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Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Mesh Rashifal for Saturday 22 July 2023: Aries Moon Sign

Saturday 22 July 2023

The Stars of Mesh, with the Moon and Planets on 22 Jul

MeenMeshVrishabhRevatiAshwiniBharaniKrittikaEclipticEastWestRevati: ζ PisciumAshwini: SheratanBharani: 35 ArietisHamalAlgolMenkarRahuJupiter

At 12:00 PM, the Moon is in Singh, outside this map; its next stay in Mesh runs from 7 Aug, 1:44 AM to 9 Aug, 7:43 AM. Also on this map: Jupiter in Mesh and Rahu in Mesh.

Mesh as the 1st House: Where All Nine Grahas Are on 22 Jul

1Ju 18°Ra 4°234Su 5°Me 25°5Mo 24°Ma 13°Ve 4°67Ke 4°891011Sa 12°R12

Every house is counted from Mesh, so this chart is Mesh'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.

Mesh on 22 Jul: the Moon is in your 5th (children, education and intelligence) until 11:42 PM (Needs attention: house not favourable; reverse vedha: Jupiter in your 1st; the Moon with Mars); 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 Mesh'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
  • Revati 346°40′ to 360°00′ Yogatara: Revati (ζ Piscium). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807.
  • Ashwini 0°00′ to 13°20′ Yogatara: Sheratan (β Arietis). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955 and Pingree and Morrissey 1989. Colebrooke 1807 reads it as α Arietis.
  • Bharani 13°20′ to 26°40′ Yogatara: 35 Arietis. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860 and Pingree and Morrissey 1989. Calendar Reform Committee 1955 reads it as 41 Arietis.
  • Krittika 26°40′ to 40°00′ Yogatara: Alcyone (η Tauri) · outside this map. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807.

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 Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign · Saturday 22 July 2023

Mesh Rashifal for 22 Jul: Work, Love and Health

Aaj ka Mesh rashifal, read from your Moon sign. Mesh (मेष) is the 1st rashi, 0° to 30° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Mars, and it holds all four padas of Ashwini, all four padas of Bharani and Krittika pada 1. In English it is called Aries, 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 Mesh 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).

Mars in Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 18 Aug, 3:54 PM: classically not a favourable house, but with Saturn in your 11th the texts reverse it (reverse vedha), so the texts count it supportive; classical reading: children's needs and health.

The Moon in Singh, your 5th, until 11:42 PM: classically not a favourable house, but with Jupiter in your 1st the texts reverse it (reverse vedha), and it shares Singh with Mars, so its support is muted; classical reading: slow progress in work.

The Sun in Kark, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until 17 Aug, 1:33 PM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: health and home comforts.

Mercury in Kark, your 4th, until Tuesday 25 Jul, 4:32 AM: classically a favourable house, but Mercury is in Kark, whose lord the Moon is not its natural friend, so its support is muted; classical reading: gains and a growing family.

Jupiter in Mesh, your 1st (self and body), until 1 May 2024, 1:00 PM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: a change of place, money and friction.

Venus in Singh, your 5th, until 7 Aug, 11:02 AM: classically a favourable house, but Venus is in Singh, whose lord the Sun is not its natural friend, so its support is muted; classical reading: children and happiness.

Saturn in Kumbh, your 11th (gains and friends), until 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM: classically a favourable house, but the Moon, Mars and Venus in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back; classical reading: gains.

Rahu in Mesh, your 1st, until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: strain.

Ketu in Tula, your 7th (marriage and partnership), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house.

The day changes at 11:42 PM, when the Moon moves into Kanya; both parts are shown.

Work, Love and Health

Work and Money?

Work and Money: Saturn needs attention.

Saturn in Kumbh, your 11th (gains and friends), until 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM: classically favourable for gains, but the Moon, Mars and Venus in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back.

Love and Family?

Love and Family: Ketu, the Sun and Mercury need attention.

Ketu in Tula, your 7th (marriage and partnership), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; the texts name no separate result of it for love and family.

The Sun in Kark, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until 17 Aug, 1:33 PM: classically not favourable for home comforts.

Mercury in Kark, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until Tuesday 25 Jul, 4:32 AM: classically favourable for a growing family, but Mercury is in Kark, whose lord the Moon is not its natural friend, so its support is muted.

