The divisional charts — subdividing the sign to see what the sign conceals
A varga takes each 30° rāśi, cuts it into equal parts, and maps every part onto a sign of the zodiac by a fixed rule. The result is a second chart, read for one department of life. The sixteen nest rather than merely accumulate: the ṣaḍvarga of six sits inside the saptavarga of seven, inside the daśavarga of ten, inside the ṣoḍaśavarga of sixteen — and each grouping carries its own Viṃśopaka weighting out of twenty, so the same varga counts differently depending on which set you are working in.
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AgniPṛthvīVāyuJalaVargottama — part returning to its own sign
Viṃśopaka weights
Each column totals twenty. A varga's importance is not fixed — the navāṃśa is worth 5 of 20 in the ṣaḍvarga scheme and only 3 in the ṣoḍaśavarga, where the ṣaṣṭyāṃśa takes the largest share after the rāśi chart itself.
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Varga
Division
Signifies
Enters at
Ṣaḍ
Sapta
Daśa
Ṣoḍaśa
Totals
20
20
20
20
The sixteen, in order
Varga dignity names
When a graha falls in a favourable sign across several vargas at once, the classics give the resulting condition a name. The count runs from two upward, and the naming set differs by which grouping you are using.
