HOW TO JUDGE

LONGEVITY
About Krishnamurti Padhdhati

What is Krishnamurti Padhdhati

Longevity—Assessment

Longevity

On Predicting Longevity of Death

Mother's Longevity

Longevity of Mother through K.P. Horary

By Daughter's Chart Gives Clue Regarding
Mother's Longevity
K. HARIHARAN
Longevity Through K. P. Horary

Premature Death

Longevity—K.P, Verified

Ascendant an Important Factor in Determining

Longevity

Longevity* Horoscopy

Premature Death of a Child

Longevity Assessment and Premature Death of

the Child
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Grand Father's Longevity and End Through

Grand Son’s Birth Chart
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The Demise of my Officer and K.P. Horary ... 76

PREFACE
Longevity ... 81

Child Birth and Short Life ... 84 Astrology is a science which dates back to the times of
the CHALDEANS. BABYLONIANS AND EGYPTIANS.
, Longevity of a Couple ... 88
At a time, Monarchs and other members of the Aristo¬
Longevity-How Stellar Astrology Precisely cracy only could afford an Astrologer’s services.
Predicts ... 91
Today, we can all take advantage of the knowledge,
Doctor Gives Number to Know the Longevity of which this science can impart to us.
the Patient ... 96
To facilitate the common public to understand and learn
this Art of predictivity, many books have come into the field
and the Astrological knowledge had spread.

An Astrologer, to predict the .future, requires a Horo¬

scope of the native which consists twelve departments, each
one signifying a segment of life namely, personality, money,
brothers and sisters, home, children, health, partnership and
marital life, longevity, father, career and prestige, friends,
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hidden matters and expenditure.

Covering these items, many books on Astrology had bean

published by Late Prof. K.S.K., under his famous Padhdhathi.

All these books covered many items in his readers

numbering to six, and so I have chosen to publish books in
a more explicable and descriptive manner each of the above
segments or portion of a man's life.

In this book, I have chosen to write elaborately on

Longevity duly giving various lessons to make easy for the
students of Astrology to assess total span of life from a
nativity or a Horary Chart, to make the student thoroughly
familiar with the principles under the system of SUB THEORY
and also to arrive at the significators connected to MARAKA
and BHADHKA houses.
 The entire lessons are treated with clear explanations
under Krishnamurthi Padhdhathi (Sub Theory) which is
gaining momentum and it has certainly revolutionising the
whole concept of the predictive science of Astrology.

Longevity is the most important part and I feel that all ABOUT KRISHNAMURTI PADHDHATI
students shall master this subject in the assessment of longe¬
vity, before other matters are attempted from a birth nativity. Astrology is a noble science which defines the action on
celestial bodies upon animate and inanimate ones and their
It is my earnest wish to publisii separate books with action there on.
elaborate and detailed explanations with more examples on all
other portions of life also, as is done in this book. The knowledge of Astrology dates back to 5,000 B C. In
all parts of the world, there are Astrologers and books on
In presenting this book, I have two fold objects to Astrology in various languages.
fullfil, namely to acquaint the students of Astrology, already
well conversant with SUB theory, to master the way of Astrology with these books suffered set back in predictive
assessing the span of life ; and to well introduce to the other position and gradually reached a stage that the faith in
Astrologers the existence of such a system of K.P. and its Astrology and on Astrologers has gone down badly In the
principles and also bringing home to their mind that such a recent past, as the rules stated in a work are contradicted by
lucid system is available by usrng which the event of death those in another work and in the many readers are left to
is easily and perfectly predictable and such a task is a trying guess ultimately.
one for Astrologers in general. t

At this stage, in the 1st decade of this Century, a great

Most of the principles incorporated in this book are all soul was born who took pains and did research for quarter
tested and verified by late Prof. K.S.K. and his beloved of a century to find out the lapses in the predictive position
disciples. of Astrology.

I am sure this book will be received well by the students He was the revered Sri K. S. Krishnamurti born on
of Astrology, more so by those who are versed in ADVANCED 1-11-1908 of a middle class family of Tanjore District. TAMIL
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The inquisitive mind in him nevar missed the lapses in

K. HARIHARAN.
both the system, (Eastern & Western) and after great labour,
he was led to conclusion, that Astrology as we had inherited,
is an imperfect Science and the traditional principles passed
on to us are vague, general, confusing, contradicting and at
the same time not universally afflicate.
The Western system also suffered from such deficiencies.
After more than two decades of incessant toil by
Sri K. S. K., emerged what is known as KRISHNAMURTI
PADHDHTI, Scientific predictive system, both Natal and
Horary.
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It is a masterly exposition of the STELLAR SYSTEM, an its constellation position, if there is no planet, in any of
Innovation of predictive events and an easy precise guide to constellation.
assess the worth of any birth chart. The lord of a house will attain thq status of a significator,
Sri. K.S.K's crudte scholarship caught the eyes of Sri only if the house owned by it, is vacant and these in no
K. M. MUNSHI who recognised the need of propagating planet in its constellation.
Astrology on sound lines and created a chart, for the subject Whether or not such results as are Indicated by the tenant
and appointed Sri K. S. K. to it and at an annual convocation planet will come to pass depending on the 'SUB' position of
of the BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN Sri. K.S.K. was the constellation lordship or constellation to the matters
awarded in the title "JYOTHISHA MARTHANDA" for his signified by the constellation lord of the tenant planet, the
outstanding services rendered to Astrology. tenant planet fructifies the matters of which it is the signifi¬
He brought about a scientific journal from 1963 to spread cator due its constellation posiiion.
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Astrological knowledge and to us "ASTROLOGY & If the tenant planet is placed in the 'SUB' of a planet who
ATHRISHTA" came into being, which brought out Articles on occupies or owns houses detrimental to the affairs of the
KRlSHNAMURTHI PADHDHATI. constellation lord, the matter is not fullfilled.
The SUB lord signifying a house which is Xllth to the
WHAT IS KRISHNAMURTI PADHOHATI ? house denoted by the constellation lord, proves harmful.
Sri K. S. K., after deep thinking and contemplation was The sub lord should not be in unfavourable aspect to the
led to conclude that there was a missing link in the predictive CUSP of the house signified by the constellation lord. The
position of Astrology. aspects are to be computed by reckoning the distance in
To fill this vacuum, Sri K. S. K. carried on research, terms of the longitude.
with the result he could finally find out that Steller position Ths term 'SUB, needs explanation to understand the same
of planets have a major say in the effects. in the correct perspective.
An idea of the foundation in which the edifice of All astrologers know very well that the Arc or the extend
KRISHNAMURTI PADHDHATI was built, is given here as of a star is 13°-20'. It is divided into unequal proposition
under of the Dasa Years allotted to each planet in the VIMSHO*
A planet tenanting a constellation affects the matters of TTARI, System of 120 years.
the house owned by them While the results of the house Each such part is known as the SUB, contracted form of
occupied by the constellation Lord are fully brought out, SUB-DIVISION.
those and the results of the vacant houses are also affused.
The 1st SUB in a Constellation is named after the ford of
If any house is occupied bv another planet the tenant the constellation itself and others follow as obtaining in the
planet acts only partly tr.rough the house occupied by another VIMSHOTTAR1 Dasa System Viz., SUN. MOON. MARS,
planet, because any other in the constellation of the occupant RAHU, JUPITER, SATURN, MERCURY, KETHU, VENUS.
will be stronger to affect the results of that house.
That is in SATURN star, the sub will be that of SATURN,,
The occupant of the house will move the matters of the the 2nd SUB that of Mercury, the 3 rd one will be that of Kethu
house it occupies apart from the results it has to offer due to etc. till the cycle of the nine planets is completed.
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a particular moment governing-an event a momentum dis-
In other \/tords, if the constellation is akin to Dasa, the covery that has simplified predicting an event accurately.
SUB is akin to bukthi and the SUB-SUB is akin to Anthra
and so on. He further emphasised that his ayanamsa should be
followed while working out charts Natal or Horary invariably.
A planet in the Padhdhati terminology becomes a malefic
or benefic, not in consideration of its nature, but by reason Prof. K.S.K. has divided the entire ZODIAC-of 360° into
of its owning beneficial or malefic houses or occupying such 249 unequal parts in terms of Vimshottari Dasa, bukthi system
houses. and each number represents a particular degree and minute in
the NIRAYANA Zodiac. This system is used successfully in
Neither JUPITER is benefic nor SATURN is a malefic giving uncanning predictions under HORARY.
planet.
These discoveries have totally revolutionised the act of
Beneficial (Advantage) : I, II. Ill, VI, X, XI predicting the destiny and thus opened up a new chapter in
Malefic (Disadvantage) : IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, XII the annals of Astrology.

Just as a planet is governed by the star lord and sub lord, Successful Astrologers do accept that KRISHNAMURTf
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so also, the CUSP are governed by the SUB lords in accor¬ PADHDHATI is the definite improvement in the predictive
dance with the degree rising on the SUB of the house. system.
Prof. K. S K. attaches importance to the sublords of Let me end this, by telling that K.P. Astrology is also
different cusps their star deposit and was emphatic to say that traditional Astrology known as HINDU Astrology. But Sri
the cusp denote exclusively the indications of BHAVAS K.S.K. filled up the gaps found in the tradition Astrology
reflected for the native of the birth chart and so the cusps with connecting links and set it on a sound scientific base
must be given their due importance in the analysis of the with the introduction of the SUB-LORD theory and RULING
chart, NATAL or HORARY, as the cusp exclusively indicates PLANETS without changing the basic principles apart from
the matters of that house alone findingout the system of HORARY against No. 1 to 249,
through which amazing predictions are being given.
If the Sub lord of a 3HAVA signifies that particular house
or the connected group of houses telling the matter, or the
matter questioned is promised.
If the mattei is promised, it will materialise in the con¬
joint period of the significators of the relevant houses.
For construction of a house, the relevant houses are IV,
XI. and XII. If the sub lord of the IVth cusp is in the constel¬
lation of a planet in IV, XI and XII, you will be able to
construct or own a house.
That is how to proceed.
Sri K.S K's another valuable discovery is the discovery of
the RULING PLANETS, which serve as a master KEY in
KRISHNAMURTHI PADHDHATI System. He aptly gave the
name RULING PLANETS to those stellar bodies that rule over
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The houses to be judged, primarily are the ASCENDANT,
the llfrd and Vlllth, which gives longevity for the native
SATURN who is the Chief Governor of longevity.
The death inflicting houses are lin’d, Vllth, Xllth and
LONGEVITY - ASSESSMENT Bhadhakasthanas. 10th house while discussing about death,
it takes lead in the direction, as it tells about one's retirement
The span of life one to enjoy in this janma is called from the world.
longevity. In padhdhati terminology longevity should be assumed in
It is classified into 3 groups : terms of the strength of Ascendant and its SUB lord mainly.

(a) Short life (0 to 33£ years) According to the strength of the lord of the constellation
in which the SUB lord of the ascendant is situated longevity
(b) Middle life (33J to 66 | years)
is assumed.
(c) Long life 166 \ to 100 years)
Further, one should assess the strength of houses I, III,
The determination of a person's longevity presents no and VIII and the Vrayasthanas of these houses i e., XII, II, and
serious problem when a correct horoscope of birth is available. VII also.

After casting the horoscope with the correct birth dasa, XU. II and VII are the death inflicting houses (maraka
if one applies the rules stated in the Advanced STELLAR sthanas) and you must also find out the Bhadaka houses.
ASTROLOGY (Krishnamurthi Padhdhati) as outlined by .late BHADAKASTHANAS are the worst malefics who never
Prof. K.S.K., one can determine the longevity correctly. hesitate to put an end to one's life.
Suppose one does not possess his nativity or if his birth Of the 12 signs, ARIES, CANCER, LIBRA and CAPRI-
particulars not being correctly known, without taking chances, CORN are movable signs (chara rasi). To Aries born Aquarius
an Astrologer can predict the event of death correctly by is the Bhadakasthana and Saturn is the Bhadakadipathi. To
resorting to HORARY TECHNIQUE evolved by our Late Cancer born, Taurus is the Bhadakasthana and the lord of
Guruji Sri KSK, in which the lagna cusp is fixed in some Taurus, Venus is bhadhakashnathipathi.
particular Nirayana degree in terms of the number given
Simlarly to LIBRA, the sign Leo and the owner SUN, is
between 1 and 249, which stand for 249 unequal divisions of
the bhadhakadhipathi; and to Capricorn, the sign Scorpio and
360° ZODIAC, made by him strictly in terms of V1MSHOTTARI
its lord Mars are Bhadakasthana and bhadakasthanadhipathi
DASA SYSTEM. respectively.
The 249 divisions are given in this book for reference to For people born in Fixed signs (STHIRA Rasi), Taurus,
the students. Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, the IXth from these signs as
This Padhdhati in sharp contrast to the old traditional bhadakasthana and their lords SATURN, MARS, MOON and
system jnd methods given to us by our sages, gives simple VENUS are Bhadakasthanadhipathi respectively.
and accurate rules to assess the extent of longevity and the For people born in Common signs (Dwisvabhava Rasi)
time of Demise, which had been conjoined after much GEMINI, VIRGO, SAGITTARIUS, and PISfcES, the Vllth
practical application and tests by Sri K.S.K., and his beloved house, these form as Bhadhakasthanas and Jupiter, again
students.
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Jupiter, Mercury, again Mercury as bhadbakasthanadhipathi d

respectively.
At the outset, we must work into the LAGNA CUSP SUB It a person were to run the conjoint periods of the signi-
lord to decide if the longevity is short, medium or long. ficator of Maraka and Bhadaka houses, what is the result ? If
the lagna cusp sub lord signifies benbfic houses, he lives long
The disposition of the sub lord of the Ascendant is the and dies in the above conjoining period that comes after 66f
deciding factor in the assessment of longevity years. If the sub lord tell middle age, he dies in conjoining
period that comas between 33£ and 66f years. In similar
If the sub lord of the Ascendant is in the star of a planet period he courts death before 33£ year, if the sub lord tells
posited in Bhadhakasthanas or Maraksslhanas and also short life.
connected to VI, VIII and XII, you must leckon the life to be
very short, even in a Natal chart in general and while The above rules, and explanations are to be applied to all
examining in a Horary chart, it is surely reckoned to be very births Including Twins after working out the birth chart or
short from that day and time itself. Horary chart using Bala’s Ephemeris and Bala's Universal
Tables of Houses duly deducting Krishnamurthi's Ayanamsa.
If the sub lord of the ascendant is in'the star of the planet
situated in |, V, IX and X are owning these houses, this reveals For the benefit of the students various examples are
the fact that the native of the chart has a long life. given in detail, duly explaining the correct way of assessment
of the longevity and the period of death under K.P. theory.
(For sthira lagnas only the IXth signification of LAGNA
CUSP SUB lord portends short life. This should be noted).

If the lagna cusp sub lord signifies both benefic and

malefic houses, life is medium (middling}.

Vlllth house tells the total period of one’s life to suffer or

otherwise. Illrd is elso on similar lines a supporting factor
to determine the length of one's life.

It is needless to state here again that fhe 12th for these

three houses (i.e., I, ill and VIII,) XII, II and VII ate to be
taken as Marakasthanas (death inflicting houses).

I have explained above how to arrive at the Bhadhaka

sthanas. They are more stronger in inflicting death to a
native and only with the influence of Bbadeka Sthanas death
is brought about.

ln the matters of assessment of death, if the planets

connected to Xth they are also to be taken as maraka, as Xth
tells, among other matters, the retirement from this world
altogether.
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2. Moon in a kendra (either in 1 or 4 or 7 or 10) and
malefics in other kendrasthana.
3. Weak Moon in 12; evil planets in 8 and 1 no benefic
LONGEVITY
in kendra.
According to Western system: 4* Benefics in 3 and 8 afflicted by malefics.
(a) By progression, if a malefic comes to the cusp of 5. Moon is lagna and malefic in 7.
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any angular house. 6. Moon, Sun and Saturn in 8.

(b) if a malefic forms evils aspect with ascendant. 7- Mutual exchange between lords of 1 and 8.
(c) If a malefic progresses in the 6th house and afflicts 8. Lord of lagna in 3 or 6 or 12*malefics in 6 or 8-no
the 4th cusp
favourable aspect from benefics.
(d) If a malefic progresses in the 8th house and 9. Moon, Sun and Mars in 9th house-devoid of benefi¬
adversely aspects 7th cusp.
cial aspects and so on.
(e) If a malefic throws evil aspect from the 12th house (The above is a general principle. It needs further con¬
to the meridian. sideration. One should not declare hastily the results
(f) IfJJupiter, though a benefic, forms evil aspect with applying the above rules alone).
Neptune (MOKSHA).
MIDDLE LIFE:
(g) If Neptune forms evil aspect with malefics.
1. Saturn in lagna. Moon in 4, Mars in 7, Sun in 10,
(h) . If Uranus, Saturn or Mars receive strong unfavour¬ benefics in evil houses.
able aspect from other evil planets.
2. Jupiter in lagna in Sagittarius, Mars and Node in 8.
(i) It they afflict the lord of the ascendent or the
ascendant; danger for longevity is to be portended. 3. Saturn in lagna. Moon in 8 on 12.

So also during transit, such aspects are to be taken to fix 4. Venus in lagna, Saturn in kendra, most of the other
the exact time. planets in 3 and 11.

