Vedic astrology, written for thinking seekers

Ahoi Ashtami 2026 falls on Sunday 1 November. The story of Ahoi Mata, the vidhi, and why no honest panchang can print a star-sighting time.

Kartik's pre-dawn snan, its widely varying food rules, akash deep, and tulsi worship, plus every major festival inside the month, linked in order.

Pitru Paksha rules on buying gold, a vehicle, property or clothes, on haircuts and temple visits, and what to do when something genuinely cannot wait.

Most Navratri food lists give you a column of allowed items and a column of forbidden ones with no explanation. Here is why grains, table salt, onion and garlic are excluded, why kuttu and singhara are not really grains at all, and why your family's version of the fast can look nothing like your neighbour's and still be correct.

The morning offering on 16 November is what actually ends the Chhath vrat, not the sunset the day before. Sunrise for Patna, Varanasi and cities across India and abroad, why the offering falls in saptami and not shashthi, and what the parana that breaks the fast actually involves.

Thursdays are ruled by Jupiter (Guru/Brihaspati) - the planet of wisdom, dharma, and benevolence. The Guruvar Vrat is observed especially by women for marriage and family stability.

Mondays are ruled by the Moon, and dedicated to Shiva. The Monday vrat is one of the simplest, most observed weekly fasts in north India. Here is what it asks and gives.

Saturday is Shani's day - and Shani is the most feared planet in Vedic astrology. The Shanivar Vrat is for those undergoing Sade Sati, Shani Mahadasha, or chronic Saturn-related struggle.

Sankashti Chaturthi falls on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi (4th day of waning moon) every month. It is Ganesha's monthly "obstacle-clearing" day. Here is the practice.

Falling on Trayodashi (13th tithi) twice a month, Pradosh Vrat is observed at twilight (pradosh kaal) for Shiva. Smaller than Shivratri, but compounding - and that is its power.

Twice a month, Vaishnavas and seekers worldwide fast on Ekadashi. We explain what makes this day astronomically special, what to eat (and avoid), and the classical benefits.