Budha-Aditya Yoga
The structural flag is Sun and Mercury in the same sign; strength questions are kept separate.
The conjunction of Sun and Mercury is described in classical conjunction chapters; later practice commonly calls this Budha-Aditya Yoga. The detector checks same-sign conjunction only.
Mercury is astronomically always relatively close to the Sun, so this combination is not rare. Do not treat its mere presence as a unique promise.
Combustion, dignity, house and aspects can modify interpretation; the basic detector does not hide those modifiers inside the basic formation rule.
Treat every Yoga as a rule audit. Convert the Yoga name into explicit conditions, identify the planets/houses involved, and mark each condition true or false. A name should never be produced before its conditions have been checked.
Formation and strength are different questions. After a Yoga forms, dignity, combustion, functional role, relevant Vargas and timing can change how prominently it is traditionally read; the existence check itself should remain transparent.
How to read it
- Read the exact rule profile.
- List every required condition.
- Check each condition against the chart.
- Mark formed only when the profile’s conditions pass.
- Assess condition/strength/timing separately.
Key points
- Yoga detection is a condition check, not a keyword search.
- Different texts can define similarly named Yogas differently.
- A formed Yoga is not a guaranteed event.
Do not combine conditions from different source profiles and then call the result “classical.”
Apply this lesson to a chart
- Open Yoga Lab and choose one Yoga.
- Read every pass/fail condition before looking at the final status.
- Explain in your own words why the Yoga formed or failed.