Lamp of the Giver of Life

...according to the system. Without a favorable aspect, if there is a gaze from a malefic planet, there is distress. Even if the planetary lords are noble, if they are associated with or separated from cruel degrees within this Hillajaka Hillajaka original: hillājaka — the Sanskritized form of the Arabic Hyleg, the planet or point in a horoscope that acts as the "Giver of Life.", it bodes ill. 41

In such a year, if the Hillajaka rising is "as if dead" referring to a planet being weak, combust, or in a state of debility, some authorities proclaim that death will occur. By calculating the clarity of the Ascendant Lagna and the Moon original: śītakiraṇa — literally "the cold-rayed one," a common poetic Sanskrit synonym for the Moon. through their preceding and succeeding states, the lifespan is determined as intended and taught by the ancient wise sages. 42

The Calculation of Radiant Portions

Now begins the Calculation of Radiant Portions Tejobhaganayana original: tejobhāgānayana — a technical calculation in Tajika astrology to find a planet's "luminous" strength., which in the Tajaka language is called Sudha Sudha original: sudhā — literally "nectar" or "radiance," referring to a specific mathematical value assigned to planets..

For this calculation, take the sum of the Half-rising Ardhodaya and the Equatorial Rising Lankakodaya original: laṅkākodaya — the time it takes for a zodiac sign to rise at the Earth's equator (traditionally called Lanka in Indian astronomy).. The degrees traversed by the planet within its thirty-degree sign should then be combined with the remainder and added to the hundreds...