Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood superstar and film producer; one of the world's most successful and recognised actors, nicknamed the "King of Khans"
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The Birth Chart
Lagna Libra · Moon in Capricorn · Dhanishtha nakshatra
- Atmakaraka (soul planet)
- Mars
- Highest-degree planet; in Jaimini the significator of the soul's central pursuit.
- Yogakaraka
- Saturn
- Owns both a quadrant and a trine for this lagna - a natural Raja-Yoga giver.
- Navamsha (D9) lagna
- Aquarius
- The D9 ascendant - the chart's inner strength and marriage indicator.
- Sect
- Night birth (nocturnal)
- Day/night sect of the chart.
Planetary Positions
Every graha with its sign, house, nakshatra, dignity and computed shadbala strength.
| Graha | Rashi | House | Nakshatra | Dignity | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 1 | Swati · pada 3 | Debilitated | 52 |
| Moon | Capricorn | 4 | Dhanishtha · pada 1 | Neutral | 73 |
| Mars | Scorpio | 2 | Jyeshtha · pada 4 | Own sign | 52 |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 2 | Anuradha · pada 1 | Neutral | 49 |
| Jupiter(R) | Gemini | 9 | Ardra · pada 1 | Neutral | 46 |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 3 | Mula · pada 1 | Neutral | 61 |
| Saturn(R) | Aquarius | 5 | Shatabhisha · pada 4 | Moolatrikona | 62 |
| Rahu(R) | Taurus | 8 | Rohini · pada 1 | Neutral | 46 |
| Ketu(R) | Scorpio | 2 | Anuradha · pada 3 | Neutral | 44 |
Strength of the Grahas
Relative shadbala (six-fold strength) of each planet - taller bars carry more of the chart’s weight.
- Moon73%
- Saturn62%
- Venus61%
- Sun52%
- Mars52%
- Mercury49%
- Jupiter46%
- Rahu46%
- Ketu44%
Yogas and Their Sources
The combinations the chart actually forms, each with the classical verse it rests on.
Durdhura Yoga
Moon · Saturn · Venus
Saturn lies in the 2nd from the Moon and Venus in the 12th from it, so the Moon is flanked on both sides - the Durdhura (Durudhura) configuration. Classically it marks self-made comfort, an abundance of conveyances and a generous, enjoying nature, rather than an inherited ease.
“When there are planets (other than the Sun) in both the 2nd and the 12th houses from the Moon, the Durudhura Yoga is formed: the native is liberal and self-denying, happy and wealthy, never short of conveyances, and enjoys the many comforts of the world that come to him.”
Vesi Yoga
Sun · Mars · Mercury
Mars and Mercury stand in the 2nd house from the Sun, forming the solar Vesi Yoga. The Sun here is the planet of the self, and planets in the 2nd from it lend force to speech, will and public standing.
हित्वेन्दुं शुभवेसिवास्युभयचर्याख्याः
“When a planet other than the Moon stands in the 2nd house from the Sun, the Vesi Yoga is formed; the native is then of forceful speech, possessed of drive and standing, and a person who makes his mark before others.”
Raja Yoga - Mars (2nd and 7th lord) and Saturn (4th and 5th lord)
Mars · Saturn
Mars, ruling the 2nd and 7th, associates with Saturn, ruling the 4th (a quadrant) and the 5th (a trine). A quadrant lord linked to a trine lord is the classical kendra-trikona Raja Yoga; Saturn is also this Libra chart's yogakaraka, owning both a kendra and a trikona.
“When the lord of a quadrant (kendra) and the lord of a trine (trikona) are related - by conjunction, mutual aspect or exchange - a Raja Yoga is produced, conferring rank, authority and high worldly status.”
Raja Yoga - Mars (2nd and 7th lord) and Mercury (9th and 12th lord)
Mars · Mercury
Mars, ruling the 2nd and 7th, associates with Mercury, ruling the 9th (the trine of fortune) and the 12th. Linking the lord of the 7th of public dealings to the lord of the 9th of luck is a second kendra-trikona Raja Yoga, distinct from the Mars-Saturn one.
“A quadrant lord associating with the lord of a trine forms a Raja Yoga that raises the native to honour and good fortune. Here the 7th lord (Mars) joins the 9th lord (Mercury) of fortune in the 2nd house.”
