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Dedication

I would like to humbly dedicate this lecture to the lotus feet of my three gurus:

My father Sri P.V.S. Chalapathi Rao: He was my first guru.

My young mind cannot understand how he could remain so humble, despite being conversant with all aspects of theory, in addition to being blessed with an unmatched power of intuition. He is my role model!

Prof. B.V. Raman: His books were immensely helpful to me, when I was thousands of miles away from my father.

Though I never met him, I reverentially consider him my guru. If only I had one-millionth of his knowledge and power of intuition, I would be a world-famous astrologer!

Sri Sanjay Rath: A brilliant astrologer, scholar and author, he blessed me by accepting me as a sishya (disciple).

He has all the qualities I hoped my guru would have. I am grateful to him for accepting me as a student and I will strive to be a worthy student!

I would like to reverentially remember these three great men, whose blessings brought me here today!

:: Om Sree Ganesaaya Namaha :: Om Namo Naaraayanaaya :: Salutation

Let us salute to the energy that governs this universe and manifestations of that energy that enable us to learn this divine knowledge – Goddess Saraswati, Lord Brihaspati and Lord Hayagreeva. Let us salute to the presiding deity Lord Dakshinamurthy and to Swami Dayananda Saraswati who founded this Gurukulam.

Let us salute to illustrious astrologers, seers and sages – from Maharshi Parasara and Maharshi Jaimini to Kalidasa and Varahamihira to Prof. B.V. Raman and Mr. K.N. Rao – for unselfishly and generously bringing this divine knowledge down to us, mere mortals.

Let us salute to the power of Jupiter, who, at the time of this lecture, occupies own rasi, own constellation and exalted navamsa. The teacher of Gods occupies his own sign in 6 out of 16 vargas (divisions) and his exaltation sign in 3 other vargas! More importantly, he is exalted in D-24, the varga for "learning". From Guru lagna in D-24, at the time of this lecture, 1^st and 3^rd lords have a parivartana (exchange), indicating good communication in learning-related activities started at this time. May Jupiter and Mercury, conjoined in D-24 in Cancer, a watery sign, bless this class with fertile imagination, logic, discretion, vision and an alert state of mind!

Before We Proceed …

It must be borne in mind that this author is not the final authority on this subject. There are many scholars who are more knowledgeable than this author. The main qualification of this author is his sheer desire to share with you his very little knowledge and experience…

Kalachakra Dasa Kalachakra means the "wheel of time"
Strengths:

Sage Parasara called it "the most acceptable" (i.e., the best) dasa system among "all" dasa systems.

The exact verse in Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra: "kaalachakra daSaa chaanyaa maanyaa sarva daSaasu yaa".

This means (exactly): "There is another dasa called Kalachakra dasa, which is the most acceptable (respectable) among all dasas." Also, before explaining the computation of Kalachakra dasa to Maitreya, Parasara prays to the Lord, a gesture not enacted before explaining any other dasa.

My experience shows the same. I use many dasa systems - Vimsottari, Yogini, Narayana, Chara, Ashtottari, Dwadasottari, Dwisaptati Sama, Satabdika, AshtakavargaVimsottari etc. Kalachakra dasa consistently gave me the best results.

If one becomes good at using Kalachakra dasa, one will surely get addicted to it!

Drawback:

They are highly sensitive to birthtime errors. Kalachakra dasa dates change by about 3 months, if birthtime changes by 1 minute.

But there are methods to overcome this drawback and I will explain them later.

Calculation of Kalachakra Dasa

Dasas of rasis, instead of dasas of planets.

Table 1: Dasa Years in Kalachakra Dasa

Rasi	Dasa Years
Aries	7
Taurus	16
Gemini	9
Cancer	21
Leo	5
Virgo	9
Libra	16
Scorpio	7
Sagittarius	10
Capricorn	4
Aquarius	4
Pisces	10

Note that signs owned by the same planet have the same dasa years! So we can also remember it as shown below:

Table 2: Dasa Years in Kalachakra Dasa

Planet	Dasa Years
Sun	5
Moon	21
Mars	7
Mercury	9
Jupiter	10
Venus	16
Saturn	4

All constellations belong to one of the two cycles – "Savya" (zodiacal) and "Apasavya" (anti-zodiacal). Each cycle is again divided into 2 groups.

Thus there are 4 groups – Savya-1, Savya-2, Apasavya-1 and Apasavya-2.

Table 3: Groups of Constellations

Savya Cycle	Apasavya Cycle
Aswini (1)
Bharani (2)
Krittika (1)
	Rohini (1)
	Mrigasira (2)
	Ardra (2)
Punarvasu (1)
Pushyami (2)
Asresha (1)
	Makha (1)
	Poorvaphalguni (2)
	Uttaraphalguni (2)
Hasta (1)
Chitra (2)
Swati (1)
	Visakha (1)
	Anuradha (2)
	Jyeshtha (2)
Moola (1)
Poorvashadha (2)
Uttarashadha (1)
	Sravanam (1)
	Dhanishtha (2)
	Satabhisha (2)
Poorvabhadra (1)
Uttarabhadra (2)
Revati (1)

Based on natal Moon's constellation, one of the 4 groups is picked. (e.g. Poorvabhadra belongs to Savya cycle - Group 1, based on Table 3)

Each group has 4 dasa cycles.

Based on the pada (constellation quarter) occupied by natal Moon, dasa cycle operating at birth is chosen.

"Savya-I" Constellations: Aswini, Krittika, Punarvasu, Asresha, Hasta, Swati, Moola, Uttarashadha, Poorvabhadra, Revati

Pada	Dasa Sequence	Paramaayush
1^st	Ar Ta Ge Cn Le Vi Li Sc Sg	100
2^nd	Cp Aq Pi Sc Li Vi Cn Le Ge	85
3^rd	Ta Ar Pi Aq Cp Sg Ar Ta Ge	83
4^th	Cn Le Vi Li Sc Sg Cp Aq Pi	86

"Savya-II" Constellations: Bharani, Pushyami, Chitra, Poorvashadha, Uttarabhadrapada

Pada	Dasa Sequence	Paramaayush
1^st	Sc Li Vi Cn Le Ge Ta Ar Pi	100
2^nd	AqCp Sg Ar Ta Ge Cn Le Vi	85
3^rd	Li Sc Sg Cp Aq Pi Sc Li Vi	83
4^th	Cn Le Ge Ta Ar Pi Aq Cp Sg	86

"Apasavya-I" Constellations: Rohini, Makha, Visakha, Sravanam

Pada	Dasa Sequence	Paramaayush
1^st	Sg Cp Aq Pi Ar Ta Ge Le Cn	86
2^nd	Vi Li Sc Pi Aq Cp Sg Sc Li	83
3^rd	Vi Le Cn Ge Ta Ar Sg Cp Aq	85
4^th	Pi Ar Ta Ge Le Cn Vi Li Sc	100

"Apasavya-II" Constellations: Mrigasira, Ardra, Poorvaphalguni, Uttaraphalguni, Anuradha, Jyeshtha, Dhanishtha, Satabhisha

Pada	Dasa Sequence	Paramaayush
1^st	Pi Aq Cp Sg Sc Li Vi Le Cn	86
2^nd	Ge Ta Ar Sg Cp Aq Pi Ar Ta	83
3^rd	Ge Le Cn Vi Li Sc Pi Aq Cp	85
4^th	Sg Sc Li Vi Le Cn Ge Ta Ar	100

The fraction of natal Moon's constellation quarter (pada) that was left untraversed at birth is evaluated. This fraction of the total length of birthtime dasa cycle (given under the column "Paramayush" in the tables above) is left at birth.

Example: Suppose one is born in the 3rd quarter of Ardra, with 0.1 (10%) of the constellation quarter yet to be traversed (at birth) by natal Moon.

