The Jyotiṣa Journal — Karma Jyotisha

Kārakāṁśa and the Iṣṭa Devatā Derivation

The iṣṭa devatā is derived from the ātmakāraka's navāṁśa position, which is why two people with the same Moon sign get different answers.

Jupiter is kāraka for children and for wisdom, and the 5th house signifies both. That overlap is where the reading gets interesting.

Hanuman Jayanti 2027 falls on 20 April in the Chaitra Pūrṇimā reckoning. Here is why other regions keep a different day and why both are leg

Guru Purnima 2027 falls on 18 July, the Āṣāḍha full moon. Here is how that date is fixed, and why the month matters more than the day.

Every graha aspects the seventh house from itself. Only Mars, Jupiter and Saturn add special aspects, and the counting is simpler than most

Gaṇa carries six of the thirty six points in guṇa milan, and one pairing accounts for almost all the worry it generates.

Gaja Kesari needs Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon. Most calculators measure from the lagna, which is why so many charts are told they have

What the public record can and cannot establish about a well known person's Rāhu placement, and how to check one yourself.

Exaltation peaks at one degree, and strength falls off linearly from there. Here are the seven degrees and the arithmetic that ranks any pla

What actually happens when one mahādaśā hands over to the next, why the junction is a feature of the timing model, and why the date is softe

Asta is about visibility. The orb differs for every graha, changes again for retrograde Mercury and Venus, and explains a lot of underdelive

Chhath runs four days with different rules on each. Most calendars publish only the evening arghya date. Here is the structure and the verif