Vedic astrology, explained — and what we are building at TevaPatra.https://tevapatra.com/https://tevapatra.com/blog/kundali-matching-guna-milan/https://tevapatra.com/blog/kundali-matching-guna-milan/The ashtakoota compatibility score out of 36 that runs every arranged-marriage decision — what the eight kootas measure, what the score misses, and where Mangal dosha fits.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/ai-plus-classical-jyotish/https://tevapatra.com/blog/ai-plus-classical-jyotish/An LLM that knows astrology trivia will happily invent a reading. TevaPatra's approach: the AI can only speak about what your computed chart actually says.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/how-tevapatra-computes-your-chart/https://tevapatra.com/blog/how-tevapatra-computes-your-chart/Most astrology apps generate text. TevaPatra computes your chart — sidereal positions, houses, nakshatras — before a single word is written. Here's what happens under the hood.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/muhurta-auspicious-timing/https://tevapatra.com/blog/muhurta-auspicious-timing/Why Indians check the stars before weddings, griha pravesh, and business launches — how muhurta (electional astrology) actually works, limb by limb.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/panchanga-explained/https://tevapatra.com/blog/panchanga-explained/The Vedic five-limb calendar that rates every day — what tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana actually measure, and how to use them.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/sade-sati-explained/https://tevapatra.com/blog/sade-sati-explained/The most feared transit in Vedic astrology — Saturn crossing your natal Moon for seven and a half years. What it is, what it actually does, and why it isn't a curse.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/retrograde-planets-vakri/https://tevapatra.com/blog/retrograde-planets-vakri/Mercury retrograde memes aside: in Jyotish a retrograde planet (vakri) is a technical condition with real effects — sometimes amplified, sometimes distorted. Here's the actual rule.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/gochar-transits-explained/https://tevapatra.com/blog/gochar-transits-explained/Your birth chart is fixed; the sky keeps moving. How Jyotish reads transits (gochar) — against your lagna and Moon, layered over your dasha — and what they can and can't tell you.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/birth-time-rectification/https://tevapatra.com/blog/birth-time-rectification/Your lagna changes every two hours and your navamsa in minutes. What a wrong birth time corrupts, and how Vedic astrologers reverse-engineer the real one.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/vargas-divisional-charts/https://tevapatra.com/blog/vargas-divisional-charts/Your birth chart isn't one chart — it's a stack. How Jyotish subdivides each sign into divisional charts (vargas), and why the navamsa matters almost as much as the main chart.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/karma-vs-daiva-fate-and-effort/https://tevapatra.com/blog/karma-vs-daiva-fate-and-effort/Is Jyotish fatalism? No — the tradition splits karma into what's already in motion and what you're still writing. Daiva is the printout of past karma, not a decree about the future.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/vimshottari-dasha-explained/https://tevapatra.com/blog/vimshottari-dasha-explained/The Vimshottari dasha system divides your life into planetary periods that colour everything. What each period means, how to read yours, and why timing is the point of Jyotish.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/nakshatras-27-lunar-mansions/https://tevapatra.com/blog/nakshatras-27-lunar-mansions/Finer than signs, older than houses — the nakshatras divide the zodiac into 27 lunar mansions. Your Moon's nakshatra sets your name-sound, your dasha clock, and half your daily panchanga.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/navagraha-nine-planets/https://tevapatra.com/blog/navagraha-nine-planets/Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn — plus Rahu and Ketu, the shadow planets. What each graha signifies, and why Jyotish counts nine instead of ten.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/sun-moon-lagna/https://tevapatra.com/blog/sun-moon-lagna/The three anchors every Vedic reading starts from — what your Sun sign, Moon sign, and rising sign (lagna) each mean, and why Jyotish cares most about the two you're not asked about.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/the-12-houses-bhavas/https://tevapatra.com/blog/the-12-houses-bhavas/Every house in a Vedic chart rules a territory of life — self, wealth, career, marriage, loss. A plain-language tour of all twelve bhavas and what planets do when they land in them.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/what-is-a-kundali/https://tevapatra.com/blog/what-is-a-kundali/Your kundali — also spelled kundli — is a snapshot of the sky at your birth moment, drawn as twelve houses around your ascendant. What each part of the chart means, in plain English.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/vedic-vs-western-astrology/https://tevapatra.com/blog/vedic-vs-western-astrology/Same planets, different sky. The sidereal/tropical split, why your sign may 'change', and the deeper differences — dashas, nakshatras, and what each system is actually for.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/what-is-vedic-astrology/https://tevapatra.com/blog/what-is-vedic-astrology/Jyotish — 'the science of light' — is the astrological tradition of India: sidereal charts, lunar mansions, and a timing system built on planetary periods. Here's what makes it different.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/why-the-name-tevapatra/https://tevapatra.com/blog/why-the-name-tevapatra/Teva + patra: fate and the document that records it. The name is the whole product thesis in two Sanskrit-rooted words.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tevapatra.com/blog/why-were-building-tevapatra/https://tevapatra.com/blog/why-were-building-tevapatra/Classical Vedic astrology is precise, mathematical, and locked behind jargon. We're building TevaPatra to change that — computed charts, honest readings, and your own language.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT