Your free Gochar chart.

Gochar reads the moving sky against your birth chart. Each of the nine grahas currently occupies one Rashi, and that Rashi falls in one whole-sign bhava counted inclusively from your natal Moon or natal Lagna. A reading comes from the pair: which graha is acting, and which area of lifeit lands in.

A useful order is: notice the graha's nature and speed, notice the bhava it occupies, then notice the Rashi it is passing through. A slow graha (Saturn, Jupiter, the nodes) describes a long chapter; a fast graha (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun) describes days or weeks. Nothing here is a prediction of events, and a single transit house is not a complete Jyotisha judgement.

The nine grahas

• Surya · Sun (malefic)
  Authority, vitality, purpose, visibility, the father, and government or institutional matters.
  Roughly one Rashi per month. Its transit house shows where attention, responsibility or visibility lands during that month.
• Chandra · Moon (benefic)
  Mind, emotions, receptivity, comfort, the mother, and day-to-day moods.
  About two and a half days per Rashi — the fastest graha. Its transit house colours the emotional weather of those days and is why the natal Moon is the usual Gochar reference.
• Budha · Mercury (benefic)
  Speech, learning, commerce, analysis, communication, and everyday exchange.
  Fast-moving and often retrograde. Its transit house shows which conversations, negotiations or studies occupy the period.
• Shukra · Venus (benefic)
  Relationships, comfort, beauty, art, pleasure, values, and what you find worth having.
  About a month per Rashi. Its transit house shows whererelating, enjoyment and valuation are foregrounded.
• Mangala · Mars (malefic)
  Effort, courage, boundaries, competition, siblings, property, and how you handle friction.
  About a month and a half per Rashi, with a retrograde period roughly every two years. Its transit house shows where energy is spent or defended.
• Guru · Jupiter (benefic)
  Wisdom, growth, ethics, teachers, children, prosperity, and good counsel.
  A little over a year per Rashi — a slow, era-defining graha used for life-chapter readings. Its transit house shows where expansion and meaning-seeking concentrate.
• Shani · Saturn (malefic)
  Discipline, patience, limits, duty, endurance, longevity, and the lessons of time.
  About two and a half years per Rashi — the slowest classical graha, and the basis of Sade Sati when it contacts the natal Moon. Its transit house shows where sustained, unglamorous work is asked of you.
• Rahu · Rahu (lunar node)
  The lunar north node: appetite, novelty, ambition, amplification, and unfamiliar territory.
  Retrograde by nature, about eighteen months per Rashi. Its transit house shows where wanting grows louder and where the unfamiliar draws you.
• Ketu · Ketu (lunar node)
  The lunar south node: detachment, simplification, release, and hard-won skill.
  Always opposite Rahu, about eighteen months per Rashi. Its transit house shows where you lose interest or recognise what no longer needs chasing.

The twelve bhavas

• 1. Tanu Bhava — self
  Body, vitality, temperament, how you begin things, and how you appear.
  A graha here acts on your sense of self. Read it as the tone you carry into everything else during the transit.
• 2. Dhana Bhava — resources
  Earned wealth, savings, speech, family, and what you rely on day to day.
  A graha here touches income, habits of speech and what you consider yours.
• 3. Sahaja Bhava — effort
  Siblings, short journeys, courage, communication, and practical skills.
  A graha here shapes initiative, learning by doing, and everyday exchanges.
• 4. Sukha Bhava — home
  Home, mother, land, emotional security, schooling, and inner peace.
  A graha here concerns your foundations — where and how you feel settled.
• 5. Putra Bhava — creativity
  Children, creative work, study, romance, and speculation.
  A graha here colours what you make, teach, or bring into the world.
• 6. Shatru Bhava — obstacles
  Illness, debts, service, adversaries, daily work, and discipline.
  A graha here often shows up as friction, workload, or a routine that needs attention.
• 7. Kalatra Bhava — partnership
  Marriage, business partners, contracts, and one-to-one dealings.
  A graha here plays out through other people — agreements, negotiation and mutual obligation.
• 8. Ayu Bhava — transformation
  Longevity, inheritance, hidden matters, research, and sudden change.
  A graha here points to what is concealed, shared, or undergoing real change.
• 9. Dharma Bhava — meaning
  Belief, ethics, teachers, pilgrimage, higher learning, and fortune.
  A graha here concerns your guiding philosophy and the guidance you seek or give.
• 10. Karma Bhava — work
  Career, public standing, authority, and visible contribution.
  A graha here acts on your professional life and how the world sees your work.
• 11. Labha Bhava — gains
  Income, friendships, networks, aspirations, and the fulfilment of desires.
  A graha here shapes what you gain, and through whom.
• 12. Vyaya Bhava — release
  Loss, expenditure, foreign places, solitude, sleep, and liberation.
  A graha here concerns what you let go of, spend, or keep private.

The twelve Rashis

The twelve Rashis are Mesha (Aries), Vrishabha (Taurus), Mithuna (Gemini), Karka (Cancer), Simha (Leo), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Vrischika (Scorpio), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makara (Capricorn), Kumbha (Aquarius), Meena (Pisces). In this tool houses are counted in whole signs, so each bhava is exactly one Rashi: the Rashi of your natal Moon or natal Lagna is the first bhava, the next Rashi is the second, and so on. This is why switching between the natal Moon and the natal Lagna changes every house number while the measured longitudes stay the same.

What this tool does not do

It does not calculate dashas, Ashtakavarga, Vedha, Sade Sati dates or transit drishti, and it does not treat Western angular aspects as Jyotisha interpretation. Rahu and Ketu are lunar nodes rather than physical bodies, and Ketu is calculated as Rahu's exact antipode.