Our methods and sources
Every result here is calculated the way Indian tradition calculates it, following the classical texts below, and checked against published panchangs. This page shows exactly what we follow for each reading, and what we never do.
The Moon, Sun and planets are worked out from astronomical formulas (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms), in the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa: the standard India's Calendar Reform Committee adopted in 1955, which Indian panchangs use.
We test our numbers against Shubh Panchang, Drik Panchang and Prokerala's worked examples. For example, our Moon enters Mithun within minutes of 10:06 pm on 29 October 2026, the time Shubh Panchang gives. Every planet stays within a few arcminutes of an independent astronomy library from 2000 to 2035.
Each paid report shows how it was worked out (the numbers, the kootas, the dasha, the nakshatra pada), so you or your family pandit can check every step.
Muhurta Chintamaniमुहूर्त चिन्तामणि
Daivajna Rama. The eight kootas of marriage matching, in its chapter on vivaha.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastraबृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र
The nakshatras and the natural friendship of the grahas (Graha Maitri).
✓ Checked: the Vashya and Gana tables as published by OnlineJyotish, and our total against Prokerala's worked example.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastraबृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र
Attributed to Maharishi Parashara. The nakshatras, the Vimshottari dasha and its periods.
Phaladeepikaफलदीपिका
Mantreswara. The houses from the Moon sign where each graha is traditionally favourable in transit.
✓ Checked: Moon sign and nakshatra change times against Shubh Panchang; widely published transits (Saturn into Meen, 29 March 2025); every planet against an independent astronomy library, 2000–2035.
Cheiro's Book of NumbersCheiro · 1926
The Chaldean letter values for names, the system most Indian numerologists use.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastraबृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र
Natural friendship of the grahas, with Rahu read as Saturn and Ketu as Mars (शनिवद् राहु, कुजवद् केतु).
The Avakahada chakraअवकहडा चक्र
The naming syllables of the 108 padas, as printed in Indian panchangs. Where panchangs differ (Shravana, and the last pada of Uttara Bhadrapada), we show both.
Cheiro's Book of NumbersCheiro · 1926
The Chaldean letter values.
✓ Checked: all 108 syllables against two published nakshatra letter tables.
Samudrika Shastraसामुद्रिक शास्त्र
The Indian tradition of reading the body and the lines of the hand (hasta rekha).
Cheiro's Language of the HandCheiro · 1894
The classic guide to the heart, head, life and fate lines.
The Pictorial Key to the TarotA. E. Waite · 1910
The traditional meanings of the Rider–Waite–Smith cards (1909).
Usui ReikiMikao Usui · Japan, 1922
Self-treatment with the hands, the root of every Reiki lineage.
Ṣaṭ-cakra-nirūpaṇaषट्चक्र निरूपण · 1577
The classical description of the chakras, known in English through Arthur Avalon's The Serpent Power (1919).
Gayatri mantraऋग्वेद ३.६२.१०
Rigveda 3.62.10.
Om Namah Shivayaश्री रुद्रम्
From the Shri Rudram, Krishna Yajurveda (Taittiriya Samhita 4.5).
Om Gam Ganapataye Namahगणपति अथर्वशीर्ष
The seed syllable "gam" of the Ganapati Atharvashirsha.
Every reading on this site follows one or more of these. Where a reading uses a modern standard, it's named too.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastraबृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र
Nakshatras, Vimshottari dasha, Graha Maitri. Kundli Milan, forecast, numerology.
Muhurta Chintamaniमुहूर्त चिन्तामणि
The eight kootas of marriage matching. Kundli Milan.
Phaladeepikaफलदीपिका
Gochar, transits from the Moon sign. Horoscope and forecast.
The Avakahada chakraअवकहडा चक्र
Naming syllables of the 108 padas. Baby naming letter.
Samudrika Shastraसामुद्रिक शास्त्र
Reading the hand. Palm reading.
Ṣaṭ-cakra-nirūpaṇaषट्चक्र निरूपण
The chakras. Self-Reiki.
Rigveda and Krishna Yajurvedaऋग्वेद · कृष्ण यजुर्वेद
The Gayatri mantra and the Shri Rudram. Mantras.
Cheiro's Book of Numbers · Language of the Hand1926 · 1894
Chaldean letter values; the lines of the hand.
The Pictorial Key to the TarotA. E. Waite · 1910
Rider–Waite–Smith card meanings. Tarot.
Astronomical AlgorithmsJean Meeus
Sun and Moon positions, with the Lahiri ayanamsa (India's Calendar Reform Committee, 1955).
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