Jyotish course

Jyotish is taught here as a traditional knowledge system. The calculations are astronomy and can be checked; the interpretations are tradition, not proven predictions. What the evidence shows

1. 1

   Panchang basics

   What the five limbs of the Panchang measure, how each one is calculated from the Sun and the Moon, and why the tithi at sunrise names the day.

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   • 1.1 The five limbs, tithi and vara5 min read
   • 1.2 Nakshatra, yoga and karana4 min read
   • 1.3 Sunrise and the naming of days4 min read
2. 2

   The zodiac and the grahas

   The twelve rashis, the sidereal zodiac and the ayanamsa, then the nine grahas and the dignities the classical texts give them in each sign.

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   • 2.1 The twelve rashis5 min read
   • 2.2 The nine grahas and their dignities5 min read
3. 3

   Houses and their lords

   The twelve bhavas and their traditional meanings, how houses are counted and drawn, how to find each house’s lord, and the aspects (drishti) the grahas cast.

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   • 3.1 The twelve bhavas4 min read
   • 3.2 House lords and aspects5 min read
4. 4

   Reading a birth chart

   The three reference points of a chart — the lagna, the Moon and the Sun — an orderly way to read a kundli, and the most used divisional chart, the D9 Navamsha.

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   • 4.1 The lagna, the Moon and the Sun4 min read
   • 4.2 The D1 and D9 charts4 min read

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   Dashas: the Vimshottari system

   How the 120-year Vimshottari cycle is built from the nakshatra lords, how the balance of dasha at birth is calculated, and how mahadashas divide into antardashas and are traditionally read.

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   • 5.1 The Vimshottari cycle4 min read
   • 5.2 Antardashas and reading a dasha4 min read

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6. 6

   Transits and Sade Sati

   How the moving sky is read against the birth chart: how long each graha stays in a sign, the classical favourable houses from the Moon, vedha and ashtakavarga, and what Sade Sati and Dhaiya actually are.

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   • 6.1 Gochar: reading the moving sky5 min read
   • 6.2 Sade Sati and Dhaiya4 min read

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   Yogas and doshas

   What the named combinations of a horoscope are: the classical yogas and their cancellations, and the doshas — Manglik, Kaal Sarp, Pitru and Gandmool — with the conditions and exceptions the site checks.

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   • 7.1 Yogas and their cancellations4 min read
   • 7.2 Doshas and their cancellations4 min read

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   Principles of Muhurat

   How the tradition picks a suitable time for a beginning: the muhurta as a unit of time, panchanga shuddhi, the daily periods people avoid, and the personal checks of tarabala and chandrabala.

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   • 8.1 What a muhurat is4 min read
   • 8.2 Choosing a muhurat4 min read

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9. 9

   Kundli Milan

   How the tradition compares two birth charts before marriage: the eight kootas of Ashtakoot, the South Indian Porutham system, the exceptions manuals list, and what a score cannot tell you.

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   • 9.1 Ashtakoot Guna Milan4 min read
   • 9.2 Exceptions, Manglik matching and the limits of Milan3 min read

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10. 10

    The ethics of Jyotish

    How to read and use Jyotish without fear, exploitation or false certainty, and what a careful test of timing predictions actually found.

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    • 10.1 Principles for reading Jyotish responsibly4 min read
    • 10.2 What the evidence shows4 min read

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