Vimsopaka Bala – The

Planetary ‘Report Cardʼ of

Excellence
I) Parasara defined the prominent
divisional charts that affect the major
areas of life an individual.

More so, he even gave a weighted

scheme to be attributed to the divisional
charts while analyzing the divisionals in a
Quantitative analysis to be able to
‘objectifyʼ each planetʼs score in the
different charts.

Higher the score – better the results a

planet gives in its Vimshottari and
other dasas as the planet is well placed
to fructify the results of various facets
of life that these divisional charts rule.

First, let us understand the scheme given

by Parasara. He suggests 6 of the
divisional charts to be given importance
with a weightage scheme as follows-

Rasi chart or D1 – 6 points

Hora or D2 – 2 points

Drekkana or D3 – 4 points

Navamsa or D9 – 5 points

Dwadsamsa or D12 – 2 points

Trimsamsa or D30 – 1 point

For a total score of 20 potential points for

any given planet.

As I mentioned before, exaltation and

debilitation do not hold much value in the
divisional charts. In order of decreasing
‘benefic natureʼ (ability to do good) the
ranking is-

Mooltrikona House> Own House> Best

Friend> Friend> Neutral> Enemy>
Great Enemy

So Parasara also defined the weightage

to be given to each of these placements.
Letʼs say as an example 100% to
Mooltrikona, 90% to own house etc. So
assuming a planet is Mooltrikona in D1
and own house in Navamsa (D9) etc. then
we get (100% of 6) + (90% of 5) +….
(likewise contribution from other
divisionals as above) for a total score out
of 20.

The score out of 20 will give you a

good numeric value of how the planet
behaves in its dasa in terms of
“Contentment” level. The reason is
implicit. These divisionals represent
various aspects of life. Example D9
represents marriage and partnerships
along with the dignity of planets. D3
represents our siblings, co-borns, friends
etc. or in other words the support system
we have in life etc. So if a planet is well
placed in more of these divisionals, more
fulfilling will its dasa feel overall.

JHora spits out this score in the

“strengths” tab of the software. This is
out of 20 and the higher the better. As a
general rule, at or above 10 makes for a
good dasa and below 10 will lead to a
dasa ‘lackingʼ in many facets of life
(even if the planet is otherwise
strongly placed in terms of shadbala
etc.).

Since JHora will do the calculations for

you, the reader can thus utilize this
accordingly after having understood the
logic behind these calculations.

II) On a side note, when I perform a

deep dive study on a chart, I tend to
use my own weightage scheme. This is
because I feel the context of relative
importance has shifted in the
contemporary times. Letʼs say D3 (help
and satisfaction from siblings) might still
be important but much less than what it
was in the yester years of Joint families
and siblings working in related family
work/ business etc.

As a disclaimer, the above point is

subjective in the context of each
individual and no sweeping
generalizations can be made. I make no
claims to the validity of my own analysis
except that it is based on my
understanding of what is important in
todayʼs world to the average astrology
reading seeker. As an example career is
vital to most people today and the original
scheme of Parasara does not include
Dasamsa (D-10) for career whereas I do.

Now to help the reader understand via an

example, please see the horoscope we
have discussed before – Sep 18, 1981 at
1612 HRS and 27 seconds in Chandigarh,
India

The first pic shows various divisionals and

the planetary placements. The second
picture shows the JHora calculated
Vimsopaka Bala calculations and finally
the third pic shows a spread sheet I
utilized to calculated this via a separate
“weightage” system to the different
divisional charts for a few of the planets
of the same horoscope. The score is
hence different from the JHora provided
output but more meaningful from my
vantage point of analysis.

The advanced reader can, after

understanding the above logic, make her
own calculations/ spreadsheets when
diving deep into a horoscope.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

PS: Vimsopaka Bala has another

Related but separate analysis scheme
called as Vaiseshikamsa scheme. The
reader should not confuse these as
they are related but separate
calculations