Prashna: one question, one chart.

What Prashna is

Prashna (also called horary) is the branch of Jyotish that reads the sky at the moment a question is asked. The idea in the tradition is that the question and the moment belong together, so the chart of that moment is read for that question alone. It is a different instrument from your birth chart, which describes a person over a lifetime.

How it works in Eternal Evals

• The cast is computed, not written by the AI. When you send your question, the engine casts the chart for that exact moment and place using the same Swiss Ephemeris as the rest of the product.
• Classical factors are scored. The engine looks at the state of the ascendant lord, the Moon, the balance of benefic and malefic planets in the angular houses, the lord of the house the question is about (for example the 7th for a relationship, the 10th for work), the question-asker against the other party, and the panchang of that moment.
• You get a tendency with reasons. The result is yes-leaning, no-leaning or mixed, with a probability and a confidence band. The Prashna voice then explains which factors fired and why, rather than just announcing an answer.
• One cast per question. Asking the same question again returns the same reading. A new question starts a new chat and a new cast.

What kind of question suits it

Prashna works best on a single, concrete, answerable question: whether a particular job offer will come through, whether a specific conversation is likely to go well, whether to go ahead with one decision. Ask it in plain words and ask only one thing.

Broad questions such as "what does my life look like" belong to your birth chart, not to Prashna.

What it cannot do

• It does not predict the future with certainty. A tendency is not a guarantee, and a no-leaning result is not a verdict on your life.
• It cannot replace professional advice on health, legal or financial matters.
• It does not improve if you ask the same question repeatedly; the reading is cast once.
• Like all symbolic reading, it offers a structured way to think about a question. Treat it as reflection, not as fate.

For the wider picture on what astrology can and cannot claim, read does astrology work: an honest answer.

How to use it

1. Open a chart and start a new chat.
2. Choose the Prashna voice for the new chat.
3. Ask one clear question and send it. The moment you send it is the moment that is cast.
4. Read the verdict and the factors behind it, and ask follow-up questions about that same question.

Which plans include it

Prashna is part of Personal, Learner and Complete. It is not part of the free plan.

Questions

What is Prashna?

Prashna is the horary branch of Jyotish. Instead of reading your birth chart, it reads the sky at the moment a question is asked and treats that moment as the chart for that one question.

Is Prashna a prediction?

No. It produces a tendency (yes-leaning, no-leaning or mixed) with the reasons that produced it. It is a structured way to look at a question, not a guarantee, and nothing in it is a reason to fear an outcome.

Can I ask the same question again?

The reading for a question is cast once. Asking the same thing again returns the same reading rather than a new cast. A genuinely different question starts a new Prashna chat and a new cast.

Does it use my birth chart?

Your birth chart stays available as background, but the reading is built from the chart of the moment you asked.

Which plans include Prashna?

Personal, Learner and Complete. It is not part of the free plan.