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Illustration of Mars and the houses of a birth chart
Kundli matching 1 min read

What is Mangal Dosh? Clear things to know before marriage

Mangal Dosh is not the same in every chart. Understand the houses, Mars’s sign and the traditional exceptions.

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Illustration of stars and the nakshatra circle
Astrology basics 2 min read

What is a nakshatra? A simple guide to the 27 birth stars and padas

Understand the 27 lunar mansions and their four padas without complicated astrology words.

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Eclipses 1 min read

Solar eclipses in 2027: dates, where they are visible and what India will see

There are two solar eclipses in 2027, but neither is visible from India. Know the dates, visibility and safe viewing method.

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Illustration of the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse
Eclipses 1 min read

Lunar eclipses in 2027: three dates and what India will actually see

2027 has three lunar eclipses, all penumbral and subtle. Here is what India will see, in plain words.

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Illustration of the five parts of a panchang
Panchang 2 min read

How to read a panchang: tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana explained simply

A panchang has five parts. Learn how to read tithi and nakshatra, and what Rahu Kaal actually means.

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Illustration of a panchang calendar and moon phases
Festivals 1 min read

Hindu festivals 2027: dates for Diwali, Holi, Navratri and the major fasts

2027 dates for Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Karwa Chauth and other major festivals, month by month.

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Illustration of a panchang and lunar tithi
Fasts 3 min read

Ekadashi 2027: dates and names of all 24 Ekadashi fasts

Every Ekadashi from January to December with date, weekday and paksha, plus the general parana rule and an explanation of two-day Ekadashis.

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Nakshatra 2 min read

27 nakshatra names list: ruler, deity and symbol of each

From Ashwini to Revati, all 27 nakshatras in one table, each with a full guide.

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Illustration of zodiac stars
Signs 1 min read

Zodiac signs dates: the full list of 12 signs with dates, rulers and elements

From Aries to Pisces, each sign’s dates and its full page - in one table.

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Illustration of home directions
Vastu 2 min read

Vastu for home: directions, rooms and easy corrections

Direction, room and correction - vastu in plain words, without fear.

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Planets 10 min read

The Sun in Vedic astrology: karaka of soul, father and confidence

The Sun is the karaka of soul, father, authority and self-confidence. Learn the traditional signs of a strong or weak Sun in a kundli and the simple remedies.

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Illustration of a crescent Moon among stars
Planets 10 min read

The Moon in Vedic astrology: karaka of mind, mother and emotions

The Moon signifies the mind, the mother and emotions. Learn the traditional signs of a strong or weak Moon, why the Moon sign matters, and simple remedies.

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Illustration of the planet Mars
Planets 10 min read

Mars in Vedic astrology: karaka of courage, energy and land

Mars signifies courage, energy, siblings and land. Learn the signs of a strong or weak Mars, its dasha, and the truth behind the myths of mangal dosh.

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Illustration of the planet Mercury with its orbit
Planets 9 min read

Mercury in Vedic astrology: karaka of intellect, speech and trade

Mercury signifies intellect, speech, education and trade. Learn the signs of a strong or weak Mercury, the budhaditya yoga, and simple remedies.

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Illustration of the planet Jupiter with its bands
Planets 10 min read

Jupiter in Vedic astrology: karaka of wisdom, fortune and expansion

Jupiter signifies wisdom, children, fortune and growth. Learn the traditional signs of a strong or weak Jupiter, the Jupiter mahadasha, and simple remedies.

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Illustration of the planet Venus with its bands
Planets 9 min read

Venus in Vedic astrology: karaka of love, art and comfort

Venus signifies love, marriage, art and comfort. Learn the traditional signs of a strong or weak Venus, the Venus mahadasha, and simple remedies.

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Illustration of the planet Saturn with its rings
Planets 10 min read

Saturn in Vedic astrology: karma and sade sati

Saturn signifies work, discipline and delay. Learn the real arithmetic of sade sati, the traditional signs of a strong or weak Saturn, the Saturn mahadasha, and simple remedies.

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Illustration of the shadow planet Rahu
Planets 9 min read

Rahu in Vedic astrology: ambition and illusion

Rahu is the shadow planet of ambition, foreign lands and the unconventional. Learn its real astronomy, the Rahu mahadasha, the truth about Kaal Sarp yoga, and simple remedies.

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Illustration of the shadow planet Ketu
Planets 9 min read

Ketu in Vedic astrology: moksha and detachment

Ketu is the shadow planet of moksha, detachment and intuition. Learn what Ketu is said to take and to give, the Ketu mahadasha, and simple remedies.

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The Sun rising over the horizon, symbol of the lagna
Houses 12 min read

Lagna in Vedic astrology: the first house

The lagna is the sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth and the first house of the chart. Learn how it is fixed and how the tradition reads it.

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Houses 10 min read

The second house: wealth, family, speech

The second house is not just money: it holds wealth, family, speech and food. Learn how the tradition reads it.

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Houses 10 min read

The third house: siblings, courage, skill

A guide to the third house as a traditional symbol of initiative, younger siblings, communication and practice.

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Houses 10 min read

The fourth house: mother, home, happiness

A guide to the fourth house as the traditional symbol of mother, home, property and inner footing.

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Houses 10 min read

The fifth house: children, intelligence, creativity

A guide to the fifth house as the traditional symbol of children, intelligence, creativity and past merit.

