Article by Iranganti Rangacharya

Only Five Planets

MOON-BASED YOGAS are those which are formed by planetary positions reckoned from the Moon in the natal charts. I shall deal with three such Yogas, namely, Sunapha, Anapha and Durudhara. In all the three Yogas, the Sun, Rahu and Ketu have no involvement in their foundation. It means only five planets, namely, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are involved in these three Yogas.

Sunapha Yoga is formed when the 2^nd house from the Moon is occupied by planets other than the Sun, Rahu and Ketu.
Anapha Yoga is formed when the 12^th house from the Moon is occupied by planets other than the Sun, Rahu and Ketu.
Durudhara Yoga is formed when both the 2^nd and 12^th houses from the Moon are occupied planets other than the Sun, Rahu and Ketu.

Sunapha and Anapha Yogas

The 2^nd house from the Moon may have one, two, three, four or all the five planets in the formation of Sunapha. By one planet in the 2^nd house of the Moon, there could be five varieties of Sunapha because of the five planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn each being involved. There could be ten varieties of Sunapha by two planets in the 2^nd house of the Moon. There could be ten varieties of Sunapha by three planets. There could be five varieties of Sunapha by four planets. However, only one form of Sunapha is possible by all the five being in the 2^nd from the Moon. So there could be 31 (5+10+10+5+1 ) varieties of Sunapha in all. Let us count them by the arithmetic principle of permutations and combinations:

1 planet = 5C₁ =	5
2 planets = 5C₂ =	5 x 4	= 10
	2 x 1
3 planets = 5C₃	5 x 4 x 3		= 10
	3 x 2 x 1
4 planets = 5C₄	5 x 4 x 3 x 2			= 5
	4 x 3 x 2 x 1
5 planets = 5C₅	5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1				= 1
	5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

So the total number of Sunapha Yogas is 31 (5 +10 + 10 +5 +1). Similarly, the total number of Anapha Yoga varieties also could be 31.

Varieties of Durudhara Yoga

Durudhara Yogas can be formed by one, two, three or four planets in the 12^th from the Moon, when the 2^nd house from the Moon is occupied one planet.

1 planet (in 12^th )= 4C₁ =	4
2 planets (in 12^th ) = 4C₂ =	4 x 3	= 6
	2 x 1
3 planets (in 12^th) = 4C₃	4 x 3 x 2		= 4
	3 x 2 x 1
4 planets = 4C₄	4 x 3 x 2 x 1			= 1
	4 x 3 x 2 x 1

So there could be 15 varieties of Durudhara Yoga with one variety of Sunapha. Therefore for 5 varieties of Sunapha, 75 varieties of Durudhara Yoga are possible.

The Durudhara Yogas can be formed by one, two, or three planets in the 12^th from the Moon, when two planets occupy the 2^nd from the Moon.

1 planet (in 12^th )= 3C₁ =	3
2 planets (in 12^th ) = 3C₂ =	3 x 2	3
	2 x 1	3
3 planets (in 12^th) = 3C₃	3 x 2 x 1		= 1
	3 x 2 x 1		= 1

Thus we get 7 varieties of Durudhara Yoga when the 2^nd house from the Moon has two planets of Sunapha. Therefore for 10 varieities (2 x 5) of Sunapha, we get 7 x 10 = 70 varieties of Durudhara Yoga.

The Durudhara Yogas can be formed by one or two planets in the 12^th house from the Moon, when 3 planets occupy the 2^nd from the Moon.

1 planet (in 12^th )= 2C₁ =	2
2 planets (in 12^th ) = 2C₂ =	2 x 1	1
	2 x 1	1

Therefore, three ( 2+1) Durudhara yogas can be formed for Sunapha with 3 planet in the 2^nd from the Moon for 10 varieties of Sunapha. We get (10×3)= 30 varieties of Durudhara.

Similarly with 4 planets in the Sunapha Yoga (in the 2^nd from the Moon), we get 5 varieties of Durudhara Yoga with each planet in the 12^th (5C₁ = 5). And no Durudhara Yoga is possible with Sunapha with all the 5 planets in the 2^nd from the Moon.

Therefore, the total number of Durudhara Yogas can be (75+70+30+5)=180.

Table A

Planet causing Yoga	Sunapha Results	Anapha Results
Mars	Rich, strong-mined, irritable	Arrogant, quarrelsome
Mercury	Intelligent, conversant with fine arts and music	Eloquent, knows musicology
Jupiter	Versatile, prosperous, famous may be in government service	Will have good status and wealth
Venus	Enjoys vehicles, wealth, properties	Earnest, charming to young women
Saturn	Makes good business	Long armed, has leadership qualities, yoked to a bad woman

Table B

Planets causing Yoga	Durudhara Results
Mercury and Mars	Avaricious, addicted to vices, though possessed of meritorious qualities and affairs with unchaste women
Mars and Jupiter	Harassed by enemies
Mars and Venus	Performs gymnastics
Mars and Saturn	Slanderous, attached to low women
Mercury and Jupiter	Pious, conversant with Vedic scriptures
Saturn and Mercury	Wanderer, averse to kith and kin,
Mercury and Venus	Amateur in music and dance, handsome, intelligent
Jupiter and Venus	Guiltless in thought, princely status
Saturn and Jupiter	Happy, possessed of humane qualities and knowledge, impartial
Venus and Saturn	Bound by ancient customs

General Results

The person born in Sunapha Yoga will have self-earned wealth. One born in Anapha Yoga is rich and maintains good health and character. One born in Durudhara Yoga enjoys abundance of wealth, vehicles and will have faithful attendants.

Sunapha and Anapha Yogas are given in Table A with respect to specific planets generating them. Table B gives the results of Durudhara Yoga formed by specific planets.

Conclusion

If the Moon-based Yogas are absent in the natal chart, the native suffers from Kemadruma Yoga. It means the Raja Yogas disappeaer like the elephants disappearing on seeing the lion ( harim drishtvaa yatha dwipaha ).
No Kemadruma Yoga is formed if the said planets occupy the 4^th and 10^th houses reckoned from the Moon.
If the Moon-based Yogas are absent in the Rasi chart, their presence in the Navamsa chart can generate Raja Yoga.
The Raja Yoga is more certain if the number of planets causing it is more and/or strongly placed.

Chart 1 belongs to Dr. B.V.Raman. The 2^nd and 12^th from the Moon are vacant. Hence Kemadruma Yoga is formed. But it is neutralised by the presence of three planets in the 4^th from the Moon. Hence Raja Yoga is confirmed.

Chart 2 belongs to Amitabh Bachhan. The 12^th from the Moon is occupied by Venus, Mars and exalted Mercury and Sun. The 10^th from the Moon is occupied by exalted Jupiter. So four planets are involved in the Moon-based Anapha Yogas.

Chart 3 belongs to a scientific officer. The Moon based Yogas are absent in the Rais. Hence Kemadruma Yoga should arise. But instead, the native enjoys Raja Yoga because the Moon-based yogas are present in Navamsa. (16.01)