The birth chart (D1)
A birth chart is the sky held still at the moment and place of birth: houses, signs and grahas.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- The sky, held still
- Everything comes together
A first look at the lesson
A birth chart (janma kundali) is the sky at the moment and place of birth, held still: which sign was rising in the east, and which sign each graha was in. Its main form is the rashi chart, also called D1, the first of many charts.
Every chart shows three things: the 12 houses, the sign in each house (the Lagna in the 1st), and the grahas in their signs. The signs, grahas, nakshatras and houses of this level all meet here.
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More lessons on this subject
- North, South and East Indian chartsOne chart, three drawings: houses fixed in the North; signs fixed in the South and East.
- Lagna chart and Moon chartThe same grahas counted from the Moon: the Moon chart, read beside the Lagna chart.
- Divisional charts: D9 and D10Cut every sign into equal parts and a new chart appears: the navamsha (D9) and the dashamsha (D10).
- The Panchang in briefFive limbs that describe a day: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana.
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