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Darakaraka calculator

Your Darakaraka is the planet with the fewest degrees in its sign. Enter your birth details to see it, with what it traditionally describes about a partner.

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Your answer will appear here the moment you press the button, with what it means for you.

How this calculator works

The Darakaraka is the last of the chara karakas: rank the planets by the degrees they have travelled in their signs, and it is the one with the fewest. It is read for the spouse and for close partnerships, together with the 7th house, its lord and Venus.

Many modern authors use seven karakas (Sun to Saturn) for the Darakaraka, and our free Kundli reading does too; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra adds Rahu for eight. You can switch under the answer: the two schemes can give different Darakarakas.

Calculated in your browser from the same chart as our free Kundli: sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa, whole-sign houses, mean node. The numbers match our free Kundli exactly.

Background

In the Jaimini system the planets are ranked by how far they have travelled through their signs. The one with the highest degree is the Atmakaraka, the significator of the self; the one with the lowest is the Darakaraka (DK), the significator of the spouse. Darakaraka: The Spouse Significator in Jaimini Astrology →

Questions

What is the Darakaraka?

In Jaimini astrology it is the planet with the lowest degree in its sign at birth, read as the significator of the spouse and of partnerships.

Does the Darakaraka tell me who I will marry?

It describes qualities a partnership tends to carry, read together with the 7th house, its lord, Venus and the Navamsa. No single planet decides a marriage, and nothing here is a guarantee.

Why does the 8-karaka scheme give a different answer?

Adding Rahu (counted as 30° minus its degree) can push a different planet to the bottom of the ranking. We show the 7-karaka answer first, as our Kundli reading does, and let you switch.