From Table 3, we find that Ardra belongs to Apasavya cycle - group 2.

From the dasa cycle table for "Apasavya cycle, group 2, quarter-3", we find the dasa cycle as "Ge Le Cn Vi Li Sc Pi Aq Cp" and "paramayush" as 85 years. So 8.5 years of this cycle are left at birth. Considering that the lengths of the 9 dasas in this sequence is "9, 5, 21, 9, 16, 7, 10, 4, 4 (from Table 1), the running dasa at birth is Pisces (9.5 out of 10 years over and 0.5 years left at birth). After that, 4 years of Aq dasa and then 4 years of Cp dasa will follow. This is the break-up of the 8.5 years of remainder in dasa cycle at birth.

After one dasa cycle, dasas proceed to the next dasa cycle in the same mega-cycle (savya or apasavya) containing 8 dasa-cycles (note: four dasa cycles corresponding to the four quarters in each of the two groups in the same cycle - savya and apasavya - form one mega-cycle of 8 dasa-cycles). Examples will make this clear!

On reaching the end of the dasa cycle of 3rd quarter in Apasavya-2 (as in above example), one would start the dasa cycle corresponding to the 4th quarter in the same group. After the end of it, dasa cycle corresponding to the 1st quarter of Apasavya-1 group will start.

Antardasas in a dasa will start with the dasa sign itself and proceed cyclically among all signs in the dasa cycle.

Computation - Example 1:

Natal Moon is at 3 Cn 00 for someone born on June 1, 1950. Find

The group
Dasa cycle operating at birth
Dasas upto 2000 (roughly)
Antardasa sequence (only sequence, no durations) in the first 2 dasas

Answer:

Moon is in the 4th pada (quarter) of the constellation "Punarvasu".

This constellation belongs to: Savya (Zodiacal) - Group 1 (Aswini).

Dasa cycle at birth is: Cn Le Vi Li Sc Sg Cp Aq Pi (86 years)

Fraction left in pada = (3.3333-3)/(3.3333)=1/10.

Portion of dasa cycle left = 86/10 = 8.6 years.

So, 8.6 years in Pisces dasa in this cycle of 86 years is left at birth.

Kalachakra Dasa: (All dates are "start" dates)

Pi 1950-06-01 Le 1952-08-02 Vi 1953-02-27 Li 1954-03-11
Sc 1956-01-10 Sg 1956-10-29 Cp 1957-12-22 Aq 1958-06-07

Sc 1958-11-22 Li 1959-05-17 Vi 1960-06-23 Cn 1961-02-05 Le 1962-07-19
Ge 1962-11-22 Ta 1963-07-07 Ar 1964-08-13 Pi 1965-02-06

Li 1965-10-16 Vi 1968-04-24 Cn 1969-09-25 Le 1973-01-16 Ge 1973-10-31
Ta 1975-04-03 Ar 1977-10-10 Pi 1978-11-17 Sc 1980-06-15

Vi 1981-07-24 Cn 1982-05-11 Le 1984-03-22 Ge 1984-08-31 Ta 1985-06-18
Ar 1986-11-19 Pi 1987-07-03 Sc 1988-05-22 Li 1989-01-04

Cn 1990-06-07 Le 1994-10-11 Ge 1995-10-24 Ta 1997-09-04 Ar 2000-12-26
Pi 2002-06-08 Sc 2004-07-03 Li 2005-12-15 Vi 2009-04-07

Computation - Exercise 1: (Attempt it yourself)

Natal Moon is at 6 Ge 20 for someone born on June 1, 1950. Find

The group
Dasa cycle operating at birth
Dasas upto 2000 (roughly - no need to give exact dates)
Antardasa sequence (only sequence, no durations) in 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th dasas

Answer (Partial):

Moon is in the 4th pada (quarter) of the constellation "Mrigasira".

This constellation belongs to: Apasavya (Anti-zodiacal) - Group 2 (Mrigasira).

Kalachakra Dasa: (All dates are "start" dates)

Ta 1950-06-01 Ge 1951-12-14

Ar 1953-05-16 Sg 1953-11-08 Sc 1954-07-18 Li 1955-01-10 Vi 1956-02-18
Le 1956-10-01 Cn 1957-02-04 Ge 1958-07-19 Ta 1959-03-02

Sg 1960-04-09 Cp 1961-06-01 Aq 1961-11-16 Pi 1962-05-02 Ar 1963-06-25
Ta 1964-04-13 Ge 1966-02-11 Le 1967-02-23 Cn 1967-09-20

Cp 1970-02-16 Aq 1970-04-23 Pi 1970-06-29 Ar 1970-12-14 Ta 1971-04-10
Ge 1972-01-03 Le 1972-06-02 Cn 1972-08-24 Sg 1973-08-11

Aq 1974-01-26 Pi 1974-04-02 Ar 1974-09-17 Ta 1975-01-12 Ge 1975-10-07
Le 1976-03-06 Cn 1976-05-28 Sg 1977-05-15 Cp 1977-10-30

Pi 1978-01-05 Ar 1979-02-27 Ta 1979-12-17 Ge 1981-10-17 Le 1982-10-29
Cn 1983-05-26 Sg 1985-10-21 Cp 1986-12-14 Aq 1987-05-30

Ar 1987-11-14 Ta 1988-06-06 Ge 1989-09-17 Le 1990-06-08 Cn 1990-11-02
Sg 1992-07-09 Cp 1993-04-28 Aq 1993-08-23 Pi 1993-12-18

Ta 1994-10-08 Ge 1997-09-13 Le 1999-05-09 Cn 2000-04-08 Sg 2004-02-13
Cp 2005-12-14 Aq 2006-09-08 Pi 2007-06-03 Ar 2009-04-03

An Insight into the Definition

I found the following symmetry/structure/logic in the definition of Kalachakra dasa (the question is: after all, why do we have all the jumps - is there a 'structure' to it?):

Let Z be the sequence of signs in the zodiac - Ar, Ta, Ge, Cn, Le, Vi, Li, Sc, Sg, Cp, Aq, Pi (12 signs).

Let M(Z) be the sequence containing the "mirror images" of these signs. Let the exact definition of "mirror image" be "the other sign owned by the same planet". Then Aries and Scorprio are mirror images, Taurus and Libra are mirror images and so on. However, Cancer and Leo are singularities - their lords own only one sign. So, the mirror image of Cn is Cn itself and the mirror image of Le is Le itself.

So M(Z) is Sc, Li, Vi, Cn, Le, Ge, Ta, Ar, Pi, Aq, Cp, Sg (12 signs).

If we write the 2 sequences Z and M(Z) consecutively, we get 24 signs. We want to write this cycle and split it into dasa cycles of 9 signs each. Least common multiple of 24 and 9 is 72. We get this by writing down Z, M(Z), Z, M(Z), Z and M(Z). This results in 12*6=72 signs. We can assign this sequence (mega-cycle) to savya cycle constellations and split it into 8 dasa cycles of 9 signs each. You can check that the dasa cycles of savya-1 and the dasa cycles of savya-2 can be obtained from the above structure, in that order.

Similarly, we can take the inverse of Z (Pi, Aq, Cp, Sg, Sc, Li, Vi, Le, Cn, Ge, Ta and Ar) and its mirror image (Sg, Cp, Aq, Pi, Ar, Ta, Ge, Le, Cn, Vi, Li and Sc), write them 3 times each, split the 72 sign mega-cycle (apasavya cycle) into 8 dasa cycles of 9 signs each. You can check that the dasa cycles of apasavya-2 and the dasa cycles of apasavya-1 can be obtained from the above structure, in that order (note that 2 comes first here).

