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Alpayu Yoga

Alpayu Yoga is a combination described in classical Vedic astrology. The texts give 16 versions of it, each formed differently. It involves the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Ketu.

Sun · Moon · Mars · Jupiter · Venus · Saturn · Ketu
Very common99%
At least one of its 16 versions appears in about 99 in 100 charts.
From 30,000 birth charts calculated for random dates from 1940 to 2025 at places around the world, using the same rules as our Yoga finder.

16 versions

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From Lagna

Variation 1

COMMON
Condition
Lagna lord and the 8th house lord, both occupy a Sthira sign, or one in a Chara sign and the other in Dvisvabhava sign.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Common: about 33 in 100 charts (33%)
From Lagna

Variation 2

COMMON
Condition
The Lagna and the Moon, both occupy a Sthira sign, or one in a Chara sign and the other in Dvisvabhava sign.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Common: about 33 in 100 charts (33%)
From Lagna

Variation 3

COMMON
Condition
The Lagna and the Hora Lagna, both occupy a S thira sign, or one in a Chara sign and the other in Dvisvabhava sign.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Common: about 34 in 100 charts (34%)
From Lagna

Variation 4

VERY COMMON
Condition
Lagna lord and benefics in Apoklima houses, or the 8th house lord and malefics in Apoklima houses.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Very common: about 47 in 100 charts (47%)
From Lagna

Variation 5

COMMON
Condition
A weak Lagna lord, and the lord of the 8th house placed in a Kendra.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Common: about 16 in 100 charts (16%)
From Lagna

Variation 6

UNCOMMON
Condition
A weak Lagna lord, a debilitated 8th house lord, and afflicted 8th house.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Uncommon: about 1 in 24 charts (4.2%)
From Lagna

Variation 7

VERY COMMON
Condition
Afflicted 5th house, afflicted 8th house, and afflicted 8th lord.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Very common: about 55 in 100 charts (55%)
From Lagna

Variation 8

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE
Condition
Jupiter is in the 8th house in Aries or Scorpio, and aspected by Moon, Mars and Saturn.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Exceptionally rare: about 1 in 14,306 charts (0.0070%)
From Lagna

Variation 9

RARE
Condition
Jupiter and Venus in the Lagna, and a malefic in the 5th house.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Rare: about 1 in 323 charts (0.31%)
From Lagna

Variation 10

UNCOMMON
Condition
Weak Moon and a weak Lagna lord occupying Apoklima houses (3, 6, 9, 12), and aspected by malefics.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Uncommon: about 1 in 22 charts (4.6%)
From Lagna

Variation 11

UNCOMMON
Condition
Sun is in Lagna, hemmed between malefics.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Uncommon: about 1 in 96 charts (1.0%)
From Lagna

Variation 12

UNCOMMON
Condition
No benefics in Kendras, and a benefic placed in the 8th house.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Uncommon: about 1 in 11 charts (8.7%)
From Lagna

Variation 13

UNCOMMON
Condition
Moon in the 12th house and a malefic in the 6th house.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Uncommon: about 1 in 34 charts (2.9%)
From Lagna

Variation 14

VERY COMMON
Condition
The 3rd lord and Mars are combust or afflicted by malefics.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Very common: about 68 in 100 charts (68%)
From Lagna

Variation 15

VERY COMMON
Condition
The 8th lord and Saturn, are combust or afflicted by malefics.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Very common: about 66 in 100 charts (66%)
From Lagna

Variation 16

RARE
Condition
Lord of the 8th house in conjunction with Ketu in the Lagna.
Results
This combination indicates a short life span for the person or upto the age of 32.
How common
Rare: about 1 in 167 charts (0.60%)
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Terms used on this page

Lagna (Ascendant)
The zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth. It becomes the 1st house, and every other house is counted from it.
Kendra
The angular houses: 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th. Planets here are considered prominent and able to act strongly.
Upachaya
Houses of growth: 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th. Malefics are often said to do well here (the 3rd, 6th and 11th are also called Trishadaya).
Panaphara & Apoklima
Panaphara are the 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th houses; Apoklima are the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th.
House lord
The planet that rules the sign on a house. "Lord of the 9th" means the ruler of the sign falling in the 9th house.
Benefic
Naturally helpful planets: Jupiter, Venus, a waxing Moon, and Mercury when not joined by malefics.
Malefic
Naturally harsh planets: Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, a waning Moon, and Mercury joined by malefics.
Debilitation (Neecha)
The sign opposite a planet's exaltation, where it is weakest, for example Sun in Libra or Jupiter in Capricorn.
Aspect (Drishti)
A planet's glance on another house. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; Mars also the 4th and 8th, Jupiter the 5th and 9th, Saturn the 3rd and 10th.
Conjunction
Two or more planets in the same sign (and so the same house).
Movable, fixed and dual signs
Movable (Chara): Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Fixed (Sthira): Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius. Dual (Dvisvabhava): Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces.
Rahu and Ketu
The Moon's north and south nodes. These shadow planets are always opposite each other and are treated as malefics.
Combustion
A planet too close to the Sun loses strength; it is "burnt" by the Sun's rays.
Hora Lagna
A special ascendant that moves one sign per hour from sunrise; used for wealth.
Fig. 1How it forms
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Lagna lord and the 8th house lord, both occupy a Sthira sign, or one in a Chara sign and the other in Dvisvabhava sign.A sample chart from our test set (born 1941). Highlighted: Venus.Check your chart →