https://www.vinayakhora.in/tags/cheshta-bala/Recent content in Cheshta Bala on Vinayak HoraHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 28 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0530https://www.vinayakhora.in/post/ashtagati-planetary-speeds/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0530https://www.vinayakhora.in/post/ashtagati-planetary-speeds/Jyotisha grades every planet's motion into eight named states — from full retrograde down to an unremarkable average pace — and turns that grade into Cheshta Bala, part of Shadbala. Here is what Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra says the eight states are worth, what Phaladeepika and Saravali say they mean, and how four contemporary teachers read them.