Netaji

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Chart Highlights

Lagna · Moon · Sun · Nakshatra

↑Lagna
Aries
Ascendant
☽Moon
Virgo
Chandra Rashi
☀Sun
Capricorn
Surya Rashi
✦Nakshatra
Uttara Phalguni
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 CapricornCap 10th 11°10' 10th · 11°10' ShravanaShravana NeutralNeut
MoonMoon VirgoVir 6th 7°30' 6th · 7°30' Uttara PhalguniUttara Phalguni NeutralNeut
MarsMars TaurusTau 2nd 19°26' 2nd · 19°26' RohiniRohini NeutralNeut
MercuryMer CapricornCap 10th 9°36' 10th · 9°36' Uttara AshadhaUttara Ashadha NeutralNeut
JupiterJup LeoLeo 5th 16°29' 5th · 16°29' Purva PhalguniPurva Phalguni NeutralNeut
VenusVen AquariusAqu 11th 26°19' 11th · 26°19' Purva BhadrapadaPurva Bhadrapada NeutralNeut
SaturnSat ScorpioSco 8th 6°38' 8th · 6°38' AnuradhaAnuradha NeutralNeut
RahuRahu CapricornCap 10th 23°32' 10th · 23°32' DhanishtaDhanishta NeutralNeut
KetuKetu CancerCan 4th 23°32' 4th · 23°32' AshleshaAshlesha 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

