Glossary442 words this app uses, from the rasis and stars to the hours of the day, the matching checks and the remedies. Each has its script form where one exists, a line or two of meaning and the page where it is used.

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Aadi ஆடி #: The fourth Tamil month, the Sun in Kadagam, mid-July to mid-August. A month of goddess worship, not used for weddings. Used on Calendar →
Aadi nadi ஆதி நாடி #: The first nadi, linked with vata. Aswini, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam, Uthiram, Hastham, Kettai, Moolam, Sadayam and Poorattathi. Used on Porutham →
Aani ஆனி #: The third Tamil month, the Sun in Mithunam, mid-June to mid-July. Aani Thirumanjanam is Nataraja’s abhishekam. Used on Calendar →
Aavani ஆவணி #: The fifth Tamil month, the Sun in Simmam, mid-August to mid-September. Aavani Avittam and Vinayagar Chaturthi fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Abhijit அபிஜித் முகூர்த்தம் #: The auspicious muhurta around noon, the 8th of the fifteen daylight muhurtas, straddling the Sun’s crossing of the meridian. Good for most beginnings except on Wednesdays by some. Used on Panchangam →
Abhishekam அபிஷேகம் #: The ritual bathing of the deity with water, milk, honey and other substances. Used on Festivals →
Adhamam அதமம் #: No match on a porutham, scoring 0. On Rajju or Vedha it ends the reading on its own. Used on Porutham →
Adhika masa அதிக மாசம் #: An extra lunar month, added when a lunar month holds no sankranti, about every thirty-two months. It borrows the next month’s name and hosts no festivals. Used on Calendar →
Aippasi ஐப்பசி #: The seventh Tamil month, the Sun in Thulam, mid-October to mid-November. Deepavali and Kanda Sashti fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Amanta அமாந்த மாதம் #: The lunar month that ends at the new moon, used in Andhra, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Its bright half comes first. Used on Calendar →
Amatyakaraka அமாத்யகாரகன் #: The second-highest graha by degree: the minister, read for career and advisers. Used on Jaimini →
Amavasai அமாவாசை #: The new moon, the thirtieth tithi. The day of tarpanam for the ancestors, and the day Deepavali’s lamps are lit. Used on Calendar →
Amirdha அமிர்தம் #: The nectar part of the Gowri panchangam, the best of the eight. Monday’s day sequence starts here. Used on Panchangam →
Amrit அம்ரித் #: The nectar choghadiya, ruled by the Moon: the best of the eight for any beginning. Used on Panchangam →
Amrita kalam அமிர்த காலம் #: The nectar hour: four ghatis starting twenty ghatis after the star’s varjyam begins. The best stretch of the day for a beginning. Used on Panchangam →
Amrita siddhi yoga அமிர்த சித்த யோகம் #: A weekday falling on its own lucky star, such as Monday with Rohini. One of the best days of the week for starting work. Used on Panchangam →
Annaprashanam அன்னப்பிராசனம் #: The first feeding of solid food, at about six months, held at a muhurtham. Used on Muhurtham →
Antya nadi அந்திய நாடி #: The last nadi, linked with kapha. Karthigai, Rohini, Ayilyam, Magam, Swathi, Visakam, Uthiradam, Thiruvonam and Revathi. Used on Porutham →
Anusham அனுஷம் #: The seventeenth star, in Viruchigam, lord Sani. Read for friendship, devotion and bringing people together. Used on Jathagam →
Aparahna அபராஹ்னம் #: The afternoon, three fifths of the daylight after sunrise. Kerala begins its months by the sankranti before this instant. Used on Festivals →
Archana அர்ச்சனை #: The offering of flowers with the chanting of the deity’s names, done in one’s own name and birth star. Used on Temples →
Ardhashtama sani அர்த்தாஷ்டம சனி #: Sani transiting the 4th sign from the birth Moon, read for unease at home and with property. Used on Sade sati →
Argala அர்கலம் #: Intervention: a graha in the 2nd, 4th or 11th from a house supports it, and one in the 12th, 10th or 3rd obstructs that support. Used on Jaimini →
Ari bhava ரோக பாவம் #: The 6th house: illness, debts, rivals and service. Also called roga or shatru bhava. Used on Jathagam →
Arudha pada ஆரூட பதம் #: The sign as far from a house’s lord as the lord is from the house: the image of that house as the world sees it. The lagna’s is the arudha lagna. Used on Jaimini →
Arunodaya அருணோதயம் #: The ninety-six minutes before sunrise, the hour of the Deepavali oil bath. Used on Festivals →
Ashadha ஆஷாடம் #: The fourth lunar month, holding the Kadaga sankranti. Chaturmasa begins on its Shukla Ekadasi. Used on Calendar →
Ashta Koota அஷ்ட கூடம் #: The North Indian guna milan: eight checks out of 36 points. 18 is the usual minimum, 25 and above good, 33 and above excellent. Used on Porutham →
Ashtakavarga அஷ்டகவர்க்கம் #: A count of favourable points, bindus, that each sign collects from the seven grahas and the lagna. Signs with more bindus carry transits better. Used on Jathagam →
Ashtama sani அஷ்டம சனி #: Sani transiting the 8th sign from the birth Moon, about two and a half years read for obstacles and care with health. Used on Sade sati →
Ashtami அஷ்டமி #: The eighth tithi, avoided for beginnings. Krishna Janmashtami and Durga Ashtami fall on it. Used on Panchangam →
Ashtottari dasha அஷ்டோத்தரி தசை #: A 108-year alternative to Vimshottari with eight lords, used by some traditions when Rahu is in a kendra or trikona from the lagna lord. Used on Year ahead →
Ashwayuja ஆஸ்வயுஜம் #: The seventh lunar month, holding the Thula sankranti. Navaratri, Vijayadasami and Deepavali fall in it. Ashwina in the north. Used on Calendar →
Aswini அசுவினி #: The first star, 0° to 13°20′ of Mesham, lord Ketu. The star of the horse-headed physicians: speed and healing. Used on Jathagam →
Atiganda அதிகண்டம் #: The 6th panchangam yoga, great obstacle: inauspicious, avoided for beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Atmakaraka ஆத்மகாரகன் #: The graha with the highest degree in its sign: the significator of the soul, which overrules the others in a Jaimini reading. Used on Jaimini →
Avastha அவஸ்தை #: The state a graha is in, read four ways: its age in the sign (Baladi), awake or asleep by dignity (Jagradadi), its mood (Deeptadi) and its activity (Sayanadi). It says how freely a graha can give what it promises. Used on Jathagam →
Avittam அவிட்டம் #: The twenty-third star, straddling Magaram and Kumbam, lord Sevvai. The drum, read for rhythm and prosperity. Used on Jathagam →
Ayana அயனம் #: A half-year of the Sun’s journey: Uttarayana northward and Dakshinayana southward. Used on Calendar →
Ayanamsa அயனாம்சம் #: The angle between the western (tropical) zodiac and the Indian (sidereal) one, about 24° today. It is subtracted from every position before the chart is drawn. Used on Method →
Ayilyam ஆயில்யம் #: The ninth star, in Kadagam, lord Budhan. The serpent star, read for insight and a private nature. Used on Jathagam →
Ayur bhava ஆயுள் பாவம் #: The 8th house: longevity, obstacles, inheritance and hidden matters. Also called randhra bhava. Used on Jathagam →
Ayushman ஆயுஷ்மான் #: The 3rd panchangam yoga, long life: auspicious, especially for health matters. Used on Panchangam →

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Baladi avastha பாலாதி அவஸ்தை #: A graha’s age by its degree in the sign: infant, youth, adult, old or dead. An adult graha gives its results in full, an infant or an old one only in part. Used on Jathagam →
Balava பாலவம் #: The second movable karana, auspicious for most beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Bava பவம் #: The first of the seven movable karanas, auspicious. The movable seven cycle eight times through the month. Used on Panchangam →
Bhadrapada பாத்திரபதம் #: The sixth lunar month, holding the Kanya sankranti. Ganesh Chaturthi and Pitru paksha fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Bhakoot dosha பகூட தோஷம் #: The two rasis 2/12, 5/9 or 6/8 from each other. Scores 0 in Ashta Koota; cancelled when the rasi lords are friends or the same. Used on Porutham →
Bhakoot koota பகூட் #: The seventh koota, 7 points: the two rasis 1/1, 3/11, 4/10 or 7/7 apart score full; 2/12, 5/9 and 6/8 score nothing. Used on Porutham →
Bharani பரணி #: The second star, in Mesham, lord Sukran. Read for endurance and the strength to carry a load. Used on Jathagam →
Bhava பாவம் #: A house: one of the twelve areas of life, counted from the lagna. On this site the houses are whole signs, so a graha’s house follows from its rasi. Used on Jathagam →
Bhava bala பாவ பலம் #: The strength of each of the twelve houses, in rupas, from its lord’s Shadbala, its direction and the aspects on it. A strong house gives its matters readily. Used on Jathagam →
Bhava chalit பாவ சலித் #: Houses of unequal size measured from the exact lagna degree, the Sripati way, rather than whole signs. A graha near a sign edge can change house. Used on Jathagam →
Bhukti புக்தி #: A sub-period inside a mahadasha, also called antardasha. Each mahadasha holds nine, in the same order, each in proportion to its lord’s years. Used on Jathagam →
Bindu பிந்து #: One point in the ashtakavarga. A sign scores 0 to 8 for each graha; 4 or more is good. Used on Jathagam →
Brahma பிரம்மம் #: The 25th panchangam yoga: auspicious, favoured for study and for pujas. Used on Panchangam →
Brahma muhurta பிரம்ம முகூர்த்தம் #: The muhurta before dawn, about ninety-six to forty-eight minutes before sunrise, kept for prayer and study. Used on Panchangam →
Budhaditya yoga புதாதித்ய யோகம் #: Suriyan and Budhan in the same sign: a sharp mind and a way with words, unless Budhan is combust. Used on Jathagam →
Budhan புதன் #: Mercury. Stands for speech, learning, trade and reasoning; lord of Mithunam and Kanni, exalted in Kanni. Used on Jathagam →

