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Sourav Ganguly Kundli
Sourav Ganguly’s date-only Vedic Kundli profile combines a documented public identity with stable sidereal planetary placements calculated for 8 July 1972 in Kolkata. The available chart shows Sun in Gemini, Mercury and Mars in Cancer, Venus and Saturn in Taurus, Jupiter in Sagittarius, Rahu in Capricorn, and Ketu in Cancer. These placements support an interpretive portrait centered on communication, competitive drive, loyalty to established standards, institutional ambition, and the ability to connect performance with public responsibility. Because no birth time is available, this is not a house-based or ascendant-based reading. Ascendant, houses, vargas, dashas, time-sensitive yogas, and the Moon are not deterministically available.
Date-only stability analysisVerified birth facts
- Birth date
- 1972-07-08
- Birth place
- Kolkata
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Nationality
- India
- Known for
- cricketer, sports executive, athlete
- Also known as
- Dada, The Prince of Calcutta, The God of the Off Side, The Maharaja, The Warrior Prince, Sourav Chandidas Gangopadhyay, Saurav Ganguly, SC Ganguly, Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Source confidence: 80%
Kundli charts — South Indian, North Indian, Circular
House 1 anchor: Chandra Lagna — the Moon's own sign used as the reference point because the exact birth time isn't known (Taurus). This is not the physical Ascendant.
Calculation methodology
This page is calculated with Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa, and Soma’s server-side Vedic engine.
- Profile
- vedic-lahiri-sidereal
- Ephemeris
- swiss-ephemeris
- Engine
- 1.0.0
Planetary facts stable across the full local date
The local birth date was calculated at all 96 fifteen-minute intervals. Only facts identical in every sample are shown.
- body
- Sun
- sign
- Gemini
- nakshatra
- Punarvasu
- body
- Mercury
- sign
- Cancer
- nakshatra
- Ashlesha
- body
- Venus
- sign
- Taurus
- nakshatra
- Mrigashira
- body
- Mars
- sign
- Cancer
- nakshatra
- Pushya
- body
- Jupiter
- sign
- Sagittarius
- nakshatra
- Mula
- body
- Saturn
- sign
- Taurus
- nakshatra
- Rohini
- body
- Rahu
- sign
- Capricorn
- nakshatra
- Uttara Ashadha
- body
- Ketu
- sign
- Cancer
- nakshatra
- Punarvasu
Ascendant, houses, Vargas, time-sensitive yogas, and Dashas are intentionally omitted.
Biography and known for
Sourav Ganguly is identified in the supplied biographical records as an Indian public figure born on 8 July 1972 in Kolkata. His listed occupations are cricketer, sports executive, and athlete. Those categories establish the central arc of his public profile: achievement in competitive sport followed by work connected with the administration and representation of sport. This profile therefore treats him as a celebrity whose significance rests on both athletic performance and institutional visibility, without adding claims about private life or events not contained in the supplied facts. The chart is read against that documented public identity rather than used to invent biographical episodes. In astrological terms, the combination of communicative Gemini symbolism, strong fixed-earth signatures, and Jupiter in its own sign can be discussed as a symbolic fit for a public career involving performance, standards, strategy, and organizational responsibility. That remains an interpretation of the chart, not a replacement for the biographical record.
Evidence: 82dfb6fc-b3a9-4687-8d5d-1b67e2c46e6e, 09780739-0bd2-44bc-a36e-9396da266e03, chart:placement:Sun, chart:placement:Jupiter
Chart overview
The supplied Kundli uses a date-only mode with a Vedic Lahiri sidereal calculation profile. Swiss Ephemeris is specified both as the ephemeris mode and as the runtime file mode, with engine version 1.0.0. The date-only calculation samples the 24-hour local date at 96 points, in 15-minute intervals, using Asia/Kolkata as the timezone. The listed stable placements are therefore the positions that remain unchanged across those samples, not a claim that a precise birth-time chart has been recovered. This distinction is essential. Without a recorded birth time, the ascendant and houses cannot be responsibly assigned, and the supplied data explicitly omits vargas, dashas, time-sensitive yogas, and other time-dependent claims. The profile can consequently examine sign and nakshatra placements for the listed planets, while avoiding house lordships, angular strength, exact yogas, and timing techniques. It is best understood as a stable planetary-symbolism portrait rather than a complete natal horoscope.
