शुभः प्रेवशो देवेज्यशुक्रयोर्द्दृश्यमानयोः
Entry is auspicious when the planets Jupiter and Venus are visible.
दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ प्रवेशो मङ्गलप्रदः
Whether by day or by night, entry at such a time brings good fortune.
स्थिरलग्ने स्थिरांशे च नैधने शुद्धिसंयुते
When the ascendant is fixed, and the fixed sign is in the eighth house, and the death is joined with purity,
लग्रान्त्याष्टमषष्टस्थवर्जितेन द्वियांशुना
With the Moon in the second degree, not occupying the eighth or sixth from the ascendant's end,
प्रवेशल्ग्ने स्यामृद्धिरन्यभेशोकनिःस्वता
If the entry ascendant is strong, there will be prosperity; otherwise, there will be sorrow and poverty from other lords.
कृत्वार्कं वामतो विद्वान्भृङ्गारं चाग्रतो विशेत्
The wise should place the Sun to the left and the black bee in front before entering.
केन्द्रगे वा शुक्लपक्षे चातिवृष्टिः शुभेक्षिते
If in a kendra, or during the bright fortnight, and aspected by benefics, there will be excessive rain.
चन्द्रश्चेद्धार्गवे सर्वमेवंविध गुणान्विते
If the Moon is with Mars, and all such qualities are present,
मन्दात्र्रिकोणसप्तस्थो यदि वा वृद्धिकृद्भवेत्
If Saturn is in the trine or seventh, or otherwise, he becomes the cause of increase.
तयोर्ंमध्यगते भानौ भवेद्ष्टिविनाशनम्
If the Sun is between those two, there will be destruction of what is desired.
प्रवर्षणं भृगुः कुर्याद्विपरीते न वर्षणम्
Venus causes rain; if the opposite, there is no rain.
तदा वृष्टिं प्रकुर्वन्ति न ते चेत्प्रतिलोमगाः
Then they produce rain, but not if they are moving in reverse order.
उदयास्तेषु वृष्टिः स्याद्भानोरार्द्राप्रवेशने
When the Sun enters Ardra, there will be rain at their rising.
स्तोकवृष्टिरनर्घः स्यादवृष्टिः सस्यसंपदः
If there is little rain, crops will be priceless; if there is no rain, there will be abundance of produce.
चन्द्रेज्ये ज्ञेथ वा शुक्रे केन्द्रेन्बीतिर्विनश्यति
One should know, if the Moon or Venus is in a kendra, the obstruction is destroyed.
वर्षत्यार्द्रादिमृलान्तं प्रत्यक्षं प्रत्यहं तथा
It rains from Ardra to Mrigashirsha, and so on, visibly, day by day.
सिंहे भिन्ने कुजो वृष्टिरभिन्ने कर्कटे तथा
If Mars is in Leo, divided, there is rain; likewise, if undivided, in Cancer.
अहिर्बुध्न्यं पूर्वशस्यं परशस्या च रेवती
Ahirbudhnya is for the eastern harvest, and Revati for the later harvest.
गुरोः सप्तमरा तिस्थः प्रत्यग्गो भृगुजो यदा
When Jupiter is in the seventh, and Venus is retrograde,
आसप्तमर्क्षंशशिनः परिवेशगतोत्तरा
Up to the seventh sign from the Moon, the latter ones are surrounded.
यदाप्रत्यङ्नता मघाः खसप्तोपरि संस्थिताः
When the constellation Maghā does not incline westward and remains positioned above the sky,
नखैर्लिखन्तोमार्जाराश्चावनिं लोहसंयुते
when cats scratch the earth with claws tipped with iron,
पिपीलिकाश्रेणयश्छिन्नाः खद्योता बहवस्तदा
when lines of ants are broken and many fireflies appear,
उदयास्तमये काले विवर्णोर्ऽकेथ वा शशी
when, at sunrise or sunset, the sun or the moon appears discolored,
प्राङ्मुखस्य तु कूर्मस्य नवाङ्गेषु धरामिमाम्
as for the nine limbs of the east-facing tortoise, this earth is situated upon them,
अन्तर्वेदाश्च षाञ्चालस्तस्येदं नाभिमण्डलम्
and the six trembling inner lands are its navel region,
स्त्रीकलिङ्गकिराताख्या देशास्तद्बाहुमण्डलम्
the regions called Strī, Kaliṅga, and Kirāta are its arm region,
गौडकैङ्कणशाल्वान्ध्रपौड्रस्तत्पादमण्डलम्
Gauḍa, Kaiṅkaṇa, Śālva, Andhra, and Pauḍra are its foot region,
पुलिन्दचीनयवनगुर्जराः पादमण्डलम्
Pulinda, Cīna, Yavana, and Gurjara are the foot region,
खसांगवङ्गबाह्लीकं कांबोजाः पाणिमण्डलम्
Khasa, Aṅga, Vaṅga, Bāhlīka, and Kāmboja are the hand region,