🪄 How-To Guides
Practical, step-by-step recipes pulled from classical Parashara, P.V.R. Narasimha Rao's lessons, and the AstroSK docs. Each guide walks you through a specific prediction or chart reading without assuming you've memorised every Sanskrit term.
How to Read a Horoscope
An 11-step recipe to read any Vedic natal chart — from chart weight to the D1/D9 synthesis.
How to Predict Marriage Date
Layered marriage-timing — 7th house, D9, Upapada, Darakaraka, Atmakaraka, Sahamas and the converging dasa.
How to Predict Foreign Travel
The 7-9-12 triangle, Rahu/Saturn karakas, Bhadhakasthana, Paradesha & Jalapatana Sahamas, and the annual-chart power move.
How to Read a D9 (Navamsa) Chart
Dual-purpose Navamsa reading — D1 validation (Vargottama, exaltation) and spouse / dharma analysis.
How to Read a D10 (Dasamsa) Chart for Career
Dasamsa step-by-step — lagna, 10th of D10, Sun & Saturn placements, Amatyakaraka, Raja yogas in D10, and timing through dasa.
How to Predict Children
5th house, D7 (Saptamsa), Jupiter, Putrakaraka & Putra Sahama — the layered reading for children and fertility.
How to Find Your Atmakaraka
Identify the soul significator, interpret it by planet, and decode the Karakamsa for the spiritual mission.
How to Use Sahamas
Compute and apply Sahamas — Vedic sensitive points for marriage, children, travel, fame, and major life events.
How to Pick a Good Muhurta
Choose an auspicious time using Panchanga — Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana — plus Nava-Tara, lagna selection, and ascending strength.
How to Rectify a Birth Time
Reverse-engineer the true birth time from known life events — D9-lagna pinning, dasa-event matching, and convergence scoring.
How to Read the Vimshottari Dasa
The Vedic timing engine — how dasa, antardasa, pratyantardasa and sookshma stack to localise events to days.