Varga Charts: 16 Divisional Charts

This calculator builds all sixteen from one set of birth details. You get every division from D1 to D60 in a single result, with each planet's sign in each chart and the sixteen charts drawn.

The table comes first. Read across a row for one division, and down a column for one planet through all sixteen. Under it the sixteen charts are drawn in the North Indian style, each with its own Lagna.

Birth time matters more with every division. The D60 divides each sign into sixty parts of thirty minutes each, so its Lagna changes about every two minutes. A birth time recorded to the nearest quarter hour gives a reliable D9 and an unreliable D60.

The sixteen divisions and what each is read for

The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra sets out several varga schemes. The Shodashavarga is the fullest of them, and the sixteen divisions are these.

• D1 Rashi, the body and the life as a whole
• D2 Hora, wealth and what sustains a person
• D3 Drekkana, siblings, courage and effort
• D4 Chaturthamsa, home, land and fixed property
• D7 Saptamsa, children and progeny
• D9 Navamsa, marriage, dharma and the ripening of every planet
• D10 Dashamsa, career, profession and standing
• D12 Dwadashamsa, parents and ancestry
• D16 Shodashamsa, vehicles, comforts and pleasures
• D20 Vimshamsa, upasana and spiritual practice
• D24 Chaturvimshamsa, learning and education
• D27 Nakshatramsa, inherent strength and weakness
• D30 Trimshamsa, misfortune and its sources
• D40 Khavedamsa, what comes down the maternal line
• D45 Akshavedamsa, what comes down the paternal line
• D60 Shashtiamsa, the sum of past karma

Parashara gives the Shashtiamsa the greatest weight of the sixteen when judging a planet's strength. The Navamsa stands next to it and is the division read most often beside the birth chart.

How to read sixteen charts without losing the thread

Sixteen charts are one chart seen from sixteen distances. They are not sixteen fates. Every one of them describes the same planetary longitudes, cut more finely each time.

Start in the birth chart and settle what it promises. Go to a division only for the area it governs, and only to refine what the D1 has already shown. A strong placement in the D10 gives career results during its dasha. It gives them within the limits the birth chart sets.

The signal worth looking for is repetition. A planet that keeps its birth chart sign across several divisions is steady in its nature, and gives its results consistently. In the Navamsa that condition is called vargottama.

The result above shows it in every division, so you can see which planets hold their ground.

Classical practice also scores a planet across the vargas as Vimshopaka Bala, a weighted total out of twenty. The weights differ between schemes and between texts, so read the placements first and treat any single score as one opinion among several.

Understanding your result

Your result shows:

• One table of all sixteen divisions, a row per varga and a column per graha
• The Lagna of every division, the reference point for reading its houses
• Every sign a planet repeats from the birth chart, shown in place, vargottama in the Navamsa
• Sixteen drawn charts in the North Indian style, each labelled with what it is read for

Using the divisions well

Take one question at a time. Bring the division that governs it, read it against the birth chart, and let the Vimshottari Dasha set the timing. Sixteen charts opened at once with no question in hand give sixteen impressions and no reading.

Each division is a closer look at the same nature. A planet that changes sign in every varga is telling you how it behaves across the areas of your life. That is worth sitting with. A Vedic astrology consultation reads the charts, the dasha and the current transits together, against the question you are carrying.

Learn more about the divisional charts

The calculator gives the placements. Reading them means knowing the logic of each division. It means knowing which house of a varga answers which question, and how a dasha brings one forward. Our full guide covers the classical basis and the method.

16 Divisional Charts in Vedic Astrology

Single divisions have pages of their own. The Navamsa D9 for marriage and dharma, the Dashamsa D10 for career, the Saptamsa D7 for children. Sixteen views describe one chart, and the chart describes one person. Read the division the question asks for, keep the birth chart in view, and the detail stays useful.

Frequently asked questions

Which of the sixteen divisions should I read first?

The D1 birth chart, always. After it, the Navamsa, which is read beside the birth chart for almost any question. Go to the other divisions when the question belongs to one of them.

How accurate does my birth time need to be?

It depends on how far you go. The D9 Lagna changes about every twenty minutes, the D10 about every twelve, the D60 about every two. A time recorded to the nearest five minutes serves the lower divisions well and leaves the D60 uncertain.

What does it mean when a planet keeps the same sign across many divisions?

It holds its ground. That planet gives its nature consistently across the areas of life those divisions govern, whatever its dignity in the birth chart says. The result shows every such sign so the pattern is visible at a glance.

Why is the D60 given the most weight?

Parashara scores it highest among the sixteen when judging a planet's strength. It divides most finely and is read for the karma a person arrives with. It also demands the most exact birth time of the sixteen.

Can a good divisional chart cancel a weak birth chart?

The birth chart holds the promise and a division shows how that promise plays out in its own area. A planet strong in a varga gives fuller results there during its dasha. It works within what the birth chart has already set.

Does this calculator show Vimshopaka Bala?

No. It gives the placements in all sixteen divisions and shows the signs a planet repeats from the birth chart. The weighted score is left out because the weighting differs between classical schemes. A single number also hides which division the strength came from.