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Vedic · Jyotiṣa
The sidereal zodiac on the Lahiri ayanamsha, read in whole signs.
The sidereal sky
Vedic astrology, Jyotiṣa
Jyotiṣa, the astrology of India, reads the sidereal zodiac: signs fixed to the stars rather than to the equinox, which today puts every placement about 24° earlier than the Western chart gives it. Houses are whole signs, so the rising sign is the whole first house. The Moon matters more than the Sun, and its position in one of the 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions, is the first thing read.
From the Moon's nakshatra comes the Vimśottarī daśā: a 120-year sequence of planetary periods, each with sub-periods, that gives Vedic astrology its reputation for timing. The chart is also divided into sixteen divisional charts — the navamsa, D-9, is read as a second opinion on the birth chart itself — and scored by Ashtakavarga and Shadbala, two systems of points that say how much a planet can actually deliver.
In the app, start with Nakshatras and the daśā table, then Yogas, which lists the named combinations with the rule each was found by, and Doshas, where Mangal dosha, Kaal Sarp and Sade Sati are answered plainly with their cancellations. Kundli matching, the 36-point Ashtakoota, sits on every compare page.
What the app draws for it
Core · 4
Chandra kundali — The chart from the Moon: whole signs counted with the Moon's sign as the first house, read beside the Lagna chart.
Bhava chalit — Sripati houses: the cusps from Porphyry's division, so a planet near a sign boundary may change house.
Natal (radix) — The birth chart itself.
Cosmogram — The zodiac wheel with no houses: the layout Russian and German schools use when the birth time is uncertain.
Life Forecast · 1
Transits — Today's sky around the birth chart.
Returns · 2
Solar return — The chart for the Sun's exact return to its birth degree.
Lunar return — The chart for the Moon's next return to its birth degree.
Elsewhere · 1
Relocation — The same birth moment, read for another place: planets keep their signs, houses change.
Other methods · 2
9th harmonic (navamsa) — Marriage and inner fruit; the Indian navamsa, which Vedic reading treats as a second chart in its own right.
Harmonic… — Any harmonic from 2 to 180.
Divisional charts · 13
Drekkana (D-3) — Siblings, courage, the effort you can summon.
Saptamsa (D-7) — Children and what you generate.
Navamsa (D-9) — Marriage and dharma — read as a second opinion on the birth chart itself.
Dasamsa (D-10) — Career and standing in the world.
Dwadasamsa (D-12) — Parents and inheritance.
Shodasamsa (D-16) — Vehicles, comforts, and general happiness.
Vimsamsa (D-20) — Spiritual practice and devotion.
Siddhamsa (D-24) — Learning and what you can be taught.
Bhamsa (D-27) — Strengths and weaknesses of the body.
Trimsamsa (D-30) — Misfortune, and where trouble arrives from.
Khavedamsa (D-40) — Auspicious effects and the maternal line.
Akshavedamsa (D-45) — Character and the paternal line.
Shashtiamsa (D-60) — The finest division Parashara gives, and the one that separates twins.
Western Modern
The tropical zodiac with quadrant houses: the psychological tradition most of this century is written in.
Western Traditional
Hellenistic and medieval judgement: sect, the five dignities, and the timing those feed. Seven planets, whole signs.
Chinese · BaZi
The Four Pillars — Saju (사주) in Korea, Shichū Suimei in Japan. Not planetary at all: a sexagenary calendar whose only astronomy is the Sun crossing each fifteenth degree.
Uranian · Cosmobiology
The Hamburg school: midpoints on a 90° dial rather than aspects on a wheel.
Mayan · Tzolk'in
The counts of days: thirteen numbers against twenty signs, the Haab, the Long Count. No planets at all, and the hour never enters into it.
Japanese · Nine Star Ki
Nine stars on the Lo Shu square: a principal star from the year, a character star from the month, and the house each year puts you in.
Burmese · Mahabote
The little key: seven planets and Rahu in seven houses, from the weekday of birth and the Burmese year. No sky at all.