Sunapha Yoga
A qualifying planet in the 2nd sign from the Moon forms Sunapha in the chosen classical profile.
Brihat Jataka 13.3 describes Sunapha through planets in the 2nd from the Moon, excluding the Sun.
For a reproducible engine, this course counts Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn and excludes the lunar nodes from this Moon-yoga family.
The calculation is sign-relative to the Moon, not the natal house number of the planet.
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.