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Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign

Makar Rashifal for Tuesday 17 January 2023: Capricorn Moon Sign

Tuesday 17 January 2023

The Stars of Makar, with the Moon and Planets on 17 Jan

DhanuMakarKumbhUttara AshadhaShravanaDhanishtaEclipticEastWestShravana: AltairDhanishta: RotanevSunSaturnVenus

At 12:00 PM, the Moon is in Tula, outside this map; its next stay in Makar runs from Saturday 21 Jan, 2:53 PM to Monday 23 Jan, 1:51 PM. Also on this map: Sun in Makar, Venus in Makar and Saturn in Makar.

Makar as the 1st House: Where All Nine Grahas Are on 17 Jan

10Su 2°Ve 23°Sa 29°1112Ju 9°1Ra 15°2Ma 14°34567Mo 29°Ke 15°89Me 14°R

Every house is counted from Makar, so this chart is Makar's gochar on that day. Positions at 12:00 PM, sidereal (Lahiri). The number in each house is its rashi: 1 for Mesh to 12 for Meen. R after a graha: retrograde.

Makar on 17 Jan: the Moon is in your 10th (career and karma) until 1:00 PM (Needs attention: the Moon with Ketu); 1 of the 9 planets supports, 8 need attention.

Red Fort, Delhi, India · IST (Asia/Kolkata) ·

  • Moon
  • Planet
  • Rahu and Ketu: the Moon's nodes, points without a body
  • Yogatara: the star that marks a nakshatra
  • Star figure lines, drawn by us
  • Ecliptic: the Sun's path
  • Rashi edge
  • Nakshatra edge
  • Brighter stars are drawn larger

The real stars of Makar's 30° of sky, at their catalogue positions. Only the Moon and the planets move. As seen facing south from India: east is on the left, and the Moon moves from right to left.

The nakshatras on this map and their yogataras
  • Purva Ashadha 253°20′ to 266°40′ Yogatara: Kaus Media (δ Sagittarii) · outside this map. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.
  • Uttara Ashadha 266°40′ to 280°00′ Yogatara: Nunki (σ Sagittarii) · outside this map. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955 and Pingree and Morrissey 1989. Colebrooke 1807 reads it as τ Sagittarii. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.
  • Shravana 280°00′ to 293°20′ Yogatara: Altair (α Aquilae). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.
  • Dhanishta 293°20′ to 306°40′ Yogatara: Rotanev (β Delphini). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860 and Calendar Reform Committee 1955. Pingree and Morrissey 1989 reads it as α Delphini. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.

Abhijit, the 28th nakshatra of the older lists, 276°40′ to 280°53′: every source that names its star gives Vega (α Lyrae), far to the north of this map.

Star positions are worked out for the hour from the catalogue (proper motion, parallax and aberration), in the same sidereal frame as the planets, with Lahiri ayanamsa. For the 36 stars compared, an independent calculation agrees within 2.4 arc-seconds. The Moon and planets are placed as seen from the Earth's centre; from your own place the Moon can look up to about 1° away from its spot here. The figure lines are our own; each yogatara is given by at least two of the sources listed above.

Star positions: Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th ed. (Hoffleit & Warren, 1991; NASA HEASARC, public domain). Star names: IAU Working Group on Star Names (CC BY 4.0). Moon and planets: NASA JPL DE440s.

Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign · Tuesday 17 January 2023

Makar Rashifal for 17 Jan: Work, Love and Health

Aaj ka Makar rashifal, read from your Moon sign. Makar (मकर) is the 10th rashi, 270° to 300° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Saturn, and it holds Uttara Ashadha padas 2 to 4, all four padas of Shravana and Dhanishta padas 1 and 2. In English it is called Capricorn, but here it means the sign the Moon was in at your birth, not your birthday sign. Every line below names its graha, the house that graha holds from Makar and the classical verse behind it.

1 of the 9 planets supports · 8 need attention

The day's main graha: the Moon (in the attention list).

Venus in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until Sunday 22 Jan, 3:54 PM: classically a favourable house; classical reading: comforts and pleasures.

The Moon in Tula, your 10th (career and karma), until 1:00 PM: classically a favourable house, but it shares Tula with Ketu, so its support is muted; classical reading: success and ease.

The Sun in Makar, your 1st, until 13 Feb, 9:45 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: tiredness, extra spending and travel.

