Jyotish reference
Articles on Vedic astrology
Jyotish explained without mysticism or fear: how a Vedic chart works, what dashas and Sade Sati are, how compatibility is scored. Every date and number in these articles is checked against the same calculation JyotiSoft uses for charts.
What is Jyotish
Vedic astrology in plain words: where it comes from, how it differs from Western astrology and what a chart can tell you.
Why my sign is different
Sidereal vs tropical zodiac: where the 24° gap comes from and which sign to call your own.
How to read a Vedic chart
A step-by-step order for reading a Jyotish chart: lagna, Moon, house lords, strength and dashas.
Lagna (ascendant)
What the lagna is, why it matters more than the Sun sign and what to do without a birth time.
Moon sign vs Sun sign
Why Jyotish puts the Moon sign first and how it ties to forecasts, the nakshatra and Sade Sati.
Vimshottari dasha
Jyotish's main timing system: a 120-year cycle of the nine planets' periods.
Antardasha
Sub-periods within a mahadasha: how they are calculated and how two planets combine.
Sade Sati
Saturn's 7½ years over the Moon: how it is counted, what to expect and when it runs for you.
Rahu and Ketu
The lunar nodes: the axis of desire and release, their 2026 transit and their dashas.
Mangal dosha
Mars in the houses of marriage: what Manglik dosha is, how it is counted and how it is cancelled.
36-guna compatibility
Ashtakuta: the eight kutas of Moon-based compatibility, the score out of 36 and what it means.
Navamsha (D9)
The ninth-division chart: Jyotish's second most important chart — marriage, strength, dharma.
Divisional charts (vargas)
D1, D9, D10 and more: why Jyotish divides the signs and which chart to read for which topic.
Raja and dhana yogas
Combinations of success and wealth: how raja and dhana yogas form and when they deliver.
Gaja Kesari yoga
Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon: what the “elephant and lion” yoga gives and when it is strong.
Neecha bhanga
Cancellation of debilitation: when a weak planet becomes strong.
Combust planets
Asta: what happens to a planet close to the Sun and the orb for each graha.
Retrograde planets
Vakri grahas: why planets appear to move backwards and what it means natally and in transit.
Panchang
The five limbs of the Vedic day: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana.
Tithi (lunar day)
The 30 lunar days: how a tithi is counted, the five groups and the key ones — Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya.
Muhurat
Choosing an auspicious time: panchang, the event's nakshatra, tara bala and your own chart.
Rahu kalam
The daily inauspicious segment: how it is calculated and what to avoid in it.
Ekadashi
The 11th lunar day: the meaning of the fast, how the date is set and what parana is.
Mercury retrograde, autumn 2026
24 October – 13 November 2026: what Mercury retrograde means in Jyotish and how to use it.
Jupiter in Leo 2026–2027
Jupiter enters Leo on 31 October 2026: what it means for each Moon sign.
Rahu in Capricorn 2026–2028
On 25 November 2026 the nodal axis changes signs: Rahu to Capricorn, Ketu to Cancer.
Saturn in Aries 2027
On 2 June 2027 Saturn enters Aries, its sign of debilitation: Sade Sati shifts for three Moon signs.
Eclipses of 2027
Annular on 6 February, total on 2 August and three penumbral lunar eclipses: dates and meaning.
Upayas (remedies)
What remedies are in Jyotish, the kinds there are, and why behaviour matters more than amulets.
Gandanta
The junctions of water and fire signs: what gandanta is and why it need not be feared.
Why programs show different charts
A different lagna, Moon nakshatra or dasha dates in two apps: seven reasons charts disagree and how to compare them yourself.
Ayanamsha
Lahiri, Raman, KP, Pushya: how the ayanamshas differ, how far they move the Moon and the dashas, and which one to use.
North and South Indian chart styles
Diamond or square: how to read the North Indian, South Indian and East Indian chart, and why they hold the same content.
Birth chart without a birth time
What in a chart is reliable without an exact time, what is not, and how to tell how sensitive your lagna is to a few minutes.
Birth time rectification
How the birth time is refined from life events, character traits and classical methods, and what rectification cannot do.
Kala Sarpa (Kaal Sarp Dosh)
All planets between Rahu and Ketu: what Kaal Sarp Dosh is, where it came from, what the classical texts say and what to look at calmly.
Pitra dosha
The “ancestral debt” in a chart: which combinations are called that, what of it is classical, and how to approach it without fear.
When will I get married: the chart
Which factors Jyotish looks at for “when will I get married”, and what astrology cannot promise.
Rahu mahadasha
Eighteen years of Rahu: how to read the Rahu mahadasha from your chart, how long each antardasha lasts and why it need not be feared.
