The Jyotiṣa Journal — Karma Jyotisha

Tithi: The Lunar Day That Is Almost Never 24 Hours Long

A tithi is 12 degrees of Moon-Sun separation, so it stretches and compresses. That is why two panchangas can disagree about a festival date.

Ṣaḍbala adds six separate measurements into one number. That number describes capacity, and capacity is a different question from outcome.

Sade sati and the two dhaiyyas are the same transit rule counted from the natal Moon at different distances. Here is the machinery underneat

Retrograde Rāhu and retrograde Ketu are permanent states, so they cannot mean anything special in a chart. Here is why, and the one real exc

Rucaka, Bhadra, Haṁsa, Mālavya and Śaśa need own sign or exaltation in a kendra. That second condition is where most articles quietly stop r

There are several distinct cancellation conditions for a debilitated graha, and satisfying one of them is not the same as satisfying all of

The D9 grades the strength of what the rāśi chart already promises. Reading it as a standalone marriage chart is the common mistake.

Look up Ekadashi 2027 on two different sites and you will likely find one date a day apart from the other, at least twice in the year. That…

Every nakshatra has a tree assigned to it. The list is a heritage record from ritual practice, and the recensions do not all agree.

A nakṣatra pada and a navāṁśa division are the same 3 degrees 20 minutes of arc. That single fact explains why one nakṣatra reads four diffe

Budha in the fifth places a graha of trained skill inside a house of inherited merit. Here is what that tension actually produces in a life.

Karva Chauth 2027 falls on Tuesday, 19 October. The vrat closes at moonrise, a local event, so one national time cannot be right for everyon