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Houses 10 min read

The sixth house: health, debt, conflict

A guide to the sixth house as the traditional symbol of daily obstacles, service and the capacity to cope.

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Houses 10 min read

The seventh house: marriage, partnership

A guide to the seventh house as the traditional symbol of marriage, partnership and every one-on-one bond.

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Houses 10 min read

The eighth house: transformation, depth

The eighth house without fear: deep change, legacy and hidden knowledge.

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Houses 10 min read

The ninth house: dharma, guru, fortune

A guide to the ninth house as the traditional symbol of direction, guidance and right action.

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Houses 9 min read

The tenth house: action, career, status

A guide to the tenth house as the traditional symbol of action, field of work and public standing.

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Houses 9 min read

The eleventh house: gains, income, fulfillment

A guide to the eleventh house as the traditional symbol of income, fruit and the social network.

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Chart schematic highlighting the twelfth house
Houses 10 min read

The twelfth house: expenditure, foreign lands, liberation

A guide to the twelfth house as the traditional symbol of spending, dissolution and liberation.

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Diagram of one nakshatra divided into four padas
Nakshatras 10 min read

Nakshatra padas explained: the arithmetic of the 108 quarters

The full arithmetic of the pada system: the quarter of a nakshatra, its link to the navamsa, and how to read the pada in your own chart.

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Diagram of one nakshatra divided into four padas
Nakshatras 10 min read

Nakshatra lords and the Vimshottari dasha: the 120-year clock

Which nakshatra belongs to which lord, how the dasha balance is derived, and what the traditional method of dasha reading is.

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Two nakshatras meeting at a junction with the narrow gandanta core highlighted
Nakshatras 10 min read

Gandmool nakshatra: the facts about the six nakshatras

Six nakshatras, three junctions, the textual list versus the panchang list, and how to understand gandmool through arithmetic instead of fear.

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Two nakshatras meeting at a junction with the narrow gandanta core highlighted
Nakshatras 10 min read

Gandanta explained: the full arithmetic of the three junctions

Where a gandanta begins and ends, how its length is counted, and how to check any moment for it yourself.

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A 14 by 14 point matrix of the 14 yonis; each cell carries a score from 0 to 4; cells where the two published matrices disagree are tinted terracotta
Nakshatras 10 min read

Nakshatra yoni compatibility: the full arithmetic of the 14 yonis and the scoring table

Which nakshatra has which yoni, how the points are distributed, and why a yoni score must be read together with its table.

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The navtara counting chain: nine places counted from the birth nakshatra as 1, with a dashed return from the ninth place to the first; the first place accented in terracotta
Nakshatras 10 min read

Tara bala and the navtara chakra: the full arithmetic of the nine taras

How a tara is counted, what the three-rounds rule is, and how to work out the tara of any moment yourself.

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The nakshatra-pada wheel showing the four padas of each of the 27 nakshatras
Nakshatras 10 min read

Baby Names by Nakshatra: The Avakahada Chakra and the Complete 108-Syllable Table

The first syllable of a name from the birth nakshatra's pada: the tradition, the arithmetic, the full table, the causes of variants, and a balanced view.

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The wheel of 27 nakshatras, each linked to its symbol and tree
Nakshatras 10 min read

Nakshatra Trees and Symbols: 27 Marks, 27 Trees, the Full Table

From the horse's head to the fish, from kuchla to mahua: the nakshatras' symbols and trees, two traditions together.

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Chart schematic of all seven planets hemmed on one side of the Rahu-Ketu axis
Doshas and Yogas 11 min read

Kaal Sarp Dosh: Definition, 12 Types, and the Balanced Truth

All seven planets on one side: the complete story of a modern concept, without fear.

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North-Indian chart with the ninth house highlighted
Doshas and Yogas 10 min read

Pitra Dosh: Chart Indicators, the Pitru Paksha Method, and the Balanced Truth

Not a curse but a karmic-debt concept: indicators, cancellations, and the simple system of remembrance.

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Two overlapping circles for Jupiter and Rahu: a diagram of the conjunction
Doshas and Yogas 10 min read

Guru Chandal Yoga: The Dramatic Name, Both Sides, and the Deciding Factors

The Jupiter-Rahu conjunction: a yoga that gives as much unusual thinking as unease; both sides, without fear.

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Two markers at 36 and 42 on a life timeline: the maturity ages of Saturn and Rahu
Doshas and Yogas 9 min read

Shrapit Dosh: The Name That Says "Cursed", the Saturn-Rahu Conjunction, and the Maturity Clock

The heaviest-named dosha: the complete story of a modern label, in which the "curse" turns out to be a hard but learnable lesson.

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The 27 nakshatra numbers in three nadi rows with their zigzag order
Doshas and Yogas 9 min read

Nadi Dosh: How 8 Points Go to Zero, and Which Rules Give Them Back

The heaviest koota in kundli matching: a good total of 28 with "Nadi 0/8" underneath — when this zero matters and when it does not.

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A ring of twelve sign positions with the reference sign and the six failing distances marked
Doshas and Yogas 9 min read

Bhakoot Dosh: The Arithmetic of 6-8, 2-12, 5-9, and the Rules That Erase It

The second-heaviest koota in matching: fearsome on paper, often waived in the tradition; the full arithmetic and cancellation rules, with sources.

