Module 2 of 7 · Pārāśara-rājamārga

षोडश-वर्ग-अध्यायः

Ṣoḍaśa-varga-adhyāya

BPHS Ch. 7–8 — Special Lagnas and the 16 Divisional Charts

~90 min · 1 prerequisite(s)

Pārāśara's framework of 16 divisional charts (vargas) — D1 (rāśi) through D60 (ṣaṣṭyaṃśa). Each varga is a microscopic focus on one life-domain.

Viṣaya-sūcī · Topics
  • The 16 divisional charts (vargas): D1, D2, D3, D4, D7, D9, D10, D12, D16, D20, D24, D27, D30, D40, D45, D60
  • Which varga measures which domain (D9 = marriage/fortune; D10 = career)
  • Vargottama — same sign in D1 and D9, a major strength-condition
  • Pārāśara's special lagnas (Ch. 7) — bhāva-lagna, hora-lagna, ghaṭi-lagna

1. Saṃkṣepa

साराशं · विषय-विस्तारःSāra-aṃśa · Viṣaya-vistāraSummary — the topic unfolded

Vargas (divisional charts) are one of Pārāśara's most distinctive contributions. The idea: take a single graha's position in the rāśi-cakra (D1), then divide that 30° sign into N parts (where N = 9 for navāṃśa, 10 for daśāṃśa, 12 for dvādaśāṃśa, etc.) and re-map. The graha's varga-position is its position in the N-times-zoomed-in chart. Each varga then 'reveals' the graha's behaviour in a specific life-domain.

BPHS Ch. 8 enumerates the 16 vargas with computational rules. Ch. 10 (Varga-viveka) tells you which varga to consult for which question — D9 for marriage and fortune, D10 for career, D7 for children, D12 for parents, D60 for past-life carry-over. Ch. 9 introduces the vargottama condition: when a graha occupies the same rāśi in D1 and D9, it gains substantial strength. This is one of the most-checked dignity conditions in interpretive practice.

2. Śāstra-Pramāṇa

शास्त्र-प्रमाण · ग्रन्थ-निर्देशाःŚāstra-pramāṇa · Grantha-nirdeśāḥClassical anchors — textual references
BPHSCh. 7

Viśeṣa-lagna-nirūpaṇam — bhāva-lagna, hora-lagna, ghaṭi-lagna.

BPHSCh. 8

Ṣoḍaśa-varga-adhyāya — the 16 divisional charts, D1 through D60.

BPHSCh. 9

Vargottama — when a graha occupies the same sign in D1 AND D9.

BPHSCh. 10

Varga-viveka — which varga to use for which question.

All anchor references map to chapter structures in our annotated library at /library. We point to topics — the Jyotiṣī interprets, the substrate computes; we do not predict from these texts on your behalf.

3. Abhyāsa

अभ्यासः · प्रयोग-मार्गःAbhyāsa · Prayoga-mārgaPraxis — the path of application

Engine surfaces (substrate compute)

/varga/divisional-strength/special-lagna

Exercises

  1. Computation

    Open /varga for any chart. Compare D1 (rāśi) and D9 (navāṃśa). Identify any graha that sits in the same sign in both — that graha is vargottama.

  2. Computation

    Open /divisional-strength. The engine computes each graha's strength across multiple vargas. Note which graha gains the most strength when going from D1 to D9 — this typically indicates an area of post-30 maturation.

4. Agrima

अग्रिमम् · पथः निरन्तरःAgrima · Pathaḥ nirantaraNext — the continuing path
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ग्रहाधिकार-अध्यायः
Grahādhikāra-adhyāya

Pārāśara establishes the kārakatva matrix — what each graha rules and signifies. The interpretive 'cross-reference' that pairs with bhāva-analysis.

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षड्बल-गणित-अध्यायः
Ṣaḍbala-gaṇita-adhyāya

Pārāśara's six-strength framework — sthāna, dik, kāla, ceṣṭā, naisargika, dṛk — each measuring a different facet of a graha's interpretive weight.

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