Dhana Yoga - Mars (2nd lord) and Saturn (5th lord)
Mars · Saturn
The 2nd lord of accumulated wealth (Mars) associates with the 5th lord (Saturn). The connection of the 2nd house of wealth with the 5th of speculation, intelligence and creativity is a recognised Dhana Yoga - a wealth-producing combination.
“When the lord of the 2nd house of wealth is connected with the lord of a trine, the native becomes wealthy and renowned in the world; such relations of the wealth-house lord are declared to be Dhana Yogas.”
Dhana Yoga - Mars (2nd lord) and Mercury (9th lord)
Mars · Mercury
The 2nd lord of wealth (Mars) associates with the 9th lord of fortune (Mercury), both seated together in the 2nd house. Tying the house of earned wealth to the house of luck and dharma is a second, distinct Dhana Yoga.
“When the lord of the 2nd house joins the lord of the 9th house of fortune, prosperity and abundance accrue to the native; the texts count such an association of the wealth-lord among the Dhana Yogas.”
Dama Yoga (Nabhasa Sankhya)
Sun · Moon · Mars · Mercury · Jupiter · Venus · Saturn
The seven planets fall across six distinct signs, which forms the Nabhasa numerical (Sankhya) yoga called Dama (Damini). It is classically read as the signature of one who is famous, charitable and engaged in noble works.
“When the seven planets occupy six signs the Dama (Damini) Yoga arises; the person so born is famous, charitable, of helpful disposition and devoted to good and noble deeds.”
The Dasha Timeline
- 1965–1972Mars मंगल7 yr
- 1972–1990Rahu राहु18 yr
- 1988 — Shah Rukh Khan made his screen debut on television, shooting the (delayed) serial Dil Dariya in 1988 and gaining national fame as Abhimanyu Rai in the Doordarshan army series Fauji.
- 1990–2006Jupiter गुरु16 yr
- 1991 — Khan married Gauri Chhibber in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Mumbai on 25 October 1991 after a long courtship.
- 1992 — Khan made his Bollywood film debut in the hit Deewana, winning the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award.
- 1995 — Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released on 20 October 1995, becoming a defining blockbuster and the longest-running film in Indian cinema history.
- 1999 — Khan co-founded the production company Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza, his first venture into producing.
- 2005 — The Government of India awarded Khan the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour.
- 2006–2025Saturn शनि19 yr
- 2008 — Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment, with Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta, bought the Kolkata Knight Riders IPL franchise for US$75.09 million at the inaugural IPL auction.
- 2008 — Time magazine named Khan one of the 100 most influential people in the world, reflecting his global stature.
- 2012 — The Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders won their first Indian Premier League title.
- 2021 — Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the Cordelia cruise drugs case on 3 October 2021, a high-profile personal crisis.
- 2022 — The Narcotics Control Bureau gave Aryan Khan a clean chit in the drugs-on-cruise case on 27 May 2022, citing lack of sufficient evidence.
- 2023 — Pathaan released on 25 January 2023, marking Khan's box-office comeback after a four-year absence from lead roles and grossing over Rupees 10 billion worldwide.
- 2023 — Jawan released on 7 September 2023, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023 and making Khan the first Indian actor with two films crossing Rupees 10 billion in a single year.
- 2024 — The Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title (after 2012 and 2014) under Khan's ownership.
- 2025–2042Mercury बुध17 yr
- 2025 — Khan won his first National Film Award for Best Actor (for Jawan), shared with Vikrant Massey, at the 71st National Film Awards.
- 2042–2049Ketu केतु7 yr
- 2049–2069Venus शुक्र20 yr
- 2069–2075Sun सूर्य6 yr
- 2075–2085Moon चन्द्र10 yr
A Life in the Stars
1988
Shah Rukh Khan made his screen debut on television, shooting the (delayed) serial Dil Dariya in 1988 and gaining national fame as Abhimanyu Rai in the Doordarshan army series Fauji. source
Rahu mahadasha (1972-1990). Rahu sits in the 8th house in Taurus - the house of sudden, unconventional turns - and is the planet of mass attention and amplification. Its period brought the first burst of public recognition through the new medium of television, fittingly via an unconventional, image-driven route.
In nineteen eighty-eight, in the closing years of the period of Rahu - the shadow planet of mass attention, placed in his eighth house of sudden turns - a young Shah Rukh Khan stepped in front of a television camera and, almost overnight, became a face the whole country recognised.