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Chaitra சைத்திரம் #: The first amanta lunar month, the one holding the Mesha sankranti. Ugadi and Gudi Padwa are its first day. Used on Calendar →
Chandra lagna சந்திர லக்னம் #: The Moon’s rasi taken as the first house. Used when the birth time is not known, and for the daily rasi reading. Used on Daily rasi →
Chandrabala சந்திர பலம் #: The day’s Moon counted from the birth Moon. The 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good; the 8th is Chandrashtama, the day to go gently. Used on Daily rasi →
Chandrabalam சந்திரபலம் #: Whether the day’s Moon sign is well placed from a person’s rasi: the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good. Used on Panchangam →
Chandran சந்திரன் #: The Moon. Stands for the mind, the mother and feeling; lord of Kadagam, exalted in Rishabam. Its star and rasi are the ones a family asks for first. Used on Jathagam →
Chandrashtama சந்திராஷ்டமம் #: The Moon transiting the 8th sign from a person’s rasi, about two and a quarter days a month. Avoided for starting anything important. Used on Muhurtham →
Char சர் #: The moving choghadiya, ruled by Sukran: good, and the best of the eight for a journey. Used on Panchangam →
Chara dasha சர தசை #: The Jaimini sign-based dasha: periods belong to rasis rather than grahas and their length depends on where each sign’s lord sits. Used on Jaimini →
Chara karaka சர காரகன் #: The Jaimini significators, ranked by how far each graha has advanced into its sign: Atmakaraka first, Darakaraka last. Used on Jaimini →
Chaturdasi சதுர்த்தசி #: The fourteenth tithi, a rikta tithi. Shivaratri is the Krishna one at midnight; Naraka Chaturdasi the Deepavali one. Used on Panchangam →
Chaturmasa சாதுர்மாஸ்யம் #: The four months of the sleeping Vishnu, from Ashadha Shukla Ekadasi to Kartika Shukla Ekadasi. Weddings and house-warmings are not held in it. Used on Muhurtham →
Chaturthi சதுர்த்தி #: The fourth tithi, a rikta tithi avoided for beginnings. Vinayagar Chaturthi and Sankatahara Chaturthi belong to it. Used on Panchangam →
Chatushpada சதுஷ்பாதம் #: A fixed karana, the first half of Amavasai. Read as inauspicious except for rites to the ancestors. Used on Panchangam →
Chingam சிங்கம் #: The first month of the Kerala year, the Sun in Simmam; the Kollam year begins on Chingam 1. Onam falls in it. Used on Calendar →
Chithirai சித்திரை #: The fourteenth star, straddling Kanni and Thulam, lord Sevvai. The jewel, read for craft and striking looks. Used on Jathagam →
Chithirai (month) சித்திரை #: The first Tamil month, the Sun in Mesham, mid-April to mid-May. The Tamil new year, Puthandu, is its first day. Used on Calendar →
Choghadiya சோகடியா #: The North Indian eight-part day and eight-part night, each part about ninety minutes with one of seven names. Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good; Char is good for travel. Used on Panchangam →
Combust அஸ்தங்கம் #: A graha too close to the Sun to be seen, and read as weakened. Each graha has its own distance, from 8° for the Moon to 17° for Sevvai. Used on Jathagam →
Cusp பாவ சந்தி #: The starting degree of a house in a system of unequal houses. KP reads the sub-lord of each cusp. Used on Year ahead →
Cuspal interlink பாவ முனை இணைப்பு #: In KP, the chain from a house cusp’s sub lord to the houses its star lord signifies. It decides whether that house’s matter will happen. Used on Prashna →

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Daanam தானம் #: A gift given as a remedy, matched to the graha: black sesame for Sani, red lentils for Sevvai, given to those who need it. Used on Temples →
Dakshinayana தட்சிணாயனம் #: The Sun’s southward half-year, from the Kadaga sankranti to the Makara one. The season of the goddess and the ancestors. Used on Calendar →
Darakaraka தாரகாரகன் #: The lowest graha by degree: the significator of the spouse and of partnerships. Used on Jaimini →
Dasa sandhi தசா சந்தி #: The join between two mahadashas. When both people change mahadasha within a year of each other, the match is flagged. Used on Porutham →
Dasami தசமி #: The tenth tithi, auspicious. Vijayadasami is the Purattasi Shukla one. Used on Panchangam →
Dasha தசை #: A planetary period: the stretch of life ruled by one graha. "Running Budhan" means the Budhan period is on now. Used on Jathagam →
Dasha balance தசா இருப்பு #: The part of the first mahadasha left at birth, found from how far the Moon had gone through its star. A Moon at the start of a star gets the full period. Used on Jathagam →
Debilitation நீசம் #: The sign opposite a graha’s exaltation, where it is weakest. A debilitated graha can be lifted by neecha bhanga. Used on Jathagam →
Deepam தீபம் #: The lamp: lit at dusk every day, and by the thousand at Karthigai Deepam and Deepavali. Used on Festivals →
Deeptadi avastha தீப்தாதி அவஸ்தை #: A graha’s mood from its dignity and condition: shining when exalted, at ease in its own sign, pleased with a friend, down to angry or miserable when combust or fallen. Used on Jathagam →
Deva gana தேவ கணம் #: The godly temperament group of stars, nine of the twenty-seven, read as gentle and devout. Used on Porutham →
Dhana bhava தன பாவம் #: The 2nd house: wealth, family, speech and food. Counted from the lagna. Used on Jathagam →
Dhana yoga தன யோகம் #: The lords of the 2nd, 5th, 9th or 11th houses linked with each other: a combination for wealth. Used on Jathagam →
Dhanam தனம் #: The Gowri part meaning wealth: good, and favoured for purchases and investments. Used on Panchangam →
Dhanu தனு #: The fifth Kerala month, the Sun in Dhanusu. Thiruvathira is its star day. Used on Calendar →
Dhanusu தனுசு #: The ninth rasi, Sagittarius, ruled by Guru. A dual fire sign, read for faith, learning and travel. Used on Jathagam →
Dharma bhava தர்ம பாவம் #: The 9th house: the father, fortune, faith, the guru and long journeys. Also called bhagya bhava. Used on Jathagam →
Dhriti திருதி #: The 8th panchangam yoga, steadiness: auspicious, favoured for anything meant to last. Used on Panchangam →
Dhruva துருவம் #: The 12th panchangam yoga, the fixed: auspicious for foundations and anything permanent. Used on Panchangam →
Dignity கிரக பலம் #: How well placed a graha is by sign: exalted, moolatrikona, own, friend, neutral, enemy or debilitated, in that order of strength. Used on Jathagam →
Dina porutham தினம் #: Count from the bride’s star to the groom’s: the counts 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24 and 26 match, and a shared star is graded by the almanac’s own list. Read for health and prosperity. Used on Porutham →
Disha shoolam திசை சூலம் #: The direction not to set out in on each weekday: east on Monday and Saturday, south on Thursday, west on Sunday and Friday, north on Tuesday and Wednesday. Used on Guides →
Dosham தோஷம் #: A flaw in a chart or a match that the tradition marks for attention. Most doshams have cancellations, and none is read alone. Used on Porutham →
Drishti பார்வை #: Aspect: the houses a graha looks at. Every graha sees the 7th from itself; Sevvai also the 4th and 8th, Guru the 5th and 9th, Sani the 3rd and 10th. Used on Jathagam →
Durmuhurtham துர்முகூர்த்தம் #: A bad muhurta fixed by weekday, one or two a day, each a fifteenth of the daylight or night. Printed by Telugu and Kannada almanacs. Used on Panchangam →
Dusthana துஸ்தானம் #: The three difficult houses, 6, 8 and 12: illness, obstacles and loss. A graha here is read with care, not fear. Used on Jathagam →
Dwadasi துவாதசி #: The twelfth tithi, when the Ekadasi fast is broken. Avoided for weddings. Used on Panchangam →
Dwitiyai துவிதியை #: The second tithi, a good one for most beginnings including weddings. Used on Panchangam →

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Edavam இடவம் #: The tenth Kerala month, the Sun in Rishabam. The same days as Tamil Vaikasi. Used on Calendar →
Ekadasi ஏகாதசி #: The eleventh tithi, Vishnu’s fasting day, kept twice a month. Vaikuntha Ekadasi is the Margazhi Shukla one. Used on Vratam →
Ephemeris கிரக நிலை அட்டவணை #: A table of where the planets are on each date. This site computes its own from the VSOP87 and ELP series rather than reading a printed one. Used on Method →
Exaltation உச்சம் #: The sign in which a graha is at its strongest: Suriyan in Mesham, Chandran in Rishabam, Sevvai in Magaram, Budhan in Kanni, Guru in Kadagam, Sukran in Meenam, Sani in Thulam. Used on Jathagam →

