Prashna, or horary astrology, answers a question from a chart cast for the exact moment you ask it - no birth date or time needed. This tool follows the classical Prashna Marga method: it reads the Lagna (you, the querent), the Moon (your state of mind) and the 7th house (the matter asked about) to give a clear favourable or unfavourable verdict, along with the likely category, timing and recommendations.
In Prashna, the moment a sincere question forms in your mind is treated as its 'birth'. A chart is cast for that exact date, time and place: the rising sign (Lagna) stands for you, the querent, while the Moon shows the state of your mind and the sincerity of the question.
The 7th house - and its lord, the Karyesha - represents the matter you are asking about. The classical answer turns on the link between the Lagna lord (Lagnesha) and the Karyesha: an applying Ithasala yoga between them promises the matter, while a separating Isarapha yoga suggests the opportunity has passed. From these connections and the overall strength of the chart, the tool derives its verdict.
Every reading returns a structured verdict along with the reasoning behind it:
The link between the Lagna lord and the question-house lord is a Tajika yoga, and this tool reads them on the deeptamsha orb model rather than by whole signs. An Ithasala (Tajikanilakanthi 2.18) is the swifter graha still closing on the slower within their combined orb, and it promises the matter. An Isarapha (TNK 2.24) is the swifter already past the slower, and it says the moment has gone. A Nakta (TNK 2.25) is the three-body transfer of light through the Moon. Two conditions are checked before any of them is allowed to form: the two signs must actually aspect one another in the Tajika scheme, however close the degrees, and the receiving graha must not be retrograde, combust or in a hostile sign - in which case the light is returned instead of received and the promise is cancelled.
The chart's indications are then scored and the score is banded rather than left as a bare number: 70 and above reads favourable, 50 to 69 moderately favourable, 35 to 49 challenging, and below 35 unfavourable. The band is printed with the reasoning that produced it, not on its own. One classical inversion is honoured where it applies: Prasna Marga XIV.32 states that Saturn, and only Saturn, is read in reverse, so the engine does not treat it like the other malefics.
No. Prashna reads the chart of the moment you ask, so no birth date, time or place is required. You only set the time and place of the question itself.
Vedic Prashna casts a full chart from the date, time and place you ask and follows the classical Prashna Marga method. KP horary instead starts from a number between 1 and 249; this tool focuses on the traditional Prashna approach.
Ask a single, sincere question with a clear outcome - such as one about marriage, a job, finances, property, health or a court case. A focused yes/no style question gives the clearest verdict.
They are the two Tajika yogas the classical verdict turns on. An Ithasala (Tajikanilakanthi 2.18) forms when the swifter of two grahas is still applying to the slower within their combined deeptamsha orb, and it promises the matter. An Isarapha (TNK 2.24) forms when the swifter has already separated, which reads as an opportunity that has passed. Neither can form unless the two signs aspect one another in the Tajika scheme, whatever their degrees, and an Ithasala is cancelled if the receiving graha is retrograde, combust or in a hostile sign.
For educational purposes. Astrological interpretations are traditional and not a substitute for professional advice.