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The twelve houses counted from the Moon with the four kendra positions highlighted
Doshas and Yogas 11 min read

Gaja Kesari Yoga: Jupiter in a Kendra from the Moon, and the Arithmetic of a Common Yoga

The most celebrated benefic yoga in astrology, and the arithmetic that shows how common it is under the raw rule; the rule, the conditions and the balanced reading.

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A row of the twelve houses with the wealth axis and the lakshmi-sthanas marked
Doshas and Yogas 9 min read

Dhana Yoga: The Rule of the Wealth Houses, and When Calculators Measured the Base Rate Themselves

Two independent calculator builders measured the base rate instead of repeating "rare blessing"; the rule, the textual warrant and the real test of strength.

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The sixth, eighth and twelfth houses as three boxes joined by double-headed arrows
Doshas and Yogas 10 min read

Viparita Raja Yoga: When the Difficult Houses Cancel Each Other

When the lords of the three hardest houses sit in each other's houses, the tradition reads a yoga of reversal; the rule, the textual warrant, and one computation most software skips.

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Five planet cards, each with the numbers of the signs qualifying for its yoga; Mercury's card has only two
Doshas and Yogas 10 min read

Panch Mahapurusha Yoga: Five Planets, One Rule, and a Measured Test of the "Rare" Claim

Two engine builders measured the yoga called "rare": at least one appears in every third chart of their own samples. The rule, the measurements, the Mercury anomaly and what it means.

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The Sun at zero degrees with the combustion zone and the outer elongation bands marked
Doshas and Yogas 9 min read

Budhaditya Yoga: The Sun-Mercury Conjunction, and the Difference Hidden in a Few Degrees

One of the most common yogas of all: the quality hides in the very degree gap that most reports never measure; the rule, the arithmetic and the graded reading.

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A circle of the twelve houses with the kendra square and the trikona triangle overlaid
Doshas and Yogas 10 min read

Types of Raj Yoga: The Kendra-Trikona Grammar and Its Seven Forms

Saying "there is a Raj Yoga" is easy; the tradition's actual rule system, in which half the ascendants have their own yogakaraka planet and the cancellation conditions are explicit, with sources.

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A 120-year bar in nine segments: Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17
Dashas and Transits 9 min read

Vimshottari Dasha: The 120-Year Calendar Built from the Moon's Nakshatra, and Its Arithmetic

A 120-year timetable starting from the birth Moon's nakshatra: the rule, arithmetic you can check yourself, and the sensitivity that binds dasha dates to the birth time.

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Four rows: one mahadasha, its nine antardashas, the nine pratyantars of the first antardasha, the nine sookshmas of the first pratyantar
Dashas and Transits 10 min read

Antardasha, Pratyantardasha and Below: Five Levels of One Proportion, and the Limit of the Input

The mahadasha chapter opens into nine sub-chapters; three more levels lie below, plus an honest computation: where the system's fineness outruns the fineness of the birth time.

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Jupiter's four sign bands on the 2027 timeline: Leo, Cancer (terracotta, retrograde), Leo again, Virgo, with day counts and boundary dates
Dashas and Transits 10 min read

Jupiter Transit 2027: Exalted Jupiter Returns Retrograde, and the Year's Four Parts

In 2027 Jupiter changes signs three times, returning to its exaltation sign Cancer in retrograde motion; the dates are checked against three sources, and the year counts as four periods, not three.

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A wheel of the twelve signs with a terracotta line on the 10-4 axis: a filled dot at Capricorn, an open dot at Cancer
Dashas and Transits 10 min read

Rahu-Ketu Transit 2027: The Year with No Ingress, and the Full Chapter of the Capricorn-Cancer Axis

A Rahu-Ketu year in which nothing changes: one axis for all twelve months. A four-source date audit, the eclipse calendar, and the restraint that keeps an eighteen-month window as context, not prediction.

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A strip of twelve houses: cell one dark, cells 3, 6, 10, 11 terracotta, cells 9, 12, 4, 5 dashed, pairing arcs above
Dashas and Transits 10 min read

How a Transit Is Read: Counting from the Moon Sign, the Favourable-House Table, and the Complete Vedha Audit

The two-question machine of transit reading: is the house favourable, and is it pierced. The table, the exemptions, the reversed layer, and the one place where two sources disagree.

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A band of three segments: 12, 1, 2; weekly Saturday ticks along the top, two break marks between
Dashas and Transits 11 min read

Sade Sati Remedies: An Audit of Three Layers, the Purana Text, Living Practice, and Modern Claims

Behind every remedy list are three layers: the Purana text, living practice, and claims in scripture's name. This article separates all three, with sources and limits.

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A strip of the twelve houses counted from the Moon: the 4th and 8th in terracotta, the 12th, 1st and 2nd in light terracotta, a small bar under the favourable 3rd, 6th and 11th
Dashas and Transits 10 min read

Kantaka Shani and Dhaiya: Two Thorn-Names Audited, One Older Rule, and a Thirty-Year Map

When Saturn enters the 4th or the 8th from the Moon sign, the tradition calls it a dhaiya; the names are a later layer, the rule is older, and see by arithmetic where these states fall in the thirty-year cycle.

