Besides the flaws a panchangam prints, Kalaprakasika's chapter on adverse yogas lists many lesser ones (pp. 168–189). Five are explained here: Ekargala, a pattern of the Sun's and Moon's stars, by day only; Kuhoo, a new moon ending in thyajyam on certain stars from your birth star; the Andha stars and signs; Karthari; and Sthoolam. The book itself says Ekargala and the Andha stars count only north of the river Sone (p. 192).
☕ Fine print in the muhurtha book
A daily panchangam prints the big flaws: rahu kalam, yamagandam, varjyam, an adverse yoga or karana. Kalaprakasika's chapter on adverse yogas goes much further (pp. 168–189). Most of its lesser flaws are counted from where the Sun, the Moon or Mars stands, so they change from day to day and need a little arithmetic. An astrologer choosing a muhurtha may check them; a panchangam leaves them out.
Ekargala is the best known. Each of the nine adverse nithya yogas has a star (p. 169). Write that star at the top, the stars before it down one side and the stars after it down the other, so that each line joins two stars the same distance from the top. If the Sun's star and the Moon's star sit at the two ends of one line, Ekargala is formed. It counts only by day (p. 169), like the flaws in the noon and nightfall article.
The book also limits several of these flaws by region. Ekargala and the Andha stars count only north of the river Sone (p. 192), and the Andha, Kana and Panku flaws only in the old provinces of Magadha and Gouda (p. 195). Nava Panchangam does not use this rule in its day score. This page explains it as the books give it.
Five lesser flaws, and where the book limits them
- Ekargala: the Sun's and Moon's stars at the two ends of one line of a diagram; by day only (pp. 169–170)
- Kuhoo: a new moon ending in thyajyam on the birth star, or the 10th or 19th from it (p. 189)
- Andha stars: a count of star quarters from Purva Bhadrapada, divided by 27 (p. 171)
- Karthari: the 2nd and 12th from the rising sign tied to a pair of retrograde malefics (p. 171)
- Sthoolam and Kantakam: a star counted out from Moola by the Sun's or Mars's distance (p. 174)
- Ekargala and the Andha stars (with Soolam and the extra month): only north of the river Sone (p. 192)
- The Panku, Andha and Kana flaws and the Soonya months: only in Magadha and Gouda (p. 195)
- Ekargala lifted for Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Dhanishta, Chitra, Hasta, Revati, given benefics in quadrants or trines and malefics in the 3rd, 6th and 11th (p. 192)
- Kuhoo does not touch Ashwini, Krittika, Ardra, Chitra, Pushya, Uttara Phalguni, Revati (p. 196)
Frequently Asked Questions
Do these flaws apply in Tamil Nadu?
For Ekargala and the Andha stars, the book itself says they count only north of the river Sone (p. 192); the Andha, Kana and Panku flaws only in Magadha and Gouda (p. 195). It sets no such limit on Kuhoo, Karthari or Sthoolam. Local practice is a question for your family astrologer.
How is Ekargala worked out?
Take the nithya yoga running at the time and its star from the table below. Put that star at the top; the star k places before it and the star k places after it share a line. If the Sun and the Moon are in the two stars of one line, it is Ekargala. The book's example: in Parigha, the Sun in Ashwini and the Moon in Moola share a line (p. 170).
What is Kuhoo?
A new moon whose last moments fall in thyajyam, on a day whose star is your birth star or the 10th or 19th from it (p. 189). The book says seven stars are untouched by it: Ashwini, Krittika, Ardra, Chitra, Pushya, Uttara Phalguni, Revati (p. 196). Thyajyam is explained in the thyajyam article.
What are the Andha signs?
In the book (p. 171), Aries, Taurus, Leo are Andha (unseeing) by day, and Gemini, Cancer, Virgo by night. Libra and Scorpio are Badhira (unhearing) in the morning, Sagittarius and Capricorn in the evening, Cancer and Virgo at midday; Aquarius and Pisces are Panku (halting) at twilight. The names are images for a rising sign that the book does not favour at that hour.
How is Sthoolam counted?
Count the stars from the Sun's star to Moola, then count the same number on from Moola; the star you reach is Sthoolam (p. 174). With the Sun in Ashwini, Moola is the 19th star, and the 19th from Moola is Magha. Kantakam is the same count from Mars's star.
From the source
Ekargala's nine stars and the book's own diagram, the rules stated but not computed here, and what this page leaves out.
✳️ Ekargala: the nine yogas and their stars
The nine are the same adverse nithya yogas a panchangam marks (p. 169).
| Yoga | Its star |
|---|---|
| Vishkambha | Ashwini |
| Vyatipata | Ashlesha |
| Shoola | Mrigashira |
| Parigha | Magha |
| Ganda | Moola |
| Atiganda | Anuradha |
| Vajra | Pushya |
| Vyaghata | Punarvasu |
| Vaidhriti | Chitra |
The book's diagram for Parigha (p. 170), one pair to a line:
| Parigha: Magha at the top | |
|---|---|
| Ashlesha | Purva Phalguni |
| Pushya | Uttara Phalguni |
| Punarvasu | Hasta |
| Ardra | Chitra |
| Mrigashira | Swati |
| Rohini | Vishakha |
| Krittika | Anuradha |
| Bharani | Jyeshta |
| Ashwini | Moola |
| Revati | Purva Ashadha |
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Ashadha |
| Purva Bhadrapada | Shravana |
| Shatabhisha | Dhanishta |
🧮 Rules stated, not worked out here
Andha stars. Count the star quarters from Purva Bhadrapada to the star of the moment and divide by 27: a remainder of 1 to 6 is Andha, 7 to 15 Kana (one-eyed), 16 to 27 a star with two eyes (p. 171). The print does not make clear whether the count includes both ends, so no table is given. The book gives a similar cycle for tithis, from the waning Ekadashi; its first figure is unreadable in the print. Karthari. The book's words: the 2nd and 12th houses from the rising sign “ruled by a pair of malefics in retrograde” (p. 171); it gives no example. Kantaka-Sthoolam. The Sthoolam count and the Kantakam count added together, counted on from Moola (p. 174).
✂️ What this page leaves out
The book attaches an outcome to Ekargala by day (p. 169), to the Andha, Badhira and Panku signs (p. 171) and to Kantaka-Sthoolam (p. 174), and asks for rites against Kuhoo (p. 189). This page keeps the rules and leaves those lines out.