Free Vedic Horoscope & Kundali Matching in Plain English

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Free Janam Kundli, Mahadasha, Sade Sati and 36-guna Kundli Milan, in plain English.Free Kundli, Dasha, Sade Sati and Milan.

कुंडली · Kundali · Horoscope

Free Kundali: tell me when and where you were born.

Get your free Vedic birth chart (Janma Kundali) with Lahiri sidereal calculations and plain-English predictions. See your rising sign, Moon sign, nakshatra (birth star) and the nine grahas (planets), read for you.

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Your name

Date of birth (DD / MM / YYYY)

Time of birth (HH : MM AM/PM)

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Place of birth

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UTC offset (hours)

Filled in from the city. If daylight saving was in force when you were born, add one hour (London summer = +1, New York summer = −4). India has used +5:30 since 1945.

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Questions? See FAQ

महादशा · Mahadasha · Life periods

Mahadasha calculator: your life's chapters, and the one you're in now.

Calculate your Vimshottari (120-year cycle of planetary periods) Mahadasha (main period) and Antardasha (sub-period) dates from your date of birth. Get dated dasha predictions in plain English for the chapter you're in and the next.

The nine Vimshottari periods from birth to about 100, read for your chart, with the sub-periods of the current one.

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Your name

Date of birth (DD / MM / YYYY)

Time of birth (HH : MM AM/PM)

I don't know my exact time

Optional. Without it, period dates can shift by months, and the houses from your rising sign are left out.

Place of birth

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UTC offset (hours)

Filled in from the city. Add an hour if daylight saving was in force at birth.

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साढ़े साती · Sade Sati · Saturn's transit

Sade Sati calculator: when Saturn crosses your Moon, and what it asks of you.

Check if you are in Sade Sati (Saturn's 7½-year transit over your Moon sign) or Shani Dhaiya now, with every Saturn transit date of your life. Each phase is explained in plain English, with simple remedies.

Shani Dhaiya · Saturn's 2½-year transit through the 4th or 8th sign from your Moon (not the same as Shani Dasha, Saturn's 19-year period)

Your Sade Sati and Dhaiya status today, every cycle of your life with dates, and readings for each phase.

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Your name

Date of birth (DD / MM / YYYY)

Time of birth (HH : MM AM/PM)

I don't know my exact time

Optional. Sade Sati needs only your Moon sign; the time adds the houses from your rising sign.

Place of birth

Not listed? Choose “Other place” at the bottom of the list.

UTC offset (hours)

Filled in from the city. Add an hour if daylight saving was in force at birth.

Fill in your details above to check your Sade Sati

प्रश्न · FAQ

Vedic astrology FAQ: Kundli, Mahadasha, Sade Sati, Guna Milan and Ishta Devata in plain English.

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Answers to common questions about Vedic astrology, Jyotish and the Janma Kundali. Learn how Kundli matching, Mangal Dosha, gemstones and dashas work, in plain English.

What is a Vedic horoscope or Janma Kundali?

A Vedic horoscope, also called a Janma Kundali or janam kundli, is a map of the sky at the moment you were born, drawn in the Indian tradition of Jyotish. It shows your rising sign (lagna), your Moon sign (rashi), your birth star (nakshatra) and where each of the nine grahas sat. This page reads your horoscope by date of birth, time and place, and explains it in plain English.

How is Vedic astrology different from Western astrology?

Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, tied to the fixed stars, while Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac, tied to the seasons. Today the two differ by about 24 degrees, so your Vedic Sun or Moon sign is often one sign earlier than your Western one. Vedic astrology also gives more weight to the Moon, the nakshatras and timing systems such as the Vimshottari dasha (a 120-year cycle of planetary periods). This reader uses the Lahiri ayanamsa (the standard correction between the two zodiacs).

What is Kundli matching, or the 36 gunas?

Kundli matching, also called Kundli Milan or Guna Milan, compares two birth charts before marriage. The traditional Ashtakoota system scores eight areas, from temperament to health, for a total of 36 gunas (points). 18 or more is usually considered acceptable and 25 or more very good. The Kundali Milan tab works it out from each person's Moon sign and nakshatra and explains every koot (scored area).

What is Mangal Dosha?

Mangal Dosha, or being Manglik, means Mars sits in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house of the chart. Tradition links it to friction in marriage. It is commonly considered cancelled when both partners are Manglik, or when Mars sits in certain signs. The matchmaking tab checks both charts and any cancellation.

What is a Mahadasha?

Mahadasha means major period. In the Vimshottari dasha system your life moves through nine planetary chapters lasting 6 to 20 years each, 120 years in all, starting from the planet that rules the Moon's nakshatra at birth. Each Mahadasha splits into nine sub-periods called Antardashas. The Mahadasha tab shows all nine chapters with dates, reads the current one for your chart, and previews the next.

What is Sade Sati and should I worry?

Sade Sati is the roughly seven and a half years when Saturn passes through the sign before your Moon sign, your Moon sign itself and the sign after it. It comes about every 30 years, and Saturn's 4th and 8th positions from the Moon add two shorter tests called Dhaiya.

