Chandrashekhar Azad

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Chart Highlights

Lagna · Moon · Sun · Nakshatra

↑Lagna
Virgo
Ascendant
☽Moon
Cancer
Chandra Rashi
☀Sun
Cancer
Surya Rashi
✦Nakshatra
Ashlesha
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 CancerCan 11th 6°56' 11th · 6°56' PushyaPushya NeutralNeut
MoonMoon CancerCan 11th 27°13' 11th · 27°13' AshleshaAshlesha OwnOwn
MarsMars CancerCan 11th 4°40' 11th · 4°40' PushyaPushya DebilitatedDeb
MercuryMer LeoLeo 12th 1°53' 12th · 1°53' MaghaMagha NeutralNeut
JupiterJup GeminiGem 10th 5°50' 10th · 5°50' MrigashiraMrigashira NeutralNeut
VenusVen LeoLeo 12th 15°52' 12th · 15°52' Purva PhalguniPurva Phalguni NeutralNeut
SaturnSat AquariusAqu 6th 21°55' 6th · 21°55' Purva BhadrapadaPurva Bhadrapada OwnOwn
RahuRahu CancerCan 11th 19°49' 11th · 19°49' AshleshaAshlesha NeutralNeut
KetuKetu CapricornCap 5th 19°49' 5th · 19°49' ShravanaShravana 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

Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga
Lakshmi Narayan Yoga

Life Timeline

Major events mapped to planetary periods

  • 1906 · unknown Dasha
    Born in Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
    unknown Dasha
    The birth time for this chart is a placeholder (12:00). No reliable dasha can be confirmed for the year of birth, so the chart cannot speak to the circumstances at birth beyond the confirmed date and place.
    The birth date of 23 July 1906 and the birthplace of Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh are widely corroborated. The dasha assignment is marked unknown because it depends on a precise birth time that has not been established.
  • 1919 · Venus / Venus Dasha
    Jallianwala Bagh massacre shapes political consciousness
    Venus / Venus Dasha
    Venus rules houses 2 (Libra, speech and values) and 9 (Taurus, dharma and ethics) in this Virgo chart. It sits in house 12 Leo in Purva Phalguni pada 1, the house of loss and hidden spaces. A Venus mahadasha opening with Venus antardasha placed the 9th lord, governing dharma and one's sense of justice, at the center of experience. Venus in house 12 means those ideals operate through loss and withdrawal rather than open display.
    The April 1919 massacre at Jallianwala Bagh struck a generation. Azad was 13. Under Venus/Venus, with the 9th lord (ethics, justice) active in house 12 (loss, suffering), this period marks a point where a values crisis (Venus as 2nd lord of personal principles) collided with a direct encounter with institutional violence. The Lakshmi Narayan Yoga, formed by Venus conjunct Mercury in house 12, suggests that whatever intellectual and ethical confrontation followed was processed privately and carried forward as a shaping conviction rather than an immediate public response.
  • 1921 · Venus / Moon Dasha
    First arrest at a protest; adopts the name Azad
    Venus / Moon Dasha
    Moon rules house 11 Cancer and sits in that house in Ashlesha pada 4, in own sign. A Venus/Moon antardasha placed the 11th house ruler at the center of activity. Moon in own sign in house 11 operates with full emotional investment in community causes and collective resistance.
    His first arrest at a Non Cooperation Movement protest, and his answer in court giving his name as Azad (Free), his father as Swadheenata (Independence), and his address as Jail, happened in this period. This act connected personal identity (lagna lord Mercury in house 12) to collective defiance (Moon in house 11 own sign). The Chandra Mangala Yoga, Moon conjunct Mars in house 11, explains the impulsive clarity of the gesture: emotional conviction and combative self assertion acting together in the house of public community.
  • 1922 · Venus / Moon Dasha
    Non Cooperation Movement suspended; moves toward armed resistance
    Venus / Moon Dasha
    Still in Venus/Moon, the suspension of the Non Cooperation Movement following the Chauri Chaura incident forced a strategic reassessment. Venus in house 12, the house of withdrawal and loss, fits a period when an established collective path was removed. The 9th lord placed in house 12 describes ideals that survive institutional loss only by going underground.
    Moon conjunct Mars in house 11 (Moon in own sign, Mars debilitated in Cancer, Pushya pada 1) describes the frustration that followed: the communal attachment (Moon) to a mass movement blocked, with the combative drive (Mars) seeking a new channel. The move toward armed resistance reflects the Mars side of the Chandra Mangala Yoga asserting itself once the cooperative Moon side of the yoga had exhausted its options within the non violent framework.
  • 1925 · Venus / Rahu Dasha
    Kakori train robbery
    Venus / Rahu Dasha
    Rahu sits in house 11 Cancer in Ashlesha pada 1, alongside Moon, Mars, and Sun. Its dispositor is Moon, in own sign in the same house. A Venus/Rahu antardasha activated Rahu's 11th house position: Rahu in the house of networks and collective gains, already surrounded by Mars and Moon, amplifies the drive for collective action through unconventional and boundary breaking means.
    The Kakori train robbery of August 1925, in which HSRA cadres looted British railway treasury funds from a moving train, fits both the taboo breaking quality of Rahu and the 11th house setting of collective action for common goals. Saturn in house 6 Aquarius (own sign), retrograde, aspecting house 12 during this period, pressed the theme of systematic, structured opposition to institutions. The combination of Venus/Rahu with Saturn's aspect on house 12 (where Venus and Mercury sit as the 9th and lagna lords) points to a calculated, high risk act executed through hidden revolutionary networks.
  • 1928 · Venus / Jupiter Dasha
    HSRA reorganised as Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
    Venus / Jupiter Dasha
    Jupiter rules houses 4 (Sagittarius, inner foundation and ideology) and 7 (Pisces, partnerships) in this Virgo chart. It sits in house 10 Gemini in Mrigashira pada 4 and aspects houses 2, 4, and 6. A Venus/Jupiter antardasha combined the 9th lord (Venus, dharma and doctrine) with the 4th and 7th lord (Jupiter, ideology and collective structure), creating a period suited to formalising both belief and organization.
    The reorganisation of the HSRA with an explicit socialist program in 1928 was an ideological consolidation: the group added philosophical doctrine to its operational structure and renamed itself. Jupiter in house 10, aspecting house 4 (foundational values) from the career house, fits a period when the group deepened its political philosophy. Venus in house 12 as the co-activating dasha lord explains why this ideological sharpening happened within a closed organizational structure rather than through open public declaration.
  • 1928 · Venus / Jupiter Dasha
    J.P. Saunders assassination in Lahore
    Venus / Jupiter Dasha
    Still in Venus/Jupiter, the assassination of J.P. Saunders in Lahore in December 1928, carried out to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, happened under the same dasha combination. Saturn in house 6 Aquarius, retrograde, aspects house 8 (Aries: crises, sudden transformation). Saturn as 5th and 6th lord pressing on the 8th house sector is consistent with a planned, retaliatory act.
    Jupiter's aspect from house 10 to house 6 placed the planet of judgment and ethics in direct contact with the house of enemies and conflict. The act was retributive in motivation (Venus as 9th lord of dharma and justice) and deliberate in execution (Jupiter in house 10, structured and premeditated). This was a coordinated act involving Bhagat Singh and Rajguru alongside Azad, documented in the historical record of the HSRA.
  • 1931 · Venus / Saturn Dasha
    Killed in Alfred Park, Allahabad on 27 February
    Venus / Saturn Dasha
    Saturn rules houses 5 and 6 in this Virgo chart and sits in house 6 Aquarius in its own sign, retrograde. It aspects house 8 (Aries, transformation and death) and house 12 (Leo, final withdrawal). A Venus/Saturn antardasha placed both the 9th lord (Venus, in house 12) and the 6th lord (Saturn, in house 6) into active prominence: the house of ideological sacrifice and the house of open confrontation with opponents running in tandem.
    Azad was surrounded by police at Alfred Park in Allahabad on 27 February 1931 and died by his own hand with his last bullet, having vowed never to be taken alive. Saturn retrograde in own sign in house 6, aspecting house 8 (death and transformation) and house 12 (final exit and withdrawal), is as close as this chart comes to describing that moment: the 6th house confrontation with opponents reaching its conclusion through an 8th house outcome, carried into the 12th house of final withdrawal. The conjunction of Venus (9th lord of dharma) in house 12 with Mercury (lagna lord) gives the death a self chosen, ideologically framed quality.

