Field guide
How to read what the app is showing
Each section answers one question. Start with the birth chart, then open a specialty. A score is classical agreement, not a guarantee. Devi Jyotsika explains a result in prose and stores that explanation on your account.
- Charts
- Planets
- Divisionals
- Life cycles
- Transits
- Love
- Marriage
- Separation
- Family
- Career
- Medical
- Timeline
- Vedic report
- Matching
- Hora Watch
- Panchang
- Muhurtham
- AI readings
Charts
North Indian and South Indian drawings are the same birth. Only the geometry changes. The first house is the Lagna, the sign that was rising. Count houses from there.
How to use it
Enter date, clock time, and city, then calculate. If the birth time is uncertain by more than a few minutes, treat house placements as provisional and say so when you compare two charts.
How to read it
Note the Lagna, the Moon’s sign, and the Sun’s sign before any tab. The Bhava chart uses house cusps; the rashi chart uses whole signs. KP cusps and the Nadi table underneath are a second language: significators, not a replacement for the rashi chart. Read the rashi chart first.
Planets
One row per graha: sign, house, nakshatra, and dignity. Column tips on the table are the short definitions.
How to read it
Own sign or exaltation means the planet can express its nature more cleanly. Debilitation means it is strained and should be judged with the house lord and the dasha, not condemned by that one cell. The nakshatra is the finer lunar tone inside the sign.
Divisional charts
Vargas are harmonic charts. They do not replace the birth chart. They answer a narrower question.
How to read it
D9, Navamsa, is the usual companion for marriage and for the deeper strength of a planet. D10 is the companion for career. If a planet is strong in the main chart and weak in the varga you care about, do not average them into a shrug. Name both.
Life cycles
Vimshottari timing. The mahadasha is the long chapter. The antardasha is the sub-chapter running now.
How to read it
Find the period lord in the birth chart. The houses it rules and the house it occupies are the themes of these years. A Jupiter period is not automatically “good.” It brings Jupiter’s houses forward.
Live transits
Gochar: planets today, placed in the houses of your birth chart. Refreshing redraws the sky. It does not change your birth.
How to read it
Slow planets (Saturn, Jupiter, the nodes) describe seasons. The Moon describes a mood of a day or two. Give extra weight to a transit that lands on the house your current dasha lord already activates. The written daily guide is the credited interpretation. The wheels alone are the positions.
Love analytics
Attraction, bonding, and the style of affection. It is not the marriage-timing report.
How to read it
Watch Venus, the 5th house, and the 7th. A romantic chart can still have a difficult 7th lord. If you want spouse indicators and timing, open Marriage after this, and do not treat the two scores as the same sentence.
Marriage analytics
Partnership indicators: 7th house, its lord, Venus or Jupiter as karaka, and the Navamsa.
How to read it
Read the reasons that fired, then the dasha windows. Support means the classical factors agree. It does not name a person, a year as a promise, or a duty to marry. Severe banners are emphasis, not a verdict.
Divorce and separation
Strain patterns among the 1st, the 7th, and the dusthana houses (6, 8, 12), plus period timing.
How to read it
A flag means the chart contains a classical topic associated with friction or distance. It is not evidence about a living relationship, and it is not legal advice. Pair it with the marriage tab before you conclude anything.
Progeny and family
The 5th house, Jupiter, and related varga factors around children and creativity.
How to read it
Treat it as a family and creativity study. It is not a fertility test and not medical advice. Creativity and children share this house in Jyotish, so a “5th house” comment may be about either.
Career analytics
The 10th house, its lord, the Sun, Saturn, and D10.
How to read it
The profile describes vocational tone: public role, skill, pressure, timing support. It does not assign a job title. If the 10th lord is strong but the current dasha belongs to a different house, the vocation may be waiting on that period.
Medical astrology
Ayur Jyotish constitution and sensitivities drawn from the chart, for personal study.
How to read it
Read constitution first, then the houses that are stressed. This is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a reason to skip a physician. Healing notes are traditional references, not prescriptions.
Life timeline
Dasha chapters laid out across years so you can see sequence instead of a single “current period” label.
How to read it
Scan for the chapter you are in, then the one about to open. Use the specialty tabs to interpret a chapter. The timeline itself is the calendar.
