The Rahu - Ketu Story

Rāhu and Ketu are unique in Vedic Astrology as they are called the Chaya Graha. However, it is not easy to determine where they belong to in the entire discipline. Many texts which have defined the results accrued due to placement of Grahas in different Bhavas and Rāśi are silent regarding these two Grahas. Many believe that they give results merely due to association with other Grahas/ Dispositor and do not have any results on their own. There are many opinions regarding them, which is kind of understandable since these are Shadowy Planets. Hence, ita logical to think that they position in this discipline of Vedic-Astrology will also be shadowy!

The mythology about Rāhu Ketu is widely known among those who are interested in Indian mythology or Theology. It goes somewhat like this. After the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthana), when the Pitcher (Kalasa) of Amrita (Nectar) was obtained, Lord Vishnu decided to favour the Suras (the clan of the Luminaries, Surya and Chandra) or the Devas (followers of Diva-Light) to part with the Nectar. Rāhu disguised as one of the Sura, stood in the queue of the devas to get a portion of the nectar. At the moment when Rāhu was able to get some Amrita in his disguise, Surya and Chandra could see through the veil and blew up Rāhu's disguise. Lord Vishnu without delay severed the head of the Asura (follower of darkness) from the trunk. However, it was already too late as Amrita was already drunk by Rāhu. Hence, although the head got severed from the Trunk, he did not die, but became two entity who are bound by each other by invisible thread. So, although they are different, but they are always connected in a formation whereby Rāhu wants to get connected with the Trunk again, but that does not happen. The Amrita caused Rāhu-Ketu to attain eternal life and accepted in the class of Graha, one who has given the authority to cause Grahaṇa (eclipse people's mind and soul). After this episode, Rāhu became an eternal enemy of the Sun and Ketu of the Moon. Their association with the luminaries cause them to suffer in their judgement or health! Rāhu is of Airy element troubles the Fiery Sun and Ketu of the Fiery element, troubles the Watery Moon. While Rāhu has the ability to cloud (eclipse) the soul (Sun) causing the judgement ability to go awry, Ketu can afflict the mind and body ruled by the Moon.

Maharṣi Parāśara has given references of Rāhu & Ketu in couple of places in his immortal classics Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra. This establishes beyond doubt, the status of these bodies are Grahas. Some of them are as follows:

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 2.5-7. From Sūrya the incarnation of Ram, from Candra that of Kṛṣṇa, from Maṅgala that of Narasimha, from Budha that of Buddha, from Guru that of Vamana, from Śukra that of Parashuram, from Śani that of Kūrma (Tortoise), from Rāhu that of Varāha (Pig) and from Ketu that of Mīna (Fish) occurred. All other incarnations than these also are through the Grahas. The beings with more Paramātmāñśa are called divine beings.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.4-6 Actually Sūrya has no motion. His motion is an apparent one, as viewed from the rotating earth. Other Grahas, including the nodes, have varied rates of motion. The average daily motions of the Grahas, which are not, however standard, are, as follows: Sūrya 1, Candra 13-15, Maṅgala 30-45’, Budha 65-100’, Śukra 62-82’, Guru 5-15’, Śani 2’, Rāhu/ Ketu 3’.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.10. Names of Grahas. The names of the nine Grahas, respectively, are Sūrya, Candra, Maṅgala, Budha, Guru, Śukra, Śani, Rāhu and Ketu.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.14-15. Graha cabinet. Of royal status are Sūrya and Candra, while Maṅgala is the Army chief. Prince-apparent is Budha. The ministerial Grahas are Guru and Śukra. Śani is a servant. Rāhu and Ketu form the Graha Army.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.30. Description of Rāhu and Ketu. Rāhu has smoky appearance with a blue mix physique. He resides in forests and is horrible. He is windy in temperament and is intelligent. Ketu is akin to Rāhu.