Lagna · Virgo ascendant
Kanya Lagna
Virgo ascendant, ruled by Budh
With Virgo rising, you are analytical, practical, and service-oriented. Ruled by Mercury, you have a sharp mind and remarkable attention to detail. You are modest, hardworking, and always striving to improve. Its lord is Budh.
Kanya lagna: house 1 is Virgo
The nature of Kanya lagna
Lagna lord Budh
You are methodical, analytical, and highly observant — noticing details others miss. Your perfectionist tendencies push you to constantly improve. Practical and self-aware, you are a reliable problem-solver with a genuine desire for growth.
In Delhi Kanya lagna rises for about 2h 20m a day, one of the longest. In 8,349 real births from 1960 to 1999 across four North Indian cities, 9.3% 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: Kanya rashi is read for the mind, Kanya lagna for the body and the course of life.
Each graha for Kanya lagna
Which houses it rules, and what Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 34 calls it for this lagna
For Kanya lagna, BPHS 34 counts Budh and Shukra as benefics, and Chandra, Mangal and Guru as malefics.
| Graha | Rules houses | For this lagna (BPHS 34) |
|---|---|---|
| Sun (Surya) | 12th | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) |
| Moon (Chandra) | 11th | Malefic |
| Mars (Mangal) | 3rd, 8th | Malefic |
| Mercury (Budh) | 1st, 10th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) |
| Jupiter (Guru) | 4th, 7th | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.31–32) |
| Venus (Shukra) | 2nd, 9th | Benefic · Maraka · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.32) |
| Saturn (Shani) | 5th, 6th | Neutral |
| 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 Kanya lagna
The rashi in each house and its lord: every reading of this chart starts here
| House | Rashi | Its lord | What it governs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Virgo (Kanya) | Budh | self, body and health |
| 2nd | Libra (Tula) | Shukra | family, savings and speech |
| 3rd | Scorpio (Vrishchik) | Mangal | courage, siblings and effort |
| 4th | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Guru | mother, home and property |
| 5th | Capricorn (Makar) | Shani | children, study and intellect |
| 6th | Aquarius (Kumbh) | Shani | illness, debt and rivals |
| 7th | Pisces (Meen) | Guru | marriage and partnership |
| 8th | Aries (Mesh) | Mangal | longevity, sudden events and inheritance |
| 9th | Taurus (Vrishabh) | Shukra | father, fortune and dharma |
| 10th | Gemini (Mithun) | Budh | career and standing |
| 11th | Cancer (Kark) | Chandra | gains, income and elder siblings |
| 12th | Leo (Singh) | Surya | expenses, foreign lands and moksha |
Where Budh, the lagna lord, is strong
The lagna lord in each house of this chart, and its dignity in the rashi there
Budh is strongest for this lagna in the 1st house (exalted) and at home in the 10th (own sign); weakest in the 7th (debilitated).
| Budh in the | Rashi there | Dignity |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Virgo (Kanya) | exalted |
| 2nd | Libra (Tula) | — |
| 3rd | Scorpio (Vrishchik) | — |
| 4th | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | — |
| 5th | Capricorn (Makar) | — |
| 6th | Aquarius (Kumbh) | — |
| 7th | Pisces (Meen) | debilitated |
| 8th | Aries (Mesh) | — |
| 9th | Taurus (Vrishabh) | — |
| 10th | Gemini (Mithun) | own sign |
| 11th | Cancer (Kark) | — |
| 12th | Leo (Singh) | — |
BPHS ch. 24 reads the lagna lord in each of the twelve houses; the readings are on the 1st house page.
Kanya lagna in a real chart
14 January 1985, 23:00, Lucknow
The lagna lord Budh sits in Sagittarius (Dhanu), the 4th house. That house is mother, home and property, so this chart’s life leans there.
Gemstones for Kanya lagna
What the site’s gemstone engine picked across the 774 real Kanya lagna births it read
Stones this lagna is told to avoid
- Pearl (Moti): Chandra is a malefic for this lagna (BPHS 34), so its stone would strengthen what it brings.
- Red Coral (Moonga): Mangal is a malefic for this lagna (BPHS 34), so its stone would strengthen what it brings.
- Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj): Guru 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 Kanya lagna
Budh mantra · 108 times on Wednesday
ॐ बुधाय नमः
Om Budhaya Namah
The lagna lord carries the whole chart: kept strong, it steadies the body and the self. Its daan, on Wednesday: green moong and green cloth. A suggestion: do it as your faith allows.
All twelve lagnas
Common questions
What is Kanya lagna?
Virgo (Kanya) rising in the east at the moment of birth. Its lord is Budh.
Which grahas are good for Kanya lagna?
Benefic: Budh and Shukra; malefic: Chandra, Mangal and Guru (BPHS ch. 34).
Which gemstone suits Kanya lagna?
The gemstone engine most often picked Emerald (Panna) (63% of Kanya 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 Kanya?
You need your birth date, exact time and place: the lagna changes every two hours or so (Kanya lasts about 2h 20m in Delhi). The ascendant calculator works it out.
Is your lagna Kanya?
Your birth time decides it. The ascendant calculator gives your lagna, its degree and nakshatra.
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