Health?

Health: Jupiter and Rahu need attention.

Jupiter in Mesh, your 1st (self and body), until 1 May 2024, 1:00 PM: classically not a favourable house; the texts name no separate result of it for health.

Rahu in Mesh, your 1st (self and body), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not favourable for energy.

Moon Strength for Mesh on 22 Jul

Chandrabala, Chandrashtama and Tarabala

Until 11:42 PM (since Thursday 20 Jul, 10:55 AM): the Moon in Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence); no Chandrabala from this house.

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

From 11:42 PM until Tuesday 25 Jul, 11:13 AM: the Moon in Kanya, your 6th (health, work and competition); Chandrabala present.

Until 11:42 PM: the Moon in Singh, your 5th, in the bright half (Shukla paksha); classically the bright-half Moon is supportive here, but the Sun in your 4th holds it back, so its support is held back on 22 Jul.

Until 11:42 PM the Moon shares Singh with Mars and Venus.

Next Chandrashtama for Mesh: from Thursday 27 Jul, 7:28 PM to 29 Jul, 11:35 PM.

Tarabala for the nakshatras of Mesh

Ashwini (padas 1–4): Sampat Tara until 4:58 PM: counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12).

Ashwini (padas 1–4): Vipat Tara from 4:58 PM: in the second round of nine, only one quarter of it is set aside (Muhurta Chintamani 4.13: Vipat its first, Pratyari its last, Vadha its third), so it is not in the favourable grade; in the common panchang table it is not chosen for new work.

Bharani (padas 1–4): Janma Tara until 4:58 PM: the birth nakshatra again, in round 2 of nine: allowed, but not in the favourable grade (Muhurta Chintamani 4.13); in the common panchang table it is not chosen for new work.

Bharani (padas 1–4): Sampat Tara from 4:58 PM: counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12).

Krittika (pada 1): Atimitra Tara until 4:58 PM: counted favourable for new work (Muhurta Chintamani 4.11–12).

Krittika (pada 1): Janma Tara from 4:58 PM: the birth nakshatra again, in round 2 of nine: allowed, but not in the favourable grade (Muhurta Chintamani 4.13); in the common panchang table it is not chosen for new work.

Your Supportive Hours in Delhi

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

From 10:45 AM to 11:34 AM: Amrit Kalam, within the hours when your Chandrabala is considered good.

From 12:00 PM to 12:55 PM: Abhijit Muhurta, within the hours when your Chandrabala is considered good.

From 3:53 PM to 5:35 PM: a good choghadiya, within the hours when your Chandrabala is considered good.

From 9:53 PM to Sunday 23 Jul, 12:00 AM: a good choghadiya, 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 10:45 AM to 11:34 AM · from 12:00 PM to 12:55 PM · from 3:53 PM to 5:35 PM · from 9:53 PM to Sunday 23 Jul, 12:00 AM

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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 Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Sade Sati and Shani Dhaiya for Mesh: 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.

No Sade Sati or dhaiya for Mesh now: Saturn is in Kumbh, your 11th, until 29 Mar 2025. The next, Sade Sati, runs from 29 Mar 2025 to 31 May 2032.

The next Sade Sati for Mesh begins on 29 Mar 2025 and ends with Saturn's final exit on 31 May 2032.

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 Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Why: Each Graha's House from Mesh

Each graha, with its rule · until 11:42 PM

  1. Sun? Kark · 4th house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    The Sun in Kark, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until 17 Aug, 1:33 PM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: health and home comforts.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 17 Aug, 1:33 PM

  2. Moon? Singh · 5th house Needs attention: house not favourable; reverse vedha: Jupiter in your 1st; the Moon with Mars?

    The Moon in Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 11:42 PM: classically not a favourable house, but with Jupiter in your 1st the texts reverse it (reverse vedha), and it shares Singh with Mars, so its support is muted; classical reading: slow progress in work.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 11:42 PM

  3. Mars? Singh · 5th house Supports: reverse vedha: Saturn in your 11th?

    Mars in Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 18 Aug, 3:54 PM: classically not a favourable house, but with Saturn 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: 18 Aug, 3:54 PM

  4. Mercury? Kark · 4th house Needs attention: Kark, an unfriendly sign?

    Mercury in Kark, your 4th (mother, home and happiness), until Tuesday 25 Jul, 4:32 AM: classically a favourable house, but Mercury is in Kark, whose lord the Moon is not its natural friend, so its support is muted; classical reading: gains and a growing family.

