Kundli basics
Plain-language guides to kundli, transits, remedies and festivals — written to explain, not to frighten.
Kundli basics
Rahu Kaal is not a fixed time. Here is how it is worked out
Rahu Kaal moves every day and every city. A plain explanation of the calculation, why it is avoided, and how to use it without letting it run your life.
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Kundli basics
The 27 nakshatras: ruler, deity and meaning of every birth star
Before there were twelve signs there were twenty-seven lunar mansions. What a nakshatra is, the ruler and deity of each, and how your birth star is used for names, match-making and dasha.
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How to read a North Indian kundli in five minutes
The diamond chart looks like a puzzle until you know one rule: the houses never move, the signs do. A short guide to reading your own chart.
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Guna Milan: what the 36 points actually measure
Eighteen is the pass mark everyone quotes. Here is what each of the eight kootas checks, why Nadi and Bhakoot carry so much weight, and when a low score is not the end of the story.
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Vimshottari dasha: the 120-year clock in your birth chart
Why astrologers ask "which dasha are you running?" before anything else. How the Moon's nakshatra at birth sets the sequence, how long each planet's period lasts, and how antardashas refine it.
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The twelve houses of a kundli, in plain words
Tanu to Vyaya: what each of the twelve bhavas covers, which houses astrologers group together as kendra, trikona and dusthana, and why a "bad" house is not a bad life.
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