The twelve bhāvas (houses)
Each bhāva maps to a domain of human life. In Jyoti Guide’s default whole-sign system, the sign containing the Lagna degree becomes the entire 1st house; each successive sign becomes the next house in sequence.| House | Sanskrit | Governs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanu | Self, body, vitality, overall life direction |
| 2 | Dhana | Wealth, family, speech, food |
| 3 | Sahaja | Siblings, courage, effort, skills |
| 4 | Sukha | Home, mother, property, inner peace |
| 5 | Putra | Children, intellect, creativity, pūrva puṇya |
| 6 | Ari | Enemies, debt, disease, service |
| 7 | Kalatra | Spouse, partnerships, marriage |
| 8 | Āyu | Longevity, upheaval, the hidden, inheritance |
| 9 | Dharma | Fortune, father, guru, higher learning |
| 10 | Karma | Career, status, public life, action |
| 11 | Lābha | Gains, income, friends, aspirations |
| 12 | Vyaya | Loss, expenditure, foreign lands, liberation |
- Kendras (1, 4, 7, 10) — the four angular pillars of the chart, the most powerful positions for any planet.
- Trikoṇas (1, 5, 9) — the trine houses, associated with fortune, dharma, and auspiciousness.
- Dusthānas (6, 8, 12) — the difficult houses; planets here and lords of these houses carry challenge or obstruction.
House lords (bhāva-īśa)
The house lord is the planet that rules the sign placed on a given house. Tracing where each lord travels to is one of jyotiṣa’s most powerful interpretive tools: it creates a living link between two life areas. “The 1st lord in the 5th” binds the self to creativity and children; “the 10th lord in the 10th” describes a career that stands on its own strength. The app lists every house lord and the house it occupies:Aspects (dṛṣṭi)
In jyotiṣa, planets aspect — look at and influence — other houses and the planets within them, following sign-based rules that differ from Western degree aspects. Under the Parāśarī system the app uses:- Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself (the full opposition).
- Mars additionally aspects the 4th and 8th houses from itself.
- Jupiter additionally aspects the 5th and 9th houses from itself.
- Saturn additionally aspects the 3rd and 10th houses from itself.
Aspect strength is one of six components that make up the full Shadbala score. A planet heavily aspected by benefics gains substantial Dṛk-bala even if its dignity is modest. See the Shadbala reference for the complete weighting.
Combustion (astaṁgata)
When a planet comes within a certain number of degrees of the Sun, it is combust — figuratively burnt by the Sun’s overwhelming radiance — and its significations weaken. The classical orb varies by planet, and the app states the orb it uses for each. The Combustion panel lists every planet’s distance from the Sun, the applicable orb, and the current status:—, meaning it is not combust. When a planet is both combust and retrograde, classical commentators debate the outcome — retrograde strength and combustion weakness operate simultaneously, making it a nuanced placement to interpret.