Mars in Vrishabh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 13 Mar, 5:03 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: children's needs and health.

Mercury in Dhanu, your 12th (expenses, foreign lands and moksha), until 7 Feb, 7:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: setbacks and health.

Jupiter in Meen, your 3rd (courage and siblings), until 22 Apr, 5:15 AM: classically not a favourable house, but Meen is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: delays in work.

Saturn in Makar, your 1st, until 6:04 PM: classically not a favourable house, but Makar is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: health and family duties.

Rahu in Mesh, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: unease.

Ketu in Tula, your 10th, until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house by most texts (favourable in Phaladeepika 26.2).

The day changes at 1:00 PM, when the Moon moves into Vrishchik; both parts are shown.

The day changes at 6:04 PM, when Saturn moves into Kumbh; both parts are shown.

Work, Love and Health

Work and Money?

Work and Money: the Moon, Ketu, Jupiter and Mercury need attention.

The Moon in Tula, your 10th (career and karma), until 1:00 PM: classically favourable for success at work, but it shares Tula with Ketu, so its support is muted.

Ketu in Tula, your 10th (career and karma), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house by most texts (favourable in Phaladeepika 26.2); the texts name no separate result of it for work and money.

Jupiter in Meen, your 3rd (courage and siblings), until 22 Apr, 5:15 AM: classically not favourable for work, but Meen is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you.

Mercury in Dhanu, your 12th (expenses, foreign lands and moksha), until 7 Feb, 7:29 AM: classically not favourable for plans.

Love and Family?

Love and Family: Rahu needs attention.

Rahu in Mesh, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; the texts name no separate result of it for love and family.

Health?

Health: Venus supports; the Sun and Saturn need attention.

Venus in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until Sunday 22 Jan, 3:54 PM: classically a favourable house; the texts name no separate result of it for health.

The Sun in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until 13 Feb, 9:45 AM: classically not favourable for energy.

Saturn in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until 6:04 PM: classically not favourable for health, but Makar is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you.

Moon Strength for Makar on 17 Jan

Chandrabala, Chandrashtama and Tarabala

Until 1:00 PM (since Sunday 15 Jan, 6:48 AM): the Moon in Tula, your 10th (career and karma); Chandrabala present.

  • Chandrabala Muhurta Chintamani 4.1 · Phaladeepika 26.2 · Brihat Samhita 104.4

From 1:00 PM until Thursday 19 Jan, 3:18 PM: the Moon in Vrishchik, your 11th (gains and friends); Chandrabala present.

Until 1:00 PM the Moon shares Tula with Ketu.

Next Chandrashtama for Makar: from 6 Feb, 3:03 PM to 9 Feb, 2:49 AM.

Tarabala for the nakshatras of Makar

Uttara Ashadha (padas 2–4): Pratyari Tara until 6:46 PM: in round 3 of nine, counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.13); in the common panchang table it is not chosen for new work.

Uttara Ashadha (padas 2–4): Sadhaka Tara from 6:46 PM: counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12).

Shravana (padas 1–4): Kshema Tara until 6:46 PM: counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12).

Shravana (padas 1–4): Pratyari Tara from 6:46 PM: in round 3 of nine, counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.13); in the common panchang table it is not chosen for new work.

Dhanishta (padas 1–2): Vipat Tara until 6:46 PM: in round 3 of nine, counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.13); in the common panchang table it is not chosen for new work.

Dhanishta (padas 1–2): Kshema Tara from 6:46 PM: counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12).

Your Supportive Hours in Delhi

3 windows, from the panchang, inside this rashi's good Chandrabala

From 2:24 AM to 6:21 AM: Brahma Muhurta and a good choghadiya, within the hours when your Chandrabala is considered good.

From 11:12 AM to 1:50 PM: Abhijit Muhurta, Amrit Kalam and a good choghadiya, within the hours when your Chandrabala is considered good.

From 2:16 PM to 2:59 PM: Vijaya Muhurta, within the hours when your Chandrabala is considered good.

What are supportive hours?

The panchang's windows for new work in Delhi (for reference)

from 2:24 AM to 6:21 AM · from 11:12 AM to 1:50 PM · from 2:16 PM to 2:59 PM

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Every time on this page is in IST (Asia/Kolkata). The reading is the same for everyone in this time zone; only the supportive hours follow Delhi's sunrise.

Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign

Sade Sati and Shani Dhaiya for Makar: Calculated Dates

Sade Sati is Saturn's passage through the 12th, 1st and 2nd signs from the Moon sign, about seven and a half years. Dhaiya is Saturn's passage through the 4th or 8th sign from the Moon sign, about two and a half years.

Sade Sati, second phase for Makar: Saturn is in Makar, your 1st, from 12 Jul 2022 to 17 Jan 2023. The whole Sade Sati runs from 26 Jan 2017 to 29 Mar 2025, with a pause from 21 Jun 2017 to 26 Oct 2017. Traditionally this passage is a time for steady effort, discipline and looking after health.

  • Sade Sati Phaladeepika 26.22–23 · Brihat Samhita 104.39–45

Within this stay, Saturn's effect is classically felt most in the last third of Makar: from 12 Jul 2022 to 17 Jan 2023.

  • Felt most Phaladeepika 26.25 · Muhurta Chintamani 4.19

Saturn is one of nine: the verdict for Saturn in your 1st and the other eight grahas are in the table below.

The next dhaiya (4th house) for Makar runs from 3 Jun 2027 to 17 Apr 2030, with Saturn stepping out of it from 20 Oct 2027 to 23 Feb 2028 and 8 Aug 2029 to 5 Oct 2029.

Counted from the Moon sign, as Phaladeepika 26.22–23 and Brihat Samhita 104 do. Each span runs from Saturn's first entry to its final exit, with every pause shown. Classically it is a time for steady effort and patience, not a fixed outcome.

Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign

Why: Each Graha's House from Makar

Each graha, with its rule · until 1:00 PM

  1. Sun? Makar · 1st house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    The Sun in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until 13 Feb, 9:45 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: tiredness, extra spending and travel.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 13 Feb, 9:45 AM

  2. Moon? Tula · 10th house Needs attention: the Moon with Ketu?

    The Moon in Tula, your 10th (career and karma), until 1:00 PM: classically a favourable house, but it shares Tula with Ketu, so its support is muted; classical reading: success and ease.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 1:00 PM

  3. Mars? Vrishabh · 5th house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    Mars in Vrishabh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 13 Mar, 5:03 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: children's needs and health.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 13 Mar, 5:03 AM

  4. Mercury? Dhanu · 12th house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    Mercury in Dhanu, your 12th (expenses, foreign lands and moksha), until 7 Feb, 7:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: setbacks and health.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 7 Feb, 7:29 AM

  5. Jupiter? Meen · 3rd house Needs attention: house not favourable; Meen, its own sign?

    Jupiter in Meen, your 3rd (courage and siblings), until 22 Apr, 5:15 AM: classically not a favourable house, but Meen is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: delays in work.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 22 Apr, 5:15 AM

  6. Venus? Makar · 1st house Supports?

    Venus in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until Sunday 22 Jan, 3:54 PM: classically a favourable house; classical reading: comforts and pleasures.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Sunday 22 Jan, 3:54 PM

  7. Saturn? Makar · 1st house Needs attention: house not favourable; Makar, its own sign?

    Saturn in Makar, your 1st (self and body), until 6:04 PM: classically not a favourable house, but Makar is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: health and family duties.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 6:04 PM

  8. Rahu? Mesh · 4th house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    Rahu in Mesh, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: unease.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 29 Nov, 2:29 AM

  9. Ketu? Tula · 10th house Needs attention: texts differ?

    Ketu in Tula, your 10th (career and karma), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house by most texts (favourable in Phaladeepika 26.2).

    Classical: not favourable by most texts · In this sign until: 29 Nov, 2:29 AM

The other part of the day: from 1:00 PM to 6:04 PM
  1. Moon? Vrishchik · 11th house Needs attention: Vrishchik, its debilitation sign?

    The Moon in Vrishchik, your 11th (gains and friends), until Thursday 19 Jan, 3:18 PM: classically a favourable house, but the Moon is in Vrishchik, its debilitation sign, so its support is muted.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Thursday 19 Jan, 3:18 PM

  2. Mars? Vrishabh · 5th house Supports: reverse vedha: the Moon in your 11th?

    Mars in Vrishabh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 13 Mar, 5:03 AM: classically not a favourable house, but with the Moon in your 11th the texts reverse it (reverse vedha), so the texts count it supportive; classical reading: children's needs and health.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 13 Mar, 5:03 AM

The other part of the day: from 6:04 PM
  1. Moon? Vrishchik · 11th house Needs attention: Vrishchik, its debilitation sign?

