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Chart Highlights

Lagna · Moon · Sun · Nakshatra

↑Lagna
Libra
Ascendant
☽Moon
Scorpio
Chandra Rashi
☀Sun
Virgo
Surya Rashi
✦Nakshatra
Anuradha
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 12th 0°32' 12th · 0°32' Uttara PhalguniUttara Phalguni NeutralNeut
MoonMoon ScorpioSco 2nd 7°58' 2nd · 7°58' AnuradhaAnuradha DebilitatedDeb
MarsMars ScorpioSco 2nd 0°53' 2nd · 0°53' VishakhaVishakha OwnOwn
MercuryMer VirgoVir 12th 0°51' 12th · 0°51' Uttara PhalguniUttara Phalguni ExaltedExalt
JupiterJup AquariusAqu 5th 6°36' 5th · 6°36' DhanishtaDhanishta NeutralNeut
VenusVen LeoLeo 11th 15°37' 11th · 15°37' Purva PhalguniPurva Phalguni NeutralNeut
SaturnSat LeoLeo 11th 29°38' 11th · 29°38' Uttara PhalguniUttara Phalguni NeutralNeut
RahuRahu PiscesPis 6th 5°13' 6th · 5°13' Uttara BhadrapadaUttara Bhadrapada NeutralNeut
KetuKetu VirgoVir 12th 5°13' 12th · 5°13' Uttara PhalguniUttara Phalguni 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
Gajakesari Yoga
Budha-Aditya Yoga

