(1) Ashwini - first Pada - bad to father for 3 months; Shanthi - gifting of gold. (2) Bharani - third Pada - bad to child for 27 days. (3) Rohini - first Pada - bad to maternal uncle. Rohini - second Pada - bad to father. Rohini - third Pada - bad to mother. Rohini - fourth Pada - good for all. (4) Pushyami (a) Male birth in Pushyami Nakshatra and Kataka Lagna during day time - bad to father. (b) Female birth in Pushyami Nakshatra and Kataka Lagna during night time - bad to mother. Pushyami first part - bad to maternal uncle. Pushyami second part middle - bad to maternal uncle for 3 months. Shanthi - gift of sandalwood. (5) Aslesha first Pada - auspicious. Aslesha second Pada - bad to child. Aslesha third Pada - bad to mother. Aslesha fourth Pada - bad to father. Shanthi for all the above Padas - charity of food. Some opine that Aslesha Nakshatra harms mother-in-law. (6) Two Ghatis (48 minutes) duration at: Aslesha end, Makha beginning, Jyesta end and Moola beginning, Revati end and Aswini beginning are said to be bad Nakshatras (Gandantha stars). Elders seem to opine that Shanthis to Navagraha (nine planets) has to be done if a child is born at these intervals. Note: The above stars are none but those that end with a sign or commence with a sign. (7) Makha first Pada - bad to father for 5 months. Shanthi is gift of horse. Rest of the three Padas are auspicious. (8) Uttara first and fourth Padas are bad to parents and coborns for 3 months. Shanti is gift of gingili in a vessel. (9) Chitra first, second and third Padas are bad to parents and coborns for 6 months. Shanthi is gift of clothes. (10) Girl born in Vishaka fourth part afflicts her husband's coborns. (11) Jyesta Nakshatra - divide its span into ten equal parts. First part is bad to maternal grand-mother. Second part is bad to maternal grand-father. Third part is bad to parents and those coborns of mother. Fourth part is bad to coborns. Fifth part is bad to native. Sixth part is auspicious to all. Seventh part is bad to wife. Eighth part is bad to native. Ninth part is bad to father. Tenth part is bad to mother. Jyesta fourth Pada is bad to father for 9 months. Shanthi - gift of cow. Some opine that a girl born in Jyesta Nakshatra hurts her husband's elder brother. (12) Interval of half a Ghati (12 minutes) from the last portion of 1/4 Ghati (6 minutes) of Jyesta Nakshatra to the first portion of 1/4 Ghati of Moola Nakshatra is known as Antharala. If a male be born in this Antharala it is bad to the child. But if a female be born, there is no Dosha. (13) Moola star - dividing the span into 12 equal parts, if the birth be in the following parts the respective relatives and matters suffer: (1) Father, (2) mother, (3) brother, (4) sister, (5) father-in-law, (6) coborns of father, (7) coborns of mother, (8) financial loss, (9) loss of living, (10) poverty and bad to servants, (11) and (12) native suffers. These bad effects rule for 3 months. Shanti is gift of he-buffalo. Moola first Pada is bad to father. Moola second Pada is bad to mother. Moola third Pada is loss of money. Moola fourth Pada is good for all. (14) Poorvashada (1) Son born in day time in Poorvashada Nakshatra and Dhanur Lagna causes bad to father. (2) Son born at sunrise, sunset or midnight in(a) Poorvashada Nakshatra and Dhanur Lagna or (b) Pushyami Nakshatra and Kataka Lagna will experience bad to himself. (3) One born in Poorvashada Nakshatra and Dhanur Lagna, Pushyami Nakshatra and Kataka Lagna causes bad to father. (15) Revathi fourth Pada - bad to father for 3 months. Shanti - gift of gold. Astro SHALIINI