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.41-44. Other matters. Rāhu rules the outcaste, while Ketu governs mixed caste. Śani and the nodes indicate anthills. Rāhu denotes multi-coloured clothes and Ketu rags. Lead and blue gem belong to Rāhu and Ketu. Sūrya, Candra, Maṅgala, Budha, Guru, Śukra and Śani in their order govern red silken, white silken, red, black silken, saffron, silken, and multi-coloured robes.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.45-46. Seasons of Grahas. Vasanta, Grīṣma, Varṣā, Śarada, Hemanta and Śiśira are the six Ṛtus (or seasons), respectively, governed by Śukra, Maṅgala, Candra, Budha, Guru and Śani. Rāhu and Ketu denote 8 months and 3 months, respectively.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 3.47. Dhatu, Mūla and Jīva Divisions. Dhatu Grahas are Rāhu, Maṅgala, Śani and Candra, while Sūrya and Śukra are Mūla Grahas. Budha, Guru and Ketu rule Jīvas.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 9.7-11. If Śani and Maṅgala give a Drishti to Lagna, as the luminaries are yuti with Rāhu (elsewhere), the child will live a fortnight. Immediate death of the child along with its mother will occur, if Śani is in Karm Bhava, Candra in Ari Bhava and Maṅgala in Yuvati Bhava. One will immediately go to the abode of Yama, if Śani is in Tanu Bhava, while Candra and Guru are in their order in Randhra and Sahaja Bhava. Only a month will be the span of one’s life, who had Sūrya in Dharma Bhava, Maṅgala in Yuvati Bhava and Guru and Śukra in Lābha Bhava. All Grahas (any Graha) in Vyāya Bhava will be the source of a short life, specifically the luminaries, Śukra and Rāhu. But the Drishti of these four Grahas (on Vyāya Bhava) will counteract such evils.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 9.25. Should Dhana Bhava be occupied by Rāhu, Budha, Śukra, Sūrya and Śani, the child’s birth has been after its father’s death, while even the mother will face early death.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 9.31. Guru, Śani and Rāhu, respectively, posited in Tanu, Dhana and Sahaja Bhava will cause mother’s death early.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 9.37. Remote will be the possibility of one’s father sustaining, if Sūrya is in Yuvati, while Maṅgala is in Karm and Rāhu is in Vyāya Bhava.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 9.42. The father will not see the native till his (the native’s) 23rd year, if Rāhu and Guru are together in an inimical Rāśi identical with Tanu, or Bandhu Bhava.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 13.8. Loss of Wealth through the King. Should the Lords of Dhana and Lābha Bhava be relegated to Ari, Randhra, or Vyāya Bhava, while Maṅgala is in Lābha Bhava and Rāhu is in Dhana Bhava, the native will lose his wealth on account of royal punishments.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 14.7-11. Number of Brothers and Sisters. If Budha is in Sahaja Bhava, while Sahaja’s Lord and Candra are together, as the indicator (Maṅgala) joins Śani, the effects are: there occurred the birth of an elder sister and there will be younger brothers. Furthermore, the third brother will die. Should Maṅgala be yuti with Rāhu, while Sahaja’s Lord is in his debilitation Rāśi, there will be loss of younger brothers and/ or sisters, while three elder brothers and/ or sisters were attained by the native. If Sahaj’s Lord is in an angle, while the significator (Maṅgala) is exalted in a trine and be yuti with Guru, 12 will be the number of total co-born. Out of these two elders and the 3rd, the 7th, the 9th, and the 12th of the younger co-born will be short-lived, while six of the said twelve will be long-lived.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 16.14. If Putra’s Lord is in a Movable Rāśi, while Śani is in Putra, as Rāhu is with Candra, the child (so born) is of questionable birth.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 16.21. The native will at the age of 32 lose his child, if Rāhu is in Putra, Putra’s Lord is in Yuti with a malefic and Guru is in debilitation.