Chapter 7: Planetary conjunctions

7.1 · descriptive (nothing to compute)

the kinds of meeting: encounter, conjunction, heliacal setting

1. tārāgrahāṇām anyonyaṃ syātāṃ yuddhasamāgamau/
samāgamah śaśāṅkena sūryeṇāstamanaṃ saha//

7.2-6 · computed

whether a conjunction is past or to come; its place and time

2. śīghre mandādhike +atītah saṃyogo bhavitānyathā/
dvayoh prāgyāyinor evaṃ vakriṇos tu viparyayāt//

3. prāgyāyiny adhike +atīto vakriṇy eṣyah samāgamah/
grahāntarakalāh svasvabhuktiliptāh samāhatāh//

4. bhuktyantareṇa vibhajed anulomavilomayoh/
dvayor vakriṇy athaikasmin bhuktiyogena bhājayet//

5. labdhaṃ liptādikaṃ śodhyaṃ gate deyaṃ bhaviṣyati/
viparyayād vakragatyor ekasmiṃs tu dhanavyayau//

6. samāliptau bhavetāṃ tau grahau bhagaṇasaṃsthitau/
vivaraṃ tadvad uddhṛtya dinādiphalam iṣyate//

Computed by: conjunctionOfTwoplanetaryConjunction

7.7-11 · computed

apparent longitude: the corrections for latitude and for the ecliptic

7. kṛtvā dinakṣapāmānaṃ tathā vikṣepaliptikāh/
natonnataṃ sādhayitvā svakāl lagnavaśāt tayoh//

8. viṣuvacchāyayāmyas tadvikṣepād dvādaśoddhṛtāt/
phalaṃ svanatanāḍīghnaṃ svadinārdhavibhājitam//

9. labdhaṃ prācyām ṛṇaṃ saumyād vikṣepāt paścime dhanam/
dakṣiṇe prākkapāle svaṃ paścime tu tathā kṣamah//

10. satribhagrahajakrāntibhāgaghnāh kṣepaliptikāh/
vikalāh svam ṛṇaṃ krāntikṣepayor bhinnatulyayoh//

11. nakṣatragrahayogeṣu grahāstodayasādhane/
śṛṅgonnatau tu candrasya dṛkkarmādāv idaṃ smṛtam//

Computed by: akshaDrkkarmanayanaDrkkarmanapparentLongitudehourAngleAndHalfDay

7.12 · computed

the interval of the planets in latitude

12. tātkālikau punah kāryau vikṣepau ca tayos tatah/
diktulye tv antaraṃ bhede yogah śiṣṭaṃ grahāntaram//

Computed by: latitudeInterval

7.13-14 · computed

diameters of the lesser planets, corrected by the fourth hypotenuse

13. kujārkijñāmarejyānāṃ triṃśadardhārdhavardhitāh/
viṣkambhāś candrakakṣāyāṃ bhṛgoh ṣaṣṭir udāhṛtā//

14. tricatuh karṇayutyāptās te dvighnās trijyayā hatāh/
sphuṭāh svakarṇās tithyāptā bhaveyur mānaliptikāh//

Computed by: planetDiameter

7.15-18 · descriptive (nothing to compute)

showing the conjunction with two gnomons and a mirror; names for contact and separation

15. chāyābhūmau viparyaste svacchāyāgre tu darśayet/
grahah svadarpaṇāntahsthah śaṅkvagre sampradiśyate//

16. pañcahastocchritau śaṅkū yathādig bhramasaṃsthitau/
grahāntreṇa vikṣiptāv adho hastanikhātagau//

17. chāyākarṇau tato dadyāc chāyāgrāc chaṅkumūrdhagau/
chāyākarṇāgrasaṃyoge saṃsthitasya pradarśayet//

18. svaśaṅkumūrdhagau vyomni grahau dṛktulyatām itau/
ullekhaṃ tārakāsparśād bhede bhedah prakīrtyate//

7.19-20 · computed

within a degree a war if one planet is faint, a meeting if both bright (VII.22); over a degree a meeting if both strong; the brightness is not measured by the text, so the kind within a degree stays open

19. yuddham aṃśuvimardākhyam aṃśuyoge parasparam/
aṃśād ūne +apasavyākhyaṃ yuddham eko +atra ced aṇuh//

20. samāgamo +aṃśād adhike bhavataś ced valānvitau/
apasavye jito yuddhe pihito +aṇur adīptitān//

Computed by: encounterKind

7.21-22 · descriptive (nothing to compute)

victor and vanquished by brilliance, size, colour and power, which the text does not define by number (Burgess: astrological)

21. rūkṣo vivarṇo vidhvasto vijito dakṣiṇāśritah/
udakṣtho dīptimān sthūlo jayī yāmye +api yo balī//

22. āsannāv apy ubhau dīptau bhavataś cet samāgamah/
svalpau dvāv api vidhvastau bhavetāṃ kūṭavigrahau//

7.23 · computed

the conjunction of the planets with the Moon is found likewise (computed); "Venus generally victor" gives no criterion and is not

23. udakṣtho dakṣiṇastho vā bhārgavah prāyaśo jayī/
śaśāṅkenaivam eteṣāṃ kuryāt saṃyogasādhanam//

Computed by: planetaryConjunction

7.24 · descriptive (nothing to compute)

the system is set forth for the fortunes of men

24. bhāvābhāvāya lokānāṃ kalpaneyaṃ pradarśitā/
svamārgagāh prayānty ete dūram anyonyam āśritāh// [nakṣatragrahayuti]