Yogas in Kundli: meanings and conditions
A natal yoga is a named combination of chart factors. The Yogas section shows the rule used, the positions satisfying it and any qualification. It does not calculate a promised life result from the name.
This is different from the Nitya Yoga in the Birth day Panchang. Names such as Raja or Dhana belong to traditional classifications, not guarantees of authority or wealth.
Yoga directory
Unless stated otherwise, houses below are D1 whole-sign houses from lagna. Kendra, trikona and other house groups have precise meanings. The benefic classification is conditional for the Moon and Mercury.
Pancha Mahapurusha
A graha must be in its own sign, Moolatrikona or exaltation and in a kendra from lagna. The five names are Ruchaka for Mars, Bhadra for Mercury, Hamsa for Jupiter, Malavya for Venus and Sasa for Saturn. The Sun, Moon and nodes do not receive these five names.
Moon and Sun references
| Name | Rule used here |
|---|---|
| Gajakesari | Jupiter in a kendra counted from the Moon |
| Chandra-Mangala | Moon and Mars share a sign |
| Adhi | Each of the 6th, 7th and 8th from the Moon holds a benefic |
| Sunapha | Eligible graha in the 2nd from the Moon only |
| Anapha | Eligible graha in the 12th from the Moon only |
| Durudhara | Eligible grahas on both those sides |
| Kemadruma | Neither side holds an eligible graha; cancellation notes are separate |
| Veshi | Eligible graha in the 2nd from the Sun only |
| Vasi | Eligible graha in the 12th from the Sun only |
| Ubhayachari | Eligible grahas on both those sides of the Sun |
| Budhaditya | Sun and Mercury share a sign; Mercury's combustion is noted separately |
For the Moon's neighbouring-sign rules, the Sun and nodes are excluded. For the Sun's neighbouring-sign rules, the Moon and nodes are excluded. “Neither side” does not mean the reference graha is alone in its own sign. The Kemadruma note reports the tool's kendra-occupancy cancellation condition without removing the original match.
Other combinations
| Name | Selected rule or distinction |
|---|---|
| Shubha Kartari | Benefics alone flank lagna in houses 2 and 12 |
| Papa Kartari | Malefics alone flank lagna in houses 2 and 12 |
| Amala | A benefic in the 10th from lagna or Moon; the detail names the reference |
| Shakata | Moon in the 6th, 8th or 12th counted from Jupiter |
| Vasumati | All grahas classified as benefic occupy upachaya houses from lagna |
| Saraswati | Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in kendras, trikonas or house 2, with Jupiter well placed |
| Lakshmi | Ninth lord in own sign, Moolatrikona or exaltation in a kendra/trikona, with lagna lord well placed |
| Kahala | Fourth and ninth lords in different kendras from each other, with lagna lord well placed |
| Parvata | Benefics in kendras and no malefic in houses 6 or 8 |
| Daridra | Eleventh lord in house 6, 8 or 12 |
“Well placed” in these checks includes own sign, Moolatrikona, exaltation or a naturally friendly ruler's sign. Each match needs its particular condition; these names do not all use one universal strength threshold.
Exchanges and lordship links
Parivartana is an exchange of signs between two house lords. Dainya takes priority when a 6th, 8th or 12th house is involved; Khala applies when the 3rd is involved without those houses; Maha covers the remaining exchanges. The displayed house pair identifies the actual exchange.
Harsha, Sarala and Vimala are the reported Vipreeta Raja variants for the 6th, 8th and 12th lord respectively occupying a 6th, 8th or 12th house. Other schools impose additional conditions; the row states this tool's test.
Yogakaraka names one graha owning a kendra and a different trikona house. Raja yoga links their lords by conjunction, mutual aspect or exchange. Dharma-Karmadhipati names a link between the ninth and tenth lords. Dhana yoga names supported links involving the second/eleventh and trinal lords; read the named grahas and houses in each detail.
