1-2 : Maitraya said - O Maharishi ! You have since ex plained the results on the basis of the time of the birth but how to find out the results of the one whose time of birth is unknown. Kindly deseribe if there exist any method through which auspicious and inauspicious results modelled by the past birth, could be ascertained.
वर्षायनर्तु - मासार्ध - तिथिनक्षत्रभादिषु । यदज्ञातं च तन्मानं ज्ञायते प्रश्नलग्नतः ॥ ४ ॥
Verse 3–4
3-4 : Maharishi Parasara said - O Vipra ! You have posed a good question for the benefit of the people at large. Obsessed by your affection, I narrate the results for the persons with unknown time of birth. The year, Ayana, Ritu (seasons), month, Tithi, Nakshatra, Rashi (sign) what so ever is required to be known that could be ascertained through the Prasna Lagna (Query Chart).
प्रश्नांगद्वादशांशर्क्ष- स्थिते जन्म वदेद् गुरौ । अयनं लग्नपूर्वार्धे सौम्यं याम्यं परार्धके ॥ ५ ॥
ऋतुर्लग्नदृकाणर्क्षस्वामिभिः शिशिरादयः । शनि-शुक्र-कुजेन्दुज्ञ- जीवैर्ग्रीष्मस्तु भानुना ॥ ६ ॥
Verse 5–6
5-6 Method of ascertaining Samvatsara (संवत्सर) : The sign of the Dwadasamsa of the query chart occupied by the Ascendant of the query chart (प्रश्न लग्न) is known as Samvatsara (i.e. the sign occupied by Jupiter in the year of the birth of the querist). If the Prasna Lagna (Ascendant of the query chart) is in the first Hora, it will be Uttarayana (उत्तरायण - Northernly course of the Sun) and if it be in the second Hora, it will be Dakshinayana (दक्षिणायन - Southernly course of the Sun). If the lord of the Drekkana (द्रेष्कोण) is Saturn, it will denote Shishira Ritu (Winter season), if Venus, Vasanta Ritu (Spring season), if Mars, Greeshma Ritu (Summer season), if the Moon, Varsha Ritu (Rainy season), if Mercury, Sharad Ritu (Autumn season), if Jupiter, Hemanta Ritu (Winter season), if the Sun, also Greeshma Ritu (Summer season).
7: If the indication of Ayana (अयन) and Ritus (seasons) are at variance, in that case, Mars in place of Mercury, Venus for the Moon and Saturn instead of Jupiter be considered for ascertaining the season (prevailing at time of birth).
तद्वशादिष्टकालो यो जन्मकालसमो हि सः । तत्र ग्रहांश्च भावांश्च ज्ञात्वा तस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ ९ ॥
Verse 8–9
8-9 : The first half part (5 Deg.) of the Drekkana will denote the first month of the season (There are six seasons and each season is of two months) and the second half part will be represented by the second month of the season. The Tithi (तिथि) could be determined on the propotionate basis of the part of Drekkana Degrees (Amsas) of the Sun. The Istakala (इष्टकाल) denoted by the Sun's degrees will be the time of birth of the queriest. After calculating the degrees (Spasta) of the other planets and the houses, the predictions for the queriest should be (from the time of birth thus obtained) pronounced.
10 : Maitraya enquired - O Maharishi ! Since Jupiter turns around to the same sign after 12 years, which of the cycle (of Jupiter) be considered the year of the birth.
तत्रापि संशये जाते गुरुर्लग्नत्रिकोणगः । कल्प्यो वयोऽनुमानेन वत्सर पूर्ववत् ततः ॥ १२ ॥
Verse 11–12
11-12 : Maharishi Parasara said - O Virtuous Brahmin ! In the event of doubt about the birth year, it should be judged from the approximate age of the querist at the time of query and the birth time (year) be fixed by adding, 12 years for each Jupiter's cycle to arrive at the estimated number of years of the age and the year of the birth. Inspite of this, if any difference in the age is indicated, then presum ing the position of Jupiter in the trinal sign from the Ascendant (Prashna Lagna), the age of the querist is estimated and through which the time of birth on the basis of Lagna and Ritu, is fixed as per the procedure described earlier.
ज्ञात्वा मासं ससूर्यांशं कालज्ञानं कथं भवेत् । भगवन्निति मे ब्रूहि लोकानुग्रहचेतसा ॥ १३ ॥
Verse 13
13 : Maitreya contended, O Maharishi ! After finding out the month, degrees (Amsas) of the Sun etc. as stated by you, how to ascertain the time of birth, kindly explain to me for the advantage of the world at large.
सक्रान्तेरिष्टसूर्यांशतुल्येऽहि द्विजसत्तम ! । रविरौदयिकः साध्यस्तस्येष्टार्कस्य चान्तरम् ॥ १४ ॥
पूर्व जन्मेष्टकालो हि क्रमाज् ज्ञेयो विपश्चिता । साधितौदयिकादर्कादिष्टेऽर्केऽधिकहीनके ॥ १६ ॥
Verse 14–16
14-16 Maharishi Parasara said, O Virtuous Brahmin ! On determining the sign, Amsa etc., of the Sun, the longitudinal (Amsas) details of the Sun be ascertained on the basis of number of days expired after the Sun's ingress into a sign identical with the consumed degree (Amsas) etc. at the sunrise. Thereafter, convert the difference between the Amsas (degrees etc.) of the sunrise and the Sun's Amsas (longitude) at the time of birth into Kala (कला) and multiply it by 60. The product be then divided by the day's motion of the Sun. The resultant Ghatis, Palas etc. will denote "Ishta Kala" of the birth either before or after the sunrise. If the longitude of the Ishta Sun is less then the longitude of the sunrise of the Sun, that much before the sunrise, and if the longitude of the Ishta Sun is more than the longitude of the sunrise of the Sun, that much after the sunrise would be the Istakala of the birth (Time of birth). (This principle will be well understood once the readers go through the example coming up in the note portion of this chapter).