Vedic astrology

Doshas in Vedic Astrology

A "dosha" is a planetary affliction in the birth chart — and most are far more feared than they deserve. Here is what the major doshas actually mean, how they are cancelled, and what genuinely helps. No fear-selling: a dosha only matters in the context of your whole chart.

Marriage

Mangal DoshaManglik / Kuja / Angarak DoshaThe "Manglik" marriage affliction — the most talked-about (and most over-feared) dosha of all.

Saturn

Sade SatiShani's 7.5-year Saturn cycleSaturn’s famous 7½-year passage over the Moon — a testing but deeply maturing life phase.Shani DhaiyaDhaiya / Kantaka Shani / Ashtama ShaniSaturn’s "little panoti" — the 2½-year transit through the 4th or 8th from the Moon.

Karmic

Kaal Sarp DoshaKaal Sarp YogaWhen every planet is hemmed between Rahu and Ketu — dramatic in name, nuanced in reality.Pitra DoshaPitru / Pitr DoshaThe ancestral-karma affliction — debts to the forefathers, and how to honour and clear them.Guru Chandal DoshaGuru Chandal YogaWhen wisdom meets the shadow — Jupiter conjunct Rahu (or Ketu), a mind of genius or delusion.

Matching

Nadi DoshaThe heaviest koota in Gun Milan — a marriage-matching flag about health and progeny.

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