The Lamp of Prices

By observation, it is certain 4. If Jupiter original: "गुरु" (guru); the planet associated with wisdom and expansion, the preceptor of the gods, and the thirty gods stay within a single zodiac sign original: "एक राशौ" (eka rāśau) during the month of Chaitra the first month of the Hindu year, approx. March–April, whether there is victory, ritual offerings, or the flow of sesame oil original: "तिल तेल" (tila tela),
there will be a great acquisition of wealth within two months. If the seventh lunar day original: "सप्तमी तिथि" (saptamī tithi) of the bright fortnight the waxing moon phase of Chaitra is "increased" original: "वृद्धि" (vṛddhi); an astrological technicality where a lunar day spans two sunrises, then loss occurs in the world, and the great grains staple crops like rice and wheat are entirely ruined. 6

In the month of Vaishakha the second month, approx. April–May, on the seventh day of the dark fortnight the waning moon phase, if it be a Sunday original: "रवि वासरे" (ravi vāsare) and Mars original: "भौम" (bhauma) is situated in the cycle of the Bharani the second lunar mansion, often associated with harsh results constellation, 7
then long pepper original: "पिप्पली" (pippalī), coconuts, copper, bronze powder, and red garments will all reach a high price original: "महर्धता" (mahardhatā); signifies inflation or scarcity due to this planetary combination. 8

If the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight of Vaishakha falls on a Sunday with Mars and the Sun, such a combination causes the people to be afflicted by disease original: "व्याधि पीडना" (vyādhi pīḍanā). 8

If that same first lunar day original: "प्रतिपदा" (pratipada) occurs on a Friday original: "शुक्र वासरे" (śukra vāsare) while Jupiter, Venus, and the Sun are all staying together in the same sign original: "एकस्थै" (ekasthai) ँ for that month's duration, 9
or if that same first day falls on a Monday original: "सोमवारेण" (somavāreṇa), there will be famine original: "दुर्भिक्षं" (durbhikṣaṃ) and the torment of disease.