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Saturn's three bands on the 2027-28 timeline: Pisces, Aries (terracotta, 139 days), Pisces again; the retrograde and direct stations 09.08 and 24.12 marked below
Dashas and Transits 10 min read

Saturn Transit 2027: The Aries Dip, a 139-Day Preview, and the Returning Pisces

Saturn usually stays years in one sign; 2027 has two changes: a 139-day Aries preview, then a return to Pisces, and the settled arrival in February 2028.

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Four ascending steps numbered 1 to 4; the fourth terracotta with a warning triangle above
Remedies 10 min read

Planetary Remedies: The Four Classical Kinds, the Layers of Their Sources, and the Right Ladder of Adoption

The map of the remedy system: four kinds, three literary layers, one separate system (Lal Kitab), and a ladder that starts free and ends expensive; the market runs it backwards.

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A ring of 108 small beads with a larger terracotta Meru bead at the top and a turning arrow
Remedies 12 min read

Mantra Japa as a Counting Science: Purascharana Arithmetic, Mala Mechanics, Time and Place Rules, and the Sources’ Spread

One mantra, one mala, one fixed time: japa method read through its counting science, with the text’s fruit-language and the modern rules marked separately.

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Nine horizontal bars with the numbers 7, 11, 11, 9, 19, 16, 23, 18, 17; the bar for 23 is terracotta
Remedies 10 min read

Planetary Donations Audited: The Classical BPHS List, the Modern Colour Tables, and the Gap Between the Layers

A cow with her calf, a conch, a bullock and a horse in the classical list; jaggery, sesame and lentils in the modern tables: the two layers of planetary donation, the gap between them, and the rules they share.

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A horizontal day band with a terracotta sun at the left, a crescent at the right, and four numbered marks 1 to 4
Remedies 10 min read

Weekday Fasting Audited: The Machine from Sankalpa to Udyapana, the Seven-Day Table, and the Safety Condition That Comes First

A vrat is a machine of six parts: sankalpa, the day’s discipline, puja, katha, paran, udyapana. The commonest mistake is the nirjala-phalahar one, and the first condition is that a fast is compulsory for no one.

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Seven descending bars labelled 5; 4, 6, 7; 2, 3; 8, 9; 10, 11; 12; and 13 plus; the first bar terracotta
Remedies 10 min read

Rudraksha: The Object Examined, the Tradition of the Faces, the Planet-Mapping Dispute, and How to Read the Market

One object, two sources, one collision: the mukhi-to-planet table one page calls tradition, the other calls a recent sales taxonomy; and both agree on one thing: the real risk is not in the bead but in the claims attached to it.

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Four concentric layers: gated square, lotus ring, opposed triangles, central bindu; numbered 1 to 4
Remedies 10 min read

Yantra: The Word, the Grammar of the Figure, Its Three Uses, the Antiquity Claims, and the Market Layer

A diagram that is a deity's seat: a four-layer grammar, the "empty diagram without mantra" principle, a three-level audit of the antiquity claims, and a sales page where the answer to "it did not work" is the next product.

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Rays fanning from a terracotta sun dot at twelve-degree steps, crescents on three, one wedge shaded; 0, 12 degrees, 30 times
Panchang 10 min read

What a Tithi Is: The 12-Degree Angle, the Sunrise Rule, Kshaya and Vriddhi, and Why Two Panchangs Disagree

A tithi is an angle, not a day count: the twelfth part of the Moon's journey away from the Sun; the sunrise rule, the kshaya and vriddhi anomalies, immunity from the ayanamsha quarrel, and the real reasons two panchangs disagree.

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Seven planet glyphs on a circle; terracotta arrows leaping every third dot; weekday numbers 1 to 7 on the dots
Panchang 10 min read

Vara: The Week the Sky Did Not Make, the Reason for Seven, the Machine of the Sequence, and the Layers of the Names

The panchang's only human-made limb: the reason for seven, the planetary-hours machine behind the Sun-Moon-Mars order, the changing god layers, the Indian vasara names, and one open question even our sources will not settle.

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Two bars for the solar and lunar longitudes added into one 165-degree bar; ticks every 13 degrees 20 minutes; the thirteenth interval shaded terracotta
Panchang 11 min read

Yoga: The Sun-Moon Sum, the Panchang's Latest-Arriving Limb

Where the tithi subtracts, the yoga adds: the arithmetic of this 27-part counting unit, its late arrival in the almanac, the twenty-seven names, the truth about the auspicious column, and a separate twenty-eight-yoga world.

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A strip of sixty cells; the first and last three in terracotta; digits 1 to 7 over the inner cells with a times-8 mark
Panchang 11 min read

Karana: Half a Tithi, Sixty Halves and Eleven Names

The tithi's half, the karana: sixty halves, eleven names, four at Amavasya's door and seven turning eight rounds; the computation, the Bhadra tradition, the animal names and roots near 500 BCE.

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A grid of seven rows and eight columns; each row deals the seven planet sigils onto the day’s eight parts, Jupiter in terracotta and Saturn in dark ink, the eighth column empty
Panchang 12 min read

Yamaganda and Gulika: The Deal of Seven Lords onto Eight Chairs, Where Rahu Gets No Chair at All

Yamaganda and Gulika are not tables to memorise: deal seven lords onto eight chairs and Jupiter’s chair is Yamaganda, Saturn’s is Gulika; four sources, one recorded variant, and Gulika’s second life inside the chart.