1991
Khan married Gauri Chhibber in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Mumbai on 25 October 1991 after a long courtship. source
Jupiter mahadasha (1990-2006). Jupiter, the great benefic of marriage and dharma, sits in the 9th house of fortune. As the natural significator of the husband and of auspicious union, its period opening with a marriage is squarely on character.
In nineteen ninety-one, as the long and benevolent period of Jupiter began - the planet of marriage and good fortune, seated in his ninth house of luck - Shah Rukh married Gauri Chhibber in Mumbai, anchoring his personal life just as his fortunes were about to rise.
1992
Khan made his Bollywood film debut in the hit Deewana, winning the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. source
Jupiter mahadasha. Jupiter in the 9th house of fortune classically opens lucky beginnings, and through its trinal link to the chart it activates the Raja Yogas built on Mars and Saturn - the rise to status and recognition the chart is wired for.
In nineteen ninety-two, under expansive Jupiter in his house of fortune, his very first film, Deewana, was a hit and won him a debut award - the chart's Raja Yogas of status switching on at the start of a screen career.
1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released on 20 October 1995, becoming a defining blockbuster and the longest-running film in Indian cinema history. source
Jupiter mahadasha. The benefic of fortune in the 9th house favours romance, journeys and dharmic stories; alongside the Venusian Libra lagna of charm and love, the period delivered the romantic role that defined his image.
In nineteen ninety-five, still in the season of Jupiter and carried by his Venus-ruled chart of charm, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge made him the face of romance in Indian cinema - a film that would run in theatres for decades.
1999
Khan co-founded the production company Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza, his first venture into producing. source
Jupiter mahadasha. The Mars-Mercury Raja and Dhana Yogas - the 2nd lord of wealth tied to the 7th of partnership and the 9th of fortune - describe the move from hired talent to wealth-owning partner; Jupiter's expansive period supplied the appetite to build.
In nineteen ninety-nine, under Jupiter's broadening influence, Shah Rukh turned producer with Dreamz Unlimited - his wealth-and-partnership yogas drawing him from performer toward owner of the work itself.
2005
The Government of India awarded Khan the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour. source
Jupiter mahadasha closing. Jupiter in the 9th house of honour and recognition, combined with the chart's twin Raja Yogas, fits a state honour conferred near the end of the benefic's long, status-raising period.
In two thousand and five, as Jupiter's long period drew toward its close from his ninth house of honour, the nation awarded him the Padma Shri - public recognition crowning the chart's Raja Yogas of status.
2008
Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment, with Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta, bought the Kolkata Knight Riders IPL franchise for US$75.09 million at the inaugural IPL auction. source
Saturn mahadasha (2006-2025). Saturn is the Libra yogakaraka, owning the 4th and 5th and forming both a Raja Yoga and a Dhana Yoga with Mars. Sitting in the 5th house of speculation, sport and ventures, its period opening with the purchase of a cricket franchise is a textbook fit.
In two thousand and eight, as the long period of Saturn - his yogakaraka, sitting in the fifth house of sport and speculation - took hold, Shah Rukh's company bought the Kolkata Knight Riders, turning a wealth-yoga into a literal team.
2008
Time magazine named Khan one of the 100 most influential people in the world, reflecting his global stature. source
Saturn mahadasha. Saturn the yogakaraka carries the chart's Raja Yogas of high status, and the Aquarius navamsha lagna - the sign of the wide collective - frames a reach that is global rather than local; both align with worldwide recognition.
Also in two thousand and eight, under his status-giving Saturn and an Aquarian navamsha built for broad reach, Time named him among the hundred most influential people on earth - the chart's promise of fame stretched to a world scale.
2012
The Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders won their first Indian Premier League title. source
Saturn mahadasha. Saturn occupies the 5th house, which classically governs sport, competition and the fruits of speculation; the yogakaraka delivering a championship from its own house of games is on theme.
In twenty twelve, deep in Saturn's period and with that planet seated in his fifth house of sport, his cricket team lifted its first IPL trophy - the yogakaraka paying out from the very house of the game.
2021
Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the Cordelia cruise drugs case on 3 October 2021, a high-profile personal crisis. source
Saturn mahadasha. Saturn sits in the 5th house - the house of children - in the chart, and Rahu occupies the 8th house of crisis, scandal and sudden upheaval. A hard chapter touching a child during the 5th-house lord's period reflects exactly these factors.
