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The Jyotish Degree Path · Level III of IV

Master — Advanced & Specialist Jyotishनिपुणता · Nipuṇatā — Mastery of Craft

The specialist's toolkit: six-fold strength, ashtakavarga, the whole Jaimini system, the complete Kundli Milan, and electional astrology.

Duration≈ 2 terms
PrerequisiteBachelor / Predictive Jyotish, or demonstrated equivalent.
Modules10 courses + capstone
Programme outcomes

On completing this level you can

  • Compute full Shadbala and Bhava Bala and quantify any planet's strength and benefic capacity.
  • Build and apply Bhinna- and Sarvashtakavarga for strength and transit work.
  • Work the Jaimini system end to end: chara karakas, arudhas, chara dasha, raja yogas.
  • Produce a complete specialist Kundli Milan and a defensible wedding muhurta.
Curriculum
JYO-301

Shadbala I — Sthana, Dig, Kala

3 wk

The first three of the six strengths, rigorously.

Topics
  • Sthana bala: uchcha, saptavargaja, ojhayugma, kendradi, drekkana
  • Dig bala (directional)
  • Kala bala: nathonnatha, paksha, tribhaga, year/month/day/hora lords, ayana
Methods & Calculation

Sthana sums 5 positional parts (max ~60 each in virupas). Dig: Jup/Mer strong in 1st, Sun/Mars 10th, Sat 7th, Moon/Ven 4th. Kala blends day/night, waxing (paksha, doubled for Moon), and time-lordships.

Practicum

Hand-compute Sthana and Dig bala for your Venus; cross-check the engine's shadbala block.

JYO-302

Shadbala II — Cheshta, Naisargika, Drik; Bhava Bala

3 wk

The remaining strengths, the totals, and house-strength.

Topics
  • Cheshta (motional) — retrograde/speed
  • Naisargika (fixed natural ranking)
  • Drik (aspectual) bala
  • Rupas, required strengths, Ishta/Kashta, Bhava Bala
Methods & Calculation

Naisargika: Sun60 Moon51.4 Ven42.9 Jup34.3 Mer25.7 Mars17.1 Sat8.6. Total virupas ÷60 = Rupas; ratio vs requirement (Mer7, Jup6.5, Sun6.5, Moon6, Ven5.5, Mars5, Sat5). Ishta=√(uchcha×cheshta); Kashta=√((60−uchcha)(60−cheshta)).

Practicum

Produce full Shadbala for your chart; rank planets; compute % benefic for Venus & Jupiter.

JYO-303

Ashtakavarga

3 wk

The bindu (point) system for fine strength and transit timing.

Topics
  • Bhinnashtakavarga (each planet's own table)
  • Sarvashtakavarga (the combined 337-bindu chart)
  • Trikona & Ekadhipatya reductions
  • Transit use of bindus
Methods & Calculation

Each planet contributes benefic points (bindus) to signs from itself and others per fixed tables; sum across the 7 + lagna for the SAV. A transit through a sign with many bindus tends to fruit well.

Practicum

Build your Sarvashtakavarga in software; identify your highest- and lowest-bindu signs and what they imply for transits.

JYO-304

Jaimini I — Chara Karakas

2 wk

The variable, degree-based significators.

Topics
  • The 7- and 8-karaka schemes
  • Atmakaraka (soul), Darakaraka (spouse) and the rest
  • Karakamsa & Swamsa
Methods & Calculation

Rank planets by degree-within-sign descending (8-scheme: Rahu = 30−deg). Highest = Atmakaraka … lowest = Darakaraka. Karakamsa = the AK's navamsa sign projected into D1.

Practicum

Compute your Atmakaraka (Venus) & Darakaraka and Poodja's DK; read the karakamsa.

JYO-305

Jaimini II — Arudhas, Argala, Rashi Drishti

2 wk

The image-padas and Jaimini's distinct logic.

Topics
  • Arudha Lagna & the 12 arudha padas
  • Upapada Lagna (marriage)
  • Argala (intervention)
  • Rashi (sign) aspects
Methods & Calculation

Arudha of a house = count house→its lord, project equal distance onward (exceptions: result in the house itself → 10th from it; 7th from itself → adjust). Rashi drishti: movable↔fixed (non-adjacent), dual↔dual.

