Halos (Parivesha)
Rays of the Sun and Moon formed into a circle by the wind and reflected in the sky with a few clouds become halos. Their colors, shapes, and contents (stars/planets) offer various astrological indications.
Presiding Deities & Colors
| Deity | Halo Color |
|---|---|
| Indra | Crimson |
| Yama | Blue |
| Varuna | Slightly white |
| Nirriti | Dove-coloured |
| Vayu | Dark (also trifiling effects) |
| Siva | Variegated |
| Brahman | Green |
| Agni | White |
| Kubera | Peacock’s neck |
Auspicious Colors by Season
A glossy, unbroken halo of these colors conduces to welfare:
- Winter Blue jay
- Sisira Peacock
- Spring Silver
- Summer Oil
- Rainy Milk
- Autumn Water
Interpreting Signs
⚠️ Harmful
- Stays from morn till evening
- Rough, shining with many a lustre
- Blood-red
- Broken
- Form of: cart, bow, or triangle
🌧️ Rain Indicators
- Peacock’s neck colour (Excessive rain)
- Thick & glossy + single season colour + razor-like clouds (Same day)
- Yellow + Sun shines fiercely (Same day)
⚔️ War & Calamity
- Variegated colour (King slain)
- Smoke colour (Unsafety/Fear)
- Asoka flower/Rainbow colour (Wars)
👑 Destruction of King
- Halos continuously both at rising and setting
- Sun and Moon blood-red day and night
- Huge/Impure halo at dawn/noon/sunset + cries of birds/deer
Planets within Halos
Individual Planets
- Saturn: Destroys base corn, stormy rain, ruins trees/agriculturists
- Mars: Misery to armies, danger from fire and weapons
- Jupiter: Trouble to royal preceptors, ministers, and kings
- Mercury: Prosperity to ministers/writers, good rain
- Venus: Harmful to marchers/Kshatriyas/queens, food costly
- Ketu: Famine, fire, death, danger to king/weapons
- Rahu: Trouble to unborn children, disease, danger to king
Multiple Planets
- Two Planets Wars
- Three Planets Impending famine and drought
- Four Planets King, preceptors, ministers will die
- Five or more Dissolution of the universe
Note: Non-luminary or asterism having independent halo = Destruction of king.
Rings & Lines
| Two Circles | Danger to commander, little clash of arms |
| More than Two | Clash of weapons, threat to Yuvaraja, siege of town |
| Line in Interior | Pertains to kings staying in town |
| Line in Exterior | Pertains to marchers |
| Central Line | Pertains to allies |
| Line Appearance | Blood-red/Dark/Rough = Defeat; Glossy/White = Victory |
Effects by Lunar Day (Tithi)
| Lunar Day | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1st - 4th | Destroys Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras severally |
| 5th - 7th | Destroys trade guild, town, royal treasury |
| 8th | Destroys Yuvaraja |
| 9th - 11th | Harmful to King |
| 12th | Town besieged |
| 13th | Mutiny in army |
| 14th | Danger to Queen |
| 15th | Danger to King himself |