Jaimini
Jaimini is a parallel system, not a set of extra techniques. It reads signs rather than planets, assigns roles by degree instead of by ownership, and uses its own aspects and its own dashas.
Chara KarakasAdvanced
The movable significators of Jaimini: the seven or eight planets ranked by the degrees they have crossed inside their sign — the highest is the Atmakaraka (soul), the lowest the Darakaraka (spouse).
Arudha PadasAdvanced
The perceived "image" of each house. For a bhava, count to its lord and project the same distance again; AstroShruti reports all twelve padas — AL, A2…A11 and UL — with the two classical corrections applied.
KarakamshaAdvanced
Take the Atmakaraka's sign in the D9 (the Swamsha), place it as a lagna over the birth chart, and read from there. AstroShruti reports each graha's house from the Karakamsha, plus what conjoins it and casts rashi drishti on it.
Rashi Drishti (Sign Aspects)Intermediate
Jaimini's sign-to-sign aspect. Movable signs aspect fixed ones, fixed aspect movable, and dual signs aspect the other duals — a fixed, mutual matrix that depends only on a sign's mode, not on any planet.
Argala (Planetary Intervention)Advanced
Jaimini's intervention rule. Planets in set houses from a sign lock results onto it (argala); planets in the counter-houses obstruct it (virodhargala). An argala counts only when its planets outnumber the obstructors.
Jaimini Raja YogasAdvanced
Jaimini's own yogas, read off the Karakamsha and the arudha padas rather than the lagna. What AstroShruti actually implements, by category, and the well-known rule it intentionally does not, because it is not in the sutras.
A second system on the same chart
Jaimini Jyotish is attributed to the sage Jaimini and works from the same planetary positions as Parashari astrology, but almost nothing else is shared. Where Parashari asks which planet owns a house and where that lord sits, Jaimini asks what a sign aspects and which planet holds the highest degree.
Treating it as a bag of supplementary tricks is the usual mistake. Its components are internally consistent with each other and are meant to be read together — karakas with arudhas, rashi drishti with argala, and the whole thing timed by its own dashas.
The four ideas it rests on
Chara karakas. Eight roles handed out purely by degree: whichever planet sits at the highest degree in the chart becomes the Atmakaraka, the significator of the self, and the remaining seven roles follow in descending order. Because the ranking is by degree rather than by rulership, it is specific to the chart and moves between charts — hence chara, movable.
Arudha padas. For each house, a derived point standing for how that house is perceived by others rather than what it actually contains. The Arudha Lagna is the most used: read for reputation and visible standing, against the ascendant’s account of the person themselves. The gap between the two is often the point of the reading.
Rashi drishti. Aspects cast between signs rather than by planets, and governed by the movable / fixed / dual classification. This produces a connection pattern quite unlike Parashari’s graha drishti — which is exactly why a Jaimini judgement can differ from a Parashari one on the same chart without either being wrong within its own system.
Argala. Intervention: the way one house’s contents obstruct or support another’s result, together with the counter-argala that can neutralise it.
Timing
Jaimini times events with sign-based dashas — Chara, Sthira, Narayana, Shoola and others — where the period belongs to a rashi rather than to a graha, and its length is computed from the distance between signs. These sit alongside Vimshottari rather than replacing it, and practitioners differ on how to weigh the two when they disagree.
One thing worth stating: the popular claim that a conjunction of Atmakaraka and Amatyakaraka constitutes a raja yoga is not found in the Jaimini Sutras. It is common in modern writing and absent from the source, so it is deliberately not part of what this site computes.
Frequently asked questions
How is Jaimini different from Parashari astrology?
Parashari reads planets in houses and uses planetary aspects. Jaimini reads signs, assigns significations by planetary degree rather than by house lordship, uses aspects between signs, and times events with sign-based dashas. They are two systems applied to the same chart, not one system with variants.
What are the chara karakas?
Eight roles assigned by degree: the planet at the highest degree in the chart becomes Atmakaraka, the next Amatyakaraka, and so on. Because they are ranked by degree, they change from chart to chart — which is what "chara", movable, refers to.
What is an Arudha Pada?
A calculated point that represents how a house is *perceived* rather than what it is. The Arudha Lagna in particular is read for image and standing as distinct from the self shown by the ascendant.
Does Jaimini use the same aspects as Parashari?
No. Jaimini uses rashi drishti — aspects between signs, determined by whether a sign is movable, fixed or dual — while Parashari graha drishti is cast by planets. The two give different results on the same chart and are not interchangeable.
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