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Functional lord பாவாதிபதி #: Whether a graha helps or hinders this chart, read from the houses it owns rather than from its own nature. Used on Jathagam →

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Gajakesari yoga கஜகேசரி யோகம் #: Guru in a kendra from Chandran. Read for a good name, sound judgement and lasting prosperity. Used on Jathagam →
Gana porutham கணம் #: The temperament groups: deva, manushya and rakshasa. The same gana matches, deva with manushya is partial, rakshasa with another does not. Used on Porutham →
Ganda கண்டம் #: The 10th panchangam yoga, danger: inauspicious in its first six ghatis. Used on Panchangam →
Garaja கரசை #: The fifth movable karana, auspicious, favoured for farming and for planting. Used on Panchangam →
Ghati நாழிகை #: An old unit of time, one sixtieth of a day and night, twenty-four minutes. Nazhigai in Tamil. Varjyam and Amrita kalam are measured in it. Used on Panchangam →
Gochara கோச்சாரம் #: Transit: where the grahas are today, read against the birth Moon. Guru, Sani and Rahu move slowly and matter most. Used on Transits →
Godhuli கோதூளி #: Cow-dust time, the minutes around sunset when the herds come home. Read as auspicious for a wedding by many families. Used on Panchangam →
Gowri panchangam கௌரி பஞ்சாங்கம் #: The Tamil day cut into eight named parts by day and eight by night, Uthi to Visham. Amirdha, Dhanam, Laabam, Sugam and Uthi are good. Used on Panchangam →
Graha கிரகம் #: A "grasper": one of the nine bodies the horoscope is read from. Seven are planets in the sky, two are the Moon’s nodes. Used on Jathagam →
Graha maitri கிரக மைத்ரி #: The natural friendships among the grahas: Suriyan, Chandran, Sevvai and Guru form one camp, Sukran and Sani another, Budhan between. A graha in a friend’s sign is comfortable. Used on Porutham →
Graha yuddha கிரக யுத்தம் #: Planetary war: two of Sevvai, Budhan, Guru, Sukran and Sani within a degree of each other. The winner, usually the one further north, keeps its strength; the loser is weakened. Used on Jathagam →
Griha pravesam கிரகப்பிரவேசம் #: The house-warming: the first entry into a new home, held at a muhurtham, preferably in Uttarayana and outside Chaturmasa. Used on Muhurtham →
Gulika kaal குளிகை #: Sani’s son’s part of the day, the 7th eighth on Sunday moving one earlier each weekday to the 1st on Saturday. Avoided for beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Guru குரு #: Jupiter. Stands for wisdom, children, wealth and the teacher; lord of Dhanusu and Meenam, exalted in Kadagam. Used on Jathagam →
Guru peyarchi குரு பெயர்ச்சி #: Guru’s move into a new sign, once a year or so. Almanacs read it for each rasi; the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th from the Moon are the favourable houses. Used on Transits →

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Harshana ஹர்ஷணம் #: The 14th panchangam yoga, joy: auspicious for celebrations. Used on Panchangam →
Hastham அஸ்தம் #: The thirteenth star, in Kanni, lord Chandran. The hand: skill, wit and work well made. Used on Jathagam →
Homam ஹோமம் #: A fire ritual, with offerings made into the sacred fire while mantras are chanted. Navagraha homam is a common parihaaram. Used on Temples →
Horai ஹோரை #: The twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, the first ruled by the weekday’s lord. Chandran, Budhan, Guru and Sukran hours are good. Used on Panchangam →
House system பாவ முறை #: The way the twelve houses are cut: whole signs, Sripati, equal, Porphyry or Placidus. It changes which house a graha is in, not its sign. Used on Settings →

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Indra ஐந்திரம் #: The 26th panchangam yoga: auspicious, favoured for matters of rank and authority. Used on Panchangam →
Ishta phala இஷ்ட பலம் #: The good a graha can give, from how exalted it is and how it moves, on a scale of 0 to 60. Read beside Kashta phala. Used on Jathagam →

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Jagradadi avastha ஜாக்ரதாதி அவஸ்தை #: Awake, dreaming or asleep: a graha in its own or exaltation sign is awake and acts, one in a friend’s sign dreams, one in an enemy’s or its fall sleeps. Used on Jathagam →
Jaimini ஜைமினி முறை #: A parallel system from the Jaimini sutras: significators chosen by degree, arudha padas, sign-based aspects and sign-based dashas. Used on Jaimini →
Janma tara ஜன்ம தாரை #: The first of the nine taras, remainder 1: the day’s star is the birth star itself. Avoided for beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Japa ஜபம் #: The repetition of a mantra a fixed number of times, often on a mala of 108 beads, as a graha remedy. Used on Temples →
Jathagam ஜாதகம் #: The birth horoscope: the sky at the moment and place of birth, drawn as a chart and read from the lagna and the Moon. Used on Jathagam →
Jayanthi ஜயந்தி #: A birthday of a deity or a saint, fixed by tithi and star rather than by the civil date: Krishna Jayanthi, Hanuman Jayanthi. Used on Festivals →
Jyeshtha (month) ஜேஷ்டம் #: The third lunar month, holding the Mithuna sankranti. Nirjala Ekadasi and Ganga Dussehra fall in it. Used on Calendar →

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Kaal கால் #: The choghadiya of Sani: avoided, except for work that is meant to last a long time. Used on Panchangam →
Kadagam கடகம் #: The fourth rasi, Cancer, ruled by Chandran. A movable water sign, read for care, home and feeling. Used on Jathagam →
Kakshya கக்ஷ்யா #: One of the eight parts of 3°45′ in each sign, each ruled in turn by Sani, Guru, Sevvai, Suriyan, Sukran, Budhan, Chandran and the lagna. A transiting graha gives good results while it crosses a kakshya whose lord gave a bindu there. Used on Transits →
Kala sarpa dosham கால சர்ப்ப தோஷம் #: All seven grahas on one side of the Rahu–Ketu axis. Noted for the astrologer; not a matching criterion on this site. Used on Jathagam →
Kalachakra dasha காலசக்கர தசை #: A dasha of signs, not grahas, set by the Moon’s star and pada, with fixed years for each sign and jumps between them. Parashara calls it the most respected of the dashas. Used on Dasha →
Kalatra bhava களத்திர பாவம் #: The 7th house: marriage, the spouse and partnerships of every kind. Used on Jathagam →
Kanni கன்னி #: The sixth rasi, Virgo, ruled by Budhan. A dual earth sign, read for precision, service and analysis. Used on Jathagam →
Kanni (month) கன்னி #: The second Kerala month, the Sun in Kanni. The same days as Tamil Purattasi. Used on Calendar →
Kanta rajju கண்ட ரஜ்ஜு #: The neck group of rajju: Rohini, Thiruvathirai, Hastham, Swathi, Thiruvonam and Sadayam. Used on Porutham →
Karakamsa காரகாம்சம் #: The navamsa sign the Atmakaraka occupies, read in Jaimini for the soul’s direction and the work it takes up. Used on Jaimini →
Karana கரணம் #: Half a tithi, 6° of the Moon’s gain on the Sun. Eleven names fill sixty slots a month; Vishti is the one to avoid. Used on Panchangam →
Karkidakam கர்க்கடகம் #: The twelfth Kerala month, the Sun in Kadagam. Ramayana masam, with Karkidaka Vavu for the ancestors. Used on Calendar →
Karma bhava கர்ம பாவம் #: The 10th house: career, standing in the world and the work one is known for. Used on Jathagam →
Karnavedha காதுகுத்து #: The ear-piercing ceremony, held at a muhurtham in the first years. Used on Muhurtham →
Karthigai கார்த்திகை #: The third star, straddling Mesham and Rishabam, lord Suriyan. The star of fire, read for sharpness and clarity. Used on Jathagam →
Karthigai (month) கார்த்திகை #: The eighth Tamil month, the Sun in Viruchigam, mid-November to mid-December. Karthigai Deepam is its full-moon day. Used on Calendar →
Kartika கார்த்திகம் #: The eighth lunar month, holding the Viruchiga sankranti. Kartika Pournami and Tulsi vivah fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Kashta phala கஷ்ட பலம் #: The trouble a graha can give, the other side of Ishta phala, also 0 to 60. A graha with more ishta than kashta is on the whole helpful. Used on Jathagam →
Kaulava கௌலவம் #: The third movable karana, auspicious, favoured for friendships and partnerships. Used on Panchangam →
Kemadruma yoga கேமத்ரும யோகம் #: No graha in the signs either side of Chandran. Read as a lonely Moon; many cancellations apply. Used on Jathagam →
Kendra கேந்திரம் #: The four angular houses, 1, 4, 7 and 10. The pillars of the chart; a graha here acts strongly. Used on Jathagam →
Kettai கேட்டை #: The eighteenth star, in Viruchigam, lord Budhan. The eldest, read for protection and taking charge. Used on Jathagam →
Ketu கேது #: The Moon’s south node, exactly opposite Rahu. Stands for detachment, insight and the spiritual. Used on Jathagam →
Kimstughna கிம்ஸ்துக்னம் #: A fixed karana, the first half of Shukla Prathamai. Read as auspicious. Used on Panchangam →
Kolam கோலம் #: The rice-flour pattern drawn at the threshold each dawn, and more elaborately on festival days. Rangoli in the north. Used on Festivals →
Kollam era கொல்லம் ஆண்டு #: The Malayalam year, Kollavarsham, beginning on Chingam 1 in August: the Common Era year minus 824 from that day. Used on Calendar →
KP system கே.பி. முறை #: Krishnamurti Paddhati: a method that divides each star into nine unequal sub-parts and reads the sub-lord of a cusp or a graha. Uses Placidus houses and its own ayanamsa. Used on Year ahead →
Krishna paksha தேய்பிறை #: The dark fortnight, from the full moon to the new moon: tithis 16 to 30. Theipirai in Tamil. Used on Panchangam →
Krishnamurti ayanamsa கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி அயனாம்சம் #: The ayanamsa of the KP system, about 6′ behind Lahiri. Needed only when a reading follows KP. Used on Year ahead →
Kshema tara க்ஷேம தாரை #: The fourth tara, remainder 4: well-being. Good. Used on Panchangam →
Kula deivam குல தெய்வம் #: The family deity, worshipped by the lineage at its own shrine. Its blessing is sought before a wedding whatever the chart says. Used on Temples →
Kumbam கும்பம் #: The eleventh rasi, Aquarius, ruled by Sani. A fixed air sign, read for independence and community. Used on Jathagam →
Kumbham கும்பம் #: The seventh Kerala month, the Sun in Kumbam. Attukal Pongala is its Pooram day. Used on Calendar →