In twenty twenty-one, under Saturn ruling from his fifth house of children and with Rahu casting its shadow from the eighth house of sudden crisis, the family faced its sternest public test when his son was arrested.
2022
The Narcotics Control Bureau gave Aryan Khan a clean chit in the drugs-on-cruise case on 27 May 2022, citing lack of sufficient evidence. source
Saturn mahadasha. The 8th-house Rahu signature of crisis-and-rebirth classically resolves through reversal: the same house that brings sudden trouble brings the turnaround. The clean chit and recovery fit the 8th-house pattern of upheaval followed by restoration.
By twenty twenty-two, still under Saturn, the matter resolved with a clean chit - the eighth house that brings sudden trouble also bringing, in its own way, the turnaround and release.
2023
Pathaan released on 25 January 2023, marking Khan's box-office comeback after a four-year absence from lead roles and grossing over Rupees 10 billion worldwide. source
Saturn mahadasha. Saturn classically rewards patience and slow returns, and the 8th-house Rahu signature is one of fall-and-comeback. A blockbuster return after years away is squarely the chart's reinvention-through-rupture pattern.
In January twenty twenty-three, under disciplined Saturn that rewards the long wait, Pathaan brought him roaring back to the box office after four quiet years - the chart's comeback signature in full force.
2023
Jawan released on 7 September 2023, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023 and making Khan the first Indian actor with two films crossing Rupees 10 billion in a single year. source
Saturn mahadasha. The twin Dhana Yogas built on the 2nd lord Mars - tied to Saturn and to Mercury - are wealth-producing combinations; a single year of record earnings under the Dhana-linked yogakaraka reflects these directly.
Months later, in twenty twenty-three, his second blockbuster of the year, Jawan, made him the first Indian actor with two films past ten billion rupees in a single year - the chart's twin wealth-yogas, run by Saturn, paying out at once.
2024
The Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title (after 2012 and 2014) under Khan's ownership. source
Saturn mahadasha, closing. Saturn in the 5th house of sport once more delivers a championship as its long period nears its end - the yogakaraka rounding off its tenure from the house of games.
In twenty twenty-four, as Saturn's nineteen-year period neared its close, his cricket team won a third IPL title - the fifth-house yogakaraka taking one final bow from the house of sport.
2025
Khan won his first National Film Award for Best Actor (for Jawan), shared with Vikrant Massey, at the 71st National Film Awards. source
Transition from Saturn to Mercury mahadasha (2025). Mercury rules the 9th house of honour and recognition and joins Mars in the 2nd to form a Raja and a Dhana Yoga; its period opening with a long-awaited state honour for acting fits the 9th-lord's significations.
In twenty twenty-five, as the period of Mercury - lord of his ninth house of honour - began, Shah Rukh finally won his first National Award for Best Acting, a recognition the chart had been pointing toward all along.
Character in the Chart
Charm as the first language
Libra lagna with Venus as lagna lord
The ascendant is Libra, the sign of Venus - the planet of grace, attraction and pleasing manners - so the whole chart is read through a Venusian lens. Classical authority assigns Libra natives an even temper, an instinct for balance and a face the world warms to; the lagna lord Venus is the chosen significator of charm and partnership. With the rising sign itself ruled by the planet of likeability, the persona that meets the world leads with relatability and a disarming sweetness before anything else - the texture of a star whose appeal is, first of all, that he is easy to like.
A debilitated Sun that performs the self
Sun debilitated in Libra (Swati) in the 1st house
The Sun - the planet of the ego, the self and the king - sits debilitated in Libra in the 1st house, in Swati nakshatra. A fallen Sun classically muddies a simple, hereditary sense of self-importance: identity is not assumed, it is sought and constructed. Yet placed in the 1st house, that searching self is unmistakably the chart's centre of gravity. The combination reads as a personality that does not inherit status but builds it through performance - a self forged in public, restless about its own worth, and most alive when it has an audience to define it against.
Drive and speech as the engine
Mars in own sign Scorpio in the 2nd house, with Mercury (Atmakaraka Mars)
Mars - the chart's Atmakaraka, or soul-significator in Jaimini - sits in its own sign Scorpio in the 2nd house of speech, wealth and family, joined by Mercury, the planet of communication. Because Mars rules both the 2nd and the 7th, and because Vesi Yoga forms from these planets standing in the 2nd from the Sun, the will and the voice are fused. The classical Vesi gloss is a forceful, mark-making manner of speech. With the soul-planet strong in its own sign in the house of the spoken word, the defining instrument is delivery: dialogue, persuasion, the relationship with the listener.
