Reviewed by Dr. L. Nageshwwar Rao, PhD (Astrology), Consulting Astrologer · Last reviewed 3 August 2026 · How we compute this
Free Panch Mahapurush yoga calculator — Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya and Sasa checked against your sidereal chart, with citations. Sidereal (Lahiri).
The Panch Mahapurush — “five great men” — are the five classical yogas named after the planet that forms them: Ruchaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Hamsa (Jupiter), Malavya (Venus) and Sasa (Saturn). Each forms when the planet sits in its own, exalted or moolatrikona sign in a kendra house (1st, 4th, 7th or 10th) from the lagna. This is the exact rule the engine applies to each of the five planets.
The classical texts give each yoga a characteristic colour — Phaladeepika and Saravali describe Ruchaka as courage and authority, Brihat Jataka and Parashara Smriti describe Hamsa as wisdom and virtue — and the same texts list conditions that cancel a Mahapurusha yoga, such as combustion or a kendra lord fallen into a dusthana. The engine reports these cancellations separately (as “Ruchaka Bhanga” and so on) when it detects them.
The engine checks each of the five planets against the same rule and shows which are present in your chart, with participants, confidence and citations. The five are independent — a chart can carry one, several, or none, and none is not a judgement about a person.
The Mahapurusha yogas are part of the full set the engine detects. Explore the others, or the full list of yogas in your chart:
The Panch Mahapurush — “five great men” — are five classical yogas named after the planet that forms each: Ruchaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Hamsa (Jupiter), Malavya (Venus) and Sasa (Saturn). Each forms when the planet sits in its own, exalted or moolatrikona sign in a kendra house (1st, 4th, 7th or 10th) from the lagna.
The tool computes your sidereal birth chart (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa) and applies the same rule to each of the five planets: own, exalted or moolatrikona sign, and a kendra house from the lagna. Each Mahapurusha yoga found is reported with its participants, the engine's confidence and the citations for that planet's rule.
Yes — and the classical texts are explicit about it. Conditions such as combustion, a kendra lord fallen into a dusthana, and others cancel the yoga. The engine reports these cancellations separately (as “Ruchaka Bhanga”, “Hamsa Bhanga” and so on) when it detects them, so the result distinguishes a formed yoga from a cancelled one.
Yes. The five yogas are independent of each other — each checks a different planet — so a chart can carry one, several, or none. The tool checks all five at once and shows exactly which are present.
No. The classical texts describe each yoga's characteristic colour — Ruchaka's courage, Hamsa's wisdom, Malavya's refinement — but the same texts grade the yoga by the planet's dignity and by the cancellation conditions, and the result still plays out through the whole chart and dashas. The tool reports what is present with citations; it does not issue verdicts about a person.
The engine's citations vary by planet: Phaladeepika (Mantreshwar), Brihat Jataka (Varahamihira and the Hindi Alt), Jyotish Ratnakar, Saravali (Santhanam), Jataka Parijata (Vaidyanatha), Parashara Smriti (Madhaviya Vritti) and Brihat Samhita all appear across the five rules. Each result shows the citations for that specific yoga.
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