Kāla Bala

  • Kala Bala Introduction - Kāla Bala is sometimes called temporal strength or time strength. It shows which time the different planets are strong. What parts of the year, month,...
  • Natonnata Bala lesson - The compound word natonnata (नतोन्नत) is composed of two words (a) नत nata and its anonym (b) उन्नत unnata.

    Some translations and books have mistakenly spelt this word ‘nata’ as ‘natha’. Be sure that there is no such Sanskrit word as नथ (natha) and the one with the longer ‘ā’ as नाथ (nātha) has a completely different meaning as a lord or deity, is also written in English as ‘natha’.
  • Natonnata Bala video - Moon Mars and Saturn are stronger at night or closer to the zenith (nata), while Sun, Venus and Jupiter are stronger during the day or...
  • Pakṣa Bala lesson - Pakṣa refers to the waxing and waning phases of the Moon which is divided into the śukla pakṣa (waxing phase) and kṛṣṇa pakṣa (waning phase). The maximum angular displacement of the Moon from the Sun is 180° which is the moment of pūrṇānta (end of pūrṇimā, full moon).
  • Pakṣa Bala video - Benefics are strong when the Moon is waxing and get 60 points of strength the closer the Moon gets to being full. Malefics are stronger...
  • Tribhāga Bala lesson & video - दिनत्र्यंशेषु सौम्यार्कशनीनां निट्‌त्रिभागके।
    चन्द्रशुक्रकुजानां च बलं पूर्णं सदा गुरोः॥ १२॥
    dinatryaṁśeṣu saumyārkaśanīnāṁ niṭtribhāgake |
    candraśukrakujānāṁ ca balaṁ pūrṇaṁ sadā guroḥ || 12|
    Translation: The three-parts of the day-time are lorded by Mercury, Sun and Saturn in that order while the three-parts of the night have Moon, Venus and Mars as their lords.
  • Varṣeśādi Bala lesson -

    वर्षमासदिनेशानां तिथ्यस्त्रिंशच्छरार्णवां।
    होरेशस्य बलं षष्टिरुक्तं नैसर्गिकं पुरा॥ १३॥
    varṣamāsadineśānāṁ tithyastriṁśaccharārṇavāṁ |
    horeśasya balaṁ ṣaṣṭiruktaṁ naisargikaṁ purā || 13||
    Translation: Parāśara says that the lords of the varṣa (year), māsa (month), dina (weekday) and horā (hour) have Varṣeśādi bala increasing by 15 virūpa.
    Explanation
    The four planets that attain the position of lords of varṣa (year), māsa (month), dina (weekday) and horā (hour) have strengths (varṣeśādi bala) of 15, 30, 45 and 60 virūpa respectively.
  • Varṣeśādi Bala video - Just as the day is ruled by a planet, Sunday by the Sun, Monday by the Moon, etc., the hour, month, and year have a...
  • Yuddha Bala lesson - Meaning of Yuddha
    The word युद्ध (yuddha) as is generally understood, means to fight, battle, encounter, conquer and subdue. It implies the power to oppose and is symbolised in the sky by a conflict of the planets. The word योध (yodha) refers to a fighter, warrior, soldier or even a bull trained or fit for war. In vedic astrology it is signified by the third bhāva which shows the ‘action’ and is also called duścikya bhāva meaning ‘bad thoughts’.
  • Yuddha Bala videos - In any battle, the first is the naisargika yuddha bala of planets. This is their natural strength to battle based on factors like (a) light...
  • Ayana Bala lesson - Introduction
    Very often we find new vedic astrologers remarking that jyotiṣa only uses the sidereal zodiac whereas western astrology uses the tropical zodiac. This is very far from truth as in this calculation we see the use of the tropical zodiac in vedic astrology, especially to calculate one of the important strengths called अयनबल (ayana bala). There are specific Sanskrit names for these two zodiacs – सायन (sāyana) and निरयन (nirayana).
  • Ayana Bala Video - Since we are to calculate the ayana bala, we need the sāyana positions of the planets. We can easily obtain this by adding the ayanāṁśa...