Discipline that earns its own throne
Saturn in moolatrikona Aquarius in the 5th house (Libra yogakaraka)
Saturn, the great taskmaster, sits in its own moolatrikona sign Aquarius in the 5th house of creativity and is the yogakaraka for Libra - the single planet that owns both a quadrant (4th) and a trine (5th), making it a natural Raja Yoga giver. Two Raja Yogas in this chart and a Dhana Yoga run through Saturn. Classical lore reads strong Saturn as the discipline behind slow, durable, self-made success - rewards that arrive through perseverance rather than gift. In the house of creativity and speculation, that disciplined yogakaraka is the spine beneath the showmanship: a craftsman's patience under a star's surface.
An inner emotional steadiness
Moon in Capricorn (Dhanishtha) in the 4th house, Durdhura Yoga
The Moon - the significator of mind and emotion - occupies Capricorn in the 4th house of home, mother and inner contentment, in Dhanishtha nakshatra, and is the strongest planet in the chart by the engine's reckoning. The 4th house is the seat of emotional foundation, and a well-placed Moon there classically grants steadiness, attachment to home and a settled heart beneath an outwardly busy life. The Durdhura Yoga - planets flanking the Moon on both sides - reinforces this, traditionally promising comforts, conveyances and a generous, enjoying temperament that is self-acquired rather than inherited.
Faith, fortune and the teacher's streak
Jupiter retrograde in Gemini (Ardra) in the 9th house
Jupiter - the planet of wisdom, dharma and good fortune - occupies the 9th house, the very house it naturally signifies, in Gemini and in Ardra nakshatra, though retrograde. The 9th is the house of fortune, philosophy, the father and higher purpose; classical readings tie a Jupiter influence here to luck, generosity and a guiding, almost preceptor-like quality. Even retrograde, Jupiter in the house of fortune lends a sense that success carries a duty - a public-spirited, mentoring instinct and an appetite for ideas - alongside the plain good luck the 9th house is famous for.
Transformation through upheaval
Rahu in Taurus (Rohini) in the 8th house
Rahu - the shadow planet of obsessive desire and sudden amplification - sits in the 8th house in Taurus, in Rohini nakshatra. The 8th is the classical house of upheaval, hidden things, crisis and rebirth. Rahu here describes a life that does not move in a straight line: intense ambition that periodically passes through reversal, scandal or sudden change and emerges remade. It is the astrological texture of someone whose public story is punctuated by dramatic turns and comebacks, the desire-engine of Rahu working through the most transformative house of the chart.
A name made to travel
Navamsha lagna Aquarius with Moon and Mercury in the D9 7th house
The navamsha (D9) ascendant is Aquarius, with the Moon and Mercury together in the D9 7th house. The navamsha is read for inner strength and for partnership; an Aquarius D9 lagna - the sign of the wide, impersonal collective - frames a self whose reach is meant to be broad and many-sided rather than narrow. Mercury, the planet of communication and commerce, joining the emotional Moon in the partnership angle of the divisional chart underscores a deep talent for connection - with collaborators, with the public, across a stage far larger than the personal.
The Road Ahead
- The chart's enduring signature is a Venus-ruled Libra lagna of charm wedded to a yogakaraka Saturn of discipline - the reason the appeal is both instantly likeable and built to last across decades.
- Two Raja Yogas and two Dhana Yogas, all running through the 2nd-lord Mars in its own sign, describe a fortune that is self-made and tied to the spoken word and to public partnership rather than inherited.
- Rahu in the 8th house frames a life of reinvention through upheaval - dramatic reversals followed by comebacks - the same pattern visible in both the personal crisis and the box-office return.
Classical Sources
Phaladeepika
Mantreshwara's classical manual of horoscopy; source used here for the solar Vasi yoga and the vargottama strength rule.
Brihat Jataka
Varahamihira's classical compendium (6th c.); its chapter on lunar yogas defines Sunapha, and the Nabhasa yogas include Veena.
Jyotish Ratnakar
Classical Jyotish text cited above.
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