Reviewed by Dr. L. Nageshwwar Rao, PhD (Astrology), Consulting Astrologer · Last reviewed 3 August 2026 · How we compute this
Free Kemadruma yoga calculator — see whether the classical Kemadruma combination forms in your chart, strict definition, cancellations shown, no fear-baiting. Sidereal (Lahiri).
Kemadruma is the classical yoga of a “lonely Moon”: no planets in the 2nd or 12th from the Moon. The engine deliberately uses the strict definition — no planets in the 1st, 2nd or 12th from the Moon (Sun and the nodes excluded), the Moon not in a kendra from the lagna, and no aspect from Jupiter — because the loose version of this rule catches almost every chart and is not actionable.
The classical texts — Phaladeepika (Mantreshwar), Jataka Parijata and Brihat Samhita — describe Kemadruma as a combination of isolation and hardship, and the same texts list the conditions that cancel it. The engine already applies the two main ones: a Moon in a kendra from the lagna, or an aspect from Jupiter, means Kemadruma does not form.
Read it the way a careful astrologer would: one combination among dozens in a chart, frequently cancelled, never a verdict about a person or a life. The result shows exactly what formed, what cancelled it, and the citations for the rule — no more, and no fear.
Kemadruma is one of the yogas the engine detects. Explore the others, or the full list of yogas in your chart:
Kemadruma is the classical yoga of a “lonely Moon”. This tool uses the strict classical definition — no planets in the 1st, 2nd or 12th from the Moon (Sun and the nodes excluded), the Moon not in a kendra from the lagna, and no aspect from Jupiter — the reading that serious classical texts actually use.
No — and this page will not sell you that fear. Three things matter here. First, the strict definition is used precisely because the loose version catches almost every chart and is not actionable. Second, the engine's detector already bakes in the main cancellations: a Moon in a kendra from the lagna, or an aspect from Jupiter, means Kemadruma does not form. Third, Kemadruma is one combination among dozens in a chart — it is read together with everything else, never as a verdict on a person or a life.
The two main cancellations are already part of the detection: if the Moon sits in a kendra from the lagna, or if Jupiter aspects the Moon, Kemadruma does not form. The engine applies these two most commonly cited conditions, and the result states plainly which condition applied to your chart.
Because the loose definition — “no planets in the 2nd and 12th from the Moon” alone — catches almost every chart and cannot be actionable: nearly everyone would be told they have Kemadruma, which is not how classical texts intend it to be read. The strict definition (companions excluded, kendra and Jupiter-aspect cancellations applied) is the one that yields a meaningful result.
The core check depends on the Moon's sign, which changes slowly — roughly one sign every 2.3 days — so the 2nd/12th-from-Moon part is robust to a recorded time that is minutes off. The kendra-from-lagna cancellation, however, depends on the lagna, which changes sign every couple of hours, so if your birth time is only an approximate guess, treat that part as provisional.
Look at it in context. The yoga calculator shows every yoga the engine detects in your chart — Kemadruma sits alongside the dhana, raja, lunar and solar combinations. If you want the whole picture weighed by an astrologer, a written reading looks at the full chart, the dashas and any remedies — no single combination, Kemadruma included, is read in isolation.
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