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Gohanta Yoga

Gohanta Yoga is a combination described in classical Vedic astrology. Below is how it forms and the results it is said to bring. It involves Jupiter.

Jupiter
Uncommon5.8%
It appears in about 1 in 17 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.

How it forms

From Lagna
Condition
Malefic planet without a benefic aspect is in a Kendra and Jupiter is placed in the 8th house.
Source
Brihat Jataka
Results
The person will take up butchery as a career.
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Terms used on this page

Kendra
The angular houses: 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th. Planets here are considered prominent and able to act strongly.
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.
Fig. 1How it forms
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Malefic planet without a benefic aspect is in a Kendra and Jupiter is placed in the 8th house.A sample chart from our test set (born 1951). Highlighted: Jupiter, Rahu, Ketu.Check your chart →