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What a Free Sidereal Kundli Can Tell You
A free kundli, cast in the sidereal zodiac, gives you the lagna, the Moon's nakshatra, and the Vimshottari mahadasha already running. Jyothish SI does that with the Lahiri ayanamsa and Swiss Ephemeris. A free account can generate the chart and chat about it. The Sun's rashi is one graha inside that chart, not a substitute for it.
The three answers on the first screen
The lagna sign sets the houses, so the 7th lord and the 10th lord have names only after the rising sign is known. The Moon's nakshatra names the dasha lord at birth and the balance left in that first period. The mahadasha now running tells you which houses are due this year. Marriage questions go to the 7th, its lord, and D9. Work questions go to the 10th and its lord. Money splits into the 2nd for savings and the 11th for income. A chart that cannot show those lords is not yet a kundli. It is a birthday.
What stays behind a paid line, and what does not
The lagna, the Moon, and the running period are the free substance. Paid plans add PDF reports, extra divisional charts, and WhatsApp transit alerts. You do not need a paid plan to know your 7th lord. You do need a birth time and a city, because the zone offset is applied in minutes before the Julian day, and daylight saving can move the lagna. Without the time, refuse every house judgment. With the time, the free chart is enough to start. Divisional charts such as D9 refine a question. They do not replace the rashi lagna you already have.
What it will not tell you
It will not name a spouse, a salary, a disease, or a year of death. It will not confirm a headline about a celebrity's dasha. It will show your own grahas in signs and houses, and the period that is on. If two sites disagree, compare the ayanamsa and the zone. A tropical ascendant will not match a Lahiri lagna. A chart cast for the state instead of the city can miss a split zone. The useful free reading is short: lagna lord, Moon's nakshatra lord, current mahadasha, and the house that matches your question.
Frequently asked questions
Is a free chart less accurate than a paid one?
The lagna calculation is the same astronomy. Paid plans add reports, more divisional charts, and transit alerts. They do not invent a second zodiac.
What if I only know the birth date?
You can usually place the Sun, and often the Moon. You cannot place the lagna. Without it the 7th and 10th lords are unnamed.
Which ayanamsa should the free chart use?
Lahiri, for a sidereal kundli. A tropical chart from another tradition will put grahas in different signs.
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D1, D9, D10, dashas, yogas, and transits, the same calculations referenced in this article.