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11 ahu and Ketu are shadowy planets (Chhayagrahas).'As
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.I\tt't" nodes of the Moon they irave a special role in the
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lives of the beings on earth. They cover twenty five years in
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the Vimshottari dasa sYstem.
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l. In addition to these we have some uPagrahas.These
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are said to belong to the luminaries, five planets and the
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shadowy ones. These are given below along.with the planet
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to which each belongs :
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Kala (O16)to the Sun, Paridhito the Moon; Dhuma to Kuja.
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Ardhapraharato Budha; Kodanda, Indrachapa,or Karmuka to
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Shukra; Yamakantakato Guru; Mandi to Shani, Pata (q-6; 1o
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Rahu; and Upaketu to Ketu.
Add four signs and 13'20' to the longitude of the Sun to
get Dhuma. Take the Sun in Capricorn at 8o,lO'
s 9. 8o. lO'
+ s 4. l5o. 20'
s l. 2l o. 50'
fleduct Dhuma from twelve signs toget Vyatipata' tlere we
get Vyatipata at slo.8o.5O'. Add six signs to this to get
Pariveshaor Paridhi.It is here on s4. 8o.5O'.Deduct this from
twelve signs, and the result is lndrachapa. lt is here
s7.2lu.3O'. Add to this l6o.40' to get Dhvaja. This is
s8. Bo.lO'. Adding one sign to this, we have the natal
position of the Sun.
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If the lord of the sign owning the tenth or its amsha is a
malefic and is associated with dhuma and other upagrahas,
the native will be wicked (J.P. lb.b4). Such stray results
appear in our texts.
We now turn to Mandi and others. In the ghatikas given
the duration of the day is taken to be thirty ghatis. If the
duration is less or more than thirty ghatis, we have to adjust
the given ghatikas proportionatety.
Mandi and Gulika
There is much confuslon between Mandi and Culika. In
Uttara Kalamrita (1.7, 8) the two are indentified and the
method for calculating the position is that of Mandi, not that
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of Culika. Sanketa Nidhi ( I . l7) gives the ghatls for Mandi.
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Jataka PariJata (2.5) reads Oulikascha Mandj. This does
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not mean Mandi called Culika. It means "Culika and
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Mandi". ln 2.48, 5.62, 63, 67, 68, 70 and 73; and 9.7 this
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text refers to Mandi. But in 5.57, 64,65; 6.61; and 9.1 he
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quotes the two; and in 9.8, 9, 73 he refers to Gulika and in
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18.37 he speaks of Oulika Dasa.
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In the second chapter Parashara tells us how to calcu-
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late the position of Gulika (2.67 - 69). In chapter six while
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referring to the results, Parashara uses the words Culika.
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Mandi, Papa and Yamanuja (6.61.72). In the Sutras of
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Jaimini we have the words Mandi and Gulika which refer
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only to Qulika. We cannot, therefore, blame the authors of
Uttara lIalamfita, Jataka PariJata and other texts for cre-
ating a confusion.
For arriving at the position of Culika divide the duration
of the day and of the night into equal parts. Then count the
order of the weekdays from the planet of the day of birth. At
the end of Saturn's part we have the position of Gulika for
a birth in the daytime. i"or a night birth, the count is from
the fifth day of the day of birth.
Mandi's position is at the end of 26, 22, tA, 14, tO, 6
and 2 ghatis from the time of sunrise, where, ghatis are
baserl on the durzrtion of the day being thirty-ghatis. tf the
duration ,is more or less, there has to be proportionate
increase or decrease. These are from sunrise respectively
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from SundAy onwards. At the end of these ghatis falls the
time for Mahdi. Thus for a day birth on Thursday Mandi is at
ten ghatis from sunrise. For a night birth the count is from
the fifth day of birth. Thus the position of Mandi in the night
from Sunday onwards will be at the end of lO, 6, 2,26,22,
l8 and 14 ghatis, if the duration of the night is thirty ghatis.
Too much importance is given to Mandi in Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In the rest of the country this word
ls practically unknown. Since the learned Mr. H.R. Shankar
refuses to admit Uranus and Neptune because they have no
place in Vimshottari, we need not give any significance to
Mandf or Culika who have no place in any Dasa system.
Jataka ParlJata (9.1 to 6) states that Mandi, confused
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with Gulika, gives malefic results in all hosues except the
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eleventh. Since very few people can have this Gulika in the
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eleventh, most of us will be adversely hit by this unseen
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entity. Suffering is the bane of our trlbe. What then is the
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use of calculating Mandi's position? Mantreshwara too gives
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similar results.
