Mrityu Bhaga

This article has 3 parts that deals with

1) Mrityu Bhaga for Signs
2) Mrityu Bhaga for Planets
3) Mrityu Bhaga for Nakshatras
Mrityu Bhaga = Death causing degree (in the zodiac
circle i.e. ecliptic)
1) Mirtyu Bhaga for Rasi or Lagna
This is generally applicable to all signs and all planets.
Here (referring to Skanda hora quote on the same) the
word Antha (end) means Mrityu bhaga. The Mrityu
bhagas for the ascendant are the 1st deg in Aries, 9th deg
Taurus, 21st deg in Gemini, 22nd deg Cancer, 25th deg in
Leo, 2nd deg in Virgo, 4th deg in Libra, 23rd deg in
Scorpio, 18th deg in Sagittarius, 20th deg in Capricorn,
24th deg in Aquarius and 10th deg in Pisces. They have
all been mentioned to be different from each other for
each of the twelve signs beginning with Aries.
(Brihat Prajapatyam, Rf. Hridya Patha)
Most of the sages and acharyas are of the opinion that the
above Mrityubhagas are essentially connected to the signs
themselves and should be applied for all planets. Since
Mrityubhaga is related to the sign, which planet is under
consideration is not relevant.

2) Mrityubhaga of Planets
But Brihat Prajapaty is the of the opinion that, in general
the above statement is correct, but special Mrityubhaga
should be considered specially for Moon. Kausika hora
moves one step further in this deviation of connecting
Mrityubhaga with planets instead of signs itself, and
proposes Mrityubhaga for all planets in all signs!
Mrityu Bhaga for Moon
Brihat Prajapatya tells us that the Mrityu Bhaga for Moon
in signs are not the same as above, and proceeds to
quote the Mrityu bhagas for Moon as given below.
26th deg in Aries, 12th deg in Taurus, 13th deg in Gemini,
25th deg in Leo, 11th deg in Virgo, 26th deg in Libra, 14th
deg in Scorpio, 13th deg in Sagittarius, 25th deg in
Capricorn, 5th deg in Aquarius, 12th deg in Pisces are the
Mrityubhagas for Moon. The mrityu bhagas of Moon have
been mentioned in this way for signs beginning with Aries.
For other planets some (i.e. the sages like Garga,
Sounaka etc) say that the mrityu bhagas are identical with
ascendant while some others (like Kausika etc) say that
they are different from it.
(Brihat Prajapatyam, Rf. Hridya Patha)
These Mrityu bahagas for Moon is agreed upon by many
sages - such as Daksha, Viswamitra etc, and is therefore
can be considered as authentic.
Mrityu Bhaga for Other Planets
Here Daksha tell us that for all other planets Mrityu bhaga
told for Lagna itself can be used. But Sage viswamitra the
author of Kausika hora is of the opinion that Mrityu bhaga
that should be ascribed/considered for every planet is
different. In Kausika hora Viswamitra provides us with the
list of Mrityu bhagas for all planets.
It is interesting to note that Viswamitra provided mrityu
bhaga not only for the 3 major malefics (Sun, Mars,
Saturn) but for other malefics such as Rahu, Ketu and
Gulika and even for the benefics such as Mercury, Venus
and Jupiter. That is, Kausika hora provides us with
Mrityubhaga for all planets. All those slokas from Kausika
hora are also quoted below.
Planetary Mrityubhaga is a deviation from the original
concept of Mrityubhaga. This deviation was originated by
Daksha (Brihat Prajapatya) and made intensified by
Kausika Viswamitra (Kausika Hora).
Mrityubhaga opinion expressed by Sage Kausika is
tabulated below -

Sl As Su Mo Ma Me Ju Ve Sa Ra Ke Gk

Ar 01 20 26 19 15 19 28 10 14 08 23
Ta 09 09 12 18 14 29 15 04 13 18 24

Ge 21 12 13 25 13 12 11 07 12 20 11

Cn 22 06 25 23 12 27 17 09 11 12 12

Le 25 08 24 29 08 06 10 12 24 21 13

Vi 02 24 11 28 18 04 23 16 23 22 14

Li 04 16 26 14 20 23 04 03 22 23 08

Sc 23 17 14 21 10 10 06 18 21 24 18

Sg 18 22 13 02 21 17 27 28 12 11 22

Cp 20 02 25 15 22 11 12 14 20 12 12

Aq 24 03 05 11 07 15 29 13 18 13 21

Pi 10 23 12 06 05 28 19 15 08 14 22

3) Mrityu Bhaga of Nakshatras (Nakshatra Mrihtyu

bhaga)
Nakshatra Mrityu bhaga: This is a concept originally
presented by Sounaka (Sounaka hora).
One thing to remember about Nakshatra Mrityubhaga is
that, here it is not the degree, but the Muhurata
corresponding to that Nal (Nakshatra dina) is what is
considered as Mrityubhaga. Since every Nakshtra dina will
have 30 Nakshatra Muhurtas (1 Muhurta = 2 nadika; 30
Nakshatra Muhurta = 60 nadika = 1 ahoratra) the number
given here could he any number less than 30 associated
with every Nakshatra.
This is tabulated below -

Sl Nakshatra Bright Dark

Fortnight Fortnight

1 Aswini 05 28

2 Bharani 03 17

3 Krittika 07 17

4 Rohini 02 26

5 Mrigasira 04 25

6 Ardra 08 24
7 Punarvasu 06 23

8 Pushya 09 22

9 Aslesha 13 17

1 Makha 11 18
0

11 Purva phalguni 12 19

1 Uttara phalguni 01 20
2

1 Hasta 14 15
3

1 Chittra 16 16
4

1 Swati 15 14
5

1 Visakha 20 01
6
1 Anuradha 19 12
7

1 Jyeshta 18 11
8

1 Mula 17 13
9

2 Purva ashadha 22 09
0

2 Uttara ashadha 23 06
1

2 Sravana 24 08
2

2 Dhanishta 25 04
3

2 Satabhishak 26 02
4

2 Purva bhadrapada 17 07
5
2 Uttara 17 03
6 bhadrapada

2 Revati 28 05
7

This is the sequence during the Shukla paksha. During

the Krishna paksha the sequence is opposite. Thus the
mrityu bhagas have been mentioned from constellations
beginning with Ashwini.
(Sounaka Hora, Rf. HP)
This also points to the fact that Nakshatra Muhurta should
be calculated, starting from the beginning of Nakshatra
(Nal) similar to Dasa-Antara, instead of the current
system of connecting Muhurta with Day and night.