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 16.24-32. Number of Children. There will be 10 sons, if Bandhu Bhava and Ari Bhava are occupied by malefics, while Putra’s Lord is in deep exaltation, joining Lagna’s Lord, as Guru is with another benefic. Nine will be the number of sons, that one will beget, if Guru is in deep exaltation, as Rāhu is with Dhana’s Lord and Dharma is occupied by its own Lord. There will be eight sons, if Guru is in Putra, or Dharma Bhava, while Putra’s Lord is endowed with strength and Dhana’s Lord is in Karma Bhava. Śani in Dharma Bhava, while Putra’s Lord is in Putra itself, gives 7 sons, out of which twins will be born twice. If Putra’s Lord is in Putra in Yuti with Dhana’s Lord, there will be birth of 7 sons, out of which 3 will die. Only one son is denoted, if there be a malefic in Putra Bhava, while Guru is in the 5th from Śani, or vice versa. If Putra Bhava has a malefic in it, or, if Śani is in the 5th from Guru, the native will beget offspring only through his second, or third wife. Should Putra be occupied by a malefic, while Guru is yuti with Śani in Putra Bhava, as Lagna’s Lord is in Dhana Bhava and Putra’s Lord is yuti with Maṅgala, one will live long, but lose his children one after the other, as they are born.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 17.3-5. Relatives Affected. The Kāraka of a relative, or the Lord of such a Bhava, joining Ari’s Lord, or being in Ari, or Randhra Bhava, indicates ulcers/ bruises to such a relative, like father. Sūrya with such lordship and in such a Bhava denotes such affectation of head, Candra of the face, Maṅgala of the neck, Budha of the navel, Guru of the nose, Śukra of the eyes, Śani of the feet and the Rāhu and Ketu of the abdomen.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 17.7-8½. Leprosy. Maṅgala, or Budha, having ownership of the ascending Rāśi and joining Candra, Rāhu and Śani, will cause leprosy. If Candra is in Lagn, which is not however Cancer, and be with Rāhu, there will occur white leprosy. Śani in place of Rāhu will cause black leprosy, while Maṅgala similarly will afflict one with blood-leprosy.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 17.9-12½. Diseases in General. When Lagn is occupied by the Lords of Ari and Randhra Bhava along with Sūrya, the native will be afflicted by fever and tumours. Maṅgala, replacing Sūrya, will cause swelling and hardening of the blood vessels and wounds and hits by weapons. Budha so featuring will bring in bilious diseases, while Guru in similar case will destroy any disease. Similarly, Śukra will cause diseases through females, Śani windy diseases, Rāhu danger through low-caste-men and Ketu navel diseases. Candra in Yuti with the Lords of Ari and Randhra Bhava will inflict dangers through water and phlegmatic disorders. Similar estimates be made from the respective significators and Bhavas for relatives, like father.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 17.13-19½ Timing of Illness. The native will be afflicted by illness throughout life, if Śani is with Rāhu, while Ari Lord and 6th Bhava are yuti with malefics. One will suffer from (severe) fever at the age of 6 and at the age of 12, if Maṅgala is in Ari, while Ari Lord is in Randhra. If the Candra is in Dhanu/ Mīna, while Guru is in Ari from Lagn, one will suffer from leprosy at the age of 19 and 22. If Rāhu is in Ari, Lagna Lord is in Randhra and Mandi is in an angle, consumption will trouble the native at the age of 26. Spleen disorders will be experienced at the age of 29 and 30 if the Lords of 6th and 12th are in exchange of their Rāśis. Śani and Candra together in Ari will inflict blood-leprosy at the age of 45. If Śani is with an inimical planet, while Lagn Lord is in Lagn itself, windy disorders (like rheumatism) will trouble the native at the age of 59.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 17.20-22. Unfortunate years. Should Candra be yuti with Ari Lord, while the 8th Lord is in Ari and the 12th Lord is in Lagna, the native will be troubled by animals at the age of eight. O Brāhmaṇa, if Rāhu is in Ari, while Śani is in Randhra from the said Rāhu, the child will have danger through fire at the age of 1 and 2, while in Sahaja year birds will bring some evils.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 17.23-25. Unfortunate years (continued). Danger through water will have to be feared during Putra and Dharma years, if Sūrya is in Ari, or Randhra, while Candra is in Vyāya from the said Sūrya. Śani in Randhra, as Maṅgala is in Yuvati, all cause smallpox in Karma year and in 30th year of age. If 8th Lord joins Rāhu in an angle/ trine from Randhra Bhava and be in Randhra in Navāñśa, the subject will be troubled by swelling of blood vessels, urinary disorders etc. during the 18th year and the 22nd year.