The Five Sounds

...death [occurs] quickly if associated with [the aforementioned factors]. This has been stated as my opinion regarding the malefic influences arishta original: ariṣṭa; in Vedic astrology, these are planetary combinations that portend ill-health or early death for a newborn on the child in every respect.

The combination of the three malefic influences is also found in the opinions of others. When the Moon and Sun are afflicted by planets, the maleficence for the child begins. This maleficence affecting the child as well as the father has already been written on the previous pages, and should be understood from there.

Now, the chart is being written: Twenty-four years is the duration according to that opinion; that much is the malefic influence in my view, determined by the nature of the planetary houses and not otherwise. [1]

If there is an inauspicious combination of time-units danda-samyoga original: daṇḍa saṃyoga; a 'danda' is a unit of 24 minutes. This refers to the calculation of time-units elapsed since sunrise to determine the 'strength' of the birth moment and it is joined with a waning malefic planet, yet if benefic planets provide protection, then one should assign the years [of life] to that duration accordingly. [2]

Even if planets are in their best division vargottama original: vargottama; a highly auspicious state where a planet resides in the same sign in both the primary birth chart and the ninth divisional chart (Navamsha), or in their own exaltation, or if the Sun is joined by Jupiter Guru and Venus Bhargava—yet if the malefic planets are strong, the portion of years... nal?