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Laabam லாபம் #: The Gowri part meaning gain: good, and favoured for money matters and trade. Used on Panchangam →
Labh லாப் #: The choghadiya of gain, ruled by Budhan: good, especially for trade and learning. Used on Panchangam →
Labha bhava லாப பாவம் #: The 11th house: gains, elder siblings, friends and the fulfilment of wishes. Used on Jathagam →
Lagna லக்னம் #: The rasi rising on the eastern horizon at birth. It fixes the first house, so every house is counted from it. Used on Jathagam →
Lagna window லக்ன நேரம் #: A stretch of daylight in which a chosen sign is rising, with Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika cut out. Mithunam, Kanni and Thulam are the best wedding lagnas. Used on Muhurtham →
Lahiri ayanamsa லாஹிரி அயனாம்சம் #: The Chitrapaksha ayanamsa used by the Indian national calendar and most Tamil almanacs. The default on this site. Used on Method →
Lal Kitab லால் கிதாப் #: A North Indian system that reads a fixed-house chart, with each graha’s own house, and prescribes simple upay, remedies done at home. Used on Lal Kitab →
Lunar month சாந்திர மாதம் #: A month of one new moon to the next, about 29½ days, as the Telugu, Kannada and North Indian calendars count. Named by the sankranti it holds. Used on Calendar →

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Maasi மாசி #: The eleventh Tamil month, the Sun in Kumbam, mid-February to mid-March. Maasi Magam and Maha Shivaratri fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Madhya nadi மத்திய நாடி #: The middle nadi, linked with pitta. Bharani, Mirugasirisham, Poosam, Pooram, Chithirai, Anusham, Pooradam, Avittam and Uthirattathi. Used on Porutham →
Madhyahna மத்யாஹ்னம் #: Midday, the midpoint of sunrise and sunset. Rama Navami and Ganesh Chaturthi are fixed by the tithi running then. Used on Festivals →
Madhyamam மத்திமம் #: A partial match on a porutham, scoring half. Acceptable, and read with the rest. Used on Porutham →
Magam மகம் #: The tenth star, in Simmam, lord Ketu. The star of the ancestors, read for heritage and leadership. Used on Jathagam →
Magaram மகரம் #: The tenth rasi, Capricorn, ruled by Sani. A movable earth sign, read for discipline and long effort. Used on Jathagam →
Magha மாகம் #: The eleventh lunar month, holding the Kumbha sankranti. Vasant Panchami and Maha Shivaratri fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Mahadasha மகா தசை #: A main period of the Vimshottari cycle, 6 to 20 years long. Nine of them fill the 120 years. Used on Jathagam →
Mahendra porutham மகேந்திரம் #: The count from bride to groom is 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 or 25. Read for children and the growth of the family. Used on Porutham →
Makaram மகரம் #: The sixth Kerala month, the Sun in Magaram. Makaravilakku is Makaram 1. Used on Calendar →
Mandi மாந்தி #: A shadow point close to Gulika, the degree rising at a set ghati of the day or night. Kerala astrologers read it with great care; where it stands the house suffers. Used on Jathagam →
Mandook dasha மண்டூக தசை #: The frog dasha of Jaimini: it leaps every third sign, kendras first, then the next houses, then the last. Used on Dasha →
Mantra மந்திரம் #: A sacred formula chanted in worship or as a remedy: each graha has its own, and each deity. Used on Temples →
Manushya gana மனுஷ்ய கணம் #: The human temperament group of stars, nine of the twenty-seven, read as practical and balanced. Used on Porutham →
Margashira மார்கசீர்ஷம் #: The ninth lunar month, holding the Dhanu sankranti. Vaikuntha Ekadasi and Gita Jayanti fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Margazhi மார்கழி #: The ninth Tamil month, the Sun in Dhanusu, mid-December to mid-January. A month of dawn worship and Vaikuntha Ekadasi; not used for weddings. Used on Calendar →
Marriage stars திருமண நட்சத்திரங்கள் #: The eleven stars a wedding day prefers: Rohini, Mirugasirisham, Magam, Uthiram, Hastham, Swathi, Anusham, Moolam, Uthiradam, Uthirattathi and Revathi. Used on Muhurtham →
Masa Sivarathri மாச சிவராத்திரி #: The monthly Sivarathri, the Krishna Chaturdasi running at midnight. Maha Sivarathri is the Maasi one. Used on Vratam →
Medam மேடம் #: The ninth Kerala month, the Sun in Mesham. Vishu is Medam 1 and Thrissur Pooram its Pooram day. Used on Calendar →
Meenam மீனம் #: The twelfth rasi, Pisces, ruled by Guru. A dual water sign, read for compassion and devotion. Used on Jathagam →
Meenam (month) மீனம் #: The eighth Kerala month, the Sun in Meenam. The same days as Tamil Panguni. Used on Calendar →
Mesham மேஷம் #: The first rasi, Aries, ruled by Sevvai. A movable fire sign, read for initiative and a direct manner. Used on Jathagam →
Mirugasirisham மிருகசீரிஷம் #: The fifth star, straddling Rishabam and Mithunam, lord Sevvai. The deer’s head: searching and gentle curiosity. Used on Jathagam →
Mithunam மிதுனம் #: The third rasi, Gemini, ruled by Budhan. A dual air sign, read for speech, curiosity and quick thinking. Used on Jathagam →
Mithunam (month) மிதுனம் #: The eleventh Kerala month, the Sun in Mithunam. The same days as Tamil Aani. Used on Calendar →
Mitra tara மித்ர தாரை #: The eighth tara, remainder 8: friend. Good. Used on Panchangam →
Moolam மூலம் #: The nineteenth star, in Dhanusu, lord Ketu. The root, read for honesty and going to the bottom of things. Used on Jathagam →
Moolatrikona மூலத்திரிகோணம் #: A stretch of degrees in one of a graha’s own signs where it is stronger than in the rest of the sign, just below exaltation. Used on Jathagam →
Mottai மொட்டை #: The first tonsure, the shaving of the head at one or three years, often at a family temple. Mundan in the north. Used on Muhurtham →
Muhurta முகூர்த்தம் #: A unit of time, one fifteenth of the daylight or of the night, about forty-eight minutes at the equinox. Thirty fill a day and a night. Used on Panchangam →
Muhurtham முகூர்த்தம் #: An auspicious time chosen for a beginning: the wedding hour above all. Graded by month, weekday, tithi, star, karana and the rising sign. Used on Muhurtham →
Muntha முந்தா #: In the year chart, a point that moves one sign a year from the birth lagna. Its house colours the whole year. Used on Year ahead →
Murthi மூர்த்தி #: The grade of a slow transit, read from where the Moon stood when the graha entered the sign: gold, silver, copper or iron, from best to hardest. Used on Transits →