Vedic report
A written pass over matched classical rules: what fired, and a short synthesis.
How to read it
Confidence is how tightly the chart facts fit that rule. It is not the probability that an event will happen. If two rules conflict, the report’s conflict handling prefers the better-supported reading. You should still be able to see both themes.
Compatibility
Two saved births compared: synastry-style factors and an overlap of their life-cycle calendars. Each run costs 100 credits.
How to read it
Check both birth times before you trust house overlays. Read the helpful links and the rubbing points separately. A single fused number hides the useful part. The 15-year overlay shows when their period lords tell different stories at the same time.
Live Hora Watch
From local sunrise to the next sunrise, the day is 24 planetary hours. Day hours and night hours differ in length except near the equinox. The first hour belongs to the weekday lord.
How to read it
Search the city you are actually in. The ruler is the tone of this hour. The Hora catalog lists ordinary uses and things to postpone. Harmony rises when that hour also agrees with your saved Lagna and birth nakshatra. The four lines under the hour — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, and karana — are explained in the Panchang reference. Use them together. Email alerts fire on the server when a saved filter matches, even if the browser is closed.
The four limbs of the Panchang
Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana are the lunar day around a Hora. Each limb answers a different question: the mood between people, the star you are working under, the friction in the sky, and the half-day fit for the task itself.
Limb 1 · Relationship
Tithi
Lunar day. The emotional flavor of how people meet, agree, and celebrate.
A tithi is one lunar day. There are 30 in a lunar month. Each begins when the Moon has moved another 12 degrees ahead of the Sun. The first 15 belong to Shukla Paksha, the bright fortnight. The next 15 belong to Krishna Paksha, the dark fortnight. The same ordinal repeats in both: Pratipada through Chaturdashi, then Purnima in the bright half and Amavasya in the dark half.
Shukla Paksha
Waxing moon. Light increases. The social mood tends toward gathering, starting, and being seen.
- Pratipada
- Dwitiya
- Tritiya
- Chaturthi
- Panchami
- Shashthi
- Saptami
- Ashtami
- Navami
- Dashami
- Ekadashi
- Dwadashi
- Trayodashi
- Chaturdashi
- Purnima
Krishna Paksha
Waning moon. Light recedes. The same names return, and the month closes on Amavasya.
- Pratipada
- Dwitiya
- Tritiya
- Chaturthi
- Panchami
- Shashthi
- Saptami
- Ashtami
- Navami
- Dashami
- Ekadashi
- Dwadashi
- Trayodashi
- Chaturdashi
- Amavasya
The five Panchadha groups
Count the tithi’s number inside its paksha. The 1st, 6th, and 11th share one nature, and so on. Both fortnights use the same five groups.
| Group | Tithis | Element | What it supports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanda | 1st, 6th, 11th | Fire · joyful | Creative ventures, celebrations, and fasting. Ekadashi belongs here. |
| Bhadra | 2nd, 7th, 12th | Earth · balanced | Foundations, jobs, and signing agreements. |
| Jaya | 3rd, 8th, 13th | Ether · victorious | Sports, legal matters, and buying vehicles. |
| Rikta | 4th, 9th, 14th | Water · empty | Avoid new beginnings. Use it for inner work and clearing debts. |
| Purna | 5th, 10th, 15th | Air · full | Weddings, investments, and ceremonies. Amavasya, the dark 15th, is reserved for ancestors. |
Daily use
Check the tithi before a meeting, a meal with others, or any promise you want kept. It describes social cooperation and the emotional tone of the day. A joyful Nanda supports a celebration. A Rikta day is a poor opening for something you hope will last. Read it beside the Hora ruler, not instead of it.
Limb 2 · Mind
Nakshatra
Lunar constellation. Psychological alignment, and the star used for Papaharini, inner purification and karmic clearing.
The ecliptic is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20' each. Every nakshatra has four padas of 3°20'. The Moon’s nakshatra is the star of the moment. Its older use in daily practice is Papaharini: choosing a star that clears residue and steadies the mind, rather than only asking which errand will succeed.
The 27, in order from the start of Aries: Ashwini, Bharani, Krittika, Rohini, Mrigashira, Ardra, Punarvasu, Pushya, Ashlesha, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Vishakha, Anuradha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati.
