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What is the difference between my rashi and my Western sun sign?

Your rashi is your Vedic Moon sign, the sign the Moon occupied at your birth, read in the sidereal zodiac. Your Western sun sign is the Sun's sign in the tropical zodiac. They differ for two reasons: …

How do I find my Moon sign (Chandra rashi)?

Your Moon sign is the zodiac sign the Moon occupied at the exact moment and place of your birth, in the sidereal (Vedic) zodiac. Because the Moon moves through a sign in only about 2.25 days, you need…

What is kundli matching (gun milan) and how does it work?

Kundli matching, or gun milan, scores the compatibility of two birth charts out of 36 points across eight koota factors, based mainly on the couple's Moon signs and nakshatras. A total of 18 or above …

What is Rahu Kaal and should I avoid it?

Rahu Kaal is a roughly 90-minute period each day, ruled by the shadow planet Rahu, traditionally avoided for starting anything new, journeys, purchases, signing, or auspicious ceremonies. It is one-ei…

What is a Mahadasha in Vedic astrology?

A Mahadasha is a multi-year planetary period in the Vimshottari dasha system, during which one of the nine planets governs the main themes of your life. The 120-year cycle is divided among the planets…

How do I know if I am Manglik?

You are Manglik if Mars occupies the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house of your birth chart, counted from the ascendant, the Moon and Venus. Because it is checked from three points, results vary between…

How do I find a shubh muhurat to start a business or new venture?

A shubh muhurat for a business opening is a day and time when the Moon occupies a favourable nakshatra (Pushya is the most auspicious), the tithi is not Rikta or Amavasya, the weekday suits commerce, …

What is a nakshatra and why does it matter?

A nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions the Moon travels through in a month, each spanning 13 degrees 20 minutes of the zodiac. Your janma nakshatra, the one the Moon occupied at birth, sets your …

Is Vedic astrology scientific, and does it really work?

Vedic astrology is not a science in the modern experimental sense, its predictive claims are not established by controlled studies. It is a traditional symbolic system, thousands of years old, that ma…

Which gemstone should I wear according to my astrology?

The right gemstone is chosen from your birth chart, not your Sun sign: it strengthens a benefic planet for your ascendant, so the stone that helps one person can harm another. Common prescriptions are…