Module 5 of 6 · Jaimini-mārga

नारायण-दशा

Nārāyaṇa-daśā

Nārāyaṇa-Daśā — Cara-Daśā for the Ārūḍha

~70 min · 2 prerequisite(s)

An extension of cara-rāśi-daśā computed from the ārūḍha-lagna rather than the lagna. Used for analyzing how the projected-self evolves over time.

Viṣaya-sūcī · Topics
  • Nārāyaṇa-daśā — cara-daśā computation starting from ārūḍha-lagna
  • Why from AL — to time events of the 'projected-self' rather than the inner-self
  • Application — career-image, public-recognition events, social-evolution windows
  • Comparison with cara-rāśi-daśā from lagna

1. Saṃkṣepa

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

Nārāyaṇa-daśā is a specialized application of cara-rāśi-daśā where the starting rāśi is the ārūḍha-lagna (AL) rather than the lagna. The computational rules are identical to cara-daśā; only the start-point changes. Interpretively, this matters: cara-daśā from lagna tracks the inner-life trajectory; nārāyaṇa-daśā from AL tracks the outer-life / public-image trajectory.

Practical use: when analyzing career-recognition events, public-emergence moments, or any signification tied to how-the-world-perceives-you, nārāyaṇa-daśā can outperform cara-daśā-from-lagna. When the two diverge in a chart, the classical interpretation reads it as a misalignment between the inner-self and the public-self — sometimes generative, sometimes uncomfortable.

2. Śāstra-Pramāṇa

शास्त्र-प्रमाण · ग्रन्थ-निर्देशाःŚāstra-pramāṇa · Grantha-nirdeśāḥClassical anchors — textual references
Jaimini-sūtrasAdhy. 1 · Pāda 4

Source of the ārūḍha framework that nārāyaṇa-daśā builds upon.

Jaimini-sūtrasAdhy. 3 · Pāda 1

Cara-rāśi-daśā rules applied from the ārūḍha-lagna.

BPHSCh. 47

Pārāśara on rāśi-daśā variants applied to non-lagna start-points.

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)

/jaimini-dasha-deep/jaimini-arudha

Exercises

  1. Reflection

    At /jaimini-dasha-deep, compare the current cara-rāśi-daśā (from lagna) with the current nārāyaṇa-daśā (from AL). Are they the same rāśi? Adjacent? Opposite? Reflect on what this convergence-or-divergence might mean for how internal and external life are aligning right now.

4. Agrima

अग्रिमम् · पथः निरन्तरःAgrima · Pathaḥ nirantaraNext — the continuing path
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स्थिर-दशा
Sthira-daśā

Adhy. 3 · Pāda 2 — Sthira-daśā uses fixed periods (7/8/9 years per sign) rather than computed periods. A coarser timing-frame than cara-daśā.

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राशि-दृष्टि
Rāśi-dṛṣṭi

Jaimini's distinctive aspect-rule: rāśis (not grahas) aspect rāśis, with specific rules based on movability. A key interpretive supplement to graha-dṛṣṭi.

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