Ashtakavarga

Ashtakavarga means “eight-grouping”. Eight contributors — the seven visible grahas plus the natal lagna — independently award 0 to 8 bindus (points) to each of the twelve rashis, based on the classical reference tables in BPHS Ch. 66. The result is read in two layers.

Bhinnashtaka (per-graha grids) read transits for that specific graha. When a graha transits a rashi where it has many bindus in its own Bhinnashtaka, the transit produces strong results in the matters it signifies. Classical predictive practice — especially Saturn transit reading via the “Saturn’s Bhinnashtaka” grid — is built on this.

Sarvashtakavarga sums all eight contributors per rashi (0–56 range). It reads as the general life-area strength of each house, and is the basis for high-level transit forecasting and remedial-stone selection.

The reductions (Trikona Sodhana and Ekadhipatya Sodhana, BPHS Ch. 67) refine the bindus by cancelling certain redundant counts. Toggle the “reduced” view to see the refined grids; classical predictive use mostly works with the unreduced totals.