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Mangal Dosha from Lagna, Moon, and Venus
Mangal dosha is present when Mars occupies house 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, or 12 from the lagna, and the fuller match repeats that count from the Moon and from Venus. Mars rules Mesha and Vrishchika, is exalted in Makara, and is debilitated in Karka. His mahadasha lasts seven years. The dosha is a marriage-friction flag inside that larger Mars reading, not a separate planet.
Why those six houses
The 1st puts Mars in the body and the temperament. The 2nd puts him in the family and in a maraka house. The 4th puts him in the home. The 7th puts him in the spouse's place. The 8th puts him in breakage and the partner's family resources, because the 8th is the 2nd from the 7th. The 12th puts him in expenditure and the bed of the marriage, because the 12th is the 6th from the 7th as well as the house of loss. Houses 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 are outside this list. A software flag that ignores the starting point, lagna versus Moon versus Venus, is only a third of the test.
Exceptions matchers actually use
Mars in Mesha or Vrishchika is in his own sign. Mars in Makara is exalted. Many traditions soften the dosha in those dignities. Jupiter aspecting Mars, or a benefic in the 7th with strength, is the other common softener. If both charts carry Mangal dosha, matchers often treat the heat as paired rather than as a one-sided fault. None of these exceptions deletes Mars's aspect on the 4th, 7th, and 8th from wherever he sits. D9 still has to be opened. A clean rashi 7th with a damaged navamsa 7th is not saved by the absence of the dosha label.
Timing and the seven years
Marriage events in a Mangal chart are still timed by the 7th lord, Venus, and Jupiter where Jupiter karakas the husband. Mars's own seven-year mahadasha, or Mars antardasha, is when the heat of the placement is loudest: conflict, property, surgery in the classical sense of Mars topics, courage, and siblings. This page does not assign a medical result to the dosha. Tuesday offerings are devotion. They do not move Mars to another house. A free Jyothish SI kundli shows the three counts from one birth time using Lahiri ayanamsa. Paid plans add D9 in the report set.
Frequently asked questions
From which points is Mangal dosha counted?
From the lagna, the Moon, and Venus. Mars in house 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, or 12 from the point you are counting meets the test for that reference.
Does own sign cancel it?
Mars in Aries, Scorpio, or his exaltation in Capricorn is widely treated as a softer case. Jupiter's aspect and both partners having the dosha are the other common softeners.
Does Mangal dosha delay every marriage?
It is a friction flag on specific houses. The wedding still depends on the 7th lord, Venus, D9, and the dasha that is actually running.
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