Sukhdev

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Chart Highlights

Lagna · Moon · Sun · Nakshatra

↑Lagna
Cancer
Ascendant
☽Moon
Gemini
Chandra Rashi
☀Sun
Taurus
Surya Rashi
✦Nakshatra
Mrigashira
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 TaurusTau 11th 0°43' 11th · 0°43' KrittikaKrittika NeutralNeut
MoonMoon GeminiGem 12th 2°50' 12th · 2°50' MrigashiraMrigashira NeutralNeut
MarsMars SagittariusSag 6th 23°48' 6th · 23°48' Purva AshadhaPurva Ashadha NeutralNeut
MercuryMer AriesAri 10th 20°08' 10th · 20°08' BharaniBharani NeutralNeut
JupiterJup GeminiGem 12th 16°53' 12th · 16°53' ArdraArdra NeutralNeut
VenusVen PiscesPis 9th 28°37' 9th · 28°37' RevatiRevati ExaltedExalt
SaturnSat PiscesPis 9th 2°26' 9th · 2°26' Purva BhadrapadaPurva Bhadrapada NeutralNeut
RahuRahu CancerCan 1st 4°08' 1st · 4°08' PushyaPushya NeutralNeut
KetuKetu CapricornCap 7th 4°08' 7th · 4°08' Uttara AshadhaUttara Ashadha 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

