Ruling Planets are the Key to Timings In KP the Ruling Planets at the time of the question are the same at the time of Results.

Lord of the Ascendant Sign In the current place and time.Star-Lord of the Nakshatra where Moon is placed.Rashi-Lord (Sign Lord) of the the Sign (Rashi) in which Moon is placed.Day Ruler for the day under consideration.

These 4 Planets are Ruling Planets.

Nak-Lords and Sub-Lords of Ruling Planets should be ignored only when Ruling Planets are to be considered.

Neglect those that are retrograde from these 4 planets. If the retrograde planets are forming or are in any aspect in degrees then they can be considered as part of Ruling Planet Group. If along with the 4 planets MNN-Rahu or MSN-Ketu are in the same sign as the planets then Rahu and Ketu are added to the Ruling Planet Group and are Important.

In the Ruling Planets Group the Lord of the Ascendant is more important as he changes only after 2 hrs. Next important planet is the Star-Lord of the Nakshatra in which Moon is placed. If out of 4 planets if only 1 is retrograde then it can be considered for inclusion in the group. This retrograde planet gives results only when it crosses its degrees at the point it goes in direct motion. This helps in deciding matters pertaining to events to occur after a few days. For that specific day they are to be ignored.

The Day ruler is to be considered from one Sunset to another only and should not be changed at midnight as a day is considered from one Sunset to another sunset.

In special circumstances consider the the specific degrees of the ascendant and if these degrees indicate that the Lord of the Star is not the same as the lord of ascendant then the Star-Lord corresponding to the degrees is to be considered as the Lord of the ascendant. This needs to be used only on rare occasions only.

Events in 24 hrs : by checking the Movements of the Ascendant amongst the Ruling Planets.Events in few hrs or short time : Consider the Ascendant.Events in a month : Moons Movement amongst the Ruling Planets. The day moon goes into the Star of the Ruling planet the event will take place.Events after a month : Events related to Employment, time of Child Birth, Starting of Closed Industries, Allotment of House when on a Waiting List. Consider the Movements of Sun, this will decide the month and movements of Moon will decide the day.Events which need a year or more : Consider the Movement of Jupiter or Dasha, Bhukti and Anthra.

In KP each planet has a Sub-Lord whose effects are most prominently seen in predictions. If in one Nakshatra 2 planets are present and if the Sub-Lords are different for each then different results are experienced.

In KP the Planets may be in any house and if the Star-Lord of that house is in a positve or auspicious house then all the planets in that house will give beneficial results. In KP any planet if it is related to a house then the results are decided by the house under consideration.

In KP the Star-Lord gives results as per the Houses whereas Good or Bad is decided by the Sub-Lord.

Ruling Planet's elaborated : The Sub lord is the deciding factor in all cases and KP attaches importance to the Sub Lords of different CUSPS and their Star deposit. In the analysis of any chart the CUSPS exclusively indicates the matters of that house alone. After assessing the matter, the

time of fructification of such matters has to be found out and this led to the invention of the Ruling Planets.

The Ruling Planets are : Lord of the Day Lord of the Sign where moon is placed Lord of the Star where Moon is placed. Lord of the Lagna rising at the time of query. Lord of the Star where Lagna degree is formed. Nodes tenanting the signs of Ruling planets. These Ruling planets act as the guides and assist in timing the event almost exactly.

When applied to the Natal Chart, the Ruling Planets will agree fully with the dasha / Bhukti / Antar Dasha periods in operation. The Ruling Planets at the moment of Consultation agree with the Ruling Planets at the birth time or their Dasha and Bhukti's.

The Ruling Planets are selected in the order of strength, the Lagna Star Lord being the strongest. RP's are used to fix the date of realisation of an event under consideration without resorting to the Horoscope or Horary, but using that particular moment of time to calculate these RP's.

The Sensitive degree formed or arrived by using Ruling Planets, when transitted by the lagna degree, the exact hour and minute of the event can be told. If moon is moved to that sensitive degree the day of the event can be arrived at. If the Sun, then Month. If Jupiter then the Year can be arrived at.

The Order of selection of Ruling Planets is Star Lord of the Ascendant, Lord of the Ascendant, Star lord of the Nakshatra, Lord of the Rashi and then the Lord of the Day. Even though RP's are selected as in item (1) above, If a RP were to be in the Sub of another who is detrimental to the houses to be judged for a particular matter by being the significator of houses 8 and 12 to the house to be judged then this will not be a fruitful ruling planet.

If RP selected according to item (1), were to be in the Sub of a Retrograde planet then also this Ruling Planet is not useful. Hence while selecting Ruling planets these conditions are to be observed.

A Ruling Planet fails to offer results only when it is in a Sub of the Lord which is retrograde. If Rahu / Ketu were to be in conjunction with another Planet or aspected by another planet or if it were to be in a Sign without the the above conditions then Rahu / Ketu will act as agents for the planets.

If inclined you are requested to read the 6 volumes published by Shri K. S. Krishnamurthi, regularly as a frequent review is necessary to understand and remember the basics of the subject.

The basics described here is only to create a background so as to support event analysis along with event tracking on a daily basis which is the main objective of this explanation. The proposed usage is not a defined or implied part of KP System.

KP Astrology is all about being able to anticipate events using Krishnamurthi Paddhati of Astrology and Shrikrishna Paddhati in combination. The Natal Chart, Horoscope  or Kundali are the basis one has to use as a starting point and then apply Star Lord Sub Lord concepts.

SKP is an exclusive method which can be learned in a DIY or Do-It-Yourself  mode with advanced Click-learning concepts.

Western Astrology or Vedic Astrology if used with the concepts of KP astrology by using its Star Lord and Sub Lord concepts you could still manage to understand the concepts of Event  Analysis.