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 18.7-8½. Miscellaneous matters. The native will befriend barren females, if Sūrya is in Yuvati. Candra therein will cause association with such female, as corresponding to the Rāśi, becoming Yuvati. Maṅgala, placed in Yuvati, will denote association with marriageable girls (those with menses), or with barren females. Budha indicates harlots, mean females and females, belonging to traders’ community. Wife of a Brāhmaṇa, or a pregnant female will be in the native’s association, if Guru is in Yuvati. Base females and females, having attained their courses, are denoted by Śani, Rāhu/ Ketu in Yuvati.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 18.33. Should Śukra be in Dharma from Dharma (i.e. in Putra Bhava), while Rāhu is in one of the said Bhavas (i.e. in Putra/ Dharma), marriage will take place during 31st, or 33rd year.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 18.35-39. Timing of wife’s death. Loss of wife will occur in the 18th year, or 33rd year of age of the native, if Yuvati Lord is in fall, while Śukra is in Randhra. One will lose his spouse in his 19th year, if Yuvati Lord is in the 8th, while Vyāya Lord is in Yuvati. The native’s wife will die within three days of marriage due to snake bite, if the native has Rāhu in Dhana and Mangala in Yuvati. If Śukra is in Randhra, while his depositor is in a Rāśi of Śani, death of wife will take place during the native’s 12th, or 21st year of age. Should the ascendant Lord be in his Rāśi of debilitation, as Dhana Lord is in Randhra, loss of wife will occur in the 13th year of age.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 18.42. Death of wife. lf Ari, 7th and 8th are in their order occupied by Maṅgala, Rāhu and Śani, the native’s wife will not live (long).

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 20.13-25. Yogas for Father’s Death. The father of the native would have died prior to the native’s birth, if Sūrya is in Ari, Randhra, or Vyāya Bhava, as Randhra’s Lord is in Dharma Bhava, Vyāya’s Lord is in Tanu Bhava and Ari’s Lord is in Putra Bhava. Should Sūrya be in Randhra Bhava, while Randhra’s Lord is in Dharma, the native’s father will die within a year of his birth. If the Lord of Vyāya Bhava is in Dharma Bhava, while Dharma’s Lord is in its debilitation Navāńś, the native’s father will face his end during the 3rd, or the 16th year of the native. Death of father will occur in the 2nd, or the 12th year, if Lagna’s Lord is in Randhra Bhava, as Randhra’s Lord is with Sūrya. Should Rāhu be in the 8th from Dharma, as Sūrya is in the 9th from Dharma, death of father will take place in the 16th, or the 18th year of the native. If Śani is in the 9th from Candra, as Sūrya is with Rāhu, the native’s father will die in the 7th, or the 19th year of the native. The native in his 44th year will lose his father, if Dharma’s Lord is in Vyāya, as Vyāya’s Lord is in Dharma. If Lagna’s Lord is in Randhra Bhava, as Candra is in Sūrya’s Navāńś, the native in his 35th, or 41st year will lose his father. One will lose his father in the 50th year, if Sūrya, being the Lord of Dharma, is conjunct Maṅgala and Śani. If Sūrya is in the 7th from Dharma Bhava, as Rāhu is in the 7th from Sahaj Bhava, the 6th, or 25th year of the native will be fatal for father. If Śani is in the 7th from Randhra Bhava, as Sūrya is in the 7th from Śani, the ages of 21, 26, or 30 will be fatal for the father. If Dharma’s Lord is in its debilitation Rāśi, while his dispositor is in Dharma Bhava, the native will lose his father at the age of 26, or 30. Thus the Jyotiṣīs may know the effects.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 20.30. Lack of Fortunes. If Rāhu is in the 9th from Dharma Bhava, as his dispositor is in Randhra Bhava and Dharma’s Lord is in fall, the native be devoid of fortunes.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 21.3. If Karm’s Lord is devoid of strength, the native will face obstructions in his work. If Rāhu is in an angle, or in a trine, he will perform religious sacrifices, like Jyotiṣṭoma.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 21.6. If the Lord of Karm Bhava is relegated to Randhra Bhava along with Rāhu, the native will hate others; be a great fool and will do bad deeds.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 21.11. Should Rāhu, Sūrya, Śani and Maṅgala be in Lābha Bhava, the native will incur cessation of his duties.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 23.9. If Rāhu is in Vyāya along with Maṅgala, Śani and Sūrya, the native will go to hell. Similar effect will occur, if Vyāya’s Lord is with Sūrya.