Learn
Short guides to the charts and matching methods used on AstroRealm.
What is Ayanamsa, and which one should I choose?
Why Indian charts differ from Western ones by about 24°, and the difference between Lahiri and KP.
How to read a South Indian Rasi and Navamsa chart
The twelve fixed boxes, where the Lagna is marked, and what the Navamsa (D-9) adds.
Ashtakoota matching: the 8 kootas and 36 gunas explained
What each koota measures, how the score out of 36 is read, and the main doshas.
Porutham: the South Indian 10 (and 12) matches
Dina, Gana, Mahendra, Rajju, Vedha and the rest — what each checks and how the result is graded.
KP astrology in brief: star lords, sub lords and significators
How Krishnamurti Paddhati divides the zodiac and how to read the KP tables.
Why the exact birth time and place matter
How much a few minutes or a wrong town can change the lagna, nakshatra and matching.