{"id":139,"date":"2026-10-10T04:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T04:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shrimadastro.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-10-10T04:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T04:18:51","slug":"how-to-read-your-kundli-a-beginners-walkthrough-of-the-12-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrimadastro.com\/blog\/how-to-read-your-kundli-a-beginners-walkthrough-of-the-12-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Your Kundli: A Beginner’s Walkthrough of the 12 Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Indian family has this scene. Someone’s marriage gets fixed, a pandit opens his laptop, and out comes a diamond-shaped chart full of boxes and numbers. Everyone nods wisely. Nobody understands a thing. That chart is your kundli \u2014 and it isn’t as mysterious as it looks. It has exactly 12 rooms<\/strong>, called bhavas or houses, and each room runs one department of your life. Learn the rooms, and you can follow any pandit, anywhere.<\/p>\n

First, Spot the Diamond at the Top<\/h2>\n

In a North Indian kundli the rooms never move. The diamond at the very top is always house 1<\/strong> \u2014 your Lagna<\/strong>, the sign rising on the eastern horizon the moment you were born. The little numbers in the boxes aren’t house numbers; they’re the zodiac signs, 1 for Aries through 12 for Pisces, always running counterclockwise<\/strong> from your Lagna. That’s why two people with the same Moon sign can live completely different lives. Generate your free janam kundli<\/a> and look at the number in the top diamond \u2014 that’s you. If you’re unsure which sign was rising, the rising-sign calculator<\/a> will find it.<\/p>\n

Houses 1 to 6: You, Your Money and the Daily Grind<\/h2>\n