Dr K.P.

Vaani is a Senior Scientist,

Acharya Ranga Agril University
Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. She is also a
Jyotish Visharad from ICAS, Secunderabad
and Faculty cum Academic In Charge at
ICAS, Secunderabad. A devoted student of
nadi astrology learning it from her Nadi
Teacher Shri A V Sundaram who is the
National Joint Secretary, ICAS.












Sage Bhrighus Blessings

Bhrighu Pada Dasa
System A Leaf of
Bhrighu Maharishi
By
Dr K.P.Vaani, India
Readership Level: Advanced


y Divine grace of my Guruji Dr.
Naresh ,Chandigarh and under able
guidance of Shri A.V.Sundaram Im here
presenting basic treatise on Pada Dasa
System of Timing timing events of
natives life with Bhrigu cycle of the
planets.

There are various predictive tools
available in Jyotish. Among them Bhrigu
Maharishis Pada Dasa is an important
technique for predicting or timing an
event. But this method is not practiced for
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want of proper information for application which is due to non availability of literature,
article or texts.
Recently in ICAS-Secunderabad chapter Nadi Course on different levels was
conducted under able co-ordination of Shri A.V.Sundaram an eminent Nadi Researcher and
National Joint Secretary ICAS. In the course of the study, Bhrigu Pada dasas were
extensively worked out. I am thankful to the authors/speakers especially Shri Tejan Bose
who contributed in Bhrighu Pada System.

To begin with we must find the Arudha Pada of the houses. Arudha Pada also
called as Pada and means Mount and refers to the image of a sign falling on
another due to reflection of the rays emanating from it and being reflected by its lord.

Computation Of Arudha Padas

Arudha Pada is obtained by counting the number of the houses, the house lord had
moved away from that particular house in question. The house so obtained will be the
Arudha for that house under consideration.

For example the pada of the ascendant will correspond to the sign arrived by counting
the number of signs from the ascendant lord ahead from ascendant.

Similarly the padas for 12 bhavas or houses should be computed from the placement
of house lord or lord away from the house.

Therefore the 12 Padas arrived from 12 houses can be termed as follows shown in the Table.1.

House Pada
First House Lagna Pada
Second House Second Pada
Third House Third Pada
Fourth House Fourth Pada
Fifth House Fifth Pada
Sixth House Sixth Pada
Seventh House Seventh Pada
Eighth House Eighth Pada
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Ninth House Ninth Pada
Tenth House Tenth Pada
Eleventh House Eleventh Pada
Twelfth Pada Twelfth Pada



For ex. Chart A: Sep-10-1939, 14.20 time, Madras













LP - Lagna Pada : Meena Rasi
2P - Second Pada : Mesha Rashi
3 P -Third Pada : Mithuna Rashi
4 P- Fourth Pada : Dhanush Rashi
Jup

Sat
Ket


Natal Chart
Moon
Mar Sun
Mer
Ven
Asc Rah
L P

12P
2 P

8 P

9 P
3 P

11P

Pada Chart
5 P

10 P

6 P

4 P

7 P

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5 P- Fifth Pada : Karkataka Rashi
6 P- Sixth Pada : Simha Rashi
7 P-Seventh Pada : Thula Rashi
8 P- Eighth Pada : Mesha Rashi
9 P- Ninth Pada : Vrishaba Rashi
10 P- Tenth Pada : Karkataka Rashi
11 P- Eleventh Pada : Mithuna Rashi
12P - Twelfth Pada : Mesha Rashi
Exceptions To Rules :
1. If the lord of the house is in the same house the 10
th
house in question there from can be
treated as its pada . ex. In the above chart, 9
th
lord is sun in its own house, Simha, therefore
the 9
th
pada falls in the 10
th
house from Simha, i.e. Vrishaba.

2. If the lord of the house is in the 7
th
, pada falls in the opposite house but being Kendra, pada
falls in 10
th
house from the said house. ,ex. Cancer lagna, the lagna lord falls in the seventh
(Makara),then lagna pada falls in cancer, which is Kendra, hence it should again be shifted
to 10
th
from it i.e. Mesha.

3. If the lord of the bhava is in the 4
th
from bhava, then the pada falls in the 7
th
, since it is
Kendra, it should again be shifted to 10
th
.Ex. Vrishabha Lagna, LL is in 4
th
house
(Simha), then lagna pada falls in Vrischika, which is again Kendra, hence it should be
shifted to 10
th
from it, i.e. Simha again.

4. If the lord of the bhava falls in the 10
th
bhava from its place, then the pada falls in the 4
th

bhava in question. Ex. Sagittarius Lagna, Mars is the 5
th
lord, posited in Makara (10
th
)
therefore the 5
th
pada falls in the 10
th
from makara i.e. Thula, which is Kendra hence
pada is shifted again to 10
th
from Thula which is Cancer thus finally being 4
th
from Mesha
(bhava in question).

