Vedic astrology entries: the books and the contents
This page keeps the books and the rules, and splits the entries into the pages that follow. The definition is not written here.
Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fateshow · Editorial method
Concept snapshot
Where the definition sits
On the tool page, not in this contents
What this page keeps
The books, the rules, and the links
Explore concepts
Sidereal sky
The sidereal zodiac, the 27 nakshatras, and the padas
Vedic uses the sidereal zodiac. A tropical longitude first loses the ayanamsa. Each of the 27 nakshatras is 13°20′, then four padas. The ayanamsa model has to be written on the chart.
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Grahas
The grahas and the divisional charts
The nine grahas are the seven bodies plus Rahu and Ketu. Houses are whole sign: the rising sign is the 1st house. A divisional chart is another cut of the same longitude. It does not replace the natal Lagna.
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Vimshottari
Vimshottari periods, and where a sentence stops
Vimshottari is 120 years, starting from the lord of the Moon’s nakshatra. If birth falls late in the nakshatra, the first period can be a partial remainder. A period does not replace the Lagna or a BaZi day master.
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Kundli Milan
Vedic match: six kutas out of 30
This page is a marriage comparison. It is not a general relationship chart. The score is six kutas, full marks 30, taken from the two Moons’ signs and nakshatras. It does not silently add the two classical kutas that would make 36.
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Where the definition sits
What Vedic astrology looks at is written on the tool page.
What it looks at is on What Vedic astrology is. This contents does not repeat that sentence.
The pages that follow
The sidereal zodiac and the twenty-seven nakshatras, the grahas and the vargas, and the dasha each have one page. Relationship matching stays on its own page, last in the sidebar.
Books used for the names
The default ayanamsa is Lahiri. Another set keeps its name on the chart.
An ayanamsa does not turn an illustration into something that has already happened.
Rules kept on every page
Sidereal longitude is tropical longitude minus the ayanamsa. Houses are whole sign. The dasha is Vimshottari, with a year of 365.25 days.
The same birth and the same ayanamsa keep the same sidereal positions.
Common mistakes
- Writing the definition on this contents page.
- Treating an illustration as something that has already happened.
- Merging two systems into one sentence.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the definition on this page?
No. It is on the tool page. This page is the books and the contents.
Does relationship matching sit in these pages?
Relationship matching stays on its own page and is not folded into these three.
Can the illustration be read as something that already happened?
No. It only checks the fields the engine printed.
Sources and editorial basis
- 1. Lahiri ayanamsa
The default ayanamsa. Another set is named on the chart.
- 2. fateshow rule snapshot
Supports only the fields printed in the illustration. An illustration is not something that has already happened.