    Classical: favourable by most texts · In this sign until: Tuesday 25 Jul, 4:32 AM

  5. Jupiter? Mesh · 1st house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    Jupiter in Mesh, your 1st (self and body), until 1 May 2024, 1:00 PM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: a change of place, money and friction.

    Classical: not favourable · In this sign until: 1 May 2024, 1:00 PM

  6. Venus? Singh · 5th house Needs attention: Singh, an unfriendly sign?

    Venus in Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence), until 7 Aug, 11:02 AM: classically a favourable house, but Venus is in Singh, whose lord the Sun is not its natural friend, so its support is muted; classical reading: children and happiness.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 7 Aug, 11:02 AM

  7. Saturn? Kumbh · 11th house Needs attention: vedha: the Moon, Mars and Venus in your 5th?

    Saturn in Kumbh, your 11th (gains and friends), until 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM: classically a favourable house, but the Moon, Mars and Venus in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back; classical reading: gains.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM

  8. Rahu? Mesh · 1st house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    Rahu in Mesh, your 1st (self and body), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house; classical reading: strain.

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

  9. Ketu? Tula · 7th house Needs attention: house not favourable?

    Ketu in Tula, your 7th (marriage and partnership), until 29 Nov, 2:29 AM: classically not a favourable house.

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

The other part of the day: from 11:42 PM
  1. Moon? Kanya · 6th house Supports?

    The Moon in Kanya, your 6th (health, work and competition), until Tuesday 25 Jul, 11:13 AM: classically a favourable house; classical reading: money and good health, with an edge in competition.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Tuesday 25 Jul, 11:13 AM

  2. Saturn? Kumbh · 11th house Needs attention: vedha: Mars and Venus in your 5th?

    Saturn in Kumbh, your 11th (gains and friends), until 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM: classically a favourable house, but Mars and Venus in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back; classical reading: gains.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM

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

Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Mesh in the Next 30 Days

Changes in the next 30 days, each with its house

Sunday 23 Jul, 7:02 AM: Venus turns retrograde in Singh, your 5th.

Tuesday 25 Jul, 4:32 AM: Mercury moves into Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence). Classically not a favourable house; classical reading: friction at home.

4 Aug, 3:01 PM: Venus comes close to the Sun (combust) in Singh, your 5th.

7 Aug, 11:02 AM: Venus moves into Kark, your 4th (mother, home and happiness). Classically a favourable house, but Venus is in Kark, whose lord the Moon is not its natural friend, and Venus is close to the Sun (combust), so its support is muted; classical reading: friends and happiness.

17 Aug, 1:33 PM: the Sun moves into Singh, your 5th (children, education and intelligence). Classically not a favourable house, but Singh is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you; classical reading: health and rest.

18 Aug, 2:02 AM: Venus moves out of combustion in Kark, your 4th.

18 Aug, 3:54 PM: Mars moves into Kanya, your 6th (health, work and competition). Classically a favourable house, but Mars is in Kanya, whose lord Mercury is not its natural friend, so its support is muted; classical reading: disputes settling, good health and gains.

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Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Mesh Rashifal for the Next Day, 23 Jul

Tomorrow (Sunday 23 July): the Moon is in Kanya, your 6th (health, work and competition) all day: classically a favourable house; classical reading: money and good health, with an edge in competition.

Open the full rashifal for 23 Jul

Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

About Mesh Rashi: Lord Mars, Nakshatras and Name Letters

Lord
MarsBrihat Jataka 1.6; Saravali 3.11; Phaladeepika 1.6
Symbol
A ramBrihat Jataka 1.5; Saravali 3.3–4
Kind
Chara (movable)Brihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.20–21; Phaladeepika 1.9
Odd or even
Odd sign; male (purusha)Brihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.20–21; Phaladeepika 1.9
Direction
EastBrihat 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 headBrihat Jataka 1.4; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.4; Saravali 3.5–6; Phaladeepika 1.4
Span (sidereal)
0° to 30°Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Nakshatra padas
Ashwini 1–4; Bharani 1–4; Krittika 1Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Name letters (naam akshar)
Chu Che Cho La Li Lu Le Lo AThe avakahada table, checked against two published tables
Exalted, debilitated, moolatrikona
The Sun is exalted (uchcha) in Mesh and Saturn debilitated (neecha); Mesh is also Mars's moolatrikona sign.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

Mesh Rashi Questions

Who is the lord (swami) of Mesh rashi?