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Nabhi rajju நாபி ரஜ்ஜு #: The navel group of rajju: Karthigai, Punarpoosam, Uthiram, Visakam, Uthiradam and Poorattathi. Used on Porutham →
Nadi astrology நாடி ஜோதிடம் #: The palm-leaf readings of Tamil Nadu, and the systems named for them. On this site the Nandi nadi rules are read from the chart. Used on Year ahead →
Nadi dosha நாடி தோஷம் #: Both people’s stars in the same nadi, aadi, madhya or antya. Scores 0 in Ashta Koota and is often a rejection in the north; exceptions exist. Used on Porutham →
Nadi koota நாடி #: The eighth koota, 8 points: the stars’ nadis, aadi, madhya and antya, must differ. Read for health and children. Used on Porutham →
Naga நாகவம் #: A fixed karana, the second half of Amavasai. Read as inauspicious. Used on Panchangam →
Naidhana tara நைதன தாரை #: The seventh tara, remainder 7: the most avoided of the nine. Used on Panchangam →
Nakshatra நட்சத்திரம் #: One of the twenty-seven stars, each 13°20′ of the zodiac. The birth star is the one the Moon was in at birth. Used on Jathagam →
Nakshatra day நட்சத்திர நாள் #: A day named by the star at sunrise, kept monthly: Karthigai for the lamp, Thiruvonam, Poosam and Ayilyam each for its own deity. Used on Calendar →
Nalla neram நல்ல நேரம் #: The two good windows the Tamil almanac prints for the day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, each up to ninety minutes. Used on Panchangam →
Namakaranam நாமகரணம் #: The naming of a baby, usually on the eleventh or twelfth day, with the first syllable taken from the pada of the birth star. Used on Baby names →
Narayana dasha நாராயண தசை #: Jaimini’s main sign dasha, starting from the lagna or the 7th, whichever is stronger, each sign running for years set by where its lord stands. Used on Dasha →
Navagraha நவக்கிரகம் #: The nine grahas together: Suriyan, Chandran, Sevvai, Budhan, Guru, Sukran, Sani, Rahu and Ketu, as worshipped in the temple’s nine-square shrine. Used on Temples →
Navagraha temple நவக்கிரக ஸ்தலம் #: One of the nine temples of the Kaveri delta, each for one graha, visited as a parihaaram for that graha’s dosham. Used on Temples →
Navami நவமி #: The ninth tithi, a rikta tithi avoided for beginnings. Rama Navami and Maha Navami fall on it. Used on Panchangam →
Navamsa நவாம்சம் #: The ninth divisional chart, D9: every sign cut into nine parts of 3°20′. Read for marriage and for how strong a graha really is. Used on Jathagam →
Neecha bhanga நீச பங்கம் #: The cancelling of a debilitation, for instance when the lord of the sign is in a kendra from the Moon. The graha recovers much of its strength. Used on Jathagam →
Nija masa நிஜ மாசம் #: The true month that follows an adhika month of the same name; the festivals belong to it. Used on Calendar →
Nischitartham நிச்சயதார்த்தம் #: The engagement: the betrothal and the fixing of the wedding day, itself held at a muhurtham. Used on Muhurtham →
Nishita நிசீத காலம் #: True midnight, the midpoint of sunset and the next sunrise. Shivaratri and Janmashtami are fixed by the tithi running then. Used on Festivals →
North Indian chart வட இந்திய கட்டம் #: The chart drawn as a diamond of twelve triangles with the lagna always in the top centre. Houses never move; the signs are numbered. Used on Jathagam →
Numerology எண் கணிதம் #: Arithmetic on the birth date and the letters of the name: the life path, the birth number and the Chaldean name number. Not astronomy. Used on Numerology →

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Own sign ஆட்சி #: A graha in a sign it rules, which counts as a strong placement. Swakshetra in Sanskrit, aatchi in Tamil. Used on Jathagam →

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Pada பாதம் #: A quarter of a star, 3°20′. The four padas of a star give the four naming syllables and place the star in one or two rasis. Used on Jathagam →
Pada rajju பாத ரஜ்ஜு #: The foot group of rajju: Aswini, Ayilyam, Magam, Kettai, Moolam and Revathi. Used on Porutham →
Pakka ghar பக்கா கர் #: In Lal Kitab, the house that belongs to a graha for good: the 1st to Suriyan, the 4th to Chandran, the 3rd to Sevvai, and so on. Used on Lal Kitab →
Paksha பட்சம் #: A fortnight of the lunar month: Shukla, the waxing half up to the full moon, and Krishna, the waning half up to the new moon. Used on Panchangam →
Pancha mahapurusha yoga பஞ்ச மகாபுருஷ யோகம் #: One of the five yogas formed by Sevvai, Budhan, Guru, Sukran or Sani in its own or exalted sign in a kendra: Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya, Sasa. Used on Jathagam →
Pancha pakshi பஞ்ச பட்சி #: The Tamil system of five birds, vulture, owl, crow, cock and peacock. Each person has a bird from the birth star, and through the day each bird rules, eats, walks, sleeps or dies in turn. Used on Panchangam →
Panchaka பஞ்சகம் #: A count from the tithi, weekday, star and lagna that falls into one of five blemishes: death, fire, king, thief or disease. Almanacs avoid it for important work. Used on Panchangam →
Panchami பஞ்சமி #: The fifth tithi, auspicious. Naga Panchami and Vasant Panchami fall on it. Used on Panchangam →
Panchangam பஞ்சாங்கம் #: The almanac, and the five limbs of a day it records: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana, all read at sunrise. Used on Panchangam →
Pandigai பண்டிகை #: A festival day: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited. Used on Festivals →
Panguni பங்குனி #: The twelfth Tamil month, the Sun in Meenam, mid-March to mid-April. Panguni Uthiram is the day of the divine weddings. Used on Calendar →
Papa samya பாப சாம்யம் #: Weighing the malefics of two charts against each other: Sevvai and Sani count 1, Suriyan, Rahu and Ketu half. The bride’s total should not exceed the groom’s. Used on Porutham →
Parama mitra tara பரம மித்ர தாரை #: The ninth tara, remainder 0 or 9: great friend. The best of the nine. Used on Panchangam →
Parana பாரணை #: The breaking of a fast, at the hour the rule allows: for Ekadasi, after sunrise on Dwadasi. Used on Vratam →
Parigha பரிகம் #: The 19th panchangam yoga, the barrier: inauspicious in its first half. Used on Panchangam →
Parihaaram பரிகாரம் #: A remedy for a dosham or a weak graha: a temple visit, a fast on the graha’s day, a mantra, a gift, a gem. Offered for peace of mind. Used on Temples →
Parivartana yoga பரிவர்த்தன யோகம் #: Two grahas each in the other’s sign, an exchange that binds the two houses together. Used on Jathagam →
Peak phase ஜன்ம சனி #: The middle third of Sade sati, Sani on the Moon itself: the janma sani, read as the heaviest of the three. Used on Sade sati →
Phalguna பால்குனம் #: The twelfth lunar month, holding the Meena sankranti. Holi is its full moon. Used on Calendar →
Placidus houses பிளாசிடஸ் பாவங்கள் #: A way of cutting the sky into twelve unequal houses by time rather than by sign, used in KP and in Western astrology. Used on Year ahead →
Pooradam பூராடம் #: The twentieth star, in Dhanusu, lord Sukran. Read for confidence and an undefeated spirit. Used on Jathagam →
Pooram பூரம் #: The eleventh star, in Simmam, lord Sukran. Read for enjoyment, charm and creative ease. Used on Jathagam →
Poorattathi பூரட்டாதி #: The twenty-fifth star, straddling Kumbam and Meenam, lord Guru. Read for intensity and principle. Used on Jathagam →
Poosam பூசம் #: The eighth star, in Kadagam, lord Sani. Often called the best of the twenty-seven: nourishment, duty and steadiness. Used on Jathagam →
Porutham பொருத்தம் #: A match: one of the ten checks a Tamil family makes between two birth stars, each graded full, partial or none. Used on Porutham →
Pournami பௌர்ணமி #: The full moon, the fifteenth tithi. Satyanarayana puja, Guru Purnima and many observances fall on it. Used on Calendar →
Pradakshinam பிரதட்சிணம் #: Walking clockwise around the shrine, nine times around the Navagraha as the common parihaaram. Used on Temples →
Pradosha kala பிரதோஷ காலம் #: The 2 hours 24 minutes after sunset, the evening worship hour. Pradosham vratam and the Diwali lamps belong to it. Used on Festivals →
Pradosham பிரதோஷம் #: The Trayodasi running at sunset in each fortnight, kept for Siva. Sani pradosham when it falls on a Saturday. Used on Vratam →
Prana dasha பிராண தசை #: The fifth and finest level of the Vimshottari dasha, lasting hours to days. Used by astrologers timing an event to the day. Used on Dasha →
Prasadam பிரசாதம் #: Food or another offering returned from the deity, shared after the puja. Used on Festivals →
Prashna பிரசன்னம் #: A chart cast for the moment a question is asked, read instead of the birth chart or alongside it. Horary astrology. Used on Prashna →
Prathamai பிரதமை #: The first tithi of a fortnight. Good for beginnings in the bright half; the dark-half one is weaker. Used on Panchangam →
Pratyak tara பிரத்யக் தாரை #: The fifth tara, remainder 5: obstacle. Avoided. Used on Panchangam →
Pratyantardasha பிரத்யந்தர தசை #: The third level of period, a sub-period of a bhukti, lasting weeks to months. Read for the timing of events within a year. Used on Jathagam →
Priti பிரீதி #: The 2nd panchangam yoga, affection: auspicious for every beginning. Used on Panchangam →
Puja பூஜை #: Worship offered to a deity with lamp, flowers, food and prayer, at home or in the temple. Used on Festivals →
Punarpoosam புனர்பூசம் #: The seventh star, straddling Mithunam and Kadagam, lord Guru. The star of return, read for renewal and hope. Used on Jathagam →
Purattasi புரட்டாசி #: The sixth Tamil month, the Sun in Kanni, mid-September to mid-October. Navaratri and the Saturdays kept for Perumal; not used for weddings. Used on Calendar →
Purnimanta பூர்ணிமாந்த மாதம் #: The lunar month that ends at the full moon, used in North India. Its dark half comes first, so the same night is Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami in Varanasi and Shravana Krishna Ashtami in Hyderabad. Used on Calendar →
Purvahna பூர்வாஹ்னம் #: The forenoon, the second fifth of the daylight. Vasant Panchami is fixed by the tithi running then. Used on Festivals →
Pushya புஷ்யம் #: The tenth lunar month, holding the Makara sankranti. Pausha in the north. Used on Calendar →
Puthandu புத்தாண்டு #: The Tamil new year, Chithirai 1, the day the Sun enters Mesham, on or about 14 April. Used on Calendar →
Putra bhava புத்திர பாவம் #: The 5th house: children, intelligence, creativity and the merit brought from the past. Used on Jathagam →
Putrakaraka புத்ரகாரகன் #: The Jaimini significator of children, the fifth graha by degree in the seven-karaka scheme. Used on Jaimini →

