Timing Marriage with Tithi Pravesha Principles

This is in continuation to my earlier writings on Tithi Pravesha principles. This time, I would like
to
take an example chart for which I have predicted the marriage timing. Let me give a recap of
the
principles again for the first time readers.
Tithi Pravesha (TP) Chakra Principles:- Pravesha means entry or return. Tithi Pravesha Chakra
is the
chart drawn for the birth moment of Tithi return every year. If the angle from Sun to Moon
matches
that in the natal chart, it means that the Tithi running is the same as birth Tithi and also the
fraction
of Tithi remaining is the same as at birth. So, the definition of the annual birth moment is the
moment
when Sun transits its natal sign and the Moon is at the exact displacement angle from Sun
(degrees,
minutes & seconds) as at birth. This is a very simplistic definition of Tithi Pravesha Chakra.
The annual chart is interpreted just like the natal chart, but there are some special
considerations. In
addition, all the principles applicable in natal horoscopy will apply in annual horoscopy
including the
Arudha Padas and special lagans such as Ghatika Lagna (GL), Sree Lagna (SL) and Hora Lagna
(HL)
etc.,
We have to keep in mind the following principles while analyzing the Annual Tithi Pravesha
Chart:-
(1) Weekday: Take the ruler of the weekday running at the commencement of New Year. If he
is a
benefic with respect to natal Lagna, it will be a favorable year. If he is a malefic with respect to
natal
Lagna, it will be an unfavorable year.
(2) Lagna: Take the sign occupied by Lagna in the annual chart. If it is a quadrant or a trine
from
natal Lagna, the year will bring the fruits of good actions of the past, i.e. it will be a favorable
year. If
it is a Dusthana from natal Lagna, the year will bring the results of evil actions of the past, i.e.
it will
be a year of obstacles.
(3) Hora: Take the ruler of the Hora (hour) running at the commencement of New Year. This
planet
will be the most important planet during the year, even more important than Lagna lord. The
houses
owned and occupied by this planet will set the tone for the main events of the year. The
strength,
placement and yoga’s of this planet will have a tremendous impact on the main events of the
year.
Now let us take an example chart and apply these principles to time a job.
The native birth details are:
Date: April 19, 1978
Time: 6:35:00
Time Zone: 5:30:00 (East of GMT)
Place: 75 E 01' 00", 15 N 28' 00"
India

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2008 Annual Tithi Pravesha details calculated using JHora software are:-
1) Vaara Lord is Kuja who is 3rd and 10th lord placed in 5th house of Mithuna. This Vaara lord
is being
aspected by Guru, A7 from Dhanus and Sukra and UL from Meena rasi by rasi drishti. So this is
indicating a marriage during this year. Now, let us see other principles too.
2) Natal Lagna is Mesha, which is 11th from Annual TP Rasi Lagna of Kumbha. In the TP Rasi
Chart,
the Lagna lord Shani is placed in 7th house of Simha. This Shani is being aspected by Guru
who is A7
and UL’s lord too. So this is another good placement and will bring the fruits of good actions of
the
past, hence it will be a favorable year for the native in terms of marriage.
3) Hora Lord will set the tone for main events of the year. Hora Lord is Surya who is 7th lord
and
placed in 3rd house owned by Vaara Lord of Kuja. Again this Surya being aspected by Guru who
is A7
and UL’s lord too. So this is indicating for a marriage to this native during this year.
4) To time the marriage, I am using Tithi Pravesha Chakra's along with the Navamsa Chart. It is
recommended to use the Tithi Astottari Dasa system with TP Chart analysis, but we can also
use my
favorite Narayana Dasa as well to time the event. I will write about this Narayana Dasa usage
in my
upcoming article. Tithi Ashtottari Dasa of Janma tithi (useful especially in Tithi Pravesha
charts):
Sat MD: 2008-06-23 (22:49:52) - 2008-07-28 (23:05:38)
Ven AD: 2008-07-03 (8:52:25) - 2008-07-09 (23:19:23)
Sun PD: 2008-07-03 (8:52:25) - 2008-07-03 (16:55:19)
7) In the annual TP’s Navamsa Chart Dasa of Shani is conducive to give the marriage to the
native.
Shani is the Annual Rasi chart’s 7th lord and placed in 2nd house of Annual Navamsa chart. This
Shani
is placed in Mithuna rasi in navamsa where UL is also placed and being aspected by Shukra,
Guru and
SL from Dhanus and also aspected by A7 from kanya rasi by rasi drishti. So these combinations
will
give marriage to the native during this Shani maha dasa.
8) Now regarding the antar dasa, Shukra is the candidate because again Shukra is placed in
Dhanus
with Guru and SL and being aspected by A7 from Kanya and aspecting the UL and Shani by
rasi
drishti. Also Shukra is also aspecting the Shani by graha drishti too.
9) Now the Pratyantar dasa point of view, Surya is a candidate to give the marriage because,
he is the
Hora lord and placed in Mesha rasi with Ketu who is also co-lord of Annual TP navamsa 7th
house. This
Surya is also having argala too. So all the above combinations are confirming that the native
will get
married during the above mentioned period.
Sarvam Sri Mahaalaskhmi Arpanamastu

