D5 Chart Calculator - Panchamsa Chart
A free panchamsa (D5) chart calculator — each sign cut into five parts of six degrees, mapped to five fixed signs that differ for odd and even signs.
The panchamsa is the D5: it splits every sign's thirty degrees into five equal parts of six degrees. Jagannatha Hora follows the method set out in P.V.R. Narasimha Rao's textbook: for an odd-numbered sign the five parts go, in order, to Aries, Aquarius, Sagittarius, Gemini and Libra; for an even-numbered sign they go to Taurus, Virgo, Pisces, Capricorn and Scorpio.
Those ten signs are the odd and even signs of the five planets Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus — the same five lords, in the same order, that rule the trimsamsa. The difference is that the panchamsa uses five equal arcs of six degrees, where the trimsamsa uses the unequal arcs 5, 5, 8, 7 and 5. A translator's note in Kalyana Varma's Saravali gives the same order of lords.
Two points follow from the rule. The Sun and the Moon own no panchamsa, so no body ever lands in Cancer or Leo in this chart. And the panchamsa is not one of the sixteen vargas of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, so other schools count it differently — some by a cyclic method that gives a different sign for the same degree. This page describes the convention the calculator uses.
Where the five parts go
Every sign is split at 6, 12, 18 and 24 degrees. The table shows the panchamsa sign of each part, first for odd signs, then for even signs.
| # | Part of the sign | Panchamsa sign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odd sign, 0–6 deg | Aries |
| 2 | Odd sign, 6–12 deg | Aquarius |
| 3 | Odd sign, 12–18 deg | Sagittarius |
| 4 | Odd sign, 18–24 deg | Gemini |
| 5 | Odd sign, 24–30 deg | Libra |
| 6 | Even sign, 0–6 deg | Taurus |
| 7 | Even sign, 6–12 deg | Virgo |
| 8 | Even sign, 12–18 deg | Pisces |
| 9 | Even sign, 18–24 deg | Capricorn |
| 10 | Even sign, 24–30 deg | Scorpio |
| 11 | Any sign | never Cancer |
| 12 | Any sign | never Leo |
In a made-up chart for noon IST on 1 January 1990 at Chennai, the Sun stands near 16 degrees of Sagittarius, an odd sign, so its panchamsa is Sagittarius; Mars near 16 degrees of Scorpio, an even sign, goes to Pisces.
How to read the result
Choose D-5_panchamsa in the selector of any cell. Read the boxes by their sign numbers: in every D5 the boxes numbered 4 and 5, Cancer and Leo, receive no planet and no ascendant, yet amber arudha tags can still land in them. In the made-up 1990 chart the D5's A9 falls in Cancer and its A8 in Leo, in boxes that hold no body.
Hovering over a body gives its D5 sign and a degree: five times the degree it holds within its rasi sign, minus any whole thirties, so each six-degree part opens at 0 and closes at 30. Rahu and Ketu share a box in every D5, since a sign and the sign opposite it have the same odd or even parity.
For what to read, 'Crux of Vedic Astrology' sees authority from the fifth house and the D5, examines the D5's ascendant and fifth house for it, and reads ascendancy to power and coronation from this division. And though the D5 carries no Vimshopaka weight, Narasimha Rao's Tajaka chapter lists it among the twelve divisional charts whose dignities make up dwadasa vargeeya bala.
Key terms
- D-5_panchamsa
- This chart's label in each cell's menu, taken straight from the engine; the menus run in D-number order, which puts it between the D4 and D6 entries.
- Own panchamsa
- A planet in a D5 sign it owns, such as Mars in Aries or Scorpio; Saravali's translator gives the five panchamsa lords in the trimsamsa's order, Mars first, Venus last.
- Panchamamsa
- The spelling 'Crux of Vedic Astrology' uses for the D5, which it counts in a first cycle of divisions, D1 to D12, ruling the physical plane.
- Dwadasa vargeeya bala
- Narasimha Rao's Tajaka strength: across D1 to D12, charts holding a planet in an exalted, own or friendly sign, minus charts holding it debilitated or in an enemy sign.
- Arudha tag
- An amber label — AL, A2 to A11 or UL — marking a house's arudha, which the engine recalculates for the D5 from the D5's own placements.
Equal six-degree parts
Five arcs of exactly six degrees, so a planet's panchamsa changes at 6, 12, 18 and 24 degrees of its sign — easy to check by hand against the calculator.
Odd and even counted apart
Odd signs map only to odd signs and even signs only to even ones, so the panchamsa keeps a planet's odd or even quality while moving it.
Significations, attributed
P.V.R. Narasimha Rao's table links the D5 with fame, authority and power; another text in the library reads it for inner spiritual nature and ethics. Both are given here as their authors state them.
Common questions
What is a panchamsa chart?
The panchamsa is the D5, the five-part division of each sign. Each part is six degrees wide and is assigned to one of ten signs, depending on whether the sign it divides is odd or even.
Is the D5 one of Parashara's vargas?
No. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra lists sixteen divisional charts and the panchamsa is not among them, so it has no weight in the Vimsopaka strength schemes. Its rule here follows P.V.R. Narasimha Rao's textbook.
Why can no planet be in Cancer or Leo in the D5?
The ten destination signs are the odd and even signs of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. Cancer and Leo belong to the Moon and the Sun, which own no panchamsa, so they never appear.
Do I need my exact birth time?
For the ascendant, yes: a six-degree arc passes the horizon in roughly 24 minutes on average, so a small timing error can move the D5 lagna. Planetary panchamsas change far more slowly.
Which planets can be in their own sign in the D5 chart?
Five can: Mars in Aries or Scorpio, Saturn in Aquarius or Capricorn, Jupiter in Sagittarius or Pisces, Mercury in Gemini or Virgo, and Venus in Libra or Taurus. The Sun and Moon cannot, because Leo and Cancer receive no body in this chart. Saravali reads even one planet occupying its own panchamsa as a mark of rulership.