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A grid of seven rows and eight columns; one terracotta cell per row marks the weekday’s Rahu-kaal part: 2, 7, 5, 6, 4, 3, 8
Panchang 10 min read

Rahu Kaal: The Window That Moves with the Sun, the Rule of Eight Parts, and the Clock-Time Misunderstanding

Rahu kaal is not a clock time but a moving eighth of the day: the sunrise-sunset weekday rule, a three-source check, our own worked example, and the real scope of the avoidance.

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A horizontal daylight bar divided into fifteen equal segments from sunrise to sunset, the eighth segment filled in terracotta with 7/15 and 8/15 marks at its edges
Panchang 10 min read

Abhijit Muhurat: The Noon Window That Borrows Its Name from a Star the Calendar Dropped

Abhijit Muhurat is the eighth fifteenth of daylight, centred on true local noon; two published examples re-checked, three policies on the Wednesday rule, and the nakshatra that left the calendar but left its name on midday.

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A grid of seven rows, one per weekday, each showing its eight daytime choghadiya slots as single letters; auspicious in terracotta, avoided in dark ink, Char in white; every row begins and ends with the same letter
Panchang 10 min read

Choghadiya: The Four-Ghadi Timetable Whose Classical Pedigree Two Sources Still Dispute

Choghadiya cuts day and night into eight named parts each; the construction rule, the night’s separate door, two sources openly split over its classical pedigree, and the checks any reader can run on any printed table.

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Seven planet sigils on a circle in the Chaldean order with Saturn at the top, joined by lines in the order of the weekdays to form a seven-pointed star
Panchang 9 min read

Hora: The Planetary Hour That Built the Order of the Weekdays

The hora cuts day and night into twelve planet-ruled parts each; the jump of three yields the week’s order, the seven-pointed star draws it, and two thousand years of documentation follow, every step with its source.

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Two horizontal bars showing the same fortnight: on the amanta bar the waning half closes the same month, on the purnimanta bar the identical fortnight opens the next month
Panchang 10 min read

Amanta vs Purnimanta: One Fortnight, Two Month Names

Every day of a waning fortnight carries two correct month names: the amanta panchang ends its month at the new moon, the purnimanta at the full, and that single difference gives every dark-fortnight festival two names.

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Five horizontal bars narrowing downward like a funnel, numbered one to five: the season vetoes, the month, the day, the hour and the final window
Panchang 10 min read

How a Shubh Muhurat Is Chosen: The Funnel from Year to Hour

A muhurat is not picked but filtered: from the season vetoes to the two-hour lagna sieve, the ordered stack of five sieves that narrows 365 days to a window a few hours wide.

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Two rulers: three sankranti ticks at the Sun’s slower pace above, five new moons at the Moon’s quicker pace below; the second lunar month contains no tick and is marked zero
Panchang 10 min read

Adhik Maas: The Thirteenth Month the Sun and Moon Decide Together

A lunar month in which the Sun does not change sign becomes the adhik maas: the correction gear for the eleven-day yearly shortfall, which stretched Jyeshtha to sixty days in 2026 and will erase a month in 2124.

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A horizontal strip of the twelve lunar months with door marks at Chaitra, Ashadha, Ashwin and Magha; the Ashwin door filled in terracotta and drawn larger, the Ashadha and Magha doors dashed and marked gupta
Festivals 11 min read

Navratri: The Year Has Four Doors, and Nine Nights Stand Behind Each One

Navratri comes not once but four times a year; the nine-goddess list changes with region and sampradaya, the sources collide on day colours, and every region keeps its own rite. The four doors, the nine nights, the regional rites and the 2027 dates, with sources.

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Three drawn objects in a row: a clay karwa pot, a round sieve with visible holes, and the just-past-full waning moon of Krishna Chaturthi
Festivals 10 min read

Karva Chauth: A Pot, a Sieve, and the Wait for the Moon

Karva Chauth reads through three things: the clay karwa, the sieve and the moon. Origins, sargi, the feris, the tales, today’s debate, an honest note on the fast, and the 2027 date, with sources.

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Two parallel strips of the years 2024 to 2034, Smarta above and Vaishnava below; split years carry paired hollow ink dots, shared years a filled terracotta dot; the 2027 dot drawn larger with a small midnight clock above it
Festivals 10 min read

Janmashtami: Two Calendars, One Midnight

Janmashtami appears on two dates in many years because the Smarta and Vaishnava sampradayas pick the day by different rules; 2027 is a single shared day for both, Wednesday 25 August. The rules, the birth legend, the midnight puja, the parana, the regional rites and an honest note on the fast, with sources.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the first cell filled in terracotta and marked 0 to 30 degrees; inside it the segments of Ashwini, Bharani and Krittika’s first pada; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Aries (Mesha): The First Spark of the Zodiac

Mesha is where the zodiac begins: the fire of Mars, a cardinal character, and the energy that steps before it thinks. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the courage to start and the challenge to sustain, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the second cell filled in terracotta and marked 30 to 60 degrees; inside it the segments of Krittika’s remaining padas, Rohini and Mrigashira’s first two padas; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Taurus (Vrishabha): The Steady Ground of the Zodiac