Judgment of Kalachakra Dasa

Deha rasi and jeeva rasi: Start and end signs of the dasa cycle operating at birth (reverse in apavya cycle)

Afflictions to deha and jeeva rasis cause afflictions to one physically or to one's spirit (respectively). For example, if someone's jeeva rasi has Mercury and Jupiter in Rasi chart or D-27 (D-27 should be seen for general nature, strengths and weaknesses), he/she is likely to have energy and a positive spirit.

Simhavalokana Gati (Lion's Leap): Trinal (5^th/9^th) jump

Mandooki Gati (Frog's Leap): Jump by two signs

Markati Gati (Monkey's Leap): Temporary reversal (always this leap comes between two frog's leaps)

Dasa of a sign just after the above 3 jumps usually results in important (often bad) changes in life.

Moon's Navamsa:

Same as Moon's D-9 (navamsa) position, for Savya constellations

Mirror image (i.e., Ar« Sc, Ta« Li, Ge« Vi, Cn« Le, Pi« Sg and Cp« Aq) of Moon's D-9 position, for Apasavya constellations

Rely on divisional charts when judging Kalachakra dasa!!! Look for repeating factors. For example, if the dasa sign is the 4th from Mars in D-4 and contains the lord of the 4th from lagna (in D-4), one is likely to buy a house during that dasa. You can find many examples in the rest of this tutorial and study them carefully! Remember - look for "repeating" factors with "links"!!!

Transits

Rahu and Ketu (or Saturn) over/aspecting deha rasi, jeeva rasi or dasa rasi is bad.

Jupiter over/aspecting deha, jeeva and dasa rasis is good.

Transits w.r.t. dasa rasi can be seen for major events

If, for example, 11th lord Jupiter and 10th lord Mars join in 11th (all from dasa sign), in transit, there can be good developments in career that cause material benefits.

If planets occupying (or aspecting) dasa rasi or deha rasi or jeeva rasi in a divisional chart do so in transit (in Rasi chart), important events relating to the significations of that divisional chart are likely to fructify.

Standard Results

Please refer to "Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra" or Sumeet Chugh's "Yogini & Kalachakra Dasa" (Sagar Publications).

Results given in literature for dasas of various houses should be taken only as guidelines. They should not be applied verbatim.

(1) Results given for various jumps in various groups and (2) results ascribed to Moon's navamsa should be applied with a pinch of salt.

Parasara prescribed favorable and unfavorable directions associated with various gatis (leaps/jumps).

Gati (Leap)	Favorable Direction	Unfavorable Direction
1. Vi ® Cn	East, North	—
2. Le ® Ge	Southwest	East
3. Cn ® Le	West	South
4. Sg ® Ar	—	All (no journeys)
5. Pi ® Sc	—	North
6. Le ® Cn	—	West

Argala I found argalas to work pretty well with Kalachakra dasa. Argala means "intervention" and planets in 2nd, 4th and 11th from a sign/planet cause argala (intervention) to the matters represented by that sign/planet. Planets in 12th, 10th and 3rd from the sign/planet obstruct the aforementioned intervention/argala. Please refer to Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra or any book on Jaimini astrology for more on argalas.

If a sign has an argala from its lord or a yogakaraka or unafflicted lagna lord or the significator of the matters denoted by the house, the matters of that sign get a boost.

Examples: If lagna is Leo in D-9 (navamsa) and Aquarius has an argala from Venus (significator of marriage) or Mars (yogakaraka), one may get married during Aq dasa. If Lagna is Libra in D-10 (dasamsa) and Cancer has an argala from Moon or Sun (significator of profession) or Saturn (yogakaraka), career gets a boost during Cn dasa.

Divisional Charts – Recapitulation

....I will give a very quick and brief summary of my first lecture at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (April 1998), on divisional charts....

Many contemporary Vedic astrology authors present the study of divisional charts as a 'complicated' and 'advanced' topic, sometimes as an 'afterthought', after almost all other topics are presented. This is in a total contrast to the approach taken by Sage Parasara. Immediately after Parasara defines the nature of rasis and planets, Maitreya asks him,"O Sage, you have explained me the nature of planets and signs. Now, I want to hear about the different kinds of houses (bhavas)." In reply to this, Parasara defines 16 divisional charts! By defining divisional charts when replying to a question on the "different kinds of houses", Parasara obviously means that houses in various divisional charts are the "different kinds of houses". For example, when he says "4th house" in the rest of the discourse (mind you, this comes at the very beginning of the classic Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra), he can mean any of the following sixteen - (1) 4th house in Rasi chart, (2) 4th house in navamsa chart (D-9), (3) 4th house in dasamsa chart (D-10) etc! After all, he makes it pretty obvious that houses in various divisional charts are the "different kinds of houses" asked by Maitreya!!

Then, the question is: which of the "different kinds of houses" should be used when interpreting the results of houses given by Parasara in later chapters? He answers that too!

Just after defining divisional charts and before giving the results of various houses, Parasara lists the matters to be seen from each divisional charts (reproduced in the table below). For example, in D-12, 4th house denotes mother. In D-16, 4th house denotes vehicles and luxuries. In D-4, it denotes residence. In D-9, it denotes domestic harmony (with spouse). In Rasi chart, it denotes heart etc. In D-3, it denotes the wealth of younger brother. In D-24, it denotes education. And so on.

Each house stands for several things and the issue is: how do we distinguish? People give many vague answers, but the real answer is that divisional charts act as another dimension and when the 2 dimensions (houses and D-charts) are combined, things make sense. By the way, like Sage Parasara, I am also defining divisional charts at the very beginning of my book (just after the nature of planets and signs) and, for the readers of my book, divisional charts will be a part of basic common sense - just as Parasara intended in his classic.

In the rest of this tutorial, you will see that I treat and analyze all divisional charts just as you are used to analyzing the "normal" Rasi chart. However, I use each divisional chart to analyze only matters related to the significations of the divisional chart (see the table below for the list).

Name of Divisional Chart	Symbol (D-n)	Matters to be seen from this divisional chart
Rasi/Kshetra	D-1	Body & physical matters
Hora	D-2	Wealth
Dreshkana/Drekkana	D-3	Happiness from siblings
Turyamsa/Chaturthamsa	D-4	Fortune & residence
Shashthamsa	D-6*	Enemies, health & litigation
Saptamsa	D-7	Progeny (children)
Ashtamsa	D-8*	Tensions and pressures
Navamsa	D-9	Wife & relationships
Dasamsa	D-10	Career, achievements & fame
Rudramsa/Ekadasamsa	D-11*	Longevity/Death
Dwadasamsa	D-12	Parents
Shodasamsa	D-16	Vehicles, comforts & luxuries
Vimsamsa	D-20	Religious & spiritual deeds
Siddhamsa/Chaturvimsamsa	D-24	Education, learning & academic achievements
Bhamsa/Saptavimsamsa	D-27	Strengths & weaknesses
Trimsamsa	D-30	Sins, evils & "karma"
Khavedamsa/Chatvarimsamsa	D-40	Auspicious & inauspicious results
Akshavedamsa	D-45	Everything
Shashthyamsa	D-60	Everything

* These charts were not prescribed by Parasara. Easy Reference for Divisional Chart Users

	Divisional Chart	Significator	Houses
Elder Siblings	D-3	Jupiter	11^th, 9^th, 7^th...
Younger Siblings	D-3	Mars	3^rd,5^th, 7^th …
House & Real Assets	D-4	Mars	4^th
Foreign Residence	D-4	Rahu	9^th, 12^th
Credit & Loans	D-4	Mercury, Mars	6^th
Enemies	D-6*	Mars, Saturn	6^th
Litigation	D-6*	Mars	6^th
Health	Rasi, D-6*	Sun, Mars	6^th
Children	D-7	Jupiter	5^th, 7^th, 9^th…
Longevity	D-11*	Saturn	8^th
Troubles	D-8*	Mars, Saturn	6^th, 8^th
Wife	D-9	Venus	7^th
Illicit Relationships	D-9	Rahu	7^th
Pleasures in Bed	D-9, D-16	Venus	12^th
Career	D-10	Sun	10^th
Reputation in Career	D-10	Sun, Saturn	5^th
Mother	D-12	Moon	4^th
Father	D-12	Sun	9^th
*Vehicles (e.g.* car)**	D-16	Venus	4^th
Material Luxuries	D-16	Venus	4^th, 5^th, 9^th, 11^th
Religious Deeds	D-20	Jupiter, Ketu	9^th, 12^th
Moksha/Emancipation	D-20	Ketu	12^th
Learning & Education	D-24	Jupiter	4^th, 5^th
Sins	D-30	Saturn, Rahu	6^th, 8^th
Karma	D-30	Rahu	9^th

* These charts were not prescribed by Parasara.