After the padas are computed for each bhava, then pada lords for each pada can be
listed.
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Table.2.
S.No. PADA LORD PADA
1. SUN 6 P
2. MOON 5 P, 10 P
3. MARS 2 P, 8 P
4. MERCURY 3 P, 11P
5. JUPITER L P, 4P, 12 P
6. VENUS 7 P
7. SATURN ---

As per Vedic texts any event in an individuals life will fructify as per the promise in
the natal chart during the dasas and gochara but as per Bhrigu Pada Dasa Technique the
event will occur when the Pada lord will transit the particular house at that particular age of the life.
This pada dasa system of Bhrigu Maharishis corresponds almost to the Metonic
cycle of planets which refers to the return of the planets to the same position of the Zodiac
with respect to the fixed star. Dasa Periods of the planets are derived as per the periodic
revolutions made in the Zodiac to come back to the exact position of the star.
Table 3. : Cyclic Periods of Planets
S.No. Planet Period in 12
Rasis
Period in One
Rasi
1. Sun 19 Years 1
y
7
m

2. Moon 45 Years 3
y
9
m

3. Mars 14 Years 1
y
2
m

4. Mer 46 Years 3
y
10
m

5. Jup 83 Years 6
y
11
m

6. Ven 27 Years 2
y
3
m

7. Sat 30 Years 2
y
6
m

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Table 4: Pada Dasas Of Planets






Now that the periods allotted to the planets or the pada lords are seen as above in the table.
Thus the event will be assessed when the pada lords are transiting the sign with the padas.
The procedure for confirming of the event through the pada dasa system using this Metonic
cycle of period is as follows.

From the natal chart compute the 12 padas for 12 houses.
List out the pada lords.
To time any event, calculate the present age of the native.
Also list out the house lords, padas and pada lords related to the particular event.
Then find out the dasa period of the pada lords related to the particular event.
Finally event will be timed when these pada lords at that particular age will be
influencing the house, house lord, pada and the karaka.
Planet Cycle
Period
1
YY MM
2
YY MM
3
YY MM
4
YY MM
5
YYMM
6
YYMM
7
YYMM
8
YYMM
9
YYMM
10
YYMM
11
YY MM
12
YY MM

SUN 19 1 - 07 3 - 02 4 - 09 6 - 09 7 - 11 9 - 06 11 - 01 12-08 14-03 15 - 10 17 - 05 19
MOON 45 3 - 09 7 - 06 11 -03 15 - 00 18-09 22-06 26-03 30-00 33-09 37-06 41 - 03 45
MAR 14 1 - 02 2 - 04 3 - 06 4 - 08 5 -10 7 - 00 8 - 02 9 - 04 10-06 11-08 12 - 10 14
MER 46 3-10 7-08 11-06 15-04 19-02 23-00 26-10 30-08 34-06 38-04 41 - 02 46
JUP 83 6 - 11 13-10 20 -09 27 - 08 34-07 41-06 48-05 55-04 62-03 69-02 76 - 01 83
VEN 27 2 - 03 4 - 06 6 - 09 9 - 00 11-03 13-06 15-09 18-00 20-03 22-06 24 - 09 27
SAT 30 2 - 06 5 - 00 7 - 06 10 - 00 12-06 15-00 17-06 20-00 22-06 25-00 27 - 06 30
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Some Principles Involved In Timing Of Event
Dasa Period of pada lord is directly involved with the event.
Bhrigu system of astrology gives maximum importance to Kendra/Trikonas. Thus
whenever the pada lords are in trine or kendra to the house lords/house or crossing the
house, then the events will be fructified.{ Kendra-Self effort, Trines-Fate}
Lagna pada signifies protection; it will try to protect the native from total effects.

Ex. To time the marriage event for a native, the following should be analyzed. :
House - Lagna , 7 House
House lords - Lagna lord, 7th lord
Pada lords - Pada lord of Lagna lord, Pada lord of 7th lord
Present age of the native.
Dasa Periods of pada lords influencing Lagna, Lagna lord, and 7th house, 7th lord

Event will occur when the pada lords during their dasas will influence the houses, house
lords and karaka by moving over them or in trines to them.

In the chart given below we will discuss marriage event

For Example: Chart A: Sep-10-1939, 2.20 P.M. Madras

Chart Showing Movement of Pada lords over the Houses, House Lords or Karaka
during their Dasa Periods


Jup
12P
LP
Sat
Ket
2P 8P
9 P

3 P
11P


Moon
5P 10P
Mar
Mer Sun
Ven
6 P
Asc
4 P
Rah
7 P

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Mer Sat Jup

Moon

Sun Ven

Mar


Date of Birth: Sep -10 -1939 Date of Marriage : July -05-1967
Marriageable Age : 27
Y
07
M
25
D


Therefore at the given marriageable age the pada lords are moving through the houses and
the house lords as per the Table 3 & 4 and chart given above.

Predicting the marriage as per information given above:

For the marriage event to occur the pad lords of Lagna lord (LL), and 7
th
lord (7
L
)
should influence these parameters (L, LL,7
H ,
7
L
,Karaka) during their dasa periods.


Lagna : Mars as pada lord of 2P (Kutumbh), 8P (Marriage contract ) is moving over lagna,
and is in Kendra to seventh house directly influencing the native for the marriage to occur at
27
Y
07
M
25
D


Lagna Lord: is influenced by the mercury, pada lord of 3P and 11
th
pada and the seventh lord
crossing over lagna lord and also over lagna pada and 12
th
pada at marriageable age of 27
Y

07
M
25
D


Seventh House: At 27
Y
07
M
25
D
, Jupiter the pada lord of lagna lord is moving through
seventh house in Kendra to lagna, lagna lord, thereby making the marriage to occur.

Seventh Lord: Venus the pada lord of the 7
th
pada is directly causing the event by moving
over the seventh lord and natal Venus which is also the karaka for marriage is also directly
influenced by Venus, karaka for marriage moving over it.

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Conclusion:
Therefore it can be concluded that pada lord are very vital in Bhrigu Pada system
of timing the event. The pada lords during its dasa period will make the event to occur by
directly influencing through its movement over the house or the house lords.



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