Gajakesari Yoga
Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga

Life Timeline

Major events mapped to planetary periods

  • 1907 · Mars / Venus Dasha
    Born in Ludhiana, Punjab
    Mars / Venus Dasha
    Mars is the mahadasha planet at birth in this chart. Mars rules houses 5 (Scorpio, creativity and intelligence) and 10 (Aries, career and public role) in this Cancer chart and sits in house 6 Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha pada 4. Venus, as sub lord, rules houses 4 (Libra, home and inner life) and 11 (Taurus, networks and gains). Venus sits in house 9 Pisces, exalted.
    Mars/Venus at birth placed the 10th lord (Mars) and the exalted 4th and 11th lord (Venus) in tandem. Exalted Venus in house 9 as the antardasha planet at birth points to an early environment grounded in strong communal values and ideological conviction, though this reading rests on the assumed noon birth time and should be treated as conditional on that assumption.
  • 1909 · Rahu / Rahu Dasha
    Rahu Mahadasha begins
    Rahu / Rahu Dasha
    Rahu sits in house 1 Cancer (Pushya pada 1) in this chart, retrograde. Its dispositor is Moon, in house 12 Gemini. A Rahu mahadasha with Rahu in the ascendant placed the unconventional, boundary breaking quality of Rahu at the center of self and identity from age two onward. Rahu in house 1 is associated with a public presence that does not fit standard social categories and an intensity that operates through disruption of expected norms.
    The Rahu/Rahu antardasha is the most concentrated expression of this placement. The 18-year Rahu mahadasha ran from 1909 to 1927, covering childhood, adolescence, and the first years of revolutionary activity. A mahadasha planet sitting in the lagna tends to color the entire period with the qualities of that planet in that house.
  • 1919 · Rahu / Mercury Dasha
    Jallianwala Bagh massacre
    Rahu / Mercury Dasha
    Mercury rules houses 3 (Virgo, effort and communication) and 12 (Gemini, withdrawal and hidden activity) in this Cancer chart. Mercury sits in house 10 Aries (Bharani pada 3), combust. A Rahu/Mercury antardasha placed Rahu's 1st house position (the identity) alongside Mercury as the 12th lord (withdrawal and sacrifice) active in house 10 (career and public role).
    The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 1919 took place when Sukhdev was 12. The event is recorded as formative for his political generation. Under Rahu (house 1, self and identity) with Mercury as sub lord (12th lord, the house of loss and sacrifice), the period fits a time of identity confrontation through direct exposure to colonial violence. The lagna itself, under Rahu's mahadasha, was being shaped by encounters that broke away from conventional social expectations.
  • 1926 · Rahu / Mars Dasha
    Founds Naujawan Bharat Sabha in Lahore
    Rahu / Mars Dasha
    Mars rules houses 5 (Scorpio, creative intelligence and organization) and 10 (Aries, career and public action) in this Cancer chart and sits in house 6 Sagittarius, aspecting house 1 (Cancer), house 9 (Pisces), and house 12 (Gemini). A Rahu/Mars antardasha placed Rahu's 1st house position in combination with Mars as the 5th and 10th lord: identity (Rahu in house 1) linked to organizational intelligence (5th) and public action (10th).
    The founding of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha in Lahore in 1926 was Sukhdev's organizational act, creating a youth political platform that would feed cadres into the HSRA. Mars in house 6 aspecting house 12 (where Moon and Jupiter sit) connects the combative career planet to the house of philosophical work and hidden preparation. The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Jupiter in house 12 and Mars in house 6, in mutual 7th aspect) was activated during this Rahu/Mars period.
  • 1927 · Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Jupiter Mahadasha begins
    Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Jupiter rules houses 6 (Sagittarius, conflict and service) and 9 (Pisces, dharma and ethics) in this Cancer chart. Jupiter sits in house 12 Gemini (Ardra pada 4). A Jupiter mahadasha placed the 6th and 9th lord, sitting in house 12, at the center of experience. Jupiter in house 12 carries connotations of hidden philosophical work, sacrifice tied to belief, and withdrawal from conventional paths in favor of a privately held purpose.
    Jupiter in Gemini in house 12 shares that sign with Moon (Mrigashira pada 3), forming the Gajakesari Yoga. In Jupiter/Jupiter, the mahadasha and antardasha were the same planet, amplifying the 12th house Jupiter quality. The intellectual, hidden, and sacrificial dimensions of Jupiter in house 12 dominated this period, which began as Sukhdev's organizational and ideological work intensified.
  • 1928 · Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    HSRA reorganised with explicit socialist program
    Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Still in Jupiter/Jupiter, the reorganisation of the HSRA with an explicit socialist program in 1928 happened in the same dasha period. Jupiter as the 9th lord (dharma, ideology, doctrine) in house 12 (secrecy, hidden organization) describes ideological consolidation carried out within a closed revolutionary structure rather than through public declaration.
    The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Jupiter as 9th lord and Mars as 10th lord in mutual aspect) links philosophical development to career action. In Jupiter/Jupiter, the philosophical side of this yoga dominated: the act of adding a socialist doctrine to the HSRA was intellectual and structural in nature before it became operational in the field.
  • 1929 · Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Arrested following Central Assembly bombing
    Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Still in Jupiter/Jupiter. The Central Assembly bombing of April 1929 was carried out by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt; Sukhdev was arrested in its aftermath as part of a broader crackdown on HSRA members. Mars in house 6 (conflict and confrontation with authority) aspects house 1 (Cancer, where Rahu sits in the lagna): the 6th house pressure on the ascendant describes a period when open confrontation with the state reached the self directly.
    Jupiter in house 12 (captivity, withdrawal from the world) as the mahadasha planet, in its own antardasha, fits a period of arrest and confinement. The Gajakesari Yoga (Jupiter and Moon both in house 12 Gemini) placed both emotional life and philosophical development inside the same house of imprisonment, suggesting that the period of captivity and trial was also a period of intellectual and ideological sharpening.
  • 1931 · Jupiter / Saturn Dasha
    Executed on 23 March at Lahore Central Jail, age 23
    Jupiter / Saturn Dasha
    Saturn rules houses 7 (Capricorn, partnerships and public action) and 8 (Aquarius, transformation and death) in this Cancer chart. Saturn sits in house 9 Pisces (Purva Bhadrapada pada 4), alongside exalted Venus. A Jupiter/Saturn antardasha placed Saturn as the 7th and 8th lord into active prominence alongside Jupiter as the mahadasha planet. Saturn in house 9, as the 8th lord, brings the house traditionally associated with death and transformation into the dharma house, alongside Venus exalted.
    Sukhdev was executed at Lahore Central Jail on 23 March 1931, alongside Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. Multiple Indian historical sources document that the three were executed ahead of schedule, after nightfall. Saturn as the 8th lord (death and transformation) coming into prominence as the antardasha lord, situated in house 9 (dharma) alongside exalted Venus (the 4th and 11th lord), fits the nature of the event: an end framed, within the revolutionary context, as the fulfillment of a moral and ideological commitment rather than as a defeat.

