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Jaimini Essentials: Karakas & Arudhas · Gurukul Plus

Atmakaraka & Karakamsa

The graha that leads the chart, and where it lands in the navamsa.

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Terms introduced here

The Atmakaraka
The highest-degree graha: the chart's central significator of the self, whose themes the person tends to take most personally.
Karakamsa
The sign the Atmakaraka occupies in the navamsa, read as a starting point in the D9. The 12th from it is the app's ishta devata pointer.