D40 Khavedamsa Chart Calculator

Khavedamsa, the D40 chart, is read for the maternal side of the family. It looks at the inherited fortune that comes from your mother’s line, and at the general auspiciousness of the events in your life.

It is one of the finer divisional charts. Because each part spans only 45 minutes of arc, the Ascendant changes about every three minutes, and the chart is nearly useless if the birth time is rough. Only use it when you have a reliable record of the time.

Read it with the D1 birth chart beside it. If you also want the marriage and strength chart, open the D9 Navamsa.

Each sign is divided into forty parts of 45′. In an odd sign the count starts at Aries. In an even sign it starts at Libra.

Your birth details go to the same astrology service that powers the free Kundli. The page reads the divisional Ascendant, each planet’s sign, house, degree and part from the response and draws them with the Kundli chart renderer.

This illustration contains invented positions to show the chart layout.

• The top diamond is the first house. The 3 in it means Gemini is the divisional Ascendant.
• Houses follow anticlockwise from there, each with the next sign number.
• Each label is a short planet name and its degree inside that sign. A star marks a retrograde planet.
• In your own D40 chart the signs and houses come from the divisional positions, so they will rarely match your D1.

The houses keep their usual meanings. What changes is which planets fall in them, and that is what makes the chart specific to maternal lineage. Use the table to find the house you want, then read the planets in it.

Once the chart is drawn, work through it in this order. Each point below is a place astrologers look first for maternal lineage.

• Do not use D40 to predict anything about a specific relative. The chart is about the line and its effect on you.
• If your birth time is estimated, set this chart aside. A three-minute error gives you a different Ascendant.
• Use a birth time from a certificate or hospital record, check AM and PM, and choose your town from the suggestions so the coordinates are right.
• If another website shows a different chart, compare the ayanamsa and the division rule it uses. This calculator uses the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa.

The smaller the part, the faster the divisional Ascendant moves. The column on the right shows roughly how long it takes the Ascendant of each chart to change sign. The figures are averages, because the real speed varies with your latitude and the sign that is rising.

If you are not sure of your birth time, start with D1 and D9, which are the most forgiving, and ask an astrologer about rectification before you rely on D40, D45 or D60.

D40 चार्ट को खवेदांश कहते हैं और इसे मातृ पक्ष, ननिहाल से मिलने वाले भाग्य और शुभ-अशुभ फलों के लिए देखा जाता है। हर राशि के चालीस भाग होते हैं। विषम राशि में गिनती मेष से और सम राशि में तुला से शुरू होती है। इसके लिए जन्म समय बिल्कुल सही होना चाहिए।

चार्ट बनाने के लिए जन्म की तारीख, सही समय और जन्म स्थान भरें। ज्योतिष एक पारंपरिक विद्या है, इसे चिकित्सा, कानूनी या वित्तीय निर्णयों का आधार न बनाएं।