# Divisional Charts (Shodasavarga): D1 to D60, Explained The complete guide to the sixteen divisional charts (Shodasavarga): what D1 to D60 each govern, the Vimshopaka strength weighting, vargottama, and how to cross-check a promise across the vargas. Author: Sandesh · Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Section: Guides · Category: Readings · Reading time: 5 min · Publisher: Supastro (Quantum Karma), Bangalore, India Here is the uncomfortable truth about most readings: they look at your main chart, maybe glance at the Navamsa, and stop. That is two frames of a whole film. Authentic Jyotisha uses sixteen divisional charts, the Shodasavarga, and each one is a microscope trained on a single area of your life. All sixteen are mapped in the cards above. Tap any one for its full deep-dive. First, here is what a divisional chart actually is, how the tradition weights them, and why skipping them breaks a reading. ## What a divisional chart actually is A divisional chart, or varga, takes each sign and cuts it into equal parts, then remaps those parts onto a fresh twelve-sign chart. The Navamsa (D9) cuts each sign into nine; the Dasamsa (D10) into ten; the Shashtiamsa (D60) into sixty. The result is a magnified view that concentrates on one domain, so a planet that looks fine in the main chart can reveal real strength or hidden weakness once you zoom in. | Chart | Division | What it governs | | --- | --- | --- | | D1 Rasi | the sign itself | The body and the whole life | | D2 Hora | 1/2 | Wealth and resources | | D3 Drekkana | 1/3 | Siblings, courage, longevity | | D4 Chaturthamsa | 1/4 | Home, land, inner peace | | D7 Saptamsa | 1/7 | Children and legacy | | D9 Navamsa | 1/9 | Marriage, dharma, the soul | | D10 Dasamsa | 1/10 | Career, status, action | | D12 Dwadasamsa | 1/12 | Parents and ancestry | | D16 Shodasamsa | 1/16 | Vehicles and comforts | | D20 Vimsamsa | 1/20 | Spiritual practice | | D24 Siddhamsa | 1/24 | Education and learning | | D27 Bhamsa | 1/27 | Innate strengths and weakness | | D30 Trimsamsa | 1/30 | Troubles and character | | D40 Khavedamsa | 1/40 | Maternal legacy | | D45 Akshavedamsa | 1/45 | Paternal legacy and conduct | | D60 Shashtiamsa | 1/60 | Past-life karma, the finest layer | ## Vimshopaka: how the charts are weighted Parashara does not treat the vargas as equals. The Vimshopaka Bala scores a planet across a set of divisional charts and weights them out of twenty, so the more important charts count for more. In the six-chart scheme, the weightings run like this, and the same logic scales up to the ten and sixteen-chart schemes, where the D60 carries the single heaviest weight of all. | Chart (six-fold scheme) | Weight (out of 20) | | --- | --- | | D1 Rasi | 6 | | D9 Navamsa | 5 | | D3 Drekkana | 4 | | D2 Hora | 2 | | D12 Dwadasamsa | 2 | | D30 Trimsamsa | 1 | The lesson is simple: a planet that is strong across many divisions is genuinely powerful, while one that is strong only in the D1 is a promise with shallow roots. This is why a real reading judges a planet in several charts, not one. ## How to use the vargas The rule is simple, and it is where most readings fall short: confirm a promise in the chart that governs it. Marriage shown in the D1 must hold up in the D9. Career must hold up in the D10. Children must hold up in the D7. Property must hold up in the D4. If the main chart promises something the governing varga denies, the promise is hollow. There is one more powerful signal: vargottama. When a planet occupies the same sign in both the D1 and the D9, it is vargottama, a strong confirmation of its power and stability that tends to make its results far more reliable. Spotting vargottama planets is one of the quickest ways to find the dependable engines of a chart. A worked example makes the point. Say the main chart puts a strong fifth lord in the seventh house, a classic marriage promise. Before trusting it, you check the D9, where marriage is truly judged. If that same lord is dignified in the Navamsa, the promise is real and the timing is worth predicting. If it falls debilitated or hemmed in by malefics in the D9, the main chart was writing a cheque the Navamsa refuses to cash. The two charts together tell the truth that either one alone would get wrong, and that cross-check is the difference between a reading that lands and one that misses. ## How to use this guide Each card above opens a full page on one divisional chart: what it divides, what it governs, how it is used to confirm or deny a promise, and how to read it in your own chart. Start with the D9 and D10, the two most consulted after the D1, then explore the rest. ## FAQ ### What are divisional charts in Vedic astrology? Divisional charts, or vargas, subdivide each sign of your birth chart into equal parts and remap them into new charts, each magnifying one area of life such as marriage, career, or children. There are sixteen in the classical Shodasavarga scheme. ### Is the D9 the only important divisional chart? No. The D9 is the most important after the D1, but each domain has its own governing varga. Career is judged in the D10, children in the D7, property in the D4, and the deepest karma in the D60. Reading only D1 and D9 misses most of the picture. ### What is Vimshopaka Bala? It is a weighted strength score that judges a planet across several divisional charts, out of twenty, giving more weight to the more important charts. A planet strong across many vargas is genuinely powerful. ### What is vargottama? A planet is vargottama when it occupies the same sign in both the D1 and the D9. It is a strong confirmation of that planet's power and makes its results more dependable. **See all sixteen of your charts** Build your chart and get the full Shodasavarga computed and cross-checked, the way a real reading is done. [Open Supastro](https://supastro.com/dashboard) ### Keep reading - [Why most astrology predictions fail](https://supastro.com/blog/why-most-astrology-predictions-fail) — The D1-only trap - [Why planetary strength matters](https://supastro.com/founder-notes/why-planetary-strength-matters-in-ai-astrology) — Strength across the vargas - [The Vimshottari dasha guide](https://supastro.com/guides/vimshottari-dasha-complete-guide) — Timing the promises - [Your Kundli, explained](https://supastro.com/kundli) — Where the vargas come from --- > **Read this in context** > > No single house, sign, planet, nakshatra, or placement should ever be read in isolation. Authentic Vedic astrology (Jyotisha) is a deep, multi-layered system that weighs hundreds of interacting data points for real accuracy: the Lagna and its lord, the Moon and its nakshatra, the natural and Jaimini Chara karakas, the Arudha padas, planetary strength (Shadbala and Dig Bala), dignity, house ownership, conjunctions and aspects, combustion and retrogression, the avasthas, and Ashtakavarga, all cross-checked across the sixteen divisional charts (Shodasavarga) and timed with the Vimshottari dasha and the current transits. Any one factor only hints at a tendency; the real verdict emerges from how every layer agrees or disagrees with the others. Treat this guide as education, not a personal prediction. 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