Sarvashtakavarga (SAV)
Add the seven planetary BAV values sign by sign to create one twelve-sign support map.
Sarvashtakavarga adds the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn BAV values for each sign.
A single SAV sign can theoretically range from 0 to 56 because seven BAV rows, each with at most eight bindus, are being added.
The grand total remains 337. The average is therefore about 28.08 per sign, which is useful for comparison but is not a percentage.
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.