What Vedic astrology is
Jyotish — literally "light of the heavenly bodies" — is one of the six auxiliary disciplines of the Vedas, the ancient Indian scriptural corpus. It is a sidereal system: the zodiac is anchored to the actual stars, not to the seasons. This is why a Vedic chart places planets differently from a Western one, even for the same birth moment.
The North Indian style arranges the twelve houses in a fixed diamond grid. The Ascendant (Lagna) — the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth — anchors everything. Where planets fall relative to the Lagna determines what they influence and how strongly.
Contents of this report
- ◇Lagna (Ascendant)The rising sign at birth — the lens through which the chart is read. Defines the house layout.
- ◇North Indian diamond chartAll twelve houses plotted in the traditional fixed-grid format with planetary positions marked.
- ◇Planetary positionsAll nine Vedic planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu) with sign, degree, and house placement.
- ◇House lords and aspectsWhich planet rules each house, and which planets aspect which houses — the language of Vedic interpretation.
- ◇Nakshatra of the MoonThe lunar mansion — a finer subdivision of the zodiac into 27 segments, central to Vedic timing and character reading.
- ◇Vimshottari Dasha sequenceThe 120-year planetary period system — which planet governs which years of life, calculated from the Moon's Nakshatra at birth.
Reading the report
The report is a precise mathematical document. It is the starting point for a Jyotish consultation, not a finished interpretation. A Vedic astrologer uses this data to assess planetary strengths, yogas (combinations), and the timing of major life periods.
If you are seeing your Vedic chart for the first time: begin with the Lagna. Then locate the Moon. These two together — the rising sign and the Moon's placement — are the foundation of Vedic personality analysis. The Dasha sequence tells you which planet's energy is most active right now.
You do not need to believe in astrology for this document to be interesting. Every calculation is open and verifiable. What the numbers mean is entirely your own question to answer.