Rasi porutham counts the groom's Moon sign from the bride's, both included. In Kalaprakasika (1917, pp. 73–74) the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th places do not agree, and the opposite places, the 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th and 8th, do. Opposite signs, the 7th, also agree. The 2nd is allowed when the groom's sign is an even sign, and six 6th-place pairs are allowed by name.
☕ How the two Moon signs are counted
Rasi porutham uses one fact about each person: the Moon sign (janma rasi), the sign the Moon was in at birth. Start at the bride's Moon sign and call it 1. Count forward through the twelve signs until you reach the groom's. The number you land on is the place the book looks up.
Kalaprakasika says the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th places do not agree. It then says the converse agrees: the bride's sign 2nd to 6th from the groom's. Counted from the bride's side again, that is the groom's sign in the 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th or 8th place. The 7th place, where the two signs face each other across the zodiac, also agrees. For example, a bride with Moon in Taurus and a groom with Moon in Gemini give the 2nd place.
Because the count starts from the bride, the direction matters: swap the two people and the 2nd place becomes the 12th. The book's verdict is on the check, not on either person. Two exceptions follow, one for the 2nd place and one for the 6th.
Nava Panchangam now matches two charts by these ten poruthams: sign in and open Marriage matching at navapanchangam.com/matching for a Nava verdict. This page explains the rule as the book gives it.
The rule and its two exceptions
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th place: the book counts these as not agreeing
- 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th place: the converse, which agrees
- 7th place, the two signs opposite each other: agrees
- 1st place, both Moon signs the same: the Rasi paragraph does not rule on it
- 2nd place: agrees when the groom's sign is an even sign (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces)
- 6th place: agrees for these six pairs, bride's sign first: Aries – Virgo; Sagittarius – Taurus; Libra – Pisces; Aquarius – Cancer; Leo – Capricorn; Gemini – Scorpio
- Any other 6th place does not agree
Frequently Asked Questions
Which way is Rasi porutham counted?
From the bride's Moon sign to the groom's, counting both signs. The bride's sign is 1. The book's rule reads the place the groom's sign lands on, so swapping the two people changes the answer.
Is 6/8 (shashtashtakam) always unfavourable in this book?
No. Kalaprakasika counts the groom's sign 6th from the bride's as not agreeing, but lets six pairs through by name, and it counts the 8th, the converse, as agreeing.
What if both have the same Moon sign?
The Rasi paragraph in Kalaprakasika does not say. A shared birth star is discussed separately in the same chapter, with its own lists.
What is an even sign?
Counting Aries as the 1st sign, the even signs are the 2nd, 4th, 6th and so on: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces. The book lets the 2nd place through when the groom's sign is one of these.
From the source
The twelve places at a glance, how this page reads the book, and what it leaves out.
🔢 All twelve places
The groom's Moon sign counted from the bride's (the bride's sign is 1), with the book's verdict and the line of Kalaprakasika (1917, ch. XIII) it comes from.
| Groom's sign, counted from the bride's | The book's verdict | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the book’s Rasi paragraph does not rule on the same sign | 73–74 |
| 2 | does not agree, unless the groom's sign is an even sign | 73, 74 |
| 3 | does not agree | 73 |
| 4 | does not agree | 73 |
| 5 | does not agree | 74 |
| 6 | does not agree, except the six pairs below | 74 |
| 7 | agrees (opposite signs) | 74 |
| 8 | agrees (the converse of the 6th) | 74 |
| 9 | agrees (the converse of the 5th) | 74 |
| 10 | agrees (the converse of the 4th) | 73 |
| 11 | agrees (the converse of the 3rd) | 73 |
| 12 | agrees (the converse of the 2nd) | 73 |
The six 6th-place pairs, bride's sign first: Aries – Virgo; Sagittarius – Taurus; Libra – Pisces; Aquarius – Cancer; Leo – Capricorn; Gemini – Scorpio.
📖 How this page reads the book
For the 2nd and the 4th places the 1917 print spells out what it means by the converse: the bride's sign 12th or 10th from the groom's. This page reads the 3rd, 5th and 6th the same way. The even-sign exception says "such Jenma-Rasi"; this page reads it as the groom's sign, the one that stands 2nd, as the bracket in the print suggests. In each of the six named pairs the second sign is the 6th from the first, so the first is the bride's.
One plain consequence of the exception: the sign 2nd from an odd sign is always even, so the 2nd place agrees whenever the bride's sign is odd, and does not when it is even.
Back to the overview: the ten poruthams.
✂️ What this page leaves out
The book attaches an outcome for the couple to every place it names. This page keeps only whether a place agrees, and leaves those lines out.