The Astrolium Vedic yoga calculator detects Raja yogas, Dhana yogas, Gajakesari, Neecha Bhanga, Amala, and Pancha Mahapurusha combinations in your sidereal kundli, with a 0 to 100 strength score for each. Free, no signup.
A Vedic yoga is a specific planetary combination that produces a defined result in the kundli. Classical Jyotish texts catalogue several hundred named yogas, and most charts show between 4 and 20 active combinations at varying strengths. The calculator scans against seven classical categories and returns each detected yoga with the planets involved, the condition that triggered detection, and the strength score.
What the calculator returns
The result groups yogas by category and ranks them by strength within each group. For every yoga you get the planets and houses involved, the condition that triggered detection, a positive themes list, a challenges list, and the classical interpretation. The hero summary shows total yoga count, breakdown of auspicious versus mixed versus challenging combinations, and the dominant category in your chart.
The detection runs against the sidereal kundli with Lahiri ayanamsha by default. Whole-sign houses are used for the yoga relationships, following standard Jyotish practice.
Raja yoga in astrology
Raja yoga is the headline status combination in Vedic astrology. The classical definition requires a relationship between a kendra lord (lord of the 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th house) and a trikona lord (lord of the 1st, 5th, or 9th house). The relationship can be formed three ways:
- Mutual aspect between the two lords
- Conjunction in any house
- Parivartana (exchange of signs) where each sits in the other's sign
Most kundlis contain at least one raja yoga, because the chart has many lord pairs and only one combination needs to qualify. The strength of the planets decides the scale. A raja yoga formed by Jupiter and Venus in dignified signs reads as wide recognition; the same yoga formed by debilitated planets in cadent houses reads as local or partial.
The 9th lord placed in the 10th, the 10th lord in the 9th, or the 9th and 10th lords conjunct anywhere are the textbook raja yoga cases. The 5th and 9th lord combination is the second most common. The calculator flags each detected raja yoga with the lord pair, the house position, and the dignity score.
Vipreet raja yoga is a special case. It forms when the lords of the 6th, 8th, and 12th (the dusthana houses) sit in each other's signs or in mutual aspect. The reversal of difficulty becomes recognition; a fully formed vipreet raja yoga often produces success after hardship.
Dhana yoga: wealth combinations
Dhana yogas are wealth-forming combinations built on relationships between the lords of the 2nd, 5th, 9th, and 11th houses. Each of those houses contributes a different layer of wealth:
- 2nd house: accumulated wealth, family fortune, food and resources
- 5th house: speculative luck, intelligence-driven gains, inheritance from prior karma
- 9th house: fortune, dharma, gains from teaching or higher pursuits
- 11th house: regular income, gains from work, large-scale earnings
When two or more of these lords combine, whether by conjunction, aspect, exchange, or one placed in the other's house, the chart shows multiple income streams or significant accumulation across the lifetime. The 2nd-11th lord combination is the most common dhana yoga; the 5th-9th lord combination is the karma-rich version that builds wealth from prior life merit.
Dhana yogas are graded by the dignity of the lords involved and by aspects from natural benefics. A dhana yoga involving exalted Jupiter is stronger than one involving debilitated Mercury. The calculator scores each combination on the 0 to 100 scale.
Gajakesari yoga
Gajakesari yoga forms when Jupiter sits in a kendra from the Moon, meaning the 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th house counted from the Moon's sign. The name combines gaja (elephant) and kesari (lion), evoking the steady power of an elephant and the strength of a lion together. The yoga indicates intelligence, recognition, wealth, longevity, and respect in public life.
The strength of Gajakesari depends on three factors:
- Jupiter's dignity. Jupiter exalted in Cancer or in own sign (Sagittarius, Pisces) produces a textbook Gajakesari. Jupiter in debility (Capricorn) weakens the yoga substantially.
- The Moon's paksha bala. The Moon is strongest when full (Purnima) and weakest when new (Amavasya). A waxing Moon supports the yoga.
- Aspects from malefics. Mars, Saturn, Rahu, or Ketu aspects on Jupiter or the Moon can dilute the yoga's expression.
A fully formed Gajakesari with exalted Jupiter and a strong waxing Moon, free from malefic aspects, is one of the most reliable fortune signatures in Jyotish.
Neecha Bhanga raja yoga
Neecha Bhanga is the cancellation of debilitation. When a planet sits in its sign of debility but specific cancellation conditions are met, the debilitation is reversed and the planet often produces results stronger than if it had been merely dignified. The reversal can form a raja yoga of unusual force.
The classical cancellation conditions, drawn from Parashara:
- The lord of the sign where the planet is debilitated sits in a kendra from the Moon or the Lagna
- The planet that exalts in the same sign as the debilitation sits in a kendra from the Moon or Lagna
- Mutual debilitation between two planets (each sits in the other's debility sign)
- The planet is aspected by its exaltation lord or by the lord of its debility sign
When two or more conditions hold, the cancellation is considered complete. The resulting raja yoga reads as success born from initial difficulty: the chart starts low, reverses through structural support, and reaches recognition. The calculator flags each Neecha Bhanga case with the specific cancellation conditions met.
Amala yoga
Amala yoga forms when a benefic planet sits in the 10th house from either the Moon or the Lagna. The qualifying benefics are Jupiter, Venus, and unafflicted Mercury (Mercury aspected by or conjunct a benefic is considered unafflicted). The name amala means pure or spotless.
The yoga indicates clean reputation, professional respect, and good karma in public life that persists across the lifetime. The 10th house governs career, public role, and reputation; a strong benefic there shapes how the world receives the native's work.
Amala yoga strength depends on the benefic's dignity, the absence of malefic aspects on the 10th house, and the strength of the 10th lord itself. Jupiter in own sign in the 10th from the Moon, free from Saturn or Mars aspects, is the textbook Amala configuration. The calculator measures each condition and returns the composite strength score.
Pancha Mahapurusha: the five great-person yogas
The five great-person yogas form when one of the five non-luminary classical planets sits in its own sign or exaltation in a kendra house. Each produces a named yoga with a distinctive life signature:
- Ruchaka Yoga: Mars in Aries, Scorpio, or Capricorn in a kendra. Warriors, surgeons, athletes, military leaders.
- Bhadra Yoga: Mercury in Gemini or Virgo in a kendra. Writers, traders, intellectuals.
- Hamsa Yoga: Jupiter in Sagittarius, Pisces, or Cancer in a kendra. Teachers, philosophers, judges.
- Malavya Yoga: Venus in Taurus, Libra, or Pisces in a kendra. Artists, diplomats, hospitality figures.
- Sasa Yoga: Saturn in Capricorn, Aquarius, or Libra in a kendra. Administrators, builders, those who succeed through discipline.
These five yogas are rare. Most charts show none; a chart with one is considered fortunate; two is unusual.
When to use the calculator
Run a yoga analysis when you want a quick map of what is distinctive about a chart. A planetary positions table tells you where things sit; a yoga analysis tells you what those positions add up to. The technique is especially useful for:
- Reading a stranger's chart: the dominant yoga category gives you the chart's signature in 30 seconds, before you check dashas or transits.
- Confirming a pattern: when you notice a kendra-trikona connection and want to verify whether it qualifies as a named Raja yoga.
- Career counselling: Pancha Mahapurusha and Raja yoga results map to professional domains.
- Wealth and timing questions: the Dhana yoga count and strength gives a baseline expectation for material outcomes.
For the full kundli, including planetary positions, nakshatras, and dasha timeline, use the Vedic birth chart calculator. For the deepest karmic layer, see the Vedic astrology guide.