According to Hindus, the span of life of a person may 5. Sun in 7, Mars in 5 and Saturn in Aries.
be classified into 3 groups.
LONG LIFE:
(a) short life (0 to 33) years) 1. No evil planet in kendra ; Jupiter in a kendra position
(b) middle life (33) to 66f pears) counted from lord of lagna.
(c) long life (66$ to 100 years) 2. Moon in 9, no evil in 8, benefics in kendra.
Our sages have grouped the following combinations :
3. Benefics in between first and 6th houses .and malefics
SHORT LIFE: I
above horizon.
1. Moon conjoined with a malefic-not mitigated by the 4. Leo lagna-majority of planets in Kona-Trine houses.
aspect from a benefic and malefic in lagna and 7th bhava.
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5. Cancer or Taurus lagna : Jupiter deposited in lagna he lives long. If the sub is governed by a malefic, his life is
Three more planets exalted. short. This is very clear in the case of twin births where one
6. Cancer lagna occupied by Jupiter. Two planets in lives and the other dies. The sub lord is the deciding factor.
exaltation. If the sub lord is a benefic, then it is necessary to calcu¬
7. Leo lagna with Jupiter. Venus in Cancer Mercury in late and find out the span of life. Lords of 1, 5, 9, and 10 are
Virgo malefics in upachaya stana 3 or 6 or 11 benefics.

8. Moon in Pisces, Sun in Cancer, Aries lagna, Saturn Lord of 7,8 and 12 are malefics. If lords of 1, 5, 9 and 10
in Capricorn, Mars in Libra. also rule 5 or 8 or 12. consider the planet as mostly a benefic.

Thus various combinations are given. To my knowledge The planets owning other houses are considered as a
there are 284 such rules. Readers cannot remember ali these
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benefic or as a malefic, by noting the other house which
combinations. Each rules can be applied only to a few they own How to judge the longevity is explained with two
births. They are general. They fail miserably in case of examples Bhadakasthana.
twins. Kendradipathya and Marakasthanas are explained.
But our sages have propounded various methods to
calculate the age of a person. They involve so much of Ex 1. Chart is as follows
calculations that a person needs hours and days to arrive at
one figure. Those who would have gone through a few Sun 1* 32'
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Kethu 9® 20'
magazines, would be knowing many methods as a symposium Ven. 20*35'
Mars 13* Nept 8* 3'
Mere. 13° 0'
is given. This is this theory. This has confused many;
whiclj is to follow and which is correct. God alone has to 1 I
help the reader. Publishers do not advocate any one of the 1 I
various calculations giving reasons.
The following examples and explanation will be useful. :
Rasi Chakram
This method is epplicable to all births including twins. m

1. Note the correct time of birth and the time of query. Jup. 24“ 43' *

Sat. 4° 17'
2. Erect horoscope using Ephemeris and Table of houses.
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3. Deduct Krishnamurti Ayanamsa.

Uranus
26* 11' Moon
4. Note the Ascendant-Nirayana position-referring to Lagna
Rahu 9° 20*
29* 52'
the table ascertain the lord of lagna, the lord of the constella¬ 23° 40' 0
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tion and the lord of the sub. Dasa lord is the lord of the
constellation ; bhukthi lord is the lord of the sub.
Mars, lord of lagna rules thesubof the ascendant. Health
If that person were to run the conjoined period, o f these vitality, resistance against infectious diseases, immunity,
three planets, what would be the result ? Will he lead a activity are judged from the strength of the ascendant, planets
healthy lift- ov will he suffer ? If the sub belongs to 4 benefit. in the lagna bhava, those occupying their constellation,1 the
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good or bad aspects to the ascendant and to the lord of the 8th house is called the house of “Longevity". Therefore
ascendant. planets in the constellation of evil planets in the 8th house,
Benefics in the ascendant contribute for long span of life. except Saturn, occupants of the 8th house, planets in the
Lord of the ascendant forming favourable aspect with the constellation or in the sub of lord of 8, lord of the 8th cusp
ascendant or receiving harmonious aspect from benefics and planets in any manner connected with them threaten (a)
promise long life. danger to one's life (b) the cause of death and (c) the place
of death.
Ascendant is Scorpio. It gives good health and much
actiyjty . But houses 2 and 6 are maraka houses and 12th house
Indicates moksha. The reason is as follows. Houses 1, 8
Its ford is Mars. As per Hindu System it is aspecting the and 3 are judged for longevity and benefics in these houses
lagna and fortifying it. Therefore health and longevity are contribute for long life. 12th house to any bhava is the
assured by Mars. negation of the bhava. Therefore the 12th house to 1,8 and
9

Disease is indicated by the 6th cusp 6th house, planets it 3 are 12, .7, and 2 and they are evil for one's longevity. That
the constellation of the occupants of the 6th house, the is why, houses 2 and 7.are said to be marakasthanas and 12
occupants of the 6th house, the planets in the constellation of is called the mokshasthana.
lord of 6, the owner of the 6th house, planets conjoined with
So one is to judge the houses, 1, 8 and 3 and then 2, 7
them or aspected by them affect the health and cause such
and 12.
disease signified by them when they operate their dasa or
bhukti or anthra and there is aspect to them by progression First of alt one is to judge whether a person is promised
and by transit. "Poorna Ayush i.e., full course of life running between 66 and
In this case (so also Taurus boms) lord of 1 is also the 100 or Madyama or middle life (age between 33 ann 66) or
short life (between 0 and 33).
lord of the 6th house. So the same planet owns both the
ascendant indicating health and also the 6th house threaten¬ Then one is to work out, calculate and ascertain (a) which
ing disease. Then when Mars (lord of 1 and 6) dasa or planet will rule the dasa in that age and the area covered by
bhukti or anthra is on. how to say whether one will maintain the maraka planets; (b) according to progression, the time
robust health or one will fall ill as Mars has to offer health when the lagna, the lord of the lagna and the very slow
and cause disease also ? Note down which planets form moving planets Saturn, Uranus and Neptune receive evil
favourable aspects with Mars and the ascendant) and which aspects; (c) according to transit (Gochaiam) when evil
form (a) adverse aspects w.th Mars, (b) good aspect with the aspects are formed to the ascendant, its lord etc. As per K.P.
6th house and (c) adverse with ascendant. He will maintain when significators transit in such sensitive points ruled by the
good health during the dasa or the conjoined period of Mars significators.
and the benefic who from harmonious aspects with the
ascendant and the lord ot the ascendant. He ought to have Also, erect a chart for the moment at which there is the
urge for one to answer the query and note the evil planets for
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fallen ill and ha will have ailment during the dasa of the
planet forming evil aspect with ascendant or good aspect that moment. Ruling planets for that moment reveal.
with the 6th cusp or lord of 6 or planet in 6. According to Finally ask the person to mention a number within 249,
K.P., significators of 6th house'ruling the sub period in Mars consider the position of the planets and judge. These are for
d^sa will cause disease and significators of 11 give cure. confirmation and confidence.
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16 having Jupiter in the maraka sthana, two, owning the kendhra

houses 4 and 7 who are now living having enjoyed theif lives
BHADH4KA STHANA: for 16 years of Jupiter dasa and are now running Saturn
d8sa. Therefore to decide one's longevity, taking kendhradhi-
According to the Hindus, bhadhakasthanadhipathis are
pathyam is not correct. Many other methods.are to be
the worst malafics who will never hesitate to put an and to
included.
one’s life. Of the twelve signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn are movable-chara-signs, and the 11th house MARAKASTHANA:
counted there from are bhadhakasthanas i.e., to Aries born, 3. Next consider the planets in the constellation of those
Aquarius is the bhadhakasthana and the ford of Aquarius is in Marakasthanas, the occupants of maraka sthanas, those in
the bhadhakasthanadhipat = i. To Cancer-born, Taurus is the the constellation of marakasthanadhipathis, the lods of
bhadhakasthana and the lord of Taurus, Venus is the bhadha- marakasthanas, and those conjoined with or aspects by them.
asthanadhipathi to Cancer borns Similarly to Libra the sign Thus one is to analyse and judge.
Leo and the Luminary Sun and to Capricorn, the Sign Scorpio The lagna of the example horoscope is Vrischika. It is a
and its lord. Mars are bhadhakasthanas and bhadhakasthana fixed sign. The 9th house is the bhadhakasthana. Moon Is
adhipathis. the lord of the 9th house. No planet is in the bhadhaka¬
For people born in fixed signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and sthana. Hence ohe is to consider its lord Moon after judging
Aquarius, the 9th sign from those houses are bhadhasthanas the strength of the planets in the coastellation of Moon i.e.,
and their lords are bhadhakasthanadhipathis. Rohini or Hastham or Sravenam, Only Mars in Rohini star.
For people born in common signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagit¬ Venus is a kendradhipathi owning the 7th house. Venus
tarius and Pisces, the 7th house therefrom and the lords of alone is in Bharani governed by Venus.
those houses are bhadhakasthanadhipathis. But there is a note in one of.the signs of Venus and Kethu
in the sign of Mars. Rahu represents Venus; Kethu denotes
HOW TO JUDGE: Mars.
1. Of all the planets, those which occupy the constella¬ But there is a node in one of the signs of Venus and
tion of the occupants of the bhadhakasthana are the most Kethu in the sign of Mars. Rahu represents Venus; Kethu
evil. Next, the occupants of bhabhakasthana of the planets denotes Mars.
occupying the constellation of the lord of the bhadhaka¬
sthana, and the lord of that evil sign, those in the constella¬
Therefore Rahu and Kethu are definitely evil. Tenant is
tion are stronger. Also, the planets conjoined vyith them or
stronger than owner.
being aspected by them acquire unfavourable affects As purna ayush is promised by the aspect of Mars to
lagna, Jupiter's aspect to lord of lagna etc., and as it is, he is
KENDRASTHANA: I
now running 63 years of age, consider which dasa will prove
2• Next, the Hindus consider kendhra adhipathyam as to be evil. Mercury dasa Venus bhukthi from 4-6-1962 will
harmful waxing Moon, unafflicted Mercury, Venus and Jupiter operate upto 4-4-1965.
owning the houses 1,4,7 or 10 counted from lagna are regarded Venus in the 6th bhava, in the dasa, of lord of 8 can
as kendhra adhipathis and a few astrologers are terribly afraid cause cataract in the eye. It will be developing in this period
of them as they have not collected materials and studied and ip the bhukthi of Sun, in the constellation of lord of lagna
from the facts and figu^os Mars; will give vision with aid of a surgeon.
There are hundreds of peopie, born in the years 1909 &
1923 in the ascendant Virgo with moon in Hastham star,
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Later Moon bhukthi will be pleasant which will be Sub lord of the ascendant shows one’s health, vitality,
continuously enjoyed during Mars sub period. immunity and longevity. Planets, benefic, by lordship,
Rahu bhukthi begins on 7-7-1968. Rahu is undoubtedly occupying lagna, do not guarantee for long span of life; so
evil. Dasanatha Mercury, lord of 8, in the constellation of also malefics to affect health. Though Cancer natives ere
Rahu. in mokshathana, representing kendradhipathi Venus, is considered to be fragile jn their youth, they pick up health
also undesirable. Kethu in the constellation of Mars is not later and lead a healthy life, yet longevity depends upon the
favourable. Kethu is in the 6th sign, but in the 5th bhava. It exact position of the lagna, the sublord and the lord of the
is said that Kethu in the 5th house conjoined with maraka - constellation in which the sublord is deposited. e

sthanadhipathi will inflict death. 6th house shows disease. Planets occupying or owning
the house are weaker in strength than the planets in the con¬
m

Therefore Budha dasa, Rahu Bhukthi, Kethu anthra' will

be the end. stellation of the occupants and owner.
8th house shows unexpected minor or serious incidents
Budha dasa, Rahu bhukti, commences on 7-7-68; Kethu
anthra will be between 2-1-70 and 25-2-70. affecting one's health and causing anxiety to life.
12th house threatens with danger, hospitalisation and
As per transit on 18-2-70. Saturn will be in Kethu star.
end of life (Moksha).
Saturn sub and conjoins [exactly Kethu (the anthranatha),
oppcsing Rahu, the bhukthi natha. Houses, 1, 8. and 3 are to be examined to ascertain whe¬
ther one will live long or is blessed with short life. The
Therefore longevity upto 18-2-1970 is promised, houses 12 to 1, 8, and 3 are 12, 7, and 2. Twelfth house to
this native passed away at 7-30 a.m. on 18-2-70) any house is the house of negation to the next house Hence,
houses 1, 8 and 3 are the houses of longevity whereas houses
Example // — Mars, Rajayogadhipathi rules the sub.
12, 7 and 2 are the "Maraka Houses".
!1
1
1
Fortuna
9° 40'
f The planets, in the constellation of the occupants of the
bhadhakasthana, are the strongest evils; next the occupants
Neptune
of bhadakasthana ; next those in the constellation of the lords
29° 27'
11
of the bhadakasthana and lastly the lords of these evil houses.
i Next, one is to judge the maraka sthanas, the second and
, Lagna
1° 00' seventh houses, whatever be the sign in which ascendant
1
'Kethu 7°42' falls. Having considered and selected the strong evils, note
j
1

Rasi Chakram when they will operate conjointly (according Udu Oasa
System).
Rahu 7* 42' Lagna is Cancer: It. is a movable sign, 11th house to
Cancer is the bhadhakastana, i.e., Taurus. Neptune alone is in
Taurus. As Neptune is not allotted any star, no planet is in
Merc 13*28' the constellation of the planet in bhadhakasthana.
Sat. 10*26' Jupiter
Ura. 6* 57' Venus 12* 4'
15° 29' Venus is the lord of the sign Taurus. Barani, Poorva-
Mars 6* 36' %
Moon 15*
$un 6* 21' ' palguni and Poorvashada are ruled by Venus. No planet
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occupies the constellation of Venus. So Venus itself is a

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slgnificator. It is in the constellation of Rahu which occu¬
MODE OF DEATH:
pies marakasthana. Therefore Venus is a very strong evil
planet Hindu sages give many combinations and mention how
one meets with one's end. One need not apply strictly. It is
Leo is the 2nd house, and its lord is Sun. It is the maraka to be modified to our age.
sthanadhipathi to Cancer-borns. No planet is found in the
second house. Rahu is in Sun’s star. Sun is in the constel¬ DEATH THROUGH A LION :
lation of Saturn. Saturn is maraka sthanadhipati. Sun is (a) Sun and Moon in 6 or 8
«

another marakasthana. Its ford is Saturn It was in its own (b) Mars in 4 and in 10
constellation. Therefore both are evil.
(c) Mercury in Jupiter's sign, Mars in the sign of
Saturn's stars are Pushya. Anuradha and Uthrattathi Saturn Tiger.
Uthrapathrapada). Majority of the planets are under the sway
DEATH THROUGH COBRA BITE OR SEPTIC OR
of Saturn. Kethu is in Pushyam star. But all the planets in
POISONING :
Scorpio, i.e.. Sun, Mars. Mercury, Saturn and Uranus are in »

Anuradha star. None is in Uthrapatharapada. When the (a) Rahu and Venus in 10.
majority of the planets are in the same star, find out in which (b) Rahu and Sun in the Navamsa of atmakaraka and
sub according to Krishnamurthi Padhdhati they are. Those aspected by evil planets.
planets in the star of Saturn and the sub of the other signtfi- (c) Mars In 4, Saturn in 8 and Sun in 10.
cators for death are definitely EVILS; Mars is the strongest
(d) Saturn in 2, Moon in 4, Mars in 10.
malific.
(e) Saturn, Sun and Rahu in 7.
(a) as it is in its own sign ;
(b) as it occupies the constellation of Saturn, and DOG BITE:
(c) the sub of Mercury. (a) Sun in 4 ; Jupiter and Mars in. 10.
(b) Malefic in 12 and 8.
Hence Mercury, Mars. Saturn, Venus and Sun are evil.
As Mercury dasa is operating, select Mars sub period. In FIRE ACCIDENT :i

that sub period, the conjoined sub sub of Saturn, Venus snd Moon in Aries or Scorpio and hemmed in between
Sun will operate. malefics.
It will be after 19*1 2-1972; it will be in the second half LATHI CHARGE:
of February 1973. Mars in 10, Sun in 4 aspected by Saturn.
Sun will transit yi the 2nd degree of Nirayana Aquarius, Waning Moon in 8, Mars in 10, Saturn in 4 and Sun in 1.
whose constellation is ruled by Mars and the sub ruled by
Mercury. Hence when Sun transits in the 8th house, i.e., in GAS:
Saturn's sign Aquarius, in Dhanista star governed by Mars, Moon in 10, Mars in 9, Saturn in 1 and Sun in 5-gas,
and the sub of Mercury in the 3rd week of February 1973, smoke carbon monoxide.
health will fail.
End: Pleasant, Painful, good or bad
Therefore planets promise l<5*>g life till atleast 15*2-1973. * .
Benefice in 8, 8th cusp receiving beneficial aspect at
This person is yet alive.
birth show peaceful and pleasant end.
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Malefics, especially Saturn in 8, threaten prolonged ail¬ PLACE OF DEATH

ment and long suffering cr accident by falling down Uranus If the sublord of the 8th cusp is the significator of the
threatens unexpected, sudden end, mostly due to accident, houses 1, 4 and 10, shows that the end is in his own place.
electrocution, sunstroke, aircrash, etc.
If the sub lord of 8th cusp is the significator of 3rd house
Neptune indicates poisoning, drowning and unnatural shows that while one is making a short journey, mostly on his
death. Mars in 6 bad end. return journey, one passes away. Sublord of cusp 8, if signifi¬
Mars in 12, Saturn in 8-dirty death. Sun with lord of cator of the houses 6 or 8 or 12 indicate, death in the jail or
lagna in Capricorn or Aquarius-lightning or electrocution. in the hospital or in an unknown place.
Moon and lord of 9 in 8-peaceful de3th. Saturn in 4, Moon If the sublord of the 8th cusp is the significator of 9th
in 7 and Mars in 10, drowning. house death will happen during long journey or in a far off
Sun and Moon in a dual sign-drowning. place:
Thus many yogas are given by our sages. To commit, to
memory and to recollect at the time of scrutiny of a horoscope AIR ACCIDENT :
is a problem, almost close to impossibility. The horoscope of one who was born with Moon and
Also, they say, find out the 22nd decanate from the lagna Jupiter in Cancer like Lord Shri Rama, having a similar name,
and judge the characteristics of th^s decanate lord and predict was one of the 117 passengers by the Air India Boeing 707,
the mode of death. On finding out the decanate occupied reported to have crashed, is as under:
by lord of the 8th house. Its lord wiil reveal the mode of The other horoscope belongs to his wife who survived.
one's end. As at the outset, it fails in the case of births with Male chart-born on 2-11-1931 Monday.
a short interval between the two, like twins, the above is to r> |H^ ib —pwp —nnirtf
\
be taken as a general principle alone. j I 1