Budha-Aditya Yoga

Life Timeline

Major events mapped to planetary periods

  • 1897 · Sun / Venus Dasha
    Birth in Cuttack, Orissa
    Sun / Venus Dasha
    Sun is the Mahadasha lord at birth. In this chart Sun sits in the 10th house in Capricorn (Shravana nakshatra), the house of career, public role, and authority. A Sun Mahadasha beginning at birth, with the Sun already placed in the 10th house, opens the life with career-oriented solar authority as the defining energy. Venus, the Antardasha lord, sits in the 11th house in Aquarius (Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra). Venus rules the 2nd and 7th houses for Aries lagna.
    The birth itself under Sun-Venus with the Sun in the 10th and Venus in the 11th is consistent with the chart's overall orientation: public life and networks as the defining arena.
  • 1919 · Rahu / Jupiter Dasha
    Tops Indian Civil Service exam in Cambridge
    Rahu / Jupiter Dasha
    Rahu is the Mahadasha lord. In this chart Rahu sits in the 10th house in Capricorn (Dhanishta nakshatra, retrograde), alongside Sun and Mercury. Rahu in the 10th pushes career ambition in unconventional directions with amplified force. The ICS exam was taken in Cambridge, an overseas institution, which fits Rahu's association with foreign places and boundary-crossing achievement.
    Jupiter, the Antardasha lord, is retrograde in the 5th house in Leo and aspects the 9th house (higher learning, ideology). Jupiter as 9th lord in antardasha during an academic achievement milestone is a consistent placement: the 9th house of higher study and the 5th house of intelligence and merit are both activated by Jupiter's retrograde force.
  • 1921 · Rahu / Saturn Dasha
    Resigns from ICS; joins Gandhi and Congress
    Rahu / Saturn Dasha
    Rahu Mahadasha continues with Saturn as Antardasha lord. Saturn sits in the 8th house in Scorpio (Anuradha nakshatra), the house of transformation, sudden reversals, and what is given up. Saturn as a planet in the 8th house during its own antardasha brought the themes of the 8th house (crisis-driven change, endings) to the surface. Resigning from a prestigious government career is a classic 8th-house Saturn moment: a deliberate, structural break with an institution.
    Rahu in the 10th continued to push the career in an unconventional direction. Joining Gandhi and Congress after abandoning the ICS path is exactly the Rahu-in-the-10th quality: public authority pursued outside the established system.
  • 1930 · Rahu / Sun Dasha
    Elected Mayor of Calcutta
    Rahu / Sun Dasha
    Rahu Mahadasha with Sun as Antardasha lord. Sun sits in the 10th house in Capricorn, the house of career and public authority. Sun antardasha under Rahu Mahadasha is a period when the 10th-house Sun activates most directly. Being elected to a formal public office fits Sun-in-the-10th: visible authority, a titled role, public accountability.
    Rahu in the 10th alongside the Sun in this same house means the Rahu Mahadasha and the Sun antardasha are almost literally the same house energy expressed at two levels. The Mayor of Calcutta role in 1930 was also a politically combative one, consistent with Rahu's unconventional amplification of Sun's authority.
  • 1938 · Jupiter / Mercury Dasha
    Elected President of Indian National Congress
    Jupiter / Mercury Dasha
    Jupiter is now the Mahadasha lord. In this chart Jupiter is retrograde in the 5th house in Leo, aspecting the lagna, the 9th, and the 11th. Jupiter as 9th lord (fortune, institutional authority conferred by others) in its own Mahadasha is a period when the fruits of ideology and dharmic conviction arrive in formal, organizational shape. Becoming Congress President is the clearest political achievement of Jupiter's themes.
    Mercury, the Antardasha lord, is combust and retrograde in the 10th house in Capricorn. Mercury rules the 3rd and 6th houses for Aries lagna. Mercury antardasha under Jupiter Mahadasha brings the 6th-house themes of competition and political conflict to the front, alongside the 3rd-house themes of speech, writing, and individual effort.
  • 1941 · Jupiter / Venus Dasha
    Escapes house arrest; travels to Germany via Afghanistan
    Jupiter / Venus Dasha
    Jupiter Mahadasha with Venus as Antardasha lord. Venus sits in the 11th house in Aquarius (Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra). Venus rules the 2nd house (resources, planning) and the 7th house (foreign agreements, overseas partners) for Aries lagna. Venus antardasha under Jupiter Mahadasha activated the 7th-house foreign-partnership themes at a dramatic scale: escaping house arrest and reaching Germany via Afghanistan is an 11th-and-7th-house Venus story, with networks and foreign alliances as the mechanism.
    Jupiter's aspect on the 12th house (foreign lands, withdrawal, secret movements) from its 5th-house placement also contributed. Ketu in the 4th house in Cancer (Ashlesha nakshatra) further weakened the security of home and familiar ground during this period.
  • 1943 · Jupiter / Venus Dasha
    Takes command of Indian National Army (INA)
    Jupiter / Venus Dasha
    The same Jupiter-Venus combination continues from 1941. Venus in the 11th house in Aquarius connects gains and networks to organized mass movements. Jupiter's retrograde force from the 5th house, aspecting the lagna and the 9th, gave this period its quality of ideological command taking physical shape.
    Mars as lagna lord in the 2nd house in Taurus, with its aspects on the 5th (strategy, intelligence), 8th (military force, crisis), and 9th (ideology, cause), was the persistent background energy. Taking military command is a Mars-ruled-lagna event expressed through a Jupiter-Venus dasha combination.
  • 1944 · Jupiter / Sun Dasha
    INA reaches Indian soil at Moirang, Manipur
    Jupiter / Sun Dasha
    Jupiter Mahadasha with Sun as Antardasha lord. Sun in the 10th house in Capricorn is the 5th lord (intelligence, strategic vision, authority of the self) placed in the house of public achievement. Sun antardasha under Jupiter Mahadasha is when the individual's own solar authority and strategic vision is most in play within the broader Jupiter-period ideological mission.
    The INA reaching Indian soil at Manipur is the closest the movement came to its stated objective. Sun in the 10th, activated in its own antardasha, fits a moment of maximum public achievement, even if the campaign ultimately could not be sustained.
  • 1945 · Jupiter / Moon Dasha
    Disappearance and reported death in Taiwan
    Jupiter / Moon Dasha
    Jupiter Mahadasha with Moon as Antardasha lord. Moon sits in the 6th house in Virgo (Uttara Phalguni nakshatra), the house of illness, obstacles, defeat, and service. Moon rules the 4th house (home, roots, the native's own territory) for Aries lagna. Moon antardasha under Jupiter Mahadasha, with Moon in the 6th house, is a period when the 4th-house themes of home and return are filtered through the 6th house of conflict and obstacles.
    Chandra Shakata Dosha is active in this chart. Moon and Jupiter are in a difficult angular relationship (6th and 5th houses from each other), and the Moon antardasha under Jupiter Mahadasha brought this dosha into direct expression. The disappearance and reported death in 1945 remains historically disputed, but the chart's Moon-in-the-6th antardasha closing the Jupiter Mahadasha with an event of loss, ambiguity, and permanent separation from home is the most striking dasha correlation in this timeline.

Astrological Analysis

Interpretive insights derived from precomputed chart data

✦Data quality note

The birth data quality for this chart is rated Confirmed, with time accuracy listed as exact. The birth time is 12:00 IST on 23 January 1897, at Cuttack, Orissa. The primary source is the diary entry by Janakinath Bose, Subhas Chandra Bose's father, recording the birth at midday. PM Modi shared a photograph of this diary entry on Twitter on 23 January 2020. The Astro Databank subsequently upgraded its rating for this record to AA (birth record in hand). All calculations use the Lahiri ayanamsa and Whole Sign houses.

