What a kundli contains
A birth chart is a map of the sky at the moment and place you were born: the twelve houses counted from the rising sign, the nine planets placed in them, the signs they occupy, and the relationships between them. Everything else in Vedic astrology — dashas, yogas, doshas, divisional charts — is derived from this one arrangement.
Sidereal, not tropical
This chart is calculated in the sidereal zodiac using the Lahiri ayanamsa, which is the standard in India and the basis of every traditional technique. It differs from the tropical zodiac used in Western astrology by roughly twenty-four degrees, which is why your sign here is frequently the one before the sign you already knew.
Reading it in order
A chart is usually read from the lagna and its lord, then the Moon and its condition, then the planetary periods that determine when anything in the chart is likely to express itself. A placement that looks severe in isolation often matters very little if its period never runs prominently during a lifetime.
Common questions
Is this the same as the kundli an astrologer makes?
The calculation is the same. This chart is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa, which is the standard reference for sidereal work in India.
Do you store my birth details?
No. If you are not signed in, your birth details are used to compute this page and are not written to our database. They are kept only if you create an account and ask us to save the chart.
Why does my sign differ from what I expected?
Almost always because of the zodiac in use. Sidereal calculation places most people one sign earlier than the tropical zodiac used in Western horoscopes.