Tajaka workspace
Explore Varsha Pravesh, Maasa Pravesh, Shashti-hora, Muntha, Sahams, Tajaka aspects, planetary strengths and traditional timing systems through MKundali.
MKundali provides a dedicated Tajaka workspace that extends beyond the annual solar-return chart. Examine annual and monthly charts, 60-hour divisions and nested sub-hora charts, supported divisional charts, special points, planetary strengths, Tajaka Yogas and annual Dasha systems within one integrated environment.
Workspace overview
The Tajaka tab works through six nested chart levels: Annual (Varsha), Month (Maasa), 60-hour (Shashti-hora), 05-Hours, 25-Mins and 2-Mins. Every analytical card below the charts, from Planetary Positions to the Dasa systems, works on the Tajaka chart you select.
Some tools may be restricted to certain subscription plans. See the Pricing page for current availability.
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Varsha Pravesh is the foundation of Tajaka annual chart analysis. MKundali calculates the annual Pravesh moment when the Sun returns to the exact natal sidereal longitude.
The annual return is calculated from the Sun's exact natal sidereal longitude, including degree, minute and second.
The calculation engine also has an optional approximate method. It adds the sidereal solar-year excess over 364 days (1 day 6 hours 9 minutes 12 seconds per completed year), using the implemented Table 71 and a sunrise-based weekday adjustment.
The Tajaka tab uses the exact method. The approximate method is not the default, and it is not used for Maasa Pravesh or Shashti-hora charts.
Examine the annual chart through the standard and divisional chart views, Planetary Positions, Muntha, Tajaka aspects, Balas and Yogas. The Annual chart is also the base for Patyayini, Mudda and Sudarshan Chakra Dasa.
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MKundali calculates twelve Maasa Pravesh charts within a Tajaka year using successive 30-degree movements of the Sun from the natal solar-return longitude.
Monthly charts are calculated for the birth place, like the annual chart. Use them to examine changes through the annual Tajaka cycle.
These are solar months of 30 degrees, not Gregorian calendar months. Maasa Pravesh has no approximate calculation method.
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Each Maasa Pravesh is further divided into twelve Shashti-hora periods, each covering 60 hours or 2.5 days.
Each later Hora is found by moving the Sun a further 2°30′ from the start of the month, using the exact solar crossing at the birth place.
Examine each 60-hour chart as a shorter-period Tajaka chart derived from the monthly solar-return sequence.
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MKundali further subdivides the 60-hour Tajaka period into three nested chart levels. Each child level is produced by dividing the parent's solar arc into twelve equal parts.
Each 60-hour period is divided into twelve equal solar-arc subdivisions, producing twelve 05-Hour Pravesha charts. Each step is 12′30″ of solar movement.
Each 05-Hour period is divided into twelve further subdivisions, producing the 25-Minute chart level.
Each 25-Minute period is divided into twelve further subdivisions, producing the final 2-Mins level.
Varsha Pravesh
└── 12 Maasa Pravesh charts
└── 12 Shashti-hora charts per month
└── 12 × 05-Hours divisions
└── 12 × 25-Mins divisions
└── 12 × 2-Mins divisions
The sub-hora levels are not independent arbitrary time slices. Each one is an exact twelve-way split of its parent's solar arc, found by the same exact Sun-crossing method at the birth place.
The label “2-Mins” stands for an exact twelve-way solar division of the parent interval. Its duration is about 2.083 minutes, not a fixed two-minute clock interval.
Use the chart selectors to move between the annual, monthly, 60-hour and nested sub-hora charts. Each level's selector is filled once its parent level is chosen. The 05-Hours, 25-Mins and 2-Mins charts are optional: switch each on or off with its own checkbox in the Tajaka Charts bar, and all three are off by default.
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MKundali provides divisional chart views derived from selected Tajaka Pravesh charts, in a Tajaka Divisional Charts card with one slot for each level.
The sub-hora slots appear when their checkboxes are on.
Each slot starts at D9 and can be changed to another supported varga.
Divisional views are built from the data of the corresponding Tajaka base chart. They do not use a separate Pravesh algorithm for each varga.
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MKundali provides six Fusion Chart slots to combine selected Tajaka chart levels and divisional charts in the same visual arrangement.
Select the inner and outer chart sources independently. The selector supports:
A divisional choice is worked out from the other ring's chart when that is a chart level. Otherwise it uses this slot's own Tajaka level.
Muntha appears on the outer ring when the selected outer chart is a Tajaka Pravesh level. It does not appear for a Natal or divisional outer chart. A divisional outer layer shows the divisional Ascendant marker. Tajaka aspect arrows appear when the selected chart carries Tajaka aspect data.
These overlays do not apply identically to every inner and outer combination.
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MKundali provides a detailed Planetary Positions table for the selected Tajaka level.
