A Vedic birth chart maps the nine grahas (planets) across the twelve houses and the 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions) at the moment of birth.
A chart (chakra) is drawn from the signs all the planets and the lagna (the ascendant, the sign rising at birth) occupy, in 12 areas, one per sign.
Charts are drawn differently by region: North Indian charts are a diamond with the houses fixed, while South Indian charts fix the signs.
Lessons that use this term
- What is Vedic astrology (Jyotish)? A beginner's guide
- Vedic vs Western astrology: sidereal and tropical zodiac differences
- What is a birth chart (kundali) in Vedic astrology?
- How Skybond reads a Vedic chart: method and conventions
- Why birth time matters in astrology (and what if you don't know it)
- Fate, free will and karma in Vedic astrology
- Classical texts of Vedic astrology: BPHS, Phaladeepika, Saravali
- How to read a South Indian birth chart
- Venus (Shukra) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations
- Capricorn (Makara) sign in Vedic astrology: traits and lord
- Aquarius (Kumbha) sign in Vedic astrology: traits and lord
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- What is gochar? Planetary transits in Vedic astrology
- Transits from moon sign vs ascendant: which to use
- Saturn in Pisces (Mar 2025 to Jun 2027)
- Saturn enters Aries (Jun 2027)
- Jupiter in Cancer, exalted (Jun to Oct 2026, again Jan to Jun 2027)
- Jupiter in Leo (Oct 2026 to Jan 2027, again Jun to Nov 2027)
- Rahu in Aquarius, Ketu in Leo (May 2025 to Dec 2026)
- Rahu in Capricorn, Ketu in Cancer (Dec 2026 to mid-2028)
- Doshas in Vedic astrology: what they are and what they are not
- Sade Sati: Saturn's 7.5-year transit explained
- Kaal Sarp dosha: origins and controversy
- Pitra dosha: what the classical texts say
- Nadi dosha and Bhakoot dosha in kundali matching
- How to read a dosha claim calmly
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