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Chart Highlights

Lagna · Moon · Sun · Nakshatra

↑Lagna
Aquarius
Ascendant
☽Moon
Libra
Chandra Rashi
☀Sun
Virgo
Surya Rashi
✦Nakshatra
Swati
Birth Star

Birth Chart

Vedic divisional charts · North Indian style · Whole Sign houses

Rashi Chart Birth · Lagna · Natal
Navamsa Chart Soul · Marriage · Dharma

Planet Placements

Sun through Ketu · Sign · House · Degree · Nakshatra · Dignity

Planet Sign House Degree House · Deg Nakshatra Dignity
SunSun VirgoVir 8th 24°23' 8th · 24°23' ChitraChitra NeutralNeut
MoonMoon LibraLib 9th 10°19' 9th · 10°19' SwatiSwati NeutralNeut
MarsMars VirgoVir 8th 22°36' 8th · 22°36' HastaHasta NeutralNeut
MercuryMer VirgoVir 8th 23°40' 8th · 23°40' ChitraChitra ExaltedExalt
JupiterJup CancerCan 6th 0°32' 6th · 0°32' PunarvasuPunarvasu ExaltedExalt
VenusVen VirgoVir 8th 15°11' 8th · 15°11' HastaHasta DebilitatedDeb
SaturnSat TaurusTau 4th 19°14' 4th · 19°14' RohiniRohini NeutralNeut
RahuRahu LeoLeo 7th 8°47' 7th · 8°47' MaghaMagha NeutralNeut
KetuKetu AquariusAqu 1st 8°47' 1st · 8°47' ShatabhishaShatabhisha NeutralNeut
Yoga Yogakaraka Exalt Exalted Own Own Sign Fren Friendly Neut Neutral Enemy Enemy Sign Deb Debilitated
Yoga Yogakaraka Exalt Exalted Own Own Sign Fren Friendly Neut Neutral Enemy Enemy Sign Deb Debilitated

Notable Yogas

Classical planetary combinations

Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga
Gajakesari Yoga
Lakshmi Narayan Yoga
Budha-Aditya Yoga