The table can show the following information where it applies:
Use the column Options control to choose what the table shows. No column is mandatory or permanently displayed.
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Muntha is an important reference in Tajaka annual chart analysis. MKundali calculates and displays Muntha using two available methods, chosen with a radio control in the Muntha card.
Progress the natal Lagna by one sign for every completed year of life. This is the default method.
With this method selected, the Month and sub-hora views keep the annual Muntha, which is the same for every month.
An alternate method progresses the natal Lagna longitude by 2°30′ for each monthly period.
This is an alternate method, not a rule laid down by the author, and the two methods are kept separate.
Review the house of Muntha in the annual chart. The Muntha card shows the house-quality indication and highlights the active row.
| Indication | Houses |
|---|---|
| Excellent | 9H, 10H and 11H |
| Good | 1H, 2H, 3H and 5H |
| Bad | 6H, 8H and 12H |
| Caution (disputes, loss of position) | 4H |
| Caution (marriage, hardships) | 7H |
These are the implemented traditional Tajaka indications, offered as a reference.
A Show on chart checkbox, on by default, toggles Muntha (Mu) on the Tajaka charts. Fusion outer layers show it too when the outer chart is a Tajaka level.
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MKundali provides separate calculations for the Lord of the Year and the Lord of the Month, shown in a card beside Muntha with their candidate lists.
Five candidate planets are examined on the annual chart:
Six candidates are examined on the monthly chart. The list follows the annual one, using the month chart's Lagna and Triraasi lords, and adds the Lord of the Year as a sixth candidate.
The two calculations are not identical: the monthly one has the extra candidate.
Each candidate is checked for the Tajaka house aspect it casts on the Lagna, and for its Pancha Vargeeya Bala. A candidate with a benefic aspect on the Lagna is preferred, then one with a malefic aspect, and the strongest by Pancha Vargeeya Bala wins. A tie goes to the planet that appears most often among the candidates. The card shows the reason for the choice. Day or night is judged from sunrise and sunset against the Pravesh moment.
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Sahams are calculated sensitive zodiacal points associated with selected areas of life. MKundali provides a dedicated Sahams card for examining these points in Tajaka charts.
Most Sahams flip A and B at night. Those marked otherwise keep their own day and night rule.
Not every Saham follows the same rule. Some have special formulas or depend on another Saham.
All Saham chart markers are off by default and are selected one by one.
The implemented list runs from Punya to Labha and covers the 36 points of the reference set.
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MKundali calculates Tajaka aspects using Western-style house relationships and planet-specific Deeptamsa orbs. They are separate from Parashari graha drishti.
Each type carries a nature, such as strong benefic for a trine or strong malefic for a conjunction or opposition.
Each classical planet has a Deeptamsa orb. It is used to assess the strength of its Tajaka aspect.
| Planet | Deeptamsa |
|---|---|
| Sun | 15° |
| Moon | 12° |
| Mars | 8° |
| Mercury | 7° |
| Jupiter | 9° |
| Venus | 7° |
| Saturn | 9° |
Strength is shown as a percentage: the closer to exact, the higher. An aspect outside the orb is not listed. Rahu and Ketu may be aspected, but this version does not give them aspects of their own.
Review planet-to-planet aspects in the dedicated Tajaka Aspects table.
Tick one or more planets to limit the table to aspects that involve them. With none ticked, all rows show.
On supported Tajaka charts, hover over a planet to draw its aspect arrows. The chart Options control switches Parashari and Tajaka arrows on or off independently. Each Tajaka arrow shows:
Retrograde motion can change how an applying Tajaka aspect, particularly Ithasala, is read. The motion-based checks are:
These checks use the actual planetary motion, not only a comparison of degrees.
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MKundali provides three specialised Tajaka strength calculations for examining planets in annual charts.
Four strength factors, worth five units each, for a maximum of twenty:
| Total | Grade |
|---|---|
| 20 | Exceedingly Strong |
| 15 | Fully Strong |
| 10 | Medium |
| 5 | Weak |
| 0 | Nil |
Five components are combined into one value and a grade for each planet.
The table shows each component, their sum, the combined Pancha Vargeeya value and its grade.
Evaluate planetary strength across twelve divisional charts, D1 through D12.
By default, neutral Varga placements are counted as weak. Switch off the Neutral → Enemy checkbox to leave neutral placements out of both the strong and weak counts.
Tajaka Balas are separate calculation systems. They are not classical Shadbala.
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MKundali identifies the implemented Tajaka Yogas for the selected annual or shorter-period chart and displays the Yogas that are present.
Present Yogas appear as cards with their name, a short explanation and extra detail where there is any. Yogas that are absent are hidden, and related Yogas on the same pair are cross-referenced.
