The Planets of Vedic Astrology

The Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, plus the two lunar nodes Rahu and Ketu — together the Navagraha. Each governs particular areas of life, and each rules a period (dasha) in the Vimshottari timeline.

It differs for every chart: the Lagna lord, the Moon, and the planet whose dasha is running are usually the loudest voices. These guides give each graha's general nature; a personal reading shows which ones are shaping your years right now.

They are the Moon's nodes — mathematical points, not bodies — treated in Jyotish as shadow planets (chhaya grahas) because of their real and often decisive influence in the chart.