But according to Krishnamurthi Padhdhati, one is to take Ura. 23° 44' VI 8 59 ^vill 7A® S0#l IX 2ft* 59'
Rahu 10°39' VII 28’ 28';vm 26 59
that •
1
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(a; danger is indicated during the conjoined periods and

sub-periods of the lord of the sign, lord of* the star and the
lord of the sub where the 8th cusp fall®- and the lord of the
! V 29® 59' iI 1
1 Moon
0* 12’
Jup. 25’ 13'
constellation in wr-.ich the sublord is deposited. X 27® 59'
(b) danger shown during the conjoined period of the RASI
lord of the sign, lord of the star, the lord of the sub and the
Nep. 14® 15'
lord of the constellation where the lord of the 8th house was IV 27° 59' XI 29* 59'
deposited : or .
1

(c) if the sub is ruled by a benefic, promising long life 1 Asc, 28* 28' i
•

or cure, even though there is danger, one will escape and j II 26° 59' Mercury
III 26° 59' Mars 9* 02' Kethu
survive. If the sub lord is a malefic, significator of death one 24° 15' 10° 39'
Sat. 5* 13' Ven. 0*09' Suo 15° 48'
will succumb to it. Jupiter sub shows pleasant end ; Mars
L. i XII 8° 59'
j I
1
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sudden ; Saturn chronic and lingering one. -

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Jupiter dasa balance 3 years, 8 months, 28 days.
Find out whether there is a node occupying the sign of the
The following is the chart of the wife who has survived
her husband. signilicators. Rahu is in Pisces ruled by Jupiter. Hence take
Rahu as the strong significator.
! Therefore, the conjoined periods of Mercury, Rahu,
Saturn Kethu
3 9° 4V 17° 4'
Kethu, Venus and Moon should create a chance to go over¬
seas.
1 •

Actually, he left India during Mercury dasa, Rahu bhukti,

! Asc. 0# V I Venus anthra, Saturn shookshma, as Mercury is in 12, in his
'
it 22°
Venus
14'
own sub. Rahu is in bhadakasthanadhipathi Sun's sub
Born 13—9—1937 Venus is in the constellation of Jupiter and sub of Moon
i — “* (both in 9). Moon is the constellation of Jupiter and sub of
! Kasi
Son 26° 39' Moon. AH these are connected with 3, 9 and 12; hence he
Mercury made the journey*
:
29* 52'
•
Why should there be an unexpected end ? Danger and
r
1
1 death are denoted by the sub lord of the cusp of the 8th
Mars 25c 46'! i
Jupiter Moon l ! house. Sublord is Jupiter, Lord of 3 in 9 in the constellation
! 25*31' 20° 29' of lord of 9, Mercury, who is always for travels. Venus
II Rahu 17° 04'
1_ i denotes the vehicle; Mercury, the travels. Hence, this end
was far away from native place. As the same planets rule
Mercury dasa balance 4 years, 5 months, 24 days. By the sub of the 8th house there was danger.
air crash it is meant. Let us note the ruling planets then. It was a Monday
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(a) one has the opportunity to go by air, on a, long ruled by Moon The star was Sathabhisha governed by Rahu.
journey. The sign is owned by Saturn. The ascendant at that time of
the crash might be 11D Capricorn. In the constellation of%
(b) and the unexpected end. Moon and it would have coincided with Mercury i e., to the
place of accident. Mercury would be rising in’ the East then.
(c) in a far off place.
Why should the lady lose her husband in a far off place?
Long journey is indicated by the 9th house. Planets in
the 9th house are Moon and Jupiter. Rohini, Hastham and She was running Venus dasa. Mercury bhukti, Venus
Sravanam are ruled by Moon Kethu alone is in Hastham. anthra. The 7th cusp is to be taken as the ascendant of the
husband. Then Venus is in the constellation of lord of 6
Mercury is lord of 9. It is in Shookshma Parivarthana Mercury who is in the constellation of lord of 8 Sun, This
yoga with Jupiter. Venus, Mercury and Moon are in Jupiter's disposition is danger to husband.
constellation. Jupiter alone is in Mercury's constellation.
For her, the 8th house shows mangalyanu It receives
Hence, Mercury, Jupiter, Moon, Venus, and Kethu are the aspect from Mercury, Sun and Mars. This combination
significato-s. indicates Mercury, during travels. Sun; by fire accident;
Mars, sudden enc to him causing Dhurbagyam to her.
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Look at the Yogas in her chart; Chandra Mangala Yoga :

Sunapha Yoga ; Lagna Adhi Yoga ; Nipuna Yoga ; Vesi Yoga ;
ON PREDICTING LONGEVITY OF DEATH
etc. What have they done to her ? Let traditional astrologers
consider these andcorrect themselves. Is there any amangalya
yoga ? Innumerable rules and planetary combination are given in
the classic books on Astrology, and with there to determine
From the above discussion it will be clear as to how the longevity of a native has been proved a hard nut to crack.
K. P, Method gives accurate predictions even to such tricky Opinions of those authors differ much and we are left to
problems and that too in a logical and lucid manner. ponder over as to what is the correct method of divising the
time of demise.
Long live K, P.
On the other hand K. P. gives, as given in previous
articles, simple and accurate rules to calCutate the length of
life and the time of death, which has been confirmed after
regular tests by Sri K. S. K. and his disciples.
Lagna, the llnd and the VIIIth are the houses to be
judged primarily Saturn is the chief governor of .longevity.
It has been already explained that II, VII houses are
maraka houses along with the Xlith which is being Xllth to
tagna.
Bhadhaka lords are more malefic to end the life and they
have been the Xlth lord for those born under movable signs,
IXth for fixed sign and lastly VIIth for common sign.
Prof. K. S. K. has simplified this and explained to us the
theory and findings over longevity as under
If ascendent sub lord is a benefic and if it signifies
houses, 1, 5, 9 and 10 or if it owns or occupying these houses
the longevity is all right, Houses 6, 7, 8 and 12 are bad and if
the ascendent sub lord signifies these ones longevity is bad.
Also in Horary astrology, if the ascendent sublord
signifies Maraka and bhadhakasthanas, life is short.
To verify the authenticity and accuracy of these rules and
followed by is chart of John F. Kennedy, President of U.S.A.
cast under K. P. is taken up ; —
Date of birth : 29-5-1917
Time : 3-00 p.m, E.S.T.
Place of birth - : 42°-0' N Let. 70°-0' E Long
Ayanamsa of K.S.K. : 22°-36'
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f To assess the longevity in a native we have to examine

Jupiter 0-28
VII 27-24 VIII 24-24 Sun 15-41 the ascendent and its cuspal sub lord.
VI 2-24 Mars 25-5! Venus 24-9 Kethu 19-53
Mercurv IX 26-24 Jupiter is the sub lord of ascendent cusp.
23-0 •
1 This planet owns the VI and Vllth cusps and is in the
Vllth bhava.
V 3-24 X 0-24
Saturn 4-34 It has been noted that Vllth is the bhadhakasthana for
NIRAYANA BHAVA
CHAKRAM common signs. Hence the birth has taken place in Virgo a
Ayanamja : 22-36
common sign.
IV 0-24 XI 3-24 | The above sub lord Jupiter being in Vllth has attained the
Moon 24-24
bhadhakasthanathipathyam fully no planets in Jupiter star
and the ascendant sub lord Jupiter with its disposition in the
|i |
Vllth bhava as the lord of Vllth and Vlth is not at all a good
Rahu 19-53 III 26-24 II 24-24 XII 2-24 factor for long life.
I 27-24
The same Jupiter is in the star of Kethu in IXth bhava and
this tells a long life.
Balance in Venus period at birth : Yrs. 3-10-24 days . v But the star lord Kethu represents Mercury who lords
XH{h cusp and posited in the Villth bhava, in closer proximity
Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord to filers owner of Villth cusp. This simply shorten the life
span. '
1 Jupiter VII Jupiter
II Mercury VIII Mercury President Kennedy's death suddenly at the age of 46, the
III Jupiter IX Jupiter above combination and the ascendant sub lord is dispositions.
IV Rahu X Moon I like to explain astrologicslly the violent death of the
V Venus XI Sun President on 22-11-1963.
VI Rahu XII Jupiter i

Villth cusp and bhava tells about the native of death.

Planet Sub lord Here the sub lord of the Villth cusp is Mercury and the
same Mercury is in association of Mars in a violent sign
Sun Saturn
ARIES accounts for this nature of death.
Moon Mercury
Mars Kethu President passed away in Jupiter Dasa, Jupiter Bukthi,
Mercury Moon ‘ Moon Anthra.
Jupiter Kethu
Saturn As already stated Jupiter is a full Maraka and Bhadaka,
Saturn
. Venus as Jupiter is in Vllth having no planets in it6 stars.
Rahu
Rahu Rahu Moon is in the star of Venus, owner of II, Marakasthana
Kethu Mars and it is in VIII enhancing the power pf Moon to inflict death.
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At the time of birth the cuspal- and planetary positions

are as under: i
Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord
1 Mercury VII Mercury
MOTHER'S LONGEVITY Sun
II Venus VIII
♦ III Sun IX Rahu
Following is the horoscope of a child born on 27-10-68, IV Jupiter X Jupiter
Sunday at 7-30 p.m. 1ST at 11° N Lat. and 77°-0' E Long. V Rahu XI Sun
VI Venus XII Sun

Planet Star lord Sub lord

Saturn I 5*56' , HI 3* 15'
27* 49' XII 3* 15' Rahu Saturn
Rahu-14°46' Asc. III 29* 15' Sun
Moon Sun Mars
Mars Sun Mars
Mercury Moon Sun
NIRAYANA BHAVA
XI 29° 15' CHAKRAM IV 27* 15' Jupiter Sun Saturn ■

Ayanamsa : 23* 10'- Saturn Mercury Jupiter

Sidereal Time :
21—31—54 Venus Saturn Rahu
Balance in Sun period as Rahu Saturn Rahu
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birth years Mar* 28* 56'

X 27* 15' 5 y—I m—6 d Kethu Moon Jupiter
V 29* 15'

First of all#- we must see the position of the iVth cusp to

IX 29* 15' Venus Jup. 3* 12' find put the longevity of mother.
14° 17' Sun 10* 24' Kftu 14*46'
Moon 28*40'
VIII 3° 15' VII 5® 50' VI 3* 15' Mercury Here the IVth cusp falls, in Cancer 27°-15'.
23* 12*
We should find out of this IVth cusp is well fortified or
adversely expected and rendered weak.
The baby was born on 27-10-1968 and the mother fell ill The IV cusp owns in Moon and the cusp falls in the
and was admitted in the hospital. constellation of Mercury and Sub is ruled by Jupiter.
Moon is the general karaka of Mother and aiso owner of
In spite of the treatment, she breathed her last on the IVth cusp that tells about mother. Moon is the Vlllth
16-11-1968 leaving her beloved child to the mercy of the bhava. but on the IXth cusp. IXth is the Vlth from IVth
almighty. Mother survived only for 20 days. telling about illness. Moon is in the constellation of Sun.
Sun owns the Vth cusp which is a Maraka House for mother.
Thus Moon is highly afflicted.
On the basis of Krishnamurti Padhdhati, reasons, why
the child's mother died within a spell of so short period is IVth cusp i6 under the constellation of Mercury, Mercury
clearly obvious. The Psdhdhathi alone can explain. .is in the star of Moon, on the Vlth cusp and Mercury U in the
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Saturn is in the star of Mercury in llnd. Owning the llnd
Vth the Maraka house for IVth and is in the sub of Moon cusp the badhakasthansm.
signifies Vth house. Thus Mercury is also afflicted.
Venus is in Saturn star Anthra.
Jupiter is in the constellation of Sun, owing Vth which is *

the Maraka house for mother. Further Jupiter is in Vth having No planets in Xth.
no planet in its stars Vishakam, Purattadhi and Punarpoosam.
So he is a full significator of Vth in the Marakastanam for So Saturn and Venus are death infliciting planets.
mother. Jupiter is further in the 6ubof Saturn signifying the
Vth again Maraka house for mother, This is vital point to The demise came on 16-11-1968 on that day the child
tell how the longevity of mother is badly cut down. was having Sun major period, bukhthi of Mars and anthra of
Saturn.
As these combination in terms of the IVth cusp and the * I

Karaka Moon, go a long way to tell how the longevity of ■ These three planets find in a strong place birth list of
mother is badly afflicted with the result the mother was short marakhas and Saturn bukhti, anthra lord is in more a bhada-
lived and lived only a very few days, after the baby was born. kha, as well as a marakha as she was death cusp which is the
At the time of birth the baby was running Sun period. Vllth from the IX denoting mother.
Mars bukthi, Jupiter Anthra.
On the moment of death 5 p.m. on 16-11-1968, it was
Novy we should find out in whose period the mother Modn sookshma. It has been explained about that Moon is a
passed away. marakha, being in the star of Sun, owner of V cusp.
For that we should select the strongest significators
It was a Saturday, and Saturn rules the day, and Saturn
bringing about her death.
is both Marakha and Badhaka.
Mothers Lagna is Katakam. It is a chara rasi (movable
sign). XI is the Bhadakasthana. Mercury is the owner of the At the moment of passing away the luminary Sun was in
Bhadakasthana (for IV, [I is the XI). As llnd 'cusp falls in Vrichikam, Mars Rasi, in the ’constellation of Visakam of
Gemini 3°-15'. Mercury is in the Marakasthana for IVth cusp. Jupiter and in the sub of Mars. Mars, Jupiter is needless to
But these are planets in Mercury* star and so he is not to repeat that they are strong Marakhas.
bring about death. Saturn is in Mercury star and so Saturn
is a Bhadhaka. Then consider Marakasthana !l and Vllth from The another luminary Moon was at that moment in
IVth are Marakasthana. They are Vth and Xth. Mercury Rasi Virgo is Uthradam Sun Constellation and in the
Sub of Venus who are also strong significators of death.
Vth is ruled by Sun.
Jupiter is in Sun star-Uthradam. At that moment of passing away, the lagna degree was
in the sign aries in the constellation of Bharani of Venus.
Moon is in Sun star Uthradam.
Mars is in Sun star Uthradam. The student may well note how Krishnamurti Padhdhathi
Jupiter is in Vth having no planets in its stars, pin points the time ofoccurence of events.
Kethu is in Vth having no planets in its stars.
So the Sun, Jupiter, Moon, Kethu and Mars are Marakhas
Xth is ruled by Saturn,
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Planets Star lord Sub lord

Saturn Rahu Jupiter
LONGEVITY OF MOTHER Rahu Mars Jupiter
through K. P. Horary Kethu Mercury Jupiter

I and My younger brother are discussing about the

Moon
correctness and efficacy of Krishnamurthi Padhdhati and I 8* 6' 40' 0* 37' III 12* 28'
IV 7*28'
Rahu 26*8'
during the course of discussion and chat, my brother evinced II 13* 28' •

his interest in knowing the longevity of our mother, aged more

than 75 and suffering from high blood pressure since lOyears.
* •

I thought to solve the query resorting to Horary method, XII r 28' V 2* 28'
propounded by late Prof. KSK. Accordingly I toid him to give NTRAYANA
a number between 1 and 249. He said "235". Horary Chart
No. 235 Ven. 0*85'
The Data forming the basis of the Horary investigation VI 1*28'
is as follows: XI 2* 28' Mar* 2* 51'
Mercury (R)j
No. 235 (1-249) j
22* 49' 1
•
i i ■
Takingup for Judgement: 1-40 P.M. I.S.T. Kethu
1

Place : 22e-42' N. Lat. X 7° 28'

26° >8' VTII 13’ 28' Sun 7* 5'
IX 12*28' Sat. 9* 19' VII 8*6'40'
71 *-40, E Long. Jup. 12*00'
•
Date: 24-9-83.
Ayanamsa used : 23°-3V (KSK) If the Ascendant is in movable sign, Xlth house in the
Balance in Kethu dasa-Years 6-8-4 days. bhadhakastana, if the ascendant falls in a fixed sign IXth
house is the Bhadhakastana, it the Ascendant fells in a
Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord
common sign, the VI 1th is the bhadhakastana.
1 Venus VII Venus
II Venus VIII Mercury Whatever be the sign white the ascendant falls, the
III Rahu IX Mars llnd and the Vllth houses are Marakastanas. Therefore one is'
IV Rahu X Rahu to judge all these three houses and find out the significators.
V Rahu XI Jupiter If the qusry is for younger sister or brother, take third
VI Venus XII Mercury house connected from Horary Lagna as the Ascendant for that
•

Planets Star lord Sub lord youngster. If it relates to mother take the fourth house. If it
Sun Sun Kethu refers to children take the fifth house, as Lagna to children-
Moon Kethu Kethu For wife take the seventh, for father take the ninth and
Mars Kethu Venus for elder brother or sister take the eleventh and find out. I

