139 - The names of sixty years of Hindu cycle and the good or bad results from them

The lord said:

1. Listen! Ishall describe the names of sixty years and the good or bad results from them. Sacrificial rites (would be done) in Prabhava. The people would be comfortable in Vibhava.

2. All grains (grow well) inshukla. (People) rejoice in Pramoda (Pramodāt). There would be increase (of articles of comforts) in Prajāpati (Prajotpatti). (The year) Angirå (Angirasa) would increase comforts.

3. The people (population) increase in Srimukha. Thoughts flourish well in Bhāva (Bhava). (In the year) Yuva the life essence gets filled up. Dhatā makes the herbs sprout well.

4. Ishvara (gives) welfare and health. Bahudāna gives prosperity. In Pramäthi (there would be) moderate rains. There would be plenty of grains in Vikrama.

5. Vrusha (Visu) makes all things thrive. Chitrabhānu sees many

wonderful events. Svarbhānu (gives) prosperity and health. The clouds are favourable in Tārana.

6. (There would be) abundance of rains in Parthiva. Jaya (Vijaya) (indicates) excessive rains. Sarvajit (indicates) goodshowers. Sarvadhātri gives prosperity.

7. Virodhi destroys clouds. (Vikruti) causes panic. Men become chivalrous in Khara. The people rejoice in Nandhana.

8-9. Vijaya kills enemies. (Faya) annihilates enemies and diseases. People suffer from fever in Manmatha. People become wicked in the cruel Durmukha. There will not be prosperity in Hemalamba. O great goddess! the year Vilamba gives prosperity.

10. Vikāri causes the wrath of enemies. O Victorious one! (The year) Sarvadā (sārvari) gives comforts to all. Water inundates (the earth) in Plava. O Good-natured one! The people do auspicious things in subhakrut¹.

1. The text then omits the names of 12 years and continues from Rakshasa, the 49th year.

11. The people (become) cruel in Anala (Nala) (there would be plenty of) different kinds of grains. (There would be) goodshowers in Pingala and destruction of wealth in Kālayukti.

12. All things are accomplished in Siddhārtha (Siddhārthi). Dreadful events take place in Raudra (Raudri). (There would be) moderate rains in Durmati. Dundubhi causes welfare and (plenty of) grains.

13. It rains well in Rudhirodgāri. Raktākṣa and Krodhana (give) victory. In Kshaya (Akshaya) people get reduced to poverty. These are the sixty years.

Summary of chapter 139 of the Agni Purāṇa is as follows:

The fruits corresponding to each of the sixty-year cycle names (saṃvatsaras) of the Indian luni-solar calendar are described. Agni enumerates the sixty names from Prabhava through Akṣaya and assigns to each a presiding deity, a predominant quality (śubha or aśubha), and the probable characteristics of persons born or events begun under that year. Agricultural predictions, rainfall forecasts, and royal fortunes are correlated with the saṃvatsara lord. The chapter serves as a reference for jyotiṣa-based counsel on auspicious timing.