Benefic / Malefic

A quick classification of whether a transiting planet is currently helping ("benefic") or hindering ("malefic") a given house/area of your life, based on classical rules about how each planet behaves from your Moon sign.

In practice

The Rashifal summary counts how many currently-transiting planets are benefic versus malefic for you, and lists which "areas of life" (highlighted areas) are most affected right now.

How it's calculated

Counted from your Moon sign using the classical Gochara Phala benefic-house table — Sun: 3,6,10,11; Moon: 1,3,6,7,10,11; Mars: 3,6,11; Mercury: 2,4,6,8,10,11; Jupiter: 2,5,7,9,11; Venus: 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,11,12; Saturn: 3,6,11; Rahu: 3,6,10,11; Ketu: 3,6,11.

Related terms

Daily Transits (Gochar) →