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Ashtakavarga Calculator
Your Sarvashtakavarga bindus by sign, plus each planet's Bhinnashtakavarga.
Ashtakavarga is Jyotish's points-based scoring system: each of the seven planets contributes benefic points (bindus) to every sign, and the totals tell you which signs are strong and which are weak. It is the classical key to timing — a transit through a sign rich in bindus tends to deliver, while the same transit through a depleted sign struggles. This tool computes your full Sarvashtakavarga and Bhinnashtakavarga from your real chart.
What you'll see
- Your Sarvashtakavarga (SAV) bindus for all 12 signs
- The strongest and weakest signs in your chart
- Each planet's Bhinnashtakavarga (BAV) totals
- How each sign rates against the classical benchmarks
- A grounded reading of what your bindu pattern means for timing
What is Ashtakavarga?
Ashtakavarga (literally 'eight sources') is a bindu — or benefic-point — system. For each of the seven planets, every sign receives between 0 and 8 points based on the positions of the other planets and the Ascendant. Add up all seven planets' contributions to a sign and you get its Sarvashtakavarga (SAV) score.
The SAV for all twelve signs sums to 337 in every chart, so the distribution is what matters: where your bindus pool and where they thin out. A sign loaded with bindus is a zone of support; a sign starved of them is a zone of struggle.
How to read your bindus
The rough classical benchmarks are: above 30 bindus is strong, around 28 is the average, and below 25 is weak. When a transiting planet — especially a slow one like Saturn or Jupiter — moves through a sign, its results are coloured by that sign's bindu count, which is why two people feel the same transit so differently.
Bhinnashtakavarga (BAV) breaks this down further: it shows how many bindus a single planet gives each sign, used to judge that planet's own transit results and strength.
Frequently asked
What is Sarvashtakavarga (SAV)?
The total Ashtakavarga score for each sign — the sum of the benefic points all seven planets contribute to it. The twelve signs always total 337, so the pattern of strong and weak signs is what reveals your chart's supported and difficult areas.
What do the bindus mean?
Bindus are benefic points. More bindus in a sign means planets and transits there tend to give better, smoother results; fewer bindus means that area needs more effort. Above 30 is strong, around 28 average, below 25 weak.
How is Ashtakavarga used for predictions?
Mainly for timing. The bindu count of the sign a planet is transiting refines whether that transit is likely to be productive, and it is read alongside the running Vimshottari dasha rather than on its own.