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Sunapha Yoga

Sunapha Yoga requires a qualifying planet in the sign after the Moon. The catalogue records a general rule and five planet-specific versions. Traditional themes include self-earned resources, recognition and contentment; the forming planet matters.

North Indian chart: Sunapha YogaExample chart for Sunapha Yoga. Sun in Taurus; Mars in Scorpio; Mercury in Gemini; Venus in Gemini; Saturn in Aquarius; Moon in Cancer; Jupiter in Leo. Reference: Moon. Jupiter is second from the Moon; all seven classical planets are supplied. Schematic D1 teaching inputs, not a calculated birth chart. The top diamond is the first position from Moon; numbers identify zodiac signs. Omitted bodies are unknown.456789101112123MoJuMaSaSuMeVe
North IndianCounted from the Moon
South Indian chart: Sunapha YogaExample chart for Sunapha Yoga. Sun in Taurus; Mars in Scorpio; Mercury in Gemini; Venus in Gemini; Saturn in Aquarius; Moon in Cancer; Jupiter in Leo. Reference: Moon. Jupiter is second from the Moon; all seven classical planets are supplied. Schematic D1 teaching inputs, not a calculated birth chart. Zodiac signs stay fixed, beginning with Pisces at the top left. Omitted bodies are unknown.PisAriTauSuGemMeVeCanMoLeoJuVirLibScoMaSagCapAquSaSunaphaYogaMoon reference
South IndianSigns in fixed positions

Moon in Cancer · Jupiter in Leo

Schematic D1 example. Su = Sun · Ma = Mars · Me = Mercury · Ve = Venus · Sa = Saturn · Mo = Moon · Ju = Jupiter

How Sunapha Yoga forms

Count the Moon's sign as the first. One or more of Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn must occupy the second sign from it. The Sun is excluded, and the engine does not include Rahu or Ketu in this classical-planet test.

The qualifying planets need not all be present. The five named versions describe Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn separately, so one broad result should not be presented as identical for every version.

The example places the Moon in Cancer and Jupiter in Leo. Leo is second from Cancer. Both charts show Jupiter as the planet forming Sunapha; the other supplied placements let the rule be checked without treating missing data as an empty house.

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Resources earned through effort

The source's general description links Sunapha with the ability to acquire resources through one's efforts. This is the main material theme of the yoga.

It does not specify a business, salary or investment outcome. A more particular interpretation needs the forming planet and the rest of the chart.

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Recognition and contentment

The same account mentions public regard, virtuous activity and quiet contentment. These are traditional qualities associated with the general combination.

The planet-specific formulations add their own descriptions. Reading the actual match preserves that distinction instead of assigning every result to every Sunapha chart.

Traditional interpretations are not guaranteed outcomes; consider the whole birth chart.

Does your chart have Sunapha Yoga?

Sunapha Yoga in Nila Raman's chart: Saturn in Aquarius, second from the Moon in Capricorn
Demonstration of Nila Raman's chart showing Sunapha Yoga. Her chart has Saturn in Aquarius, second from the Moon in Capricorn. This is separate from the teaching example with Jupiter second from the Moon. The app displays its source's historical wording.

Use Mạghā Astro AI to find out. Explore the yogas in your birth chart and the planetary combinations behind them.

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