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In short
Neecha, or debilitation, is the sign opposite a graha's exaltation, where the classical texts rate it lowest: Libra for the Sun, Scorpio for the Moon, Cancer for Mars, Pisces for Mercury, Capricorn for Jupiter, Virgo for Venus and Aries for Saturn. This app labels a planet anywhere in that sign "Debilitated" and applies no cancellation rule.
What the term means
Neecha means "low". A graha's debilitation sign is the seventh from its exaltation sign, and the classical texts rank it at the bottom of the dignity ladder. It is a statement about one factor, the sign. A debilitated planet still has its house, its aspects, its lordships and its periods, and the rest of the chart is read as usual.
Where the term comes from
BPHS Ch. 3 Sl. 49-50 places each graha's debilitation in the seventh sign from its exaltation, with the deepest fall at the same degree as the deepest exaltation. Sl. 59-60 put the good effects of a debilitated graha at nil, and Saravali Ch. 5 Sl. 25-26 calls it "futile" there. BPHS Ch. 36 Sl. 3-4 carries the idea into a yoga: Gaj Kesari forms only if Jupiter avoids debilitation, combustion and an enemy's sign.
How this app uses it
- The engine labels a planet anywhere in its debilitation sign "Debilitated". It sits at the bottom of the scale with a position strength of 0 of 10 in the app's Shad Bala.
- In a 1985-06-05, 02:29 IST New Delhi chart Jupiter is in Capricorn and reads "debilitated in Capricorn, panapara house (11th)", for a total of 3.67 of 20 and the band Weak.
- A debilitated house lord marks that house "testing" in the house list. A debilitated Mahadasha lord grades the period "challenging". A debilitated Jupiter does not form Gaj Kesari Yoga.
- The engine computes no Neecha Bhanga, the cancellation of debilitation. A fallen planet is reported as fallen, and any strength elsewhere in the chart shows up in its own lines.
Pages that use this term
- Capricorn (Makara) rashi - Jupiter's debilitation sign.
- Pisces (Meena) rashi - Mercury's.
- Scorpio (Vrishchika) rashi - the Moon's.
- Gaj Kesari Yoga - where Jupiter's debilitation stops the yoga.
- Shad Bala calculator - shows the label and the 0 position strength.
- Vimshottari Dasha calculator - where a period lord's dignity is graded.
Related terms
- Uchcha (exaltation) - the opposite sign.
- Neecha Bhanga - the cancellation rules, which this app does not apply.
- Dignity - the whole ladder.
- Shadbala - where the 0 position strength lands.
Shad Bala calculator
Six components, one simplified score out of 20 for each of the seven grahas.
What it needs
Date, time and place
That is more than this article asks for - it only ever takes a date, and sometimes a time, and never a name or a birth place. So this one runs on its own page, which asks for exactly what it needs and stores none of it.
Run it on its own page