Yogas and doshas
The combinations this app looks for in a chart. What each rule actually tests is written in the code — nothing here is inferred.
- Budhaditya yogaSun and Mercury in the same sign. Read for intellect and learning.
- Gajakesari yogaJupiter in a kendra — house 1, 4, 7 or 10 — from the Moon.
- Chandra-Mangala yogaMoon and Mars together or in mutual aspect.
- Raja yogaA kendra lord and a trikona lord in relationship.
- Dhana yogaA relationship between the lords of the wealth houses, 2 and 11.
- Neecha bhanga raja yogaA condition that cancels a planet’s debilitation.
- Parivartana yogaTwo planets in each other’s signs — an exchange.
- Pancha Mahapurusha yogaMars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn in a kendra, in its own sign or exalted.
- YogakarakaThe planet that owns both a kendra and a trikona from the lagna.
- Kuja doshaMars in house 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 or 12. Weighed when matching charts.
- Kala Sarpa doshaEvery planet contained between Rahu and Ketu.
- Sade SatiThe stretch while Saturn transits the sign before, of, and after the Moon.
This page sets out what the traditional texts hold, not what is established fact. The calculations use Swiss Ephemeris with the Lahiri ayanamsa.