Observations on dusthanas: 6th House (Part-01)

General:
This paper is written in order to bring forth the awareness on some important practical aspects
of
dusthanas and to understand the implications indicated by these houses in a chart. An effort is
made
to present the relevance of dusthana from the simplest approach.
The elaboration of dusthanas and its judgment methodology is being done in separate papers
planned
to be published one after the other with a few example cases in the last paper. This is to
maintain
brevity of the contents in each paper.
Sage Parashara has categorized the trio of 6-8-12th houses as The Dusthanas or Trika Houses.
He, as
well as the subsequent writers recognised dusthanas in a chart as the malefic houses in
principle and
the remaining as the benefic/neutral houses. Thus the demarcation of evil and good houses in
a chart
emerged.
Whatever said and done, each house in a chart has both the good and bad portfolios attached
to it and
in the same spirit, even dusthanas have a lot of usefulness. Since, dusthanas are said to hold
more of
malefic traits rather than the benefic ones, the ancient scriptures have considered them as
malefic to
the native in general.
The 6th House:
The 6th house offers an interesting study.
Classically, the 6th house is said to indicate the misfortunes, struggle, enemies, debt, disease,
sufferings and opposition. It also indicates the working environment, disappointments,
dissatisfaction,
humiliation, subordinates, servants, litigation, theft, maternal uncles and pet animals. To add
more on
the list, it also indicates worries, anxieties, anger, cruelty, the mindset or habits more of
vicious
nature which are necessary to pull down others, fear from calamities, anguish of mind, step
mother
and wounds. The wounds represented by this house may be understood to be due to injuries,
during
fighting or wounds received through surgical treatments.
From the point of view of prarabdha karmas, which a native brings with him in the present
birth, the
6th house brings with it the poison of negativities and the compulsions that caused the birth
just like
the 5th house that brings punyas in the form of blessings out of the sanchit karmas of the past
births.
The 6th house represents shadripus – the six enemies or the six weaknesses, which the
prarabdha
brings with it, involving five senses and mind.
It would be interesting to note that the 5th house receives the argala from the 6th house and
this is
where, the 6th house representing our weaknesses overtakes the fructification of poorva-punya
(5th
house), thus dictating the poorva-punyas to discharge their roles under the shade of the
shadripus
(6th house). Thus, it may be said that the 6th house dictates in dispensing the results of the 5th
house.
Perhaps, because of this account, the realized people of past generations were very conscious
to
devote much time in remedial measures through vrata and tapas to cleanup the past sins (6th
house)
in order to dispense the quota of blessings (5th house).