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Parashara in hls sixth chapter does not offer any conse
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lation. Still we summarise his view.
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Flrst house : Sickly, passlonate, roflue, vicious, wicked
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character, sorrowful.
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Second : Sorrowful, mean, gapbling or other vices,
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loss of children, weak.
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fffrd : Well-shaped, ruter or heab of a village, virtuous,
fond of good men, honoured by rulers.
Fourth : Sickly, afflicted by wind and bile, wicked.
Flfth : [,oss of wealth and fame, short life, eunuch,
mean, atheist, seruile to women.
Sixth : Conquers foes, well famed, courageous, enthu-
siastic, and loved by women.
Seventh : Overcome by women, wicked or sinful, loose
morals, emaciated, loss of brothers, lives on women,s
money.
Dlghth : Hungry, sorrowful, cruel, angry, hard hearted,
emaciated, devoid of good qualities, takes the life of others.
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Ninth : Full of worries and troubles, emaciated, indulges
in sinful acts, stone hearted, miserly.
Tenth : tlas wife and children, happy religious and
devoted to gods, practises yoga and Dharma.
Eleventh : Enjoys the company of good women, head of
community, village or a department,e loved by relatives,
powerful, bad limbs.
Twelfth : Sinful or vicious deeds, sinner, badly shaped
limbs, unfortunate, fond of the low ones'
These results offered by Parashara (6.6 | to 72\ offer no
consolation. Most of these are attributed to Saturn, Rahu or
Mars. Hence in our opinion this Gulika can be dropped for
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predictive purPose. Only in Jaimini's system Culika has
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some significance. Like Christian in Bunyan's Pilgrim's
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Progress we need not carry the burden of Mandi, or Rahu
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Xata. Some in the northern coastal districts of Andhra have
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added also Dur-Muhurta which varies from day to day'
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Enough of this burden; for, the wages of sin is death' Even
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with nine bodies in a chart we have problems. Why encoun-
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ter this intruder ?
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Mandi aspects the seventh and twelflh houses' The con-
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fusion between Mandi and Gulika is so great that we may
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take Ure results of the two to be identical' We give the
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results following Phaladipika and Jataka Pariiata' The
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numbers indicate the houses from lagna.
cruel, no humility, no knowledge of vedas and
' l. Thief,
shastras, eye trouble, lean, no happiness, passionate,
short life, irritable.
2. Speaks pleasantly, quarrelsome, no riches, does not
keep his Promises.
5. Separation, pride, passion, anger, no brothers'
4. No house, no wealth, no conveyances'
5. Fickle mind, short life.
6. Destroys foes, best children, heroic'
7. Quarrelsome, hates people, ungrateful, little knowl'
edg.,e.
8. EYe defect.
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9. Separation from friends and elders.
lO. Does not undertake works that are auspicious, un-
charitable, unrighteous.
I t. ttappiness, good intellect, children, splendour, fame'
12. No interest in material comforts, dejected, expensive'
tlis association with any planet is not good: with Ravi-
kills father, Chandra-brings so(row to mother; with Kuja-
loss of brothers; with Budha-madpess; with Curu-heretic;
with Shukra-fond of low women; with Shani-short life; lep
rosy,sickly;withRahu-poisonousdiseases;wilhKetu-fear
from fire.
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Culika and Mandi are like Shani' Yama-Kantaka' like
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Guru gives good results. Ardha Prahara is like Budha; Kala
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is like Rahu.
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Any bhava gets destroyed if Dhuma and others are in it'
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posited in
We wiit briefly note the results they give when
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lagna.
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Dhuma-heat, fear from fire, mentalworry'
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Vyatipata-fear from animals and death'
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Parivesha-accident from water, imprisonment'
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Indrachapa-accident from stone, wounds' falling'
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failure in activity'
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Upaketu-fall,
planet
These results apPear during the dasha of the
owning the house occuPied bY them'
Dhumaketu gives different results in various houses
from lagna thus: t. short life; 2' ugly face; 5' courage;
7' loss
4. sorrow; 5. loss of children; 6' worries from foes;
wicked persons;
of energy; B. death through or from
wanderer;
S. oppoies Dharma and righteous ways; lO'
I l. profitable; 12. wicked waYS'
We will next proceed to the others' On weekdays begin-
end of 1B'
ning with Sunday Yamakantaka appears at the
t+, tO, 6, 2, 26 and 22 ghatikas from sunrise'
Ardhapraharais at the end of 14' lO' 6'2'.?9'?? 1"d
22' lA' 14'
l8 ghatikas. Kala apPears at the end of 2' 26'
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