Dirah Bala: Vedic Planetary Strength according to the Dirah Academy

Dirah System of Planetary Strength

This is a system that is designed to measure the strength of planets in a Vedic chart. The method has been designed by Roeland de Loof. It is included in the Advance course - Vedic Astrology of Dirah Academy.

To view the strength (Dirah Bala) of the planets, please follow these steps:

1. Open your chart
2. Expand the Traditions/Vedic menu and select the Dirah Balah menu option.
   

The Dirah Planetary Strength table contains the following information:

• Ruler - strength values for each planet based on the rulership of the sign the planets are in
• Exaltation
  
• Fall - Fall positions
• Dig - Dig Bala
• Speed - speed of the planets
• Sworn Enemy
• Best Friend
• Friend
• Neutral - neutral relationship between planets (neither friends nor enemies)
  
• Enemy
  
• Aspects (Benefic) - aspect to Benefics
• Aspects (Malefic) - aspects to Malefics
• Conjunction - conjuctions
  
• Retro - retrograde analysis
• Navamsa - Dignities in the Navamsa chart
• House - strength according to the house placements
• Vargottama
• Lunar Phase - Solar/Lunar phase
• Sing: Start/End - edge of the sign placements.
  

Additional Features____________________________________________

• To view the same information in a form of a graph, click the Graph button. The graph representation of the table will appear at the bottom of the window.
• To export the table into a flat file, select the file format (CSV, MS Excel, OOXM, XML) and click the Export button.
  

Editions:

• The Dirah System of Planetary Strength module is available in the AstroApp Vedic, AstroApp Pro and AstroApp Financial Gold Edition.