What does the marriage point show?
The marriage point (Upapada Lagna, UL) comes from the twelfth house and is labelled A12. It belongs to the planet-role method (Jaimini). Jaimini Sutras and the Jaimini chapters of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra describe its use. They check its sign, ruler and nearby signs for marriage and the spouse. This calculator finds the point and shows the rules' sources.
How is Upapada calculated?
To find a reflected house point (Arudha pada), count from a house to its ruler. Count the same distance again from that ruler. Traditional exceptions apply to same-sign and seventh-sign results. The table shows all twelve points. A1 is the public-image point (Arudha Lagna), while A12 is the marriage point. They are different points made with the same counting rule.
How does the sign count work: an example?
Suppose the twelfth house is Aries and its ruler Mars is in Gemini. Count Aries, Taurus, Gemini: three signs. Repeat from Mars: Gemini, Cancer, Leo. The marriage point falls in Leo. Include the starting sign in each count. This illustrates the rule, not a real person's chart.
How do the public-image and marriage points differ?
The eight planets are ranked by degree within their own signs. Each rank gets a life role. The highest is the self or soul planet (Atmakaraka, AK). The lowest is the spouse planet (Darakaraka, DK), read with the marriage point. The other roles cover work, siblings, mother, father, children and obstacles.
- Reflected house point (Arudha pada)
- Count from a house to its ruler, then repeat that distance. Traditional exceptions apply. A1–A12 cover all twelve houses.
What are the eight planet roles and the marriage-chart sign?
Eight planets are ranked by degree within their signs. These ranked roles are called Charakarakas in the Jaimini method. The highest represents you, the self planet (AK); the lowest represents your spouse (DK).
The final result is your self planet's sign in the marriage chart (Navamsa, D9). This sign is called Karakamsha and is used to read life's direction. Positions come from Swiss Ephemeris, with the star-based correction called Lahiri ayanamsa. We count whole signs throughout.
- Self planet (Atmakaraka, AK)
- The highest-degree planet in this ranking.
- Spouse planet (Darakaraka, DK)
- The lowest-degree planet in this ranking.
- Self planet's marriage-chart sign (Karakamsha)
- The self planet's sign in the marriage chart, used for life's direction.
What if the birth time is uncertain or results differ?
Give the exact birth time, birthplace and timezone. A time change can change the rising sign and the twelfth-house sign. The tool uses whole-sign houses and the Lahiri correction. Schools differ in their planet-role schemes and exceptions. The result's sources show which rule was used.