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Foundations·featured · updated 12 Jun 2026

What is a Kuṇḍalī?

The birth chart explained without mysticism — what the lagna is, why there are exactly twelve bhāvas, and how to read the North-Indian frame at a glance. Includes side-by-side South and East styles for travellers between traditions.

9 min read·cited throughout·last updated Jun 2026
Foundations

Sidereal vs tropical — why your degrees differ

Ayanāṁśa explained without polemics. What Lahiri means, why your "western sign" shifts by about 24°, which one Jyotiṣa uses and why.

7 min read
Grahas

The nine grahas as a court

Sun the king, Moon the queen, Saturn the servant who becomes the judge — the classical personification that makes dignity intuitive.

11 min read
Nakṣatras

The 27 mansions of the Moon

Each nakṣatra with its deity, symbol and śakti — and why the Moon's mansion matters more than the Sun sign in Jyotiṣa.

14 min read
Daśā

Vimśottarī — your 120-year clock

How the daśā tree is computed from the Moon's nakṣatra, what mahā / antar / pratyantar mean, and how to read a period change.

12 min read
Yogas & Doṣas

Why most "doṣas" cancel

Maṅgala doṣa has twelve classical cancellations. Kemadruma has five. The honest arithmetic most apps don't show you — with sources.

10 min read
Muhūrta

The eight gates of a wedding date

Pañcāṅga, tārābala, lagna śuddhi and five more — what actually gets checked when tradition approves a date.

13 min read
Vrata

Ekādaśī nirṇaya — Smārta & Vaiṣṇava

Why two traditions sometimes observe one day apart, what viddha means, where the pāraṇa window opens, and why Hari Vāsara is excluded.

9 min read · new
Matchmaking

36 guṇas, honestly scored

What Aṣṭakūṭa measures, what it doesn't, where Nāḍī vetoes apply — and why a 26 with compensation beats a hollow 30.

11 min read
Foundations

Reading your first pañcāṅga

Tithi, nakṣatra, yoga, karaṇa, vāra — the five limbs of the day, and how to use choghaḍiyā without superstition.

8 min read
Grahas

Dignity decoded — exaltation, debilitation & combustion

Mūla-trikoṇa, own sign, friend, enemy, neutral — and the orb of combustion that re-grades everything.

10 min read
Yogas

The Pañca-mahāpuruṣa quintet

Ruchaka, Bhadra, Haṁsa, Mālavya, Śaśa — the five royal yogas, what they actually require, and how often they truly fire.

9 min read
Vargas

The 16 divisional charts

Why D9 is for marriage and D10 for career — and what the other 14 divisional charts actually answer.

15 min read

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