Pārāśara-rājamārga
BPHS Royal Road — The Pārāśara Path in Depth
BPHS is the foundational text of all post-classical jyotiṣa. Its 97 chapters cover everything from cosmogony to longevity-computation. This path traces seven of its most-load-bearing chapter-clusters, each paired with engine surfaces where applicable.
Pārāśara establishes the kārakatva matrix — what each graha rules and signifies. The interpretive 'cross-reference' that pairs with bhāva-analysis.
Pārāśara's framework of 16 divisional charts (vargas) — D1 (rāśi) through D60 (ṣaṣṭyaṃśa). Each varga is a microscopic focus on one life-domain.
Pārāśara's six-strength framework — sthāna, dik, kāla, ceṣṭā, naisargika, dṛk — each measuring a different facet of a graha's interpretive weight.
Pārāśara's yoga-system — Nābhasa, Ravi, Candra, Rāja, Daridra, Dhana, Āyur, Viśeṣa, Nīca-bhaṅga, Aṅgāraka. Ten consecutive chapters on planetary combinations.
Pārāśara's daśā-framework — Vimśottarī as the primary cycle for Kali-yuga, with Aṣṭottarī, Yoginī, Kālacakra, and four lower-level sub-divisions.
Pārāśara's 8-source bindu (point) system — sarvāṣṭakavarga, bhinnāṣṭakavarga, trikoṇa-śodhana, ekādhipya-śodhana, piṇḍa-sādhana.
Pārāśara on marriage — 7th bhāva, navāṃśa (D9), Aṣṭakūṭa compatibility, and Ch. 71 on antardaśā-results that condition timing.
First-principles introduction — 27 nakṣatras, 12 rāśis, 9 grahas, the 5-limb pañcāṅga, and the construction of the sidereal chart.
Trace five foundational chapters of the Phaladīpikā — Maṇṭreśvara's 15th-century synthesis. Covers graha-svarūpa, Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa yogas, lagna-phala, āyurdāya, and muhūrta.
Six modules through the Upadeśa-sūtras of Maharṣi Jaimini — chara-kāraka theory, ārūḍha, cara-daśā, sthira-daśā, nārāyaṇa-daśā, and rāśi-dṛṣṭi. The terse-aphorism school that runs parallel to Pārāśara.
Five modules on practical use — muhūrta selection, praśna methodology, varṣaphala analysis, aṣṭakūṭa compatibility, and daily nakṣatra-mantra practice. Computation in service of practice, not prediction.