Life Timeline

Major events mapped to planetary periods

  • 1942 · unknown Dasha
    Birth in Allahabad
    unknown Dasha
    The birth dasha is listed as unknown in the packet. The chart shows Rahu Mahadasha beginning around the time of birth, but the antardasha at the exact hour on 11 October 1942 cannot be confirmed given the disputed birth time.
    Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in October 1942 was in the middle of the Quit India Movement. Ketu in Aquarius (house 1, Shatabhisha nakshatra) sits in the lagna of this chart, giving the birth a quality of detachment and unconventional identity from the start.
  • 1969 · Jupiter / Rahu Dasha
    First film: Saat Hindustani
    Jupiter / Rahu Dasha
    Jupiter Mahadasha runs from late 1955 to late 1971. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer (house 6, Punarvasu nakshatra) in this chart. The 6th house governs service, competitive work, and getting the initial foothold in a difficult field. Jupiter exalted in the 6th is well placed for someone trying to break into an industry.
    The antardasha Rahu sits in Leo (house 7, Magha nakshatra). Rahu in the 7th activates partnerships, contracts, and public engagements. A film debut involves exactly those mechanisms. Jupiter's exalted quality in the 6th provided the effort capacity, and Rahu in the 7th opened the door to a public facing contract.
  • 1973 · Saturn / Saturn Dasha
    Zanjeer released; career breakthrough
    Saturn / Saturn Dasha
    Saturn Mahadasha begins in late 1971. Saturn sits in Taurus (house 4, Rohini nakshatra) retrograde in this chart. Saturn rules houses 12 and 1 for Aquarius Lagna, making it the chart ruler. A Saturn and Saturn period for this lagna is the mahadasha of the ascendant lord in its own sub period, which often brings defining moments of public identity.
    Zanjeer in 1973, starring him as an angry, controlled protagonist, gave the persona its lasting shape. Retrograde Saturn in house 4 (the house of inner foundation) channelled into a public image built around contained intensity rather than surface charm. Saturn and Saturn is often described as a time when the person meets their own nature directly.
    Saturn aspects house 1, 6, and 10 from house 4. The 10th house aspect from Saturn in its mahadasha antardasha aligns with a career defining moment.
  • 1982 · Saturn / Sun Dasha
    Near fatal injury during filming of Coolie
    Saturn / Sun Dasha
    Still in Saturn Mahadasha. Sun sits in Virgo (house 8, Chitra nakshatra) in this chart, in normal dignity. House 8 governs crises, the body, and sudden transformations. Sun as the 7th lord (ruling Aquarius Lagna's 7th from house 8) places authority and public contracts in the house of risk.
    The antardasha Sun in house 8 puts focus directly on the body and its vulnerability. A near fatal injury on set is a 8th house event by almost any classical reading. The Saturn and Sun combination here is difficult: Saturn as ascendant lord and Sun as 7th lord in the 8th house during a Saturn and Sun period carries real weight.
    The injury happened in July 1982. Saturn and Sun antardasha ran from October 1981 to October 1982, covering the period.
  • 1984 · Saturn / Mars Dasha
    Wins Lok Sabha election from Allahabad
    Saturn / Mars Dasha
    Mars sits in Virgo (house 8, Hasta nakshatra) combust in this chart. Mars rules houses 3 and 10 for Aquarius Lagna, making it the 10th lord, the planet of career and public achievement. Mars in the 8th is combust but still the 10th lord, and a Mars antardasha within Saturn mahadasha brought the 10th lord to the foreground.
    Winning a parliamentary seat is a 10th house event. That the win came from Allahabad, his birth city, connects the 4th house (Saturn in Taurus, house 4) to the 10th lord Mars, through the aspecting relationship Saturn maintains from house 4. The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Venus and Mars conjunct) is activated through any Mars period.
  • 1996 · Mercury / Venus Dasha
    ABCL collapses; financial and reputational crisis
    Mercury / Venus Dasha
    Mercury Mahadasha runs from late 1990 to late 2007. Mercury is exalted in Virgo (house 8) but combust and retrograde, making it a complex mahadasha ruler: capable of depth but impaired in its delivery of consistent outcomes. House 8 governs financial transformation, debt, and reversal of fortune.
    The antardasha Venus sits in Virgo (house 8, Hasta nakshatra) debilitated. Venus is the 9th lord in this chart; its debilitation in house 8 during an 8th house Mercury mahadasha created a period where fortune, institutional work, and creative expansion all ran into resistance. ABCL (Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited) collapsed in 1996 under financial and structural strain, which is consistent with a Mercury and Venus period centred on a debilitated 9th lord in the house of loss of resources.
  • 2000 · Mercury / Rahu Dasha
    Kaun Banega Crorepati launches; career reinvention
    Mercury / Rahu Dasha
    Still in Mercury Mahadasha. Rahu sits in Leo (house 7, Magha nakshatra) in this chart. Magha nakshatra is associated with ancestral power, authority, and public ceremony. Rahu in the 7th activates mass public engagement through an unconventional format.
    Kaun Banega Crorepati, launched in 2000, was a television game show format that was genuinely new for Indian broadcast. Rahu in the 7th in Magha brought the kind of mass reach and format disruption that Rahu periods tend to produce. The exalted Jupiter (house 6) aspecting house 12, 2, and 10 also supports a reinvention that came through persistent work rather than a single lucky break.
  • 2005 · Mercury / Saturn Dasha
    Black, Bunty aur Babli: peak of second career phase
    Mercury / Saturn Dasha
    The antardasha Saturn is the ascendant lord in this chart, placed in house 4 (Taurus, Rohini nakshatra) retrograde. A Mercury and Saturn period within a Mercury mahadasha centred on house 8 brought the chart ruler Saturn back into focus alongside the 8th house Mercury.
    Black (2005) is a film about disability, memory, and teaching, drawing on themes of persistence and transformation, both 8th house and Saturn qualities. Bunty aur Babli offered a contrasting, lighter role. Appearing across both registers in the same year, with critical and commercial results, fits a Saturn antardasha that activates the ascendant lord's capacity for range and endurance.

