How Durudhurā forms
| Condition | Requirement |
|---|---|
| The 2nd from the Moon | Occupied by at least one planet other than the Sun |
| The 12th from the Moon | Occupied by at least one planet other than the Sun |
| Both simultaneously | Required. Either alone is Sunaphā or Anaphā, not Durudhurā. |
| Varieties | One hundred and eighty, by the combinations possible across both positions |
Why the Moon flanked on both sides is the strong case
The classical result combines both — acquisition and enjoyment, wealth held and wealth spent well — with a stability neither single yoga carries. The person is described as generous, well-provided and comfortable in the world.
The reason is structural rather than additive. A Moon with support on one side leans; a Moon with support on both is held. In a chart, that reads as a mind with resources behind it and an outlet in front of it — which is why Durudhurā charts tend to lack both the grasping quality that a bare Sunaphā can carry and the leakiness that a bare Anaphā can.
It is also the most complete answer to Kemadruma. Where Kemadruma is the Moon standing entirely alone, Durudhurā is the Moon attended on both flanks, and the two are exact opposites within the same scheme.
What each pair gives when it flanks the Moon
Because two positions are involved, Sārāvalī gives the results by pair. These are the combinations the text names explicitly.
| Pair flanking the Moon | Classical result |
|---|---|
| Mars and Mercury | Very wealthy and expert — and, in the text's own words, a liar, wicked and greatly miserly. Chief among his people. |
| Mars and Jupiter | Famous by his deeds, mighty and moneyed. Disposed to anger and hostile to many, but protective of his own. |
| Venus and Mars | A virtuous wife, good fortune, purity and skill. Argumentative, fond of physical exercise, and bold in conflict. |
| Saturn and Mars | Saves a great deal of money and overcomes enemies — married to a difficult woman, given to anger, carrying vices, and a bearer of tales. |
| Jupiter and Mercury | Virtuous and learned in the śāstras, a good poet, wealthy, talkative, capable of sacrifice, and famous. The cleanest pairing in the list. |
| Mercury and Venus | A sweet speaker — fortunate, splendid, beautiful, fond of dance and song, well served, valiant, and a minister. |
The pattern is worth seeing: pairs including Mars carry a warning, and pairs of benefics do not. Durudhurā is strong in every case, but the two grahas decide what the strength is used for.
The Sun does not count, and neither do the nodes
In every yoga on this page the planets counted beside the Moon exclude the Sun. That is not an oversight in the texts — the Moon is never far from the Sun in a way that would make the count meaningful, and a rule that counted it would fire on roughly a third of all charts. Rāhu and Ketu are excluded on the same principle in the standard reading, though some lineages count them. If another tool tells you that you have Sunaphā where this one does not, a node beside the Moon is the most likely reason.
How this check works
Your chart is computed from an astronomical ephemeris on the Lahiri (Citrapakṣa) ayanāṁśa, and the formation rule stated on this page is tested against it directly — the same rule, not a paraphrase. Where the classical texts disagree about a condition, the page names the reading we follow.