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Rahu ராகு #: The Moon’s north node, a point where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s. Stands for ambition and the unfamiliar; always moves backwards. Used on Jathagam →
Rahu kaal ராகு காலம் #: One eighth of the daylight, about ninety minutes, avoided for starting anything: the 8th part on Sunday, 2nd Monday, 7th Tuesday, 5th Wednesday, 6th Thursday, 4th Friday, 3rd Saturday. Used on Panchangam →
Rahu–Ketu peyarchi ராகு கேது பெயர்ச்சி #: The nodes’ move into a new pair of signs, every eighteen months, always backwards. Used on Transits →
Raja yoga ராஜ யோகம் #: A kendra lord and a trikona lord joined or exchanging signs: the classic combination for rank and success. Used on Jathagam →
Rajju dosham ரஜ்ஜு தோஷம் #: Both stars in the same rajju group. The strongest objection in Tamil matching and one of the two that end the reading on their own. Used on Porutham →
Rajju porutham ரஜ்ஜு #: The stars are grouped by body part, head to foot; the two must fall in different groups. Read for the couple’s long life; the most important check. Used on Porutham →
Rakshasa gana ராட்சச கணம் #: The fierce temperament group of stars, nine of the twenty-seven, read as strong-willed. Not a judgement of character. Used on Porutham →
Raman ayanamsa ராமன் அயனாம்சம் #: B. V. Raman’s ayanamsa, about 1°27′ behind Lahiri. Some families’ printed horoscopes use it. Used on Method →
Rasi ராசி #: One of the twelve 30° signs of the zodiac. A person’s rasi, unless the page says otherwise, is the sign the Moon was in at birth. Used on Jathagam →
Rasi Adhipathi porutham ராசி அதிபதி #: The two rasi lords compared by friendship: friends match, neutrals are partial, enemies do not. Used on Porutham →
Rasi chart ராசி கட்டம் #: The main chart: each graha and the lagna placed in its rasi. Also called D1, the first of the divisional charts. Used on Jathagam →
Rasi drishti ராசி பார்வை #: Jaimini’s sign aspects: a movable sign sees the fixed signs except the next one, a fixed sign the movable signs except the previous one, and dual signs see each other. Used on Jaimini →
Rasi porutham ராசி #: The groom’s rasi counted from the bride’s should be the 7th or beyond, or the same rasi with a different star. Read for emotional harmony. Used on Porutham →
Ratna ரத்தினம் #: A gemstone worn for a graha: ruby for Suriyan, pearl for Chandran, red coral for Sevvai, emerald for Budhan, yellow sapphire for Guru, diamond for Sukran, blue sapphire for Sani, hessonite for Rahu, cat’s eye for Ketu. Used on Gems →
Rectification பிறப்பு நேர திருத்தம் #: Narrowing an uncertain birth time by checking which minute makes the dashas and transits agree with events already lived, such as a wedding or a child’s birth. Used on Rectify time →
Retrograde வக்ரம் #: A planet that appears to move backwards through the zodiac for a while, marked R in the chart. Rahu and Ketu always do. Used on Jathagam →
Revathi ரேவதி #: The twenty-seventh star, in Meenam, lord Budhan. The star that sees travellers home: nurture and journeys. Used on Jathagam →
Rikta tithi ரிக்த திதி #: The empty tithis, Chaturthi, Navami and Chaturdasi, avoided for beginnings in every fortnight. Used on Muhurtham →
Rin ரிண் #: A debt in Lal Kitab, pitru rin and the others, read from a set of placements and answered with a family upay. Used on Lal Kitab →
Rishabam ரிஷபம் #: The second rasi, Taurus, ruled by Sukran. A fixed earth sign, read for steadiness, comfort and patience. Used on Jathagam →
Rising phase விரய சனி #: The first third of Sade sati, Sani in the 12th from the Moon: expenses and unsettledness, read as the period of preparation. Used on Sade sati →
Ritu ருது #: A season, two lunar months long: Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemanta and Shishira, from Chaitra. Used on Calendar →
Rog ரோக் #: The choghadiya of illness, ruled by Sevvai: avoided, except for a contest. Used on Panchangam →
Rogam ரோகம் #: The Gowri part meaning illness: to be avoided for starting anything. Used on Panchangam →
Rohini ரோகிணி #: The fourth star, in Rishabam, lord Chandran. The Moon’s own favourite, read for beauty, growth and plenty. Used on Jathagam →
Rudraksha ருத்ராட்சம் #: The seed of the rudraksha tree, worn as a bead. Each number of faces, mukhi, is linked with a graha. Used on Gems →
Ruling planets ஆளும் கிரகங்கள் #: In KP, the grahas ruling the moment of judgement: the day lord, the Moon’s sign and star lords, and the lagna’s sign and star lords. They confirm which answer a chart gives. Used on Prashna →