Astrological Analysis

Interpretive insights derived from precomputed chart data

Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan Kundli & Birth Chart Secrets

Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan Ascendant & Planetary Yogas

An astrological review of Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan's ascendant sign and the specific Raj Yogas that brought global recognition and fame.

Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan Nakshatra & Dasha Timeline

Decoding the birth star and Mahadasha periods that triggered key milestones in their career timeline.

✦Data quality note

The birth data for this chart is rated 2 out of 5 for reliability. The recorded values are date of birth 11 October 1942, time 4:00 PM IST, location Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh. The time accuracy is classified as unknown.

Two conflicting accounts exist: Harivansh Rai Bachchan's autobiography uses a Sanskrit term for afternoon, which aligns with the 4 PM version used in this chart. In several interviews, the subject has stated a birth time of 3 to 4 in the morning. No birth certificate or equivalent primary document has resolved the conflict. Both times are in use among Indian astrologers and produce fundamentally different charts. House based placements on this page are provisional. All calculations use Lahiri ayanamsa and Whole Sign houses.

✦Chart signature
  • Jupiter exalted in Cancer (house 6) is the anchor of this chart. Exalted Jupiter in the 6th house gives a particular ability to convert obstacles into gains, and it aspects houses 2, 10, and 12, which covers speech, career, and withdrawal equally.
  • The 8th house is densely occupied: Sun, Mars, Mercury, and Venus all sit in Virgo (house 8). This concentration in the house of transformation, depth, and crisis is the most unusual feature of the chart and connects almost every major life event to 8th house themes.
  • Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Venus conjunct Mars in Virgo, house 8) places the 9th and 10th lords together in the house of reinvention. Career peaks in this chart tend to follow crises rather than precede them.
  • Gajakesari Yoga (Jupiter in the 10th from Moon) is strong. Moon is in Libra (house 9) and Jupiter is in Cancer (house 6), placing Jupiter in the 10th from the Moon. The combination is associated with wide public impact.
  • Ketu in Aquarius (house 1, Shatabhisha nakshatra) in the lagna gives the personality a quality of detachment and internal isolation that coexists with mass popularity. Rahu in Leo (house 7) creates a direct Ketu and Rahu axis across the 1st and 7th houses.
✦Key placements
  • Ketu in house 1 (Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra, normal dignity, retrograde): Ketu in the lagna is associated with past life intensity brought into the present identity. Shatabhisha is a nakshatra connected to healing, isolation, and mystery.
  • Saturn in house 4 (Taurus, Rohini nakshatra, normal dignity, retrograde): Saturn as ascendant lord in house 4 (retrograde) places the foundation of identity in private emotional labour rather than outward display. Rohini nakshatra is associated with creative fertility and persistence.
  • Jupiter in house 6 (Cancer, Punarvasu nakshatra, exalted): Exalted Jupiter in the 6th is the strongest placement in this chart. Punarvasu is associated with return, recovery, and renewed purpose, fitting a biography with a major second career arc.
  • Rahu in house 7 (Leo, Magha nakshatra, normal dignity, retrograde): Rahu in the 7th in Magha drives ambition toward public ceremonies, mass audiences, and formats of power. Magha's association with ancestral authority and throne is relevant to the scale of recognition the person achieved.
  • Sun in house 8 (Virgo, Chitra nakshatra, normal dignity): Sun in the 8th as the 7th lord places public partnerships and contracts in the house of risk and transformation. Chitra is associated with craft and constructed beauty.
✺Yogas and combinations
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga: Mercury and Venus conjunct in house 8 (Virgo). Mercury is exalted; Venus is debilitated. The yoga forms by conjunction of the two planets associated with creativity and wealth, but the opposing dignities give it a contradictory quality: depth of craft alongside financial and relational friction.
  • Gajakesari Yoga: Jupiter is in the 10th from the Moon. Moon is in Libra (house 9) and Jupiter is in Cancer (house 6), placing Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon. The yoga is rated strong. It is classically associated with widespread public recognition and social standing.
  • Budha Aditya Yoga: Sun and Mercury are together in Virgo (house 8). Mercury is nearly exactly conjunct the Sun at 0.72 degrees, making it deeply combust. The yoga is rated moderate. The combination places intellectual capacity in the 8th house, linking it to transformation and depth rather than surface communication.
  • Dhana Yoga: Jupiter as both 2nd lord and 11th lord (for Aquarius Lagna, both houses point to Jupiter as sole ruler) sits in Cancer (house 6). The yoga forms by Jupiter's own placement connecting the 2nd and 11th house significations. Strength is rated moderate.
  • Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga: Venus (9th lord) and Mars (10th lord) conjunct in Virgo (house 8). Both the 9th and 10th lords in the same sign is a standard Raja Yoga condition. The placement in house 8 means the yoga's benefits typically arrive through transformation, disruption, or reinvention rather than through linear career progress. Strength is rated strong.
✦How to read the timeline

