The Jyotiṣa Journal

Charts & Techniques

Divisional charts, shadbala, graha drishti, exaltation and combustion: the calculation methods behind every reading on this site.

Charts & Techniques

Ārūḍha Lagna: The Difference Between Who You Are and How You Land

How to compute the ārūḍha lagna, why the exception rule exists, and the arithmetic proving it can only ever fall in six of the twelve houses

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Charts & Techniques

Why the Sun Is Never Actually Retrograde (And What People Usually Mean When They Search This)

The Sun is never retrograde and neither is the Moon. Here is the real astronomy and Jyotisha reasoning behind why, and what people actually

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