Astrological Analysis

Interpretive insights derived from precomputed chart data

✦Data quality note

The birth time for this chart is recorded as 12:00. This is a placeholder, not a documented birth time. The data quality rating is Disputed and the time accuracy is Unknown. All house based interpretations, including the Virgo lagna and the placement of planets across houses, depend entirely on this assumed noon time. The birth date (23 July 1906) and birthplace (Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh) are widely corroborated. Planetary sign positions and nakshatra placements are less sensitive to birth time but still subject to a few degrees of variation depending on ayanamsa.

This chart uses Lahiri ayanamsa and Whole Sign houses. Any statement about house position, including which house each planet occupies and what lagna sign applies, should be read as conditional on the noon time assumption. If the actual birth time differed by two or more hours, some house placements and possibly the lagna itself would change.

✦Chart signature
  • Saturn in house 6 Aquarius, own sign and retrograde (Purva Bhadrapada pada 1), aspects houses 3, 8, and 12. No planet in this chart has a stronger dignitary score by sign placement. The 6th house setting makes that strength most available in contexts of conflict, disciplined opposition, and service under pressure.
  • House 11 Cancer holds four bodies: Sun, Moon (own sign), Mars (debilitated, combust), and Rahu. This density in the house of collective aims and networks is unusual and gives the chart a strong orientation toward group cause over individual advantage.
  • The Chandra Mangala Yoga (Moon conjunct Mars in Cancer, house 11) combines the 11th house ruler in own sign with a debilitated, combust Mars. The yoga is rated Strong despite Mars's weakness by sign, because the conjunction itself holds and links emotional drive to combative energy.
  • Jupiter in house 10 Gemini (Mrigashira pada 4) is the 4th and 7th lord in the career house. It aspects houses 2, 4, and 6, connecting public role to speech and values, inner ideology, and conflict. The chart has no planet in a kendra that is stronger by sign than Jupiter in house 10.
  • The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Venus conjunct Mercury in house 12 Leo) links the 9th and 10th lords, but both sit in house 12. The yoga exists at full strength by condition, but its expression is routed through secrecy, sacrifice, and hidden activity rather than visible public achievement.
✦Key placements
  • Saturn in house 6 Aquarius (Purva Bhadrapada pada 1), own sign, retrograde. Saturn rules houses 5 and 6 in this Virgo chart. In its own sign in the 6th house, it is the chart's dominant planet by dignitary strength, positioned in the house of enemies, conflict, and service under discipline.
  • Moon in house 11 Cancer (Ashlesha pada 4), own sign. Moon rules house 11 in this chart and sits in that same house, in own sign, giving it full dignitary strength. It is emotionally invested in collective networks and resistance communities by placement.
  • Mars in house 11 Cancer (Pushya pada 1), debilitated and combust. Mars rules houses 3 and 8 in this Virgo chart. It is weakened by sign (Cancer is Mars's sign of debilitation) and sits within a few degrees of the Sun. Despite this, the Chandra Mangala Yoga with Moon holds.
  • Jupiter in house 10 Gemini (Mrigashira pada 4). Jupiter rules houses 4 and 7 in this chart. Placed in the career house, it connects ideology and partnership (its own domains) to the house of public authority and achievement, expressed through Gemini's analytical and communicative register.
  • Mercury in house 12 Leo (Magha pada 1). Mercury is the Virgo lagna lord, placed in the 12th house, the house of withdrawal, hidden activity, and sacrifice. It forms the Lakshmi Narayan Yoga and the Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga with Venus in the same house.
✺Yogas and combinations
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga: Mercury and Venus are conjunct in house 12 Leo. Condition: Mercury conjunct Venus in the same house. Evidence: Mercury at 1.89 degrees Leo and Venus at 15.86 degrees Leo, both in house 12. Rated Strong. The yoga combines the lagna lord and 9th lord in the house of withdrawal. Its expression here is through ideological commitment operating behind the scenes rather than through material or public success.
  • Chandra Mangala Yoga: Moon and Mars are conjunct in Cancer, house 11. Condition: Moon and Mars in the same sign. Evidence: Moon in Ashlesha pada 4 (own sign) and Mars in Pushya pada 1 (debilitated, combust). Rated Strong. The yoga ties emotional drive and collective attachment directly to combative, impulsive action in the house of networks and community.
  • Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga: Venus (9th lord) and Mercury (10th lord) are conjunct in house 12 Leo. Condition: 9th and 10th lords in conjunction. Evidence: Venus in Purva Phalguni pada 1 and Mercury in Magha pada 1, both in Leo house 12. Rated Strong. This is a raja yoga by condition, but its placement in house 12 routes positive expression through sacrifice, hidden work, and withdrawal from conventional channels.
  • Mangal Dosha: Mars is in the 1st from Moon (both in Cancer, house 11) and in the 12th from Venus (Venus in Leo, Mars in Cancer). Triggered from Moon and Venus references. Severity rated Strong. The dosha points to tension in emotional bonds and a combative quality in personal relationships. The chart contains no record of marriage or partnership in the approved timeline.
  • Chandra Grahan Dosha: Moon is conjunct Rahu in house 11 Cancer, with a separation of 7.39 degrees. Condition: Moon conjunct Rahu in the same sign. Rated Moderate. Rahu sitting within one sign of Moon creates an agitated or amplified emotional quality, particularly around collective alliances and the gains associated with the 11th house.
✦How to read the timeline

