Divisional charts (vargas) subdivide each sign into smaller slices and remap every planet to a destination sign within that division — a finer lens on one area of life from the same birth moment. AstroWatch computes all sixteen classical Shodaśavarga divisions and the Bhava Chalit chart.
The 16 Shodaśavarga divisions
| Division | Name | Traditionally read for |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Rāśi | The whole life — the base chart |
| D2 | Horā | Wealth |
| D3 | Drekkāṇa | Siblings, courage |
| D4 | Chaturthāṁśa | Property, fortune |
| D7 | Saptāṁśa | Children |
| D9 | Navāṁśa | Marriage, dharma, inner strength of planets |
| D10 | Daśāṁśa | Career |
| D12 | Dvādaśāṁśa | Parents |
| D16 | Ṣoḍaśāṁśa | Vehicles, comforts |
| D20 | Viṁśāṁśa | Spiritual practice |
| D24 | Siddhāṁśa | Education |
| D27 | Bhāṁśa | Strengths and weaknesses |
| D30 | Triṁśāṁśa | Misfortunes |
| D40 | Khavedāṁśa | Maternal legacy |
| D45 | Akṣavedāṁśa | Paternal legacy, character |
| D60 | Ṣaṣṭyāṁśa | Past karma — the finest division |
Each division follows its own classical Parashari rule — the Navāṁśa, for instance, counts from the sign itself for movable signs, from the 9th for fixed signs and from the 5th for dual signs, and the Triṁśāṁśa uses five unequal parts. D1 is free; D2 and above, and Bhava Chalit, are part of Extended (and Pro).
Choosing a division
Vedic → Divisional Chart opens a radio list of all sixteen, then a separator and Bhava Chalit. Only one is active at a time, and your choice is remembered and shared by the Dashboard and the Expanded Chart. The chart card's badge names the style and the division together — e.g. South Indian · D9 Navāṁśa — so you always know what you're looking at. Switching between Western and Vedic mode resets the division to D1.
All sixteen divisions and Bhava Chalit in one radio list under the Vedic menu.
How signs are remapped
A divisional chart remaps signs, not exact degrees — every planet and the Ascendant is placed in the middle of the sign its division rule resolves to. Vargas are therefore a sign-level reading: a fast, structural look at one theme of life, alongside the degree-precise Rāśi chart that everything else on the dashboard works from.
Requires a square chart style
Vargas are drawn by the North, South and East Indian renderers (Wheel, North, South & East styles). With the Wheel (Western) style active, choosing a division above D1 doesn't change the drawing — the wheel stays the D1 chart — but the planet hover line still adds the varga sign (House 7 · D9 Scorpio), and in sidereal mode the planet card's subtitle names the active division.
An East Indian D9 Navāṁśa with its style + division badge.
In South and East Indian charts the division's name is also written in the empty centre of the chart.
Bhava Chalit
The Rāśi chart puts each planet in the house of its sign. Bhava Chalit asks a finer question: by degree, which house does the planet really fall in? A planet late in one sign can belong to the next house, and Chalit shows it there. Choose Vedic → Divisional Chart → Bhava Chalit.
- The Lagna stays where it is; only the planets can move.
- The house basis follows your Vedic house system in Settings → Calculation:
- Whole Sign or Sri Pati — the Parashari method. House middles (bhāva madhya) are the Sri Pati cusps from the Ascendant and MC, and each house runs from the junction (sandhi) before its middle to the next one.
- Placidus, Equal or any other — the chart's own cusps are the house starts, KP style.
- On the square chart each planet is drawn in the sign that holds its Chalit house, so the house you see is its Bhava Chalit house.
Bhava Chalit — planets placed by the house they really fall in.
Related
- Varga Comparison & Vimśopaka — two or four vargas side by side, with Vimśopaka bala.
- Gochar & Aṣṭakavarga — transits are remapped into the active varga too.
- Kundli PDF Booklet — prints D1, the Chandra chart, D9 and Bhava Chalit.