Vedic Birth Chart Calculator
Your sidereal kundli in seconds: ascendant, Moon sign, birth nakshatra, and all nine planets in signs and houses. Free, no account needed.
How the Vedic birth chart calculator works
Enter your birth date, time, and place above and the calculator returns your Vedic birth chart (kundli): your ascendant (lagna), your Moon sign and birth nakshatra, and the position of all nine classical planets — Sun through Saturn plus Rahu and Ketu — in sidereal signs and houses. The calculation runs on the same deterministic Jyotish engine that powers the Vedara app: the same birth details always produce the same chart.
The chart uses the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa, the standard reference frame of Vedic astrology. Sidereal positions track the visible constellations and currently sit about 24 degrees behind the tropical zodiac used by most Western websites — which is why your Vedic Sun or Moon sign is often one sign earlier than the one you grew up reading horoscopes for. Neither is a mistake; they are two different measuring systems.
How to read the result: the ascendant fixes the layout of your twelve houses — which areas of life each planet influences. The Moon’s sign and nakshatra describe your instinctive nature and are the seed of every Vedic timing calculation, including your Vimshottari dasha periods. A worked example: someone born on 15 March 1992 at 14:30 in London gets Cancer rising, Moon in Virgo in the Hasta nakshatra — so Mercury, Hasta’s ruler, sets the starting dasha and the practical, detail-oriented tone the Moon carries through the chart.
One honest limitation: house placements and the ascendant depend heavily on an accurate birth time — the ascendant changes sign roughly every two hours. If you only know the day, the planetary sign positions and (usually) the nakshatra still hold, but treat house readings as approximate. The chart itself is a snapshot; what it means for you this year depends on your current dasha and transits, which is the part the Vedara app calculates daily.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this birth chart calculator really free?
- Yes. The calculator needs no account, card, or email — enter birth details and the chart renders immediately. Creating a free account additionally saves your chart and unlocks daily timing guidance calculated from it.
- Why is my Vedic sign different from my usual zodiac sign?
- Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac (aligned to the stars, Lahiri ayanamsa), while Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac (aligned to the seasons). The two are offset by roughly 24 degrees, so your Vedic Sun or Moon sign is often the preceding sign.
- What if I don’t know my exact birth time?
- Enter the date and place and leave the time blank. Planet-in-sign positions and usually your nakshatra remain valid, but your ascendant and house placements need a real birth time — the ascendant changes about every two hours.
- What is a kundli and is this the same thing?
- Yes — kundli (or janma kundali) is simply the Sanskrit-derived name for the Vedic birth chart: the map of the sky at your moment of birth, drawn in the sidereal zodiac with the ascendant marking the first house.