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Sadayam சதயம் #: The twenty-fourth star, in Kumbam, lord Rahu. The hundred physicians, read for healing and independence. Used on Jathagam →
Sade sati ஏழரை சனி #: The seven and a half years in which Sani transits the 12th, 1st and 2nd signs from the birth Moon: about two and a half years in each. Used on Sade sati →
Sadhaka tara சாதக தாரை #: The sixth tara, remainder 6: accomplishment. Good. Used on Panchangam →
Sadhya சாத்தியம் #: The 22nd panchangam yoga, the attainable: auspicious for undertakings. Used on Panchangam →
Sahaja bhava சகஜ பாவம் #: The 3rd house: younger siblings, courage, skills and short journeys. Used on Jathagam →
Saka era சக வருடம் #: The Shalivahana Saka year, the Common Era year minus 78 from Ugadi onwards. The Indian national calendar counts in it. Used on Calendar →
Sampat tara சம்பத் தாரை #: The second tara, remainder 2: wealth. A good day for the person. Used on Panchangam →
Samvatsara சம்வத்சரம் #: One of the sixty named years of the Jovian cycle, Prabhava to Akshaya. 2025 to 2026 is Visuvavasu, then Parabhava. Used on Calendar →
Sandhya சந்தியா #: The twilight, at dawn and at dusk, when the day’s prayers are said. Beginnings are avoided in it. Used on Panchangam →
Sani சனி #: Saturn. Stands for discipline, work, delay and long life; lord of Magaram and Kumbam, exalted in Thulam. Used on Jathagam →
Sani peyarchi சனி பெயர்ச்சி #: Sani’s move into a new sign, about every two and a half years. The 3rd, 6th and 11th from the Moon are the favourable houses. Used on Transits →
Sankatahara Chaturthi சங்கடஹர சதுர்த்தி #: The Krishna Chaturthi running at moonrise each month, kept for Vinayagar. Angaraki when it falls on a Tuesday. Used on Vratam →
Sankranti சங்கராந்தி #: The Sun’s entry into a new sidereal sign, twelve times a year. Makara Sankranti is Pongal; the Mesha one is the solar new year. Used on Calendar →
Saptami சப்தமி #: The seventh tithi, auspicious and Suriyan’s. Ratha Saptami is the Thai Shukla one. Used on Panchangam →
Sarvartha siddhi yoga சர்வார்த்த சித்த யோகம் #: A weekday and star pair said to bring success in all undertakings, a notch below Amrita siddhi. Used on Panchangam →
Sarvashtakavarga சர்வாஷ்டகவர்க்கம் #: The total of all seven grahas’ bindus in each sign, out of 56. A sign above 28 is strong for transits through it. Used on Jathagam →
Sarvatobhadra chakra சர்வதோபத்ர சக்கரம் #: A 9×9 square of the stars, letters, tithis and weekdays. A transiting graha pierces the cells in line with it; when it pierces the birth star or the first letter of the name, that transit is felt. Used on Transits →
Saubhagya சௌபாக்கியம் #: The 4th panchangam yoga, good fortune: auspicious, favoured for weddings. Used on Panchangam →
Sayanadi avastha சயனாதி அவஸ்தை #: Twelve activities, from lying down to sleeping, found by a formula from the graha’s star, its navamsa and the hour of birth. An old and detailed reading of how a graha behaves. Used on Jathagam →
Seemantham சீமந்தம் #: The ceremony of the expectant mother in the later months, held at a muhurtham. Valaikappu goes with it in Tamil homes. Used on Muhurtham →
Setting phase பாத சனி #: The last third of Sade sati, Sani in the 2nd from the Moon: the paada sani, read as the easing of the period. Used on Sade sati →
Sevvai செவ்வாய் #: Mars. Stands for energy, courage, siblings and land; lord of Mesham and Viruchigam, exalted in Magaram. Used on Jathagam →
Sevvai dosham செவ்வாய் தோஷம் #: Sevvai in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house from the lagna, the Moon or Sukran. The marriage dosham most often asked about; cancelled by many placements. Used on Porutham →
Shadbala ஷட்பலம் #: Parashara’s six-fold strength of a graha: by position, direction, time, motion, nature and aspect, in rupas. Each graha has a minimum it should reach. Used on Jathagam →
Shakuni சகுனி #: The first of the four fixed karanas, the second half of Krishna Chaturdasi. Read as inauspicious. Used on Panchangam →
Shanti சாந்தி #: A pacifying rite for a graha or a dosham, such as the Navagraha shanti or the Kala sarpa shanti, done by a priest. Used on Temples →
Shashti சஷ்டி #: The sixth tithi, Murugan’s day. Kept as a vratam; avoided for weddings. Used on Panchangam →
Shiva சிவம் #: The 20th panchangam yoga, the auspicious one: good for pujas and beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Shobhana சோபனம் #: The 5th panchangam yoga, splendour: auspicious for beginnings and travel. Used on Panchangam →
Shravana ஸ்ராவணம் #: The fifth lunar month, holding the Simha sankranti. Varalakshmi vratam, Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Shubh சுப் #: The auspicious choghadiya, ruled by Guru: good for weddings, pujas and beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Shubha சுபம் #: The 23rd panchangam yoga, the good: auspicious for weddings and celebrations. Used on Panchangam →
Shukla சுக்லம் #: The 24th panchangam yoga, the bright: auspicious; not the same as Shukla paksha. Used on Panchangam →
Shukla paksha வளர்பிறை #: The bright fortnight, from the new moon to the full moon: tithis 1 to 15. Valarpirai in Tamil. Used on Panchangam →
Shula சூலம் #: The 9th panchangam yoga, the spear: inauspicious in its first five ghatis, avoided for beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Siddha சித்தம் #: The 21st panchangam yoga, the accomplished: auspicious, especially for learning. Used on Panchangam →
Siddhi சித்தி #: The 16th panchangam yoga, accomplishment: auspicious for every beginning. Used on Panchangam →
Sidereal zodiac நிராயன ராசி #: The zodiac measured against the fixed stars, which Indian astrology uses. Also called nirayana. The Western zodiac is tropical. Used on Method →
Significator காரகன் #: A graha that signifies a house, by occupying it, owning it or standing in the star of a graha that does. Read in KP and in Jaimini. Used on Year ahead →
Simmam சிம்மம் #: The fifth rasi, Leo, ruled by Suriyan. A fixed fire sign, read for dignity, warmth and leadership. Used on Jathagam →
Siro rajju சிரோ ரஜ்ஜு #: The head group of rajju: Mirugasirisham, Chithirai and Avittam. The traditional warning for two in it concerns the groom. Used on Porutham →
Solar month சௌர மாதம் #: A month named by the sign the Sun is in, as the Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali calendars count. It begins on the sankranti day. Used on Calendar →
Sookshma dasha சூட்சும தசை #: The fourth level of the Vimshottari dasha, inside the pratyantar, lasting days to weeks. Used to time an event to the week. Used on Dasha →
Soram சோரம் #: The Gowri part meaning theft: avoided, especially for journeys and for handling money. Used on Panchangam →
South Indian chart தென்னிந்திய கட்டம் #: The chart drawn as a fixed square of twelve boxes with Meenam and Mesham at the top left. Signs never move; the lagna is marked. Used on Jathagam →
Star lord நட்சத்திர அதிபதி #: The Vimshottari lord of the star a graha or a cusp stands in. In KP the star lord says what a graha gives and the sub-lord whether it gives it. Used on Year ahead →
Sthira dasha ஸ்திர தசை #: A Jaimini sign dasha with fixed years, 7, 8 or 9 by the nature of the sign, counted from the Brahma graha. Read for longevity. Used on Dasha →
Stree Deergha porutham ஸ்திரீ தீர்க்கம் #: The groom’s star should lie well ahead of the bride’s: a count above 13 is full, 8 to 13 partial. Read for the wife’s long life. Used on Porutham →
Sub-lord உப அதிபதி #: In KP, the lord of the sub-division of a star in which a cusp or a graha falls, found by dividing the star in Vimshottari proportions. Used on Year ahead →
Sub-sub lord உப உப அதிபதி #: In KP, each sub divided again in the same proportions, giving a fourth lord for every degree. Used to split two close events. Used on Prashna →
Sugam சுகம் #: The Gowri part meaning comfort: good, favoured for travel and for anything meant to go smoothly. Used on Panchangam →
Sukarma சுகர்மம் #: The 7th panchangam yoga, good deed: auspicious for work and for pujas. Used on Panchangam →
Sukha bhava சுக பாவம் #: The 4th house: the mother, home, vehicles, land and education. Also called matru bhava. Used on Jathagam →
Sukran சுக்கிரன் #: Venus. Stands for marriage, comfort, art and pleasure; lord of Rishabam and Thulam, exalted in Meenam. Used on Jathagam →
Sunrise சூரிய உதயம் #: The instant the Sun’s upper edge crosses the horizon at the place chosen. The Hindu day, and every window in it, is counted from here. Used on Panchangam →
Sunset சூரிய அஸ்தமனம் #: The instant the Sun’s upper edge goes below the horizon. The daylight from sunrise to sunset is what the eight-part and fifteen-part windows divide. Used on Panchangam →
Suriyan சூரியன் #: The Sun. Stands for the self, the father, authority and health; lord of Simmam, exalted in Mesham. Used on Jathagam →
Swathi சுவாதி #: The fifteenth star, in Thulam, lord Rahu. The star of the wind, read for freedom and self-reliance. Used on Jathagam →

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Taitila தைதுலம் #: The fourth movable karana, auspicious, favoured for building and property. Used on Panchangam →
Tanu bhava தனு பாவம் #: The 1st house: the self, the body, character and general health. The lagna itself. Used on Jathagam →
Tara koota தாரா #: The third koota, 3 points: the Dina count taken both ways, each good direction earning 1½. Used on Porutham →
Tarabalam தாராபலம் #: Whether the day’s star, counted from a person’s birth star, falls on a good tara. Remainders 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9 are good. Used on Panchangam →
Tarpanam தர்ப்பணம் #: The offering of water and sesame to the ancestors, on Amavasai and in Pitru paksha. Used on Festivals →
Thai தை #: The tenth Tamil month, the Sun in Magaram, mid-January to mid-February. Pongal is its first day and it opens the wedding season. Used on Calendar →
Thiruvathirai திருவாதிரை #: The sixth star, in Mithunam, lord Rahu. The storm star, read for effort and the clearing that follows it. Used on Jathagam →
Thiruvonam திருவோணம் #: The twenty-second star, in Magaram, lord Chandran. The ear, read for listening and learning. Used on Jathagam →
Thritiyai திருதியை #: The third tithi, auspicious. Akshaya Tritiya is the Vaishakha Shukla one. Used on Panchangam →
Thulam துலாம் #: The seventh rasi, Libra, ruled by Sukran. A movable air sign, read for balance, fairness and company. Used on Jathagam →
Thulam (month) துலாம் #: The third Kerala month, the Sun in Thulam. The same days as Tamil Aippasi. Used on Calendar →
Tithi திதி #: The lunar day: each 12° the Moon gains on the Sun. Thirty fill a lunar month, fifteen in each fortnight. Used on Panchangam →
Tithi pravesha திதி பிரவேசம் #: The lunar birthday: the day the birth tithi returns in the birth month. Many families celebrate it in place of the calendar birthday. Used on Daily rasi →
Trayodasi திரயோதசி #: The thirteenth tithi, auspicious. Pradosham is the Trayodasi running at sunset. Used on Panchangam →
Trikona திரிகோணம் #: The three houses of fortune, 1, 5 and 9. Their lords are the chart’s natural helpers. Used on Jathagam →
Tropical zodiac சாயன ராசி #: The zodiac that starts at the spring equinox, used in Western astrology. Also called sayana. Sidereal positions are tropical minus the ayanamsa. Used on Zodiac →

