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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: 
D1 · Rāśi        physical existence
D9 · Navāṁśa     marriage / dharma
Bhava arudhas    A1–A12
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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.
PanelShows
Shodashavarga gridEvery body’s position across all 16 divisional charts at once (see below).
Natal key infoBirth details, weekday, place, time zone, and active settings (ayanāṁśa, etc.).
PlanetsThe full planets table from the natal chart.
D1 Rāśi (by house)The base chart organised by house.
DignitiesExaltation, debilitation, own-sign, and friendship status for each body.
Relationships & strengthsThe combined structural view of house lords, aspects, and combustion.
House lordsEach house’s ruling planet and where it sits.
Aspects / Aspected byParāśarī aspects in both directions.
D9 NavāṁśaThe Navāṁśa chart on its own panel.
ShadbalaSix-fold strength tables. See Shadbala.
Aṣṭakavarga chakra / tableThe bindu point-map as a diagram or as a grid. See Ashtakavarga.
CombustionEach planet’s distance from the Sun and burnt status.
Vimśottarī daśāThe period timeline. See Vimśottarī Daśā.
GocharaCurrent transits overlaid on the natal chart. See Gochara.
TājakaThe annual solar-return chart. See Tājaka.
Divisional chartsA configurable viewer for any single divisional chart.
Reference lagnasThe chart re-read from alternative reference points.
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: 
Body    D1      D2      D3      D4      D7      D9      D10     D12    …  D24
Lagna   16Ge58  3Cn56   20Li53  7Sg51   28Vi44  2Pi40   19Sc38  …
Sun     16Ta25  2Le50   19Vi16  5Sc41   24Aq56  27Ta47  14Ge12  …
Moon    24Sc37  19Le13  13Cn50  8Le27   22Li17  11Aq30  6Pi07   …
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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.