Some information is here: http://www.dirah.org/shadbala.htm (copyrighted information)
Interesting example regarding Ch, when Ch is in 3 degree, it should be evaluated where Ch is located, in which Rashi. If it’s better Rashi of exaltation and debilitation, we should count by 60 Shashtiamsas for the exaltation and 0 Shashtiamsas for the debilitation Rashis. Ch will have something between.
Dignity of Planets (Part Dos): http://www.theartofvedicastrology.com/?page_id=295
(III) Avasthas
These are of many kinds. The pertinent one to know early on in learning is ‘Baaladi’ Avastha.
In Odd signs – Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagi, and Aquarius – a planet as per degrees in the sign is in the following avastha:
- 0-6 degrees (Infancy) Will give minimal results
- 6-12 degrees (Adolescence) Will give 1/2 its full potential effects
- 12-18 degrees (Mature) Will give full effects as per its potential
- 18-24 degrees (Old) Will give limited effects
- 24-30 degrees (Near Death) Will give minimal effects if any
For Even signs – Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn & Pisces:
- 0-6 (Near Death)
- 6-12 (Old)
- 12-18 (Mature)
- 18-24 (Adolescent)
- 24-30 (Infancy) – corrected
These are not to be taken too literally but liberally.
What it implies is that planets 12-18 degrees or more towards the center of a sign is deeply colored as per the indications of that sign and hence will give those results strongly. A planet more towards the corner of a sign (Rashi) will tend to blend into the previous or next sign and hence not deeply colored as per that sign. Mathematically a planet at 15 degrees is right at the center of the sign and hence most ‘colored’ with the characteristics of that particular sign.
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Planets (Graha)-Strength (Bal) http://www.sushmajee.com/astrology/planets/planets-2/strength-1.htm :
Varahamihira Strength of Planets: The Shadbala – I http://varahamihira.blogspot.ca/2004/07/strength-of-planets-shadbala-i.html
Jyotish — “Science of Light” (Vedic Astrology) 