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 34.16. Rāhu and Ketu. Rāhu and Ketu give predominantly the effects, as due to their yuti with a Bhava Lord, or, as due to the Bhava they occupy.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 34.17. If Rāhu and/ or Ketu are in Kendra, receiving a Drishti from, or in association with the Lord of a Kon, or of a Kendra, it will become Yogakāraka.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 44.22-24. Rāhu and Ketu, as Mārakas. If Rāhu, or Ketu are placed in Tanu, Yuvati, Randhra, or Vyāya Bhava, or happen to be in the 7th from a Māraka Lord, or are placed with such a Graha, they acquire powers of killing in their major, or sub-periods. For one born in Makar, or in Vṛścika, Rāhu will be a Māraka. Should Rāhu be in Ari, Randhra, or Vyāya Bhava, he will give difficulties in his Daśā periods. He will not, however, do so, if Rāhu receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a benefic.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 44.25-31. Sahaj Bhava and Death. O excellent of Brāhmaṇas, if Sūrya, being with strength, is in Sahaj Bhava, one will obtain his death, due to a king (legal punishments). Candra in Sahaj Bhava will cause death, due to tuberculosis, while wounds, weapons, fire, and thirst will cause death through Maṅgala in Sahaj Bhava. If Sahaj Bhava receives a Drishti from, or is occupied by Śani and Rāhu, death will be through poison, water, or fire, or fall from heights, or confinement. Death will surely come to descend through insects, or leprosy, if Candra and Guḻika occupy, or give a Drishti to Sahaj Bhava. Budha, giving a Drishti to, or occupying Sahaj Bhava, will bring death, followed by fever. Guru in Sahaj Bhava, or giving a Drishti to Sahaj Bhava, will cause death by swelling, or tumours. Urinary diseases will cause death, if Śukra is in, or gives a Drishti to Sahaj Bhava. Many Grahas, giving a Drishti to, or occupying Sahaj Bhava, will bring death through many diseases.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 45.11-18. Yet other Avasthās. Lajjita, Garvita, Kṣudhita, Trushita, Mudit and Kṣobhita are the other kinds of Avasthās, due to the Grahas. Placed in Putra Bhava, if a Graha is associated with Rāhu, or Ketu, or with Sūrya, Śani, or Maṅgala, it is in Lajjita Avasthā. If a Graha is in exaltation, or in Mūlatrikoṇa, it is Garvita. If a Graha is in an enemy’s Rāśi, or yuti with an enemy, or receives a Drishti from an enemy, or even, if a Graha is yuti with Śani, the Avasthā is Kṣudhita. If a Graha is in a watery Rāśi and receives a Drishti from a malefic, but does not receive a Drishti from a benefic, the Avasthā is called Trushita. If a Graha is in a friendly Rāśi, or is yuti with, or receives a Drishti from a benefic, or is yuti with Guru, it is said to be in Mudit Avasthā. If a Graha is yuti with Sūrya and receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a malefic, or receives a Drishti from an enemy, it is said to be in Kṣobhita. The Bhavas, occupied by a Graha in Kṣudhita, or in Kṣobhita, are destroyed.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 45.123-134. Effects of Rāhu’s Avasthās. If Rāhu is in Sāyana, the native will experience miseries in abundance, but, if Rāhu in Sāyana is placed in Vṛṣabha, Mithun, Kanya, or Mesh, the native will be endowed with wealth and grains. If Rāhu is in Upaveśa, the native will be distressed, due to ulcers, will be endowed with royal association, be highly honourable and ever devoid of financial happiness; if in Netrapāṇi, will be troubled by eye diseases, will have fear from wicked people, snakes and thieves and will incur financial decline; if in Prakash, will acquire a high position, will perform auspicious acts and will obtain elevation of his financial state, will be highly virtuous, a chief in the king’s court, charming, like freshly formed clouds (that will cause soon rain) and will be very prosperous in foreign places; if in Gamana, will be endowed with numerous children, be scholarly, wealthy, charitable and honoured by the king; if in Āgamana, will be very irritable, bereft of intelligence and wealth, crooked, miserly and libidinous; if in Sabhā, will be scholarly, miserly and endowed with many virtues, wealth and happiness; if in Agama, will be always mentally distressed, will have fear from enemies and