What is a Janma Kundli?
A Janma Kundli (birth chart, Janam Patrika) is a map of the sky as seen from your place of birth at the moment you were born. The sign rising on the eastern horizon at that moment is the Lagna (ascendant); the twelve houses are counted from it, and the nine grahas are placed in their signs and houses.
Indian astrology gives the Moon's sign and nakshatra a special place: the Rashifal is read from the Moon sign, and the Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra. That is why the Kundli shows the Chandra (Moon) chart and the Navamsa beside the Lagna chart.
What does this Kundli include?
The Lagna chart in North and South Indian style, the Chandra chart and the Navamsa; the sidereal position of the nine grahas (sign, degree, nakshatra, pada); the dates of the Vimshottari Mahadasha, Antardasha and Pratyantardasha; the main yogas and doshas, each with the rule that produced it; and the current transits, Sade Sati and Dhaiya.
Every section opens with a plain-language summary and continues with the technical table, so that a first-time reader and a practising astrologer can both use it. The whole Kundli can be downloaded as a PDF in Hindi or English.
What do you need to make a Kundli?
The date of birth, the time of birth and the place of birth, nothing else. Latitude, longitude and time zone are taken from the place; for older births the clock rules in force at the time are taken into account too.
No account is needed. With an account you can save birth details; they are visible only to you and are deleted with the account.
How is it calculated?
The grahas' positions are computed astronomically for the moment of birth and converted to the sidereal zodiac with the ayanamsa of the chosen calculation profile. The ayanamsa and house system can be changed in the profile, and every result states the profile it used.
Yogas, doshas and dashas follow classical rules; the source text is given under each result. The calculations are checked every day against published references, with the results open on the accuracy page.
What if the birth time is unknown?
If the time of birth is not known, tick "time unknown" in the form. The Lagna and houses are then left out, while the Chandra chart, the grahas' signs and the Moon-sign Rashifal are given.
If you know the approximate time ("morning", "around noon"), enter that; the result states clearly which parts depend on the exact time.
