The Jyotiṣa Journal — Karma Jyotisha

Vishu 2027: Date and the Vishukkani Tradition

A Malayali colleague once brought a box of jackfruit and gold-coin-shaped sweets to the office in mid-April and called it "the first thing I

A friend's wedding card once had a line I hadn't seen before: "post Devutthana." I assumed it was a venue reference until her mother explain

My sister still keeps a specific steel thali, unused the rest of the year, just for Bhai Dooj tilak. When I asked why not just use any plate

Every Sawan, my mother-in-law puts out a small bowl of milk near the tulsi plant on a specific Friday or Sunday, and it took me two years of

A colleague once asked me why her father, otherwise not particularly ritual-minded, suddenly stops eating onion and garlic and fasts every M

A colleague from Kolkata once explained that while most of India lights lamps for Lakshmi on Diwali night, Bengal turns to Kali, worshipped

A friend once asked why Buddha Purnima feels like it is celebrating a birthday, a death anniversary, and an awakening all at once. The answe

A Puri local once described Rath Yatra as the one day of the year the deity leaves the temple to be seen by everyone, not just those who…

A Jain classmate once explained that Mahavir Jayanti is not a festival of celebration in the usual sense but one of reflection, marking the

A friend planning a trip asked why the Kumbh Mela location rotates between four cities instead of staying in one place. The answer is astron

A reader once asked, only half-joking, whether Saturn transits are astrology's version of a performance review. Saturn's transits, especiall

A friend once asked why astrology forums light up every time Jupiter changes signs. Jupiter's transit is treated as a big deal because it mo