No, you need not worry: it is a time of hard work, responsibility and growth rather than bad luck, and many people build careers, marry and buy homes during it. The Sade Sati tab shows whether you are in one now, every cycle with dates, and simple remedies.

Do I need an exact birth time?

It helps. The birth time sets your rising sign and houses, which change about every two hours. If you don't know it, tick the unknown-time box and the reading uses your Moon sign instead; the Moon sign, nakshatra, Mahadasha, Sade Sati and Guna Milan still work in most cases.

Is it free?

Yes. The Vedic horoscope, Kundli Milan and PDF downloads are free, with no sign-up. Everything is calculated in your browser, and your birth details are never sent anywhere or saved.

What is an Ishta Devata?

Ishta Devata means your chosen or cherished deity: the god or goddess you are most likely to feel close to. In Jyotish it is read from the birth chart and names the deity whose worship is thought to help you most in your spiritual life. The Ishta tab names yours, explains why, and suggests a simple mantra and a day for worship.

How is my Ishta Devata worked out?

This reader follows the Jaimini method. First it finds your soul planet (Atmakaraka): of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, the one furthest through its sign. Its sign in the Navamsa (D9) chart is the Karakamsa. The 12th sign from the Karakamsa shows the deity: the strongest planet there, or the sign's lord if it is empty. An exact birth time is needed, because the Navamsa changes quickly. Traditions differ.

Which gemstone should I wear?

In the classical Parashari rule your stones come from your rising sign (Lagna). The stone of the Lagna lord (the planet ruling your rising sign) is your life stone (Jeevan Ratna), and the stones of the 5th and 9th lords are your fortune stones (Punya and Bhagya Ratna). Stones of planets that rule the 6th, 8th or 12th house are avoided, unless that planet also rules the Lagna, 5th or 9th; a planet ruling both a fortune house and one of these is used with caution. Hessonite (Rahu) and Cat's Eye (Ketu) are never chosen this way. An exact birth time is needed. The Gemstones tab names your stones and how to wear them; try a strong stone for a few days first, and consult a trusted astrologer.

इष्ट देवता · Ishta Devata · Your guiding deity

Ishta Devata finder: the deity your chart points you towards.

Find your Ishta Devata, your guiding deity, from your birth chart by the Jaimini (a classical school of astrology) Karakamsa method: the sign your soul planet occupies in the Navamsa chart. Get a simple mantra and the best day for worship.

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Read from your soul planet and Navamsa chart (each sign split into nine parts) by the Jaimini method.

Your name

Date of birth (DD / MM / YYYY)

Time of birth (HH : MM AM/PM)

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Place of birth

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UTC offset (hours)

Filled in from the city. Add an hour if daylight saving was in force at birth.

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रत्न · Gemstones · Ratna

Gemstone recommendation by birth chart: the stones your rising sign favours, and the ones to leave aside.

Find your lucky gemstone (Ratna) by birth chart: your life stone and fortune stones from your Lagna (rising sign). Learn which stones to avoid and how to wear yours.

Your life stone and fortune stones by the classical Parashari rule (from the sage Parashara's text), with how to wear them.

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Your name

Date of birth (DD / MM / YYYY)

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Needed here: gemstones are read from your rising sign, which the birth time sets.

Place of birth

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UTC offset (hours)

Filled in from the city. Add an hour if daylight saving was in force at birth.

Fill in your details, including birth time, to find your gemstones

नामकरण · Baby Names

Baby names by nakshatra: your baby's lucky first syllable, and names that start with it.

Find your baby's Moon sign, nakshatra (birth star) and pada (quarter of the star) from the birth details, the lucky naming syllable it gives, and Indian and Western-friendly names that begin with that sound.

Kept separate from your own details, so your Kundali and other readings stay as they are.

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Baby's name or nickname

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The Moon moves through a pada in about six hours, so the birth time matters.

Place of birth

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UTC offset (hours)

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Free Kundali: tell me when and where you were born.

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Mahadasha calculator: your life's chapters, and the one you're in now.

Mahadasha

Sade Sati calculator: when Saturn crosses your Moon, and what it asks of you.

Sade Sati

Vedic astrology FAQ: Kundli, Mahadasha, Sade Sati, Guna Milan and Ishta Devata in plain English.

What is a Vedic horoscope or Janma Kundali?

How is Vedic astrology different from Western astrology?

What is Kundli matching, or the 36 gunas?

What is Mangal Dosha?

What is a Mahadasha?

What is Sade Sati and should I worry?

Do I need an exact birth time?

Is it free?

What is an Ishta Devata?

How is my Ishta Devata worked out?

Which gemstone should I wear?

Kundali Milan: free Kundli matching for two birth charts (36 gunas).

Your match

Ishta Devata finder: the deity your chart points you towards.

Ishta Devata · Your guiding deity

Why this is your Ishta Devata

Gemstone recommendation by birth chart: the stones your rising sign favours, and the ones to leave aside.

Gemstone advice needs your rising sign

Gemstones · Ratna

Baby names by nakshatra: your baby's lucky first syllable, and names that start with it.

Baby names

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