The Five Sounds of Astrology

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Auspiciousness
If the ascendant the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth; original: lagne is afflicted, or if there is an influence in the "face of the residence" likely referring to the fourth house or a specific directional indicator, or if joined with a planet in the south... (9) Through the time-units original: dandas; a unit of time roughly equal to 24 minutes, the fortune of the infant is known—including the day, the month, the year, and the solstice original: ayanam. Wise scholars say that this astrological chart original: chakram should be consulted along with the ruling lord of the time-unit. (10) There are six divisions during the day and five divisions during the night. One should understand the lords of the half-watches original: yamardheshas; they begin with the specific ruler of the day of the week. (11) For the 6 divisions of the day, starting from the Sun [Sunday], the first half-watch lord is 1, the second half-watch lord is 2, the third half-watch lord is 3...

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The table above serves as a computational grid for "Yamardhas" (half-watches). The rows 1, 2, 3, and 4 correlate with subdivisions of time, while the planet names (Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, etc.) indicate which celestial body governs that specific moment.

Ascendant the degree of the zodiac rising in the east, Time-unit danda, Lord of the half-watch yamardhesha, Astrological chart chakra, Planet graha, North Node Rahu, Sun Ravi/Surya, Solar-based suryadi, Sixfold shatkam, Fivefold panchaka