Mercury Venus Saturn Here the query is about mother lo consider the IVth
Jupiter Kethu Mercury cusp as, ascendant. AH calculation will be considered here
Venus Kethu Venus from IVth cusp as ascendant,
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I shall again writs ths Horary chart and rearrange the
Here the ascendant of the mother is 7°-28' Gemini. It's
cusps keeping the IVth as Lagna for making easy for students
Mercury sign, star and sublord is Rahu.
to understand the system a*nd proceed.
Rahu is placed in Xlith house and is aspected by Jupiter
| the Vllth lord (both Badhakha and Marakha). Rahu is in the
Moon star of Mars and sub of Jupiter. Mars is lord of Vlth in closer
X 8-6-40 3-37 XII 12-28 Mother
XI 8-20 Rahu 26-8 I 7-28 proximity with Venus the Xllth lord and also with Mercury the
lord of IVth that tells the end of life. Sublord Jupiter is the
Badhakha and Marakha.
IX 1-28 II 2-28
Hence Rahu is the significator of IVth, VII and Xllth,
(Rearranged) and so it is evil to cause death of the mother of the querent.
Nirayana Starlord Mars is along with Venus lord of Xllth (Moksha)
Horary Chart
No. 235 Ven 2-58 hence Mars is weak in strength. So the sublord Jupiter is
HI 1-28 badhakha and Marakha and it is too weak also. So it le* js
VIII 2-28 Mars 1-51
Mercury (R) to say that querists mother's life is too short.
i 22-49
Further I looked into the VI cusp, as it tells the strength
of the current disease and health condition.
VII Ket 26-8 V 13-28 Sun
7-28 VI 12-28 - Saturn 7-5 VI cusp sublord is Mars here.
Jup 12-00 9-19 IV 8-6-40 j Mars is posited in the third bhava along with Venus the
lord of XII and Mercury lord of I. Mars is in the star of Kethu
Note the sublord of the ascendant. If he is deposited in in VI. Mars and Venus is closer proximity. Venus is karaka
the constellations of the sign if icafors of Badhakasthana and for kidney, urinary disorders whereas Mars shows disease of
Marakasthana, the life will be short from the time of the private parts.
judgement. It -will not be for many years. Mars, Venus and VI Cusp are fixed signs which tells that
If the sub lord of the ascendant were to be in the cons¬ she will be suffering from kidney disorder for a long duration.
tellation of the significator of 6th house, the person will She was admitted to hospital during October 1983, for
suffer from disease but [will not succumb to it. And if the kidney trouble.
sub lord of the ascendant is deposited in the constellation of The Xlth cusp sublord is Venus, it is in Kethu star and
the significator of the eigth house, he will meet with accident. in Venus sub. Star lord Kethu is in VI with Jupiter lord of
If the sublord of the ascendant is in the Horary chart in the Badhaka and Marakha. Sub lord Venus is lord of Xllth. This
significators of the Xllth house, he will be in bed for a long tells about non recovery from illness.
period and may be hospitalised. If the Xlth cusp sub lord signifies I, V, or Xlth one can
Death is indicated only by the significators Marakha and recover from ill-health.
Bhadhakasthana. On 5/6-10-83 Wednesday at 4-40 a.m. the querist's
mother passed away, It was Kethu dasa, Kethu bukthi and
According to the strength of the lord of the constellation
Moon anthra. Kethu is in VI with Jupiter both Badhaka and
in which the sublord of th9 ascendant is deposited, one has
Marakha and Moon owns the II cusp and no planets in Moon
to fix the dasa and sub periods. The conjoined period of the
star and no planets in II Bhava. And so Moon is a powerful
significators will operate and indicate the life span.
marakha to inflict death on her.
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Date of birth : 16/17-1?1954.

Time: 4-57 a.m. I.S.T.
Place: 13o-4/80°-17' (Madras)
DAUGHTER S CHART GIVES CLUE Ayanamsa: 23°~7'
REGARDING MOTHER'S LONGEVITY
VI 13-22 Moon 7-6
If a person is destined to live up to a certain period, he I IV 15-22 V 16-22 ' Jupiter (R) VII 8-46
will live up to that time and his horoscope will clearly reveal 24-18
his end. At the same time his wife's chart will show that her
husband will meet his death and the chart of the son and
daughter too will point to the same event. It is not, as many Kethu 0-47
1 III 12-22 VIII 9-22
people wrongly assume that the chart of any member of a NIRAYANA BHAVA
family causes the event of death of another member. Truly CHAKRAM
speaking they will only reflect the event the horoscope of the Balance in Rahu period 1

II 2-22 at Birth 17—4—29 days

various members of the family being inter-linked. Merc 4-39
] Sun 3-13 1
IX 12-22
A person for instance, may be running the Vimshottari < Rahu 0-4 1 •

1 Venus 0-5
period of planets signifying X, III, VIII, and IX. This for body •
1
ill for father's longevity Why ? These houses stand respec¬ Mars 23-16
tively as Itnd, Vllth, XIIih and VIIIth reckoned from the IXth Lagna xn 13-22 XI 16-22 X 15-22
1 8-46 Saturn
which stands for father. It would not however be right to 15-22
rush to the conclusion that father's end will certainly come.
For this, the horoscope of the father will .also have to be
investigated. Unless both horoscopes concur, the event of Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord
m

father's death will not come to pass. 1 Jupiter Vil Jupiter

II Venus VIII Venus
Similarly when a person undergoes the Dasa period of
. HI Saturn IX Mercury
planets signifying V, X, III and XI, which become the llnd,
IV Jupiter • X Jupiter
Vllth, Xllth and VHIth connected from the bouse denoting
V Moon XI Venus
mother, there is cause to fesr mother's death provided only
VI Rahu XII Rahu
when her horoscope too points to the same result.
Similarly the conjoint period of the significatorsof houses The IVth house in any chart tells about the native's
VI, XI, IV, and XII give rise to fear regarding longevity of mother, among other matters.
one's children and so on. Considering the IVth cusp in the above chart to represent
The horoscope of a girl, furnished below, was placed in the mother's lagna, the Vth and Vlth are to be renumbered as
my hand to say how long her mother would live. llnd and lllrd houses and so on. ^
I

After thoroughly scrutinising the chart, I could tell the On this basis, the Vth house becomes llnd of the mother
conjoint period under Vimshottari Dasa system, when th9 and theXth becomes Vllth. The lllrd house stands for the
demise of mother will take place.
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Xllth (Marakasthana or Liberation from body) taking the IVth • I scrutinised and told her that there is no trouble for her
as lagna for mother. life till the middle of 1974, and she went away.

• The llnd and Vllth which stand opposite to Vlltth and the Again she visited me during the end of May 1974 and
.'agna (the houses of life) are to be taken as Marakhastanas wanted to know her mother's longevity, as she is having
also they stand in twelfth to the tllrd and Vlllth houses choking‘effect in her gullet.
described as houses of longevity. The Xllth house being the
Xllth to lagna which denotes the body, shows annihilation of i again checked.up the Vimshothari Dasa in progress. It
body. This house is called the house of Moksha or emanci¬ was Jupiter Dasa, Saturn bhukthi, Kethu Anthra (from 7-5-74
pation. to 26-6-74) I thought it was time for her demise. So 1 told
her that it would be bad before it is 26-6-74 and if by God’s
Significators of Death: grace she completes June, no fear upto Jupiter Anthra i.e.,
llnd House: Mars governs the cusp. from 15-10-75 to 16-2-76.
No planet occupies the house.
Jupiter is posited in Mars star. Kethu, the Node in the star of Jupiter, a powerful
Jupiter is also the Sublord of the Vllth marakha did not leave her and she died in Kethu Anthra itself.
i

house from IVth.

Kethu is in the star of Jupiter-

Vllth house: Mercury owns the cusp,

and No planet in Mercury, stars.
Saturn is in the Vllth and no planet in
Saturn stars.

Xllth house: No planet tenants the house.

Saturn owns the cusp.
No planet is posited in Sat. Stars.
Saturn is also the sub lord of the Xllth
cusp.

In the fag end of 1971 I was consulted by the daughter

that her mother is suffering seriously.

I could find that the major period of Jupiter was on from

16^6—1971. Jupiter is in the star of Mars in VHI with
Saturn. Mars owns the llnd cusp. So I could suspect that
the trouble may be connected to her throat and there is some
obstructing matter these to have checking effect as Saturn
combines with Mars. She accepted that her mother could > ot
eat food and takes a long time in the process.
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43

So I asked that ailing friend to mention a number between

to 249. Unhesitatingly he uttered the number '56*.

LONGEVITY THROUGH K'. P. HORARY According to the Krtshnamurthi Padhjnathi scheme of

Zodiacal division numbering up to 249. this number 58, refers
The determination of a person's longevity persents no to-the portion of the Nirayana Zodiac commencing at 20’
serious problems when a correct horoscope of birth is avail¬ Gemini and extends upto 21a-46'-40<' in the same sign. The
able. point of commencement which is 20° Gemini becomes the
lagna degree of the chart of the query; and other correspon¬
A correct horoscope is deemed to have bsen made out, ding cusps being found out for the latitude of the judgement.
only when correct time of birth is made available. The Nirayana planetary longitudes to be worked out for the
"An Astrologer's prediction can only be as true as the time as the query is taken up for judgement.
Correctness of the time of birth" That is what P.S, Iyer, a
reputed Astrologer and 3 contemporary of our Guruji Sri KSK Thus the Nirayana Horary chart was drawn and
rightly said. given hereunder;

After casting the horoscope with the correct birth date, if Date- : 17-5-1973
one applies the rules stated in the Advanced Stellar Astrology Time : 10-14 A.M. I.S.T.
as outlined by Late Prof. KSK, can determine the longevity Place : 26°-42788’-25'
correctly: No. given : 56 (between 1 to 249)
Suppose one does not possess his nativity or if his birth Balance in Vimshottari Dasa of Jupiter ■=■ years 0-10-2
time not being correctly known, without taking chances, an days.
Astrologer can predict the event of death equally effectively
by resorting to Horary technique evolved oy our Guruji Sri Sun 2*“46*1
XI 12° 59' Venus
KSK, after decades of research, experiments, and observation. 12" 33' . Ketu 16*39'
X 8° 59' Mercury
28* 56' XU 17* S9' I 20*00'
During my travels, I chanced to visit one of my friend’s Saturn ASC
27* ©O' |
relative who was ailing then. His illness was tremending him
anb he was eager to know his longevity. !i
\

Mars 12* 57";ii

I asked for his birth chart and {he had no horoscope and IX 8* 59' 11 12*59'
also the date, and time of birth not correctly known. NIRAYANA
Horary Chart
Under such circumstances I had to resort to the horary Ayanamsa: 23-23
(KSR)
method developed by Sri K.S.K. Jup 18*27
VIII12* 59' III 8° 59'
In this system the Horary lagna is determined in a differ¬
•

ent manner.
Horary lagna is determined in this system for the point of
Zodiac which corresponds to the number between 1 to 249 VII 20* 00' VI 17* 59'
V 12* 59' IV 8° 59'
Rahu 16°39' Moon 2* 38'
which the query utters. The Astrologer goes by the number
given and fixes up the lagna and .other houses based on the
number.
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In my experience as astrologer, I have been watching in Applying these principles to the chart above, the lagna
Horary chart, the lagna cusp sub lord tells the mind of the falls in the constellation punarvasu ruled by Jupiter and the
querist Here the sub lord is Jupiter and this planet is Asc sub is ruled by Jupiter.
stationed in the VIII house which stands for the longevity of The sub lord Jupiter owns VII a marakasthana and as
the person, and the number is given to know his longevity. told above with classification of Bhadakasthana, for Mithuna
The reader may well note how exactly the number indicates lagna (common sign VII) is also the bhadakasthana. Hence
the query and how well Krishnamurti Horary technique is the Asc. sub lord Jupiter is the rules of Marakha and
invented by Sri K S.K. as a predictive wing of his system
Bhadakhsthana.
named after his name Krishnamurti Padhdhathi.
And further, the sub lord Jupiter is in Villth house, the
This Padhdhati in sharp contrast to the old traditional house of longevity. It cannot act to contribute life as it is
methods defended to us, gives simple and accurate rules to not Villth house significator, as there is a planet Moon in its
calculate the extent of longivity and that the time of demise, stars, and the other hand, Jupiter is in the star of Moon in
which had been confirmed after much practical applications
i
Vlth, the house of sickness and owning llnd, a Marakha
The houses to be judged, primarily, are the ascendant, house for Mithuna lagna.
the lllrd and tha Villth. Saturn is the chief governor of Summing up, the sub lord of Asc. Jupiter has attained
longevity. In this Horary chart Saturn is in XII, with no the Bhadakasthana and Maraka powers, without any redeem-
planet in its star and Saturn signifies XII fully. Ing factor.
*

Houses II, VII and XII cusp classified as Marakha or dects So it is final, the native has a very very short life from
inflicting houses because they stand in Twelfth to the lllrd' the day of judgement in terms of Horary.
Villth and the Lagna or Ascendant. Longevity is under the dominion not only of the Lagna,
but also under the Villth as well as the 8th to 8th to lllrd.
Above all, the Bhadhakasthana lord is tha most vicious
Death ensures during the conjoining period of the
planet to kill the native unhesitatingly.
significators of the Vrayasthanams of the above 3 houses viz.
For movaole sign, on the lagna, the Xith house is lagna, llnd and Vilth along with bhakasthana house.
Bhadhakasthana for fixed sign, the IXth house is a Bhadhaka- The significators are : •
sthana, and for common signs, the Vllth is a Bhadhakasthana.
1) The planets owning II, Vll and bhadakasthana.
K.P. reader III states as follows : 2) The planets is the constellation of these houses.
"If ascendant sublord is a benefic and it is signifies I, V, 3) The occupant of these houses.
IX and X or if it happens to own and cccupy these houses, the 4) The planets tenanting that the constellation of the
longevity is nl right. occupants.
Following are the death inflicting significators in this
Houses VI, VIII, VII and XII are bad and if the Ascendant
sublord signifies these houses longevity is bad ; particular cases:
llnd house : No planet, there owned by Moon.
"It lorns of I, V, IX and X also rule, VI, VIII and XII Jupiter owning Vltth and Venus owning
consider the planet a worthy benefic". XIIth are in Moon stars.
"Also in Horary Astrology, if the ascendant sub lord Vllth house: No planet there.
signifies Maraka and 3hadakasthanas, the life is short after Jupiter owns his house.
the time of judgement". Moon is in the star of Jupiter.
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Xlfth house: Saturn and Kethu ara posited therewith

no planets placed in their constellation.
Venus owns Xllth.
Rahu is in Venus star Poorvashada.
PREMATURE DEATH
As node Rahu is in Dhanus and so it also
Following is the birth chart of a girl who died in her age
assumes the effect of Jupiter as marakha
and bhadaka powers. of 19.

The student may also note that the VI 1th cusp is most By applying the principle of Krishnamurti Padhdhathi,
Badhaka and Marakha house is ruled by Jupiter as sign lord, I could hint her demise in forward to the father as a precau¬
Venus as constellation lord and Rahu as sublord. tionary step
You must know lagna cusp combination is a life giving
Date of birth : 11-2-1959
one and exactly the opposite degree the VIIth cusp deals with
the life. This is general theory as it is the house of detriment Time : 11-30 a. m, I.S.T.
to lagna. Place : 13° 4 /80° 17'
The three planets Jupiter, Venus and Rahu ruling the Balance in Saturn period at birth years 11-4-17 days.
Vllth cusp, are also Bhadakasthana and Marakha as detailed MMitAancmpr
above are the worst death Inflicting planets. 5 Kethu
.

, 22° 41' Mars 7* 6'

While examining the Vimshothari Dasa in the Horary XII11° 38'
I 16° 49* Ill !?.v38'
Asc. 11 15* 38'
chart, you will note that the native was running the major Moon
8-49-47
period of Jupiter bukhtbi of Rahu and the Anthra Dasa of I i
•

Venus. i!
Venus i< I i
Venus Anthia d3sa runs between 9-5-73 to 3-10-73.
#
20* 26' !l IV 8» 3.8'
XI 7° 38'
So it was indicated by me. the end will be in that period NIRAYANA BHAVA
of Venus Anthra. chakraM
S.T. 20—18—19
A? Rahu a node was the sub lord of Vllth cusp and also IS an 28° 34' Ayammsa : 23* 11'
I Mercury V T 38'
in the discussion you will .;ote that Rahu fully represents 26* 28'
Jupiter who is both Marakha and Bh3daka. I just brought X 8* 38'
i[
down. The time of demise to Rahu sockshma which was 1
r1
worked out to run between 30-6-1973 and 22-7-1973 and IX 12* 38' VIII 15*38' VI 11* 38'
bid good-bye to them, without intimating the same to the Saturn Jupiter VII 16* 49'
Rahu 22*41'
10° 42' 6° 33'
particular.
I was intimated through a letter that the end actually
I
came in the evening on 17th July 1973. It was Rahu
Cusp Sub ford Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub ford
sookshma as I told them already.
1 Moon V Jupiter IX Mercury
Students may well note how K,P, pinpoints the time of Mars
II Jupiter VI X Venus
death with such accuracy through K.P. Horary system of
III Mercury VII Venus XI Rahu
prediction under Krishnamurti Padhdhathi.
IV Venus VIII Jupiter XII Moon
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48
Jupiter in VII signifying the Badhakastiiana So Dasa has
P/anat Star ford Sub lord
connection with death inflicting signification.
Sun Mars Saturn »

Moon Saturn Venus The bhukthi. Lord Moon, is in the star of Saturn, the
Mars Sun Kethu owner of XI the Cusp, the Bhadhakasthana, and is in the sub
Mercury Mars Jupiter of Venus owning II and VII in XI. Lastly the Anthra Lord
Jupiter Saturn Mercury Saturn, is the Bhadhakadhipati and is posited in the star of
Venus Jupiter Jupiter Ketu, placed in XII in bhavem, (the house of Moksham.)
Saturn Kethu •
Saturn
Rahu Moon Sun The students may well note, how the sub lord theory
Kethu Mercury Moon reveals the intricate points in a life such as death etc.
The Lagna is jointly ruled by Mars as rasi lord, Venus as
constellation lord and Moon as the Sun lord.

