Reviewed by Dr. L. Nageshwwar Rao, PhD (Astrology), Consulting Astrologer · Last reviewed 3 August 2026 · How we compute this
Free Neech Bhang Raj yoga calculator — check whether a debilitated planet in your chart is redeemed (dispositor in a kendra from lagna or Moon), with citations. Sidereal (Lahiri).
A planet in its debilitation sign is classical shorthand for a weakened planet. Neechabhanga — literally “cancellation of debility” — is the classical redemption: when the lord of the sign the debilitated planet occupies sits in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th or 10th) from the lagna or from the Moon, the debility is cancelled and classical texts treat the combination as a Raj yoga. This is the exact pair-check the engine runs.
The engine implements the two most commonly cited limbs of the rule: the dispositor in a kendra from the lagna, and the dispositor in a kendra from the Moon. A third limb — the planet that would be exalted in the sign sitting in a kendra — is debated across schools, and the engine deliberately leaves it out rather than guess at convention.
Jyotish Ratnakar, Phaladeepika (Mantreshwar) and Brihat Jataka (Varahamihira) are the texts cited for this rule. A redeemed planet is still read in whole-chart context: the cancellation restores its ability to act, and the rest of the reading — houses, dashas, aspects — decides how that plays out.
Neechabhanga is one of the yogas the engine detects. Explore the others, or the full list of yogas in your chart:
Neechabhanga — literally “cancellation of debility” — is the classical redemption of a debilitated planet. When the lord of the sign a debilitated planet occupies sits in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th or 10th) from the lagna or from the Moon, the debility is cancelled, and classical texts treat the combination as a Raj yoga.
The tool computes your sidereal birth chart (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa), finds every debilitated planet, and checks two conditions for each: is the lord of its sign (the dispositor) in a kendra from the lagna, or in a kendra from the Moon? Each hit is reported as a Neechabhanga Raj Yoga with the debilitated planet and the redeeming dispositor as participants.
Some schools add a third condition: the planet that would be exalted in that sign sitting in a kendra. That limb is debated across the classical texts, and the engine deliberately leaves it out rather than guess at convention. This page states that scope honestly — the tool checks the two most commonly cited limbs.
Yes. When the engine detects it, the yoga appears as “Neechabhanga Raj Yoga” in the chart's yoga list, with the debilitated planet and the dispositor named as participants, the engine's confidence, and the classical citations for the rule.
The classical framing is that the debility no longer blocks the planet — its ability to act is restored. How that ability plays out still depends on the whole chart: the house the planet sits in, its aspects, and the dashas that activate it. The result reports the cancellation; it does not promise outcomes.
The engine cites Jyotish Ratnakar (Hindi), Phaladeepika (Mantreshwar, Hindi) and Brihat Jataka (Varahamihira, Bhattotpala, Sanskrit) for the neechabhanga rule. The citations shown with each result quote the specific verses.
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