Example 1:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1959-09-18 Vi 1964-10-28 Li 1967-01-07 Sc 1970-11-30 Pi 1972-08-13
Aq 1975-01-20 Cp 1976-01-11 Ge 1976-12-31 Le 1979-03-12

Foreign Residence:

Swami Prabhupada Came to USA on Sept 18, 1965

Jupiter and Moon were in Gemini when he landed in USA

Explanation:

For long journeys (including foreign travel), 7th house is important. For stay in a foreign country 9th and 12th houses are important. D-4 is the chart for residence and fortune.

Dasa is Cancer and antardasa is Virgo, at the time of the event. Look at D-4. Cancer is the 7th house. Its lord Moon is with Rahu (significator of foreign stay), in an aspect with 12th lord. Cancer has an argala from Jupiter (12th lord).

Virgo is occupied a yogakaraka Venus (his debilitation is interesting, but let us not comment on it!) and it is the 9th house! Its lord is in 12th. Moreover, Virgo has an argala from its lord. Makes excellent sense!

Transit of 9th lord and lagna lord in 12th, from dasa sign Cancer, adds to this.

Example 2:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1959-09-18 Vi 1964-10-28 Li 1967-01-07 Sc 1970-11-30 Pi 1972-08-13
Aq 1975-01-20 Cp 1976-01-11 Ge 1976-12-31 Le 1979-03-12

Passing Away:

Swami Prabhupada passed away from this world on Nov 14, 1977.

Explanation:

Longevity and death should be seen from D-11. Period: Cn-Ge (see the kalachakra dasa listed above).

Cancer has an argala from 7th and 12th lord, Venus. Its lord is in 8th! Gemini is the 8th house!

Example 3:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Le 1954-10-14 Cn 1955-01-27 Vi 1956-04-16 Li 1956-10-24 Sc 1957-09-28
Pi 1958-02-23 Aq 1958-09-23 Cp 1958-12-16 Ge 1959-03-11

Spritual Career:

Swami Prabhupada's career took a spiritual direction when he renounced this material world in mid 1950s.

He translated a famous Hindu epic from Sanskrit to English in late 1950s. This immensely popular literary work played an important role in his teachings later.

Explanation:

Career should be seen from D-10. All the above developments took place in Leo dasa.

Leo has Jupiter, significator of religiousness/dharma, Ketu, significator of emancipation/moksha/spirituality, and Mercury, 9th and 12th lord. This is great yoga for spiritual achievements. Situation of Sun (lord of Leo) in a Saturnine sign is conducive too, to renunciation in Leo dasa.

Mercury signifies writing. Jupiter is the lord of 3rd (writing, again). Their conjunction in Leo in D-10 made him write during Leo dasa!

Example 4:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Ar 1982-01-07 Ta 1982-07-02 Ge 1983-08-09 Cn 1984-03-23 Le 1985-09-03
Vi 1986-01-07 Li 1986-08-22 Sc 1987-09-29 Sg 1988-03-24

Ta 1988-12-01 Ge 1991-06-10 Cn 1992-11-10 Le 1996-03-03 Vi 1996-12-16
Li 1998-05-19 Sc 2000-11-25 Sg 2002-01-03 Ar 2003-08-02

His Elder Sister:

She had a child in late 1985.

Her husband survived a massive heart attack in 1990.

But he couldn't survive another heart attack in April 1998.

Explanation:

Immeidate elder sister is denoted by 11th (Aries, here). Let us take Ar as temporary lagna.

When she had a child, she (her brother actually) ran Ar-Le. Ar is lagna and its lord is in 5th (from Ar). Leo is the 5th. So birth of a child in Ar-Le makes sense.

In 1990, it was Ta-Ta. For the husband of native's elder sister, lagna is 7th from Ar, i.e., Libra. From Li, Ta is 8th, its lord is in 3rd and it is occupied by 3rd and 6th lord. Ta dasa is a maraka (killer) dasa. Being the 8th house with 6th lord, it gave health troubles. Jupiter signifies arteries and veins and that was the source of problem.

In April 1998, Ta-Vi ran. Ta (8th) is a maraka dasa. Virgo is the 12th and its lord afflicts lagna, causing argala to Virgo. So he passed away. With benefic planets involved, it happened peacefully - he didn't suffer for long.

Example 5:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Ar 1991-08-18 Ta 1992-03-10 Ge 1993-06-22 Le 1994-03-13 Cn 1994-08-07
Sg 1996-04-13 Cp 1997-01-31 Aq 1997-05-28 Pi 1997-09-22

Ta 1998-07-12 Ge 2001-06-18 Le 2003-02-11 Cn 2004-01-12 Sg 2007-11-18

His Younger Brother:

Had a great time in own business during 1993-1995
Business was destroyed in 1996 (unrecoverable advances to partners)
Moved to a far away place from hometown, in Spring 1997.
Good time in career in mid-1997 – got some opportunities
But changed too many jobs in haste, made a mess and had to return home in late 1997. Sitting idle now.

Explanation:

This is an interesting example. For younger brother, we should take 3rd. But lagna (Cancer) is an even sign and so the counting is in irregular order. So 3rd from Cancer is Taurus.

From Taurus, Ar is 12th. Usually dasa of 12th is bad. But, here, Mars is exalted in a trine. So it can be a mixed period, with antardasas playing a major role.

During Ge, Le and Cn antardasas, things went well, because Ge is 2nd, Sun is in 11th and Moon is in 2nd (respectively).

Sg is the 8th and its lord afflicts lagna lord and aspects lagna. Sg also has the 2nd lord. So he lost money in Sg antardasa. Influence of 6th and 7th on Jupiter is noteworthy (he lost money thru partnerships and advances).

Cp antardasa brought him a change of place. Cp is the 9th house (from Ta) and houses the 12th lord Mars - planet of change.

Aq dasa brought good developments in career. Aq is the 10th and its lord saturn is in 5th.

It also has an argala from Sun (good). But it is powerfully countered by exalted Mars (planet of aggression and dynamism!) and the good Sun did was destroyed because of overambitiousness of Mars. Next antardasa of Pisces gave the results of Sg and he lost again. Next dasa of Ta will be better.

Example 6:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1981-12-20 Vi 1987-01-30 Li 1989-04-10 Sc 1993-03-03 Pi 1994-11-16
Aq 1997-04-23 Cp 1998-04-14 Ge 1999-04-05 Le 2001-06-13

His [Immediate] Elder Sister:

She came to USA (from India) in March 1998

Explanation:

Elder sister should be seen from 11th (counted in irregular order, because lagna is Virgo - an even sign), i.e., Scorpio. The event in question happened in Cn-Aq. Cn is the 9th house, aspected by Saturn and Rahu. Aq has Moon (9th lord) and its lord aspects 9th.

Exercise 1: (Give it your best shot!!)

