Ghatak & Favourable Points

Q: Is the Ghatak Chakra a prediction of bad events?

No. It is a Muhurta (electional) reference, not a forecast. The ghatak factors are simply the times and points that tradition advises avoiding when you choose a moment for something important — a journey, a ceremony, a signing. Being born on a ghatak weekday, or having the Moon transit your ghatak rasi, is not a sign that something bad will happen; it is a cue to plan with a little more care.

Q: Why is it based on my Moon sign and not my ascendant?

The Ghataka Chakra is a Chandra (Moon) based system, like most Muhurta and tithi-driven timing in Vedic astrology. The Moon governs the mind and day-to-day flow of life, so the inauspicious windows are read from the Janma Rasi — the sign the Moon occupied at your birth — rather than from the rising sign.

Q: How are the favourable points worked out?

From the lord of your Moon sign. That planet carries a classical number, weekday, metal and gemstone, and a set of natural friendships. Your lucky numbers combine your root number (Moolank, from your birth day) with the lord's number; good and evil numbers come from the lord's friendly and demanding numbers; friendly signs are those ruled by the lord and its friends; and good lagna are the trine signs from your Moon sign.

Q: What does the tithi group (Nanda, Bhadra, …) mean?

Tithis are classified into five repeating groups across the lunar fortnight: Nanda (1, 6, 11), Bhadra (2, 7, 12), Jaya (3, 8, 13), Rikta (4, 9, 14) and Poorna (5, 10, 15). The Ghataka Chakra names one of these groups as inauspicious for your Moon sign, so the caution applies to all three tithis it covers, in both the waxing and waning fortnight.

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What are the Ghatak & Favourable Points?

The Ghataka Chakra (घात चक्र, "deadly wheel") is a classical Muhurta table keyed to your Moon sign. For each Janma Rasi it names a set of inauspicious factors — a rasi the transiting Moon should avoid, a tithi group, a weekday, a nakshatra and an ascendant — that tradition advises steering clear of when timing important undertakings.

The favourable points are the positive counterpart. They are read from the lord of your Moon sign and your numerology root number (Moolank): the numbers, weekdays, metal, gemstone, planets and signs that classically support you. Together the two panels give a quick "avoid / favour" reference card.

How is it calculated?

The Ghatak panel is a direct lookup into the classical Ghataka Chakra using your Moon sign. No prediction is involved — the table is fixed, attributed to the Narada Saṁhitā lineage. The ghatak nakshatra, for example, is the star that lies wholly within the 5th sign from your Moon sign.

The favourable panel is derived. Your Moon-sign lord supplies a planetary number (Sun 1, Moon 2, Jupiter 3, Mercury 5, Venus 6, Saturn 8, Mars 9), which fixes the lucky/good/evil numbers, lucky days, metal and stone. Good planets are the lord and its natural friends; friendly signs are the signs they rule; good lagna are the trine ascendants (1st, 5th, 9th) from your Moon sign.

Key terms

Ghatak Vaara & Tithi

The weekday and tithi group treated as inauspicious for your Moon sign.

Ghatak Nakshatra & Rasi

The star, and the sign the transiting Moon occupies, that are inauspicious for you.

Ghatak Lagna

The ascendant traditionally avoided when electing a muhurta for the native.

Favourable points

The auspicious numbers, days, metal, stone, planets and signs from your Moon-sign lord.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Ghatak Chakra a prediction of bad events?

Why is it based on my Moon sign and not my ascendant?

How are the favourable points worked out?

What does the tithi group (Nanda, Bhadra, …) mean?

Classical source

The Ghataka Chakra belongs to the Muhurta (electional) literature and is traditionally traced to the Nārada Saṁhitā lineage — though a primary citation is hard to confirm, and the table circulates most widely through the Sarajit Poddar / Sanjay Rath lineage. It is one of several "chakras" — alongside the Sarvatobhadra and Kota chakras — used to judge whether a given moment is safe for the native. We encode the well-attested five-dimension core (rasi, tithi, weekday, nakshatra, lagna); the favourable points follow the standard Moon-sign-lord and Moolank correspondences and are a general reference, not personalised remedial advice.