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The Workbench is the power-user view of the Individual Chart. Where the standard view stacks panels in a single column, the Workbench gives you a freely configurable, multi-panel dashboard: you choose which analyses appear, arrange them side by side, and keep a scrolling rail of divisional charts always visible on the left. It is the right tool whenever you need to cross-reference several techniques at once — for example, comparing a planet’s Shadbala score, its Ashtakavarga support, and its positions across the divisional charts without switching views.

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Opening and leaving the Workbench

After generating a chart on the Individual Chart page, click Workbench (beside the chart title) to enter the dashboard view. The browser address updates to /individual/workbench. When you are done, click Exit in the top-right corner to return to the standard view. The Ayanāṁśa selector (Raman / Lahiri / Pushya) remains available in the top bar and re-fetches the entire chart if changed, just as in the standard view.

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The chart rail

Down the left side of the Workbench is a scrolling rail of charts, each drawn as a small diagram with a one-line note about what it governs:
Click add charts to bring any of the Shoḍaśavarga divisional charts — or special charts such as the bhāva arudhas — into the rail. The charts in the rail are reference thumbnails; click one to examine it in detail in a panel.

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Panels you can add

Each Workbench panel has a dropdown that lets you change what it displays. You can open as many panels as your screen allows and set each one independently. Each panel also has an expand control to view it full-screen for closer reading.

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The Shoḍaśavarga grid

The grid is the Workbench’s signature panel, and the fastest way to assess a planet’s overall strength. It places every body in rows and all sixteen divisional charts in columns, so you can read a planet’s position across every varga in a single line:
Use this grid to spot vargottama placements — the same sign repeating across multiple charts, a classical marker of a planet’s strength and reliability. It also lets you judge quickly whether a planet that looks powerful in the D1 holds up in the charts that matter for a specific question:

D10 · Daśāṁśa

Career and public role — check here when advising on professional questions.

D7 · Saptāṁśa

Children and creative progeny.

D24 · Siddhāṁśa

Education, learning, and skill acquisition.

D4 · Chaturtāṁśa

Property, fixed assets, and fortune.
For a full explanation of what each varga governs and how to read them, see Divisional charts.
The Workbench reads best on a wide screen. On a narrow or mobile window, the standard Individual Chart view — which stacks the same panels vertically — is more comfortable.