    The Moon in Vrishchik, your 11th (gains and friends), until Thursday 19 Jan, 3:18 PM: classically a favourable house, but the Moon is in Vrishchik, its debilitation sign, so its support is muted.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Thursday 19 Jan, 3:18 PM

  2. Mars? Vrishabh · 5th house Supports: reverse vedha: the Moon in your 11th?

    Mars in Vrishabh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 13 Mar, 5:03 AM: classically not a favourable house, but with the Moon in your 11th the texts reverse it (reverse vedha), so the texts count it supportive; classical reading: children's needs and health.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 13 Mar, 5:03 AM

  3. Saturn? Kumbh · 2nd house Needs attention: house not favourable; Kumbh, its own sign?

    Saturn in Kumbh, your 2nd (family, wealth and speech), until 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM: classically not a favourable house, but Kumbh is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: money matters.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM

For Makar, of the 4 slow planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu), 0 support and 4 need attention.

Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign

Makar in the Next 30 Days

Changes in the next 30 days, each with its house

Changes today

On 17 Jan, 6:04 PM: Saturn moves into Kumbh, your 2nd (family, wealth and speech). Classically not a favourable house, but Kumbh is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: money matters.

Wednesday 18 Jan, 6:43 PM: Mercury turns direct in Dhanu, your 12th.

Sunday 22 Jan, 3:54 PM: Venus moves into Kumbh, your 2nd (family, wealth and speech). Classically a favourable house; classical reading: money and family.

31 Jan, 2:59 AM: Saturn comes close to the Sun (combust) in Kumbh, your 2nd.

7 Feb, 7:29 AM: Mercury moves into Makar, your 1st (self and body). Classically not a favourable house; classical reading: money and advice.

13 Feb, 9:45 AM: the Sun moves into Kumbh, your 2nd (family, wealth and speech). Classically not a favourable house; classical reading: money and everyday comforts.

15 Feb, 8:02 PM: Venus moves into Meen, your 3rd (courage and siblings). Classically a favourable house; classical reading: prosperity and standing.

Makar Rashifal 2027: the whole year, month by month

Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign

Makar Rashifal for the Next Day, 18 Jan

Tomorrow (Wednesday 18 January): the Moon is in Vrishchik, your 11th (gains and friends) all day: classically a favourable house, but the Moon is in Vrishchik, its debilitation sign, so its support is muted.

Open the full rashifal for 18 Jan

Aaj ka Makar Rashifal · Capricorn Moon sign

About Makar Rashi: Lord Saturn, Nakshatras and Name Letters

Lord
SaturnBrihat Jataka 1.6; Saravali 3.11; Phaladeepika 1.6
Symbol
A makara, a sea creature with a deer's faceBrihat Jataka 1.5; Saravali 3.3–4
Kind
Chara (movable)Brihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.20–21; Phaladeepika 1.9
Odd or even
Even sign; female (stri)Brihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.20–21; Phaladeepika 1.9
Direction
SouthBrihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.22; Phaladeepika 1.9
Rising
Prishthodaya: rises back firstBrihat Jataka 1.10; Saravali 3.24; Jataka Parijata 1.14
Strength
By nightBrihat Jataka 1.10; Saravali 3.24; Phaladeepika 1.8
Body part in the astrological Kalapurusha symbolism
The kneesBrihat Jataka 1.4; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.4; Saravali 3.5–6; Phaladeepika 1.4
Span (sidereal)
270° to 300°Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Nakshatra padas
Uttara Ashadha 2–4; Shravana 1–4; Dhanishta 1–2Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Name letters (naam akshar)
Bho Ja Ji Khi Khu Khe Kho Ga GiThe avakahada table, checked against two published tables
Exalted, debilitated, moolatrikona
Mars is exalted (uchcha) in Makar and Jupiter debilitated (neecha).Brihat Jataka 1.13–14; Saravali 3.34–36; Phaladeepika 1.6–7

A name rashi is the janma rashi only when the name was chosen from the birth nakshatra's syllable. Each fact is given in at least two classical texts, and where the texts differ both readings are shown. Left out: the element (tattva), which only one of the texts we read gives (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4); and any colour, number or stone for a rashi, which none of them ties to good fortune.