Kalachakra Dasa:

Le 1977-01-15 Cn 1977-05-01 Vi 1978-07-19 Li 1979-01-26 Sc 1979-12-31
Pi 1980-05-27 Aq 1980-12-25 Cp 1981-03-19 Ge 1981-06-12

Cn 1981-12-20 Vi 1987-01-30 Li 1989-04-10 Sc 1993-03-03 Pi 1994-11-16
Aq 1997-04-23 Cp 1998-04-14 Ge 1999-04-05 Le 2001-06-13

Question: He came to USA from his motherland (India) in one of the above antardasas. Identify the dasa and antardasa running at that time!!

Hint: The 7^th house stands for long (usually, foreign) journeys. The 9^th house stands for flourishing in a far-away land. The 12^th house stands for going away from (and missing!) the place of birth.

Explanation: (See this only after giving it a serious try!)

Leo dasa is less likely than Cn dasa - Cn is the 12th and Ketu occupies it! Lord of 12th, Moon, joins 7th lord Saturn in 7th, forming a powerful combination for foreign residence. Aries is also interesting, but Aries antardasa doesn't come in Cn dasa!

It happened in Cn-Aq (fall of 1997).

Example 7:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Le 1987-12-15 Cn 1988-03-30 Vi 1989-06-18 Li 1989-12-26 Sc 1990-11-29
Pi 1991-04-27 Aq 1991-11-24 Cp 1992-02-17 Ge 1992-05-12

Cn 1992-11-18 Vi 1997-12-30 Li 2000-03-10 Sc 2004-02-01 Pi 2005-10-15

Her Mother:

She was in a foreign country (USA) during Jan-May 1996.

She will probably visit there again in the next couple of months/years.

Explanation:

Temporary lagna for mother in native's D-12 is 4th, i.e., Capricorn. Cnacer is the 7th house, it is occupied by yogakaraka Venus, it has an argala from Rahu and its lord is in a movable sign, in an aspect with 9th lord Mercury. So Cn-Cn gave a foreign trip to mother. Cn-Vi has a chance too (Vi is the 9th and its lord is an aspect with 7th lord, causing argala to Vi).

Example 8:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Ge 1977-01-03 Ta 1977-12-13 Ar 1979-08-14 Sg 1980-05-07 Cp 1981-05-23
Aq 1981-10-23 Vi 1982-03-24 Le 1983-03-02 Cn 1983-09-09

Ta 1985-11-17 Ar 1988-11-06 Sg 1990-02-23 Cp 1992-01-02 Aq 1992-09-29
Vi 1993-06-27 Le 1995-02-27 Cn 1996-02-01 Ge 1999-12-25

His Marriage:

He got married in 1984.

His divorce proceedings started in 1995 and he was divorced in 1996, after a bitter legal battle.

Explanation:

At the time of marriage, he ran Ge-Cn. Ge has argalas from significator Venus and lagna lord Jupiter. Ge is the 7th. Its lord aspects it from lagna. Cancer has Venus and its lord Moon is in 7th, in an aspect with 7th lord.

In 1995, he ran Ta-Le. Ta is the 6th house and Sun (lord of Le) is in Ta. Ta has argalas from Rahu, Saturn and 8th lord. Its lord is in 8th. His marriage broke down violently during Ta-Le. Ta-Cn formalized it. Cancer is 8th and it has 6th lord. Venus jonis debilitated Mars in 8th. Involvement of debilitated Mars, Rahu and Sun caused bitterness (a bad combination involving benefics predominantly would've resulted in smoother flow of events).

Example 9:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Ge 1996-01-27 Ta 1997-01-13 Ar 1998-09-29 Pi 1999-06-30 Aq 2000-07-24
Cp 2000-12-27 Sg 2001-06-01 Ar 2002-06-27 Ta 2003-03-27

His "Learning" Activities:

He was accepted as a student by a guru (teacher) in April 1998.

Explanation:

D-24 is the chart for learning. Teacher/guru is represented by 9th. Jupiter is the significator and we can analyze D-24, taking Jupiter as lagna also.

He ran Ge-Ta. Ge is lagna and dasa of lagna causes good happenings. Antardasa plays a major role in the dasa of lagna.

Lord of Taurus is in 9th! Taurus has argalas from Jupiter and 9th lord Saturn. Moreover, Taurus is occupied by Mars, lord of Scorpio. Scorpio is the 9th from Jupiter and it also contains gurupada (arudha pada of 9th house). Incidentally, Yogini dasa of Sun (who is in Scorpio) had just started (with 360 day years), at the time of this event!

Example 10:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1967-05-30 Le 1972-07-10 Ge 1973-09-28 Cp 1975-12-07 Aq 1976-11-27
Pi 1977-11-18 Sc 1980-04-25 Li 1982-01-08 Vi 1985-12-01

His Father:

Passed away in 1967.

Explanation:

Lagna for father is 9th in D-12. Counting is irregular, because lagna is in an even sign - Virgo. We get Capricorn.

Cancer dasa had just started when his father passed away. Cancer is the 7th (from Cp). Its lord is afflicted by nodes. Moreover, its lord joins 8th lord Sun. Moreover, 7th lord, 8th lord and Rahu all cause argala to Cancer. So Cancer dasa is a maraka (killer) dasa for father.

Example 11:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Li 1994-11-11 Sc 1997-10-18 Sg 1999-01-29 Cp 2000-11-29 Aq 2001-08-24
Pi 2002-05-19 Cn 2004-03-19 Le 2008-01-24 Vi 2008-12-24

Her Health:

Has been poor since 1996.

Explanation:

For health, D-6 may be studied. Libra is the 8th house, occupied by lagna lord.

Exercise 2:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Aq 1990-09-26 Pi 1990-12-03 Sc 1991-05-21 Li 1991-09-17 Vi 1992-06-14
Cn 1992-11-14 Le 1993-11-04 Ge 1994-01-28 Cp 1994-06-30

Pi 1994-09-05 Sc 1995-11-03 Li 1996-08-25 Vi 1998-07-04 Cn 1999-07-20

Question: He had a tremendous rise in career in his motherland during 2 consecutive antardasas and in the very next antardasa, he had to go abroad (with his wife) and his career came to a halt. Find the 3 antardasas!!

Hint: The 1^st, 5^th and 10^th houses indicate fortune in career. Dusthanas indicate fall.

Explanation: (Please see this only after giving it a serious try!)

Pisces is a mixed sign here. It is the 5th house, but its lord is in 12th. So Pisces dasa can give very good and very bad developments in career. First 2 antardasas (of 5th house and lagna) are good. Next antardasa of Libra is bad, because it is the 12th house.

He had a great time from the fall of 1994 till early 1997. Now he is jobless.

It is interesting that lord of Libra is in 9th and Libra has an argala from 9th lord, indicating that his career would shift to a foreign country.

Virgo is 11th and has an argala from 10th lord Sun, lagna lord Mars, 7th lord Venus and 2nd and 5th lord Jupiter. His career will get the right direction in Virgo antardasa (July 1998-July 1999). However, with Mercury in 6th, it won't be a great dasa.

He is going to India for a computer software course and he plans to pursue a software career after coming back to USA (his earlier career in India was in financial management) and it is interesting to note that he is going to go through the influence of Mercury (significator of mathematics, logic and software) soon!!

Example 12:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cp 1996-01-14 Sg 1996-03-21 Cn 1996-09-04 Le 1997-08-22 Ge 1997-11-13
Ta 1998-04-13 Ar 1999-01-06 Pi 1999-05-03 Aq 1999-10-18

Troubles due to Litigation:

Mr. Gates has had some troubles due to litigation during the last couple of years.

Since this April, a spectrum of new litigation that threatens the timeliness of an important product release has been haunting his mega software company.

Explanation:

Dasa is of Capricorn, 6th house and occupied by mars (significator of litigation). Capricorn has argala from 8th lord and its lord is aspected by nodes from 8th. Capricorn dasa can cause troubles from litigation.

Taurus antardasa has started recently. Lord of Taurus is debilitated (debilitated planets are vulnerable to give bad results) and joins 6th lord Saturn, aspected by nodes from 8th.

