The Five Sounds of Astrology

...must be given, and the year’s duration is divided into five parts. If there is a deficiency by the end of the month of Kartika October–November, the year is calculated from that point forward. || 10 ||

At the end of Kartika, nine days should be taken as the count. The months of Margashirsha November–December and Pausha December–January are likewise known, along with three days of the month of Magha January–February. || 11 ||

In this sequence, the completion of the year should be assigned in five parts. Just as the year is divided into monthly portions within the Five-Vowel System Swarapanchaka: a divinatory method using the vowels A, I, U, E, and O to partition time and determine a person's fate. || 12 ||

Similarly, one must understand which period corresponds to which vowel in five-fold sequence: twenty-four dandas Danda: a traditional unit of time equivalent to 24 minutes and fourteen days. || 13 ||

Thus, the factor of five and seven is known, resulting in seventy-two days 72 days multiplied by the 5 vowel-segments equals a 360-day year. In this way, the entire year is understood as being divided into five segments. || 14 ||

The year, the month, the day, as well as the lunar date original: tithi, the star original: nakshatra, and the weekday—when all these are provided according to the rules of the junctions original: sandhyokta; likely referring to the transitional times of dawn and dusk, any bad omen in the calculation is revealed. || 15 ||

Loss, sorrow, great distress, and the destruction of wealth are produced. Death, injuries, accidents, and falls certainly occur on such a day. || 16 ||

On that day, whichever man is born into royalty... The text cuts off here, likely continuing to describe the fate of a person born under these specific inauspicious time-segments