364. The possible Month of Delivery: Suka Jataka stipulates that a movable sign ascending at the time of Adhana because the delivery in the 9th month an immovable sign in the 10th month and a common sign in the 11th month.
365 – 367. The Moon’s’ Position at Delivery: (a) Now sage Garga is quoted on the possible placement of the Moon at the time of delivery. In the Adhana horoscope, note the number of Dvadasamsas passed by the Moon. From the said Dvadasamsa sign, count so many signs to ascertain the position of the Moon at the time of delivery.
The author adds the following regarding t e Moon’s Dvadasamsa. 2° 30′ or one Dvadasamsa = 150′ and 12 Dvadasamsas make for 1800′ in a sign. The degree past by the Moon in minutes be multiplied by 30 and divided by 150. Based on this, the position of the Moon and the birth star of the child should be estimated.
(b) The authors of Saravali and Samudra Jataka comment that the position of the Moon at the time of delivery will be so many signs away as the number of Dvadasamsas obtained by the Adhana Moon counted from Aries.
(c) To know the placement of the Moon at the time delivery, the Dvadasamsa of the stronger of the Moon and the ascendant at the time of Adhana should be ascertained.
For Suka Jataka states that the Dvadasamsas passed by the stronger between the Moon and ascendant during Adhana will have to be considered.
The Moon at the time of delivery will be so many signs away from the Dvadasamsa concerned.
(d) The views of sage Garga and sage Suka being identical in this respect, a probe should be made in respect oft e statements delivered by Saravali and Samudra Jataka.
368 – 370. (a) Birth in Day or Night: According to Saravali, note the portion past in the Adhana (or query) ascendant, being day or night sign. So much of portion will lapse at the time of birth being night or day sign.
The author gives an example for the possible Moon sign at the time of delivery. Assume that on the day of query, the day duration is 30 ghatikas (or 12 hours) and the night duration is 30 ghatikas (or 12 hours). The Moon is in Leo 10° 25′ ’35” and the query ascendantis Cancer 8° 12′ 20″. The Moon is in the 5th Dvadasamsa from Leo, i.e. in Sagittarius. Five signs counted from Sagittarius leads to Aries; Hence when the Moon attains the sign Aries during the 10th month of pregnancy, delivery will occur. This is common knowledge.
After knowing of the sign, the exact Nakshatra in which the Moon will be at the time of delivery can be ascertained.
In the Dvadasamsa concerned, the Moon has passed 25′ 35″. One Dvadasamsa is 1800′ of arc (i. e. 2° 30′). Hence 25′ 35″ should be multiplied by 1800 and divided by 150 which gives 307′ of arc. One Nakshatra is 800′ arc. Since 307′ is less than one N akshatra, it is the fIrst o.ne Aries, which is Asvini.
One Nakshatra quarter is 200′ of arc. Hence 307′ yields second quarter of Asvini as birth Nakshatra.
Now about the ascendant at the time of delivery. Cancer which is the query ascendant is a night sign. Hence birth should be in night time.
Now the method of knowing the exact ghatika of birth 30 degrees of a sign make for 30 ghatikas, the night duration in the example. In the query ascendant, 8° 12′ 30′ have passed out of 30 degrees. Thus birth will be 8 ghatikas and 12.33 vighatikas following the fall of the night.
This way, day of birth should be understood with the help of the query Moon, so says Kalyana Varma.
(b) Thus should be understood the time of delivery and the astrologer should declare after a proper scrutiny, says Kalyana Varma
(c) According to another school of thought, the lord of the 5th (at the time of Adhana) and the Moon will be in one and the same sign at the time of delivery, and in no other manner.
(d) The rule at “c” above should never be applied to a query relating to an immediately ensuing delivery.
Notes: (a) The author is wrong when he states that Cancer being night sign will lead to birth in night time. Where as night signs in Adhana (or query) indicate birth in day time and vice versa vide sloka 368 supra apart from my notes (based on Manushya Jataka etc.) in the English translation of Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra, Part 1, chapter 4, sloka 25 – 30.
371- 373. (a) State of Pregnancy: According to Samudra Jataka, the month of possible delivery can be ascertained through horary ascendant, thus. The Navamsas past in the query ascendant will be equal to the number of months past after conception. Alternatively, the number of signs intervening between the horary ascendant and strong
Venus will denote the relevant month of pregnancy.
(b) Belated Delivery: Should a Navamsa of Saturn ascend at the time of Adhana, with Saturn being in the 7th from the Adhana ascendant, delivery will be after three years. The Moon replacing Saturn in this combination and the Navamsa ascendant being Cancer will cause delivery after 12 years. “The author clarifies that “Mridoh” means Saturn’s Navamsa, viz. Capricorn and Aquarius and this N ayamsa should be in the ascendant.
(c) Samudra Jataka also holds the same view as Varaha Mihira, thus. The ascendant belonging to Saturn’s Navamsa while Saturn is in the 7th from the Adhana ascendant will cause delivery after three years. Similarly Cancer being the ascendant of the Navamsa, with the Moon in the 7th from the Adhana ascendant will cause birth after 12 years.
