In Hindu astrology, Arishta means inauspiciousness. For example, it is used to refer to death at an early age, viz., balarishta (infant mortality). Arishta yoga is created when the Moon at the time of the birth of a child combines with inauspicious planets at the fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and twelfth places from the ascendant without the aspect of Mercury, Jupiter or Venus. If inauspicious planets are placed at one, seven and eight without the aspect of good planets and if the moon is weak, then arishta yoga occurs. If anyone of the planets moon, sun, Mars or Saturn stays at one, eight, nine and twelve without the aspect of Jupiter, it also leads to arishta.
Some of the condition for Balarishta are
- Location of sun, moon, Mars and Ketu in the lagna
- Saturn, Mars and Sun in the twelfth
- Mars in the lagna with Saturn-Sun combination in the second, third, seventh houses
- Moon the fourth house and Mars in the seventh
- Sun, Mars, the Moon and Saturn in the fifth house
- Sun in movable signs with malefic
- Combination of Saturn, moon and sun
- Fourth or sixth or eighth house being Aries or Scorpio, with a retrograde Venus in aspect of Mars
- Sun-Moon combination in Virgo in aspect of malefic
- Saturn and Ketu in lagna in aspect of malefic.