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Today's reading for your rāśi, computed from where the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn actually stand — not written in advance.

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This horoscope is a gochara — a transit reading. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a quarter days, so the house it occupies from your rāśi is what gives a day its character; Jupiter takes about a year in a sign and Saturn about two and a half, which is why those two describe the longer arc rather than the day. Everything shown is computed from the same ephemeris tables the rest of the site uses.

A reading keyed to a rāśi belongs to everyone who shares that rāśi — about a twelfth of the world. It is genuinely useful for the rhythm of a day, and it is not a substitute for a chart: for that you need the Lagna, the planets by house and the Daśā you are running, all of which come from your own birth details.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this horoscope based on my Sun sign or my Moon sign?

The Moon sign — the rāśi the Moon occupied at your birth. Indian astrology reads transits from it, which is why your reading here may not match a Western column keyed to your Sun sign. If you do not know your rāśi, the Rashi calculator works it out from your birth details.

How is the daily reading worked out?

From where the grahas actually stand today. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a quarter days, so the house it occupies counted from your rāśi is what gives a day its character; the page also shows Jupiter and Saturn, which move slowly enough to describe a year and a longer arc. Nothing is written in advance.

Why are Mars, Mercury and Venus not shown?

They move quickly and stay close to the Sun, so a reading keyed only to a rāśi cannot say anything reliable about them. The Gochara tool reads all nine grahas against your own chart.

How accurate can a horoscope for a whole sign be?

It is exactly as accurate as what it claims: a transit reading shared by everyone born under that rāśi, roughly a twelfth of the world. It is useful for the rhythm of a day. A reading that is yours alone needs the Lagna, the planets by house and the Daśā you are running — all of which come from a birth chart.

Does it need a login?

No. The reading is computed in your browser from transit tables that ship with the page, so it needs no account, no birth details beyond the rāśi, and no request to a server.

Which ayanamsa do the calculations use?

Calculations use the sidereal (nirayana) zodiac. Lahiri is the default ayanamsa — the one used by the Indian civil calendar — with Raman and KP available as alternatives.