Yoga Calculator

Deluxe Astrology scans your birth chart against 20+ classical yoga definitions from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, rating each detected yoga by strength and noting whether the forming planets are dignified, exalted, or debilitated.

What Are Yogas in Vedic Astrology?

Yogas are specific planetary combinations described in classical Vedic texts like Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika. When planets align in particular house-sign-aspect patterns, they create amplified effects, both positive and challenging, that shape a person's life trajectory in ways no single planet can produce alone. A yoga's promise ripens during the Dasha periods of the planets that form it, and its strength depends on each planet's Shadbala score.

Raja Yoga forms when lords of Kendra houses (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) combine with lords of Trikona houses (1st, 5th, 9th) through conjunction, mutual aspect, or exchange. This is the most sought-after yoga, indicating power, authority, and worldly success. Pancha Mahapurusha Yogas occur when Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, or Saturn occupy their own or exaltation sign in a Kendra, producing Ruchaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Hamsa (Jupiter), Malavya (Venus), or Sasa (Saturn) yoga respectively.

Gajakesari Yoga (Jupiter in Kendra from Moon) indicates wisdom, wealth, and lasting reputation; because it is measured from the Moon, your Moon Nakshatra colors how it expresses. Dhana Yoga (lords of 2nd, 5th, 9th, 11th houses connected) signals financial prosperity, which you can cross-check against the Hora chart (D2). Our calculator detects 20+ yogas from your birth chart and shows exactly which planets and houses create them.