Astrology Glossary

Bhava chalit

The house chart drawn by DEGREE rather than by sign. The rashi chart gives each sign a whole house; the bhava chalit divides the zodiac by degree from the rising point, so a graha near a boundary can sit in one house by sign and its neighbour by degree. Jyotish reads both — the rashi chart for what a graha is, the chalit for where its results show up.

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