Compute your Sarvashtakavarga (SAV) and all seven Bhinnashtakavarga (BAV) charts from your birth details: bindus per sign, strength bands, and each graha’s natal BAV score - standard Parashari rules, cross-checked cell by cell against a separately edited classical treatment (Patel and Aiyar, 1957) and B.V. Raman’s tables.
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Supports 1900 onwards for better calculation reliability.
Ashtakavarga is sign-based, so birth time matters mainly when your Ascendant (or a planet) sits near a sign boundary - those cases are flagged below. Everything else depends only on which sign each graha is in.
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astrology| Input | Date, time, and place of birth |
| Output | SAV (per sign, total 337) + all seven Bhinnashtakavarga charts |
| Contributors | Eight: the 7 grahas (Sun to Saturn) + the Ascendant. Rahu/Ketu are not scored. |
| BAV totals | Sun 48, Moon 49, Mars 39, Mercury 54, Jupiter 56, Venus 52, Saturn 39 (sum 337) |
| Ruleset | Standard Parashari; two lineage variants + one BPHS-recension difference disclosed |
| Strength heuristic | SAV per sign: 30+ strong, 25-29 moderate, 24 or fewer weak (interpretive) |
| Not computed | Trikona/Ekadhipatya reductions, Shodhya Pinda, Kaksha, live transit dates |
| Engine | Meeus VSOP87 + Lahiri ayanamsa (same as Kundli); sign-based, so no degrees needed |
| Cost / privacy | Free (Rs 0); 100% client-side, no birth data leaves the browser |
Ashtakavarga is a points-based strength system in Vedic astrology. For each planet, benefic points (bindus) are contributed from eight reference points - hence ashta, eight - namely the seven classical grahas and the Ascendant. Each contributor gives a bindu to certain signs, counted from its own position, and the tally for a planet across the twelve signs is that planet’s Bhinnashtakavarga. It is one of the most practical tools in the tradition for judging which signs and houses are strong, and it is used above all for reading transits.
Because the contributions depend only on the sign each graha occupies, Ashtakavarga is sign-based: it does not need exact degrees. Your birth time matters here mainly when the Ascendant, or a planet, sits close to a sign boundary - the tool flags those cases.
A Bhinnashtakavarga (BAV) is a single planet’s chart: twelve signs, each holding 0 to 8 bindus (at most one from each of the eight contributors). Each planet’s BAV sums to a fixed total, shown below - these are properties of the rules, the same for every horoscope, so this tool shows them only as a checksum, never as “your planet’s strength”. Your personalised result is the distribution of those points across the signs.
| Graha | Sun | Moo | Mar | Mer | Jup | Ven | Sat | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAV total (fixed) | 48 | 49 | 39 | 54 | 56 | 52 | 39 | 337 |
The Sarvashtakavarga (SAV) adds the seven BAVs together, so each sign carries a combined score (up to 56) and the twelve signs total 337. A higher SAV means a stronger sign. A common reading is 30+ bindus strong, 25-29 moderate, 24 or fewer weak - a modern interpretive convention (the classical texts give the bindu counts, not fixed band cut-offs), not a hard line, and practitioners vary around the 30 mark. The mean is 337 / 12 = 28.08, but that is the average of a fixed total, not a statistic from many charts.
The most common use is transit strength, and it is read per planet: when a planet transits a sign, look at that planet’s own Bhinnashtakavarga score for the sign. A transit through a high-bindu sign (many of the eight contributors support it) is read as more favourable for that planet’s matters; a low-bindu sign, less so. The SAV is the background - it tells you how strong the sign is overall - but the per-planet BAV is the transit read. This tool lists each graha’s BAV score in its natal sign and the full tables, so you can look up any sign a planet moves into.
This version does not compute live, dated transit windows - for planetary timing over a period, see our Sade Sati calculator (Saturn) and the Vimshottari Dasha periods.
No reductions. This version computes the unreduced BAV and the standard SAV formed from those unreduced values. It does not compute the Trikona (trinal) reduction, the Ekadhipatya (two-sign lordship) reduction, or the resulting Shodhya Pinda used in some longevity and effect-strength techniques. Those stages carry contested conventions; leaving them out keeps the base charts unambiguous and cross-checkable.
One ruleset, disclosed differences. The tool uses the standard Parashari rules throughout. Two benefic-place rows differ in the Brihat-jataka tradition - the Moon’s places from Jupiter, and Venus’s from Mars - and on one further point (the Moon’s house 9) the BPHS Sharma/Santhanam recension differs from the wider received tables. We follow the received standard (attested by Patel/Aiyar, Brihat-jataka, Saravali, and Raman) and note the alternatives rather than blending them silently.