However, yogakaraka Mars is exalted in dasa sign Capricorn and the litigation may not cause major setbacks to him.

Example 13:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1971-04-12 Le 1976-05-01 Vi 1977-07-14 Li 1979-09-13 Sc 1983-07-21
Sg 1985-03-27 Cp 1987-08-23 Aq 1988-08-09 Pi 1989-07-27

Le 1991-12-23 Vi 1992-04-05 Li 1992-10-11 Sc 1993-09-11 Sg 1994-02-04

Her Marriage:

Took place on May 31, 1989.

Her husband passed away on December 26, 1991.

Explanation:

Relations with others, marriage and spouse's fortune are seen in navamsa chart (D-9).

At the time of marriage, Cn-Aq was running. Cancer is the 7th house and its lord occupies Aq.

To know the fortune of husband, use Cancer (7th) as lagna in the above chart. The unfortunate event happened as soon as Leo dasa started. Leo is occupied by 7th and 8th lord Saturn. Its lord Sun is in 12th, afflicted by nodes and aspected by 3rd and 12th lord Mercury.

Example 14:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Pi 1987-08-31 Aq 1988-11-07 Cp 1989-04-30 Sg 1989-10-20 Ar 1990-12-28
Ta 1991-10-27 Ge 1993-09-20 Ta 1994-10-16 Ar 1996-09-09

Aq 1997-07-09 Cp 1997-09-17 Sg 1997-11-25 Ar 1998-05-18 Ta 1998-09-16
Ge 1999-06-21 Ta 1999-11-24 Ar 2000-08-27 Pi 2000-12-27

Cp 2001-06-18 Sg 2001-08-27 Ar 2002-02-16 Ta 2002-06-18 Ge 2003-03-22
Ta 2003-08-25 Ar 2004-05-29 Pi 2004-09-27 Aq 2005-03-20

Sg 2005-05-28 Ar 2006-08-05 Ta 2007-06-05 Ge 2009-04-29 Ta 2010-05-24
Ar 2012-04-17 Pi 2013-02-15 Aq 2014-04-24 Cp 2014-10-15

His Spiritual Life:

He is spiritually very advanced. He joined a "Hare Krishna" monastery on Sept 3, 1990 — he considers that day to be the most blessed day in his life.

Explanation:

This person is a true Vaishnava - despite being born outside India, he understands Vaishnavism (in its purest sense) better than many Vaishnavas born in India.

For spirituality, we should analyze D-20.

At the time of this event, he ran Pi-Sg. Pi is the 12th house (moksha) and Sg is the 9th house (dharma). Their lord Jupiter joins lagna lord and 2nd and 7th lord Venus in 2nd and it is a powerful yoga (raja yogas and Lakshmi yoga). Moreover, Sg is occupied by nodes (who are important in D-20). No wonder a major event happened in his spiritual life!

Note that 3rd lord Mercury 9significator of communication) is in 5th (house of intellect and teaching), while 5th lord is in 9th. This combination is destined to make this person a great spiritual author and teacher. He is currently authoring a translation of a Hindu epic into a foreign language. Probably during Sg dasa (2005-2015), he will gain name as a spiritual teacher.

Example 15:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1971-04-12 Le 1976-05-01 Vi 1977-07-14 Li 1979-09-13 Sc 1983-07-21
Sg 1985-03-27 Cp 1987-08-23 Aq 1988-08-09 Pi 1989-07-27

Le 1991-12-23 Vi 1992-04-05 Li 1992-10-11 Sc 1993-09-11 Sg 1994-02-04

Her Son:

Was born in December 1991.

Explanation:

It happened in Cn-Pi. Pisces is lagna and Cancer is the 5th house. Pisces is the 5th house from Jupiter.

Example 16:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Sg 1988-03-03 Ar 1989-05-01 Ta 1990-02-21 Ge 1991-12-31 Cn 1993-01-15
Le 1995-06-23 Vi 1996-01-21 Aq 1997-02-05 Cp 1997-07-25

Her Marriage:

She got married in February 1992.

She got divorced in late 1995.

Explanation:

At the time of marriage, Sg-Ge was running. From Venus, Ge is 7th and its lord, who causes argala to it, is exalted in 7th from lagna. Sg houses Venus (significator of marriage). It is also the moolatrikona of lagna lord.

At the time of divorce, Sg-Le was running. Lord of Sg is in 6th from it, aspected by 12th lord Saturn. Sg dasa can give mixed results. Leo is the 6th house and its lord afflicts lagna, conjoined by worst enemy Saturn.

Example 17:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Le 1995-08-13 Cn 1995-11-11 Vi 1996-11-23 Li 1997-05-04 Sc 1998-02-16
Pi 1998-06-22 Ar 1998-12-19 Ta 1999-04-24 Ge 2000-02-06

International Reputation:

Prof. V.K. Choudhry earned international reputation for his books on a branch of Vedic astrology, founded by him.

Explanation:

For career, achievements and reputation, D-10 should be analyzed.

Note the vipareeta raja yoga involving 3 benefics Mercury, Venus and Jupiter on the 2nd axis. This contributed to his sudden rise as an astrologer. Influence of 3rd lord Jupiter and Mercury on lagna lord Venus in 2nd made him a prolific writer. There is a Lakshmi yoga also. The vipareeta raja yoga is a key to understanding this chart....

He shot to fame in Leo dasa. Lord of Leo, Sun, is exalted in 7th, aspecting lagna! More importantly, 5th lord Saturn (significator of reputation) is in Leo, aspecting 5th and lagna. This made him popular.

Exercise 3:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Aq 1990-09-26 Pi 1990-12-03 Sc 1991-05-21 Li 1991-09-17 Vi 1992-06-14
Cn 1992-11-14 Le 1993-11-04 Ge 1994-01-28 Cp 1994-06-30

Pi 1994-09-05 Sc 1995-11-03 Li 1996-08-25 Vi 1998-07-04 Cn 1999-07-20

Question: He got married in one of the above antardasas. Identify the dasa and antardasa running at that time.

Hint: The 7^th house stands for marriage. Lagna and 2^nd house are also important. Position of Venus, when he is stronger than lagna, can also be considered as a temporary lagna.

Explanation: (Please see this only after giving it a serious try!)

Note that Pisces is lagna and its lord is in 7th. It is also occupied by 2nd lord. Though Aq has Venus, its lord is in 12th from it and nodes afflict Aq. S7o it is very likely to be Pisces dasa. Anatardasas of Libra and Scorpio don't make much sense. Pisces-Pisces brought him marriage.

Example 18:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Pi 1981-06-05 Ar 1982-08-13 Ta 1983-06-12 Ge 1985-05-06 Ta 1986-06-01
Ar 1988-04-25 Sg 1989-02-22 Cp 1990-05-02 Aq 1990-10-22

Ar 1991-04-14 Ta 1991-11-12 Ge 1993-03-12 Ta 1993-12-10 Ar 1995-04-10
Sg 1995-11-09 Cp 1996-09-07 Aq 1997-01-07 Pi 1997-05-08

His Assasination:

While campaigning for India's Parliamentary elections, Rajiv Gandhi was brutally assassinated by a suicide bomber on May 21, 1991.

Explanation:

For longevity and death, see D-11. He was assassinated as soon as Aries dasa started. Aries is the 3rd house (a maraka - killer - house). Its lord Mars occupies 7th (another killer house).

Involvement of Mars (who has argalas from 7th lord Sun, 8th lord Mercury and Ketu) made his end violent. That Saturn occupies and 7th lord Sun aspects Sg, the arudha pada of Aries, only increases the intensity of these indications! Involvement of Aries, Leo and Mars - all of fiery nature - also contributed to a violent end (he died in a bomb blast carried out by a suicide bomber).

