What is Rashifal?
The meaning of rashifal, how it differs from a Western horoscope, and what a daily reading is actually based on.
Guides
Plain explanations of the ideas behind every reading.
What is a Rashi?
The twelve rashis, their rulers, elements and qualities, and how the sidereal zodiac is divided.
Rashi vs Lagna: what's the difference?
Chandra rashi, surya rashi and lagna are three different things. Which one a reading uses, and why it matters.
What is a Nakshatra?
The 27 lunar mansions, their padas and ruling planets, and why they matter more than the rashi in many readings.
What is a Kundali?
The birth chart: what it contains, how it is drawn, and what you need to have one calculated.
What is Kundali Milan?
Ashtakoota Gun Milan explained: the eight koota, how 36 points are allocated, and what a score actually means.
What is Nadi Dosha?
The eight-point koota, why it carries the most weight in Gun Milan, and the exceptions traditionally allowed.
What is Bhakoot Dosha?
The seven-point rashi koota, the 2/12, 5/9 and 6/8 pairs, and when the dosha is considered cancelled.
What is Mangal Dosha (Manglik)?
Where Mars has to fall to make a chart Manglik, the three reference points used, and how cancellation works.
What is Sade Sati?
Saturn's seven-and-a-half-year passage over the natal Moon: the three phases, what each is said to bring, and when it repeats.
What is a Dasha?
The Vimshottari dasha system: 120 years, nine planetary periods, and how the sequence is set by your birth nakshatra.
What is Panchang?
The five limbs — tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga, karana — and the muhurta windows calculated from sunrise.
What is Ayanamsa?
The 24-degree gap between the sidereal and tropical zodiacs, why it exists, and why your Vedic sign differs from your Western one.
How is a daily rashifal calculated?
The exact method behind every reading on this site, and how to verify it against a panchang.