Brihadyatra 32: adhyāyaḥ 32

A halo of the sun or moon, accompanied by planets of the enemy's side,

glossy and unbroken, grants victory; having multiple rings, it brings evil.

Counter-clockwise and excessively dense, it is not desired; clockwise, it is desired. / Fog and a fall of dust are beneficial when glossy and clockwise.

A city of the Gandharvas slays, beginning from the east, the lord of the earth,

the commander of the army, the crown prince, and the royal chaplain, respectively;

the white and other [hues destroy] the brāhmaṇas and others, and in the intermediate directions, the mixed castes;

clockwise during an expedition, it grants victory; otherwise, it is not desired.

Now, the glow of the quarters approaching clockwise brings victory;

when lower or higher than an abyss, it brings death to the king; and the reverse brings victory.

At the oozing of ghee, water, and milk from a tree, there is loss of those respective things;

and at [an oozing of] oil, destruction of leading men; at blood, fear caused by weapons;

with liquor, internal division; at the flowing of curd, fear of illness;

upon the birth of a flower from a flower, one should predict the arrival of a foreign army.

Excessive drying up [of a well] containing much water, or an exudation filling a well with blood,

causes the death of the king after half a year; when a stream dwindles, the arrival of enemies [is foretold].

By rain, lightning, and thunder in a cloudless sky, by the reversal of mobile and stationary things,

and by a daytime meteor, the people along with their kings are afflicted.

Rain continuing incessantly for seven days from that [portent] slays the ruler of men;

when there is burning without fire, disease quickly arises for men;

affliction of the realm occurs after six months from an inversion of heat and cold;

in the eighth month, the end of the king [occurs] at [unnatural] crying of beasts and birds;

when animals of the town and forest dwell in the forest and town [respectively],

affliction of the realm occurs in the intercalary year, and the destruction of the prominent people.

Upon the moving or speaking of pillars, stones, granaries, idols, pedestals, and beds,

one should predict ruin of the country within three months.

The death of cows, elephants, or horses brings the end of the king in half a year, or an inversion [of their roles];

likewise, ruin of the land [occurs] upon women giving birth to birds, snakes, or beasts.

In rains of grain, liquids, wine, food, fruits, flowers, oil, meat, and clothes,

or in rains composed of sand, dust, mud, gravel, and burning coals,

[there occur respectively] distress from the death of sons, wives, hunger, kings, ruler, country, and army commanders;

internal strife, misfortunes, diseases of ministers, destruction, and the king's wrath.

A rainbow at night, white and the other colors, causes affliction to the castes beginning with the twice-born;

and in whichever quarter it appears, it slays before long the chief of rulers in that quarter.

Cries in the sky of deer, beasts, donkeys, horses, or elephants bring danger before long;

the falling of Indra's banner and archway produces this very same result for kings.

Chapter 33: On Acquiring Towns and Fortresses

When the twelfth, cardinal, and eighth houses are unoccupied, and malefics occupy the third, sixth, and eleventh houses,