bahu bhṛtya dhano bhogī sura pitṛ bhakto mahā udyamaḥ pitrye | priya vāg dātā dyutimān aṭano nṛpa sevako bhāgye

(One born when the Moon is in the Pitrya constellation, i.e. Maghā) will have many servants and wealth, will be a man of enjoyment, devoted to gods and ancestors, and very industrious. (One born when the Moon is in the Bhāgya constellation, i.e. Pūrva-phalgunī) will be sweet of speech, liberal in giving, bright in appearance, fond of wandering, and a servant of the king.

tithinakṣatralagnānāṃ gaṇḍāntaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam|h | janmayātrāvivāhādau bhavettannidhanapradam|h

Gaṇḍānta is remembered as being of three kinds: that of the tithi, the nakṣatra, and the lagna. At the time of birth, journeys, marriage and the like, it brings about death.

pitrye dhanadhānyaāḍhyāḥ koṣṭhāgārāṇi parvatāśrayiṇaḥ | pitṛbhaktavaṇikśūrāḥ kravyādāḥ strīdviṣo manujāḥ

Those born under the Pitrya (Maghā) constellation are rich in wealth and grain, owners of granaries, dwellers in mountains, devoted to their ancestors, merchants, heroes, eaters of flesh, and men who hate women.

pūrvātrayaṃ sānalam agrajānāṃ rājñāṃ tu puṣyeṇa sahottarāṇi | sapauṣṇamaitraṃ pitṛdaivataṃ ca prajāpater bhaṃ ca kṛṣīvalānām

The first three (Pūrva nakṣatras) together with Kṛttikā (the fire-presided one) belong to the foremost (Brahmins); but the three Uttarā along with Puṣya belong to the kings; (the nakṣatra) together with Revatī and Anurādhā (Maitra), Maghā (the Pitṛ-presided one), and the nakṣatra of Prajāpati (Rohiṇī) belong to the farmers.

ugrāṇi pūrvabharaṇīpitryāṇy utsādanāśaśāṭhyeṣu | yojyāni bandhaviṣadahanaśastraghātaādiṣu ca siddhyai

Pūrvaphalgunī, Bharaṇī, and Maghā (the Pitrya asterism) are fierce; they are to be employed for success in acts of destruction, eradication, deceit, and likewise in matters such as imprisonment, poisoning, burning, and slaying by weapons.

bahubhṛtyadhanī bhogī surapitṛbhakto mahodyamaḥ pitrye | priyavāg dātā dyutimān aṭano nṛpasevako bhāgye

If born under Pitrya (Maghā), one is the master of many servants and much wealth, an enjoyer, devoted to gods and ancestors, and of great enterprise. If born under Bhāgya (Pūrva-phalgunī), one is pleasant of speech, generous, lustrous, a wanderer, and a servant of kings.

jñānī vinītaśīlaḥ sthiravairī sajjanaiḥ stutaḥ krūraḥ | bahubhṛtyadhano bhogī surapitṛbhakto mahodyamaḥ pitrye || 10 ||

One born in Maghā (the ancestors' star) is wise, of modest conduct, lasting in enmity, praised by the good, cruel, with many servants and wealth, enjoying pleasures, devoted to gods and ancestors, and of great effort.

ṣoḍaśābdāsturaṅgādye maghādye cāṣṭavatsarāḥ

In the first (group) beginning with Aśvinī, sixteen years; and in the (group) beginning with Maghā, eight years.

sārpe mūḍhamatiḥ kṛtaghnavacanaḥ kopī durācāravān garvī puṇyarataḥ kalatravaśago mānī maghāyāṃ dhanī | phalgunyāṃ capalaḥ kukarmacaritastyāgī driḍhaḥ kāmuko bhogī cottaraphalgunībhajanito mānī kṛtajñaḥ sudhīḥ

When the Moon is in Āśleṣā (the serpent's asterism), one is dull-minded, ungrateful in speech, irritable, of bad conduct, proud, yet devoted to meritorious deeds, subservient to his wife. In Maghā one is honorable and wealthy. In Pūrvā Phalgunī one is fickle, given to evil deeds, charitable, firm, lustful, and pleasure-loving. One born in Uttarā Phalgunī is honorable, grateful, and of good intellect.

mānadhanajñānayutāḥ karmodyuktā darpapriyāḥ khyātāḥ | sthiracittā mūṣakotthā bhavanti narāḥ sadā puruṣāḥ

Men born under (the Mūṣaka/mouse type) are endowed with honour, wealth and knowledge, are diligent in action, fond of pride, famous, of steady mind, and are ever manly persons.