Astrological Analysis

Interpretive insights derived from precomputed chart data

✦Data quality note

The birth time for this chart is recorded as 12:00, a placeholder only. The data quality is rated Disputed and time accuracy is Unknown. All house based interpretations, including the Cancer lagna and the placement of planets by house, depend entirely on this assumed noon time. The birth date (15 May 1907) and birthplace (Ludhiana, Punjab) are widely corroborated.

This chart uses Lahiri ayanamsa and Whole Sign houses. Statements about house position, including which house each planet occupies and the lagna sign itself, are conditional on the noon assumption. A different birth time could shift house positions and might change the lagna sign. Planetary sign positions and nakshatra placements are less sensitive to birth time but remain subject to ayanamsa variation.

✦Chart signature
  • Venus in house 9 Pisces (Revati pada 4), exalted, is the most dignified planet in this chart by sign placement. As the 4th and 11th lord in exaltation in the 9th house, Venus places home, community networks, and dharma under a single strong signature of principled conviction.
  • The Gajakesari Yoga (Jupiter conjunct Moon in Gemini, house 12) is rated Strong. Both planets in house 12 give the yoga a quality of philosophical depth and purposeful withdrawal: the intelligence and emotional commitment associated with the yoga operates through hidden, sacrificial channels rather than public achievement.
  • Rahu in house 1 Cancer (Pushya pada 1), retrograde, sits in the ascendant. Rahu in the lagna shapes the entire self presentation with an unconventional, boundary breaking intensity. Its dispositor is Moon in house 12, routing Rahu's energy through the house of hidden activity.
  • Mars in house 6 Sagittarius (Purva Ashadha pada 4) aspects houses 1, 9, and 12. As the 5th and 10th lord in the 6th house, Mars connects creative intelligence and career to sustained opposition to authority. The 10th lord in the 6th is a chart signature of a public role defined by conflict rather than by institutional cooperation.
  • Saturn in house 9 Pisces (Purva Bhadrapada pada 4), alongside exalted Venus, brings the 8th lord into the dharma house. Saturn's presence in house 9 alongside Venus creates a conjunction that ties transformation, death (Saturn as 8th lord), and ideological conviction (Venus exalted in house 9) together.
✦Key placements
  • Venus in house 9 Pisces (Revati pada 4), exalted. Venus rules houses 4 (Libra) and 11 (Taurus) in this Cancer chart. In exaltation in house 9, Venus is the chart's strongest planet by sign. It places both home and networks under a dharma and ethics signature.
  • Rahu in house 1 Cancer (Pushya pada 1), retrograde. Rahu is in the ascendant itself, in the same sign as the lagna (Cancer, Ashlesha pada 4). Its dispositor is Moon in house 12. Rahu in the lagna colors the public identity with unconventional intensity throughout its mahadasha period.
  • Mars in house 6 Sagittarius (Purva Ashadha pada 4). Mars rules houses 5 (Scorpio) and 10 (Aries) in this Cancer chart. In house 6, it aspects houses 1, 9, and 12, connecting creative intelligence and career to conflict, dharma, and hidden work simultaneously.
  • Moon in house 12 Gemini (Mrigashira pada 3). Moon rules house 1 in this Cancer chart (Cancer is the lagna). The lagna ruler placed in house 12, the house of withdrawal and hidden activity, gives the self an internal, contemplative quality. Moon forms the Gajakesari Yoga with Jupiter in the same house.
  • Jupiter in house 12 Gemini (Ardra pada 4). Jupiter rules houses 6 (Sagittarius) and 9 (Pisces) in this Cancer chart. In house 12, the 6th and 9th lord connects conflict and dharma to the domain of withdrawal, sacrifice, and hidden philosophical work. Jupiter is in mutual 7th aspect with Mars in house 6.
✺Yogas and combinations
  • Gajakesari Yoga: Jupiter is in the same sign as Moon (both in Gemini, house 12). Condition: Jupiter in a kendra from Moon. Evidence: Jupiter at 16.89 degrees Gemini and Moon at 2.84 degrees Gemini, both in house 12. Jupiter is in the 1st from Moon (same sign), which is a kendra position. Rated Strong. The yoga gives intellectual and emotional depth, but its 12th house setting means that expression flows through hidden sacrifice and withdrawal rather than through public recognition.
  • Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga: Jupiter (9th lord) and Mars (10th lord) are in mutual 7th aspect. Condition: 9th lord and 10th lord in conjunction, mutual aspect, or sign exchange. Evidence: Jupiter in house 12 Gemini, Mars in house 6 Sagittarius, in mutual 7th aspect. Rated Moderate. Both planets are in houses of withdrawal and conflict respectively (12th and 6th), so the raja yoga's energy moves through sacrifice and struggle rather than conventional achievement or public authority.
  • The Gajakesari Yoga is formed by Jupiter in the same sign as Moon, both in Gemini, house 12. Rated Strong. Jupiter and Moon occupying house 12 together give this yoga a 12th house expression: philosophical depth, ideological commitment, and a kind of purposeful withdrawal from conventional public life.
  • The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Jupiter as 9th lord in house 12 Gemini, Mars as 10th lord in house 6 Sagittarius, in mutual 7th aspect) rates Moderate. Both yoga planets are placed in houses of withdrawal and conflict respectively, meaning the raja yoga's energy flows through sacrifice and struggle rather than through conventional recognition.
✦How to read the timeline

