Reviewed by Dr. L. Nageshwwar Rao, PhD (Astrology), Consulting Astrologer · Last reviewed 3 August 2026 · How we compute this
Free Gajakesari yoga calculator — check if Jupiter sits in a kendra (1, 4, 7 or 10) from your Moon, with classical citations. Sidereal (Lahiri), Swiss Ephemeris.
Gajakesari — Sanskrit for “elephant-lion” — is the classical yoga that forms when Jupiter sits in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) from the Moon. The kendra count is taken from the Moon, not from the lagna: the engine measures the Moon–Jupiter house distance and reports Gajakesari when it is 1, 4, 7 or 10. This is the exact condition the engine detects.
Phaladeepika (Mantreshwar), Brihat Jataka (Varahamihira) and Parashara Smriti describe Gajakesari as a combination of reputation, intelligence and respect — the Moon lending a receptive mind and Jupiter lending judgement. The classical texts also note that the yoga is stronger when Jupiter is dignified, which is why the result shows Jupiter's placement and the engine's confidence rather than a fixed “good/bad” label.
This tool checks the geometric condition only. Your real sidereal chart is computed (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa) and the Moon–Jupiter distance is measured. Gajakesari is one yoga among many in a chart — it is read together with the rest, never as a verdict on its own.
Gajakesari is one of the yogas the engine detects. Explore the others, or the full list of yogas in your chart:
Gajakesari — Sanskrit for “elephant-lion” — is the classical yoga that forms when Jupiter sits in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) from the Moon. The kendra count is taken from the Moon, not from the lagna. Phaladeepika (Mantreshwar), Brihat Jataka (Varahamihira) and Parashara Smriti describe the combination as one of reputation, intelligence and respect.
The tool computes your sidereal birth chart (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa) and measures the house distance between the Moon and Jupiter. If they are 1, 4, 7 or 10 houses apart — a kendra from each other — Gajakesari is reported, with the engine's confidence and the classical citations for the rule.
The classical texts describe Gajakesari as a combination of reputation, intelligence and respect, and they also note that its strength varies — the yoga is stronger when Jupiter is dignified and when the rest of the chart supports it. This tool reports the geometric condition and Jupiter's placement, not a verdict: one yoga is one lens on a chart, never a prediction about your life.
The confidence is the engine's score for how well-supported the rule is in its classical corpus — it is derived from the rule's citations and any supporting rules. It is not a strength grade and not a verdict. The citations next to each yoga quote the exact classical rule, so you can read the source for yourself rather than take a label on faith.
Yes — yogas are not mutually exclusive, and a chart usually carries several at once. The yoga calculator lists every yoga the engine detects, grouped by category, so you can see Gajakesari together with the dhana, raja, lunar and solar combinations in the same chart. A written reading weighs them all together.
The Gajakesari check depends on the signs of the Moon and Jupiter, which change slowly — the Moon moves one sign in roughly 2.3 days and Jupiter far more slowly — so a recorded birth time that is off by a few minutes will not change this particular combination. If your birth time is only a rough guess, however, treat the whole chart as provisional.
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