Enter your birth date, time and place above and this free calculator tells you whether Guru Chandal yoga, also called Guru Chandal dosha, is present in your chart. You see the signs of Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu, whether Jupiter shares a sign with either node, the house the pair falls in, and how many degrees apart they are. The verdict uses the same rule as the dosha panel of the free kundali, so the two always agree.
How it works
The finder works out your sidereal planets (Lahiri ayanamsa, mean node) and your rising sign. If Jupiter and Rahu are in the same sign, Guru Chandal yoga is present. It also checks Jupiter with Ketu, which the free kundali lists as the Ketu form of Chandal yoga, and reports it on its own line. Rahu and Ketu always stand in opposite signs, so Jupiter can share a sign with one of them at most.
Guru is a name of Jupiter, the teacher among the planets, and the word chandala means an outcaste; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (ch. 3, verses 41 to 44, in R. Santhanam’s edition) gives Rahu rule over the outcaste. We have not found the yoga itself in the classical texts we cite on this site, so the page names the rule it uses rather than a verse.
Reading the result
The answer at the top says whether the yoga is present and, if it is, the sign, the house from your rising sign and the distance between Jupiter and Rahu. A table then shows both pairs, Jupiter with Rahu and Jupiter with Ketu, with the signs, whether they share one, the degrees apart and the status the free kundali gives. If a pair is present, the finder adds what is worth knowing about it: whether Jupiter is in its own sign, exalted or debilitated, whether it is combust, and whether Jupiter’s aspect falls on the pair, which the free kundali lists as the classical softening factor for such pairs.
The guide to Jupiter and Rahu together and the guide to Jupiter and Ketu together describe how the pair is read in each house.
Where traditions differ
Because the yoga comes from later writing and not from one classical verse, definitions vary. Some count only Jupiter and Rahu, and some include Ketu, as the free kundali does in a separate line. Some count the pair whenever the two share a sign, and others also look at how close they are in degrees. This finder follows the free kundali: the same sign decides it, and the degrees are shown for reference only. The houses are whole signs from the rising sign.
What it does not do
It does not predict events and it offers no remedy. Jupiter with a node is a pattern to read with the rest of the chart: the strength of Jupiter, the house, the aspects and the dasha running. Many charts have it, and nothing here is a reason for worry.
Frequently asked questions
↳ What is Guru Chandal yoga?
Guru Chandal yoga, or Guru Chandal dosha, is the name later astrological writing gives to Jupiter (Guru) and Rahu in the same sign. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra gives Rahu rule over the chandala, the outcaste, which is where the name points. This finder uses the rule of our free kundali: Jupiter and Rahu in one sign.
↳ How do I check Guru Chandal yoga in my kundli?
Enter your birth date, time and place above. The finder checks whether Jupiter shares a sign with Rahu or with Ketu, shows the house and the degrees between them, and gives the same verdict as the dosha panel of the free kundali.
↳ Does Jupiter with Ketu count?
The free kundali lists Jupiter with Ketu separately, as the Ketu form of Chandal yoga, and this finder does the same. Some teachers count it under the same name and some do not, so the result keeps the two lines apart.
↳ Does it matter how close Jupiter and Rahu are?
Not for the verdict here, which follows the free kundali: the same sign decides it. The degrees apart are shown because many readers weigh a close pair more than a wide one.
↳ Is Guru Chandal yoga in the classical texts?
We have not found the yoga itself in the classical texts we cite on this site. The name and the rule come from later writing, which is why definitions vary and why the page names the rule it uses.
↳ Should I worry if it is present?
No. It is one pattern among many in a chart, and a reading weighs it with the strength of Jupiter, the house and the dasha. The page makes no prediction and recommends nothing to buy.