In the light of the principle, let us see how the Sub lord
Moon played the part in making the longevity as short as 19
years.

As per Krishnamurthi Padhdhati, if the Sub lord of the

Lagna Cusp is in the constellation of the occupant of Maraka-
sthana or Bhadhakasthana, the life of the native is rather
very short.

Moon the Sub lord of Lagna cusp, is in the constellation

of Saturn, who is the lord of Xlth Cusp which is the
Bhadhakasthana for Chara Lagna (Maham). This Saturn is
rendered very weak by being placed in the star of Kethu in 4

Xllth (House of Moksha) and so Saturn signifies Xllth fully.

This Moon owns the IVth Cuso which tells her last days.
This is rather unfortunate.

Moon is the Sub of Venus who is the owner of the llnd

and Vllth houses which are Marakasthanas for Mesham and
that Venus is placed in Bhadhakasthanas also. Thus Moon
is rather rendered so malefic as to give very short life for the
native.
The girl had passed away on 7-5-1978 in the major
period of Mercury bhukthi of Mcon, Anthra of Saturn.
Mercury the Da?a Lord, owns the III and Vlth Cusps,
placed in Xth bhava in the star of Mars, and in the Sub of
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!
Sal. It® 2'
VI *29® 42' VII 25°45" VIII IX 25® 42'
V 0* 42'
LONGEVITY —K.P. VERIFIED m 24® 42'
$
Now again I shall discuss in this article the Longevfty of
an infant as per K.P. •# MoonI3®08'
Mara 8* 51' Kethu 16® 6'
NIRAYANA BliAVA X 28® 42'
According to traditional system, the Auyul or Span of life CHAKRAM
is clarified in the three main groups. As already discussed
Ayanamsa K-S.K. 23-21
Alpay$u-$hort (life upto 33 years 4 months) Madhyayu (33 IV 28® 42'
years 4 months to 65 years 8 months) and Dhergayu (66 years Rahu 26® S' •
8 months to 100 years). 100 years and above being consi¬
■
dered to be poornayul. * Jupiter
27* 10" xi o®4r

x
°
II 24° 42" XII
There are certain combination of planets and specific HI 25® 42'

**
UJ
Venus ! 29*42'
point or degree in each sign which promote or alter the 11° 36'

.
j Merc. 10*26" 1
longevity of the native. ——

Cusp Sub ford Cusp Sublord

These rules are general and vague too, and these misera¬
1 Mercury VII Mercury
bly fail in actual practice.
II Rahu VIII Rahu
K.P. on the other hand, deals with the Longevity in a clear III Mercury IX Mercury
manner free from all manner of doubts and is universally IV Saturn X Saturn
applicable. V Mars XI Rahu
V! Saturn XII Saturn
These roles can be applied both in NATAL & HORARY
Astrology. The only difference is that, in the case of. a Planets Star lord Sublord
r

Nativity, the span ci life can be judged from the time of birth Sun Jupiter Saturn
of the native, where as in Horary, it can be assumed from the Moon Saurn Rahu
time of judgement of the query. Mars Rahu Jupiter
Mercury Saturn Sun
Given below is the chart of an infant who passed away Jupiter Mercury Jupiter
an hour after it was born. Venus Satu.n Moon
Saturn Moon Moon
The delivery had taken place on a Tuesday the 9th Rahu Moon Saturn
November 1971 at 6-37-33 a.m. I.S.T. in a Nursing home K P. Ketu Saturn Jupiter
Ayanamsa used 23'!21
At the time of birth, the sign Libra was rising, the exact
Place of birth.: 23°-10'N' Lat./09°59'E Long. degree 25°-45'
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The Ascendant was thus in the sign Libra ruled by Venus maraka as discussed above, becomes a worst malefic to
(Lord of I & VIII) in the constellation of Jupiter. (Lord III, V influence death of the native, duly shortening the span of
& Vlllrh) and in the sub of Mercury (Lord of IX, XI & XII). life.

If the Ascendent falls in a movable (chara rasi) the Xlth Significators:—

f

is Bhadhakasthana, if the same falls in a fixed sign (sthira Xlth house : Ruled by Mercury
rasi) the IXth is Bhadhakasthana and if the ascendent is a Jupiter is in Mercury Star.
common sign fUbhaya rasi) the tVllth house the Bhadhakas¬ No Planets in Xith house.
thana. Whatever be the sign in which the ascendent falls' llnd Bhava : Ruled by Mars
the llnd and the VIIth house are Marakasthana. No planets in Mars star
According to Krishnamurti Padhdhati is the ascendent Jupiter is there
sub lord is in the constellation of a planet which is bhadaka- Sun is in Jupiter star.
sthana or Marakasthanam short life is indicated. VIIth bhava : Ruled by Mars
No planets in Mars star
If the Lub Lord of ascendant falls in the star of a planet
Saturn is in Vllth
in Vlth house, the native will suffer from disease but will not*
succumb to it. Mercury. Venus, Moon, Ketu, are in Saturn
star.
According to the strength of the lord of constellation in
Rahu is in Makaram and as node represent
which the sub lord of ascendent is deposited, one Has to fix
Saturn in VII.
the Oasa and sub periods.
So all the planets (i.e.) Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury,
As already stated above the sub lord of, the Ascendent is
Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu and all connected to
Mercury. Mercury is the Lord of IX, XI and Xllth. As the death inflicting houses.
ascendent falls in a moveable sign, the XI house is the
bhadhakasthana and these ascendant sub lord becdmes the When such is the-case, ho v can the infant born under
Bhadbakastanathipathl. He is also Marakasthanathipathi such a configuration survive ?
being the owners of Xllth. The reader may with interest note that the child was born
Bhadhakasthanapathi are the worst malefics who never at 6*37.33 a.m. I.S.T. on 9*11 71 when the birth was in
hesitate to put an end to the life. 25°-45' in Libra ruled by Venus, in the constellation of Visaka
ruled by Jupiter and sent by Mercury and succumbed to death
In the above, Mercury having bharthakasthanathipathi is
as 7-55-44 a.m. I S.T. on the same day.
deposited in tire constellation of Saturn and in the Sub of I

SUN. At 7-55-44 a.m. the Lagna degree has maiked to 215°-2'

is Scorpio ruled by Mars, Arudhra star ruled by Saturn.
Saturn is the constellation lord, occupies, the VI1 th bhava
Saturn sub was ruling then, the sub, sub was that of Rahu.
which is a Marakasthanam. The sub lord of Mercury the Sun
is in the constellation of Jupi'ter in llnd bhava, a Marakas¬ Why the death could sustain to that time atleast ? There
thanam. is reason.
From the above combination, one can note that Mercury It is a point for thinking and to note that when all the 9
owns the Bhadhakasthana and Marakasthana is evil for planets are the significator of death, only the planets Mars
Longevity. His placement in the constellation of Saturn, a Saturn and Rahu should inflict death.
f
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Moon was at that time, transiting in Saturn star. Rahu

sub only.
If he was born to die, and with such a configuration, why ASCENDANT AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
should not he die immediately after birth. It is a main point DETERMINING LONGEVITY
for the students of K.P to study.
A careful follow up and observation of the Sign/star/Sub A child was born on 2-9-1976 at 9-20 p.m. (I.S.T.) at
rising from the moment of birth till death is very important, 13°-V N. Lat and 76*-70' E Long.
as that moment of lagna degree rising has undergone an
effective change. On the 4th day the child passed away and I was curious to
know how Krishnamurti Padhdhathi indicates this premature
Moon’s position at the time of demise was 103°-48'and death.
thus under went a change in the same sub of Rahu from Rahu
Sub-Sub of Mercury Suo-Sub i e l03°-46'-20" to 104*-3'-20"- The horoscope worked out under PLACIDUS SYSTEM of
houses with the longitudinal position of planets is given
At the time, when birth had taken place the rising star
was Visaka owned by Jupiter. below :—

Though Jupiter signified death, as psr KP, a planet in a I

constellation will offer, more preriominary, the result of the • I 7* 5'
Xll l° 5' lKet
6“ 44' 30*
12° SO' Jupiter '] III 4* 5'
bhava occupied by the lord of the constellation. Hence 7* 18' 50* j
Jupiter by virtue of being placed in the star of Mercury I
deposited in iagna bhava. should protect life of the native. VI 0° 5'
i Sat. 17* 36'
With the result, Jupiter was ruling the movement as the Fortuna
rising star lord and Moon transiting the Jupiter Sub, Sub, Nirnyana Bhava
! : 26* 4'
Chart
V 2S* 8'
the child was protected from death.
% Balance ih Ketbu period l-
It is also evident Saturn star rising would be indicated at birth 3—9~8 days
i:liUD
for Longevity and Saturn Sub, set the stage, and from the XI 28* &'
X 0*5' 16® 49' 30*
Mercury Sub-Sub. Mercury is a weak significator of Lagna I
bhava, though significator of death also a DUAL planet and
DUAL action. Followed, by Ketu, Sub, which is under Rahu 12*50' 7'»4
'Moon 6® 9*
Neptune L i.mus . [Vjtrcury
Jupiter Sub, obtained from entering in to the fray. Next Venus 17® 49' 10“ 49'
IX 44 5' VII i 12® 35' 15'
Sub-Sub, Venus owns Lagna cusp. In Sun Sub-sub, turned Vlll 7® 5' • Mars
6*44' 30* 12* 3s' 45*
to be very serious and therefore physicians (Dharu/antari
SUB) attended. In Moan and Mars, seriousness continues as-
ihese two planets rrt badly connected to death inflicting Planets Constellation Lord Sub Lord
houses. Sun ' Verus Moon
Then comes the Rahu Sub-Sub and Moon moved into Moon Kethu Rahu
103°-48' the death comes as Rahu a rode o full representation Mars Moon Rahu
cf Saturn, who is a maraita and Rahu is no way connected Mercury Moon Rahu
to Lagna at all even by Sub. Jupiter Sun Kelhu
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Venus Sun Kethu At the time-of birth, the child was running Kethu dasa
Saturn Mercury Mercury Rahu Bhukti and Saturn anthra from (27-8*1976 to
Rahu Rahu Mercury 26-10*1976)
Kethu Kethu Mercury
The Oasanatha Kethu represents Mars in ,Vlth with
As per Krishnamurti Padhdhathi, Longevity should be Marakasthanadhipathi Venus and so attains maraka powers
assessed in terms of strength of Ascendant, its lord and the end it is the Sub Lord of the llnd cusp and marakasthanam.
sub.-
These should not be connected to Maraka or Bhadakas- The Bukthanatha Rahu is in Vllth in its own star and so
thanas for long life. Rahu is a full significator of Vllth, a marakasthana. Inciden¬
tally Rahu is the Sub Lord of the Vllth cusp, another
The sub lord of th9 Lagna should nut be connected to Marakasthanam.
houses VI, VIII and XII to ensure a smooth life with discuss,
major obtacles, accidents and serious expenditure capable of The Anthranatha Saturn owns the Xlth, a Bhadakas-
altering major structure of life. thanam and as there are no planets' in its star Poosarfl,
On the contrary, the sub lord of the Lagna cusp should Anusham, and Uthirattadhi, he is a full significator of the
be posited in I or V or IX or X bhava to show long life. -Xlth, the bhadhakasthana. More so, Saturn rules the Xlth
cusp and also as sub lord.
If benefics aspect the Sub. it ensures long life.
In this horoscope of the child, the reader may note that The conjoint period of the sub lord of the three houses
the sub lord of the ascendant cusp is Rahu, and it is posited connected to death had brought about the death of the child,
in the Vllth Bhava, in its own constellation Swathi. So Rahu amply, and well illustrating the validity and truth of the
is a full significator cf Vllth a Marakasthana. principles of K.P.

The same sub lord Rahu is in the Sub of Mercury in the

VIth bhava. It is bad.
Further the Lord of Lagna cusp, Mars is in Rasi conjunc¬
tion with Mercury in Vlth in the house of sickness, and also
with Venus Lord of Maraka house llnd and Vllth.
The Sub lord of Lagna cusp Rahu is squared by Saturn the
bhadhskadhipathi for Mesha Lagna (the owner of Xlth for
chara, rasi). (The Longitudinal difference between Saturn
and Rahu is 95°*19'.)
Rahu is in the Marakasthana, and is represented by Venus
Lord of llnd and Vllth which are rnarnkasthlnas and in turn
the planet Venus being in Vlth and in its own Sub.
All these combinations have rendered the sub lord of
Rahu very weak, and the same planet attained Maraka and
Bhndhnknsthana's power.
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planets owning other houses are considered benefic or malefic

according to the other houses ruled by them.
The span of life of a person may be classified into 3
LONGEVITY-HOROSCOPE groups.
(a) Short life (0 to 33J years)
When we consider the Longevity, it is necessary to know
(b) Middle life (33J to 66§ years) •
whether one is short-lived, middle aged or long lived, and
(c) Lorg life (665 to 100 years)
the ascendant and its strength assessed on those lives
Further one should assess the strength of Houses k III
For this we must look into the Sub Lord of the ascendant. and VIII and the Vrayasthanas of the houses in XII, II and VII.
Late Prof. K S.K opined as under:—
XII, II and VII are the maraka houses and you must also
If the sub lord of the ascendant is deoosit®d in the cons¬ find out the bhadhaka houses.
tellation nf the depositor of Maraka or Bhadakasthanas, life Bhadakasthanathipathis are the worst malefics who never
will be short after the time of judgement. It cannpt be many hesitate to put an end to one's life
years (only in Horary)
% Of the 12 signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn ate
If the Sub-lord of the ascendant is in the constellation of moveable (Chara) signs. The Xlth counted from them are
the depositor of 6th bhava, he will suffer from diseases, but bhadakasthanas. To Aries born Aquarius is ths bhadhaka-
will not succumb to it. sthana and so Saturn is the Bhadhakadipathi. To Cancer
If the sub lord of the ascendant is deposited in the cons¬ born, Taurus is the Bhadhskasthana and the lord of Taurus,
tellation of the depositor of 8th bhava, he yvill meet with Venus is the Bhadhakadipathi. Similarly to Libra, the sign
accidents. Leo and the luminary Sun and to Capricorn, the sign Scorpio
and its lord Mars are Bhadhakasthana and Bhadakathipathis
It the sub lord of the ascendant is deposited in the cons- respectively.
. dlalion of the planet in Xlllh bhavo, he is liable tc be in bed
For people born in fixed signs, (Sthira rasi) Taurus, Leo
for long years ana hospitalised before Ins demise.
Scorpio and Aquarius, the IXth sign, from these houses are
Death is indicated only by bhadako or Marakasthanas. bhadhakaslhanas and iheir lords SATURN. MARS, MOON
and VENUS are bhadhakathipathis respectively.
According to the strength of tne lord of the constellation
in which the sub-lord of the ascendant is situated, the Dasas For people born in common sign, (Dwiswabhava Rasi)
and Bhukti are to be fixed, after the assessment of the Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, the 7;h house there
i

strength. from are bhadakasthanas and Jupiter and again Jupiter,

Mercury and again Mercuiy are bhadhakadipathis.
If it is Horary chait, calculate from the chart for the given
If the sub lord of the ascendant is not in the constellation
number when the conjoined period oi tht? significators of
of depositor or lords of Bhadaka or Marakasthanas long hfe
Marakasthana and Bhadakastnana operate. (Please read
is promised.
Horary Astrology by late Prof K.S, Kiishn^murti).
For wife, the Vllth house is to be judged treating Vllth
When considering the planers to assess tne Longevity, cusp as ascendent for wife for Longevity of wife (or partner¬
(1) lords of houses l, V, IX and X are benefics, (2) Lords of ship) the bhadhaka and marakastnanas to the Vllth case
VI, VII and XII are maldics, (3) Lords of l, V, IX, a also ruling (Home) are to be judged as told above.
VI, VIM and XII considered as mostly baoefics. (4) The
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The native was born at 6-7 a.m. on 27th February 1931 To find out the date of Demise, it is necessary to judge
at 30-7'N Lat. and 101*-52'E Long and ascertain the strong significator of planets and their Dasa
The Horoscope is as follows :— that happens to run after 66 years of age.
At birth the balance of Mars Dasa is 0 years 1 month and
Rahu 1 ; Moon 20 days.
23-48 IV 13-12 ' 0-6-23
Ura 20-27 111 14-12 | ’ Fortuna 5 V 9-12 Hence he will be running Mercury oeriod from 17-4-1984
if 12-12 1 24-59 ;Jupiter(R)
J j 17-46 to 17-4-2001 (from his age of 53 to 70).
i
Sun 14-36
Mercury is in the Xllth bhava. Rahu is in its star and so
, Mars (R)
1 8-39 , 5-13 Mercury is not a full significator of Xllth.
Mercury i VI V

0-50' 1 8-12 Mercury owns Vth and VIIIth bhavas For longevity both
' AYANAMSA: 1
a.

