459 – 461. Results of Fortnights: Now stated are effects of births in the two fortnights.
(a) Bright Lunar Half: According to Yavanas, one born in bright lunar half (Sukla Paksha) will be long-lived and will have sons. He will protect many people, be charitable, friendly, honourable, and dominated by his spouse.
(b) Dark Lunar Half: One born in or dark lunar half (Krishna Paksha) will be indolent, unclean, and jealous. He will blame others, will speak a villager’s language and will disregard all religions.
(c) According to the work Siddhanta Sara, from the time of conjunction of the luminaries, it is bright lunar half till the Moon’s journey in six signs ahead. In the next six signs, dark lunar half prevails (till the Moon rejoins the Sun).
Notes: (c) A lunar month is divided into two halves. From the time when the Sun and Moon are in one and the same sign, with identical longitudes to the second of arc, dark lunar half ends and bright lunar half commences. During the course of 15 lunar days or Thithis, the Moon passes through six signs. When it is exactly 180′ away from the moving Sun, Purnima or Full Moon ends. This concludes the lunar fortnight (or Paksha) and gives way to dark lunar half. Again passing through six signs, the Moon attains the same longitude as the Sun is, ending Amavasya or New Moon. This ends dark half and again bright half begins the same way.
Since the Sun also keeps moving, the Moon actually does not cover 180″ in 15 lunar days but more than that, say nearly 95°. Hence, six signs should not be interpreted as exactly 180 in this context.
These are the affects of the two lunar fortnights.
Now the effects for lunar days or Thithis.
462. Padyami: One born on Padyami (first lunar day) will live either for three days or three months. If he survives, he will be very effulgent. For obtaining longevity, remedial measures should be resorted to.
Notes: The effects given here apply to the lunar day in question of either fortnight.
From the speculum, we understand that the last day of bright lunar half is Purnima or Full Moon. That of the dark lunar half is New Moon or Amavasya. For these two Thithis, separate effects are mentioned which are not interchangeable.
At the end of each Thithi (lunar day), the Moon will be exactly 12′ away from the Sun. The order of Thithis can be understood from the following verses.
Survival of the child will be at stake in case of birth on Padyami. If the child passes off this critical phase, he will obtain much prosperity as in the case of Gandanta discussed in the earlier portions of this chapter.
The survival could be either due to remedies, or due to other counteracting factors in the horoscope.
463. Dvitiya: One born on Dvitiya (second lunar day) will speak truth. He will be happy right from birth, boastful and attentive to his work.
464. Trutiya: One born on Trutiya (third lunar day) will be addicted to women, miserable, villainous, will follow religious VOWS and fasts, be foolish, learned and energetic.
465. Chaturthi: One born on Chaturthi (fourth lunar day) will be miserly, of tale-bearing disposition, fierce, adventurous, heroic, fickle-minded and crafty.
466. Panchami: One born on Panchami (fifth lunar day) will be honourable, long-lived, highly intelligent, stable minded, truthful and winner of senses, i.e. an ascetic.
467. Shashti: One born on Shashti (sixth lunar day) will have scars on his body. He will be stable in disposition, addicted to women, highly prosperous, learned and famous.
468. Saptami: One born on Saptami (seventh lunar day) will be wealthy and virtuous. He will worship gods and preceptors, will have good conduct and be firm in aims.
469. Ashtami: One born onAshtami (eighth lunar day) will be attached to his wife, will speak much, be fickle-minded and be highly harsh.
470. Navami: One born on Navami (ninth lunar day) will be extremely lustful, highly valorous, interested in songs and dances, will destroy his enemies and display much anger.
471. Dasami: One born on Dasami (tenth lunar day) will be endowed with a spouse, be injured by women, pure, extremely prosperous, unstable in disposition and highly intelligent.
472. Ekadasi: One born on Ekadasi (eleventh day) will be a specialist in many kinds of business activities, be skilful in artistic pursuits, truthful and firm in aims.
473. Dvadasi: One born on Dvadasi (twelfth day) will possess good conduct, be very impatient, fickle-minded and attached to clothes and food.
474. Trayodasi: One born on Trayodasi (thirteenth day) will be endowed with wisdom, be righteous, will undertake religious vows and fasts, be inimical to his own men and virtuous.
475. Chaturdasi: One born on Chaturdasi (fourteenth day) will perform every undertaking flawlessly. He will be intelligent, bereft of sickness and will ever patronize his relatives.
476. Purnima: One born on Purnima (Full Moon) will possess abundance (of things), will have steadiness (of fortunes), ever satisfied, highly fortunate and highly virtuous.
477. Amavasya: One born on Amavasya (New Moon) will have injured organs (or will possess uncontrolled senses), be happy, highly fortunate, weak-bodied and be full of mental distresses.
The effects of Thithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana, as arrived at based on the instructions of canonical treatises, should be noted down in the horoscope of birth.
Now mentioned are effects of births on week days, as per Yavana.
478. Sunday: One born on a Sunday will be firm, fierce and valorous. His physical complexion will be blood-red with a mix of dark shade. He will be pure, of excessive bilious humour and skilful.
Notes: An astrological week day commences along with the Sun-rise and will be in currency till the next Sun-rise. Midnight has nothing to do with Hindu astrology.
479. Monday: One born on a Monday will be pure and will have ups and downs in life. He will be short in stature, very fair in complexion, broad-chested and highly intelligent.
Notes: There is a school of thought that these positive attributes will materialize in full if the Moon at birth is digitally strong. With a weak Moon, these will be feebly seen in the person while negative attributes will be more effective.
480. Tuesday: One born on a Tuesday will have a calling due to men of royalty. He will have blood-red eyes, be sweet in speech and of patient disposition.
481. Wednesday: One born on a Wednesday will be very skilful. He will possess feet and head that are more circular in shape (than being long). He will be charming and quite unstable in disposition.
482. Thursday: One born on a Thursday will be quite intelligent and a good person. He will have wide knowledge of worldly affairs, arts and scriptures, be pure, resolute, skilful and confident.
483. Friday: One born on a Friday will indulge in secretive acts, be benevolent, intelligent and righteous in deeds. He will have a wide knowledge of the affairs of the world, be an expert in arts and scriptures and be pure.
484. Saturday: One born on a Saturday will have a rough and weak body, be dirty, very fickle-minded, villainous, fierce and cantakerous.
485. Clarifications: A doubt may occur her, as to whether the effects stated are for the day before sun-rise or after sun-rise. These are for the days after sun-rise only. For it is said in Vasishta Samhita as under. “For purposes of Kala Hora and for week days, the commencement of a day should be known from the time of Sun rise only.
Pulasti (Paulastya) Siddhanta also stipulates that the seven week days are to be understood on the basis of solar day only which is between two sun-rises, based on Savana Mana. Hence a day is the period between one sun-rise and another.
Thus end effects for births on various week days.