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Articles on the panchang, the kundli and matching
Each article explains one part of what this site calculates — the rule it follows, where the rule comes from, and where the authorities disagree.
- What Is a Panchang? The Five Limbs of the Hindu CalendarपंचांगTithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana — what each of the five limbs measures, and why a panchang has to be calculated for your city.
- Why Hindu Festival Dates Change Every YearतिथिFestivals follow the Moon, not the Gregorian calendar — and the day they land on depends on a rule that differs from festival to festival.
- The 27 Nakshatras: Names, Lords, Gana and Nadiनक्षत्रAll 27 lunar mansions with their span, ruling planet, deity, gana, nadi and yoni — the quantities matching and dasha are built on.
- Kundli Matching Explained: The Eight Kootas and 36 Gunasगुण मिलानHow Ashtakoota Guna Milan scores a match out of 36, what each of the eight tests measures, and what the score can and cannot tell you.
- Nadi Dosha and Bhakoot Dosha: What They Are and When They Cancelनाड़ी दोषThe two heaviest tests in kundli matching, which nakshatras and signs trigger them, and the classical exceptions that cancel them.
- Mangal Dosha (Manglik): How It Is Calculated and Why Sources Disagreeमंगल दोषWhich positions of Mars make a chart manglik, why north and south Indian practice count differently, and why so many charts qualify.
- How to Read a Kundli: Lagna, Houses and the North Indian Chartजन्म कुंडलीWhere the lagna is, how the twelve houses run round the diamond chart, what each house stands for, and why your birth time matters so much.
- Why Your Vedic Rashi Is Different from Your Western Star SignराशिTwo differences explain it: a zodiac that sits about 24° apart, and a horoscope read from the Moon rather than the Sun.
- Vimshottari Dasha: How the 120-Year Planetary Periods Workविंशोत्तरी दशाThe nine planetary periods, how your birth nakshatra sets the first one, and how the balance and the antardashas are worked out.
- Sade Sati: Saturn’s Seven and a Half Years, Explainedसाढ़े सातीWhy Saturn’s transit lasts seven and a half years, its three phases, Dhaiya, and which Moon signs it affects in 2026–27.
Jyotisha is a traditional discipline, not an empirical science. These articles describe what the tradition holds and how this site computes it; they are not a claim that it predicts anything.