Agni Purana — Chapter 127
AgP 127.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नक्षत्रनिर्णयो नाम षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१२७} :श् अथ सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः नानाबलानि ईश्वर उवाच(२) विष्कुम्भे घटिकास्तिस्रः शूले पञ्च विवर्जयेत्(३) षट् षट्(४) गण्डे ऽनिगण्डे च नव व्याद्यातवज्रयोः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nakṣatranirṇayo nāma ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {127} :ś atha saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nānābalāni īśvara uvāca(2) viṣkumbhe ghaṭikāstisraḥ śūle pañca vivarjayet(3) ṣaṭ ṣaṭ(4) gaṇḍe 'nigaṇḍe ca nava vyādyātavajrayoḥ
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred twenty-sixth chapter, called "The Determination of the Asterisms." [Chapter 127] Now the one hundred twenty-seventh chapter: the various strengths. Īśvara said: In Viṣkumbha three ghaṭikās, in Śūla one should avoid five, six each in Gaṇḍa and Atigaṇḍa, and nine in Vyāghāta and Vajra.
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AgP 127.2
परिघे च व्यतीपाते उभयोरपि तद्दिनम् वैधृते तद्दिनञ्चैव यात्रायुद्धादिकन्त्यजेत्
parighe ca vyatīpāte ubhayorapi taddinam vaidhṛte taddinañcaiva yātrāyuddhādikantyajet
In Parigha and in Vyatīpāta, in both cases that (whole) day; and in Vaidhṛta likewise that day — one should abandon journeys, battle and the like.
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AgP 127.3
ग्रहैः शुभाशुभं वक्ष्ये देवि मेषादिराशितः(५) चन्द्रशुक्रौ च जन्मस्थ्यौ वर्जितौ शुभदायकौ
grahaiḥ śubhāśubhaṃ vakṣye devi meṣādirāśitaḥ(5) candraśukrau ca janmasthyau varjitau śubhadāyakau
I shall declare, O Goddess, the good and ill (indicated) by the planets, reckoned from the sign Aries onward: the Moon and Venus, when standing in the natal sign, are (otherwise) to be avoided, (but here) they give good fortune.
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AgP 127.4
:न् १ जातके चापीति ख॥ २ अग्निरुवाचेति छ॥ ३ पञ्च च वर्जयेदिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ४ षट् च गण्डे ऽतिगण्डे चेति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च । सप्त गण्डेतिगण्डे चेति ग॥ , ङ॥ च ५ मेषादिराशिभिरिति ज॥ :प् ५९ द्वितीयो मङ्गलो ऽथार्कः सौरिश् चैव तु सैंहिकः द्रव्यनाशमलाभञ्च आहवे भङ्गमादिशेत्
:n 1 jātake cāpīti kha.. 2 agniruvāceti cha.. 3 pañca ca varjayediti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 4 ṣaṭ ca gaṇḍe 'tigaṇḍe ceti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca / sapta gaṇḍetigaṇḍe ceti ga.. , ṅa.. ca 5 meṣādirāśibhiriti ja.. :p 59 dvitīyo maṅgalo 'thārkaḥ sauriś caiva tu saiṃhikaḥ dravyanāśamalābhañca āhave bhaṅgamādiśet
[Variant readings: kha. reads "jātake cāpi"; ch. reads "agnir uvāca"; kha., ga., gha., ṅa. read "pañca ca varjayet"; kha., gha., ch. read "ṣaṭ ca gaṇḍe 'tigaṇḍe ca", while ga. and ṅa. read "sapta gaṇḍetigaṇḍe ca"; ja. reads "meṣādirāśibhiḥ". Page 59] Mars in the second, then the Sun, and Saturn, and Rāhu: one should predict loss of property and non-gain, and defeat in battle.