Texts read for this page
  • Positions from NASA JPL data; Lahiri ayanamsa: the official definition (Rashtriya Panchang p.vii; Indian Astronomical Ephemeris p.378), mean ayanamsa; true node: Rashtriya Panchang (it prints both the true and the mean node; the true node is used here).
  • Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira: Sanskrit with English by M. D. Neely; English by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
  • Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra: English by R. Santhanam, with the Sanskrit text
  • Saravali of Kalyana Varma: English by R. Santhanam
  • Phaladeepika of Mantreswara: English by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
  • Jataka Parijata of Vaidyanatha: English by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
  • Hora Sara of Prithuyasas: English by R. Santhanam

Questions

Makar Rashi Questions

Who is the lord (swami) of Makar rashi?

Saturn, the lord of Makar, is in Makar on 17 Jan, the 1st house, Makar itself, until 6:04 PM. Saturn rules Makar in every classical text we read: Brihat Jataka 1.6, Saravali 3.11 and Phaladeepika 1.6. Saturn also rules Kumbh.

Which name letters (naam akshar) belong to Makar rashi?

On 17 Jan, the Moon is in Tula; its next stay in Makar runs from Saturday 21 Jan, 2:53 PM to Monday 23 Jan, 1:51 PM: a child born in those hours has Makar as janma rashi. Makar's nine name syllables, one for each nakshatra pada, are Bho, Ja, Ji (Uttara Ashadha 2–4); Khi, Khu, Khe, Kho (Shravana 1–4); Ga, Gi (Dhanishta 1–2). A name starting with one of them gives Makar as the name rashi, which matches the janma rashi only when the name was chosen from the birth nakshatra.

Which nakshatras are in Makar rashi?

On 17 Jan, the Moon is in Vishakha; its next pass through Makar begins in Uttara Ashadha pada 2, from Saturday 21 Jan, 2:53 PM. Makar covers 270° to 300° of the sidereal zodiac: Uttara Ashadha padas 2 to 4, all four padas of Shravana and Dhanishta padas 1 and 2, nine nakshatra padas in all, as every rashi has (Brihat Jataka 1.4, Hora Sara 1.13). If your rashi is Makar, your birth nakshatra is one of these.

What are Makar rashi people like?

They are described as steady and good-natured, well liked, with a gift for poetry and words; careful with money, fond of travel, unhurried in pace and not fond of the cold. The texts also give them fine eyes. These are the points that at least two of Brihat Jataka 17.10, Saravali 23.65 and Hora Sara 29.10 share. Brihat Jataka 17.13 adds that this picture holds in full only when the Moon, Makar and its lord Saturn are all strong in the birth chart, and Hora Sara 29.13 that a graha joining or aspecting the Moon changes it, so your own kundli says more than the rashi alone.

When do Sade Sati and Shani dhaiya start and end for Makar rashi?

Sade Sati is running for Makar on 17 Jan, in its second phase: Saturn is in Makar, the 1st house, Makar itself. It began on 26 Jan 2017 and ends with Saturn's final exit on 29 Mar 2025, with Saturn stepping out of it from 21 Jun 2017 to 26 Oct 2017. The next dhaiya (4th house) for Makar runs from 3 Jun 2027 to 17 Apr 2030, with Saturn stepping out of it from 20 Oct 2027 to 23 Feb 2028 and 8 Aug 2029 to 5 Oct 2029. Each span runs from Saturn's first entry to its final exit, with every pause shown, and is counted from the Moon sign as Phaladeepika 26.22–23 and Brihat Samhita 104 count it. Classically Sade Sati and dhaiya ask for steady effort and patience; neither is a fixed outcome.

When does the time change for Makar rashi?

Saturn moves into Kumbh on 6:04 PM, the 2nd house from Makar; Jupiter moves into Mesh on 22 Apr, 5:15 AM, the 4th house from Makar; Rahu moves into Meen and Ketu into Kanya on 29 Nov, 2:29 AM, the 3rd and 9th houses from Makar (true node; by the mean node many almanacs print, on 30 Oct). Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu–Ketu stay in a sign for many months, so their changes set the background for Makar, and each change above names the house it brings. The daily reading on this page weighs all nine grahas together, and no rashi has a good or a poor time as a whole.

What is Makar rashi in English?