This is the house, which indicates our visible enemies, debts and disease contents. In principle,
the
sufferings/frustration of any nature take starting kick from the 6th house only. As an example,
for
cancer lagna natives, if Jupiter gets placed in exaltation in lagna, it would cause miserable
sufferings
(because of being 6th lord in strength in lagna) and would surface a lot of frustration in
ceremonising
the event of marriage, primarily because of Jupiter as 6th lord powerfully aspecting the 7th
house.
This is the only dusthana out of 6-8-12th houses, which shares the portfolio of being an
upachayasthana as indicated by Sage Parashara. The upachaya houses are designated as the
houses
of growth and progress where free will is likely to be exercised. For a ready reference, the 3-6-
10-11th
houses constitute the upachayas. 3rd house indicates efforts, 6th indicate material gains at the
cost of
others, 10th is the actual doing and 11th is the fruits of efforts reaped as the dividend of the 10th
house.
It is paradoxical that although the upachaya is meant for the growth and progress, the 6th
house has
yet not been admitted as a benefic house but is considered to be an evil house in its entirety,
perhaps
from holistic karmic angle. Let it be seen in some details.
The 6th house is the house of growth but of materialistic nature. If we want to grab other’s cash
and
kind or other’s credit, this is the house par excellence. This goes with the simple logic that any
thing
gained (6th house) is at the cost of loss caused to whomsoever we interact (7th house). The
placement
of benefics in the 6th house is considered good as it softens the sufferings, softens the way of
approach and makes life holistic whereas the malefic influence on this house makes the
situation
reverse by resorting to the aggressive ways the native follows to receive gains, though inviting
the
wrath of mighty opposition as well.
In totality, the 6th house adds a lot of malicious kriyaman karmas, if it is under malefic
influence.
Since, the kriyaman karmas done in this birth add to the already existing sanchit karmas of the
past
births, the gains obtained through 6th house under malefic influence particularly cause
negativities on
the karmic profile and with this intent, perhaps, the 6th house has been branded as the evil
house in
general, even though it is an upachayasthana.
The 6th house happens to be one of the Artha-Trikona (2-6-10), hence this house becomes
instrumental to control the financial prospects for the native. This seems to be justified from
the fact
that the 6th house is 10th from 9th house from where the destiny of Karma is ruled by this house
as
well as being 9th from the 10th house ruling the luck of the profession. The 6th house being the
5th of
the 2nd house indicates the wisdom of earning and receiving the gifts etc. In all pursuits, the 6th
house
happens to be an important house to deal with the material status of the native and thus gets
justified
to be the upachayasthana indicating the growth and progress in the material pursuits.
The 6th house indicates the competitive environment as its most important portfolio and it
therefore
indicates the progress through the process of competition and rivalry. There, it means that the
success in competitions whether be it for exams, admission, race for promotion, litigation or
any facet
of similar nature require the strong 6th house as a must for ascending the road of success. It is
because of this virtue that the 6th house may be considered as a benefic house for the present
day
world, which is full of desires of competition in all walks of life.
It may be pertinent to mention here that the ancient living ordeal did not want much
materialism to
come in the way of the life pattern of the self realization and of highest virtues. Since the
materialism
was obviously the hurdle for the pious attributes of the ancient living, this was perhaps the
good
reason for considering the 6th house as an evil house in its general definition. However, in the
present
scenario of today’s age, blessed are the ones who have strong the 6th house to win over the
others
and become financially sound at the cost of others. Would you now consider the 6th house good
or
bad?
One of the important portfolios ruled by the 6th house is the support from relatives particularly
the
maternal sided relations. It would be worthwhile to note that if the 6th house is well disposed
from
Lagna, the dasha periods of 6th lord bring in the role of some relative or a friend to help the
native at
the time of need. Similarly, a relative or a friend may spoil the credits of the native in the
similar
periods if the 6th house is badly disposed or the 6th and Lagna lords are placed in mutual
hostility.
In conformance of the benefic nature of the 6th house, we may be reminded of the Quote from
Uttarakalamrita, Chapter 4, shloka 4 that The raja yoga of the decreasing order gets
manifested to the
native by the conjunction of the lords of 9th and 10th house as seen from Lagna, 9th house and
10th

house which mean the conjunction of the Lords of 9-10th, 5-6th and 6-7th houses from lagna.
This also
amply establishes that the 6th house has a lot of benefic attributes and may do well to the
native, of
course from materialistic angle.
The 6th house is said to represent subordination, indicating the subordination, which the native
is
subjected to and the quality of subordinates the native has. In a parallel meaning, the
servants/maids
are represented by the 6th house. The meaning of subordination may be extended to mean the
service
(paid salaried job) being either of the government (where the native is generally called as a
government servant) or that of the private sector. In this context, the 6th house taints the
service
conditions and a strong 6th house in good relation with the Lagna makes a native comfortable
in the
job.
On the negative side, the 6th house in the conventional way is the house of harm from the
opponents
and indicates fight and rivalry where the native could be let down. In this way, strong malefics
in the
6th house cause strong enemies and strong opposition causing harm to the native. As an
example,
Pramod Mahajan (Gemini lagna) had strong Mars in his 6th house and his rivalry surfaced by his
own
younger brother (Mars being the karaka of the younger co-born) and caused a disaster of his
death by
shooting (a perfect way that Mars operates).
Since, 6th house mobilizes the six weaknesses (shadripus) within the native, it is sufficient to
cause
dis-ease to the physical self, causing disease and suffering. It may be interesting to note that
all
disease and sufferings originate from the 6th house and unless a planet gets linked with the 6th
house/lord, it does not cause disease.
An important facet of the 6th house is raising funds through loan. This attribute of loan may be
generalized to mean the financial commitment born by the native himself or it could be carried
forward through the parental lineage. Thus, any financial loan raised for any purpose
necessarily
involve the 6th house completing the signification of debts indicated by the 6th house. The
native who
have the linkage of 6th house with the 11th house and 2nd house have strong tendencies to bury
themselves in the voluntary financial debts caused by multiple loans raised from various
financial
institutions.
Medically, the 6th house stands for the diseases and its recovery in general, represents the
umbilical
region, disorders pertaining to respiration and phlegm, tuberculosis, tumorus growth, skin
disorders
involving rashes such as measles-small pox etc, disorders of eyes, intestinal disorders such as
the
complaints of hernia, urinary ailment and dysentery. It also represents the six flavours as
advocated
in Ayurveda.
The 6th house stands as the 8th from 11th house and 12th from 7th house. In accordance to it,
the 6th
house thereby indicates the difficulties in material gains and problem to the zone of marital life
respectively.
The 6th house when gets weak and gets linked with the malefics or with the other Dusthanas
(8th and
12th house) make a real havoc and most of its negative qualities get surfaced.
--- to be continued to part-2