Evidence: chart:mode, chart:calculationProfile, chart:ephemerisMode, chart:runtimeEphemerisMode, chart:engineVersion, chart:dateOnly, chart:birthTimeQuality
Planetary evidence
The Sun is in Gemini in Punarvasu. In a symbolic reading, Gemini emphasizes exchange, adaptability, information, and the ability to operate through language or tactical awareness; Punarvasu adds a theme of renewal and returning to a guiding principle. Mercury is in Cancer in Ashlesha, suggesting communication that is observant, protective, emotionally perceptive, and capable of reading context rather than relying only on surface facts. Venus is in Taurus in Mrigashira, a placement that combines appreciation for quality and stability with curiosity and movement in taste or judgment. Mars is in Cancer in Pushya, giving competitive energy a protective, team-centered, and duty-oriented tone; it can symbolize action motivated by belonging and responsibility rather than pure aggression. Jupiter is in Sagittarius in Mula, placing expansive judgment in its own sign and linking learning or leadership with investigation of first principles. Saturn is in Taurus in Rohini, associating discipline with resources, continuity, craft, and the patient construction of value. Rahu in Capricorn in Uttara Ashadha points symbolically toward achievement within systems, while Ketu in Cancer in Punarvasu suggests selective detachment from purely personal or familiar identification. These meanings are sign-and-nakshatra interpretations only; they do not establish houses or event timing.
Evidence: chart:placement:Sun, chart:placement:Mercury, chart:placement:Venus, chart:placement:Mars, chart:placement:Jupiter, chart:placement:Saturn, chart:placement:Rahu, chart:placement:Ketu
Patterns and strengths
Several coherent patterns emerge from the stable placements. First, the chart combines an air-sign Sun with water-sign Mercury and Mars. This can be read as a blend of tactical thinking, emotional investment, and responsive action: ideas are not isolated from personal meaning, and decisions may be shaped by the atmosphere of a team or institution. Second, Venus and Saturn share Taurus, creating a strong fixed-earth emphasis. Symbolically, this favors endurance, consistency, respect for technique, and an ability to build credibility over time. It is less about instant novelty than about making standards visible through repeated performance. Third, Jupiter in Sagittarius is a major interpretive anchor because the planet is in its own sign. Without making a house-based claim, this placement supports themes of conviction, broad perspective, principles, coaching, and the search for an underlying rationale. Fourth, Rahu in Capricorn and Saturn in Taurus together emphasize structured accomplishment: ambition is most productive when translated into systems, measurable standards, and durable institutions. The Cancer placements add a protective dimension. Mercury, Mars, and Ketu there suggest that belonging, loyalty, and emotional context are important interpretive motifs, although the absence of the Moon prevents a complete emotional analysis. Taken together, the pattern describes strengths in communication, persistence, strategic competition, stewardship, and institution-building. These are symbolic potentials, not guaranteed outcomes.
Evidence: chart:placement:Sun, chart:placement:Mercury, chart:placement:Mars, chart:placement:Venus, chart:placement:Saturn, chart:placement:Jupiter, chart:placement:Rahu, chart:placement:Ketu
Soma analysis
In Jyotish, Soma is commonly associated with the Moon and with the lunar dimensions of mind, feeling, receptivity, nourishment, memory, and subjective rhythm. No Moon placement is included in the deterministic chart evidence supplied here. It is therefore not possible to state the Moon’s sign, nakshatra, house, dignity, aspects, or lunar strength, and it would be incorrect to infer a Soma profile from another planet. The Cancer placements of Mercury, Mars, and Ketu may indicate that emotional context is a recurring symbolic field in the chart, but they cannot substitute for the Moon. Likewise, the Sun in Gemini and Venus in Taurus may describe identity, communication, aesthetics, or values, but neither provides the missing lunar evidence. A responsible Soma analysis must therefore remain limited: the chart contains water-sign symbolism around communication and action, yet the actual lunar condition is undetermined. This limitation is especially important for any discussion of mental habits, emotional nourishment, public mood, or lunar timing. No such conclusions are offered here.