22 4o
^

i benefics.

xu VII 8*39 Mercury is in the star of Mats in V. Mars owns III and
Neptune (R)
8-12
11-32 X most benefic houses to confer longevity.
m. m -nmt -nt
i Hence he will enjoy life during Mercury period. So he will
Venus not die up to 17-4-2001.
22-13
i Saturn X 13-12 Then separate the major period Kethu from 17-4-2001 to
21-! 2
I XI 9-12 17-4-2008.
Kethu is in the Vlllth and is in the star of MOON owning
Here in this birth chart, the Ascendant is formed at VI, deposited in IV. This portends sickness. Kethu as node
8 -39' Aquarius a fixed sign. represents Mercury in Xllth tells bedridden status also signi¬
fies V, a benefical house for longevity. So he will live up to
So the Maraka are Jupiter and Sun and planets in its star
the end, of course, it is a sickly period, and he cannot avoid
are Maraka. No planet in Jupiter, Venus, Saturn in Sun star,
hospitalisation.
Rahu Xth, llnd Sun, Jupiter in its star. »

Next period of Venus starts on 17-4-2001. Let us discuss

Being the ascendant is a fixed sign IXth is the. Bhadhaka- if it in Maraka.
sthana. So Venus is bhadhakadipathi and the planet in its
star and no planets in bhadakastliana. Venus is the owner Libra, the bhadhakasign for Kumbha
lagna born. This native is born in Kumba lagna and so Venus
To assess the longevity, judge the strength of the ascen¬ is a badhakadipathi.,
dant Sub Lord. Here the sub lord is Rahu, Rahu is in II, but
Here in this nativity Venus is in Sagittarius 29°-13' i e.
as node it represents JUPITER, a depositor of Vth, a
in the star Uthradam owned by 6un for Kumbha lagna Sun ie
benefic house while considering longevity and Rahu is in the
a maraka. As no planets are in Sun star, and in Vllth Sun
star of MERCURY, owning Vth and VIII, a benefic house and
should be deemed aaa full and 1st class maraka. So as Venus
the house of longevity respectively. Budha being in XII, the
as bhadhakdipathi deposited in the star of Sun, Venus,
demise will be after hospitalisation and this is MOKSHA,
attains full marakadhipathyam and it is final. Venus Dasa is
Any way long span of life is promised i.e. over 66* years. the last one.
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Then what is the date of his demise. For this we must

resort to the thoory of Ruling Planets, propounded by out
Gutuji Late Prof. K.S K.
PREMATURE DEATH OF A CHILD
To day it is a Saturday (15-2-86) and it is 7-14 p.m. 1ST
at Madras Incidentally it is Bharani star ruled by Venus, and One of my natives had a daughter on 17-1-1971 at 10-35
he is in Mcsha and so Mars is also an RP. Now it isSimha a m. at Waltair.
fagna running and lagna degree is running in Pooram star. So
again Venus and Sun are RPs. The parents were very happy with the child as the father
was promoted to class 1 status within 4 months from the date
Summing up, finally the RPsfare Venus, Mars, Venus, Sun, of birth of his child.
Saturn, Kethu and Rahu also as Kethu represents Libra and
Rahu, Aries. Their boy was married. As the child was not keeping
good health and finally expired on 25-8-1971 Wednesday, as
Hence, demise should come in Venus Dass, Venus Bukti. was indicated by me.
Rahu Anthra, Rahu Sookshma on a day ruled by Sun star or Following is the horoscope of the child-in K.P.
Moon in Simha.
Date of birth : 17-1-1971
Rahu anthra rules between 27-6-2009 and 27-12-2009
and Rahu sookshma is from 27*6-2009 to 24-7-2009. Time : 10.35 a.m. 1ST

Place : 17°-44' N. Lat.

82p-23' E. Long.

II 17-48
I 13-45 Saturn IH 16-48 IV 11-48
22-21-0 if
il !i

XII 7-48
Rahu V 7-48
NIRAYANA
1-44-50 BHAVA CHAKRAM
Ayanamsa: 23-21 KSK.
Balance in Sua Period at
XI 7-48 birth Yrs 2 1-17 days Ket 1-44-50
Sun 3-4-26 VI 7-48
J1
IX 16-48 j
Mars Moon
2-57-20 VIII 5-16-0
X 11-48 Jup. 7-8-8 17-48 VII 13-45
Nep. 8-6-31 lira 20-J 3-0
IVe. 16-17-0
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Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub ford Jupiter is in the star of Saturn in II, So again in terms
1 Venus VII Rahu of sub also the planets Venus is rendered very week and
II Mars VIII Sun attained by more malefic native.
III Saturn IX Mercury This combination gives clue but the child has no full life
IV Saturn X Mercury
V Kethu XI Venus As the birth is in a common sign. Mercury is both a
VI Jupiter XII Rahu maraka and Bhadhaka when the horoscope was prepared, it
was Sun period and it was up to 4-3-1973.
Planets Sub lord Sub lord
Sun owns the Vlth cusp and is in Xth in its own star and
Sun Sun Saturn so the child was sickly from the birth and the sub lord of
Moon Sun Mercury Lagoa cusp as clearly indicated, tells very short life.
Mars .♦
Jupiter Rahu
Mercury Kethu Jupiter So I proceeded to find out the significators of II and Vllth
Jupiter Saturn Mercury which indicates death.
Venus Saturn Jupiter . Hod Bhava : Saturn is in the Bhava.
Saturn Venus Saturn Venus and Jupiter are in Saturn star.
Rahu Mars Mercury Lord of II is Mars.
Kethu Kethu Venus Rahu is in Mars star.
The parents doubted the child's longevity due to constant Vllth Bhava: No Planet in the Venus.
deteriorating condition and I was requested to examine the
9
Mercury owns Vllth.
Longevity. * No Planets in Mercury Star.
Our guruji wrote in the Volume II Krishnamurti This tells that Mercury is the shortest
Padhdhathi on page 41. planet to inflict death.

"If the ascendant sub is governed by a malefic the life is Therefore, summing up, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars,
short. This is very clear in the case of Twin birth, one lives Rahu and Mercury are the deep death eignificators arrived at.
other dies. The sub lord is the deciding factor. Lords of Sun is in the Sub of Saturn.
1, 5, 9, 10 are benefics. Lords of 6, and 12 are malefics.
Moon is in the star of Mercury a Maraka and Bhadhaka.
If Lord of 1,5, 9, end 10 also rule 6 or 8 or 12 consider
So all Planets except Kethu are malefics and this itself
planet as merely benefics.
telle the weak status of the child's Longevity.
Here the sub lord of the ascendant is Venus, Venus is the
lord of 8. In such position, we have to work out the RULING
PLANETS, to get proper guidance.
Venus has to give the clue if the child has full life or
not. So I worked out the RPs for 5-10 p.m. on 2-6-71 at
Venus is in the star of Saturn deposited in II a maraka- 13*-00780M7'.
sthana, Saturn owns Xllth also and so it is a badakasthana. Lagna was arrived at 211°-18'
The same sub lord Venus is in the sub of Jupiter. and Moon was in 153°-58'
I
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It was a Wednesday.
So the RPs are Mars, Jupiter, Sun, Mercury and Mars.
So I finalised that the child cannot five later than Jupiter LONGEVITY ASSESSMENT AND
Anthra In Mercury bukthi in Sun period. PREMATURE DEATH OF THE CHILD
MERCURY bukthi ends by 28-10-71 and Jupiter Anthra
rules from 9-8-71 to 19-9-71. I discuss below a peculiar horoscope of a female child
born on 12th January 1968 at 8-21 a.m. I.S.T. at 18° 7' N.
Out of RPs, SUN stands as Oasa Native, Mercury stands Lat. and 83-27 E Long.
as Bukthi native and JUPITER for Anthra Native.
Sidereal Time: Hrs. 15-47-22
Jupiter runs for 41 days.
Aayanamsa ; 23°-19'
How to pin point the day of event.
Now we have remaining 2 RPs jn Mars and Mercury.
Sat. 13-21 Rahu 0-5 IV 5-45 V 1-45
The demise should come when Mars and Mercury have a II 04-45 III 6-45 Moon 16-46 VI 26-45
say in this, during the above period.
It can be, the Luminary Moon transiting the Rasi of
Mercury, Mars star or Mars rasi Mercury star mostly,
Mars 8*50 VII 26-07
I have hinted the parents but (it is a (Pantra) period for
the child doing IVth month of August' 71 and ended further NIRAYANA BHAVA
CHAKRAM
correspondence. Ase
I 26-7 'Jupiter (R)
As already indicated the child passed away on 25-8-71 Mercury 11-49
at about 9-15 a.m. when it was Kettai star in Vrichika rasi, 6*27
duly ruled by Mercury and Mars respectively. Day is
Wednesday ruled by Mercury. Sun 27-42 Vcn 18-59 IX 6-45 VIII 04-45
XII 26-45 X 5-45 Ura 05-52
This is how the Longevixy and death has full control from Nep. 2-38 Ket 00-05
XI 01-45
the RPs and the Sub Lord of the lagna cusp.

The child passed away on the 27th January at 8-25 a m.

1ST on her 16th day of birth when the rising degree was in
Aquarius. Rahu star. Kethu sub. It was a Saturday when
Moon was transiting 9°-33' in Sagittarius, in Kethu star and
Saturn Sub. At the moment Sun was transiting CAPRICORN
13® the sign ruled by Saturn, star by Moon and Sub by Rahu,
Let me analyse the chart how the death has occured on
that day and time as predicted by me by using the advanced
Stellar system of astrology propounded by late Prof K.S K,
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On a general survey one can notice that the Moon, a Mercury in general, rules nervous system, Jupiter liver
strong marekhe for makara lagna Is in IVth bhava, Jupiter a complaints and circulation of blood in the Arteries, .Venus for
strong malefic (Vyayadhipathi) in Vllth bhava for Capricorn kidney troubles.
birth, Kethu and Uranus in the house of AYUSH the Vlllth,
The child died out of these complaints.
and Sani and Rahu in another marakha house, the llnd bhava.
Moon is aspected by Saturn and Mare. According to Krishnamurti Padhdhathi, the following are
the significators of deaths:
The ascendent is Capricorn, a movable sign. Hence the I

Xlth is the ^Bhadhakasthana. The Xlth falls at 1°-45' in 1. The planets posited in the constellation of the
Saggitarius in Jupiter sign, Kethu star and Venus sub. depositors of Bhadakasthana and Marakasthana.
Jupite,r, Mars and Moon are marekas for this Capricorn 2. The planets occupy the above houses.
lagna, and as Saturn the lagnadhipathi being in II, in its own
3. The planets is in the constellation of the lords of the
star, turn out to be an inveterate maraka.
above said house in Bhadhakha and Marakha.
In Krishnamurthi Padhdhathi. the sublord of the lagna
4. The lords of these houses.
cusp is the deciding factor, in assessing the longevity in any
birth chart y
5. Nodes connected to these houses.
The sublord of the ascendent is Jupiter and the same 6. The planets which are conjoined with these significa¬
planet is the lord of the sign where the Xlth cusp has fallen. tors and thus connected to these matters.
Hence Jupiter the sublord of the lagna cusp is the lord of
Bhadhakasthana. Jupiter is in the Vllth, a marakasthana is Let me analyse the houses II and VII.
in the 7th bhava in Leo, in the constellation of Kethu, a The llnd Bhava is occupied by Saturn and Rahu.
depositor of Vlllth bhava. As there is no planet in Jupiter
stars, Jupiter is the full bhadhakasthanadhipathi. And so it Saturn is in its own constellation Uthirathathi and hence
has been assumed that the life of the child is rather very short, powerful maraka. He is in the sub of Rahu a marakha. Mars
as the sub lord of the Asc. Jupiter is also a 1st class maraka, is in the constellation of Rahu. a maraka. Moon owns Vllth
being deposited in Vllth having no planet in its star. and is in its own star and in the sub of Saturn, Rahu is in
Aries, the sign owned by Mars and hence Rahu is powerful to
To be more detailed, one may note that the above lagna discharge its duties as maraka.
cusp sub lord apart from being the bhadakastanathipathi, and *

Stationed in marakasthana in the region of 120° to 132a-20' The Vllth is occupied by Jupiter (Retrograde). No planet
of Kethu, a depositor of VIIIth and also being in 131°-49' in Jupiter stars (Punarpoosam, Visakam and Poorattadhi).
happens to be in the sub of Mercury, lord of Vlth and Vlllth
Lord of Vllth bhava is Moon and as discussed above it is
cusps in the birth chart. in its own constellation Rohtni and hence powerful maraka.
So it can be told that the child must be ailing with some
serious, infectious disease, rendering the body to suffer very Jupiter is in Kethu star and Kethu is in VIII th, with
poor health. Uranus.
Disease is shown by the Vlth cusp, and Vlth house etc. In XIIth house in general threatens danger and end of an
this birth chart, Vlth is unoccupied, but the lord of Vlth cusp disintegration of this mortal frame. Sun and Mercury are in
is Mercury, and the cusp falls in Jupiter star and Venus sub. XII. Sun is in its own constellation in XII and Mercury Is
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also in Sun's star. Venus is in Mercury star. As there is no

cusp in Leo, Sun is a full sifgnficotor of XII and has more death
inflicting powers.
e

Hence the total significators of death are Saturn, Rahu,

Grand Father's Longevity and end Through
Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Sun and Mercury. Kethu also being a Grand Son's Birth Chart
Maraka as it is in Venus house and Mars star.
It is generally talked of that the birth of a child tells upon
When we calculate the Vimshothari Dasa system, the
the general fortunes or longevity of the parents and also other
child's ruling moon dasa, Saturn bukthi. Sun Anthra (from
nearer kith and kin etc. It is not completely correct. No one
11-1-1968 to 9-2-68) and Saturn sookhma (from 25-1-68 to
can change another's fortune or longevity. What Is already
29-1-1968).
ordained comes to pass.
At the 1st assessment of Lagna cusp, I noted that the
life was rather very short and the Dasa in progress was that It could be seen from the birth chart of a native all about
of Moon a powerful maraka, bukthi of Saturn, another his or her parents, wife or husband, grand father or grand
maraka. mother; and it is final that one cannot change another's
destiny.
It was Sun Anthra, a powerful Vrayakaraka imbibed with
maraka qualities being in XII in its own star on the Xllth cusp. Following is the birth chart of a child, to show, how the
Sun in 27°-42' and Xli cusp being 26*-15' in Sagittarius, in planetary forces reveal the events, es the birth of this child
the sub of Moon a very powerful maraka. coincided with the sudden demise of its grand father through
its mother.
So it was predicted that the child would not complete the
Anthra of Sun at all, as the Sun being a full Vrayakaraka and Our Guruji late Prof. K. S. Krishnamurti used to very
the Xllth cusp being imbibed with Vraya qualities only as the often say that the chart of a native indicates not only the
sub lord of Xllth is also Sun in its own star Uthiradam. events of one's own life, but also the matters that happened
or to happen in the lives of his or her nearest kith and kin
The child passed away on 27th January 1968, a Saturday
i.e.: father, mother, brother, grands and so on.
at 8.25 a.m. I.S.T. in the same place of birth.
At the moment of Death, the lagna degree fell in 314°-57' This child Chi. Chithananda was born on 19-11-1977,
Saturday at 3.59 p.m. at Madras.
in Kumbha lagna ruled by Saturn, in the constellation of Rahu
and Sub division of the constellation ruled by Kethu star.
Place of birth : Madras 13°-4/80°-l T
Sidereal Time Hra. 19-43-29
Ayanamsa of K.S.K. ; 23*26'

Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub ford Cusp Sub lord

1 Rahu V Saturn IX Moon
II Kethu VI Jupiter X Rahu
III Venus VII Rahu Xi Saturn
IV Moon VIII Kethu Xli Rahu
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Kethu ; III 4* 33' It is needless to say that the 12th for mere these three
I 07° 20'
19* 23'
Asc. II 07* 33' Jupiter (R) houses (i.e.. I, III, VIII) i.e., XII, II and VII are to be. taken as
XII 1* 33' 11* 36' Marakasthanas. (death inflicting houses).
1

IV (T 33' Bhadhakasthanas are more stronger inflicting death to a

Moon Mara 14° 51 native; and only with the influence of Bhadhakasthanas death
Fortuna
22* 13'49'
26* 02' is brought about.
NIRAYANA BHAVA V 28* 33'
CHART
Balance »o Jupiter Bhadhakasthanas: If the Ascendent falls bhava rasi
Daaa at birth : . (movable or cardinal sign) the Rishis have opined that the
XI 28“ 33' yrs. 13-3-26 days
Sat. 6* 39* Xlth is the badhakasthana.
X 0*33'
If the same ascendant fails in Sthira rasi (fixed sign) the
IXth, whereas the Ascendant falls Ubhayaa rasi (common
Mer. 20*51' VI 01* 33' signs) the Vllth is the badakasthana.
IX 4* 33' VIII 7* 33' Ven. 18*11' Rahu
VII 07* 20'
Sun 03* 32' 19* 23' Reverting to the matter under discussion, the death of
the maternal grand father (mother's father) had occurred on.
the very next day of the child's birth (roughly at the 26th hour
Planets Star lord Sub lord after the birth).
Sun Saturn Saturn The IVth house from the ascendant, indicates all matters
Moon Jupiter Saturn regarding the mother, and the IXth these from (u) the Xllth
Mars . Saturn Rahu cusp represents the maternal grand father. All matters about
Mercury Mercury Venus him are revealed in terms of Xllth cusp only.
Jupiter (R) Rahu Saturn
So we must treat the Xllth cusp as the ascendant of the
Saturn Kethu Rahu Maternal grand father; and proceed.
Venus Rahu Moon
Rahu Moon Mercury At the outset, we have to find out from the ascendant and
Kethu Mercury Venus its sublord, if the same signifies any of the maraka houses or
Fortuna Mercury Rahu bhadhakasthanas. If it is so indicating, we must take that the
life is very short or death to be imminent from the
Longevity of a person comes under the purview of I, II and birth of the child in terms of the signification of the sublord
Vlllth houses. of the Ascendent (here it is Xllth cusp).