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AgP 127.5
सोमो बुधो भृगुर्जीमो द्वितीयस्थाः शुभावहाः तृतीयस्थो यदा भानुः शनिर्भौमो भृगुस् तथा
somo budho bhṛgurjīmo dvitīyasthāḥ śubhāvahāḥ tṛtīyastho yadā bhānuḥ śanirbhaumo bhṛgus tathā
The Moon, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, standing in the second, bring good fortune. When the Sun is in the third, and Saturn, Mars and Venus likewise,
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AgP 127.6
बुधश् चैवेन्दू राहुश् च सर्वे ते फलदा ग्रहाः बुधशुक्रौ चतुर्थौ तु शेषाश् चैव भयावहाः
budhaś caivendū rāhuś ca sarve te phaladā grahāḥ budhaśukrau caturthau tu śeṣāś caiva bhayāvahāḥ
and Mercury and the Moon and Rāhu — all those planets are givers of fruit. Mercury and Venus in the fourth (are good), but the rest bring danger.
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AgP 127.7
पञ्चमस्थो यदा जीवः शुक्रः सौम्यश् च चन्द्रमाः ददेत(१) चेप्सितं लाभं षष्ठे स्थाने शुभो रविः
pañcamastho yadā jīvaḥ śukraḥ saumyaś ca candramāḥ dadeta(1) cepsitaṃ lābhaṃ ṣaṣṭhe sthāne śubho raviḥ
When Jupiter stands in the fifth, and Venus, Mercury and the Moon, they give the desired gain; in the sixth place the Sun is auspicious.
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AgP 127.8
चन्द्रः सौरिर्मङ्गलश् च ग्रहा देवि स्वराशितः बुधश् च शुभदः षष्ठे त्यजेत् षष्ठं गुरुंभृगुं
candraḥ saurirmaṅgalaś ca grahā devi svarāśitaḥ budhaś ca śubhadaḥ ṣaṣṭhe tyajet ṣaṣṭhaṃ guruṃbhṛguṃ
The Moon, Saturn and Mars, O Goddess — these planets (are auspicious) when in their own signs; and Mercury in the sixth is a giver of good; one should reject Jupiter and Venus in the sixth.
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AgP 127.9
सप्तमो ऽर्कः शनिर्भौमो राहुर्हान्यै सुखाय च जीवो भृगुश् च सौम्यश् च ज्ञशुक्रो चाष्टमौ शुभौ
saptamo 'rkaḥ śanirbhaumo rāhurhānyai sukhāya ca jīvo bhṛguś ca saumyaś ca jñaśukro cāṣṭamau śubhau
The Sun in the seventh, Saturn, Mars and Rāhu are for loss and (also) for ease; Jupiter, Venus and Mercury (are good), and Mercury and Venus in the eighth are auspicious.
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AgP 127.10
शेषा ग्रहास् तथा हान्यै ज्ञभृगू नवमौ शुभौ शेषा हान्यै च लाभाय दशमौ भृगुभास्करौ
śeṣā grahās tathā hānyai jñabhṛgū navamau śubhau śeṣā hānyai ca lābhāya daśamau bhṛgubhāskarau
The remaining planets are likewise for loss; Mercury and Venus in the ninth are auspicious, the rest for loss; and for gain, Venus and the Sun in the tenth.
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AgP 127.11
शनिर्भौमश् च राहुश् च चन्द्रः सौम्यः शुभावहः शुभाश् चैकादशे सर्वे वर्जयेद्दशमे(२) गुरुम्
śanirbhaumaś ca rāhuś ca candraḥ saumyaḥ śubhāvahaḥ śubhāś caikādaśe sarve varjayeddaśame(2) gurum
And Saturn, Mars, Rāhu, the Moon and Mercury bring good fortune; in the eleventh all are auspicious; one should reject Jupiter in the tenth.
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AgP 127.12
बुधशुक्रौ द्वादशस्थौ शेषान् द्वादशगांस्त्यजेत् अहोरात्रे द्वादश स्यू राशयस्तान् वदाम्यहम्
budhaśukrau dvādaśasthau śeṣān dvādaśagāṃstyajet ahorātre dvādaśa syū rāśayastān vadāmyaham
Mercury and Venus standing in the twelfth (are good); the rest, when going in the twelfth, one should reject. In a day and night there are twelve signs; I shall tell them.
