How We Work
What the calculation actually does, why nothing here is ever upsold, and how to read your results in whichever voice actually works for you.
The calculation
Swiss Ephemeris (swe)
Planetary longitudes are computed using the Swiss Ephemeris library — the same engine used by professional Jyotish software. It models gravitational interactions to sub-arc-second precision.
Lahiri Ayanamsha
Vedic astrology uses a sidereal zodiac. The Lahiri ayanamsha (~24°) is subtracted from tropical positions to align planets with their actual constellations — the Government of India's official standard.
Whole-sign houses
Each house spans exactly one sign (30°). The ascendant sign becomes house 1, and houses proceed clockwise — the dominant system in classical Jyotish texts.
Vimshottari Dasha, verified to the day
Timing is calculated from the Moon's nakshatra at birth across a 120-year cycle. Every Mahadasha, Antardasha, and Pratyantardasha period is checked at calculation time — each level's sub-periods must sum in days exactly to their parent period, with no gaps. If that check ever fails, we refuse to show you a date rather than show you a wrong one.
Remedies are never upsold
One deterministic table, not a sales conversation
Every yoga, dosha, and planetary period in your chart maps to one fixed remedy — mantra, gemstone, dana, vrata, and a behavioral practice — from a table computed once for your exact chart. The coach is instructed to use only what's already there; it cannot invent a different mantra or gemstone mid-conversation, and it never frames a remedy around urgency or fear of what happens if you don't act.
Behavioral practice is never optional
Every remedy includes a concrete, non-ritual habit alongside any traditional practice — something you can actually do, regardless of whether you want the ritual layer too. You can turn ritual remedies off entirely in Coach and keep everything else.
Tendencies, never verdicts
The coach is built to never assert a fixed outcome — “this will fail,” “this relationship won't work.” A chart shows tendencies within free will (purushartha), not a sentence. If a response ever reads as fatalistic, that's a bug, not the design.
Two ways to read your chart
The underlying analysis — the same chart, the same reasoning method, the same remedy table — never changes. Only the language does. Switch anytime from the Coach screen.
🕉 Traditional Voice
Full Jyotish vocabulary — karma, dharma, guna, upaya — for anyone fluent or learning the tradition.
🎯 Plain Language
The same read in plain psychological and behavioral terms — no mystical framing required to get value, for anyone who wants the insight without the belief system.
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Jyotish guidance for reflection and remedial practice — not a substitute for professional medical, mental health, legal, or financial advice.