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Kundli, panchang, nakshatras and numerology - what the tradition actually says, and where it stops.

Bharani Nakshatra: Traits, Deity, Pada and Compatibility
The 27 Nakshatras8/21/202611m read

Bharani Nakshatra: Traits, Deity, Pada and Compatibility

Bharani is the second nakshatra, ruled by Venus and presided over by Yama. Its symbol is the yoni, the womb. Here is what its four padas, its 20-year Venus dasha and its Gun Milan values actually mean.

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Ashwini Nakshatra: Traits, Deity, Pada and Compatibility
The 27 Nakshatras8/21/202611m read

Ashwini Nakshatra: Traits, Deity, Pada and Compatibility

The first nakshatra of the zodiac, ruled by Ketu and presided over by the twin physicians of the gods. Its span, deity, four padas, first mahadasha, Gun Milan behaviour and honest limits, explained plainly.

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Navamsa (D9): The Most Important Divisional Chart
Reading the Kundli8/10/202611m read

Navamsa (D9): The Most Important Divisional Chart

The D9 or navamsa chart divides every sign into nine parts of 3 degrees 20 minutes, and its boundaries land exactly on the 108 nakshatra padas. Here is what it shows, how to read it, and where it fails.

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What Is a Dasha, and How Does Astrological Timing Work
Foundations8/3/202611m read

What Is a Dasha, and How Does Astrological Timing Work

A chart shows potential; a dasha shows when it activates. How Vimshottari dasha works, why it is computed from the Moon nakshatra, and how to read a period properly.

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Which Letter Should Your Baby's Name Start From?
The 27 Nakshatras8/2/202612m read

Which Letter Should Your Baby's Name Start From?

Your baby's first syllable comes from the Moon's nakshatra pada at the exact moment of birth, not the birth date. The 108-pada system, the simpler rashi method, and why a second calling name is perfectly traditional.

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How Kundli Matching / Gun Milan Works
Marriage & Matching8/1/20268m read

How Kundli Matching / Gun Milan Works

Ashtakoota Gun Milan scores eight factors out of 36 — and six of the eight are computed from the nakshatra, not the zodiac sign. Here is what each kuta measures, what a score really means, the doshas that override it, and which parts of the tradition are ancient and which are not.

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What Is Nakshatra and Choghadiya — and How Are They Used?
Timing & Dashas8/1/20267m read

What Is Nakshatra and Choghadiya — and How Are They Used?

A nakshatra is where the Moon is — one of 27 segments of the sky. A choghadiya is when — one of eight slots dividing the daylight. One drives the entire timing system of a birth chart; the other is what people check before signing a document.

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Kundali Milan by Name Only: Can You Match Without Birth Details?
Marriage & Matching7/30/202612m read

Kundali Milan by Name Only: Can You Match Without Birth Details?

The honest answer to a question most sites dodge. True Kundali Milan needs the Moon's nakshatra, which needs a birth date - so what are name-only matching sites actually doing? Three possibilities, how to tell them apart, and the genuinely useful path forward.

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Kundli Milan With Name: What a Name Actually Adds to a Match
Marriage & Matching7/30/202611m read

Kundli Milan With Name: What a Name Actually Adds to a Match

Names appear in Kundli Milan because of namakaran - the tradition of choosing a child's first syllable from the pada of their janma nakshatra. Here is the full 27-nakshatra syllable table, and an honest account of when a name carries astrological information and when it does not.

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