We have discussed in two previous articles Balarishta, the planetary combinations that cause death between birth and eight years of age.

We propose to familiarize our readers with  planetary combinations that result in Alpayu - or in other words, death between the ages of 8 and 32.

■Saturn in the 8th , Mars in the 5th House  and Ketu in the Lagna
■Malefics in the 6th , 8th and 12th Houses 
■Saturn in the Lagna and Sun and Moon and Mars in the 7th House.
■The lord of the Lagna is in the Lagna with Ketu
■Malefics in the Lagna and the Moon is in conjunction with evil planets
■The lord of the 8th House is in the Lagna and the Lagnadhipati  (lord of the Lagna) is in a House is powerless or afflicted 
■When Scorpio is the Lagna, Sun and Jupiter occupy the Lagna  and the lord of the 8th House is posited in a quadrant, the native would die at  the age of 22
■Rahu and Moon occupy the 7th and 8th Houses respectively   when Jupiter is posited in the Lagna. The native lives up to 22 years
■Saturn is in the Lagna owned by a malefic with benefics in the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th Houses. The native dies at an age between 26 and 27
■The lords of the Lagna and the 8th House are conjunct in the 8th House with malefics without beneficial aspects. The native dies at the age of 27
■Evil planets in the Lagna 2nd, And the 8th Houses with benefics in the Houses other than quadrants. The native dies at the 28th year
■The lord of the Lagna is weak and the lord of the 8th House is in a quadrant. The native dies at the age of 30.
■Strong malefics occupy Kendras with no beneficial aspects. The result is death before 32
■Lagna is a common sign, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces and the Moon occupies one of them. The death comes before the 32nd year.
 Just as there are yogas nullifying Balarishta, there are also combinations nullifying Alpayu yogas.