Nabhasa Yogas

Nabhasa yogas are formed based on the spatial distribution of the grahas in the sky. These yogas exclude Rahu and Ketu because they are not real or visible objects in the sky. Therefore, these yogas are formed by the distribution of the seven true grahas – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – in the vedic chart. Nabhasa yogas form backdrops in one’s life and their effects can be felt throughout, in all the dasa periods.

These yogas do not consider the strength of the grahas and so, are not considered important by many. However, many of these yogas are statistically rare and should be given their due importance. The most common of these yogas are the Sankhya yogas. The number of signs occupied by the seven grahas determines the Sankhya yoga. Therefore, there are seven such yogas one for each of the 7 possibilities – all 7 grahas can be in 1 sign, in 2 signs, … , in 7 signs. Every vedic chart will have one of the Sankhya yogas – especially Kedara(4), Paasa(5), and Dama(6) are very common. That is why it is said that Sankhya yogas should be ignored if any of the other Nabhasa yogas are present.

There are 32 of these yogas, based on the distribution of the 7 grahas (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) in the 12 signs/houses. There are three Asraya yogas (3), two Dala yogas (2), twenty Akriti yogas (20), and seven Sankhya yogas (7). You can click the headings below to get more details about the sets of yogas including their results and example charts.

Asraya Yogas (3)

Placement of the 7 grahas in movable, fixed, or dual signs form these yogas. All three yogas give good results.

• Rajju – all grahas in movable signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn)
• Musala – all grahas in fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius)
• Nala – all grahas in dual signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces)

Dala (2) and Akriti (20) yogas

Placement of the seven grahas in specific houses form these yogas. Some of these look at the placement of benefics and malefics in specific houses, while the rest look at the placement of all the seven grahas in specific houses. Thirteen of the 22 give good results, while the other nine give bad results.

• Looking at the placement of benefics and malefics
  • Maala – benefics occupy 3 angles/Kendra houses
  • Bhujanga or Sarpa – malefics occupy 3 angles
  • Vajra – all benefics in (1,7) or all malefics in (4,10)
  • Yava – all benefics in (4,10) or all malefics in (1,7)
• Looking at the placement of all seven grahas
  • Gada – all grahas in 2 successive angles (1,4) or (4,7) or (7,10) or (10,1)
  • Sakata – all grahas in (1,7)
  • Vihaga – all grahas in (4,10)
  • Kamala – all grahas in 4 angles (1,4,7,10)
  • Sringataka – all grahas in 3 trikonas (1,5,9)
  • Vapi – all grahas in (2,5,8,11) or (3,6,9,12)
  • Hala – all grahas in (2,6,10) or (3,7,11) or (4,8,12)
  • Ardha Chandra – all grahas in (6,8,12)
  • Yupa – all grahas in 4 consecutive houses starting from the 1st (1-4)
  • Sara – all grahas in 4 consecutive houses starting from the 4th (4-7)
  • Sakthi – all grahas in 4 consecutive houses starting from the 7th (7-10)
  • Danda – all grahas in 4 consecutive houses starting from the 10th (10-1)
  • Nauka – all grahas in 7 consecutive houses starting from the 1st (1-7)
  • Koota – all grahas in 7 consecutive houses starting from the 4th (4-10)
  • Chatra – all grahas in 7 consecutive houses starting from the 7th (7-1)
  • Chapa– all grahas in 7 consecutive houses starting from the 10th (10-4)
  • Chakra – all grahas in odd houses (1,3,5,7,9,11)
  • Samudra – all grahas in even houses (2,4,6,8,10,12)

Sankya yogas (7)

These are the most common and should be ignored if any of the other Nabhasha yogas are present. Kedara to Veena give good results, while Gola to Soola give bad results, implying that a cluster of grahas is a sign of weakness.

• Gola – all grahas in 1 sign
• Yuga – all grahas in 2 signs
• Soola – all grahas in 3 signs
• Kedara – all grahas in 4 signs
• Paasa – all grahas in 5 signs
• Dama – all grahas in 6 signs
• Veena – all grahas in 7 sign