Practicum

Compute your Upapada (Capricorn) & Poodja's (Cancer = your Moon sign); map the rashi-drishti.

JYO-306

Jaimini III — Chara Dasha & Raja Yogas

2 wk

The Jaimini timing system and its yogas.

Topics
  • Chara dasha — sign-based periods
  • Direction & duration rules
  • Jaimini raja yogas (karaka/arudha combinations)
  • Cross-checking Vimshottari with Chara
Methods & Calculation

Chara dasha duration = count from the sign to its lord (with movable/fixed/dual direction rules), 1–12 years per sign. Use it alongside Vimshottari for confirmation.

Practicum

Compute your Chara dasha sequence; see whether it corroborates your Vimshottari marriage window.

JYO-307

Specialist Kundli Milan

3 wk

The complete, multi-system marriage analysis — the heart of the specialism.

Topics
  • Extra kutas: Rajju, Vedha, Mahendra, Stree-Deergha
  • Mangal (Manglik) Dosha & cancellations
  • D9 & D7 cross-reading for marriage & children
  • Jaimini spouse-signature (DK, UL)
  • Janma Tithi & Varna layers
  • Birth-time sensitivity; the triangulation doctrine
Methods & Calculation

Mangal: Mars in 1/2/4/7/8/12 from Lagna, Moon AND Venus; both-Manglik cancels. Rajju by nakshatra body-group (same=danger); Mahendra count→{4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25}; Stree-Deergha count>9. Tithi=floor((Moon−Sun)/12)+1; groups of 5. Triangulate all systems; trust convergence.

Practicum

Produce a full specialist Kundli Milan for a real pair, computing every layer by hand and reconciling with the engine — i.e. reproduce the study you commissioned.

JYO-308

Muhurta — Electional Astrology

2 wk

Choosing the auspicious moment, especially for marriage.

Topics
  • The Panchanga in election (tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga, karana)
  • Avoidances (Rikta tithis, etc.)
  • The marriage muhurta specifically
  • Transit support of Jupiter/Saturn over the marriage houses
Methods & Calculation

Select a strong waxing tithi (avoid Rikta 4/9/14), a favourable nakshatra & weekday, the Moon well-placed, benefics on kendras, and supportive Jupiter transit over the 7th/Moon of the couple.

Practicum

Draft a wedding-muhurta shortlist inside a chosen year-window for a real pair.

JYO-309

Prashna — Horary Astrology

1 wk

Answering a question from the chart of the moment it is asked.

Topics
  • The prashna chart; sincerity of the query
  • Significators for the question
  • Reading the Moon and the lagna of the moment
Methods & Calculation

Cast for the time/place of a genuine question; read the lagna, its lord, the Moon and the relevant karaka to judge the matter. A self-contained predictive technique.

Practicum

Answer one sincere prashna end-to-end and record the outcome for later review.

JYO-310

Constitutional & Medical Astrology

1 wk

The body in the chart — handled with care and humility.

Topics
  • Graha–dhatu–dosha correspondences (Ayurvedic link)
  • 6th/8th/12th and the Lagna-lord for vitality
  • Reading tendencies, never diagnoses
  • The ethics of any health reading
Methods & Calculation

Map planets to doshas (e.g. Sun/Mars→Pitta, Moon/Venus→Kapha, Saturn/Mercury→Vata) and to body systems; read constitutional tendency and timing of vulnerability — as tendency, never medical fact.

Practicum

Sketch the constitutional tendencies in your own chart (Pitta-leaning), framed strictly as tendencies.

Capstone & assessment

Capstone requirement

A complete specialist Kundli Milan plus a defensible wedding muhurta for a consenting pair: full Shadbala and ashtakavarga on both charts, every koota and the extra kutas, Mangal, the D9/D7 cross-read, the Jaimini spouse-signature, tithi & varna, a birth-time sensitivity check, and a triangulated, honest verdict — delivered as a written dossier.

Required & recommended reading
  • Kalyana Varma — Saravali
  • Jaimini Sutras (with a modern commentary — e.g. Sanjay Rath or P. S. Sastri)
  • B. V. Raman — Graha and Bhava Balas & Ashtakavarga System of Prediction
  • A standard Muhurta text (e.g. Raman's Muhurta)
Where this leads
Next degree

Doctorate — rectification, cross-system research, the philosophy and ethics of the craft, original contribution and transmission.