Life Timeline

Major events mapped to planetary periods

  • 1950 · unknown Dasha
    Born in Vadnagar, Mehsana District, Gujarat
    unknown Dasha
    The birth dasha cannot be confirmed from the packet. The computed dasha timeline begins with Saturn Mahadasha running from around 17 September 1950, suggesting birth may have occurred at or near the start of a Saturn period. Saturn in this chart is in house 11 in Leo, combust, in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra.
    For Libra lagna, Saturn is the lord of houses 4 and 5, placing it in the house of gains and networks. Birth into a modest family in a small Gujarat town, within a Saturn period tied to the 4th house of roots and the 5th house of future merit, sets the chart's initial conditions.
  • 1967 · Mercury / Venus Dasha
    Joined RSS as a full time pracharak after leaving home
    Mercury / Venus Dasha
    Mercury Mahadasha ran from 1963. Mercury is exalted in house 12 in Virgo, retrograde and combust, forming Budha-Aditya Yoga with the Sun. House 12 rules withdrawal, renunciation, and operating outside ordinary social structures. Leaving home at 17 to become a full-time RSS worker is a house 12 signature.
    The Venus antardasha adds the 11th house dimension: Venus is in house 11 in Leo in Purva Phalguni nakshatra, the house of networks and communities. Joining a national ideological organization as a full-time organizer sits at the intersection of Mercury in house 12 (renunciation of personal life) and Venus in house 11 (entering a large structured network).
  • 1987 · Venus / Venus Dasha
    Appointed General Secretary of BJP Gujarat; entered formal party politics
    Venus / Venus Dasha
    Venus Mahadasha began in February 1987. Venus is in house 11 in Leo, in Purva Phalguni nakshatra, disposited by the Sun. For Libra lagna, Venus is the lagna lord, making this Mahadasha a period of self-expression and identity assertion. House 11 rules networks, political communities, and organized gains.
    The Venus / Venus antardasha is the opening, most concentrated period of the 20-year cycle. Appointment as General Secretary of a state party unit in the same month Venus Mahadasha began is a clean alignment of the lagna lord activating the 11th house of political networks.
  • 1995 · Venus / Rahu Dasha
    Played key role in BJP's Gujarat election victory as organizational strategist
    Venus / Rahu Dasha
    Venus / Rahu antardasha inside Venus Mahadasha. Rahu is in house 6 in Pisces in Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra. House 6 rules competition, elections, and defeating opponents. Rahu in house 6 is considered a favorable placement for winning contests, as it amplifies the competitive quality of the 6th house.
    Orchestrating an election victory from behind the scenes, as a strategist rather than a candidate, matches both Rahu in house 6 (behind-the-scenes electoral power) and Venus in house 11 (organizational influence within a political network).
  • 2001 · Venus / Saturn Dasha
    Appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat; took office October 2001
    Venus / Saturn Dasha
    Venus / Saturn antardasha. Saturn is in house 11 in Leo, combust, in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra. For Libra lagna, Saturn rules houses 4 and 5. House 4 covers the home state and administrative roots; house 5 covers merit and political intelligence. Saturn in house 11 aspects house 1 (identity), house 5 (merit), and house 8 (transformation).
    Becoming the Chief Minister of one's home state during the Saturn antardasha inside Venus Mahadasha, with Saturn aspecting house 5 (political merit) from house 11 (the gains house), connects the reward structure of the chart to a state-level executive appointment.
  • 2007 · Sun / Moon Dasha
    Won third consecutive Gujarat assembly election with large majority
    Sun / Moon Dasha
    Sun Mahadasha began in February 2007. Sun is in house 12 in Virgo in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, disposited by Mercury. House 12 is the house of foreign affairs, behind-the-scenes power, and exits. For Libra lagna, Sun rules house 11 (gains and networks).
    Moon antardasha: Moon is in house 2 in Scorpio (debilitated) in Anuradha nakshatra. House 2 rules public speech and the accumulated wealth of political capital. Winning a third consecutive state election in the Sun / Moon period, with Sun as lord of house 11 and Moon placed in the speech house, fits a pattern of electoral gains consolidating through public messaging.
  • 2013 · Moon / Moon Dasha
    Named BJP's prime ministerial candidate for 2014 general election
    Moon / Moon Dasha
    Moon Mahadasha began in February 2013. The Moon / Moon antardasha is the most concentrated expression of Moon's energy. Moon is debilitated in house 2 in Scorpio, conjunct Mars. House 2 is the house of speech, political declaration, and the voice that addresses large audiences.
    Being formally named as prime ministerial candidate by a national party is a public naming of identity through speech, exactly the 2nd house domain. Moon debilitated in Scorpio conjunct Mars in its own sign gives the speech house an intensity and bluntness that fits the political moment of 2013.
  • 2014 · Moon / Mars Dasha
    Led BJP to majority in general election; became Prime Minister 26 May
    Moon / Mars Dasha
    Moon / Mars antardasha. Mars is in house 2 in Scorpio in its own sign in Vishakha nakshatra. For Libra lagna, Mars rules houses 2 and 7. House 7 covers contracts, public deals, and the mandate given by a mass electorate. Mars in own sign in the speech house gives the antardasha planet maximum strength.
    Winning a national election outright and taking the office of Prime Minister in the Moon / Mars period, with Mars as lord of house 7 (the public mandate house) placed in house 2 (speech and political voice), is one of the more direct alignments in this chart's timeline.
  • 2019 · Moon / Mercury Dasha
    Led BJP to larger majority in second general election
    Moon / Mercury Dasha
    Moon / Mercury antardasha. Mercury is exalted in house 12 in Virgo, retrograde and combust. For Libra lagna, Mercury rules houses 9 and 12. House 9 covers fortune, ethics, and long-distance mandate; house 12 covers withdrawal and foreign policy dimensions of power.
    A larger majority in the second general election, during Mercury's antardasha, with Mercury as lord of house 9 (fortune) and exalted in house 12 (behind-the-scenes reach), suggests the Budha-Aditya Yoga expressing at scale. The combustion is still present, but exalted Mercury can carry its functions even in combustion, particularly through strategy rather than direct display.
  • 2024 · Mars / Rahu Dasha
    Led BJP in general election; returned as Prime Minister for third term
    Mars / Rahu Dasha
    Mars Mahadasha began in February 2023. Mars is in house 2 in Scorpio in its own sign. Rahu antardasha: Rahu is in house 6 in Pisces, the house of electoral competition and defeating opponents. Mars / Rahu activates both the speech and political voice (house 2 Mars) and the competitive electoral dimension (house 6 Rahu) simultaneously.
    A third consecutive prime ministerial term arrived in a period where both the dasha lord and antardasha lord point to the political contest arena. The outcome was a smaller majority than 2019, which fits the mixed signature of Rahu in house 6: competitive success without the clean dominance of earlier Mars or Moon periods.

