Basic Data of The Planets in Jyotisha

Jyotish uses 9 Grahas (planets) in chart analysis:

• The Sun (Surya or Ravi)
• Moon (Chandra Sandu)
• Mercury (Bhudha)
• Mars (Mangal or Kuja)
• Jupiter (Guru or Brhaspathi)
• Venus (Shukra or Sikuru)
• Saturn (Shani or Senasuru)
• Northern Lunar Node (Rahu)
• Southern Lunar Node (Ketu)

Table 1

	Sun	Moon	Mercury	Venus	Mars
Rules	Le	Ca	Ge, Vi	Tau, Lib	Ar, Sc
Sign of Exaltation	Ar	Ta	Vi	Pi	Cp
Sign of Debilitation	Li	Sc	Pi	Vi	Ca
Moolatrikona Sign	Le	Ca	Vi	Li	Ar
Nature	Malefic	Benefic	Neutral	Benefic	Malefic
Gender	Male	Female	Neutral	Female	Male
Karaka of Houses	1, 10	4	2, 10	4, 7	3, 6
Aspects Houses	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 4, 7, 8
Directional Strength (DigBala)	10th House	4th House	1st House	4th House	10th House
Directional Weakness (asleep)	4th House	10th House	7th House	10th House	4th House
Day	Sun	Mon	Wed	Fri	Tue
Friends	Mo, Ma, Ju	Su, Me	Su, Ve, Ra	Me, Sa, Ke	Su, Mo, Ju
Enemies	Ve, Sa, Ra, Ke	Ra, Ke	Mo, Ke	Su, Ma, Mo, Ra	Me, Ra, Ke
Neutral Relationship	Me	Ma, Ve, Ju, Sa	Sa, Ma, Ju	Ju	Ve, Sa
Period in a Sign	30 days	54-56 hours	20 days	25 days	45 days

Table 2

	Jupiter	Saturn	Rahu	Ketu
Rules	Sg, Pi	Cp, Aq	N/A	N/A
Sign of Exaltation	Ca	Li	Ta & Ge	Sc & Sg
Sign of Debilitation	Cp	Ar	Sc	Ta
Moolatrikona Sign	Sg	Aq	Ca	Sg
Nature	Benefic	Malefic	Malefic	Malefic
Gender	Male	Neutral	N/A	N/A
Karaka of Houses	2, 5, 9, 11	6, 8, 10, 12	N/A	N/A
Aspects Houses	1, 5, 7, 9	1, 3, 7, 10	None	None
Directional Strength (DigBala)	1st House	7th House	6th House	12th House
Directional Weakness (asleep)	7th House	1st House	12th House	6th House
Day	Thu	Sat	N/A	N/A
Friends	Su, Mo, Ma	Me, Ve, Ra	Me, Ve, Sa	Ma, Ve
Enemies	Me, Ve	Su, Mo, Ke	Su, Mo	Su, Mo, Sa, Ra
Neutral Relationship	Sa	Ju, Ma
Period in a Sign	~13 months	2.5 years	1.8 years	1.8 years