Two earlier competing times exist: 12:15 PM from a 1956 publication, and 1:30 PM cited in one biography. Both are superseded by the primary diary record. The midday 12:00 time is used as the confirmed version here.

✦Chart signature
  • Sun, Mercury, and Rahu are all in the 10th house in Capricorn. This triple concentration in the 10th house of career and public role is the most striking structural feature of the chart. Rahu in Dhanishta nakshatra amplifies ambition toward mass leadership; Mercury is combust and retrograde; Sun is in Shravana nakshatra, associated with learning, hearing, and being heard.
  • Jupiter retrograde in the 5th house in Leo aspects the lagna, the 9th house, and the 11th house simultaneously. Jupiter as 9th and 12th lord in retrograde motion in the 5th produces a quality of ideological conviction that intensifies inward before it projects outward. Its direct aspect on the lagna shaped the public persona from behind.
  • Saturn in the 8th house in Scorpio (Anuradha nakshatra) aspects the 2nd, 5th, and 10th houses. As a planet in the 8th, Saturn's 10th-house aspect from that position gives career achievement a quality of force against obstruction, institutional resistance, and crisis. Anuradha nakshatra is associated with devotion and sustained effort through adversity.
  • Mars in the 2nd house in Taurus (Rohini nakshatra) is the lagna lord placed not in a Kendra but in the 2nd house, the house of speech and resources. Mars aspects the 5th, 8th, and 9th houses. This Mars configuration built a chart where the chart ruler's energy reached ideology, crisis, and intelligence rather than returning to reinforce the lagna.
  • Ketu in the 4th house in Cancer (Ashlesha nakshatra, retrograde) aspects the 10th house. Ketu in the 4th house separates the native from home, roots, and physical security. Its 10th-house aspect added a quality of sacrifice and rootlessness to the public career.
  • Chandra Shakata Dosha is active, with Moon in the 6th house in Virgo in a challenging angular relationship with Jupiter in the 5th. This dosha is associated with fluctuations in public standing and periods of sudden reversal, consistent with the repeated imprisonment, exile, and the final disappearance.
✦Key placements
  • Sun in house 10 in Capricorn (Shravana nakshatra) is the 5th lord in the house of career and public achievement. Sun in the 10th in Capricorn is in a sign ruled by Saturn, the planet sitting in the 8th house. The dispositor chain links career authority directly to crisis and obstruction.
  • Mercury in house 10 in Capricorn (Uttara Ashadha nakshatra, combust, retrograde) is the 3rd and 6th lord in the same house as the Sun. Mercury is combust at just 1.56 degrees from the Sun and retrograde. Its expression is largely absorbed into the Sun's 10th-house force.
  • Rahu in house 10 in Capricorn (Dhanishta nakshatra, retrograde) amplifies the 10th house beyond conventional authority. Dhanishta is associated with rhythm, wealth through collective effort, and fame. Rahu here pushed the 10th-house ambition toward mass political leadership rather than institutional career.
  • Jupiter in house 5 in Leo (Purva Phalguni nakshatra, retrograde) rules the 9th and 12th houses. Jupiter retrograde in the 5th intensifies its significations inward. Its three-house aspect coverage (lagna, 9th, 11th) made it the planet most connected to ideology, fortune, and public reach.
  • Saturn in house 8 in Scorpio (Anuradha nakshatra) rules the 10th and 11th houses for Aries lagna. Saturn as 10th lord in the 8th house is a placement for career built through sustained effort against structural adversity. Its aspects on the 2nd, 5th, and 10th houses ran through the entire life.
  • Mars in house 2 in Taurus (Rohini nakshatra) rules the lagna and the 8th house as Aries lagna lord. Mars in the 2nd is the chart ruler placed in the house of speech and resources rather than a Kendra. Its aspects on the 5th, 8th, and 9th houses gave the life its quality of ideological-military force expressed through oratory and organized action.
✺Yogas and combinations
  • Budha-Aditya Yoga (moderate strength): Sun and Mercury are conjunct in Capricorn in the 10th house. Mercury is combust at 1.56 degrees from the Sun and is also retrograde. The conjunction is technically present, but Mercury is so close to the Sun and in retrograde that its independent expression is almost entirely absorbed. The yoga gives a combined solar-mercurial intelligence to the 10th house, but without the clarity a non-combust Mercury would provide.
  • Mangal Dosha (strong severity): Mars is in the 2nd house in Taurus, triggering Mangal Dosha from both lagna and Venus. The strong severity rating indicates both reference points are activated. For an Aries lagna, Mars as chart ruler in the 2nd house with strong Mangal Dosha is a pattern that places physical and ideological courage at the centre of the life, with sustained consequences for alliances and partnerships.
  • Chandra Shakata Dosha (moderate strength): Moon is in the 6th house in Virgo, in a challenging angular relationship with Jupiter in the 5th. This dosha is associated with fluctuations in public standing and reversals of fortune. In a chart where the native disappeared in 1945 under disputed circumstances, with repeated imprisonment and exile before that, this dosha's presence in the chart is a pattern worth noting.
✦How to read the timeline

