Yogini Dasha
Yogini assigns the years to eight yoginis rather than to the nine grahas: Mangala 1, Pingala 2, Dhanya 3, Bhramari 4, Bhadrika 5, Ulka 6, Siddha 7 and Sankata 8, each born of a graha - the Moon, the Sun, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Venus and Rahu in that order.
Because the cycle is only thirty-six years it repeats two or three times in a life, which is why it is used for the finer timing of events within a Vimshottari period rather than as a life-reading in its own right. Sankata, the eighth, is the one the tradition treats as heaviest.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Yogini Dasathe 36-year dashathe eight yoginis
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Dasha
- Sanskrit
- योगिनी दशा
- English
- the 36-year system of the eight yoginis
- Meaning
Yogini assigns the years to eight yoginis rather than to the nine grahas: Mangala 1, Pingala 2, Dhanya 3, Bhramari 4, Bhadrika 5, Ulka 6, Siddha 7 and Sankata 8, each born of a graha - the Moon, the Sun, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Venus and Rahu in that order. The period in force is found by adding three to the number of the birth nakshatra and dividing by eight, the remainder giving the yogini.
Details
- Period Years
- 36
- Use
A short-cycle dasha used for the closer timing of events, especially in the tradition of Lord Shiva's teaching as BPHS reports it: thirty-six years in eight periods of one to eight years.
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