Vrishabha is the ground that holds the spark of Mesha: Venus’s fixed earth, patience that refuses to be rushed, and the Moon’s garden. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of sustaining and the refusal to move, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the third cell filled in terracotta and marked 60 to 90 degrees; inside it the segments of Mrigashira’s remaining padas, Ardra and Punarvasu’s first three padas; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Gemini (Mithuna): The Two Voices of the Zodiac

Mithuna is the bridge between speaker and listener: Mercury’s mutable air, two perspectives held at once, and the challenge of depth. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of connecting and the cost of scattering, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the fourth cell filled in terracotta and marked 90 to 120 degrees; inside it the segments of Punarvasu’s fourth pada, Pushya and Ashlesha; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Cancer (Karka): The Shelter of the Zodiac

Karka is the shell that keeps feeling safe: the Moon’s own sign, cardinal water, and a fortune that waxes and wanes like its ruler. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of sheltering and the refusal to be pushed, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the fifth cell filled in terracotta and marked 120 to 150 degrees; inside it the segments of Magha, Purva Phalguni and Uttara Phalguni’s first pada; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Leo (Simha): The Throne of the Zodiac

Simha is the fixed fire that does not flare and die but holds: the Sun’s own sign, and a radiance the world cannot stop, though it bows before its own root. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of sovereignty and the challenge of praise-hunger, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the sixth cell filled in terracotta and marked 150 to 180 degrees; inside it the segments of Uttara Phalguni’s remaining three padas, Hasta and Chitra’s first two; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Virgo (Kanya): The Craft of the Zodiac

Kanya is the tilled earth, worked and reworked toward a better yield: Mercury’s own sign, where the same planet is exalted too, and a devotion that would rather mend your roof than say the word. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of discrimination and the challenge of perfectionism, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the seventh cell filled in terracotta and marked 180 to 210 degrees; inside it the segments of Chitra’s last two padas, Swati and Vishakha’s first three; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Libra (Tula): The Scales of the Zodiac

Tula is the cardinal air that starts by asking: Venus’s sign, where the judge rises exalted and the king steps down. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of harmony and the challenge of indecision, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the eighth cell filled in terracotta and marked 210 to 240 degrees; inside it the segments of Vishakha’s fourth pada, Anuradha and Jyeshtha; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Scorpio (Vrischika): The Depths of the Zodiac

Vrischika is the fixed water that moves beneath a still surface: Mars’s sign where the war goes inward, and the depth from which both healing and destruction come. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, a life between the scorpion and the eagle, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the ninth cell filled in terracotta and marked 240 to 270 degrees; inside it the segments of Mula, Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha’s first pada; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Sagittarius (Dhanu): The Aim of the Zodiac

Dhanu is the mutable fire that travels: Jupiter’s sign, whose arrow aims at the stars and which cannot be pushed, only persuaded. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of freedom and the challenge of staying put, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the tenth cell filled in terracotta and marked 270 to 300 degrees; inside it the segments of Uttara Ashadha’s remaining padas, Shravana and Dhanishta’s first two; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Capricorn (Makara): The Climb of the Zodiac

Makara is the cardinal earth that climbs: Saturn’s own sign, the sea-goat at home in water and on rock, where Mars is raised and Jupiter must earn his keep. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of the long game and the challenge of control, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the eleventh cell filled in terracotta and marked 300 to 330 degrees; inside it the segments of Dhanishta’s remaining padas, Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada’s first three; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Aquarius (Kumbha): The Water-Bearer of the Zodiac

Kumbha is the fixed air that pours for everyone: Saturn’s second sign, which does not build structures but reimagines them, and whose exaltation table stands empty. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of far sight and the challenge of closeness, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A strip of the twelve signs with the twelfth cell filled in terracotta and marked 330 to 360 degrees; inside it the segments of Purva Bhadrapada’s fourth pada, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati; a schematic drawing
Zodiac 10 min read

Pisces (Meena): The Two Fish of the Zodiac

Meena is the mutable water where the wheel completes itself: Jupiter’s second sign, where love becomes divine and analysis dissolves, and whose two fish swim opposite ways on one cord. From the classical verse to the modern sign profile, the art of compassion and the challenge of boundaries, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A timeline strip of the night of 6 to 7 March 2027 divided into four prahars from sunset to sunrise, with the Nishita Kaal band in terracotta marked 12:07 to 12:57 AM across the middle; a schematic drawing
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Maha Shivaratri 2027: Date, Timings, Vrat Vidhi and Legends

The Great Night of Shiva: the Krishna Chaturdashi fast, vigil and four-prahar worship, the exact 2027 Delhi timings, four Puranic legends and the tale of the hunter who worshipped without knowing, with sources, and with an honest-limits note.

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A map of the six rows of the New Delhi Diwali sequence, 26 to 31 October 2027, with the fourth row, Lakshmi Puja on 29 October, lit in terracotta and the puja muhurat 6:34 to 7:05 PM marked; a schematic drawing
Festivals 11 min read

Diwali 2027: Date, Lakshmi Puja Vidhi, Muhurat and the Full Five-Day Sequence

The festival of lights: the exact 2027 Delhi timings, the full six-day sequence, the Lakshmi Puja vidhi and muhurat, the stories behind all five days, with sources, both readings kept standing where sources conflict, and an honest-limits note.