1st house is very important to finalise one's longevity, Here the sublord of the Ascendant (Xllth cusp) is Rahu ;
whether or not it is short, medium, long i.e., above 66 days in and it is posited in the VII bhava from Meena (Pisces) which
a general way. is a Maraka house for Pisces lagna and has assumed another
house also as bhadhaka since Pisces is a common sign
Vlllth house tells the total period of one's life to suffer or (Ubhaya Rasi.)
otherwise lllrd also on similar lines a supporting factor to
So the lagna has bean rendered very very weak as Node
determine the length of one's life.
Rahu (as sublord of Ascendant) had attained the qualities of
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the house ot bhadhakasthana; and as a result Ruhu has Moon is there
XU house :
become the 1st rate killer. Rahu is in Moon's star MOON
Hastham. RAHU
Furthermore, the same Rahu is *in the star of Moon a Saturn owns the Xllth J-SATURN & MARS
depositor of Xllth bhava (from the Ascendant of grandfather), cusp SUN
as already explained XII is also to be taken as a death bring¬ Map and Sun are Sat.
ing house, and hence Rahu had also attained the Xllth house stars, Poosam, Anusam J
significators.
When the dealh of the maternal grand father had occured
Added to this Rahu is in the sub of Mercury who owns the child; then was running Jupiter Oasa, Saturn bukthi
the cusp on the VII, a maraka as well as Bhadaka house and Mercury Anthra. Sun sookshma on 20-11 -77 (Sun sookshma
deposited in its own star in Kettai in Vrichikem, the VII Ith rasi from 14-11-77 to 21-11-77). It was a Sunday, Uthirattadhi
in the Zodiac. star then ruling, owned by Saturn, Rasi Pisces ruled by
Jupiter, by about 5-50 p m. I.S.T. on 20-11-77, the demise
As the constellation lord of the death inflicting planet came when lagna degree running is Aries owned by Mars in
Rahu, being Moon (the fastest moving planet), one has to the constellation of Karthikai (1st pada) ruled by Sun.
finalise that the end will be rather very soon.
It will be interesting to note that the planets as indicated
According to Krishnamurti Padhdhathi, the following
above at that hour that brought about the demise of the
are the significators of death :
Maternal grand father, are in the subs indicated against each
1. Planets posited in the constellation of the occupants whose lords are death inflicting houses.
of houses II, VII, XII and bhadhakasthana.
Planet Sub lord House Signification
2. Planets occupying the above houses.
Jupiter Saturn XII
3. The Planets in the constellation of the lords of the Saturn Rahu VII
above houses. Mercury Venus VII
4. The lords of these houses. Sun Saturn XII
Mars Jupiter VII
5. Nodes connected to these houses.
This article is prepared only to show one's chart portrays
Ilnd house : No planets. clearly the methods of these connected to the native through
Mars own the cusp. I MARS blood. So, if mishap befalls to the nearest relative one
No planets in its stars
should not blame the child's birth for such happenings. We
Vil house and as Rahu is there *) are all aware that mirror reflects the object; and object is not
Bhadhakasthana : Jupiter and Venus are created by the mirror.
in Rahu’s stars. RAHU
Mercury owns the JUPITER
Vf Ith cusp and ^VENUS
deposited in IXth in its MERCURY
own star Kettai. KETHU
Ketu alone is in Merc.
Star Revathi. J
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Planets Star lord Sub lord

Jupiter Rahu Venua
The Demise of My Officer and K. P. Horary Venus Mercury Venus
Saturn (R) Jupiter Mercury
I was in Railways in Mechanical Department and my Rahu Mercury Mercury
Dy. CME/W was on Mr. M.N. Rao who was badly laid up in Kethu Moon Saturn
bed and, on the evening of 29-11-1974, I heard that he was
very bad. An urge came to know his immediate future so I Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord
resorted to Horary method of prediction under Krishnamurti 1 Moon VII Venus
Padhdhathi. II Jupiter VIII Jupiter
III Venus IX Venus
From opening a book, I took a number between 1 and 249.
IV Saturn X Saturn
It was 79. I took to working at 10-5 a.m 1ST on 1st December
V Mars XI Mars
1974. The place of judgement was Madras. 13°-4780e-17'.
VI Saturn Xll Saturn
Ayanamse used for 1974 was 23°-24'.
The Horary Map is hereunder: As the Dy. CME/W is my employer, it is necessary I must
look into the 10th house in the Horary chart as his Ascendant
1
1 Moon 5* 32' for my calculations regarding his recovery or demise.
Kethu
IX 21° 19' X 23* 19' 16* 50' Xll 23*19'
XI 23* 36' Saturn(R) To facilitate the students of K.P,, I rearrange the chart
24* 10'
marking the Xth cusp as Ascendant, Xlth and llnd and Xllth
»
i and lltrd and so on and take up for discussion,
VII 20° 19'
Jupiter I 22" 13' 20*
15* 51' Moon
N1RAYANA HORARY a

05* 32'
CHART Xll Officer Ket 16* 50' III 23* 19'
Balance in Mars period 21° 19' 1 23* 19' II 23* 36'
•
Saturn (R)
ai the moment : years 24* 40'
VII 0-7-5 days.
22* 13' 20* 11 20* 19'

XI 20* 19'
IV 22*I3'20*
V 23* 36' Jup. 15* 51'
Ve 23° 36' (Rearranged)
Horary Chart
VI 23* 19' Rahu 16*50' Mars 29*48' III 21* 19' Balance in Mara dasa
Sun 15* 11' IV 23° 19'
Mercury 0 y—7. m—5 days
_! 4* 56' X 22* 13'20* V 20* 19'

Planets Star lord Sub lord

Sun Saturn Jupiter VIU 23*36'
Ven. 21* 17'
Moon Mars Sun
IX 23* 19' Rahu 16*50' Mars 29* 48' VI 21° 19'
Mars Jupiter Moon San 15* 11* Vli 23* 19'
Mercury
Mercury Saturn Saturn 04* 56'
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At the out set, in such cases, we must look into the lagna On a superficial survey we note the-sign and star lords of
cusp sublord to decide if the longevity is short, medium or the lagna cusp are Mars and Venus and their position are not
long. favourable also. Even if they signify benericiai houses, I, V,
IX, and X, as we have discussed the strength of lagna cusp
The disposition of the sub lord of Ascendant, is the deci¬ sub lord to be potent with evil significations that will prevail
ding factor, this I have repeatedly told in other lessons too. on the sign lord Mars and star lord Venus, as, it has been
If the sub lord of the Ascendant is in the star of a planet reiterated that the Sub ford alone is the final and strongest
in Bhadhakasthana or Marakastana and also connected to VI, force to decide the length of life (longevity).
VIII & XII, you must RECKON his life is very short for that date
Significators of Marakha and Bhadakasthana :
itself, when we are examining and the demise is imminent.
llnd House : Owned by Venus and is in VII.
If the sub lord of the Ascendant is in the star of planets Venus owns VII too.
in I, V. IX and X. or owner of these houses, this tells that the No planet in Venus star.
native of the chart has a long life.
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Moon is in II.
For sthira lagnas, the IXth significator of Lagna cusp sub Kethu is in Moon star.
lord only portend short life. It does not help to give long Vllth House: Owned by Venus.
life on the contrary. No planet in Venus star.
If the sub lord of the Ascendant signifies both benefic.and Mars, Mercury, Sun, Rahu and Venus in VII.
malefic houses, life is middling. Moon is in Mars constellation.
Venus is in Mercury constellation.
hi the rearranged chart the native's lagna falls in (Aries) No planet in Sun constellation.
Mesha 23°-19' and it is chara rasi. SoXIth is the bhadhaka¬ Jupiter is in Rahu star.
sthana and Sani is the lord of Bhadakasthana. Kethu is in Rishabam owned by Venus.
The lagna cusp Sub lord divides the longevity. Hence it
Xlth house: No planet there.
is Saturn again. So the lagna cusp sub lord Saturn is the
Saturn owns the cusp.
owner of bhadakasthana. It is rather alarming.
Sun and Mercury are in Saturn stars.
And further the same Saturn in the star of Jupiter, owning
IX and XII. IX tells a long journey and XII tells emancipation Further Xth house tells about the- retirement from the
(Moksha), and the starlord Jupiter is deposited Xth which world and Xlfth house being negation to lagna and called
tell among other matters, the retirement from this world. house of Moksha, these two also are not auspicious while
considering the longevity.
So the sub lord of the Ascendant is rendered powerless to
a maximum degree to protect the life of the native. Further It was the Dasa of Mars, bukthi of Sun .Anthra of Venus,
more, Saturn, is in the sub cf Mercury who is deposited in the in progress, when I took up this matter. Bukthi of Sun was
star of Saturn again the Bhadakasthanathipathi and Mercury ruling upto 6-12-74 and it was the Anthra of Venus.
lords Vlth cusp too. At the moment of judgement, it was a Sunday and Moon
Summing up, the desposition of Saturn, protends was in Gemini 5e-32' and iagna was in Capricorn In Uthra-
immediate fatal situation. fhada star in 8°-17'.
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Day : Sunday Sun Sun
Moon: Rasi lord Mercury Mercury LONGEVITY
Star lord Mars Mars
Sub lord Sun One of my friends, leading fleet owners of Bombay
Saturn
Lagna : Rasi lord province wanted to know when his old ailing mother relieved
Saturn Venus of pains from cancer and reach the lotus feet of the Almighty.
Star lord Sun
Sub lord Venus I desired him to get a number regarding this from his
mother itself. (Any number between 1 and 249).
„k 1 ,l"all“d ,hat ,he d0ath is very near and it ahould Number 25 was uttered by her and I worked out the
Venus anV" s ^ ?' Ma,i' buk,hl °< Sun- A">»» «l Horary chart at 10 a.m. on 8th April 1970. Place 22°-3l' N.
!7,‘™ °f Marc“'» whish falls between
^-12-1974 and 4-12-1974.
Lat. §

This number stands for 3°-0'-0'. Taurus rises as

He passed away on the evening of 3rd December 1974 on Ascendant. The other cusps are worked out for the latitude<?f
a Tuesday when Moon was in Poosam star of Saturn, in the the place where from I am working with the help of Raphaei*s
even.ng by about 7-30 p.m. when it was Mithuna lagna of Table of Houses, duly the sayana position of the 12 cusp
Mercury with lagna degree having Mars star. deducting the Krishnamurthi Ayanamsa 23°-20' for the year
1970.
This position of the planets are worked out for 10-00 a.m.
on 8-4-1970.
Number given : 25 (1-249)
Time and date : 10-00 a.m. 1ST on 1 -4-1970. Wednesday.
Place of workout the Horary : 22°-31' N. Lat.
73°-00' E. Long.
Balance in Venus period : Years 8 y—11 m—17 d.

Cusp Sub Lord Cusp Sub Lord

1 Saturn VII Rahu
II Saturn VIII Saturn
III Saturn IX Saturn
IV Venus X Kethu
V R8hu XI Mars
VI Rahu XII Rahu
To tell the nature of query the position and its bhava
connections of Moon, one gets guided,
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The Horary Chart is as under:— Here the Vlllth house lord is Mars and no planets in the
|Mer 10* 20' « constellation of Mars. So Mars is very powerful.
XII Ven. 12*33'
25° 50' 30' Sat 15* 40' I 03* 00' <)0' III Further the Vlllth cusp sub lord is Saturn. Saturn is ift
Sun Mood II 29* 50' 30' 239 50' 30* the constellation of Venus, a Maraka house Saturn is In the
24u 34' 20* 42' 25' Sub of Sun who is represented by Kethu. Kethu is also in the
Mar# 29*20'1
star of Venus a Maraka.
XI
19* 50' 30' Saturn is represented by Rahu, in whose star Jupiter is
Rahu IV I9*50'30' posited. So Jupiter has some tinge of total disease and
16*48' further having no planet in its star. Jupiter owns IXth the
bhadhakas house and is deposited in Vlth the house of
disease.
Kethu
X 23*50'30' 16* 48' According to Vimshottari Dasa system she is runn ing
V 19* 50' 30' Horary period of Venus, bukthi of Jupiter (From 25-5-69 to
25-1-72).
Venus owns llnd cusp and is in Xilth duly opposed by
IX VIII
29*50'30' Jupiter (R)
VI 25*50'30'
Jupiter from Vlth, owning IXth.
23° 50' 30' 9* 21'
VII 3° 00'
Jupiter is in Vlth and owns IXth and no planets in its
5 Stars. So a cent percent killer.

Here Moon is in the Xilth bhava in the star of Venus. So demise should come in this bukti itself. In which
Venus owns the llnd a maraka house and is in the sub of Anthra ?
Jupiter, owner of IX cusp, Bhacthakasthana for Taurus Lagna. To decide the same, we resort to the system of ruling
So Moon's position tells the Nature of query in her mind planets proposed by our Guruji Late Sri K S. K.
regarding her demise. At this hour of 10 a.m. on 8-4-70 when we have worked
out this Horary, the Lagna is running in Rohini star Venus
To fix the Longevity of the querist, K.P. advocates the Rasi (Rishabham) and so Moon and Venvs are R.Ps.
assessment through the Lagna cusp and its sub lord.
It is Bharani constellation and so Venus and Mars are
The sublord of ascendant is Saturn. Saturn is in Xilth RPs.
and no planets in its stars. So he is the full significator of ft is Wednesday so Mercury is the day lord.
Xilth house, fhis portends bedriddenness or hospitalisation.
Now she is completely bedridden. So Venus, Moon, Venus, Mars, Mercury are the ruling
planets. (RPs.)
The same Saturn is in the sjar of Venus in XII. owning So I have chosen Venus Anthra for the demise to come
llnd a maralcasthane. So Saturn is a maraka. when Sun transits the sensitive degree formed by these RPs.
is preferably when it passes Venus Rasi (Libra), Mars, Star
Further the Saturn is in the sub of sub signifying Xilth. (Chithirai 3 and 4 Pada) Mdon sub which worked out to be
This deepens the matter and telis the longevity is rather very • 185°-33'-20" to 186<>-40'-0" (Falls on 23rd and 24th October
short and the demise is nearing. 1970).
According to K. S. K. the total disease is shown by the She passed away exactly at 12-30 p.m. on 23-10-1970
significators of Vllth Bhava and the Vlllth cusp Sub lord. when Lagna degree was ruling through Ohanus which con¬
tains the IXth cusp which is a badhaka de gree for stira Rasi.
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At expected by me, the new born child passed away on

the fifteenth day and the demise took place on 11-1-72, at
CHILD BIRTH AND SHORT LIFE 1-10 a.m.
On 14-12-1971 I was approached by one of my friends
who was expecting birth of a child through his wife, already I started analysing the event of the demise of the child
much advanced in age. He wanted to know when she will and the birth chart is as follows
deliver.

Immediately the ruling planets were worked out, and I VI Saturn

Moon
did not take any number from him, as the delivery was expec¬ 29-19 19-43-40 07-19 IX 25-19
ted any moment. Mars VIII
1 VII 25-55
7-46 1 25-19
11

Star Lord-Rahu, 1l

Rasi Lord-Venus,
Lagna star Lord-Rahu, Kethu 13-30
V 29-19 Nirayana Bhava X 27-19
Rasi Lord-Saturn, Chakram
Day Lord-Mars. Ayanamsa :
23*21' (K.S K.)
Balance in Venus Period
The delivery should take place when the sensitive point IV 27-19 Yrs. 10-4-26 days.
Rahu 13-30 XI 29-19
in the zodiac conjointly ruled by the combination of the above Venus 12-22
Ruling planets is transmitted by Lumineries.
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Jup. 28-05
I selected the combination in Mars sign (Aries) and the III 25-19 Uranus
constellation of Venus and sub of Rahu (Saturn rejoined as it 111 25-19 : Mercury 24-39
1 25-55 XII
has been retrograde. Sun 12-08 70-24
Neptune 29-19
10-38
The above combination falls in ARIES from 18°«6'-40* to
20-6-40.
Date of birth: 27/28-12-71
When Moon transit the above sensitive degree i e. by 27/
28-12-1971 and it was worked out to be around 3-00 to 3-12 Time : 3-8 a.m. I.S.T.
(night) night of 27th.
Place : 18°-4V N.L. 82°-50' E.L.
it was then predicted to him that the delivery will take Siderial Time: Hrs. 9-32-15
place on the night of 27th December 1971.
Ayanamsa : 23°-21'.of Sri K.S-K.
Later he informed me that the delivery took olace exactly
at 3-08 a.m, on the night of 27-12-71 as was predicted.
Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord
He asked me to prepare that birth chart of the new born
child and I did it as per K.P. and as perused it, I doubted the l Kethu V Sun IX Mercury
survival of the child and hence I did not reveal that I prepared II Rahu Vt Saturn X Jupiter
the chart and advised him to remind me after a month, III Mercury VII Kethu XI Rahu
IV Jupiter VIII Rahu XII Saturn
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Planets Star lord Sub lord On the day of demise it was Rahu sookshma (from 6-1-72
Sun Kethu Mercury to 13-1-72).
Moon Venus Rahu Dasa Lord Venus is in closer proximity to R.ahu, who by
Mars Saturn Kethu virtue of a Node representing the Maraka Saturn and for the
Mercury Mercury Venus Venus is the Lord of the 8th posited in the constellation of
Jupiter Mercury Saturn Moon in VI. This combination invariably cause danger to
Venus Moon Rahu
the life.
Saturn Sun Kethu
Rahu Moon Rahu Bukthi Lord Rahu (as above) represents Saturn In
Kethu Saturn Kethu Marakasthanam.
Anthra lord Sun is Marakasthanam. owning the Xlth cusp
While judging'the longevity of a person, one has to a Bhadhakasthanam.
consider the Bhadhakasthana and Marakasthanas.
Sookshma Lord is Rahu a maraka, duly semi squared by
A word about Bhadhakasthana. They are as under Jupiter from Marakasthanam (45°!
For Chara Rasis (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) Xlth Hence the cemise had taken piace which it is Venus
is the Bhadakasthana. Dasa) Rahu Bukti, Sun Anthra and Rahu sookshma operated.
For Sthira Rasis (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) IXth
is the Bhadhakasthanam.
For Owiswabhava Rasis (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius,
Pisces, Vllth is the Bhadakasthana.
I
t

