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Vedic astrology, written for thinking seekers
Plain-language essays from the Vidhata Editorial Desk - grounded in Parashari, KP, and Lal Kitab traditions. No marketing fluff, no copy-paste predictions, no fear-mongering. Just clear thinking about how the planets shape life.
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Vedic basics
The Chinese gender calendar, explained: a piece of folklore, not a prediction
The Chinese gender calendar is one of the oldest and most shared pieces of pregnancy folklore, a grid that lines up a mother's lunar age against the lunar month she conceived. It is a lovely cultural curiosity with a legend attached. It is also, when tested properly, no better than a coin toss, and here is the honest story of where it came from and why it belongs in the fun category, not the fact one.
Vidhata Editorial Desk১৫ জুন, ২০২৬ · 8 min - ☾
Vedic basics
Boy or girl? The honest answer, the myths, and what astrology can (and cannot) tell you
From the moment two lines appear on a test, one question follows almost every pregnancy: is it a boy or a girl? Here is the honest version, the only methods that actually work, why Indian clinics will not tell you, a friendly tour of the old wives’ tales (all of them roughly a coin toss), and what classical astrology genuinely can and cannot say.
Vidhata Editorial Desk১ জুন, ২০২৬ · 12 min
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