Muhurta Chintamani Ch. 4: Gocara Prakaraṇam

Verse 1 — Gochara Shubha Stations I: Sun-Moon-Venus (from Janma Rashi)

सूर्यो रसान्त्ये खगुजेऽग्निनन्दे शिवाख्ययोर्भौमशनिस्तमश्च। सूर्यो रसाज्योर्लाभस्थे गुणवान् चन्रोऽम्बराब्धौ

sūryo rasāntye khaguje 'gninandāv ādityo rasājyor lābhashe guṇavān| candro 'mbarābdhau guṇanandanau ca

From JANMA-RASHI: SUN auspicious in 3, 6, 11 (rasāntya-khaguja-agninandana-śivākhya pattern); MOON auspicious in 1, 3(?), 6, 7, 10, 11 group per Amara-coded verse; VENUS opens the third verse-set (see mc-4-3). All coded in katapayadi-style number words decoded by Piyusha-dhara. [Joshi ed., print p.247, OCR-corrected]

Verse 2 — Mars-Saturn Stations & Vedha Vacancy Pairs

लाभार्क्षे चाद्रे रसान्त्ये भौमः शनिर्विष्णुपदे तथा

lābhārkṣe cādre rasāntye bhaumaḥ śanir viṣṇupade tathā

MARS & SATURN auspicious in 3, 6, 11 — each effective ONLY when its vedha-points (9, 5, 12 respectively) hold NO other planet. [Joshi ed., print p.248-252, OCR-corrected]

Verse 3 — Moon-Budha-Guru-Shukra Station Tables

रसाज्योर्नागविधौ खनागे लाभव्यये देवगुरुः शुभं। कुनागे दिनगेऽग्निरूपे पञ्चनिधौ गजेष्वादौ शुक्रः

rasājyor nāgavidhau khanāge lābhavyaye devaguruḥ śubhaḥ| kunāge dinage 'gnirūpe pañcanidhau gajeṣv ādau śukraḥ

MOON: 10,11,1,6,7-group with vacancies at 4,9,8,5,12,2. BUDHA: 2,4,6,8,10,11 with vacancies 5,3,9,1,8,12. GURU: 5,2,9,7,11 with vacancies 4,12,10,(8). SHUKRA: 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,11,12 with vacancies 8,7,1,10,9,5,11,6,3. PITṚ-PUTRA exemption: Sun↔Shani and Moon↔Budha pairs never afflict each other's stations. Worked example (tika): Scorpio-jātaka with Jupiter in Pisces(5th) is best only if Kumbha(4th) is planet-free. [Joshi ed., print p.250-252, OCR-corrected]

Verse 4 — Viparita-Vedha Principle & Vakra/Atichara Day-Counts

क्रमाच्छुभो विद्ध इति ग्रहः स्यात् पितुः सुतस्यात्र न तैर्विधानम्। दृष्टोऽपि खेटो विपरीतवेधाच्छुभो द्विकोणे शुभदः सितेऽजः

kramāc chubho vid-dha iti grahaḥ syāt pituḥ sutasyātra na tair vidhānam| dṛṣṭo 'pi kheṭo viparīta-vedhāc chubho dvikoṇe śubhadaḥ site 'jaḥ

VIPARĪTA-VEDHA: a malefic even in a dosha-station turns benefic when its vedha-point IS occupied ('seen yet shubha via reverse-vedha'); Sun in trines stays giving. VAKRA/ATICHARA fruit-days (Vasishtha): Mars-class planets deliver pre-results for 7 days? — 'dina-divasaṃ pañcadinaṃ tripakṣam aticāra-vakrayor divau' ⇒ retrograde/atichara fruits mature in 2 days / 5 days / tri-paksha spans per planet-class. Saṅkranti-sandhi cross-ref to Ch3. [Joshi ed., print p.250, OCR-corrected]

Verse 9 — Navaratna Nine-Koshtha Mudrika Grid (Section-D Target)

