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By the measures of the clouds, Vishnu, the plow, the weapon of the destroyer Yama, the creator Brahma, and Rudra Shiva, the god of the Sun, and Yama, the light of the barley, the curd, and the grain of death... || 35 || Jupiter and the Sun, along with others, enter the thirty degrees of the zodiac signs. Through the lord Isha/Shiva, the stars are measured by the eyes 2, the eyes 2, and the foundation of the eyes 2. || 36 ||
From the beginning of the stars, where the two eyes are joined, and from the directions 10, through the three and more, the eyes and the pair are joined with the three-fold stars. From the stars of the humans and the end of the day, joined with the heads of the directions, the stars are measured by the pair of eyes and the bamboo... || 37 ||
Starting from the star Ashvini, when reaching the signs of Aries, Capricorn, and others, the "teeth" 32, "sages" 7, and "arrows" 5 are the units of time Ghatikas a unit of time equal to 24 minutes in the seventeen directions and the two cities. In the face of Aries and others, the twenty-one in the Deer Mriga/Capricorn, and at the end of the harvest, one should avoid the n poisonous original: "visha" portions in all activities. || 38 ||
Know that the direction of the son of the Sun the planet Saturn is called the "neck-knot" Ganda an inauspicious astrological junction. It is said to be forty-two; this is the measure of the fever-producing obstruction. || 39 ||
The stars starting from one's birth are proclaimed as:
1. Birth Janma
2. Prosperity Sampat
3. Adversity Vipat
4. Well-being Kshema
5. Obstruction Pratyari
6. Achievement Sadhaka
7. Destruction Vadha
8. Friendship Maitra
9. Great Friendship Atimaitra
The cycle then repeats in order. || 40 ||
The stars of Birth, Adversity, Obstruction, and Destruction, along with the star of the eighth zodiac sign, are to be abandoned original: "tyajya". Those with eighth-house planets should also be avoided in auspicious ceremonies, while others may be accepted. || 41 ||
The portion amsha of the Moon which, by calculation from the day of birth, becomes the eighty-eighth, is called the Destructive Vainashika; some people avoid these portions. || 42 ||
In war, or during the joining of the first nine, in the stars of the serpent Ashlesha, Pushya, the carpenter Chitra, and the Ashvins, from the rays of the sun, from the root Mula, and from the water... calculated in the sequence of the three known as "Eastern," the group of stars according to the Moon and Sun are always associated with the gates of Yama the god of death. || 43 ||
Cancer, Taurus, the Lute Lyra/Gemini, the Virgin Virgo, the Scorpion, the Scales Libra, and the Ashvins; Cancer, the Deer Capricorn, and the Lion Leo are the signs beginning from the month of Chaitra. || 44 ||
The stars of the poet Venus/Bharani, the Brahmin, Chitra, the forest, and the Mother Aditi/Punarvasu, or the stars of the evening, the Vasus Dhanishta, the Universal Gods Uttarashadha, Varuna Shatabhisha, the end, and the stars of the fathers Magha, the fire Krittika, and Shiva Ardra, and the stars of Vishnu Shravana and Indra Jyeshtha—these become Void Stars Shunya Tara stars that are considered "empty" or powerless for certain activities in sequence, starting from the month of Chaitra. The six, the arrows 5, the sages 7, the family, and the directions 10...