Astrology is a lens, not a proof. The dasha periods here are timing windows used to ask whether planetary themes in the chart are active during documented events in the person's biography. A correlation between a dasha period and a life event is a point for reflection, not a causal claim.

Vimshottari dasha is a 120-year cycle based on the Moon's nakshatra at birth. Each mahadasha runs for a fixed number of years and carries the quality of its ruling planet. The antardasha subdivides that period further. All dasha strings on this page are taken directly from the computed packet and are not recalculated.

Summary

Key insights at a glance

Chart Takeaways
  • Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga forms through Venus (9th lord) and Mars (10th lord) in conjunction in Virgo (house 8). The 9th and 10th lords in contact is one of the more discussed career combinations in Jyotish. Placed in house 8, the yoga activates through crisis, transformation, and reinvention rather than smooth ascent.
  • Jupiter exalted in Cancer (house 6, Punarvasu nakshatra, pada 4) is the strongest planet by dignity in this chart. Exalted Jupiter in the 6th gives the capacity to turn adversity, competition, and public setbacks into expansion. It aspects houses 2, 10, and 12, linking wisdom and growth to both career and periods of withdrawal.
  • Mercury exalted in Virgo (house 8, Chitra nakshatra, combust, retrograde) sits in its own exaltation sign but is heavily impaired by combustion and retrograde motion. Exalted Mercury in the 8th is associated with depth, research, and the ability to work through hidden complexity, though the combustion limits how freely that quality expresses itself.
  • Gajakesari Yoga: Jupiter is in the 10th house from the Moon (Moon in Libra, house 9; Jupiter in Cancer, house 6). Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon is one of the classical markers of public reach and social impact. The yoga is rated strong in this chart.
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga: Mercury and Venus are conjunct in house 8 (Virgo). Mercury is exalted here; Venus is debilitated. The yoga forms by conjunction of the two planets associated with creative and financial expression, but the mixed dignity (exaltation plus debilitation in the same sign) gives this combination a push pull quality.

Sources & Data Quality

References for birth data · data quality assessment

Data Quality Approximate
Famous Kundlis dataset (xlsx, compiled April 2026)
[1]Birth data for this chart comes from the curated Famous Kundlis spreadsheet, rated 2 out of 5 for reliability. Values used: date of birth 11 October 1942, time 4:00 PM IST, location Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh.
Two conflicting accounts: father's autobiography and his own interviews
[2]Harivansh Rai Bachchan's autobiography uses the Sanskrit word 'aparahna' (afternoon) to describe the birth time, which aligns with the 4 PM version used in this chart. In multiple interviews, he has stated the birth time as being between 3 and 4 in the morning. No birth certificate or equivalent primary document has been located to resolve the conflict. Both versions are in active use by Indian astrologers and produce fundamentally different charts.