Example 19:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1973-10-10 Ge 1978-02-13 Ta 1979-12-26 Ar 1983-04-18 Sg 1984-09-29
Sc 1986-10-25 Li 1988-04-06 Vi 1991-07-29 Le 1993-06-09

Ge 1994-06-22 Ta 1995-04-09 Ar 1996-09-09 Sg 1997-04-24 Sc 1998-03-14
Li 1998-10-26 Vi 2000-03-28 Le 2001-01-13 Cn 2001-06-24

His Career:

He had a successful career in financial management till 1994.
He has since been having troubles in career. He worked as a stock broker for several years, but didn't like the job.
He has great communication skills and oratory abilities and he tried his hand at organizing corporate seminars in financial management.

Explanation:

Look at D-10 for career.Cancer has yogakaraka Venus and its lord is in 11th and, despite some negatives, he had a successful career during Cn dasa.

Ge is the 6th and its lord afflicts lagna lord in 12th. So he had troubles in career.

One of the significations of 6th house is brokership and Mercury signifies trading. Mars aspects Ge. Career as a stock broker in Gemini dasa makes sense. Aspect on Ge by Mercury (significator of speech) and Saturn (2nd lord), coupled by the aspect of dynamic Mars from 3rd (house of communication), explains his venture into organizing corporate seminars and using his oratory abilities. Importance of D-40

Called khavedamsa

"kha"=vacuum=0, "veda"=Vedas=4, "amsa"=division

Parasara: "khavedaamSe SubhaaSubham"

Meaning: Auspicious and inauspicious (favorable and unfavorable) results should be seen in D-40.

Works like "ishta phala" and "kashta phala"

Dasas and antardasas of dusthanas or weak/afflicted houses in D-40 are bad

Dasas and antardasas of strong houses are good

Indications from D-40 can override indications from other charts!!!

Kalachakra dasa works with D-40 very well.

Example 20:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Pi 1981-10-09 Ar 1982-12-02 Ta 1983-09-21 Ge 1985-07-22 Le 1986-08-03
Cn 1987-02-28 Sg 1989-07-26 Cp 1990-09-17 Aq 1991-03-04

Ar 1991-08-18 Ta 1992-03-10 Ge 1993-06-22 Le 1994-03-13 Cn 1994-08-07
Sg 1996-04-13 Cp 1997-01-31 Aq 1997-05-28 Pi 1997-09-22

A Turn-around in Life:

Till 1990, he was disappointed with his career and things weren't going well at all.

In mid-1991, he found a very good job and he got married. He has been having a great time since then.

Explanation:

Pisces is the 12th house, a dusthana. As its lord is in a trine, it can give some mild results, but it cannot give great results. Next dasa is of Aries. Aries is lagna and it is occupied by its lord Mars! So Aries dasa has to be a very period of great fortune.

Example 21:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Pi 1994-10-15 Aq 1995-12-22 Cp 1996-06-13 Sg 1996-12-03 Sc 1998-02-10
Li 1998-12-11 Vi 2000-11-04 Li 2001-11-29 Sc 2003-10-24

The Cruel Hand of Fate:

He was crudely shocked when he was dismissed from government service for an irregularity he didn't commit.

Explanation:

Pisces is 12th, a dusthana. Moreover, it is occupied by nodes. Its dasa started with a crude shock (a setback).

Exercise 4:

Kalachakra Dasa:

Aq 1991-12-26 Pi 1992-03-05 Sc 1992-08-25 Li 1992-12-25 Vi 1993-09-28
Li 1994-03-03 Sc 1994-12-06 Sg 1995-04-06 Cp 1995-09-27

Question: Starting in April 1992, he experienced some unusual professional happenings. Are they likely to be good or bad events? What kind of events are possible then??

Hint: Dasas of good houses in D-10 and D-40 can bring good events and those of bad houses bring bad events.

Transits: At that time, Jupiter was transitting in Leo.

Explanation: (Please see this only after giving it a serious try!)

He started Aq-Pi at that time. Aq is the 5th house (a trine) in both D-10 (career) and D-40 (good and bad). Its lord is not greatly afflicted. So Aq dasa cannot be a bad dasa.

However, Pisces is the 6th house in both charts! In D-10, its lord Jupiter occupies 8th. This indicates some pressures in career. We can expect some temporary setbacks and pressures, with no lasting consequences.

Moreover, transit Jupiter (in Leo) aspected Aquarius - dasa sign! This is good.

So nothing very bad can happen. However, with Pisces being the 6th in D-10 and D-40, some pressures can be expected.

This native was apprehensive that his career might be hit by a recent (then) stock scam (of hundreds of millions of dollars) that was under investigation by Indian government. He spent many sleepless nights, but escaped scot-free finally.

Birthtime Rectification – Introduction Two Kinds of Rectification

Huge errors:

Example: (1) Unrecorded or poorly recorded birthtimes and (2) two or three totally different birthtimes from different sources – don't use Kalachakra dasa right away in these situations!!

Methodology: Choose the birthdata that explains known events, based on Vimsottari, Yogini, Narayana, Chara etc dasas, and, after narrowing down to a 5-10 minute uncertainty window, finetune the birthtime using Kalachakra dasa.

Small Errors:

Example: Recorded birthdata with a maximum of 5-10 min error in birthtime.

Methodology: Use the techniques explained in the rest of this section, to finetune the birthtime using Kalachakra dasa.

Often, one can confidently rectify a birthtime to a precision of 0.5-1 minute, if several events from known past are reported. Birthtime Rectification – Basics

Change in Kalachakra Dasa Dates

Kalachakra dasa is very sensitive to birthtime errors – "sensitivity rate" is: 3 months per 1 minute

If the paramayush (total length) of the dasa cycle running at birth is n years and if the uncertainty in birthtime is m minutes, then uncertainty in Kalachakra dasa dates is m.n days (i.e., multiply m and n).

If birthtime moves forward, dasa dates move backward and vice versa.

Change in Lagna in D-charts

Lagna moves by 30 degrees in every 2 hours, on average. In other words, lagna moves by 15 minutes (in the zodiac) in every 1 minute (in time), on average.

Rasi occupied by Lagna in some D-charts changes very fast. Know the borders of the sign divisions in various vargas (divisons).

Example: In D-12, these borders (in deg-min) are 0-00, 2-30,
5-00, 7-30, 10-00 etc.

Based on which border is closer to lagna, you can estimate the possible positions for lagna in a D-chart.

Example: If lagna is at 9 Sc 37, lagna in D-12 is in Aq. However, 9 Sc 37is close to 10 Sc 00, upper border. So, it may be Aquarius or Pisces.

Birthtime error needed, for lagna in D-12 to be Pi, is approximately 23/15=1.5 minutes.

Birthtime error needed, for lagna in D-12 to be Cp, is approximately (150-23)/15=127/15=8.5 minutes.

Birthtime Rectification – Hints

Collect a few events from the native's known past.

Look at the date of an event. Look at the dasa and antardasa running at that time.

Go to the relevant D-chart and see if it makes sense. If not, see if a neighboring antardasa makes better sense. In general, find the best antardasa for the event, in the neighborgood of the antardasa originally found.

Example:

Suppose the dasa table is as follows:

Aq 1991-12-26 Pi 1992-03-05 Sc 1992-08-25 Li 1992-12-25 Vi 1993-09-28
Li 1994-03-03 Sc 1994-12-06 Sg 1995-04-06 Cp 1995-09-27

Suppose that the paramayush of birthtime dasa cycle is 100 years.

Now, suppose that an event that happened on May 20,1992 makes much more sense to happen during Sc antardasa rather than Pi antardasa. We need to adjust the birthtime so that the start date of Sc dasa moves from Aug 25, 1992 to before May 20, 1992 (i.e., move by 117 days or more). We need to add about 117/100 minutes, i.e., 1.2 minutes (or more!), to the birthtime.