Astrology is a lens for reading patterns, not a mechanism that causes events. The correlations in this timeline between dasha periods and life events are offered as an interpretive framework, not as causal claims.

Each event is tagged with the Vimshottari Mahadasha and Antardasha active at that time. The system assigns each planet a fixed Mahadasha duration, with nested Antardasha sub-periods inside it. Reading the timeline means asking: where does this planet sit in this specific chart, what does it rule, and how do those themes connect to the event that occurred during its period? The answer is sometimes striking, sometimes ambiguous, and the reader is invited to weigh each connection on its own merits.

✦Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

**What are the details of Subhash Chandra Bose's birth chart?** Subhash Chandra Bose's birth chart features a powerful Aries Ascendant with an exalted Sun in the 10th house, indicating immense courage, leadership, and a natural rebellion against authority. His chart perfectly reflects his role as a fierce revolutionary and leader of the Indian National Army.

Summary

Key insights at a glance

Chart Takeaways
  • Sun and Mercury are conjunct in the 10th house in Capricorn, with Mercury combust and retrograde at a separation of just 1.56 degrees. This Budha-Aditya Yoga (moderate strength) places both the 5th lord (Sun) and 6th lord (Mercury) in the house of career and public authority. The 10th house placement makes this yoga directly career-facing, though Mercury's combustion at such a tight degree substantially weakens its independent expression.
  • Rahu is in the 10th house in Capricorn (Dhanishta nakshatra, retrograde), sitting alongside Sun and Mercury. Rahu in the 10th amplifies career ambition in unconventional directions, and in Capricorn it is in a sign ruled by Saturn, the planet sitting in the 8th house. The 10th house concentration of Sun, Mercury, and Rahu is the most loaded house in this chart.
  • Jupiter is retrograde in the 5th house in Leo (Purva Phalguni nakshatra), aspecting the 1st house (lagna), the 9th house (dharma, ideology, fortune), and the 11th house (networks, mass reach). Jupiter as 9th and 12th lord retrograde in the 5th is a configuration that turns ideological conviction inward and then outward with force. Its direct aspect on the lagna means Jupiter's retrograde intensity shaped the public identity.
  • Saturn is in the 8th house in Scorpio (Anuradha nakshatra), aspecting the 2nd, 5th, and 10th houses. As lagna lord (Aries), Mars rules a chart where Saturn in the 8th has a direct 10th-house aspect. This Saturn-10th connection from the 8th house runs through the entire life narrative: career built through crisis, structural collapse, and force of will against institutional resistance.
  • Mangal Dosha is active at strong severity, with Mars in the 2nd house in Taurus triggered from both lagna and Venus. Mars as lagna lord for Aries placed in the 2nd house means the chart ruler is in the house of speech and resources, not in a Kendra. Its aspects hit the 5th (intelligence), 8th (crisis, sudden endings), and 9th (ideology) houses, shaping a life where physical courage and ideological force were the primary instruments.

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 5 out of 5 for reliability. The values used are: date of birth 23 January 1897, time 12:00 IST, location Cuttack, Orissa.
Bose's father's diary, shared by PM Modi on Twitter (23 January 2020)
[2]The diary entry by Janakinath Bose records the birth as occurring at midday on 23 January 1897. PM Modi shared a photograph of this entry on Twitter on the occasion of Netaji's birth anniversary. Astro-Databank subsequently upgraded the record to AA (birth record in hand). The previously used time of 12:15 PM, drawn from a 1956 publication, and the 1:30 PM time cited by one biography (Sen Gupta), are both superseded by the primary diary record.