The 9 Grahas
In Vedic astrology, the nine grahas — the seven visible planets plus the two lunar nodes, Rahu and Ketu — are the living forces of the chart. Each one signifies a part of life and a part of you: the Sun your soul, the Moon your mind, Mars your drive, and so on. Where they sit, and how they relate, shapes the whole reading.
Explore any graha below for an honest look at what it governs, how it behaves when strong or afflicted, and the kind of gentle, real-world remedies that genuinely support its themes — never fear-based, never a sentence.
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Where do these planets sit in my chart?
Every graha sits in a sign, a house and a nakshatra in your birth chart — and that placement is what gives it meaning for you personally. Generate your free birth chart and Uttanka will show every planet by sign, house and nakshatra, computed from real astronomy — free and instant.