Ashtakvarga
every bhava, scored
Sarvashtakvarga gives each of the twelve bhavas a score, from the bindus the seven grahas contribute. It is the closest Jyotish comes to a number for how strong a bhava is. The total is always 337 for everybody, so what is worth reading is where the score sits, not the total.
- A bindu score for each of the twelve bhavas
- Which three are strongest and which three are weakest
- The seven grahas’ own contributions, house by house
- What each bhava governs, and which grahas hold it up
Example22 November 1988, 10:30 AM · Mumbai, Indiaenter your own birth details
| Graha | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Moon | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Mars | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Mercury | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Jupiter | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Venus | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Saturn | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 30 | 19 |
| Bhava | Bindus | Strength | What that means | Held up by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | average | Self, personality, health, vitality | Mercury, Jupiter |
| 2 | 28 | average | Wealth, speech, family, food | Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus |
| 3 | 31 | strong | Siblings, courage, communication, short travels | Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn |
| 4 | 33 | strong | Mother, home, property, vehicles, happiness | Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus |
| 5 | 28 | average | Children, intelligence, creativity, romance | Moon |
| 6 | 25 | average | Enemies, diseases, debts, service | Moon, Jupiter |
| 7 | 25 | average | Spouse, partnerships, business, public | Jupiter |
| 8 | 23 | weak | Longevity, obstacles, inheritance, transformation | Mercury, Venus |
| 9 | 29 | average | Fortune, father, religion, higher learning | Moon, Jupiter, Venus |
| 10 | 39 | very strong | Career, status, authority, achievements | Sun, Mars, Mercury, Saturn |
| 11 | 30 | strong | Gains, income, friends, aspirations | Sun, Mercury |
| 12 | 19 | very weak | Losses, expenses, liberation, foreign lands | Jupiter |
In more detail
ashtakvargaWhy the total is always 337
Seven grahas contribute bindus to each of the twelve houses, and the total across the whole chart is always 337 — for everybody. What changes is the distribution. The number to read is not the total but how far a bhava sits above or below the average of 28.
Above 30 is strong, below 25 is weak
Twenty-eight is the mean. Thirty and above is generally read as a house that supports what it governs; twenty-five and below as one that has to be worked at. The strongest and weakest three are named above, and the whole distribution is the bar chart.
The per-graha grid shows the reason
Sarvashtakvarga is the column sum of the seven rows underneath it. Two people can have the same 33 in the fourth bhava with completely different grahas holding it up. That difference is what a jyotishi reads.
Ashtakvarga in Transit Prediction
Ashtakvarga is especially valuable for timing predictions. When a planet transits a house where its own Bhinnashtakvarga (individual chart) has 4+ bindus, the transit yields positive results. With 3 or fewer bindus, the transit may bring challenges. This makes Ashtakvarga essential for Gochar (transit) analysis and for judging the strength of planetary Dashas.
The rest of the chart
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Common questions
2 questionsWhat is Ashtakvarga?
Ashtakvarga is a powerful predictive system in Vedic astrology that quantifies the strength of planets and houses using a binary point system called "bindus." Each of the 7 planets (Sun through Saturn) plus the Ascendant contributes bindus to each of the 12 houses, creating an 8×12 matrix. The total bindus in each house of the Sarvashtakvarga (combined chart) reveal where life energy is concentrated.
How to Interpret Ashtakvarga Scores
Each house can have a maximum of 56 bindus (8 contributors × 7 max each). Houses with 28+ bindus are considered strong. Houses with 25-27 are average. Below 25 indicates weakness. The total Sarvashtakvarga should ideally be 337 (28 average × 12 houses + 1). Planets transiting houses with high bindus give better results during their transit.
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