A chosen date is read at 12:00 UTC (5:30 pm IST); “now” uses the current hour. The Moon can change nakshatra during a day, so a date can read differently at another hour.
Sarvatobhadra Chakra
Same for everyonePlanetary positions
Where every planet sits right now — geocentric, so the same for everyone.
| Planet | Sign & degree | Nakshatra | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 10°00′ Leo | Magha pada 4 | 0.97°/day |
| Moon | 2°02′ Aquarius | Dhanishta pada 3 | 12.61°/day |
| Mars | 16°17′ Gemini | Ardra pada 3 | 0.64°/day |
| Mercury | 9°48′ Leo | Magha pada 3 | 1.96°/day |
| Jupiter | 18°30′ Cancer | Ashlesha pada 1 | 0.21°/day |
| Venus | 25°13′ Virgo | Chitra pada 1 | 0.85°/day |
| Saturn | 19°41′ Pisces | Revati pada 1 | R 0.05°/day |
| Rahu | 5°18′ Aquarius | Dhanishta pada 4 | R 0.05°/day |
| Ketu | 5°18′ Leo | Magha pada 2 | R 0.05°/day |
Motion is daily speed; R marks retrograde. Vedha lists which of your sensitive stars each planet pierces today, and from which direction.
What personalization adds
From your birth star we derive nine sensitive points. Personalize to see where each falls on the chakra and which planets are hitting them today.
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Create Free AccountWhat this tool covers
This calculator implements the core vedha system: the 81-cell chakra, the three piercing lines with motion choosing which is active, the nine tara stars counted from your birth star, and your Moon sign, birth tithi and birth weekday. Several further layers described in the same chapters are not included — the “set” directions that follow the Sun through the year, the eight upagraha points, the paired-vowel and corner-junction rules, and Latta (a separate system). Name-sound matching is also not yet wired.
Which reading we follow
Where the classical sources differ, this tool follows Phaladeepika. The nine tara stars are counted around the 28-star ring including Abhijit, so Jati, Desa and Abhisheka fall on the 26th, 27th and 28th stars from your birth star; some editions count them on a 27-star ring instead, which shifts them for people born under the last six nakshatras. The Sun, Moon, Rahu and Ketu each cast a single fixed ray. The Moon is treated as obstructing through the waning fortnight.
What Is the Sarvatobhadra Chakra?
The Sarvatobhadra Chakra (Sanskrit for 'auspicious from all directions' — sarvatas, all directions; bhadra, auspicious) is a 9×9 grid of 81 cells that maps the building blocks of the Hindu calendar onto a single, direction-oriented diagram: the 28 nakshatras, the 12 zodiac signs, the Sanskrit vowels and consonants, the tithis (lunar days) and the seven weekdays. It is one of the most comprehensive tools in classical muhurta (electional) astrology.
Where most muhurta checks weigh a single factor — your birth star, say, or the weekday — the Sarvatobhadra Chakra integrates many of a person's 'coordinates' at once. By plotting the day's planetary positions onto the grid, it shows at a glance whether the moving planets are supporting or obstructing the points tied to you, in every direction. That all-round view is exactly what its name promises.
Astrologers use it to choose auspicious days for important undertakings, for electional and horary (Prashna) work, and in annual (Varshaphala) analysis. This tool draws the authentic chakra, plots live planetary transits for any date, and — when you add your birth star — highlights your nine sensitive points and the vedhas affecting them today.
How Does the Sarvatobhadra Chakra Work?
The grid has a fixed structure that is the same for everyone. The outer ring carries the 28 nakshatras (including Abhijit), running clockwise. A band just inside holds the Sanskrit syllables (aksharas) used in name-based muhurta. The inner square holds the 12 rasis, and the central cross carries the five tithi groups — Nanda, Bhadra, Jaya, Rikta and Purna — together with the seven weekdays.
Each day the nine planets occupy particular nakshatras, and those positions are plotted on the chakra. A planet is said to cause vedha ('piercing') of a point when it sits on it, or from across the grid — straight across (front, or sammukha, vedha) or along one of the two diagonals (left/right, paksha vedha). Which line is active depends on the planet's motion. A piercing by a natural malefic (Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu) warns of obstruction; a piercing by a natural benefic (Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Moon) lends protection.
Personalisation comes from your janma nakshatra — the star the Moon occupied at birth. Counting forward from it gives nine sensitive points: Janma, Karma, Sanghatika, Samudayika, Adhana, Vainashika, Jati, Desa and Abhisheka, each linked to an area of life. When a transiting planet pierces one of these, that area is highlighted for the day. Comparing the supportive and obstructing piercings is the basis for selecting, or avoiding, a particular date.
Key Concepts
Eighty-one cells arranged around the cardinal directions, North at the top. The layout is fixed and universal — it is the canvas onto which the changing planets are plotted, the same for every person on a given day.
The 28 nakshatras — the 27 lunar mansions plus Abhijit — line the border in order. This is where transiting planets are read, and the principal layer used for vedha analysis.
Counted from your birth star: Janma (health & mind), Karma (career), Sanghatika (associations), Samudayika (fortune), Adhana (undertakings), Vainashika (losses), Jati (family), Desa (place) and Abhisheka (standing). These are your personal pressure points on the chakra.
A transiting planet affects a point by sitting on it (occupation), or by piercing it straight across the grid (front, or sammukha, vedha) or along a diagonal (lateral) — the direction set by its motion. Malefic piercings indicate obstruction; benefic piercings indicate support and protection.
Beyond the stars, the chakra also carries the tithis, the weekdays and the Sanskrit syllables. This tool reads your birth star, your Moon sign and your birth tithi on the chakra; the syllable band is drawn for completeness but name-sound matching is not yet part of the reading.
The practical payoff: days when benefics support your sensitive points favour new beginnings, while days when malefics pierce Janma or Karma are best avoided for irreversible decisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Origins & Tradition
The Sarvatobhadra Chakra belongs to the muhurta (electional) tradition of Jyotisha and is most often traced to the Narapati Jayacharya, a medieval treatise that systematised the use of nakshatra, tithi, vaara and syllable charts for choosing auspicious moments — originally including questions of travel and warfare, hence its association with rulers (narapati, 'lord of men').
Over the centuries it was absorbed into mainstream muhurta and Prashna practice and into the annual Varshaphala system. Today it remains a familiar part of panchang-based day selection, valued precisely because it checks a moment from many angles at once rather than relying on any single factor.
