Jyotisha calculation guide

Jyotisha Yoga Formations explained

ज्योतिष योग

Named chart formations detected from explicit graha, rashi, dignity, and house conditions.

Check source-bound Kesari and Pancha Mahapurusha Yoga formations with visible graha, rashi, dignity, kendra, and Phaladeepika evidence.

Key 1

A birth-chart yoga is a rule-based planetary formation; it is different from the daily Panchang yoga calculated from Sun plus Moon longitude.

Key 2

Pancha Mahapurusha requires Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, or Saturn in its own or exaltation rashi and in a kendra from Lagna or Moon.

Key 3

Kesari Yoga is detected when the Moon occupies a kendra from Jupiter under the cited Phaladeepika rule.

Yoga means a defined combination

In a Kundli, a yoga is a named structural relationship among grahas, rashis, and houses. A detector should encode the exact condition stated by its chosen source instead of treating every popular label as universal.

Samvat version-controls the supported rule set. A formation appears only when every encoded condition passes; absence means only that the supported rule did not match.

The five Mahapurusha formations

Ruchaka belongs to Mars, Bhadra to Mercury, Hamsa to Jupiter, Malavya to Venus, and Sasa to Saturn. The graha must be in a rashi it owns or its exaltation rashi and also occupy a kendra: house 1, 4, 7, or 10.

Phaladeepika 6.4 permits the five formations to be reckoned from the Moon as well as Lagna. Samvat records each matching reference frame rather than hiding which one satisfied the rule.

Kesari and the boundary of the detector

Under Phaladeepika 6.14, Kesari Yoga is present when the Moon is in a kendra from Jupiter. The result records both rashi positions and the inclusive house count.

The detector does not add cancellation rules, strength scores, Dasha activation, promised outcomes, remedies, or uncited internet variants. Those would require separate sourced rule modules.

Worked Bhadra Yoga detection

The detector checks dignity and angularity as separate conditions.

  1. 1Mercury is in Kanya, rashi 6. Kanya is both an own rashi and the exaltation rashi of Mercury.
  2. 2The Lagna is Mithuna, rashi 3.
  3. 3The inclusive count from Mithuna to Kanya is 4, which is a kendra.
  4. 4Both conditions pass, so Bhadra Yoga is recorded with Mercury, Kanya, dignity, house 4 from Lagna, and the source verses.

The visible evidence is the product: formation name, involved graha, rashi, dignity, reference frame, house count, and traditional citation.

Traditional sources

The encoded rules are tied to these cited passages.

Practical examples

Use these as working patterns when reading Panchang details or planning around Hindu dates.

Example

Auditing a detected formation

The Kundli details tab lists Hamsa Yoga.

  1. 1.Confirm that Jupiter occupies its own rashi or exaltation rashi.
  2. 2.Confirm that the rashi is 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th from the displayed Lagna or Moon reference.
  3. 3.Open the linked Phaladeepika verse used by the rule.

The formation can be checked without trusting a hidden score or generated interpretation.

Example

Understanding an empty result

No supported yoga formation appears in the chart details.

  1. 1.Read the statement as no Kesari or Pancha Mahapurusha match in this ruleset.
  2. 2.Do not infer that the chart has no yogas of any kind.
  3. 3.Check the published rule-set scope before comparing another calculator.

A limited detector remains accurate about what it knows and what it has not implemented.

Restraint improves calculation quality

A large yoga list is not automatically a better engine. Classical texts, translations, variants, and cancellation rules need careful versioning.

Samvat begins with a small cited set whose evidence is visible, testable, and suitable for extension.

Common questions

What is a yoga in a birth chart?

A birth-chart yoga is a named formation defined by specified graha, rashi, dignity, house, lordship, or aspect conditions.

Is Panchang Yoga the same as a Kundli yoga?

No. Daily Panchang yoga is one of 27 segments derived from the combined Sun and Moon longitude. A Kundli yoga is a named chart formation.

Which yogas does Samvat currently detect?

The v1 detector covers Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya, Sasa, and Kesari using cited rules from Phaladeepika chapter 6.

Does a detected yoga guarantee an outcome?

No. Samvat reports only that the encoded structural conditions are present and does not promise outcomes or provide personal predictions.

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