Atmakaraka
The planet with the highest degree in its sign — Jaimini's “significator of the soul”: how to find it, what it means and how chara karakas differ from fixed ones.
How we calculate and write
JyotiSoft's method: what calculates the charts, how dates are checked, who writes the texts, what a later tradition is and how to report a mistake.
How we build a forecast
The five steps of our forecast: the birth chart, the Vimshottari dasha, K. N. Rao's double transit of Jupiter and Saturn, the fast planets and the house of the event — and what a forecast cannot do.
Questions and answers
Short answers to common questions about Jyotish: “when?”, doshas, birth time, different charts, compatibility, money and health, upayas — with links to the full articles.
How Jyotish answers “when?”
Dashas, antardashas, transits and prashna: how an astrologer looks for timing, what of it is reliable and how to ask about time so the answer is useful.
Work and calling in the chart
What Jyotish looks at for “when will I find a job?” and “what work suits me?”: the 10th house, the amatyakaraka, the dashamsha, dashas and transits.
Lagna near a sign border
What to do when the birth time puts the ascendant a few minutes from the next sign: how often it happens, what changes with it and how to check.
Shadbala
Six kinds of planetary strength in one number: what Shadbala counts, the minimum each planet needs and how to read the result.
Ashtakavarga
A scoring system: how many points each sign receives from the seven planets and the lagna, and how it is used to read the support of houses and the fruit of transits.
Yogini dasha
The 36-year cycle of eight yoginis: the order, the years, how the start is found from the Moon's nakshatra and how it is used beside Vimshottari.
Dashamsha (D10)
The tenth divisional chart: how a sign is split into ten parts, how to find a planet's D10 sign and what the chart is read for.
KP and the Parashari school
How Krishnamurti Paddhati differs from the classical Parashari reading: houses, ayanamsha, the 249 sub-lords, and why the same chart reads differently.
Numerology glossary
The terms of the Nine Planets numerology book, each with a longer explanation: moolank, bhagyank, naamank, graha, Lo Shu and more.
Numerology sources
The books and issues behind the Nine Planets numerology book, with library records where a lawful copy exists.
Nitya yoga
The 27 yogas of the day from the Sun and the Moon: which are favourable and which are avoided for beginnings.
Karana
Half a tithi: the 11 karanas, movable and fixed, and why Vishti (Bhadra) is avoided.
AI or a live astrologer
An honest look at AI chart readings: exact calculation, consistent conclusions, price, model errors, the Barnum effect and when you need a person instead.
Jupiter retrograde, December 2026 – April 2027
13 December 2026 – 13 April 2027: Jupiter turns back from Leo into Cancer, the sign of its exaltation.
Mars retrograde, January – April 2027
10 January – 1 April 2027: Mars turns back in Leo and spends about seven weeks in Cancer, its sign of debilitation.
Jupiter back in Cancer, January – June 2027
24 January – 25 June 2027: retrograde Jupiter returns to Cancer, its sign of exaltation, then goes on to Leo.
Annular solar eclipse, 6 February 2027
6 February 2027: an annular solar eclipse in Capricorn on Mauni Amavasya, seen in South America and western and southern Africa, not in India.
Mercury retrograde, February – March 2027
9 February – 3 March 2027: Mercury turns back in Aquarius and returns to Capricorn.
Upaya: what the classical texts actually prescribe
What the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra prescribes for a hard period: worship of the graha, a counted mantra, homa and giving.
Mantra, giving and gems: the order of the tradition
The order of upayas at JyotiSoft: mantra and giving are the foundation, then the gem for your chart as the tradition chooses it, with its cautions.
How and why upayas work: tradition and research
How the tradition explains upayas, and what research says about mantra, breathing, ritual and giving.
Garbhadhana
The Vedic rite before conceiving a child: why the tradition chooses the night, how it is chosen and how both parents prepare.
How the articles work
Each article opens with a short answer — the “In short” box — then explains the topic in depth and ends with questions and answers. Links lead into the reference: nakshatras, planets, signs and houses. We rely on the classical texts — Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Saravali, Phaladeepika — and use no Western techniques or planets discovered with a telescope.
Dates and calculations
Transit, retrograde and eclipse dates here are not copied from other calendars but calculated: sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsha, true lunar node. They match what you see in your own chart in the Mini App and the bot. When sites disagree on a date (Rahu's change of sign, for example), the cause is usually the mean node instead of the true one, or a different ayanamsha.
What you will not find here
We do not promise healing, wealth or a guaranteed marriage and we do not frighten readers with “terrible” yogas. Jyotish describes tendencies and periods; decisions about health, money and law belong with professionals.
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