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AgP 127.13
मीनो मेषो ऽथ मिथुनञ्चतस्रो नाडयो वृषः षट् कर्कसिंहकन्याश् च तुला पञ्च च वृश्चिकः
mīno meṣo 'tha mithunañcatasro nāḍayo vṛṣaḥ ṣaṭ karkasiṃhakanyāś ca tulā pañca ca vṛścikaḥ
Pisces, Aries, and then Gemini: four nāḍīs; Taurus six; Cancer, Leo, Virgo, and Libra five; and Scorpio (likewise) —
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AgP 127.14
धनुर्नक्रो घटश् चैव सूर्यगो राशिराद्यकः :न् १ ददातीति ख॥ २ वर्जयेद्दशमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् ६० चरस्थिरद्विःस्वभावा मेषाद्याः स्युर्यथाक्रमम्
dhanurnakro ghaṭaś caiva sūryago rāśirādyakaḥ :n 1 dadātīti kha.. 2 varjayeddaśamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 60 carasthiradviḥsvabhāvā meṣādyāḥ syuryathākramam
Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius as well. The sign in which the Sun stands is the first. [Variants: kha. reads "dadāti"; kha., ga., gha., ṅa. read "varjayed daśam". Page 60] Beginning with Aries, they are in due order movable, fixed, and of double nature.
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AgP 127.15
कुलीरो मकरश् चैव तुलामेषादयश् चराः चरकार्यं जयं काममाचरेच्च शुभशुभम्
kulīro makaraś caiva tulāmeṣādayaś carāḥ carakāryaṃ jayaṃ kāmamācarecca śubhaśubham
Cancer and Capricorn, and Libra, Aries and the rest are the movable (signs); in them one should undertake movable business, victory, and desire — (with results) good and not good.
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AgP 127.16
स्थिरो वृषो हरिः कुम्भो वृश्चिकः स्थिरकार्यके शीघ्रः समागमो नास्ति रोगार्तो नौव मुच्यते
sthiro vṛṣo hariḥ kumbho vṛścikaḥ sthirakāryake śīghraḥ samāgamo nāsti rogārto nauva mucyate
Taurus, Leo, Aquarius, Scorpio are fixed, (fit) for fixed work; (in them) there is no quick meeting, and one afflicted by disease is not released.
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AgP 127.17
मिथुनं कन्यका मौनी धनुश् च द्विःस्वभावकः द्विःस्वभावाः शुभाश् चैते सर्वकार्येषु नित्यशः
mithunaṃ kanyakā maunī dhanuś ca dviḥsvabhāvakaḥ dviḥsvabhāvāḥ śubhāś caite sarvakāryeṣu nityaśaḥ
Gemini, Virgo, (Pisces,) and Sagittarius are of dual nature; these dual-natured (signs) are always auspicious in all undertakings.
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AgP 127.18
यात्रावाणिज्यसङ्ग्रामे विवाहे राजदर्शने वृद्धिं जयन्तथा लाभं युद्धे जयमवाप्नुयात्
yātrāvāṇijyasaṅgrāme vivāhe rājadarśane vṛddhiṃ jayantathā lābhaṃ yuddhe jayamavāpnuyāt
In travel, trade, battle, marriage, and audience with a king one would obtain increase, victory, and likewise gain, and victory in war.
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AgP 127.19
अश्विनी विंशताराश् च तुरगस्याकृतिर्यथा यद्यत्र कुरुते वृष्टिमेकरात्रं प्रवर्षति
aśvinī viṃśatārāś ca turagasyākṛtiryathā yadyatra kurute vṛṣṭimekarātraṃ pravarṣati
Aśvinī has twenty stars(?) and its shape is like a horse's; if it produces rain there, it rains for one night.
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AgP 127.20
यमभे तु यदा वृष्टिः पक्षमेकन्तु वर्षति
yamabhe tu yadā vṛṣṭiḥ pakṣamekantu varṣati
But when there is rain in Yama's asterism (Bharaṇī), it rains for one fortnight.
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