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Udaya tithi உதய திதி #: The tithi running at sunrise, which is the one the day is named by unless a festival’s rule asks for another instant. Used on Calendar →
Udveg உத்வேக் #: The choghadiya of anxiety, ruled by the Sun: avoided, though government work is allowed in it. Used on Panchangam →
Upachaya உபசயம் #: The growing houses, 3, 6, 10 and 11, where a malefic graha improves with age and effort pays off. Used on Jathagam →
Upagraha உபக்கிரகம் #: A shadow point, not a body in the sky, counted from the Sun’s degree or from the portions of the day. Gulika and Mandi are the best known; the Sun-based five are Dhuma, Vyatipata, Parivesha, Indrachapa and Upaketu. Used on Jathagam →
Upanayanam உபநயனம் #: The sacred thread ceremony, a boy’s initiation into Vedic study, held at a muhurtham in Uttarayana. Used on Muhurtham →
Upapada உபபதம் #: The arudha pada of the 12th house, read in Jaimini for marriage and the spouse. Used on Jaimini →
Upavasam உபவாசம் #: A fast, complete or partial, kept as part of a vratam. Used on Vratam →
Upay உபாயம் #: A Lal Kitab remedy: a small act done at home or on the road, such as feeding birds or floating a coin in running water, rather than a temple rite. Used on Lal Kitab →
Uru rajju ஊரு ரஜ்ஜு #: The thigh group of rajju: Bharani, Poosam, Pooram, Anusham, Pooradam and Uthirattathi. Used on Porutham →
Uthi உதி #: A Gowri part meaning rising: good, favourable for beginnings. Sunday’s day sequence starts here. Used on Panchangam →
Uthiradam உத்திராடம் #: The twenty-first star, straddling Dhanusu and Magaram, lord Suriyan. Read for principle and lasting success. Used on Jathagam →
Uthiram உத்திரம் #: The twelfth star, straddling Simmam and Kanni, lord Suriyan. Read for kindness, reliability and order. Used on Jathagam →
Uthirattathi உத்திரட்டாதி #: The twenty-sixth star, in Meenam, lord Sani. The deep waters, read for wisdom and calm. Used on Jathagam →
Uttamam உத்தமம் #: A full match on a porutham, scoring 1. The best of the three grades. Used on Porutham →
Uttarayana உத்தராயணம் #: The Sun’s northward half-year, from Makara Sankranti to the Kadaga one. Preferred for weddings, thread ceremonies and house-warming. Used on Calendar →

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Vaidhriti வைதிருதி #: The 27th panchangam yoga, the fixed obstacle: inauspicious throughout, avoided for beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Vaikasi வைகாசி #: The second Tamil month, the Sun in Rishabam, mid-May to mid-June. Vaikasi Visakam is Murugan’s day. Used on Calendar →
Vaishakha வைசாகம் #: The second lunar month, holding the Rishaba sankranti. Akshaya Tritiya and Buddha Purnima fall in it. Used on Calendar →
Vajra வஜ்ரம் #: The 15th panchangam yoga, the thunderbolt: inauspicious in its first three ghatis. Used on Panchangam →
Vanija வணிசை #: The sixth movable karana, the merchant’s, auspicious for trade. Used on Panchangam →
Vara வாரம் #: The weekday, Sunday to Saturday, each ruled by one of the seven visible grahas. Kizhamai in Tamil. Used on Panchangam →
Varga வர்க்கம் #: A divisional chart: the zodiac divided into equal parts and the parts read as signs of their own. Rasi, hora, drekkana, navamsa and dasamsa are the ones read most. Used on Jathagam →
Vargottama வர்கோத்தமம் #: A graha in the same sign in the rasi chart and in the navamsa. Read as a graha whose promise holds up. Used on Jathagam →
Variyan வரியான் #: The 18th panchangam yoga, comfort: auspicious for domestic matters. Used on Panchangam →
Varjyam வர்ஜ்யம் #: Four ghatis to avoid, at a fixed point inside each star’s span. Printed by Telugu and Kannada almanacs; the time depends on which star runs. Used on Panchangam →
Varna koota வர்ணம் #: The first koota, 1 point: the groom’s varna should equal or exceed the bride’s. Read for temperament and ego. Used on Porutham →
Varshaphal வருஷபலன் #: The year chart: the sky at the moment the Sun returns to its birth degree each year, read for the twelve months that follow. Used on Year ahead →
Vashya koota வசியம் #: The second koota, 2 points: the rasis grouped as four-footed, human, water, wild and insect, scored by group. Used on Porutham →
Vastu வாஸ்து #: The tradition of building with the directions: where the entrance, kitchen, pooja room and bedrooms sit, for light, air and a settled home. Used on Vastu →
Vastu purusha வாஸ்து புருஷன் #: The being said to lie in every plot, head to the north-east, drawn as a grid of 81 squares with 45 deities. The mandala behind every Vastu rule. Used on Vastu →
Vasya porutham வசியம் #: Each rasi is drawn to one or two others; if either appears in the other’s list the porutham matches. Read for mutual attraction. Used on Porutham →
Vedha porutham வேதை #: Fifteen pairs of stars obstruct each other — twelve ordinary pairs, and Mirugasirisham, Chithirai and Avittam, which are vedha to one another; if the two stars are such a pair the match is rejected. Used on Porutham →
Vidyarambham வித்யாரம்பம் #: The beginning of learning: the child’s first letters, written on Vijayadasami in most families. Used on Muhurtham →
Vijaya muhurta விஜய முகூர்த்தம் #: The muhurta of victory in the afternoon, about the 12th of the fifteen daylight parts. Good for starting an undertaking. Used on Panchangam →
Vikram Samvat விக்ரம சம்வத் #: The North Indian era, the Common Era year plus 57 from Chaitra Shukla Prathamai. Gujarat starts its year after Diwali instead. Used on Calendar →
Vimshopaka bala விம்சோபக பலம் #: A score out of 20 for a graha across a set of divisional charts, given by its dignity in each. Above 15 is strong. Used on Jathagam →
Vimshottari dasha விம்சோத்தரி தசை #: The 120-year cycle of nine periods: Ketu 7, Sukran 20, Suriyan 6, Chandran 10, Sevvai 7, Rahu 18, Guru 16, Sani 19, Budhan 17. Started from the birth star. Used on Jathagam →
Vipareeta raja yoga விபரீத ராஜ யோகம் #: The lord of the 6th, 8th or 12th house standing in another of those houses: trouble cancelling trouble, which can raise a person after difficulty. Harsha, Sarala and Vimala are its three kinds. Used on Jathagam →
Vipat tara விபத் தாரை #: The third tara, remainder 3: danger. Avoided. Used on Panchangam →
Viruchigam விருச்சிகம் #: The eighth rasi, Scorpio, ruled by Sevvai. A fixed water sign, read for depth, privacy and resolve. Used on Jathagam →
Visakam விசாகம் #: The sixteenth star, straddling Thulam and Viruchigam, lord Guru. Read for purpose and single-minded aim. Used on Jathagam →
Visham விஷம் #: The Gowri part meaning poison: avoided for every beginning. Used on Panchangam →
Vishkambha விஷ்கம்பம் #: The 1st of the twenty-seven panchangam yogas, read as inauspicious in its first three ghatis and good after. Used on Panchangam →
Vishti பத்திரை #: The seventh movable karana, also called Bhadra: the one karana avoided for beginnings. A wedding day loses points when it runs at sunrise. Used on Muhurtham →
Vivaham விவாகம் #: The wedding itself. On this site the default occasion of the muhurtham page. Used on Muhurtham →
Vratam விரதம் #: A vow kept by a fast or an observance, most of them coming round every lunar month: Ekadasi, Pradosham, Sashti. Used on Vratam →
Vriddhi விருத்தி #: The 11th panchangam yoga, growth: auspicious, favoured for trade and building. Used on Panchangam →
Vrischikam விருச்சிகம் #: The fourth Kerala month, the Sun in Viruchigam. The Sabarimala Mandala kalam begins on Vrischikam 1. Used on Calendar →
Vyaghata வியாகாதம் #: The 13th panchangam yoga, the blow: inauspicious in its first nine ghatis. Used on Panchangam →
Vyatipata வியதீபாதம் #: The 17th panchangam yoga, calamity: inauspicious throughout, avoided for beginnings. Used on Panchangam →
Vyaya bhava விரய பாவம் #: The 12th house: expenses, loss, sleep, faraway places and release. Read for foreign residence and for moksha. Used on Jathagam →

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Yamaganda எமகண்டம் #: A second eighth of the daylight to avoid, the 5th part on Sunday, 4th Monday, 3rd Tuesday, 2nd Wednesday, 1st Thursday, 7th Friday, 6th Saturday. Used on Panchangam →
Yatra யாத்திரை #: A journey, and the muhurtham chosen for setting out on it: the day’s star, the choghadiya and the disha shoolam are the usual checks. Used on Guides →
Yoga (in a chart) யோகம் #: A named combination of placements that the texts read as a result, good or bad: Raja yoga, Gajakesari, Kemadruma. Not the panchangam’s yoga. Used on Jathagam →
Yoga (panchangam) யோகம் #: The third limb: the sum of the Sun’s and Moon’s longitudes in steps of 13°20′, twenty-seven in all from Vishkambha to Vaidhriti. Used on Panchangam →
Yogakaraka யோககாரகன் #: A graha that owns both a kendra and a trikona for a given lagna, and so does double good. Sani is the yogakaraka for Rishabam and Thulam. Used on Jathagam →
Yogini dasha யோகினி தசை #: A 36-year cycle of eight periods named for goddesses, Mangala to Sankata, popular in the north and in Nepal. Used on Year ahead →
Yoni porutham யோனி #: Each star carries an animal; a fourteen-by-fourteen table scores the pair 0 to 4. Read for physical compatibility. Also a koota. Used on Porutham →
Yuti சேர்க்கை #: Conjunction: two grahas in the same sign. Their meanings mix, for better or worse depending on the pair. Used on Jathagam →

The definitions describe each word the way this app uses it, in the Tamil tradition, and say where the North differs. The lessons explain the ideas in order, and the method page gives the exact rule behind every number.