The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra is the most comprehensive and premier classical text of the Hindu Astrology. It is consider as the foundation work on the natal astrology. This text contains a discourse given by Sage Parashara to his disciple Maitraya. The exact date/time of the origination of this text is unknown .Many scholars propose that it might be a compilation of the then available knowledge on the subject (natal astrology) and it dates to the 7th Century AD or 8th Century AD. However, the text says that it is the work of Sage Parashara. According to a popular legend Parashara was the father of Vedavyasa who was the author of the epic Mahabharata. There are different versions of this text available at present: by Shri Venkateshwar Press Mumbai (translator Pandit Tara Chand Shastri) , by Pandit Devachandra Jha , by Pandit Ganesh Dutt Pathak and by Pandit Sita Ram Jha. Apart from these four early versions of this text many new commentaries have also come in both Hindi and English in the last couple of decades.
The ‘Dasha Adhaya’ in all the versions of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastara contains almost same number of Dashas with similar method of their calculation. However, there is one Rashi Dasha named ‘Rashiyanka Dasha’ which is discussed in only two available versions of this classical text. The ‘Rashiyanka Dasha’ has been given in the translation of Pandit Tara Chand Shastri and Pandit Ganesh Dutt Pathak. My teacher Naval Singh introduced me with the method of Rashiyanka Dasha way back in October 2011. He explained to me the scheme of its calculation by giving the reference from the Venkateshwar Press edition of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra then. The concern Sanskrit Sloka is given below here.
English Translation: First calculate the lagna and 12 houses as per the method explain earlier. Then mark the Navamsha Rashi of the lagna lord in Rashi chart and start Dasha from there. The next Dasha will be of the second house from this sign and so on. The Rashiyanka Dasha is applied where the lagna or lagna lord is strong.
{Stanza number 47 and 48 at page number 258 of the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra published by Shri Venkateshwar Press Mumbai}
Rashiyanka Dasha is a conditional Rashi Dasha and it should be applied on a horoscope where lagna lord is either in its sign of exaltation or in own sign or in its friendly sign. This Dasha moves in direct order, as mention in the classical text, and number of years for each Rashi should be calculated as we do in the case of ‘Mandooka Dasha’.
Later I found the following reference of Rashiyanka Dasha given in the translation of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra by Pandit Ganesh Dutt Pathak.
English Translation: After calculating the lagna and 12 houses find out the stronger between the lagna and lagna lord. The Dasha will start from the Navamsha sign of the stronger between the two.
English Translation: The next Dasha will be of the Navamsha sign of the second house and so on.
{ Stanza number 117 and 118 at page number 394 of the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra by Pandit Ganesh Dutt Pathak}
As per the version of Pandit Ganesh Dutt Pathak the Rashiyanka Dasha should start from the Navamsha sign of the strongest between the lagna and lagna lord. However, the Venketashwara Press version clearly says that Dasha should start from the Navamsha sign of the lagna lord. Interestingly the Rashiyanka Dasha found no mention in any of the available version of Jaimini Sutras despite the fact that it is a Rashi Dasha! The ‘Upadesh Sutras’ by Maharishi Jaimini contains so many Rashi Dashas but it doesn’t have any hint on the Rashiyanka Dasha. This could be a major reason that none of the Jaimini scholars have paid any consideration to this Rashi Dasha till day.
How Rashiyanka Dasha Should be Calculated ?
I started my work on the method as given in the Venketeshwara Press version of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. After working on more than 60 horoscopes, in last four years, I have find out that Rashiyanka Dasha works in the charts where the lord of lagna is strong in both Rashi chart as well as in the Navamsha chart. Although the classic says that Rashiyanka Dasha can be applied on the chart where lagna lord is strong but it doesn’t mention the method by which the strength of the lagan lord should be ascertained. In my practice I have observed that if the lagna lord is in its sign of exaltation or own house or friendly sign in the Rashi and Navamsha charts only then the Rashiyanka Dasha can be applied on a horoscope.
Example 1. Tony Blair
6 May 1953 , 06 hours and 10 minutes at Edinburgh (Scotland)
Longitude 3W 13′ and Latitude 55N 57′
Source: Astro-Databank of Lois Rodden (Rating AA)
Karakamsha lagna: Virgo , Pada lagna: Capricorn , Upapada: Gemini
Jaimini Karakas
| Ak | Amk | Bk | Mk | Pk | Gk | Dk |
| Sat | Sun | Ven | Moon | Mars | Jup | Mer |
In the first example for Rashiyanka Dasha I am taking the chart of Tony Blair who was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom (UK) from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. In the Rashi chart of Tony Blair the lagan lord Venus is in its sign of exaltation. In Navamsha Venus is in its friendly sign Capricorn. So it’s fit into our condition for the application of Rashiyanka Dasha. The Rashi Dasha will start from Capricorn the Navamsha sign of the lagna lord Venus. The Dasha will move in direct order.
Capricorn 1953 to 1958 (counting indirect from Capricorn to its lord Saturn )
Aquarius 1958 to 1966 ( eight years as counting will be direct for odd Rashi )
Pisces 1966 to 1977 ( eleven years as counting will be indirect for even Rashi )
Aries 1977 to 1979 ( two years for Aries as Mars in the second house from it)
Taurus 1979 to 1982 ( counting indirect for even Rashi )
Gemini 1982 to 1993 ( counting direct from Gemini to its lord Mercury )
Cancer 1993 to 2003 ( ten years as Moon is place in the 7th house from it )
Leo 2003 to 2012 ( nine years as the counting is direct for odd sign Leo )
Virgo 2012 to 2017 ( counting indirect for even Rashi )
Example 2. King George VI
14 December 1895, 03 hours and 05 minutes
At Sandringham Estate, England
Longitude 0E 30 and Latitude 52N 50
Source: astro-data bank of Lois Rodden (Rating AA)
Karakamsha : Pisces , Pada lagna : Libra , Upapada: Capricorn
Jaimini Karakas
| Ak | Amk | Bk | Mk | Pk | Gk | Dk |
| Sun | Mer | Sat | Jup | Ven | Mar | Moon |
In the horoscope King George VI the lagan lord Venus is in own sign Libra in the Rashi chart. In Navamsha chart Venus is in Aquarius, which is its friendly sign. So the Rashiyanka Dasha will be applicable on his chart. The Dasha will start from Aquarius, the Navamsha sign of lagan lord here, and will move in direct order.
Aquarius 1895 to 1904 (counting direct for an odd sign)
Pisces 1904 to 1913 ( counting indirect from Rashi to its lord for even sign)
Aries 1913 to 1921 ( counting direct for an odd sign )
Taurus 1921 to 1929 ( counting indirect for even sign )
Gemini 1929 to 1935 ( counting direct for odd sign )
Cancer 1935 to 1944 ( counting indirect from even Rashi to its lord )
Leo 1944 to 1948 ( counting direct from odd Rashi to its lord )
Virgo 1948 to 1959 ( counting indirect for even sign )
Articles for further reading on the topic
Practical Application of Rashiyanka Dasha-I
