Phaladeepika (ch. 26, sloka 41, V. Subrahmanya Sastri's translation) states: 'Planets passing through Rasis containing more benefic dots in the Ashtakavarga produce good effect always. Even when such Rasis happen to be the 12th, 6th or 8th, the effect will be good and beneficial.'
B.V. Raman ties the system to transit reading. Raman (Hindu Predictive Astrology, ch. 34) wrote: 'unless Gochara is combined with Ashtakavarga, results cannot be predicted with appreciable accuracy.'
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