Astrological Analysis

Interpretive insights derived from precomputed chart data

✦Data quality note

Birth data comes from the NAKSHATRA Famous Kundlis Excel dataset, imported 2 April 2026. Stored values: date of birth 17 September 1950, time 09:35, timezone Asia/Kolkata, location Vadnagar, Gujarat. Dataset reliability rated 4 out of 5. The 9:35 AM birth time is sourced from Astro Databank, attributed to elder brother Amrit Modi's confirmation to a researcher. A commonly circulated 11:00 AM time gives a different ascendant and is considered less credible in the same database entry. Some astrologers propose 10:10 AM as a rectified time, which remains unverified.

All calculations use the Lahiri ayanamsa and Whole Sign house system. The ascendant of Libra holds specifically at the 9:35 AM time; users who accept the 11:00 AM claim would see a different chart altogether.

✦Chart signature
  • Gajakesari Yoga forms with Jupiter in house 5 in Aquarius occupying a kendra (4th house) from Moon in Scorpio. Strength rated strong. The 5th house in Whole Sign places Jupiter in the domain of political intelligence, strategy, and merit.
  • Mars in house 2 in Scorpio in its own sign, conjunct debilitated Moon, forms Chandra-Mangala Yoga. For Libra lagna, Mars rules both the speech house and the partnership/mandate house, giving the speech house planet a double significance.
  • Sun and Mercury conjunct in house 12 in Virgo form Budha-Aditya Yoga. Mercury is exalted but combust and retrograde. The yoga operates in the house of behind-the-scenes action and foreign affairs.
  • Saturn in house 11 in Leo, combust, aspects houses 1, 5, and 8. Long-term organizational effort in the gains house, aspecting the ascendant and the house of merit, describes a political career built through years of party work before executive power arrives.
  • Rahu in house 6 in Pisces in Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra: the north node in the competition house. House 6 Rahu is widely read in Jyotish as a placement that amplifies the capacity to overcome opponents.
✦Key placements
  • Mars in house 2 in Scorpio (Own Sign, Vishakha nakshatra): maximum dignity in the house of speech, political capital, and family. As lord of houses 2 and 7 for Libra lagna, Mars connects voice and public mandate in a single placement. Aspects houses 5, 8, and 9.
  • Moon in house 2 in Scorpio (Debilitated, Anuradha nakshatra): Moon is debilitated but conjunct its own-sign planet Mars. Debilitation of Moon in Scorpio describes an emotional life that is intense, controlled, and not easily read by observers. Aspects house 8.
  • Jupiter in house 5 in Aquarius (Normal, Dhanishta nakshatra, retrograde): in the house of political intelligence and merit. Aspects houses 1, 9, and 11, linking the ascendant, fortune, and gains from the merits house.
  • Venus in house 11 in Leo (Normal, Purva Phalguni nakshatra): lagna lord in the house of networks, gains, and political communities. Aspects house 5.
  • Mercury in house 12 in Virgo (Exalted, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, retrograde, combust): exalted in the sign it owns, placed in the house of foreign affairs and withdrawal. Combust and retrograde qualifies how the exaltation expresses. Aspects house 6.
✺Yogas and combinations
  • Gajakesari Yoga: Jupiter in house 5 in Aquarius is in the 4th house from Moon in Scorpio (a kendra from Moon). Condition: Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon. Effect: Jupiter in the merit house aspecting gains, fortune, and the ascendant. Strength rated strong.
  • Budha-Aditya Yoga: Sun and Mercury conjunct in Virgo in house 12, separated by 0.31 degrees. Condition: Sun and Mercury in the same sign. Mercury is combust at this separation. Effect: administrative intelligence and communicative strategy, operating in the house of non-public or foreign-facing action. Strength rated moderate.
  • Chandra-Mangala Yoga: Moon and Mars conjunct in Scorpio in house 2. Condition: Moon conjunct Mars in the same sign. Effect: forceful speech, resilience under pressure, competitive drive expressed through public voice. Strength rated strong.
  • Surya Grahan Dosha: Sun conjunct Ketu in house 12 in Virgo, separated by 4.69 degrees. Condition: Sun conjunct Ketu. Effect: the Sun (lord of house 11) is shadowed by Ketu in the house of withdrawal and foreign affairs, adding a note of eclipse around public recognition and gains in certain periods.
  • Papakartari Lagna Dosha: detected in the chart. Malefic planets surround the ascendant sign. Effect: persistent pressure on personal identity and the ability to act freely, with constraint coming from both sides of the 1st house.
✦How to read the timeline

