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Yogas in Vedic astrology
The named planetary combinations of the classical texts, how each one forms, and what it is said to give.
A yoga is a combination of planets, signs and houses that the classical texts say produces a particular result. There are hundreds; these are the ones people ask about most. Our free kundli finds all of them in your chart.
| Yoga | How it forms |
|---|---|
| Pancha Mahapurusha yogas | Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn is in its own sign or its exaltation sign, and in an angle (1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) from the ascendant |
| Gajakesari yoga | Jupiter is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house counted from the Moon |
| Budha-Aditya yoga | The Sun and Mercury are in the same sign |
| Chandra-Mangala yoga | The Moon and Mars are in the same sign (some authors add mutual aspect) |
| Sunapha, Anapha and Durudhara yogas | A planet (not the Sun, Rahu or Ketu) in the 2nd house from the Moon |
| Kemadruma yoga | No planet (leaving out the Sun, Rahu and Ketu) is in the 2nd or 12th house from the Moon |
| Adhi yoga | Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are in the 6th, 7th or 8th houses from the Moon |
| Amala yoga | Only natural benefics occupy the 10th house from the ascendant or from the Moon |
| Raja yoga | The lord of an angle (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) and the lord of a trine (1st, 5th, 9th) are together, exchange signs or aspect each other |
| Dhana yoga | The lords of the 2nd and 11th houses (wealth and gains) are linked with the lords of the 5th and 9th (fortune) by conjunction, exchange or mutual aspect |
| Viparita raja yoga | The lord of the 6th house in the 6th, 8th or 12th |
| Neecha bhanga raja yoga | A planet is debilitated, and the lord of that sign, or the planet exalted in that sign, is in an angle from the ascendant or from the Moon |
For a gentler introduction, read chapter 10 of our course. The parivartana yoga sutra covers exchanges of signs.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Pancha Mahapurusha, raja, dhana, Sunapha, Anapha, Durudhara and Kemadruma yogas) and Phaladeepika (Gajakesari, Adhi, Amala, neecha bhanga and the viparita yogas). The results are summarised in our own words. A yoga gives its result in proportion to the strength of the planets forming it, and mainly in their dashas.