About
What our readings are based on
Palmastra does not make things up. Your chart is worked out by exact calculation, then read by the rules of the classical texts and teachers listed here.
Kundli and predictions
Planet positions
Modern astronomy
Where every planet stood at your birth is worked out with modern astronomical formulas, exact to a tiny fraction of a degree.
The zodiac
Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa
Vedic astrology measures the signs against the stars. We use the Lahiri ayanamsa, the standard behind India's national Panchang.
Your Kundli and dasha
Maharishi Parashara, Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Houses, planet aspects (drishti), exalted and debilitated planets, planet friendships, and the Vimshottari dasha that times the periods of your life.
Soul planet and Chara dasha
Maharishi Jaimini, Jaimini Sutras
Your Atmakaraka and the other chara karakas, Karakamsa, Arudha padas and sign aspects. Chara dasha follows the method taught by K.N. Rao.
Star lords and sub lords
K.S. Krishnamurti, Krishnamurti Paddhati (KP)
The star lord and sub lord of each planet and house cusp, shown in the full Kundli details.
Kundli Milan
Ashtakoota Guna Milan
The traditional 36 guna match on eight tests, from Varna to Nadi, with the classical exceptions, and the Manglik check.
Your year ahead
Tajika Varshaphal tradition
The yearly chart for the moment the Sun returns to its birth position, with the Muntha showing the focus of the year.
Panchang and muhurat
Traditional Panchang rules
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and Abhijit, worked out for your city from sunrise. Muhurat follows common practice in the style of Muhurta Chintamani, in a simpler form.
Lal Kitab
Lal Kitab, Pt. Roop Chand Joshi
Planets read by the house they sit in, the debts (rin) in your chart, and simple remedies you can do at home.
Palm reading
Lines, mounts and hand shapes
Cheiro, Language of the Hand (1894), and William Benham, The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading (1900)
The heart, head, life and fate lines, the mounts under each finger and the shape of the hand.
Auspicious signs on the palm
Hasta Samudrika Shastra
The Indian palm tradition: mounts named after the grahas, the Rahu and Ketu mounts, and rare shubh chinh such as the fish and the trident.
Other tools
Dreams
Swapna Shastra
Traditional Indian dream meanings, read together with your running dasha.
Vastu
Vastu Shastra
The standard directions and zones of Vastu. They are the same for every home and are not changed by your chart.
Numerology
Chaldean numbers, the Indian style
Your main numbers from your birth date and the letters of your name.
Western chart
Tropical zodiac
The Western birth chart with Placidus, Whole Sign or Equal houses, as you choose in Settings.
How a reading is made
The written reading
AI, working only from your calculated chart
Your chart, dashas and palm features are worked out first. The AI then explains them in plain words. It does not calculate or guess your chart, and each part of a reading shows the chart facts it is based on.
Our Kundli calculations are tested against traditional Kundli software and match to within a few seconds of arc.