An applying Tajaka aspect between two planets. One card is shown for each pair. The subtypes are:
A separating Tajaka aspect between two planets, where the faster planet has already passed the exact aspect.
A mediated Yoga. The mediator is faster than both planets and forms Ithasala with each of them.
A mediated Yoga. The mediator is slower than both planets and forms Ithasala with each of them.
| Yoga | In brief |
|---|---|
| Ishkavala | Planets Sun to Saturn occupy only kendras and panapharas |
| Induvara | Planets Sun to Saturn occupy only the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses |
| Manahoo | Ithasala spoiled by Mars or Saturn conjunct the faster planet |
| Kamboola | Ithasala reinforced by the Moon's Ithasala with a member of the pair |
| Gairi-Kamboola | A Moon in its last degree that waits to form Ithasala after changing sign |
| Khallasara | The Lagna lord's sign lies between the Moon and another planet, with no Ithasala to either |
| Radda | Ithasala with a member that is debilitated, retrograde or combust |
| Duhphali-Kutta | Ithasala where the slower planet is strong and the faster planet is weak |
| Duttota | Ithasala between two weak planets, one of which has Ithasala with a strong third planet |
| Thambira | A planet at 29° or more that forms Ithasala with a slower planet after changing sign |
| Kutta | A planet in the Lagna aspected by a planet in its own sign or exaltation in a kendra or panaphara |
| Durupha | Ithasala where both planets are in the 6th, 8th or 12th house and each is combust, retrograde or debilitated |
Strength, retrogression, combustion and association all enter these conditions. This is a short summary of the implemented rules, not a full account of the engine.
The Yoga engine covers the sixteen Yogas above. It does not claim to cover every Tajaka Yoga in every classical text.
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MKundali includes Patyayini Dasa for the annual Tajaka chart. The calculation uses the longitudes of the Lagna and the seven classical planets, Sun through Saturn.
The Mahadasha table lists lord, Krisamsa, Patyamsa, fraction, days, and the From and To dates. Select a Mahadasha row to see its Antardashas.
The selector starts at the Mean Sidereal Solar Year.
Patyayini Dasa is presented for the Annual Tajaka chart only. It is not offered for the monthly or sub-hora charts.
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Mudda Dasa is a compressed Vimshottari Dasha system implemented for the Tajaka annual chart.
The Mudda sequence fills one year of 360 days. It uses the implemented Mudda period table, in which each Vimshottari period of years becomes the same number multiplied by 3 in days (the Sun's 6 years become 18 days), and the natal Moon's Nakshatra position.
A year-length selector is provided. It starts at the Savana Year of 360 days.
Mudda Dasa is not ordinary full-length Vimshottari Dasha. It is available for the Annual chart only.
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MKundali includes annual Sudarshan Chakra Dasa for examining the house associated with each year of life.
Sudarshan Chakra Dasa is implemented for the Annual chart only.
Why MKundali
Traditional Tajaka analysis involves annual charts, successive solar divisions, Muntha, special points, planetary strengths and timing systems. MKundali brings these tools together within a structured workspace.
MKundali provides calculation and analysis tools. Interpretation remains with the astrologer, and the tools do not guarantee the accuracy of any prediction. Explore the related Parashari, KP, BNN and BCP workspaces. For the Moon-based Annual, Month and Day returns, see Pravesha astrology software. For calendar and eclipse charts, see Mundane astrology software.
FAQ
Tajaka, also known as Tajika, is an astrological system that includes annual Varsha Pravesh charts, shorter-period Pravesha charts, Muntha, Tajaka aspects, Yogas and planetary strength calculations.
Yes. It calculates the exact annual return of the Sun to its natal sidereal longitude using the birth location.
Yes. It supports twelve Maasa Pravesh charts within each annual Tajaka cycle.
Shashti-hora is a 60-hour Tajaka period. MKundali calculates twelve such periods per Maasa Pravesh using successive 2°30′ solar movements.
They are three nested sub-hora levels. Each parent interval is divided into twelve equal solar-arc subdivisions.
Yes. It provides the annual one-Rashi-per-year method and an alternate 2°30′-per-month method.
Sahams are calculated sensitive zodiacal points associated with specific areas of life. MKundali provides a dedicated collection of thirty-six implemented Sahams.
Harsha Bala, Pancha Vargeeya Bala and Dwaadasa Vargeeya Bala.
Yes. The implemented Yoga engine identifies the available Tajaka combinations and displays the Yogas present in the selected chart.
The annual Tajaka workspace includes Patyayini Dasa, Mudda Dasa and Sudarshan Chakra Dasa.
Access to individual tools may depend on subscription plans and entitlements. Refer to the Pricing page for current availability.
From annual Varsha Pravesh to monthly and 60-hour charts, Muntha, Sahams, Tajaka Yogas and annual Dasha systems, explore a comprehensive Tajaka workspace in MKundali.