However, suppose that Li antardasa doesn't make sense for this event and that Sc antardasa makes the best sense.

So the error cannot be so high that the start date of Li antardasa (Dec 25, 1992) moves before the date of the event (May 20, 1992). In other words, the error in kalachakra dasa dates is, as found above, 117 days or more, but less than 219 days. So the birthtime error cannot be greater than 219/100=2.2 minutes.

So, in this example, if the original birthtime reported to an astrologer is 2:15 pm, assuming that the event in question makes terrific sense with Sc antardasa and no sense with Pi and Li antardasas, the rectified birthtime is 2:16:12 – 2:17:12 pm.

Complications

When an event makes sense with one birthtime and another event with another, we have to reconcile and see which birthtime explains a majority of events.

A more complicated issue is the change in lagna.

What if lagna in the divisional chart used, to conclude that Sc antardasa explains the event best, changes when birthtime is changed and the logic collapses??!!

We need to look at all these issues and look for the "best fit" within the "constraints", to use mathematical jargon.

Rectification – Example 1: Reported lagna=5 Vi 40

Kalachakra Dasa:

Ta 1988-12-27 Ge 1991-07-07 Cn 1992-12-06 Le 1996-03-30 Vi 1997-01-12
Li 1998-06-14 Sc 2000-12-22 Sg 2002-01-29 Ar 2003-08-28

Events:

He is a popular Indian cricket player, who came into limelight when he was selected to represent India in 1989, after exploits in first class cricket in India during 1988-89.
Appointed the captain of Indian cricket team in Aug 1996.

Explanation:

He had a great fortune in Ta dasa and Ta is the 12th house. It makes no sense.

If lagna is in Cancer, Taurus is occupied 10th lord Mars, a yogakaraka. Sun (2nd lord) in lagna explains his reputation better (so does Saturn's aspect on 5th). Lord of Taurus, Venus, joins lagna lord Moon in 2nd and that raja yoga adds strength to the chance of success in Taurus dasa.

We need to add 0 deg 20 min (or more) to lagna, for it to be in Cn in D-10. So we should add 20/15=1.3 minutes (or more!) to the birthtime (all this is approximate, by the way. We earlier saw that 1 minute (in time)=15 zodiac minutes, approximately).

When he was appointed as Indian cricket team's captain, he must've been running the antardasa of Leo (not Virgo). Leo has a raja yoga - 1st lord joins 4th lord (who is the dispositor of yogakaraka and 10th lord, Mars) in Leo. And, Sun is in lagna. So our birthtime rectification should not advance Vi antardasa's start date (1997 Jan 12) to before Aug 1996 (because this event is much more likely in Leo antardasa than in Virgo antardasa!). This means that dates should not move (backward) by more than 5 months (or 150 days). Assuming paramayush to be 90 years, this means that the forward error in birthtime cannot be more than 150/90=1.67 minutes.

Combining both, we should add to his birthtime something between 1 min 20 sec and 1 min 40 sec. That explains the given events better.

Rectification – Example 2: Reported lagna=20 Ge 44

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1960-05-26 Ge 1965-07-07 Ta 1967-09-16 Ar 1971-08-09 Sg 1973-04-22
Cp 1975-09-29 Aq 1976-09-18 Vi 1977-09-09 Le 1979-11-19

Ge 1981-02-05 Ta 1982-01-14 Ar 1983-09-16 Sg 1984-06-09 Cp 1985-06-25
Aq 1985-11-25 Vi 1986-04-26 Le 1987-04-04 Cn 1987-10-12

Ta 1989-12-20 Ar 1992-12-09 Sg 1994-03-28 Cp 1996-02-04 Aq 1996-11-01
Vi 1997-07-30 Le 1999-04-01 Cn 2000-03-04 Ge 2004-01-26

Events:

She was a glamorous film actress in 1960s and 1970s.
She ruled a south Indian state during 1991-1996, after winning elections with a thumping majority.

Explanation:

This chart belongs to Jayalalita Jayaram, a "heavyweight" in Indian politics.

If lagna is in Capricorn (i.e., add 0 deg 16 min (or more) to lagna or about 1 minute (or more) to birthtime), it explains known past better. Then 10th is Libra and its lord Venus is in 6th, explaining her acting career better! Moon in 10th adds strength to it! Moon, Venus and Libra explain her glamor.

While with Sg lagna success in Ta dasa (6th house) makes no sense, success in Ta dasa (5th house and owned by yogakaraka Venus) makes great sense with Cp lagna.

Rectification – Exercise 1: Reported lagna: 10 Vi 53

Kalachakra Dasa:

Cn 1975-04-08 Vi 1980-05-18 Li 1982-07-28 Sc 1986-06-20 Pi 1988-03-04
Aq 1990-08-10 Cp 1991-08-01 Ge 1992-07-22 Le 1994-09-30

Vi 1995-12-19 Li 1996-11-26 Sc 1998-07-29 Pi 1999-04-21 Aq 2000-05-07

Events:

He had poor health during 1974-1980.

His career took off during the summer of 1994 and it has since been progressing very smoothly.

He bought a new car at the end of 1994.

Problem:

Estimate the error in his reported birthtime!!!

Explanation: (Please see this only after givning it a serious try!)

(1) Looks like Cn dasa brought him bad health. Cn is the 8th house and its lord afflicts lagna, in D-6 (chart for health). Probably lagna in D-6 is accurate. Because the given lagna is 10Vi53, we can be confident that it is more than 10Vi00 (10Vi00 and 15Vi00 are the borders of D-6 lagna change).

(2) Looks like Virgo dasa has been going fine for his career. But Virgo is occupied by 8th lord. Despite the association of Mercury with a yogakaraka (Mars) in a trine and despite Jupiter's ownership of 5th, we can expect some troubles due to Jupiter's ownership of 8th. Though we cannot be cannot be confident here, we have some reasons to suspect that lagna in D-10 is not accurate.

(3) He bought a new car in Cancer, 3rd in D-16. It makes no sense.

Now let us think deeper....

It looks like from the summer/fall of 1994, there were important developments in his life. Probably there was a dasa change then!! But we have our Cn/Vi dasa change in Dec 1995. In order to move it to May 1994, we need the dasa dates move backward (from 1995 to 1994) by 1.5 years, i.e., 18 months. At 3 months per 1 minute, we need the birthtime to move forward by 18/3=6 minutes. We saw earlier that 1 minute (in time)=15 zodiac minutes. So, this changes lagna (forward) by about 6*15=90 zodiac minutes, i.e., 1 deg 30 min. Lagna will go to 12Vi23 from (10Vi53).

Lagna in D-16 changes at 11.25 deg and 13.125 deg. Now that we moved across one border (we crossed 11.25 deg while moving from 10Vi53 to 12Vi23), lagna in D-16 advances by one sign, i.e., it becomes Gemini. Now, buying a new car a few months after Virgo dasa starts in the summer of 1994, makes great sense. Virgo is the 4th house in D-16, with argalas from its lord and the dispositor of Venus, and its lord Mercury aspects lagna.

In fact, when we add 6 minutes to his birthtime, many other events in his life make much better sense!!

Conclusion

I sincerely hope that this modest effort by me will motivate some talented Vedic astrologers to conduct further research into Kalachakra dasa, a great dasa that was called "the most acceptable" dasa by sage Parasara, and bring it back to the mainstream use, in the long-run.

Study this tutorial thoroughly, get my Kalachakra dasa software program and start experimenting with it!! You should also find a software program that computes divisional charts reliably.

May you use this knowledge for noble purposes and in the true spirit intended by Maharshis! May God bless you and may God bless humanity!
:: Om Tat Sat ::

Dedication

I would like to reverentially remember these three great men, whose blessings brought me here today!

An Insight into the Definition

Matters to be seen from this divisional chart

Conclusion