Find the Lagna and count houses
Use the fixed North Indian layout to locate every house without relying on printed house numbers.
Lagna means the Ascendant: the exact zodiac degree rising on the eastern horizon at the birth moment. Its Rashi becomes the 1st house in the whole-sign D1 used by this course.
In the North Indian diagram you do not search around the page for House 1. It is always the top-centre diamond. What changes from chart to chart is the Rashi number written there.
After House 1, count houses anti-clockwise. House 7 is always directly opposite House 1 at the bottom. House 4 is the central diamond on the left; House 10 is the central diamond on the right. These are the four Kendras and make excellent visual anchors.
If Taurus (2) rises, then House 1 = Taurus, House 2 = Gemini (3), House 3 = Cancer (4), House 4 = Leo (5), and the sequence continues until House 12 = Aries (1).
Notice the wrap after Pisces: 10 → 11 → 12 → 1 → 2. Rashi numbering is circular, not a one-way list that stops at 12.
North Indian chart: fixed houses, moving Rashis
Teaching example: Taurus Lagna. The large 2 in the top 1st-house position means Taurus, not House 2.
Memorize these four anchors; count the remaining houses anti-clockwise.
How to read it
- Locate the fixed house position.
- Read the Rashi number in that position.
- Name the Rashi and its lord.
- Identify occupants and exact planet data.
- Explain the observation without predicting an event.
Key points
- Position tells the house; the printed number tells the Rashi.
- Observation comes before interpretation.
- Exact degree belongs in the planet table, not in a guessed chart label.
Apply it to a chart
Taurus Lagna house-to-Rashi map: H1=2, H2=3, H3=4, H4=5, H5=6, H6=7, H7=8, H8=9, H9=10, H10=11, H11=12, H12=1.
If you click the right central diamond in our chart, the inspector says House 10. The prominent number in that compartment is 11, so read it as “10th house in Aquarius.”
Do not skip the decoding step because a familiar planet or sign catches your eye. One isolated placement is not the whole chart.
Apply this lesson to a chart
- Open Kundli Lab and identify Houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 without using any printed house number.
- Choose one house and write: House → Rashi → lord → lord placement.
- Check your sentence against the house inspector before moving on.