Verse 1 — Deduction of Birth Date from Horary Query
नष्टजातकविधानं प्रश्नलग्नानुसारतः । वर्षर्तुमासतिथिभं ज्ञातव्यं दैववित्तमैः ॥ १ ॥
naṣṭajātakavidhānaṃ praśnalagnānusārataḥ | varṣartumāsatithibhaṃ jñātavyaṃ daivavittamaiḥ || 1 ||
When birth details are lost, the astrologer deduces the birth year, season, month, tithi, Nakshatra, and Lagna through mathematical proportions of the query chart.