मध्यकोष्ठे माणिक्यं सूर्यप्रीतये। दशमदले मुक्ता चन्द्रस्य… नवविभागेषु नवघातुकी शुभमुद्रिका

madhyakoṣṭhe māṇikyaṃ sūrya-prītaye| dakṣiṇadale muktā… navavibhāgeṣu navaghātukī śubhamudrikā

NAVARATNA RING GRID (nine-koshtha mudrikā, worn on shubha day-muhurta): CENTER koshtha — MĀṬIKYA for Sun; WEST flank — NĪLAM(Shani); VĀYAVYĀ(N-W) — VAIDŪRYA for Ketu; NORTH flank — PUṢPARĀJA(pukhrāj) for Guru; ĪŚĀNA(N-E) — PANNA(emerald) for Budha; remaining quadrants carry the paired gems; the nine-ghātuka ring then worn on an auspicious day-muhurta. [Joshi ed., print p.208, OCR-corrected]

Verse 10 — Single-Graha Dosha → Single-Ratna Remedy

माणिक्यं मुक्ताफलं विद्रूमं गारुत्मतं पुष्पराजम्। नीलं गोमेदवैदूर्यं भ्रातुः सुतस्य सुवर्णम्

māṇikyaṃ muktāphalaṃ vidrūmaṃ gārutmatam puṣparājam| nīlaṃ gomedha-vaidūryaṃ bhraātuḥ sutasya suvarṇam

WHEN full navaratna set is unaffordable and ONE planet causes dosha: wear that planet's own gem — SUN: Māṇikya(ruby); MOON: Muktāphala(pearl); MARS: Vidruma(coral); BUDHA: Gārutmata(emerald); GURU: Puṣparāja(yellow-sapphire); SHUKRA: Vajra(diamond); SHANI: Nīlam(sapphire); RAHU: Gomedha; KETU: Vaidūrya(cat's-eye) — the afflicting planet's satisfaction neutralizes its dauṣṭya. [Joshi ed., print p.208, OCR-corrected]

Verse 11 — Navatara Names & Adverse Trio

जन्मसम्पत्विपत्क्षेमप्रत्यरिसाधकादयः। वधमन्त्रातिमैत्राख्यास्तारा नव प्रकीर्तिताः

janma-sampat-vipat-kṣema-pratyari-sādhakādayaḥ| vadha-mantrātimaitrākhyās tārā nava prakīrtitāḥ

NINE TĀRĀS from janma-nakshatra onward: (1)Janma (2)Sampat (3)Vipat (4)Kṣema (5)Pratyari (6)Sādhaka (7)Vadha (8)Mitra (9)Ati-mitra. The 3rd, 5th and 7th are strongly adverse; even Janma-tārā is not wholly shubha; remaining six favorable. Tārā-bala dominates in Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa while Moon rules Śukla (Narada/Ratnamālā). [Joshi ed., print p.210, OCR-corrected]

Verse 12 — Kumaon Vaidika-Vinashiki & Piyusha Counting Variants

दशमे कर्म सङ्घातो षोडशे विनाशकः। अष्टादशे सामुदायः पञ्चविंशे मानसः स्मृतः

daśame karma saṅghāto ṣoḍaśe vināśakaḥ| aṣṭādaśe sāmudāyaḥ pañcaviṃśe mānasaḥ smṛtaḥ

KUMAONIYĀ practice bars VAIDIKA-VINĀŚIKĪ (=Pratyari-tārā) above all in vivaha-ādi. Piyusha counting: 10th star=KARMA; 16th=SAṄGHĀTA(→Vadha); 18th=SĀMUDĀYA(→Ati-maitra); 23rd=VINĀŚAKA(→Pratyari); 25th=MĀNASA(→Vadha) — third-cycle's Vadha renamed Mānasa as name-borne-shubha. [Joshi ed., print p.212, OCR-corrected]

Verse 13 — Chandra Avastha Modulo — Twelve States of 2°30' (Section-D Target)

