A Vedic astrology reading from your exact birth chart: dashas, houses and transits in plain words, for India or wherever you live now. Start free, no card.
The direct answer: A Vedic astrology reading interprets your birth chart in the sidereal zodiac: your Moon sign, ascendant, the twelve houses and, above all, the Vimshottari dasha sequence that times your life. AskSoma reads it from your exact birth time and place, free to start.
| Part of the reading | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Lagna (ascendant) and Moon sign | Your temperament and the lens your whole chart is read through |
| The twelve houses | Where each area of life sits in your chart: career, marriage, money, home, health |
| Vimshottari dasha | Which planet’s period you are in now, which comes next, and what each tends to bring |
| Transits (gochar) | Saturn, Jupiter and the nodes moving over your chart this year, including Sade Sati |
| Yogas and doshas | Combinations such as Raj Yoga, Gaja Kesari or Manglik, read in context rather than as labels |
| Navamsa (D9) | The marriage and inner-strength chart that confirms or softens what the main chart shows |
Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac, tied to the seasons. Vedic astrology, Jyotish, uses the sidereal zodiac, tied to the stars, which today sits about 24 degrees behind. That is why your Vedic Sun or Moon sign is often one sign earlier than the one you know.
The bigger difference is timing. Vedic astrology’s dasha system divides your life into planetary periods, so a reading can say not only what is in your chart but when it is likely to show up.
Your chart is always cast for where and when you were born, in that place’s local time. What changes when you move is the timing you live by: dasha changes and transits happen at one instant worldwide, so in New York or London they can land on a different calendar day than in India.
Soma reads your chart from your birth place. Ask it for transit, muhurat or festival timings for the city you live in now and it gives them in that city’s local time, with daylight saving applied.
Your Overview and About You readings, Remedies, Numerology, Name Correction and your Calendar are free once you create an account. Your first 3 questions are free on day one, then 1 free question every day.
Deeper readings (Love & Family, Career & Wealth, Business, Your Personal Journey) are £15, $15 or ₹1,499 per category, or all of them for £49, $49 or ₹4,999.
Create a free AskSoma account and enter your birth date, exact time and place. Your chart is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri ayanamsa, and your free Overview and About You readings are written from it as soon as it is ready.
The calculation is exact: planetary positions to a fraction of a degree. The interpretation follows classical Jyotish rules and names the chart factors behind each statement, so you can judge it. Accuracy depends most on an accurate birth time.
Yes. Your chart is cast for your birth place, and you can ask for dasha, transit and muhurat timings in the local time of the city you live in now, whether that is in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the UAE or anywhere else.
Use the birth time finder first; it narrows the time from life events. Without a time, Soma can still read the Moon sign and dashas approximately, and it tells you which parts are uncertain.
Soma is an AI astrologer, not a person. It shows its working for every answer and you can ask follow-up questions at any hour. Many people use it to understand their chart before or between consultations with a human astrologer.
Charts are calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri ayanamsa. Last reviewed 2026-10-12.
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Written by Savan Vyas, founder of AskSoma.
The astrology is not written from memory: every chart position, dasha period and panchang timing AskSoma shows is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa. How we calculate.