chart basics
lagna-chart
Birth Chart
Understand the core chart, including Lagna, Moon sign, Birth Nakshatra, houses, planets, and dignity.
What you need first
- Create or select a birth profile with date, time, and place of birth.
What it shows
The birth chart is the main map. It shows Lagna, planets, signs, houses, dignity, and each planet nakshatra.
Birth Nakshatra means the Moon nakshatra. Lagna Nakshatra means the ascendant nakshatra. They are related but not the same.
How to read it first
Begin with Lagna sign, Moon sign, Birth Nakshatra, current dasha, and the planet table. Do not try to interpret every house at once.
Use the PDF action when you need a shareable chart summary.
Beginner glossary
Birth Nakshatra
The nakshatra occupied by the Moon at birth. This is also called Janma Nakshatra.
Lagna Nakshatra
The nakshatra occupied by the ascendant degree.
Pada
One of four quarters inside a nakshatra.