How to Read Your Birth Chart

A Vedic birth chart (kundli) is a map of the sky at the moment and place of your birth. Reading it starts with a few foundational placements.

The big three in Jyotish

1. Lagna (Ascendant)

Your rising sign shows how you meet the world — temperament, physical presence, and the lens through which you experience life. Lagna is calculated to the exact minute of birth.

2. Chandra Rashi (Moon sign)

In Vedic astrology, the moon sign is often considered more important than the sun sign. The Moon moves quickly (roughly 2.5 days per sign), so it reflects emotional patterns, mind, and inner nature.

3. Nakshatra (Birth star)

There are 27 nakshatras, each spanning 13°20’ of the zodiac. Your birth nakshatra reveals innate qualities, spiritual themes, and compatibility patterns.

The twelve bhavas (houses)

Each house governs a life area:

House	Domain
1st	Self, body, personality
2nd	Wealth, speech, family
4th	Home, mother, inner peace
7th	Partnership, marriage
10th	Career, public life, dharma
12th	Spirituality, losses, liberation

Planetary grahas

The nine grahas — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu — occupy signs and houses in your chart. Their strength, aspects, and dasha periods shape how themes unfold over time.

Try it yourself

• Use the Moon Sign Calculator to find your Chandra Rashi
• Continue with the Vedic basics learning path for a deeper chart walkthrough
• Explore sidereal vs tropical zodiac and the full Vedic basics series
• Open Vyom for a full interactive chart with Uttara AI explanations — see the Vyom app guide