For all lagnas irrespective, the II and Vllth are Maraka-

sthanas, Xllth also to be judged as it is to the house of loss
as regards to the Birth (Lagna).,
According to Krishnamurthi Padhdhati. if the Sub lord
of the ascendant becomes the significator of either Bhadaka¬
sthana or Marakasthana or both life will be very short.
Here the sub lord of the ascendant is Kethu. Kethu is the
IXth and is in star of Saturn in the Vllth bhava (a Maraka¬
sthana) and it is in the Sub of Rahu who as node represents
Saturn in Marakasthanam. This combination portends very
short life and as already noted the child passed away on the
15th day.
On the day of the birth of this child it was Venus Major
period, bukthi of Rahu and Anthra of Sun. (Sun Anthra from
26-12-71 to 20-2-72) Sookshma of Sun,
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Now let use discuss Dasa Bukthi that brought about the
LONGEVITY OF A COUPLE demise of tha life partner.
The demise came in the major period of Kethu, bukthi of
The native is born on a Monday the 19th February 1912
Saturn and Anthra of Venus.
at 9°-55'N and 78°-16' E.
The Dasanatha Kethu is in the X Bhava in lagna of Vllth
The birth chart is as under: cusp and in the constellation of Mars in Vlth from Vllth. This
«
does not augur well, as he is a Vrayakaraka for Vllth.
Rahu
1-57 XII 12-58 i 11-58 Buktinadha Saturn owns Vlllth (i.e. Ilnd from Vllth) and
X 7-58 XI 10-58 Mars Neptune
Saturn 14-47 28-54 no planets in its star and so he is a first class maraka for Vllth.
21-52 1 Antharanatha Venus is in 2°-15' Makara. This tells that
i S

he is in the star of Sun. Sun is in the Vlllth Bhava (i.e. Ilnd

Moon
19-39 from Vllth) Venus also a powerful maraka.
IX 06-58 IT 07-58
Sun 06-50 AYANAMSA: Incidentally she passed away in Venus sookshma itself.
22° 33'
Mercury Balance in Rahu Dasa : Seif:—His Lagna is Gemini 11°-53\ It is a common sign
27-10 0 y—5 nv—10 days (Dwiswabhava Rasi) and so the Vllth is the badhakasthanam.
VIII 07-58
Uranus 8-33 MI 06-58 Ilnd and Vllth are Marakosthanam.
Venus
21-05 1 At the on set, we must lock into the Sub lord of the Lagna
•— • »<• • •» • Ml •• • • t *• ♦»- wm. W MW I -• . ...
cusp. Here it is Saturn.
11 Jupiter V 10-58
VII 11-58 1 20-12 Kethu IV 7-58 Saturn is in Xlth Bhava and no planet in its star. Hence
VI 12-58 1-57 he is a tull significator of Xivn.
1
<k
i!
This position promises a long life. How the Sub lord
Longevity of wife: As has been told in the previous Saturn signifies fully XI, and as he is posited in the star of
pages, longevity should be first assumed from Lagna only. Venus owning Vth he attains the signification of Vth and
The sub Lord of Lagria cusp reveals the position. Saturn owns IXth cusp and he is the full significator of IXth,
since you find no planet in its star.
To find out the longevity of wife, you must judge the
The sub lord Saturn signifies V, IX and XI and this
same from the Vllth cusp ana its Sub Lord Here in this
contributes poornayush for the native of this horoscope and
chart, the Vllth cusp falls in Dhanus 11 “-58° and the Sub lord
is Mercury. he still lives.
Let us discuss his span of life.
Mercury is deposited with star of Mars in the XIHh House,
i.e. Vlth from the Vllth Cusp Hence this portends a sickly Now it is Venus period from 29-7-1971 to 27-7-1991.
life and does not contribute to poornayush as the star lord The significator of death inflicting houses,
Mars in the vraya bhavadhipathi in terms of Vllth House.
Ilnd Moon owns the Ilnd
Accordingly the native's wife passed away on 18-10*69. No planet in ilnd
 Mars alone in its stars,
and Rahu a node tenants Mars house Aries Longevity—How Stellar Astrology
Vllth (Marakasthanam and Bhadhskasthanam for Gemini)
Precisely Predicts
Jupiter owns the Vllth, My friend's daughter had been sick for a long period. She
No Planet in Jupiter star. was under medical treatment ot experts, but she had only
So Jupiter is a Maraka and Bhadhaka. temporary relief and she fell seriously ill again.
Venus is in Vllth. These are planets in its star and Venus On seeing her gradually deteriorating health condition, I
in the star of Sun in Vlllth and owns IVth both life giving felt an urge to find out if she would survive for long.
houses. (So Venus is not a Maraka dasa) So I took a number on her behalf and worked out the
Saturn is in the Venus Star. Horary chart.
Xllth :—Mars is in Xllth I found that her disease was incurable and her life was
and Mercury and Kethu is in Mars stars. short after that day, and worked out the date of her expiry to
be 7-1-1980 and actually left her physical world about
Rahu is in Mesha representing Mars in Xllth
owning Vlth. 10-00 a.m. on Monday 7-1:1980, as predicted.
The particulars of the chart and my analysis are furnished
So Rahu attains these significators.
below:
Sun and Moon are in Rahu star. The query was judged at 8-00 a.m. Thursday, 20-12-1979
Summing up. Sun, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars are at 20e-1V N Lat. and 85°-40'E Long.
powerful marakas. Horary No. 73 (between 1 and 249)
So demise will come in Sun period. Moon bukthi, Jupiter K.S.K. Ayanamsa used : 23°-26' for 1979.
Anthra and Mars sookshma only not Saturn Sookshama as it 1 1

is now 7-40 p.m, on 18-3-86 and day is ruled by Mars being i

Tuesday and it is Mrigasira star day. XI 08*28 X 10-28 XI 12-28 . XII 13-28 I

Kethu
9-41
VIII l 12-53-20
08-28 N1RAYANA
Horary Chart
Ayanamsa : 23-2S II 08-28
Balance in Venus .period Rahu
VU 12-53-20 Yrs. 19-3-0 days
Venu* 9-4
. 3-14 iup 16-42
Mars
1 17-49
“1

Moon Mercury
- 13-50 16-48 Sat 3-6
VI 13-28 IV 10-28
V 12-28 III 0&-28
Sun 4-2
 92 93
Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord Cusp Sub lord Since the ascendant falls in a maraka sign, the Xlth is the
1 Rahu V Mars IX Venus Bhadhakasthana while II and Vllth are Marakasthanas. Rahu,
II Jupiter VI Venus X Saturn the sub lord of the ascendant is in the llnd, a marakasthana in
Ml Venus VII Rahu XI Rahu the star of Kethu in Vlllth.
IV Saturn VIII Rahu XII Mercury
Kethu in turn is the agent of Saturn, lord of VII th a
Planets Star lord Sub lord marakasthana and also Vlllth.
Sun Kethu Moon Rahu is also conjoined with JUPITER, lord of Vlth,
Moon ■ Venus Venus placed in the constellation of the Xlth lord of Vlth.
Mars Venus Mars
Mercury Mercury Mercury Thus Rahu, the sub lord of the ascendant is being
Jupiter Venus Moon connected to II, VI, VII, VIII and XI. Thus it is clear that the
Venus Sun’ Saturn persons will not live long enough.
Saturn Sun Saturn The sub lord of the Vlllth cusp, points to the place of
Rahu Kethu Jupiter death and mode of death.
Kethu Rahu Jupiter
Rahu, the sub lord of the Vlllth cusp, strongly represents
The houses VI, VIII and XII tell about disease, danger a Jupiter and Mars by association. Both Jupiter, Mars are in
separation respectively. the star of Venus. Lord of IV and XI in VI. This combination
The houses XI and V indicate cure. gives an inference that the patient would breath her last in
her own house (IVth house) due to disease (Vlth house), with
The sub lord of the Xlth cusp is Rahu. Rahu is with all her relatives around her (IVth again). It is a surprising
Jupiter, lord of Vlth in the llnd (Marakasthana) fact the natives, brother and father arrived just an hour before
her last moments while all other relatives were already around
Jupiter is in the star cf the lord of Xlth (Bhadhakasthana)
her in the house.
in the Vlth and the sub of Moon ascendant lord in VI.
» •
Death comes off during the conjoint period of the
Rahu itself is in the llnd (Marakasthana) in the star of
significators of the maraka and bhadhaka houses. VIZ: II,
Kethu in 8, and in the sub lord of Jupiter occupant of II and
VII and XL
significator of VI and Xlth being deposited in the star of
Venus. Thus the sub lord of Xlth indicate disease and danger
llnd house : llnd is owned by Sun.
to life and no cure.
Rahu, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are the
Rahu is also the sub lord of the Vllth cusp, Vllth cusp
occupants.
and Lagna cusp.
Kethu is in the star of Rahu.
The sub lord of the Lagna cusp is the deciding factor to
find out whether the longevity of the patient is short or No planets is in the star of Jupiter, Mars and
medium, or long after the date of the Judgement. Saturn.

As stated already, the sub lord of the Lagna cusp is Rahu. Venus and Saturn are in the stars of Sun.
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Vllth house : VII is vacant. Among the final ruling planets(i.e. Venus, Rahu and
Saturn owns Vllth. Moon) Venus as the lord of the Dasa Bukthi and Moon as the .
Anthra are in action..
No planets is in Saturn star. #

Kethu is in the Vllth. The remaining ruling planet Rahu should come into
action as the sookshma lord to deal with the life of the
As node Kethu represents Saturn, the sign lord patients.
and so Kethu represents Vllth too.
Rahu sookshma operates for 15 days from 24-12-79 to
Sun and Rahu are in Kethu's star.
9-1-1980.
Xlth house : No planet represents Xlth house. Since the patient's life cannot extend beyond 9-1-1980
Venus owns the Xlth cusp. and this date is just less than a month from the date of
Moon, Mars and Jupiter are in the stars of judgement.
Venus. I took the Moon’s transit to determine the date of demise.
Even Mercury has the power of inflicting death as it Moon should transit the sign of Dasa and Bhuthi lord
owns the Xllth cusp, (separation): Thus ail planets are in Venus and also the bhadhakasthana. Taurus in Moon star,
some manner or other, connected with death .inflicting Rahu sub.
influence. r • This occurs on the night of Sunday the 30th December
At such situations, we must resort to ruling planets for 1979, between 8-30 p.m. and 11-50 p.m. when Moon wifi be
cuspal guidance. transiting its own star.
In the Horary chart. Moon itself in the lord of lagna, as
The RPs. or the time of judgement are as follows :
such the end cannot come. .
Jupiter rules the day.
Hence the patient should escape death, in such a transit
Moon sign lord—Jupiter.
of the Dasa bukti lords.
Moon star lord—Venus.
Lagna sign iord—Jupiter. The next such possible position of Moon's transit in the
Lagna star lord-Sun. star of Venus, the dasa and bukti lord. It’s star Pooram falls
Moon sub iord'—Venus. in Leo, coinciding the llnd marakasthana.
Lagna sub lord—Moon.
(Leo is ruled by Sun, where the Rp. Rahu is there.)
As Rahu is in Leo, Rahu also is RP.
Moon transists this point on Monday the 7-1 -1980 and the
Thus the RP's are Jupiter ,Rahu, Venus, Sun and Moon. native died at 10-00 a.m. when Moon transitted Pooram of
Venus and Sub of Moon.
Among Ruling Planets, Rahu being a node stronger than
the Rasi Lord Sun, Jupiter with whom he is conjoin.
So we find RPs are Rahu, Venus and Moon.
At the time of judgement, the dasa and Bukthi of Venus
and Anthra and Sookshma of Moon was in operation.
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Date : 24-4-1973
Time : 1-00 p.m. I.S.T.
Doctor Gives Number to Know the Place : 18'-41'/82u-45'
Longevity of the Patient Blance in Venus period
at the moment of judgement: Years 0—5—19 days.
I wanted to meet a Doctor friend of mine, who was at
that moment making some medical check up on a patient who Mercury Sun’10* 14'
17' 10® Ket. 17* 57'
was then struggling for survival. With much uncertainty, Ven. 14* 27' V 17* 8' 28' VI 18* 8'28'
111 IV 15*8'28' Sat. 24° 21'
perhaps, the Doctor was treating that patient. 16*48' 12'j

When he saw me, as he already knows me as an

astrologer, wanted my astrological advise regarding the II 11* 8'28'
VII
longevity of that patient. 14* 53'20' ,
1I
11. Balance in Venus
I asked him for a number between 1 and 249 and he said i1 Period Yrs. 0-5-9 days.
74, with least hesitation. Mars 26® 51'! VIII
Jup. 16® 42'
11* 8' 28*
A Horary chart was erected with 14°-53'-20' Kataka as 1 14® 53'20'
the point of lagna, this being the point corresponding to
1A, according to K.P. method of zodiacal division. Moon
j 26* 20' 23'
The Nirayana Horary chart is as under: Xli IS*8'28' XI 17j*8’28' X 15° 8' 28' IX 11* 8' 28,
Rahu 17*51'

iMcrc 17*10'■ Sun 10* 14' XI 17°8'28* j Ket. 17*51' At the outset, let me first settle which house describes
IX ir8'28‘. Ven. 14*27'- Sat. 24*21' XII 18®8'28' the patient for whose longevity, the Doctor himself had given
X 15* 8' 28'
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thenumber.

I VIII
1 In astrological parlance, the lagna always denotes and
1 r S' 28' I 14® 33'20* stands for the person who makes the query, in this instance
the doctor.
nirayana horary
CHART The Vllth house is said to show his patient. So the Vllth
Mars 26° 7'
Jup. 16*42' house is to be assumed by the astrologer, to represent the
I VII 11 11* 8' 28'J patient.
14* 33' 20'
| As the Vllth house in this chart under examination fails
1
! Moon in Makara 14°-53'-20% this point for all purposes constitutes
26* 20' 23' as lagna of the patient and proceed as such.
VI I8°8'28' V 17* 8' 28' IV 15®8'28' ]III 1 l-8'-S'|
Rahu 17*31' Only to make the students understand the procedure I
_i again put the Horary map. making the Vllth as lagna of the
patient, Vlllth as II and so on.
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As regards to death inflicting houses, astrofogical texts Xllth house: Moon is posited there.
hold that llnd and Vllth houses which are the opposing
Jupiter is in Moon star and Jupiter lords
houses to the houses of longevity is Vlllth and 1st and also
in this cusp.
strong in relation to the Vlllth and lllrd which relates to
longevity. The Xllth house stand for Mokshasthana, the No planets in Jupiter constellation.
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house of liberation of soul and slso being a negating force to Hence Moon and Jupiter signify this
lagna that governs the body. nouse.
In addition to this we have to take into account the and Jupiter is powerful to promote the
Bhadakasthana also. If lagna falls in chare Rasi, Xlth is the affairs of Xllth houge.
bhadakasthana, if in sthira Rasi (Xth, and if it falls in
Dwiswathara (common sign) Rasi Vllth. Xlth house (Bhadhakasthana):
Rahu is placed there.
As per Prof. K.S K., Bhadhakasthana plays a major role
in inflicting death. • Kethu alone occupies Rahu's star.
Mars owns the Xlth cusp and Saturn is in
First we must look into the lagna cusp sub lord to deter*
mine the lengths of longevity of the patient. It is 14o-53'-20' Mars Star.
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in Merakam. So the sub lord is Jup'ter. Hence Rahu, Kethu, Mars, Saturn are
bhadhakas.
Jupiter is in lagna bhava, in the star of Moon the mara-
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kasthanadhipathi and is placed in [Xllth the mokshasthana. While judging this matter, it was Venus major period,
Further the same Jupiter is in the sub of Saturn owner of bukthi of Kethu and thh anthra of Jupiter (11-4-73 to
II and no planets in Saturn star and in If. and Saturn is a 7-6-73) and sookshma of Saturn in operation.
aignificator of bhadhakasthana (Xlth house.) Dasanatha Venus is in its own star and owns Xth cusp.
Jupiter is along with Mars, the bhadakasthanadhlpathi Xth tells about a native's last journey. If other factors lead
and Jupiter owns the Xllth cusp also. towards maraka position then the Xth will tend towards death
also as it stands for long journey and thus Venus assumes
All these combinations go a long way to tell that the Maraka powers.
patient has the shortest longevity possible.
Bukhthinatha is Kethu. Kethu is in the star of Rahu in
Let us determine who are all the marakas: the Xlth the Bhadhakasthana.
llnd House : It is vacant.
Antharanatha Jupiter, as detailed above, he is above a
Owned by Saturn.
powerful maraka being in the star of Moon owner of Vllth and
No planets in Saturn star.
in XII and also Jupiter owns Xllth cusp.
So Saturn is the sole significator of llnd.
Vllth House : No planet here too. Sookshmanatha Saturn is the sole significator of llnd and
Moon rules the home. also attains bhadhska powers having been placed in Mars
Jupiter tenents moon star. star and Mars being the Bhadhaka, as it owns Xlth cusp.
So Moon and Jupitet are Vllth According to Krishnamurthi Padhdhathi, the planets who
significators. conjointly govern the lagna cusp show long long life.’ provided
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they are the significators of I and V. If they are eignificators
of II, VII and bhadhakasthanathey prove fatal and brin*n about
early death.
In this Horary chart, the lagna cusp is ruled by Saturn as
Rasi lord, by moon as constellation lord and by Jupiter as
sub lord.
As I have already discussed above, Saturn, Moon and
Jupiter'are invested with very strong maraka and bhadhaka
powers.
After the examining the factors I had no illusion regarding
the patient's survival and indicates that he will succmmbleany
moment when lagna transists the star poorvashadha, as the
three planets ruling Moon's position, Jupiter as Rasi lord,
Venus as star lord, and Kethu as sub lord, shall have maraka
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powers.
And it happened and the demise came on that night by
about 11. p.m. and the lagna must have been, transiting
Dhanus of Jupiter, Poorvashads of Venus and sub of Kethu.