On 17 Jan, at 6:30 AM, the Sun is in Capricorn 26°38′ by the tropical zodiac that birthday signs use, but in Makar 2°27′ by the sidereal zodiac of Vedic astrology. Makar is called Capricorn in English, yet a rashi is the Moon's sign at birth in the sidereal zodiac, not the birthday sign, so someone whose birthday makes them Capricorn need not have Makar rashi.

Aaj ka Rashifal

Rashifal for the Other 11 Rashis

All 12 rashis on one page

Words used on this page

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Sun
One of the nine grahas: the soul, standing and authority.
Moon
One of the nine grahas: the mind; it leads the day's reading.
Mars
One of the nine grahas: energy, courage and effort.
Mercury
One of the nine grahas: speech, learning and trade.
Jupiter
One of the nine grahas: wisdom, children and growth.
Venus
One of the nine grahas: comfort, relationships and the arts.
Saturn
One of the nine grahas: duty, patience and steady work.
Rahu
One of the nine grahas: the Moon's north node, a shadow graha.
Ketu
One of the nine grahas: the Moon's south node, always opposite Rahu.
Gochar (transit)
The movement of the grahas through the signs, read from your Moon sign (Phaladeepika 26.1).
House (bhava)
The count of signs from your Moon sign; the Moon sign itself is the 1st.
Reverse vedha (vama vedha)
A transit that asks for patience is counted supportive while another graha sits in its paired favourable house (Muhurta Chintamani 4.4; Narada Samhita 12.8).
The Moon's company
The grahas in the Moon's sign; the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu there are considered to reduce a supportive Moon's support (Muhurta Chintamani 4.7; Brihat Samhita 104.56).
Chandrabala
The Moon's strength as read from your Moon sign: houses 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 are considered good (Muhurta Chintamani 4.1; Phaladeepika 26.2; Brihat Samhita 104.4).
Tarabala
The strength of the day's nakshatra as read in Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12, counted from your birth nakshatra in groups of nine.
Sade Sati
Saturn's passage through the 12th, 1st and 2nd from your Moon sign, about seven and a half years; the name is common these days and many panchangs give it; the houses are in Phaladeepika 26.22–23.
Retrograde (vakri)
Seen from Earth the graha appears to move backwards; shown as a fact only, as the texts differ on its meaning in transit.
Direct (margi)
The graha moves forward again after a retrograde spell.
Felt most
The third of a sign in which a graha's transit is classically felt most: the Sun and Mars the first, Jupiter and Venus the middle, the Moon and Saturn the last (Phaladeepika 26.25; Muhurta Chintamani 4.19).
Mean-node reckoning
Rahu and Ketu by their average motion, which many almanacs print; its dates can differ from the true node by days.
Texts differ
The classical texts read this placement differently; we follow most of them and name the text that differs.
Panchang windows in your Chandrabala
Abhijit, Amrit Kalam, Brahma Muhurta, Vijaya or a Labh, Shubh or Amrit choghadiya, clear of Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Dur Muhurtam, Varjyam and Bhadra, inside the hours when the Moon is in the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th or 11th from your Moon sign.
Debilitated (neecha)
The sign opposite its exaltation, where a graha is considered weakest in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 3.
Own sign (swarashi)
A sign the graha rules (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 3).
Work and Money
Our grouping: read from the 10th, 6th, 3rd, 11th, 2nd and 12th houses from your Moon sign, whose meanings name this area (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 11).
Love and Family
Our grouping: read from the 7th, 4th and 2nd houses from your Moon sign, whose meanings name this area (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 11).
Health
Our grouping: read from the 1st and 6th houses from your Moon sign, whose meanings name this area (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 11).
What supports
A graha in a house the texts count favourable, with nothing holding it back, or counted supportive by reverse vedha (Muhurta Chintamani 4.4).
Points that call for patience
Every other graha, each with the fact that puts it there: a house the texts do not count favourable, vedha, a debilitation or unfriendly sign, combustion, its own or exaltation sign in an unfavourable house, the Moon's company, or Chandrashtama.
House meaning
What each house stands for (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 11): 1 self and body, 2 family, wealth and speech, 3 courage and siblings, 4 mother, home and happiness, 5 children, education and intelligence, 6 health, work and competition, 7 marriage and partnership, 8 research and hidden matters, 9 fortune, dharma and father, 10 career and karma, 11 gains and friends, 12 expenses, foreign lands and moksha.

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