Mahapataka Yoga
Mahapataka Yoga is a combination described in classical Vedic astrology. Below is how it forms and the results it is said to bring. It involves the Moon, Jupiter and Rahu.
Moon · Jupiter · Rahu
Uncommon1.3%
It appears in about 1 in 74 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
- Condition
- Moon conjunct Rahu, aspected by Jupiter which is under malefic association.
- Results
- The person is a heinous sinner.
Terms used on this page
- 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.
- Conjunction
- Two or more planets in the same sign (and so the same house).
- Rahu and Ketu
- The Moon's north and south nodes. These shadow planets are always opposite each other and are treated as malefics.
Fig. 1How it forms