Kshetrajaputra Yoga

Kshetrajaputra Yoga is a combination described in classical Vedic astrology. The texts give 3 versions of it, each formed differently. It involves the Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.

Sun · Mars · Mercury · Jupiter · Saturn

Uncommon3.8%

At least one of its 3 versions appears in about 1 in 26 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.

3 versions

1 2 3Jump to a version · yellow = rare

From Lagna

Variation 1

RARE

Condition: Mercury is the owner of the 5th house, in the 5th house, which is aspected by Saturn, but without an aspect from Jupiter, Mars or Sun.
Source: Saravali 35/28
Results: With the knowledge and consent of the husband the wife will give birth to a child which is not of the husband's seed (In modern context this might be a test-tube conception or the roles might be reversed and a surrogate mother deliver the child).
How common: Rare: about 1 in 588 charts (0.17%)

From Lagna

Variation 2

UNCOMMON

Condition: Mercury is the owner of the 5th house which is aspected by Saturn.
Source: Saravali 35/28
Results: (To a lesser degree than other Kshetraja Yogas) With the knowledge and consent of the husband the wife will give birth to a child which is not of the husband's seed (In modern context this might be a test-tube child etc.).
How common: Uncommon: about 1 in 26 charts (3.8%)

From Lagna

Variation 3

UNCOMMON

Condition: Mercury is the owner of the 5th house which is aspected by Saturn, but without an aspect from Jupiter, Mars or Sun.
Source: Saravali 35/28
Results: (To a lesser degree than other Kshetraja Yogas) With the knowledge and consent of the husband the wife will give birth to a child which is not of the husband's seed (In modern context this might be a test-tube child etc.).
How common: Uncommon: about 1 in 45 charts (2.2%)

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Terms used on this page

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

Mercury is the owner of the 5th house, in the 5th house, which is aspected by Saturn, but without an aspect from Jupiter, Mars or Sun.A sample chart from our test set (born 1966). Highlighted: Mercury, Saturn.Check your chart →