Vimshottari Dasha - Rashi - Gochara - Bhava - Graha - Ratna - Nakshatra - Amsha - Karaka - Varga - Bala

1. bhava-1
2. bhava-2
3. bhava-3
4. bhava-4
5. bhava-5
6. bhava-6
7. bhava-7
8. bhava-8
9. bhava-9
10. bhava-10
11. bhava-11
12. bhava-12

√ भू bhu = become

भाव bhāva

= becoming, being, existing, occurring, status, condition, beingness

भावन bhāvana = causing, effecting, producing

भविल bhavila = house

भुवन bhuvana = residence, abode, earth, place-of-being

√ स्था sthā= stand, stay, station, establish, stead

स्थान sthāna

= staying, standing abiding, being-in

√दो do = divide, cut

दाय dāya

= division, portion, place, site

दम dama = domicile, house

√ छा cha = cut-up, divide

छत्त्वर chattvara = house , place

क्षेत्र kshetra

= landed property, field, house, place, country

the born-place

the staying-place

shelter - shell - house - nest - domus

vastha = veshman

daya = gaya = kaya = laya

mana = pura = ayana = vita

"from womb to tomb"

see also

• names + characteristics of the 12 bhava

• BPHS bhava which denote persons-events

• Vimshottari Periods of the Rulers of Bhava-1-to-12

Varahamihira says

• " The nature of the twelve houses commencing with Lagna or the rising sign is thus described:

1. Lagna or the first house governs body
2. Second house governs relatives
3. Third house governs brothers
4. Fourth house governs friends
5. Fifth house governs sons
6. Sixth house governs enemies
7. Seventh house governs wives
8. Eighth house governs death or terminus vitae
9. Ninth house governs auspicious qualities and the general state of the moral conditions
10. Tenth house governs profession, honors, and dignity
11. Eleventh house governs income and finance
12. Twelfth house indicates expenditure.

The sixth, tenth, eleventh, and the third bhava = Upa-chaya = "improving"

Chandra-bhava-1

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-1

bhava-2 * family history

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-2

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-3

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-4

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-5

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-6

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-7

death conditions

8th-from transformation

[8th-from-Chandra]

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-8

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-9

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-10

11th-gainfulness

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-11

vyayapa = 12th from lagnesha

dvadamsha = table of 12 sub-portions of bhava-12