litigations with enemies, be bereft of his own men, will face financial destruction and will be crafty and emaciated; if in Bhojana, will be distressed without food and dull-witted, will not be bold in his acts and will be bereft of conjugal and progenic happiness; if in Nritya Lips, will contract a serious disease, which seems difficult to subdue, will have afflicted eyes and will have fear from enemies, will decline financially and righteously; if in Kautuka, will be devoid of a position (place), be interested in others’ females and will steal others’ wealth; if in Nidra, will be a repository of virtues, will be endowed with wife and children, be bold, proud and very affluent.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 46.12-14. Beginning from Kritika, the Lords of Daśās are Sūrya, Candra, Maṅgala, Rāhu, Guru, Śani, Budha, Ketu and Śukra in that order. Thus, if the Nakshatras from Kritika to the Janma Nakṣatra are divided by nine, the remainder will signify the Lord of the commencing Daśā. The remaining Daśās will be of the Grahas in the order, given above. In Kali Yuga the natural lifespan of a human being is generally taken, as 120 years. Therefore, Viñśottarī Daśā is considered to be the most appropriate and the best of all Daśās.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 46.15. The periods of Daśās of Sūrya, Candra, Maṅgala, Rāhu, Guru, Śani, Budha, Ketu and Śukra are 6, 10, 7, 18, 16, 19, 17, 7 and 20 in that order.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 47.3-4. The effects of the Daśās of the Grahas are in accordance with their strength. The effects of a Graha in the first Dreṣkāṇa are realized at the commencement of the Daśā. The Graha in the second Dreṣkāṇa makes its effects felt in the middle of the Daśā. The effects of the Graha in the third Dreṣkāṇa are experienced at the end of the Daśā. If the Graha is retrograde, these effects would be in the reverse order. The Daśā effects of Rāhu and Ketu, who are always retrograde, will always be realized in the reverse order.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 47.34-39½. In order to clarify the effects of the Daśā of Rāhu I shall first mention the exaltation and debilitation Rāśis of Rāhu and Ketu. The exaltation Rāśi of Rāhu is Vṛṣabha. The exaltation Rāśi of Ketu is Vṛścika. The Mūlatrikoṇas of Rāhu and Ketu are Mithun and Dhanu. The own Rāśis of Rāhu and Ketu are Kumbh and Vṛścika. Some sages have expressed the view, that Kanya is the own Rāśi of Rāhu and Mīna is the own Rāśi of Ketu. Should Rāhu be in his exaltation Rāśi etc., there will be during the Daśā of Rāhu great happiness from acquisition of wealth, agricultural products etc., acquisition of conveyances with the help of friends and Government, construction of a new house, birth of sons (children), religious inclinations, recognition from Government of foreign countries and gain of wealth, clothes etc. If Rāhu be associated with, or receives a Drishti from benefics, be in a benefic Rāśi and be in Tanu, Bandhu, Yuvati, Karm, Lābha, or Sahaj, there will be during his Daśā all kinds of comforts by the beneficence of the Government, acquisition of wealth through a foreign Government, or sovereign and felicity at home.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 47.40-43. If Rāhu is in Randhra, or Vyāya Bhava, there will be during his Daśā all kinds of troubles and distress. If Rāhu is associated with a malefic, or a Māraka Graha, or is in his debilitation Rāśi, there will be loss of position, destruction of his residential house, mental agony, trouble to wife and children and misfortune of getting bad food. There will be loss of wealth at the commencement of the Daśā, some relief and gain of wealth in his own country and distress and anxieties during the last portion of the Daśā.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 48.18-20. The Daśā of Sahaj’s, Ari’s and Lābha’s Lord, of the Grahas, placed in Sahaj, Ari and Lābha and of the Grahas, yuti with the above, will prove unfavourable. The Daśā of the Grahas, associated with the Lords of Māraka Bhavas, namely Dhana and Yuvati, in Dhana, or Yuvati and the Daśās of the Grahas, placed in Randhra, will produce unfavourable effects. Thus, the Daśās should be considered favourable, after taking into account the placement of a Graha and his relationship of one Graha with the other. (Rāhu and Ketu give favourable results in Sahaj, Ari and Lābha).

