Marriage timing: how each method works it out

Parashari: the 7th house, its ruler and Vimshottari periods

For marriage, Parashari reads the 7th house from the ascendant, the planet that rules it, and Venus as the natural significator of partnership. The 2nd house (family) and the 11th house (gains) are usually read with it.

The method examines the Vimshottari main periods and sub-periods of planets that rule, occupy or are joined to these houses and to Venus, and reads the transits of Jupiter and Saturn over the 7th house and its ruler during those periods.

Jaimini: Upapada, Darakaraka and the chara dasha

For marriage, Jaimini reads the Upapada (the arudha of the 12th house), the Darakaraka (the planet with the lowest degree of the seven karakas) and the 7th sign from the Karakamsha (the navamsa sign of the Atmakaraka).

In the chara dasha, the method looks at the sign of the running sub-period, and at whether that sign holds one of these points or casts a sign aspect on it.

Bhrigu Nandi Nadi: the spouse significator and its links

Bhrigu Nandi Nadi uses Venus as the spouse significator in a man's chart and Mars in a woman's. When the gender is not given, it uses the Bhrigu Bindu, the midpoint between the Moon and Rahu, as a point that does not depend on gender.

The method lists the natal planets in the point's sign and in the 5th, 9th, 7th, 2nd and 12th signs from it, then follows Jupiter's yearly progression and the transits of Jupiter and Saturn through those signs.

Worked values for one example chart

Example chart: Albert Einstein, born 1879-03-14 at 11:30 local time. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Rodden rating AA): 14 Mar 1879, 11:30 LMT, Ulm 48N24 10E00.

Calculated with the Lahiri ayanamsa, the Swiss Ephemeris and the true lunar node, for the 30 years from age 18: 1897-03-14 to 1927-03-14. Transit and progression dates are UT dates; dasha dates are local dates of the birth clock.

The tables list calculated values only. They are not compared with events in this person's life.

The birth record used here has no gender field, so the Bhrigu Nandi Nadi tables use the Bhrigu Bindu instead of a spouse significator.

Parashari values

Jaimini values

Bhrigu Nandi Nadi values

Related pages

• Marriage and relationship report
• Vimshottari dasha calculator
• D9 Navamsa chart
• Jaimini karakas report
• Career timing worked out
• How timing is worked out (all methods)