Neecha Bhanga
Neecha Bhanga reports a cancellation condition for a debilitated graha. The reasons checked here include its sign lord in a kendra from lagna or Moon; the lord of its exaltation sign in such a kendra; its sign lord conjoining or aspecting it; or exaltation in Navamsa.
The lord of the exaltation sign is not necessarily the graha exalted in the occupied sign. Traditions use different variants. The listed reason identifies the selected one.
Cancellation is reported alongside the original condition. It does not rewrite the Dignity column or promise that difficulty turns into success.
Kala Sarpa and the node axis
The test here asks whether all seven grahas from Sun through Saturn lie strictly inside one half of the Rahu-Ketu axis. A graha exactly on either node boundary is excluded from a match. Either half can be reported; the detail names the direction and calls the Ketu-to-Rahu orientation Kala Amrita where that terminology is used.
The rule and interpretations differ among traditions. The match is not a forecast of danger or a requirement for a remedy. It is distinct from the Nabhasa Sarpa pattern below.
Nabhasa yogas
Nabhasa patterns use the seven grahas from Sun through Saturn. Nodes and outer planets do not fill their required positions. The page lists every matching pattern rather than applying one tradition's precedence order.
| Family | Name | Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Ashraya | Rajju | All seven in movable signs |
| Ashraya | Musala | All seven in fixed signs |
| Ashraya | Nala | All seven in dual signs |
| Dala | Mala | Benefics alone in at least three kendras |
| Dala | Sarpa | Malefics alone in at least three kendras |
| Akriti | Gada | Two adjoining kendras occupied by all seven |
| Akriti | Sakata | All seven in houses 1 and 7 |
| Akriti | Vihaga | All seven in houses 4 and 10 |
| Akriti | Sringataka | All seven in houses 1, 5 and 9 |
| Akriti | Hala | All seven in one other trinal set: 2/6/10, 3/7/11 or 4/8/12 |
| Akriti | Kamala | All seven in the four kendras |
| Akriti | Vapi | All seven within the panapharas or within the apoklimas |
| Akriti | Yupa | Within the four-house run starting at 1 |
| Akriti | Sara | Within the four-house run starting at 4 |
| Akriti | Sakti | Within the four-house run starting at 7 |
| Akriti | Danda | Within the four-house run starting at 10 |
| Akriti | Nauka | Within the seven-house run starting at 1 |
| Akriti | Kuta | Within the seven-house run starting at 4 |
| Akriti | Chatra | Within the seven-house run starting at 7 |
| Akriti | Chapa | Within the seven-house run starting at 10 |
| Akriti | Chakra | All seven within odd houses |
| Akriti | Samudra | All seven within even houses |
| Akriti | Vajra | Benefics in 1/7 and malefics in 4/10, without mixed occupancy |
| Akriti | Yava | Malefics in 1/7 and benefics in 4/10, without mixed occupancy |
| Akriti | Ardhachandra | Within a seven-house run starting outside a kendra |
| Sankhya | Gola | One occupied sign |
| Sankhya | Yuga | Two occupied signs |
| Sankhya | Sula | Three occupied signs |
| Sankhya | Kedara | Four occupied signs |
| Sankhya | Pasa | Five occupied signs |
| Sankhya | Damini | Six occupied signs |
| Sankhya | Veena | Seven occupied signs |
For named sets such as Sakata or Kamala, each required house must actually be occupied. A run requires occupied endpoints; its interior can have gaps. Vapi, Chakra and Samudra require confinement to their group, not occupancy of every available house.
One Sankhya pattern necessarily appears because seven grahas occupy between one and seven signs. This is not evidence that every chart has an exceptional promised result. Nabhasa Sakata is separate from the Moon/Jupiter Shakata rule above.
Reading a match responsibly
“No yoga detected” means no match within this tool's supported main list. It does not rule out every combination used by other schools. A short list is not a worse life forecast than a long one. Read the rule, the matched positions, the qualifications and the wider chart context.
See the chart and its tables on the Kundli page.