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Bhava (house)

A house of the birth chart; the twelve bhavas describe areas of life, counted from the lagna.

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Whole-sign houses by default (the lagna's sign is the 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on); the equal-house system can be chosen in the profile.

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