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A map of the four rows of New Delhi Chhath, 2 to 5 November 2027, with the third row, Sandhya Arghya on 4 November, in terracotta and the fourth row, Usha Arghya on 5 November, in gold, sunrise and sunset times marked; a schematic drawing
Festivals 11 min read

Chhath Puja 2027: Date, Timings, Vidhi and the Full Four-Day Story

The great sun festival: the exact 2027 Delhi timings, the full four-day vidhi, both arghyas to the setting and rising sun, the legends with sources, and an honest-limits note on the thirty-six-hour fast without water.

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A twelve-cell map of the twelve Sankashti Chaturthis of New Delhi 2027, each cell with its date and moonrise time, the 22 June Angarki cell in terracotta; a schematic drawing
Fasting 10 min read

Sankashti Chaturthi: Vidhi, 2027 Dates, Moonrise Timings and Angarki

The monthly Ganesha vrata: the exact 2027 Delhi computation, the sunrise-to-moonrise fast and its vidhi, the Angarki Tuesday, the thirteen names and stories, with sources, and an honest-limits note.

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A timeline of one Pradosh evening, Saturday 20 March 2027 in New Delhi: Wikipedia's three-hour window around sunset and drikpanchang's terracotta puja window from sunset to the end of Trayodashi, with sunset and tithi end marked; a schematic drawing
Fasting 11 min read

Pradosh Vrat: Vidhi, 2027 Dates, Puja Timings and Shani Pradosh

Shiva's fortnightly twilight: the exact 2027 Delhi computation, the sunset window and its vidhi, Soma, Bhauma and Shani Pradosh, both legends with sources, and an honest-limits note.

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A drawing of the four double Amavasya months of New Delhi 2027: 48-hour timelines for March, July, September and November, each with the real tithi span crossing midnight as a terracotta band, sunrise ticks and both printed day labels; a schematic drawing
Fasting 11 min read

Amavasya: Significance, 2027 Dates, Somvati and Shani Amavasya

The new moon, the calendar's full stop: the exact 2027 Delhi computation, from ancestor rites to Diwali night, the Somvati and Shani named days, the four double months, with sources, and an honest-limits note.

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A twelve-cell map of the twelve full moons of New Delhi 2027, each cell with its month, date and festival, the Shravana and Kartika cells showing two dates each, Holi and Dev Deepavali in terracotta; a schematic drawing
Fasting 11 min read

Purnima: Significance, 2027 Dates, Fasting Rule and Festivals

The full moon, the festival year's summit: the exact 2027 Delhi computation, the Madhyahna fasting rule, every month's festival from Holi to Kartika, with sources, and an honest-limits note.

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South Indian fixed-sign grid with sign numbers and whole-sign house numbers for a fictional Cancer ascendant; Cancer is highlighted as house one; no planets assigned.
Kundli reading 11 min read

How to Read a Kundli: Signs, Houses and a Worked Example

Read the diagram without confusing a sign number with a house number. A step-by-step cultural guide, with declared assumptions and limits.

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Twelve signs with whole-sign house counts from hypothetical Cancer ascendant and Taurus Moon; first-house origins highlighted separately.
Kundli reading 10 min read

Lagna vs Rashi: Rising Sign and Moon Sign

The horizon and the Moon answer different questions. Learn the terms, reference shifts and limits without inventing a birth chart.

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Fictional longitudes for Sun, Moon and an extra point converted with a hypothetical 24-degree offset, showing sign names can change or remain the same.
Kundli reading 10 min read

Moon Sign vs Sun Sign: Two Bodies, Two Questions

Your Sun sign and Moon sign need not match. Name the body and zodiac frame before comparing the results.

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Nine exact Aries intervals with common Parashara D9 signs; sixth part16degrees40minutes to20degrees highlighted as Virgo for a fictional17degree point.
Kundli reading 10 min read

Navamsa Chart Basics: D9 Calculation and Limits

A traceable D9 calculation, not a marriage verdict. Learn the mapping before interpreting the diagram.

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Fictional17degrees Taurus point mapped by D3 to Virgo, D9 to Gemini and D12 to Scorpio, with distinct section sizes and rule labels.
Kundli reading 10 min read

Divisional Charts: Sixteen Vargas, Different Mapping Rules

The D-number is not the whole algorithm. Compare three derived signs from one fictional natal point.

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Two fictional D10 examples:5degrees10minutes Aries in part2 maps to Taurus;17degrees30minutes Taurus in part6 maps to Gemini from Capricorn.
Kundli reading 10 min read

Career and Kundli: D10 Notation, Evidence and Better Decisions

A chart is not an appointment letter. Learn the traditional vocabulary and keep career choices grounded in checkable information.

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Eight maximum weights: Varna1,Vashya2,Tara3,Yoni4,GrahaMaitri5,Gana6,Bhakoot7,Nadi8, totaling36. Not a real matching result.
Compatibility and marriage 9 min read

36 Guna Milan: Eight Weights, Source Differences and Limits

Eight comparisons add to36. They do not measure a person’s worth, medical risk or a couple’s future.

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Three separate layers: calculation with inputs and rules; traditional interpretation with attributed claims; people with consent, behavior and plans. No combined score.
Compatibility and marriage 10 min read

Kundli Matching Beyond Points: Reports, People and Consent

A longer report is not stronger evidence. Keep chart methods separate from people’s wishes, conduct and decisions.

