The Crest-Jewel of Stars

Original title: Nakshatra Chudamani

[Offer] fenugreek, vermilion paste, lotus flowers, and cedar incense. Offer jaggery-sweetened rice as a sacred food offering. One should perform the sixteen-fold worship Shodashopachara Puja: a standard ritual sequence of 16 steps using the mantra "To Indra and Agni..." Indragnyoriti mantrena. One should perform a fire sacrifice Homa one hundred and eight times with milk-rice while reciting the Gayatri mantra. An offering Bali of sandalwood, garlands, and jaggery-sweetened rice should be placed in the northern direction. By doing so, one remains happy for fifteen days.

Now, the results of the combinations of lunar days and weekdays:

On Sunday: The "Departure" combination Yatya Yoga.
On Monday, if it is the eleventh lunar day: The "Triple-Pushkara" combination Tripushkara Yoga and the "Jaws of Death" combination Yamadamshtra Yoga.
On Tuesday: The "Burnt" combination Dagdha Yoga.
On Wednesday: The "Destruction" combination Nasha Yoga.
On Thursday: The "Bliss" combination Ananda Yoga.
On Friday: The "Death" combination Mrityu Yoga.
On Saturday: The "Success" combination Siddha Yoga.
On the fourth lunar day, if the rising sign is Cancer: The "Excellent" combination Vara Yoga.

If an omen Utpata is seen in the southeast direction, there is a fear of famine and fire. During the Sun's transit Sankramana, prices will be moderate. A girl who first reaches puberty under this star Vishakha will be fortunate and blessed with sons. If a malefic planet is situated in the Krittika star, it results in the "Great Spear" combination Mahashula Yoga. This time is auspicious for agriculture, sowing seeds, depositing wealth, and the purification of wells, tanks, and ponds.

The qualities of one born under this star:
He is dear to the learned, endowed with humility, long-lived, and wealthy. He is skilled in all tasks and helpful to his kinsmen. He may carry many debts, is a plain speaker, suffers from minor ailments, and is fond of women. He has reddish eyes and possesses birthmarks Tilaka-matsya: literally 'freckle or fish-shaped mark' on the face, private parts, or stomach.

Qualities of the Quarters Amsha/Pada: each star is divided into four parts:
1. First Quarter (Mars): An aspect of happiness; broad chest, reddish eyes, and wealthy.
2. Second Quarter (Venus): An aspect of enjoyment; intent on earning justly, happy, possesses a beautiful wife, but suffers from ear diseases.
3. Third Quarter (Mercury): A gentle aspect; discerning, charitable, skillful, but suffers from lip diseases.
4. Fourth Quarter (Moon): An aspect of wealth; fond of women, suffers from internal ailments.

The major planetary period Mahadasha for one born here is Jupiter's, lasting sixteen years. In the fifth year, there is eye disease; in the thirteenth year, fear of fevers caused by wind or bile Vata/Pitta; in the thirty-third year, fear of enemies. In the month of Dhanus December-January, on a Sunday, the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, under the Vishakha star, fourteen ghatikas approx. 5.6 hours after sunrise, there is a danger of death by leprosy. If this is averted, the maximum lifespan is seventy years.

The Qualities of the Anuradha Star are Examined.

[This star is auspicious for] artistic works, testing gold and gems, learning, excellent vehicles, horses, cows, bulls, and elephants. Also for the application of medicinal powders, eye treatments, birth-related medicines, journeys, marriages, auspicious rites, and nourishing activities. This star is associated with 'Mitra' or friendship. Its location is the nose; its color is white. It is side-facing, has slow eyes, and is masculine. It is a lunar star, a "soft" star Mridu Tara, associated with cities, the realm of Indra, the Jackfruit tree, the parrot, and the vowel sound 'A'. Four...