Astrology is a lens for examining a life, not proof of anything. The dasha periods used here follow the Vimshottari system and are treated as timing windows, not causes. When a planetary period and a life event seem to correspond, that correspondence is worth examining. When they do not align clearly, the historical record takes precedence over the astrological scheme.

The birth time for this chart is assumed. That assumption affects all house positions. Read the timeline knowing that the Virgo lagna itself is conditional, and that a different birth time could produce a significantly different chart.

Summary

Key insights at a glance

Chart Takeaways
  • Saturn in house 6 Aquarius sits in its own sign, retrograde (Purva Bhadrapada pada 1), and aspects houses 3, 8, and 12. No planet in this chart has a stronger dignitary score. The 6th house setting makes that strength available primarily in contexts of conflict and sustained opposition, which is exactly where the life was spent.
  • The Chandra Mangala Yoga is formed by Moon (own sign, Ashlesha pada 4) and Mars (debilitated, combust, Pushya pada 1) conjunct in house 11 Cancer. Moon is at full dignitary strength; Mars is weakened by sign and proximity to the Sun. The yoga ties emotional commitment to collective cause directly to combative, impulsive action.
  • Jupiter in house 10 Gemini (Mrigashira pada 4) is the 4th and 7th lord placed in the career house. It aspects houses 2, 4, and 6, connecting public role to speech and values, inner ideology, and conflict. His public function was shaped more by philosophical and organizational purpose than by personal ambition.
  • Mercury, the Virgo lagna lord, sits in house 12 Leo (Magha pada 1) alongside Venus. The ruler of the self placed in the 12th house, the house of withdrawal and hidden activity, is consistent with the underground operations that defined his years as HSRA commander.
  • The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga, formed by Venus (9th lord) conjunct Mercury (10th lord) in house 12 Leo, links the dharma and career lords in the house of sacrifice and secrecy. The yoga carries potential but its 12th house setting redirects that potential through concealment and self abnegation rather than visible achievement.

Sources & Data Quality

References for birth data · data quality assessment

Data Quality Approximate
Famous Kundlis dataset (imported 2 April 2026, manual review 5 April 2026)
[1]Birth data comes from an imported Excel dataset of famous horoscopes. The dataset assigns a reliability rating of 1 out of 5. Birth date (23 Jul 1906) and birthplace (Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh) are widely corroborated. Birth time 12:00 is a placeholder used for chart generation only.
Historical record of the Kakori case and HSRA activity (1925 to 1931)
[2]Events cited on this page draw on widely published historical accounts of the HSRA's operations, including the Kakori train robbery of August 1925 and the circumstances of Azad's death at Alfred Park on 27 February 1931. The detail that he shot himself with his last bullet, having vowed never to be captured alive, is documented in multiple Indian historical sources.