Stree Deergham porutham counts from the bride's birth star to the groom's, both included. Kalaprakasika (1917, p. 72) says it agrees when the groom's star comes after the 13th, that is the 14th star or later. It adds that some writers hold that beyond the 7th is enough. The book links agreement here with welfare.
☕ One count, from the bride's star
Stree Deergham is the name of the fourth of the ten poruthams. The book does not explain the name. What it gives is a rule. Like every porutham, the book also attaches a one-line outcome to it, which these pages leave out.
The rule is a single count. Start at the bride's birth star and call it 1. Count forward through the 27 stars, in their usual order from Ashwini to Revati and round again, until you reach the groom's birth star. If the groom's star is beyond the 13th, the check agrees. Our reading is that this means any count from 14 to 27; the book gives no upper limit.
The book also records a milder view: "some writers" hold that beyond the 7th is enough, so a count from 8 to 27. The book states its own rule first and the milder one as a view others hold. This page keeps them that way: the 13th is the book's rule, the 7th is a variant it reports.
Nava Panchangam now matches two charts by these ten poruthams: sign in and open Marriage matching at navapanchangam.com/matching for a Nava verdict. This page explains the rule as the book gives it.
The rule, and the variant the book reports
- Start at the bride's birth star and call it 1
- Count forward in the usual star order, round from Revati to Ashwini if needed
- Stop at the groom's birth star and note its number
- The count always runs from the bride's star; swapping the two changes the answer
- The book's rule: the groom's star beyond the 13th (our reading: 14th to 27th) agrees
- The variant some writers hold: beyond the 7th (8th to 27th) is enough
- A count of 13 or less does not agree under the book's rule
Frequently Asked Questions
What does beyond the 13th star mean?
Count from the bride's birth star as 1 to the groom's birth star. If the groom's star is the 14th or later, it is beyond the 13th and the check agrees. A count of 13 or less does not agree by the book's rule.
Is it the 13th or the 7th?
Kalaprakasika gives the 13th as its rule. In the same line it reports that some writers hold that beyond the 7th is enough. The book puts its own rule, the 13th, first.
Is Stree Deergham counted from the bride or the groom?
From the bride's star to the groom's, both included, the same way as Dinam and Mahendram. Counting the other way gives a different number, so the direction matters.
What does the name Stree Deergham mean?
The book gives the name without explaining it. It attaches a one-line outcome, as it does to every porutham, and these pages leave those outcome lines out.
Is Stree Deergham one of the chief poruthams?
No. Kalaprakasika names Dinam, Ganam, Yoni, Rasi and Rajju as its five chief checks. Stree Deergham is one of the other five, and counts toward the at least five of ten the book asks for.
From the source
Three worked counts, and where this check sits among the ten.
🔢 Worked counts
Say the bride's star is Ashwini. If the groom's star is Pushya, it is the 8th from Ashwini: beyond the 7th but not beyond the 13th. It agrees only under the variant some writers hold. If the groom's star is Swati, it is the 15th: beyond the 13th, so it agrees under the book's own rule.
The count runs round the circle of stars. If the bride's star is Shravana and the groom's is Hasta, count on past Revati and start again at Ashwini: Hasta is the 19th, beyond the 13th.
For a bride at Ashwini, the groom's stars that agree under the book's rule are: Chitra, Swati, Vishakha, Anuradha, Jyeshta, Moola, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati.
📖 Kalaprakasika, p. 72
The rule is one line of chapter XIII: the groom's star "should be beyond the 13th asterism from that of the bride", and "some writers hold that it is enough if the said asterism be beyond the 7th". The line before it is Mahendram, which counts the same way, from the bride's star; see the Mahendram page. How the ten checks are weighed together is on the ten poruthams overview.