Birth Chart Yoga Calculator
Detects all classical Vedic yogas - from Pancha Mahapurusha to Gaja Kesari to Nabhasa - with strength scores, involved planets, and category breakdown.
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A yoga (literally "union") in Vedic astrology is a special planetary combination that produces a pronounced effect on the native - far stronger than any individual planet's placement. Yoga detection is the first step in chart interpretation: before reading planets in houses, a skilled Jyotishi checks for the presence of powerful yogas that may override or elevate the general significations.
Sivayan's yoga engine evaluates the full catalog: Pancha Mahapurusha (five great-person yogas), Gaja Kesari, Raja Yogas (house lord combinations), Dhana Yogas (wealth), Daridra and Arishta Yogas (challenges), Nabhasa Yogas (planetary pattern shapes), and the Moon- and Sun-based yogas (Sunapha, Anapha, Durudhara, Vesi, Vasi). Each yoga is scored for strength and tagged with the planets that form it.
Yoga categories detected
Pancha Mahapurusha
Five great-person yogas (Ruchaka/Mars, Bhadra/Mercury, Hamsa/Jupiter, Malavya/Venus, Sasha/Saturn) formed when these planets are in their own or exaltation sign in a kendra.
Gaja Kesari Yoga
Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon. One of the most celebrated yogas - bestows wisdom, wealth, fame and a long legacy.
Raja Yoga
Combinations of kendra and trikona house lords. The strength of a Raja Yoga determines the degree of authority, recognition and success the native achieves.
Dhana Yoga
Wealth-producing combinations involving the 2nd, 5th, 9th and 11th house lords.
Nabhasa Yoga
Pattern yogas based on the distribution of planets across signs and houses (Sankhya, Ashraya, Dala, Akriti forms - 32 total).
Moon & Sun Yogas
Sunapha (planet in 2nd from Moon), Anapha (12th from Moon), Durudhara (both), Vesi/Vasi/Ubhayachari (planets adjacent to Sun).
Common questions
A chart can have anywhere from a handful to dozens of yogas. Having many yogas is not unusual - each yoga refines the chart interpretation. What matters is their strength: a weak yoga delivers partial results while a powerful one dominates the life theme it governs.
No - yogas give promise, not certainty. A Pancha Mahapurusha yoga is "cancelled" (reduced) if the planet is combust, retrograde or heavily afflicted. Its full promise activates most strongly during the planet's Mahadasha and Antardasha.
Raja Yoga (combinations of kendra + trikona lords) indicates authority, recognition and social power. Dhana Yoga (wealth-house combinations) indicates material prosperity. A strong chart often has both, but the timing of their activation differs based on their ruling planets' dashas.
Nabhasa yogas are based on the geometric distribution of planets across the zodiac. Examples: Rajju (all planets in movable signs), Musala (all in fixed), Nala (all in dual), or Srapa (all in the first 4 signs). They give a broad characterization of the chart's overall planetary pattern.
These yogas indicate challenge, not fate. Daridra (poverty/struggle) and Arishta (affliction/danger) yogas create tendencies and time windows of difficulty, but they can be mitigated by strong benefic yogas elsewhere, favorable dashas, and conscious effort.