> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.jyotiguide.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Using the Jyoti Guide Workbench for Advanced Analysis
> A customisable multi-panel dashboard for advanced readers — lay out divisional charts, the Shoḍaśavarga grid, and every analysis panel side by side.
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.
## Opening and leaving the Workbench
After generating a chart on the [Individual Chart](/guides/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.
## 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:
```text theme={null}
D1 · Rāśi physical existence
D9 · Navāṁśa marriage / dharma
Bhava arudhas A1–A12
…
```
Click **add charts** to bring any of the [Shoḍaśavarga](/concepts/divisional-charts) 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.
## 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.
| Panel | Shows |
| ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Shodashavarga grid** | Every body's position across all 16 divisional charts at once (see below). |
| **Natal key info** | Birth details, weekday, place, time zone, and active settings (ayanāṁśa, etc.). |
| **Planets** | The full planets table from the natal chart. |
| **D1 Rāśi (by house)** | The base chart organised by house. |
| **Dignities** | Exaltation, debilitation, own-sign, and friendship status for each body. |
| **Relationships & strengths** | The combined structural view of house lords, aspects, and combustion. |
| **House lords** | Each house's ruling planet and where it sits. |
| **Aspects / Aspected by** | Parāśarī aspects in both directions. |
| **D9 Navāṁśa** | The Navāṁśa chart on its own panel. |
| **Shadbala** | Six-fold strength tables. See [Shadbala](/guides/shadbala). |
| **Aṣṭakavarga chakra / table** | The bindu point-map as a diagram or as a grid. See [Ashtakavarga](/guides/ashtakavarga). |
| **Combustion** | Each planet's distance from the Sun and burnt status. |
| **Vimśottarī daśā** | The period timeline. See [Vimśottarī Daśā](/guides/vimshottari-dasha). |
| **Gochara** | Current transits overlaid on the natal chart. See [Gochara](/guides/gochara-transits). |
| **Tājaka** | The annual solar-return chart. See [Tājaka](/guides/tajaka-varshaphal). |
| **Divisional charts** | A configurable viewer for any single divisional chart. |
| **Reference lagnas** | The chart re-read from alternative reference points. |
Each panel also has an **expand** control to view it full-screen for closer reading.
## 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:
```text theme={null}
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 …
…
```
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:
Career and public role — check here when advising on professional questions.
Children and creative progeny.
Education, learning, and skill acquisition.
Property, fixed assets, and fortune.
For a full explanation of what each varga governs and how to read them, see [Divisional charts](/concepts/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.