Enter the exact moment and place of your birth. We compute the sidereal positions of all nine grahas, the 12 rashis and bhāvas, and your Moon nakshatra with pada — all from classical Jyotish, deterministically and free of charge.
A Vedic, or sidereal, birth chart maps the nine grahas against the fixed zodiac at your exact birth moment and place. Unlike the seasons-anchored tropical zodiac, sidereal positions respect the slow drift of the heavens, which is why Jyotish is called the “science of light” of the fixed stars.
The Lagna is the rashi rising on the eastern horizon at your birth. It sets the framework for your whole reading — your daily “self” orientation — and assigns each planet to one of the 12 bhāvas.
Graha positions shift slowly, so the date and approximate time are usually enough for rashi and nakshatra. House (bhāva) placements are more sensitive to time: for those, an exact recorded time is best.
Your birth chart is the map Western astrology prompted but sidereal Jyotish completes. The nine grahas — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu — each hold a fixed rashi and a bhāva (house) at the moment you were born. Where the Moon sits is your birth nakshatra, one of 27 lunar mansions that governs your temperament far beyond a simple sun sign.
The nakshatra of your Moon at birth (which this calculator reports with its pada, the 15° sub-division) is the single most personal signature in Vedic astrology. Ruled by one of the nine grahas, it describes the pulse of your entire life cycle and — critically — sets the planet that runs your first Dasha period.