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 52.23-26½. In the Antardaśā of Rāhu in the Daśā of Sūrya, if Rāhu is in a Kendra, or in a Trikoṇa from Lagn, there will be in the first two months loss of wealth, danger from thieves, snakes, infliction of wounds and distress to wife and children. After 2 months inauspicious effects will disappear and enjoyment and comforts, sound health, satisfaction, favours from the king and government etc. will be the favourable effects, if Rāhu is yuti with benefics, or, if Rāhu is in the Navāńś of a benefic. Recognition from the king, good fortune, name and fame, some distress to wife and children, birth of a son, happiness in the family etc. will be derived, if Rāhu is in an Upacaya from Lagn, if Rāhu is associated with a Yogakāraka, or is placed auspiciously from the Lord of the Daśā.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 52.27-29. Imprisonment, loss of position, danger from thieves and snakes, inflection of wounds, happiness to wife and children, destruction of cattle, house and agricultural fields, diseases, consumption (Gulma - enlargement of the skin), dysentery etc. will be the results, if Rāhu is weak, or is in the 8th, or in the 12th from the Lord of the Daśā.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 52.30-31. Adverse effects, like premature death and danger from snakes will be derived, if Rāhu is in Dhana, or Yuvati, or, if Rāhu is associated with the Lords of either of these Bhavas. Worship of Goddess Durgā, Japa, giving in charity of a black cow, or female buffalo are the remedial measures for alleviation of the above evil effects, or total escape from them.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 53.13-14. There will be some auspicious results at the commencement of the Antardaśā of Rāhu in the Daśā of Candra, but later there will be danger from the king, thieves and snakes, distress to cattle, loss of kinsmen and friends, loss of reputation and mental agony, if Rāhu is placed in a Kendra, or in a Trikoṇa.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 53.15-16. Success in all ventures, gain of conveyances, garments etc. from the king etc. in the South-West direction will be derived, if Rāhu in his Antardaśā receives a Drishti from benefics, if Rāhu is in Sahaj, Ari, Karm, or Lābha, or, if Rāhu is yuti with a Yogakāraka Graha.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 53.17-18. Loss of position, mental agony, distress to wife and children, danger of diseases, danger from the king, scorpions and snakes etc. will happen, if Rāhu is weak and is placed in the 8th, or the 12th from the Lord of the Daśā.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 53.19-21. Pilgrimage to holy places, visits to sacred shrines, beneficence, inclination towards charitable deeds etc. will be the results, if Rāhu is in a Kendra, in a Trikoṇa, or in the 3rd, or the 11th from the Lord of the Daśā. There will be body troubles (physical afflictions), if Rāhu is in Dhana, or in Yuvati. Rāhu Japa and giving a goat in charity are the remedial measures for obtaining relief from the evil effects in the Antardaśā of Rāhu.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 54.9-10½. Effects, like recognition from government, gain of house, land etc., happiness from son, extraordinary profits in business, bathing in holy rivers, like Ganges, and foreign journeys, will be the auspicious effects in the Antardaśā of Rāhu in the Daśā of Maṅgala, if Rāhu is in his Mūlatrikoṇa, in his exaltation Rāśi, in a Kendra, in Lābha, Putra, or Dharma and is associated with benefics.

Bṛhatparāśara Horāśāstra 54.11-14. Danger from snakes, wounds, destruction of cattle, danger from animals, diseases, due to imbalance of bile and wind, imprisonment etc. will be the results, if Rāhu is in Randhra, or Vyāya, or receives a Drishti from, or is associated with malefics. There will be loss of wealth, if Rāhu is in Dhana and great danger of premature death, if he is in Yuvati. The remedial measure to be adopted to obtain relief from the above evil effects are Naga Puja, offering food to Brāhmaṇas and Mṛtyunjaya Japa. They will help in the prolongation of longevity.

Om Tat Sat