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Astro River Opens Its Archives and Journal
The founder's papers and a weekly journal of Vedic astrology, opening September 2026.
Abhijit Muhurat and Abhijit Nakshatra: The Midday Window, and the 28th Mansion
Abhijit muhurat is the eighth of the day's fifteen parts, centred on local noon. Times for your city, its two exceptions, and why Abhijit is not one of the 27.
Guru Pushya Nakshatra 2026 and Ravi Pushya Nakshatra 2026: Dates and Time
No Guru Pushya is left in 2026. Ravi Pushya: Sunday 1 November, from sunrise to 04:30 IST Monday, plus short windows on 4 Oct and 29 Nov. Times for your city.
Pitru Paksha 2026 Dates: Shradh Start and End, Every Tithi, and the Times for Your City
Pitru Paksha 2026: 26 Sep–10 Oct in India and UK, 25 Sep–9 Oct in USA and Canada. Shradh date for every tithi, times, and how to do it at home.
Launch Week Sky Notes: 21–27 September 2026
Mars into Pushya, Mercury into Libra, the full moon in Pisces and the start of Pitru Paksha. The week's sky, sidereal (Lahiri), with one do and one don't.
Venus Retrograde 2026: When Charm Lies
Every station of the Venus retrograde, 3 Oct to 14 Nov 2026, combust 19–29 Oct, and the Virgo dip most forecasts miss. By lagna.
Mars in Cancer 2026: Force Without a Front Door
Mars debilitated in Cancer, 18 Sep to 12 Nov 2026, with exalted Jupiter alongside. Three nakshatra passages, all twelve lagnas.
Saturn Retrograde 2026: The Long Game in the House of Work
Saturn retrograde in Pisces until 11 Dec 2026, read by lagna. Ninety days of watchpoints, sidereal (Lahiri), with the December station.
Jupiter Enters Leo 2026: The Last Weeks of an Exalted Year
Jupiter leaves Cancer for Leo on 31 Oct 2026, retrogrades back in January, and returns in June 2027. What the preview asks, by lagna.
Mars Meets Jupiter in Leo: 16 November 2026
Mars meets Jupiter at 1°39′ Leo on 16 Nov 2026, with Ketu on the same degree. Sidereal dates, the week of four turns, and all twelve lagnas.
Diwali 2026: The Date, the Lakshmi Puja Muhurat, and a Sky With Three Planets Down
Diwali 2026 is Sunday 8 November. Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:54–19:50 IST for Delhi, the five-day dates by tithi, and why Venus is debilitated this Diwali.
Sade Sati: What Saturn Actually Asks
What sade sati means, its three phases, which Moon signs are in it now (Pisces, Aquarius, Aries), and what decides how hard it is. Vedic, sidereal.
What a Dasha Is, and Why It Matters More Than Your Sign
Vimshottari dasha explained: the 120-year clock, how your period is set by the Moon, what a dasha actually delivers, and how to find yours.
Reading the Nakshatra, Not the Sign
Why Mars in Aries is three different placements. The 27 nakshatras, their lords, the padas, and how to find yours.
Ashtakavarga: Reading a Chart by Points
What Ashtakavarga is, how to read the 337 points, and why two people with the same transit have different years. Worked example, Lahiri.
The 2nd and 11th House: How a Chart Shows Money
The 2nd and 11th house in astrology, the classical dhana yogas between them, what breaks them, and why every wealth reading is a timing reading.
The 5th and 7th House: Love and Marriage in the Chart
What the 5th house and 7th house in astrology show — who you fall for and who you marry — the planets that decide, the navamsa, and timing.
Do Outer Planets Belong in Jyotish?
Astro River's position on the outer planets in Jyotish: not as grahas. The history, the classical equivalents, and the honest case for the other side.
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