ṣaḍ-varga, aṣṭa-varga, sarva sulakṣaṇa

[According to the Jyotir-veda, or Vedic astrology, the auspicious birth moment is described as follows:] The moon was in Leo [the figure of the lion in the zodiac], Leo was the ascendant, several planets were strongly positioned, and the sad-varga and asta-varga showed all-auspicious influences.