two planets.
6—11. The effects of planetary aspects the "glance" or influence one planet casts upon another on the Moon across the twelve zodiac signs Rasis: the twelve signs of the zodiac.
12—15. The effects of planetary aspects on the Moon within the various ninth-part sub-divisions Navamsas: a 3° 20' division of a zodiac sign, crucial for determining a planet's true strength.
16. The rules stated in verses 6—11 also apply to the twelfth-part sub-divisions Dwadasamsas: a 2° 30' division of a zodiac sign.
17. The conditions that determine the full strength or weakness of the favorable and unfavorable effects described above.