राश्यंशनवांशषडंशभेदाद् द्वादशावस्था राशौ प्रतिप्राप्ताः। षड्विंशत्यंशे तु तथैकमवस्थां चन्द्रस्य ज्ञेया

rāśy-aṃśa-navāṃśa-ṣaḍamśabhādād dvādaśāvasthā rāśau prati prāptāḥ| ṣaḍviṃśaty-aṃśe tu tathāikam avasthāṃ candrasya jñeyā

CHANDRA AVASTHĀ MODULO (Section-D): a sign's 1800 kalā split into TWELVE states ⇒ each avasthā = 2°30′ (=150'). Worked method (editor's direct shortcut): drop whole rashis of Moon's longitude; remainder degrees×60 ÷150 ⇒ avasthā index. Example: Moon 8s16°25'30″ ⇒ skip 96 states of 8 signs ⇒ ninth-sign's SEVENTH avasthā directly. Drāviḍa-prāṇāyāma ghaṭī-conversion alternative noted. [Joshi ed., print p.214, OCR-corrected]

Verse 14 — Graha-Specific Aushadha Snanas & Dakshina List

मनःशिलासुरदारुकुङ्कुमरुचिरैः पञ्चगव्यैश्च चन्द्रस्य। अम्पककुम्कुमपुष्पैः कुजस्य स्नानं भौमदोषनिवारणम्

manaḥśilā-suradāru-kumkumaiḥ… pañcagavyaiś ca candrasya| sampaka-kumkuma-puṣpaiḥ kuja-syānnaṃ bhaumadoṣanivāraṇam

GRAHA-SPECIFIC HERBAL BATHS (Ratnamālā): SUN — manahśilā, deodar, kumkum etc.; MOON — pañcagavya with elephant-donation rites, śuktī-sphāṭika; MARS — sampaka-flowers & kumkum bath removes bhauma-doṣa; further planet-baths follow. GRAHA-DAKSHIṆĀS: Sun⇒cow, Moon⇒conch, Mars⇒red bull, Budha⇒gold, Guru⇒yellow cloth, Shukra⇒white horse, Shani⇒black cow, Rahu-Ketu⇒goat-pairs — offered to ācārya-japaka-anuṣṭhātā brahmins for duṣṭagraha-āniṣṭa destruction. [Joshi ed., print p.216-218, OCR-corrected]

Verse 15 — House-Entry/Exit Transit Results (Varaha)

दिनकररुधिरौ प्रवेशकाले गुरुभृगुजौ भवनस्य मध्यगातौ। रविसुतशनिनौ विनिर्गमस्थौ फलदौ सर्वकालम्

dinakara-rudhirau praveśa-kāle guru-bhṛgujau bhavanasya madhyagātau| ravisuta-śaninā viniḥgamasthau phaladau sarvakālam

HOUSE-TRANSIT results (Varāha): ENTRY-time benefics = Sun & Mars; MID-HOUSE = Guru & Shukra; EXIT-side = Sun's son(Budha) & Shani — all fruit-bearing always; Moon's son too. [Joshi ed., print p.220, OCR-corrected]

Verse 16 — Monthly Janma-Nakshatra Entry Weekday Fruits

रविवारे जन्मनक्षत्रप्रवेशे ऽध्वा मार्गोऽष्टिति वाच्यम्। सोमवारे अन्नभक्षप्राप्तिः शनिवारे दुःखप्राप्तिः

ravivāre jamma-nakṣatra-praveśe 'dhvā mārgo 'ṣṭīti vācyam| somavāre 'nna-bhakṣa-prāptiḥ śanivāre duḥkha-prāptiḥ

MONTHLY JANMA-NAKSHATRA-ENTRY weekday fruits (that month): Sunday-entry ⇒ road/adhva troubles; Monday ⇒ food-gain; Tuesday ⇒ fire-fear; Wednesday ⇒ sanmati(righteous intellect); Thursday ⇒ cloth-loss; Friday ⇒ comfort; Saturday ⇒ sorrow. [Joshi ed., print p.220, OCR-corrected]

Muhurta Chintamani — Chapter 4: Gocara Prakaraṇam

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