Ashtakavarga (also spelled Ashtakvarga) is a Vedic system that scores the zodiac for each planet by counting benefic points, called bindus. 'Ashta' means eight: for a given planet, benefic points are contributed from eight reference points - the seven classical grahas (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn) and the Ascendant (Lagna). Each planet's own scored chart is its Bhinnashtakavarga; summing all seven gives the Sarvashtakavarga. It is used mainly to judge the relative strength of signs and houses, especially for reading transits.
A Bhinnashtakavarga (BAV) is the individual chart for ONE planet: twelve signs, each holding 0 to 8 bindus (up to one from each of the eight contributors). Each planet's BAV has a fixed total - Sun 48, Moon 49, Mars 39, Mercury 54, Jupiter 56, Venus 52, Saturn 39. The Sarvashtakavarga (SAV) is the sum of all seven BAVs, so each sign holds a combined score (0 to 56) and the twelve signs add up to 337. BAV is read per planet (for that planet's transits); SAV is the overall strength of each sign.
A bindu is a benefic point. In a planet's BAV, a sign with more bindus is traditionally a more supportive place for that planet - so when the planet transits a high-bindu sign, the period is read as more favourable, and a low-bindu sign as less so. In the SAV, a sign with a high combined score is a generally strong area of the chart. The points are a relative strength scale, not a yes/no verdict.
For the SAV, a common heuristic is that 30 or more bindus in a sign is strong, 25 to 29 is moderate, and 24 or fewer is weak. Treat this as a modern interpretive convention, not a classical rule: the classical texts give the bindu counts but not fixed strength-band cut-offs, and practitioners vary around the 30 mark. Note that the SAV average works out to 337 / 12 = 28.08 bindus per sign, but that is the arithmetic mean of a fixed total (337), not an empirical average of many charts.
The core transit use is per planet: when a planet transits a sign, look up that planet's OWN Bhinnashtakavarga score for that sign. More bindus (out of 8) suggests a more supportive transit; fewer suggests a weaker one. The SAV gives the background strength of the sign overall. This tool shows each graha's BAV score in its natal sign and the full per-planet tables so you can read any sign a planet moves into. It does not compute live day-by-day transit dates in this version.
No. This version computes the unreduced Bhinnashtakavarga and the standard Sarvashtakavarga formed from those unreduced values. It does not compute the Trikona (trinal) reduction, the Ekadhipatya (two-sign lordship) reduction, or the resulting Shodhya Pinda used in some longevity and strength techniques. Those are later stages with their own conventions; they are deliberately left out of this version so the base charts stay unambiguous.
It follows the standard Parashari table, cross-checked against the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Patel and Aiyar (1957), and B.V. Raman. Patel/Aiyar identifies two Brihat-jataka lineage variants, which are recorded but not applied. A separate Moon-house-9 recension difference is also disclosed: the engine follows the wider received table while preserving the Sharma/Santhanam BPHS reading as an alternative.
Three common reasons. First, tradition: a calculator following Brihat-jataka rather than Parashari will differ on the two rows noted above, which can shift a couple of SAV totals by a point. Second, ayanamsa: a different sidereal setting (or a chart near a sign boundary) can place a planet in a different sign, which changes its whole contribution - this tool uses Lahiri and flags planets and the Ascendant near a sign edge. Third, reductions: a tool that shows reduced (Shodhya) values will not match unreduced BAV/SAV.
A bindu is the benefic point counted in Ashtakavarga (this tool counts and shows bindus); the complementary malefic point is called a rekha. One caution on terminology: the two names are swapped between traditions - in the Parasara and Yavana line the benefic point is the rekha and the malefic one the bindu, while South Indian authors (Mantresvara, Vaidyanath) and most modern tables call the benefic point the bindu. This calculator uses the common modern convention (bindu = benefic). What matters is the count in each sign, not the label.
Read it from the Sarvashtakavarga (SAV): the sign with the highest bindu total is the strongest overall, and 30 or more is commonly called strong. But strength is relative to your own chart, so compare the twelve SAV values with each other rather than to a fixed cut-off. For a single planet's strength, use that planet's own Bhinnashtakavarga instead of the SAV. The tool shows all twelve SAV values and each planet's BAV so you can compare them directly.
Not directly. Ashtakavarga is a strength system - it scores how supportive each sign is for each planet and for the chart overall, which practitioners use mainly to judge the quality of transits and to compare houses. It is one input among many, not an event-prediction or dosha tool, and this calculator makes no claims about specific life events. Treat the bindu scores as a relative-strength guide to be read alongside the rest of the chart.