Four working classes
Dhruva · fixed
Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada.
- Permanent structures
- Planting and things meant to stay
Chara · movable
Punarvasu, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha.
- Travel and vehicles
- Dynamic actions that should move
Ugra · sharp
Bharani, Ardra, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha, Purva Bhadrapada.
- Facing opposition
- Heavy workouts and transformation
Mridu · soft
Mrigashira, Chitra, Anuradha, Revati.
- Romance, arts, and clothing
- Friendships and gentle approaches
Daily use
Cross the sky’s nakshatra with your Janma Nakshatra, the star of your birth Moon. Hora Watch already does this in the harmony score. A fixed star suits laying a foundation. A sharp star suits a hard conversation or a hard training day. A soft star suits the work that depends on goodwill. If the star is hostile to your birth star, keep the task small even when the Hora looks strong.
Limb 3 · Friction
Yoga
Solar-lunar synthesis. Whether the day flows, or whether the Sun and Moon are pulling across each other.
Add the Sun’s absolute longitude to the Moon’s. That sum, taken around the circle, falls into one of 27 yogas. Where tithi is the gap between them, yoga is their combined place. It is the day’s measure of cosmic flow against friction.
| Kind | Examples | How the day behaves |
|---|---|---|
| Auspicious | Priti, Ayushman, Saubhagya, Siddhi | Smoother energy, support for health and long life, and a cleaner window for a launch. |
| Challenging | Vyatipata, Vaidhriti, Atiganda | A higher chance of obstacles. Keep the day to routine work, or to spiritual protection. Leave the large risk for another yoga. |
Daily use
Read the yoga before you take a risk that is hard to undo: a signing, a journey, a public launch. An auspicious yoga does not repair a Rikta tithi, and a hard yoga is a reason to shrink the plan even when the Hora is strong. On the watch, the yoga named for the hour is the one in force at that hora’s start.
Limb 4 · Execution
Karana
Half a tithi. The limb used for Karya Siddhi, getting the immediate task done.
Each tithi splits in two, so a lunar month holds 60 karanas. Eleven names cover them. Seven movable karanas repeat through the month. Four fixed karanas appear once each. Use this limb for the operation in front of you, not for the mood of the relationship or the star of the birth chart.
Movable karanas
Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitula, Garaja, Vanija, and Vishti rotate. They are the dynamic half of the day.
| Karana | Fit |
|---|---|
| Bava, Balava, Vanija | Commerce, exchange, and learning. A practical window for a deal, a class, or a delivery. |
| Kaulava, Taitula, Garaja | Ordinary moving work: making, arranging, and carrying a task from one step to the next. |
| Vishti (Bhadra) | Fierce. Keep celebrations and travel off this half. It is a restricted window, not a festive one. |
Fixed karanas
Sakuni, Chatuspada, Naga, and Kimstughna occur once in the month. They are for a specialized action, not for the repeating errands of the week.
Sakuni
- Medicines and remedies
- Work that needs a careful, single handling
Chatuspada
- Engineering and structures
- Work with animals and four-footed support
Naga
- Digging and what goes below ground
- Hidden or foundational labor
Kimstughna
- Foundations of a new effort
- The first laying-down, done once
Daily use
Use karana to time the micro-task: the call, the filing, the hour you actually do the thing. Hora Watch shows the karana in force at the start of each planetary hour, so the operational window and the planetary hour can be read on the same row. If Vishti is running, move the celebration or the departure. If Bava, Balava, or Vanija is running, that half is the one for commerce and study.
Muhurtham planner
A search for usable windows, scored from panchang, Hora quality, and your natal Lagna and nakshatra.
How to read it
Pick the event type and a short date range. Prefer windows where tithi and Hora are both acceptable. A high score with a hostile tithi is still a poor muhurta. This is electional timing, not a rewrite of the birth chart.
Devi Jyotsika
The consultant turns a calculated result into a paragraph. The first time you ask, the model runs. That answer is stored for your account. The same request later is shown from the saved reading, marked saved, and is not sent to the model again.
How to read it
Use the prose to understand the factors you already see in the tables. If the paragraph and a table disagree, trust the table for the position and treat the paragraph as commentary. Past consultations are listed on Account.