Lagna · Cancer ascendant
Kark Lagna
Cancer ascendant, ruled by Chandra
With Cancer rising, you are nurturing, emotional, and deeply connected to family and home. The Moon as your ruler makes you intuitive and empathetic, with a protective shell guarding your sensitive inner world. Its lord is Chandra, its yogakaraka Mangal.
Kark lagna: house 1 is Cancer
The nature of Kark lagna
Lagna lord Chandra
You are extraordinarily emotional and sensitive, with a deep desire to protect your loved ones. Tough on the outside but deeply empathetic within, you are one of the most caring people around. Your moods shift quickly — both joy and sorrow move through you powerfully.
In Delhi Kark lagna rises for about 2h 22m a day, one of the longest. In 8,349 real births from 1960 to 1999 across four North Indian cities, 9.6% had it, more than one in twelve: signs that rise slowly catch more births.
Your lagna is the rashi rising in the east at your birth; it changes every two hours or so, which is why the birth time matters. Your rashi is the Moon’s sign, a different thing: Kark rashi is read for the mind, Kark lagna for the body and the course of life.
Each graha for Kark lagna
Which houses it rules, and what Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 34 calls it for this lagna
For Kark lagna, BPHS 34 counts Mangal, Chandra and Guru as benefics, with Mangal the yogakaraka (the strongest helper a lagna can have), ruling a kendra and a trikona at once, and Budh and Shukra as malefics.
| Graha | Rules houses | For this lagna (BPHS 34) |
|---|---|---|
| Sun (Surya) | 2nd | Maraka |
| Moon (Chandra) | 1st | Benefic |
| Mars (Mangal) | 5th, 10th | Yogakaraka |
| Mercury (Budh) | 3rd, 12th | Malefic |
| Jupiter (Guru) | 6th, 9th | Benefic |
| Venus (Shukra) | 4th, 11th | Malefic |
| Saturn (Shani) | 7th, 8th | Maraka |
| Rahu | none (a node) | By its house |
| Ketu | none (a node) | By its house |
The labels, from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 34:
- Yogakaraka: the strongest graha a lagna can have: the one Parashara names as bringing yoga, or the one lord of both a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) and a trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) (34.13)
- Benefic, Malefic, Neutral: works for the lagna; brings its harder matters; neither
- Lagna lord: the lagna’s own graha, where the verse calls it neither good nor hard
- Maraka: a killer Parashara names for the lagna, watched for health and longevity; printed alone, or after another label. It is not always the lord of the 2nd or 7th: where it differs, the line under it gives the verse
- · Yoga: one of two grahas he says give yoga together for this lagna
The twelve houses of Kark lagna
The rashi in each house and its lord: every reading of this chart starts here
| House | Rashi | Its lord | What it governs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cancer (Kark) | Chandra | self, body and health |
| 2nd | Leo (Singh) | Surya | family, savings and speech |
| 3rd | Virgo (Kanya) | Budh | courage, siblings and effort |
| 4th | Libra (Tula) | Shukra | mother, home and property |
| 5th | Scorpio (Vrishchik) | Mangal | children, study and intellect |
| 6th | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Guru | illness, debt and rivals |
| 7th | Capricorn (Makar) | Shani | marriage and partnership |
| 8th | Aquarius (Kumbh) | Shani | longevity, sudden events and inheritance |
| 9th | Pisces (Meen) | Guru | father, fortune and dharma |
| 10th | Aries (Mesh) | Mangal | career and standing |
| 11th | Taurus (Vrishabh) | Shukra | gains, income and elder siblings |
| 12th | Gemini (Mithun) | Budh | expenses, foreign lands and moksha |
Where Chandra, the lagna lord, is strong
The lagna lord in each house of this chart, and its dignity in the rashi there
Chandra is strongest for this lagna in the 11th house (exalted) and at home in the 1st (own sign); weakest in the 5th (debilitated).
| Chandra in the | Rashi there | Dignity |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cancer (Kark) | own sign |
| 2nd | Leo (Singh) | — |
| 3rd | Virgo (Kanya) | — |
| 4th | Libra (Tula) | — |
| 5th | Scorpio (Vrishchik) | debilitated |
| 6th | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | — |
| 7th | Capricorn (Makar) | — |
| 8th | Aquarius (Kumbh) | — |
| 9th | Pisces (Meen) | — |
| 10th | Aries (Mesh) | — |
| 11th | Taurus (Vrishabh) | exalted |
| 12th | Gemini (Mithun) | — |
BPHS ch. 24 reads the lagna lord in each of the twelve houses; the readings are on the 1st house page.
Kark lagna in a real chart
27 January 1985, 17:00, New Delhi
The lagna lord Chandra sits in Pisces (Meen), the 9th house. That house is father, fortune and dharma, so this chart’s life leans there.
Gemstones for Kark lagna
What the site’s gemstone engine picked across the 804 real Kark lagna births it read
Stones this lagna is told to avoid
- Ruby (Manik): Surya is a maraka for this lagna (BPHS 34), so its stone would strengthen what it brings.
- Blue Sapphire (Neelam): Shani is a maraka for this lagna (BPHS 34), so its stone would strengthen what it brings.
- Emerald (Panna): Budh is a malefic for this lagna (BPHS 34), so its stone would strengthen what it brings.
- Diamond (Heera): Shukra is a malefic for this lagna (BPHS 34), so its stone would strengthen what it brings.
The stone depends on how strong each graha is in your own chart, which is why the same lagna gets different stones. Find yours from your kundli.
Upay for Kark lagna
Chandra mantra · 108 times on Monday
ॐ सोमाय नमः
Om Somaya Namah
The lagna lord carries the whole chart: kept strong, it steadies the body and the self. Its daan, on Monday: rice and white cloth. A suggestion: do it as your faith allows.
All twelve lagnas
Common questions
What is Kark lagna?
Cancer (Kark) rising in the east at the moment of birth. Its lord is Chandra.
Which grahas are good for Kark lagna?
Benefic: Mangal, Chandra and Guru; yogakaraka: Mangal; malefic: Budh and Shukra (BPHS ch. 34).
Which gemstone suits Kark lagna?
The gemstone engine most often picked Red Coral (Moonga) (67% of Kark lagna charts), but it depends on your own chart’s strengths. Avoid the stones of the functional malefics.
How do I know if my lagna is Kark?
You need your birth date, exact time and place: the lagna changes every two hours or so (Kark lasts about 2h 22m in Delhi). The ascendant calculator works it out.
Is your lagna Kark?
Your birth time decides it. The ascendant calculator gives your lagna, its degree and nakshatra.
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