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All twelve ascendants with distinct fifth and seventh lords under ordinary whole-sign rulership. Structural calculation, not a marriage prediction.
Compatibility and marriage 10 min read

Love Marriage Yogas: Fifth and Seventh Links, With Limits

A chart connection is not a partner’s decision. Understand the rules, the disagreements and what they cannot establish.

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Kaala and Dharmagya initial house lists in twelve numbered cells: the latter additionally includes house one. Before exceptions, not a final verdict.
Compatibility and marriage 10 min read

Mangal Dosh Matching: Compare the Rules Before the Verdict

Five-house and six-house tests are not interchangeable. Keep the initial flag, exceptions and pairwise interpretation separate.

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Twelve artificial numbered month bins: interval A covers two to nine, B six to eleven, their intersection six to nine. Not real transit data.
Compatibility and marriage 10 min read

Marriage Timing in Astrology: Windows, Rules and Honest Limits

A forecast window is not an appointment a partner has agreed to keep. Read the method, its disagreements and its evidence limits.

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Three separate questions: room within home, bed within room, head direction while sleeping. Conceptual only.
Vastu 10 min read

Bedroom Vastu: Separate Directions, Sleep Advice and Safety

A room zone, a bed location and a sleeping direction are three different questions. Cultural preferences do not replace safe access or medical care.

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Four separate kitchen checks: home zone, appliance position, cook facing and actual safety. Conceptual only.
Vastu 10 min read

Kitchen Vastu: Read the Compass, Keep the Safety Check

Separate room location, stove position and the cook’s direction; preserve source disagreements and keep fire safety and cooking-air guidance distinct.

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Four distinct entrance references: boundary, outward facing, position along boundary and actual operation. Not a floor plan.
Vastu 11 min read

Main Entrance Vastu: Direction, Door Position and the Way Out

Compare entrance traditions without turning a direction into a verdict. Keep source disagreements, privacy, fall prevention and escape planning distinct.

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Four office checks: task, body and screen, room, optional direction preference. Not a measured layout.
Vastu 10 min read

Office Vastu: A Direction Preference Is Not a Workstation Assessment

Compare conflicting office-facing advice with practical checks for posture, glare, access and breaks. No promises of profit or compulsory purchases.

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Two-column split: fixed parts of a flat (door direction, kitchen shaft, toilet stack, monolithic walls) versus fixable parts (room use, bed and desk orientation, furniture weight, light and entrance care). Conceptual only.
Vastu 11 min read

Vastu Remedies Without Demolition: Fix What Moves, Manage the Rest

Room-use swaps, bed and stove orientation, furniture weight, light, clutter and entrance care are reversible and free. Walls are a certified-professional matter, not a remedy.

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Worked example: the date 12 March 1990 splits into two paths, day-only giving Mulank 3 and the full date giving Bhagyank 7, each with its traditional planet. Conceptual only.
Numerology 9 min read

Mulank and Bhagyank: Two Birth Numbers Explained

The Mulank uses your birth day, the Bhagyank your full birth date. Both are fixed. Trait lists are tradition, and the one direct test found no predictive power.

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Worked example: the name ARJUN becomes 1+2+1+6+5=15, reducing to Namank 6, traditionally linked to Venus. Conceptual only, not a measurement.
Numerology 9 min read

Name Number (Namank): Chaldean Chart and Limits

The only birth-linked number that can change comes from your name's spelling. Compute it yourself, treat trait lists as tradition, and never pay to fix a total.

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Four fictional Mulank and Bhagyank pairings: 5:5, 8:2, 5:2 and 8:5. No relationship score.
Numerology 10 min read

Numerology Compatibility: Methods and Limits

Different calculators compare different numbers. Learn the arithmetic and the limits without turning a cultural reading into a verdict on a relationship.

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Birth nakshatra and pada inform a traditional name syllable; ceremony location and panchang inform a time window. Care comes first.
Samskara 10 min read

Namkaran Muhurat: Timing, Names and Safety

A naming ceremony welcomes a child. Understand the traditions, keep birth and ceremony timings separate, and put mother and baby first.

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Three separate checks for mundan: family form and age, local calendar method, and child safety with clean tools and a stop option.
Samskara 11 min read

Mundan Muhurat: Tradition and Haircut Safety

Keep family tradition, calendar rules and actual haircut safety separate. A favourable time cannot make an unsafe shave safe.

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Two tracks for house entry: traditional type, city and calendar versus actual access, home readiness, fire safety and clear exits.
Samskara 11 min read

Griha Pravesh: Tradition and Home Readiness

Keep the traditional timing and the actual move on separate tracks. A muhurat is not a building-safety certificate.

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Three levels: symbolic reflection, testable claim, real-world decision
Honest limits 10 min read

What Astrology Can and Cannot Do

A clear boundary between symbolic meaning and reliable knowledge.

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Care comes first; optional ritual stays separate
Honest limits 10 min read

Medical Astrology: Limits and Safety

Cultural comfort must not delay medical assessment or treatment.

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A claim, a fair test, evidence and revision
Honest limits 10 min read

Astrology and Science: Evidence and Limits

What was tested, what was found, and what remains unproved.

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Here you will find simple astrology guides: Shani Sade Sati, Mangal Dosh, nakshatras, panchang, eclipses and 2027 transits. Every article notes the calculation basis and its limits.

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The editorial team writes the articles, and Aman Raj edits them and checks the calculations. We do not claim to be professional astrologers.

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