From Lagna
Variation 1
UNCOMMON- Condition
- Jupiter, in strength, is located in the Lagna.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Uncommon: about 1 in 25 charts (4.0%)
Arishta-Bhanga Yoga
Arishta-Bhanga Yoga is a combination described in classical Vedic astrology. The texts give 8 versions of it, each formed differently. It involves the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Rahu.
Moon · Mercury · Jupiter · Venus · Rahu
Very common83%
At least one of its 8 versions appears in about 83 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.
8 versions
From Lagna
Variation 2
COMMON- Condition
- Strong Mercury, Jupiter or Venus located in any Kendra.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Common: about 30 in 100 charts (30%)
From Lagna
Variation 3
UNCOMMON- Condition
- The Lagna lord is very strong, aspected by a benefic, unaspected by a malefic, located in a Kendra.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Uncommon: about 1 in 65 charts (1.5%)
Variation 4
VERY COMMON- Condition
- Day-birth in Krishna-Paksha, or night-birth in Shukla-Paksha.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Very common: about 50 in 100 charts (50%)
From Lagna
Variation 5
COMMON- Condition
- Rahu is placed in the 3rd, or the 6th, or the 11th from Lagna.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Common: about 25 in 100 charts (25%)
From Lagna
Variation 6
UNCOMMON- Condition
- Rahu is in Lagna identical with Aries, Taurus or Cancer.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Uncommon: about 1 in 48 charts (2.1%)
Variation 7
UNCOMMON- Condition
- All planets are located in Shirshodaya signs.
- Source
- signs 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Uncommon: about 1 in 40 charts (2.5%)
Variation 8
COMMON- Condition
- Moon is in Drekkana of Mercury or Jupiter.
- Results
- This combination cancels or neutralizes Balarishta Yoga which threatens death to the newborn child.
- How common
- Common: about 33 in 100 charts (33%)
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Drekkana (D3)
- The third-division chart; each sign is split into three parts of 10°.
- Rahu and Ketu
- The Moon's north and south nodes. These shadow planets are always opposite each other and are treated as malefics.
- Paksha (lunar phase)
- Shukla Paksha is the waxing half of the lunar month; Krishna Paksha is the waning half.
- Day and night birth
- A day birth is between sunrise and sunset. The Vedic weekday also begins at sunrise, not midnight.
Fig. 1How it forms