Astrology is a lens for pattern recognition, not a record of cause and effect. The milestones on this page are documented biographical facts, and the dasha sequences are taken from the computed Vimshottari timeline. The exercise is to notice whether the timing of events and the planetary periods active at those times show any structural correspondence.

Dasha periods serve as timing windows here, not as explanations. Nothing has been invented or inferred beyond what appears in the packet. Where a dasha period and a life event seem to fit, that is offered as an observation for reflection.

Summary

Key insights at a glance

Chart Takeaways
  • Jupiter in house 5 in Aquarius forms Gajakesari Yoga by being in the 4th house from Moon in Scorpio (a kendra from the Moon). Condition: Jupiter in a kendra from Moon. The yoga is rated strong and placed Jupiter in the house of political intelligence and merit.
  • Mars in house 2 in Scorpio in its own sign anchors the 2nd house of speech and political voice with maximum strength. As lord of house 2 and house 7 for Libra lagna, Mars in own sign in the speech house describes a combative and determined public voice.
  • Chandra-Mangala Yoga forms by Moon and Mars conjunct in Scorpio in house 2. Condition: Moon conjunct Mars in the same sign. Strength rated strong. This combination in the speech house is associated with resilience and forceful expression.
  • Mercury is exalted in house 12 in Virgo but combust and retrograde, forming Budha-Aditya Yoga with the Sun (Sun and Mercury conjunct in Virgo, separated by only 0.31 degrees). The yoga gives administrative and communicative intelligence; the combustion and house 12 placement suggest this intelligence operates behind the scenes.
  • Saturn in house 11 in Leo in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, also combust, aspects houses 1, 5, and 8. The 11th house placement of Saturn as a slow-moving planet of structure in the house of gains and networks describes a career built through long organizational effort before public office arrives.

Sources & Data Quality

References for birth data · data quality assessment

Data Quality Approximate
Famous Kundlis dataset (xlsx, imported 2 April 2026)
[1]Birth data for this page comes from the NAKSHATRA Famous Kundlis Excel dataset, imported 2 April 2026. Stored values: date of birth 17 September 1950, time 09:35, timezone Asia/Kolkata, location Vadnagar, Gujarat. Dataset reliability rated 4 out of 5.
Astro Databank: Modi, Narendra; elder brother Amrit Modi confirmation
[2]The 9:35 AM birth time is sourced from a note in the Astro Databank record attributing the time to elder brother Amrit Modi's confirmation to a researcher. The commonly circulated 11:00 AM time gives a different ascendant and is considered less credible by the same database entry. Some astrologers propose 10:10 AM as a rectified time, which is unverified.