Agnipurana 127
English (machine translation) 127
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127.1
In the Viṣkumbha [yoga], one should avoid three ghaṭikās; in Śūla, five;
six each in Gaṇḍa and Atigaṇḍa; and nine in Vyāghāta and Vajra.
127.2
In Parigha and Vyatīpāta, the whole day in both cases,
and likewise the whole day in Vaidhṛta, one must avoid journeys, battles, and the like.
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I shall speak of the auspicious and inauspicious [effects] caused by the planets, O goddess, from Aries and the other signs.
The Moon and Venus situated in the natal sign, when free [from affliction], bestow good fortune.
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[Notes]
127.3.p2
1. "jātake cāpīti" in manuscript kha.
127.3.p3
2. "agniruvāceti" in manuscript cha.
127.3.p4
3. "pañca ca varjayediti" in manuscripts kha, ga, gha, and ṅa.
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4. "ṣaṭ ca gaṇḍe 'tigaṇḍe ceti" in manuscripts kha, gha, and cha; "sapta gaṇḍetigaṇḍe ceti" in manuscripts ga and ṅa.
127.3.p6
5. "meṣādirāśibhiriti" in manuscript ja.
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127.4
Mars in the second house, as well as the Sun, Saturn, and Rāhu,
indicates loss of wealth, lack of gain, and defeat in battle.
127.5
The Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter situated in the second bring auspiciousness.
When the Sun, Saturn, Mars, and Venus are in the third,
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as well as Mercury, the Moon, and Rāhu—all these are fruit-yielding planets.
Mercury and Venus in the fourth [are good], but the rest cause fear.
127.7
When Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon are in the fifth,
they grant desired gain; the Sun in the sixth house is auspicious.
127.8
The Moon, Saturn, and Mars, O goddess, [are auspicious] when in their own signs.
Mercury in the sixth also brings good fortune; one should avoid Jupiter and Venus in the sixth.
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The Sun, Saturn, Mars, and Rāhu in the seventh bring loss, but happiness [is brought by]
Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury; Mercury and Venus in the eighth are auspicious.
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The remaining planets likewise bring loss; Mercury and Venus in the ninth are auspicious.
The rest bring loss; Venus and the Sun in the tenth bring gain.
127.11
Saturn, Mars, Rāhu, the Moon, and Mercury bring auspiciousness [in the tenth];
all planets are auspicious in the eleventh; one should avoid Jupiter in the tenth.
127.12
Mercury and Venus are [favorable] in the twelfth; one should avoid the rest when in the twelfth.
There are twelve signs in a day and night; I shall speak of them:
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Pisces, Aries, Gemini, and Taurus have four nāḍīs;
Cancer, Leo, and Virgo have six; Libra and Scorpio have five;
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Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius—the first sign is that occupied by the Sun.
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[Notes]
127.14.p2
1. "dadātīti" in manuscript kha.
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2. "varjayeddaśamiti" in manuscripts kha, ga, gha, and ṅa.
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127.14_2
Movable, fixed, and dual signs follow in order, beginning with Aries.
127.15
Cancer, Capricorn, Libra, Aries, and so forth are movable;
in them one should undertake movable undertakings, victory, desired ends, and both auspicious and inauspicious deeds.
127.16
Taurus, Leo, Aquarius, and Scorpio are fixed; in a fixed undertaking [they are used].
[Under them] there is no swift arrival, and one stricken with sickness is not released.
127.17
Gemini, Virgo, Pisces, and Sagittarius are dual;
these dual signs are always auspicious for all undertakings:
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on journeys, in trade, in battle, in marriage, and in audience with the king;
one will obtain increase, triumph, gain, and victory in war.
127.19
Aśvinī has twenty stars, like the shape of a horse;
if it causes rain on this asterism, it rains for a single night.
127.20
When there is rain on the asterism of Yama (Bharaṇī), it rains for an entire fortnight.
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Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, entitled “Various Armies”, in the Ocean of Victory in Battle in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now, the one hundred and twenty-eighth chapter:
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[The Fort Diagram]
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