Astrology is a lens, not proof. The Vimshottari dasha periods used in this timeline are timing windows: they allow the question of whether the quality of a planetary period corresponds to what was happening in the historical record at that time, not a claim that planetary positions caused those events. Where there is a correspondence, the chart offers a framework for reflection. Where there is not, the history takes precedence.

The birth time for this chart is a placeholder. The Cancer lagna and all house placements are conditional on the noon assumption. Different birth times would produce different houses and possibly a different lagna sign, which would change which lord rules each house and how each dasha period is read.

Summary

Key insights at a glance

Chart Takeaways
  • Venus in house 9 Pisces (Revati pada 4) is exalted and is the most dignified planet in this chart by placement. Venus rules houses 4 (Libra, home and inner life) and 11 (Taurus, networks and collective aims). Exalted Venus in the 9th house placed both the inner emotional foundation and the community domain under a dharma and ethics signature.
  • The Gajakesari Yoga is formed by Jupiter in the same sign as Moon, both in Gemini, house 12. Rated Strong. Jupiter and Moon occupying house 12 together give this yoga a 12th house expression: philosophical depth, ideological commitment, and a kind of purposeful withdrawal from conventional public life.
  • Rahu in house 1 Cancer (Pushya pada 1), retrograde, sits in the ascendant itself. Its dispositor is Moon in house 12 Gemini. Rahu in the lagna is associated with an individual whose public identity is unconventional, difficult to categorize, and marked by an intensity that breaks social expectations.
  • Mars in house 6 Sagittarius (Purva Ashadha pada 4) aspects house 1 (Cancer), house 9 (Pisces), and house 12 (Gemini). As the 5th and 10th lord placed in the 6th, Mars connects creative intelligence and career to the house of conflict and disciplined opposition. The 10th lord in the 6th house roots public role in sustained confrontation with authority.
  • The Dharmakarmadhipati Raja Yoga (Jupiter as 9th lord in house 12 Gemini, Mars as 10th lord in house 6 Sagittarius, in mutual 7th aspect) rates Moderate. Both yoga planets are placed in houses of withdrawal and conflict respectively, meaning the raja yoga's energy flows through sacrifice and struggle rather than through conventional recognition.

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 (15 May 1907) and birthplace (Ludhiana, Punjab) are widely corroborated. Birth time 12:00 is a placeholder used for chart generation only.
Sukhdev's letter to Mahatma Gandhi (April 1929)
[2]A letter attributed to Sukhdev, written from Lahore jail shortly after his arrest, argued against non violence as a sufficient political strategy. It has been published in several collections of HSRA documents and is cited here as evidence of his capacity for structured political argument.