Mars, the lord of Mesh, is in Singh on 22 Jul, the 5th house from Mesh, until 18 Aug, 3:54 PM. Mars rules Mesh in every classical text we read: Brihat Jataka 1.6, Saravali 3.11 and Phaladeepika 1.6. Mars also rules Vrishchik.

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

On 22 Jul, the Moon is in Singh; its next stay in Mesh runs from 7 Aug, 1:44 AM to 9 Aug, 7:43 AM: a child born in those hours has Mesh as janma rashi. Mesh's nine name syllables, one for each nakshatra pada, are Chu, Che, Cho, La (Ashwini 1–4); Li, Lu, Le, Lo (Bharani 1–4); A (Krittika 1). A name starting with one of them gives Mesh as the name rashi, which matches the janma rashi only when the name was chosen from the birth nakshatra.

Which nakshatras are in Mesh rashi?

On 22 Jul, the Moon is in Purva Phalguni; its next pass through Mesh begins in Ashwini pada 1, from 7 Aug, 1:44 AM. Mesh covers 0° to 30° of the sidereal zodiac: all four padas of Ashwini, all four padas of Bharani and Krittika pada 1, nine nakshatra padas in all, as every rashi has (Brihat Jataka 1.4, Hora Sara 1.13). If your rashi is Mesh, your birth nakshatra is one of these.

What are Mesh rashi people like?

They are described as courageous and self-respecting, with a quick, restless energy that likes to keep moving; friendly and well liked, light eaters, with round eyes. These are the points that at least two of Brihat Jataka 17.1, Saravali 23.1 and Hora Sara 29.1 share. Brihat Jataka 17.13 adds that this picture holds in full only when the Moon, Mesh and its lord Mars 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 Mesh rashi?

Neither Sade Sati nor dhaiya is running for Mesh on 22 Jul: Saturn is in Kumbh, the 11th house from Mesh. The next Sade Sati for Mesh begins on 29 Mar 2025 and ends with Saturn's final exit on 31 May 2032. 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 Mesh rashi?

Rahu moves into Meen and Ketu into Kanya on 29 Nov, 2:29 AM, the 12th and 6th houses from Mesh (true node; by the mean node many almanacs print, on 30 Oct); Jupiter moves into Vrishabh on 1 May 2024, 1:00 PM, the 2nd house from Mesh; Saturn moves into Meen on 29 Mar 2025, 9:45 PM, the 12th house from Mesh. Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu–Ketu stay in a sign for many months, so their changes set the background for Mesh, 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 Mesh rashi in English?

On 22 Jul, at 11:51 AM, the Sun is in Cancer 29°14′ by the tropical zodiac that birthday signs use, but in Kark 5°02′ by the sidereal zodiac of Vedic astrology. Mesh is called Aries 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 Aries need not have Mesh rashi.

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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.
Vedha (obstruction)
In Phaladeepika 26.3–8, a favourable transit is considered held back while another graha is in its paired house.
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).
Bright half (Shukla paksha)
The fortnight after the new moon up to the full moon; the Moon is also considered supportive in the 2nd, 5th and 9th houses (Muhurta Chintamani 4.4; Narada Samhita 13.2).
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.
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.
Combust (asta)
Sun's glare; support in a favourable house is considered muted (Phaladeepika 26.32). Jupiter and Venus: not seen from India's reference latitude, 23°11′N (Indian Astronomical Ephemeris); Mars, Mercury and Saturn: angular distances (Surya Siddhanta 9.6–9.8).
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.
Own sign (swarashi)
A sign the graha rules (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 3).
Unfriendly sign
A sign whose lord the graha naturally counts as hostile (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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Your rashi is the start. Your janampatrika tells the rest.

A rashifal reads the day for everyone born under one Moon sign. Your janampatrika reads it for you alone: your lagna, your dasha and every graha in its house.

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