Raw AV vs later reductions
Know exactly what the current Ashtakavarga Lab calculates—and which advanced reductions remain separate.
The current Ashtakavarga Lab calculates unreduced Bhinnashtakavarga and the standard raw Sarvashtakavarga.
It does not yet apply Trikona Shodhana, Ekadhipatya Shodhana, Shodhya Pinda or Kaksha subdivision. Those are separate procedures and should not be silently mixed into the raw 337-point grid.
The UI labels the result “Raw / unreduced” so a learner can distinguish foundational arithmetic from later predictive reductions.
Ashtakavarga is a point-distribution system. The fixed BAV checksum belongs to the rule system; the useful chart-specific information is how those points distribute across the twelve signs.
Read the audit grid before reading the total. Each bindu comes from a contributor and a counted position, so the learner should be able to reproduce why a cell is 0 or 1. SAV is then the sign-wise sum of the seven planetary BAV rows.
How to read it
- Choose the target BAV planet.
- Choose one sign column.
- Audit all eight contributor decisions.
- Verify the planet’s fixed row checksum.
- Use SAV/BAV as context, not as a standalone event prediction.
Key points
- BAV row totals are fixed checksums.
- Distribution across signs is chart-specific.
- SAV = sum of seven planetary BAV rows, not a separate mysterious score.
Do not call a high raw SAV number a guaranteed positive event without the rest of the transit/natal context.
Apply this lesson to a chart
- Open Ashtakavarga Lab.
- Choose one planet and one sign.
- Explain at least two contributor bindu decisions from the audit table.