Glossary
Concise definitions for Jyotish terms used across the wiki.
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Budh
Budh is the Jyotish term for Mercury, a graha traditionally associated with intellect, analysis, communication, business, calculation, software, and related practical skills.
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Chandra
Chandra refers to the Moon in Jyotish, traditionally associated with mind, feeling, receptivity, mother-related indications, tithi, and certain family or reproductive themes.
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Chart
In Jyotish usage, a chart is an astrological map used to examine planetary placements, degrees, houses, signs, and divisional layers such as D1, D12, D16, D27, and D60. Different charts are traditionally read as empha...
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D1
D1, or the rashi chart, is traditionally treated as the primary outer chart in Jyotish, showing the visible level of life, conduct, and chart promise, while requiring support from divisional charts for fuller interpre...
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D10
D10, or Dashamsha, is traditionally treated in Jyotish as a divisional chart for profession, career, business, employment, and work-related karma.
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D12
D12, or Dwadashamsha, is traditionally used in Jyotish to examine ancestral lineage, inherited family patterns, and roots connected with parents and forebears.
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D16
D16 is a divisional chart in Jyotish traditionally used to examine movable luxury, comforts, vehicles, jewelry, and similar material supports.
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D20
D20 is a Jyotish divisional chart traditionally used to examine spiritual practice, inner search, worship patterns, mantra, initiation, and indications related to spiritual refinement.
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D30
In this tradition of Jyotish, D30 is treated as a divisional chart used to examine difficulties, suffering, affliction, illness-related indications, enemies, and patterns of trouble rather than ordinary favorable events.
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D40
D40 is a divisional chart in Jyotish traditionally used to examine inner conditions, domestic happiness, deep-rooted stress, and related emotional or mental indications.
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D7
D7 is a divisional chart used in Jyotish for children, offspring, lineage, adoption, and related family indications.
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D9
D9, or Navamsha, is a divisional chart in Jyotish traditionally used to refine interpretation beyond the D1 chart, especially for inner disposition, planetary strength, marriage-related matters, spirituality, and fruc...
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Dasha
In this tradition of Jyotish, Dasha is a timing framework used to read when a planet, house, or divisional-chart condition may become more active in interpretation.
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Fourth House
In Jyotish, the fourth house is traditionally associated with inner comfort, mental peace, home, mother-related indications, and forms of happiness or ease.
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Graha
In Jyotish, graha is traditionally used for a planetary factor whose strength, condition, placement, and contextual expression are examined when reading a chart.
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Jupiter
Jupiter in Jyotish is traditionally associated with dharma, knowledge, values, inner happiness, blessings, and protective or supportive indications in several chart contexts.
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Kendra
Kendra is commonly used in Jyotish for the angular houses and is traditionally associated with strength, responsibility, and the capacity to fulfill duties.
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Ketu
In this tradition of Jyotish, Ketu is treated as a graha associated with divine symbolism, occult insight, intuition, dharma, lineage upliftment, and moksha-related indications, depending on chart context.
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Kundli
A Kundli is traditionally understood in Jyotish as a chart framework used to study planets, houses, degrees, and divisional charts for interpretive assessment.
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Lagna
Lagna is the ascendant or first-house reference point in Jyotish, traditionally used to read a person's nature, character, conduct, and chart orientation.
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Lagna Lord
In Jyotish, the Lagna Lord is the planetary ruler of the ascendant sign. Its placement, dignity, strength, and condition are traditionally used to assess how a person may orient themselves across life topics and divis...
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Mangal
Mangal is the Jyotish name for Mars, a graha traditionally associated with force, courage, stamina, conflict, blood, anger, action, and the capacity to practice or recover effortfully, depending on chart context.
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Navamsha
Navamsha, or D9, is a divisional chart in Jyotish traditionally used to examine inner nature, dharma, relationship indications, and the deeper strength of planets in relation to the main birth chart.
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Rahu
Rahu is a Jyotish term used for a chart factor often associated with amplification, obstruction, separation, modern networks, and unconventional or confusing influences, depending on its placement and chart context.
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Seventh House
In this tradition of Jyotish, the seventh house is often read for partnership, business, trade, and marriage-related indications, with context changing by chart and divisional chart.
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Shani
Shani is the Jyotish name for Saturn, a graha traditionally associated with discipline, delay, service, technical work, law, austerity, vayu qualities, and pressure that may mature through time.
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Shukra
Shukra is the Jyotish name for Venus, traditionally associated with rasa, taste, enjoyment, relationship happiness, and inner feeling around Venus-related matters.
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Sixth House
In this tradition of Jyotish, the sixth house is traditionally associated with pain, distortion, conflict, service, litigation, illness, enemies, visible causes, and problems that may still have remedies or workable s...
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Surya
Surya is the Jyotish term for the Sun, traditionally associated with authority, leadership, vitality, father-related indications, public influence, and the principle of inner light or atma.
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Trikona
Trikona generally refers to the trinal houses, especially the first, fifth, and ninth, which are traditionally associated with ease, support, blessings, and the flourishing of a planet's significations in many Jyotish...