With the Moon in Ketu's nakshatra-house, the lordship and earth-royalty arise; in fitting measure the change comes, and thus, considering it, the result is foretold to unfold.

svīkāre mahiṣīgavāṃ guṇakarāṣṭau vāṇanāgendavo lābho hānir atho svalābhasukhakṛl lābho mahābhītikṛt | mūrddhāsyaṅghriṣu hṛtstaneṣu ca bhage tv aryamṇa ānityabhaṃ gṛhṇīyāc ca catuṣpadān vṛṣamukhān sañcintya cakrādikam || 19 ||

For the taking of buffaloes and cows the divisions are three, two, eight, five, eight and one (guṇa = 3, kara = 2, aṣṭau = 8, bāṇa = 5, nāga = 8, indu = 1); [their results are] gain, loss, then gain for oneself, a giver of ease, gain, and a cause of great fear. These fall respectively on the head (mūrdhan), the mouth (āsya) and the feet (aṅghri), on the chest (hṛd) and the udders (stana), and on the generative parts (bhaga), counting from the star of Aryaman (Uttarā Phalgunī) up to the asterism of the day. Having thus pondered the cakra and the rest, one should acquire four-footed beasts headed by the bull.

sārpe tatpitṛbhe bhaved yadi janiḥ samprocyate tatphalaṃ bhaujaṅge dhanasodarāmbajanakāriṣṭaṃ tadante śiśoḥ | rudre kālam athāntakaṃ ca vidhivan mṛtyuṃ samabhyarcaye- d ekadvitricatuṣpadeṣu pitṛbhe vyastaṃ samastaṃ bhavet || 5 ||

If the birth falls in the star of the Serpent (Āśleṣā) or in that of the Pitṛs (Maghā), its result is thus declared: in Āśleṣā (the asterism of the bhujaṅga, the serpent) there is danger to wealth, to the brother, to the mother and to the father (in the four quarters respectively), and in its last quarter to the child itself. One should duly worship Rudra, Kāla, Antaka and Mṛtyu for the first, second, third and fourth quarters (pādas) respectively. In the star of the Pitṛs (Maghā) the evil may fall singly (vyasta) or all together (samasta).

tadvac chakrasurādviṣoḥ phalam idaṃ pūṣāśvinor apy atho yugmeṣu triṣu cāntimādimaghaṭī gaṇḍāntarālābhidhā | tatra syād yadi janmakālasadanaṃ gacchec chiśuḥ satvaraṃ no cet syād asamānavīryanṛpatir niḥśeṣabhūpālakaḥ || 6 ||

This same result holds likewise for the stars of Śakra, that is Indra (Jyeṣṭhā), and of the sura-dviṣ, the hater of the gods (Mūla), and also for those of Pūṣan (Revatī) and of the Aśvins (Aśvinī). In these three pairs, the last ghaṭī of the one and the first ghaṭī of the other is named gaṇḍāntarāla (the gaṇḍānta interval). If the moment of birth falls there, the child goes swiftly to the [other] abode, that is, it soon dies; but if it does not, he becomes a king of unequalled valour, sovereign over every ruler without exception.

vahnyṛkṣād dinabhāntakaṃ hi gaṇane bāṇā mukhe pūjyatā kaṇṭhe sthur nava lābhadāḥ prabhumṛter madhye gajā daṇḍake | bāṇā rājyakarāḥ kramāt phalam idaṃ syād dīpikākhyaṃ smṛtaṃ cakraṃ nūtanadīpabhājanavinikṣepe tv avaśyaṃ śubham || 32 ||

In the reckoning from the star of Fire (vahni = Kṛttikā) up to the star of the day: five (bāṇa = 5) stand at the mouth [of the lamp] — honour; nine stand at the neck as givers of gain; eight (gaja = 8) in the middle bring about the death of the master; and five (bāṇa) on the stem confer sovereignty. Such is the fruit in order. This is remembered as the cakra called dīpikā, the lamp, and it is unfailingly auspicious for the installing of a new lamp-vessel.

cakrāntarvidhibhāt tribhaṃ tu vilikhet tadvac ca pūrvādiṣu tv evaṃ saṃgaṇite 'tiśīghrajaladaṃ tannirjalaṃ madhyamam | nīrābhāvajalādikāmṛtajalakṣārodanīrānvitaṃ madhyaṃ syād vidhubhāt phalaṃ bhavati tatkūpasya vāpyāś ca vā || 33 ||

Within the cakra one should write three asterisms beginning from the star of Vidhi (Rohiṇī, whose lord is Brahmā), and three likewise in the east and the remaining quarters. When it has been reckoned in this way, [the results are]: water yielded very quickly; that spot is waterless; middling; absence of water; water and more besides (abundance); nectar-sweet water; brackish water; well supplied with water; and middling. Such is the fruit obtained from the Moon's asterism, for a well (kūpa) or for a step-well (vāpī).