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Vedic astrology yogas — which ones does your chart actually have?
A yoga is a named combination the classical texts attach a result to. Most writing about them describes the result and leaves the formation rule vague, which is why so many people are told they have a yoga they do not have.
Every page here states the exact rule being tested, applies it to your own chart, and reports the grade rather than a yes or no — because for the common yogas the grade is the only part that carries information.
Pañca Mahāpuruṣa — the five "great person" yogas
One for each of the five tārā grahas, formed when it stands at full dignity in an angle. The most consequential single-planet yogas in the system.
- Ruchaka YogaPañca MahāpuruṣaMars in a kendra, in its own sign or exaltation.
- Bhadra YogaPañca MahāpuruṣaMercury in a kendra, in its own sign or exaltation.
- Haṁsa YogaPañca MahāpuruṣaJupiter in a kendra, in its own sign or exaltation.
- Mālavya YogaPañca MahāpuruṣaVenus in a kendra, in its own sign or exaltation.
- Śaśa YogaPañca MahāpuruṣaSaturn in a kendra, in its own sign or exaltation.
Checking yogas one at a time tells you what is present. Reading the chart tells you what it amounts to.
Chandra and Sūrya yogas
Combinations read from what stands beside the Moon or the Sun — including the best known yoga of all, and the one most often reported without its cancellations.
- Gajakesari YogaMost searchedJupiter in a kendra from the Moon, with benefic support.
- Kemadruma YogaCheck the cancellationsThe Moon alone — no planet in the 2nd or 12th from it.
- Sunaphā YogaA planet in the 2nd from the Moon.
- Anaphā YogaA planet in the 12th from the Moon.
- Durudhurā YogaStrongest of the threePlanets on both sides of the Moon — the 2nd and the 12th.
- Chandra-Maṅgala YogaThe Moon and Mars in contact — the wealth yoga with an edge.
- Adhi YogaBenefics in the 6th, 7th and 8th from the Moon.
Vipareeta Rāja yogas and the doṣas
Difficulty turned against itself, debility cancelled, and the two conditions most often used to frighten people.
- Harṣa YogaVipareeta RājaDusthāna lords occupying the 6th house.
- Sarala YogaVipareeta RājaDusthāna lords occupying the 8th house.
- Vimala YogaVipareeta RājaDusthāna lords occupying the 12th house.
- Neecha Bhaṅga Rāja YogaA debilitated graha whose debility is cancelled.
- Kāla Sarpa YogaFull vs partialAll seven grahas hemmed between Rāhu and Ketu.
- Budha-Āditya YogaSun and Mercury together — intelligence, with a combustion caveat.
Nābhasa yogas — all thirty-two
Yogas of the whole chart rather than of two planets: the shape the seven grahas make, how many signs they occupy, and which modality they share. Unusually, these operate continuously rather than waiting for a daśā.
- Nauka YogaĀkṛtiSeven continuous houses from the Lagna.
- Koota YogaĀkṛtiSeven continuous houses from the 4th.
- Chatra YogaĀkṛtiSeven continuous houses from the 7th.
- Dhanusha YogaĀkṛtiSeven continuous houses from the 10th.
- Ardha-Chandra YogaĀkṛtiSeven continuous houses from a non-angular house.
- Yupa YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in houses 1–4.
- Sara YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in houses 4–7.
- Śakti YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in houses 7–10.
- Daṇḍa YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in houses 10, 11, 12 and 1.
- Gada YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in two adjacent kendras.
- Vajra YogaĀkṛtiBenefics in 1 and 7, malefics in 4 and 10.
- Yava YogaĀkṛtiMalefics in 1 and 7, benefics in 4 and 10.
- Kamala YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in the four kendras.
- Vāpi YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in succedents only, or cadents only.
- Śakaṭa YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in the 1st and 7th only.
- Vihaga YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in the 4th and 10th only.
- Hala YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in mutual trines, avoiding the Lagna.
- Śṛṅgāṭaka YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in the 1st, 5th and 9th.
- Chakra YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in alternate houses from the Lagna.
- Samudra YogaĀkṛtiAll seven grahas in alternate houses from the 2nd.
- Āśraya YogasCancelled by any other Nābhasa yogaRajju, Musala and Nala — all seven grahas sharing one modality.
- Māla YogaDalaBenefics occupying three kendras.
- Sarpa YogaDalaMalefics occupying three kendras.
- Saṅkhyā YogasEvery chart has oneGola, Yuga, Śūla, Kedāra, Pāśa, Dāmini, Vīṇā — by how many signs the grahas occupy.
How to read a yoga without over-reading it
Three things decide whether a yoga in your chart means anything. Is it actually formed — on the strict rule, not the loose one. Is the planet carrying it capable — a yoga held by a combust or debilitated graha delivers a thinned version of its promise. And is its daśā running — yogas fruit during the periods of the planets that form them, not continuously across a life.
That last point explains most disappointment with yogas. A person with a genuine Rāja yoga whose forming planets never get a major daśā until their sixties will spend decades wondering why nothing arrived.
Frequently asked questions
What is a yoga in Vedic astrology?
A specific, named combination of planets, houses and signs that the classical texts attach a result to. A yoga is a promise in the chart — not a guarantee, and not something that operates continuously. It fruits during the daśā of the planets that form it.
How many yogas are there?
Several hundred across the classical literature. Our engine tests around two hundred named classical yogas plus a further set of analytical combinations, and reports only those that genuinely form in the chart being read.
Does having a good yoga guarantee the result?
No. The texts are explicit that a yoga delivers fully only when the planets forming it are unblemished — not combust, not hemmed by malefics, not debilitated. A technically-formed yoga carried by an afflicted planet gives a thinned version of its promise.
Why do different sites disagree about whether I have a yoga?
Usually because they apply a looser version of the rule. Gajakesari is the clearest example: the bare geometric condition fires in roughly one chart in three, while the strict classical form also requires benefic support and a Jupiter that is not weak by sign. Each page here states the exact rule being tested.