Evidence: chart:placement:Mercury, chart:placement:Mars, chart:placement:Ketu, chart:dateOnly
Data limitations
The principal limitation is the absence of a recorded birth time. The data labels birthTimeQuality as unknown and supplies a date-only interval sampled every 15 minutes across the local date. Stable placements are useful for sign-level interpretation, but they do not justify an ascendant, house cusps, house lordships, divisional charts, dashas, or time-sensitive yogas. The omitted-claims list expressly excludes those categories. The Moon is also absent from the stable-placement list, so Soma analysis remains incomplete. The profile should not be used to make predictions about health, death, private relationships, or future events. It also should not convert symbolic planetary associations into factual statements about personality or career history. Biographical claims are restricted to the supplied identity, date, place, nationality, and occupations, supported by the cited records. Technical reproducibility is stronger than birth-time precision: the calculation profile, Swiss Ephemeris settings, runtime mode, engine version, timezone, sample count, and interval are specified, but a precise birth moment is not. The resulting reading is consequently a bounded, transparent interpretation of stable date-based placements.
Evidence: chart:birthTimeQuality, chart:dateOnly, chart:calculationProfile, chart:engineVersion
Life events and planetary correlation
Each event is shown alongside the Sun, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Rahu/Ketu sign positions on that date — this works without a birth time, since transits are date-based, not birth-time-based.
- 2004
Received the Padma Shri in sports
Sky at the time: Sun in Mithuna · Ketu in Tula · Mars in Karka · Moon in Vrishabha · Rahu in Mesha · Venus in Vrishabha · Saturn in Mithuna · Jupiter in Simha · Mercury in Vrishabha Sade Sati: setting
- 2013
Received the Banga Bibhushan
Sky at the time: Sun in Mithuna · Ketu in Mesha · Mars in Vrishabha · Moon in Simha · Rahu in Tula · Venus in Mithuna · Saturn in Tula · Jupiter in Mithuna · Mercury in Mithuna
Methodology and limitations
Astrology is an interpretive tradition, not scientific prediction. AI interprets stored calculation facts and may not invent planetary values.
Visible sources
- Sourav Ganguly closeup.jpg — Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q561487 — Wikidata
- Sourav Ganguly — Wikipedia
- Sourav Ganguly - Bharatpedia — en.bharatpedia.org
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Frequently asked questions
What is the strongest broad theme in this date-only Kundli?
The strongest broad theme is the combination of communication and adaptability from the Gemini Sun with persistence and standards from Venus and Saturn in Taurus. Jupiter in Sagittarius adds a symbolic emphasis on principles, learning, and broad judgment. Together, these placements support an interpretive portrait of strategic communication, durable effort, and responsibility toward larger systems, without relying on houses or birth-time-sensitive yogas.
Can this chart establish an ascendant or houses?
No. The birth time is unavailable, its quality is marked unknown, and the calculation is explicitly date-only. The supplied data also omits ascendant and houses. Any interpretation requiring house placement, house lordship, or angular relationships would therefore exceed the deterministic evidence.
What does Jupiter in Sagittarius contribute symbolically?
Jupiter in Sagittarius can be read as an emphasis on learning, principles, judgment, teaching, and broad perspective, because Jupiter is placed in a sign traditionally associated with its own expansive symbolism. This is a sign-level interpretation only and does not prove a specific role, achievement, or event.
Why is the Soma reading limited?
Soma analysis depends primarily on the Moon, but no Moon placement is supplied among the stable planetary evidence. The Cancer placements of Mercury, Mars, and Ketu provide contextual symbolism but cannot replace a lunar sign, nakshatra, or house. A complete lunar assessment is therefore not possible.
What is Sourav Ganguly known for in the supplied profile?
The supplied facts identify him as an Indian cricketer, sports executive, and athlete, born in Kolkata on 8 July 1972. This profile uses those documented categories as the basis for discussing a public career connected with competitive sport and sports administration.
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