How this tool works and how to read it
Vedic Prashna starts from the instant a question is asked rather than the questioner’s birth date. AstroVedic360 resolves the supplied local question time through its IANA timezone, calculates the Lahiri sidereal rising sign and twelve Whole Sign houses, and reports the Moon Rashi, Nakshatra, Pada and the other visible planetary placements. The display is intended to make the calculated chart inspectable before anybody applies a school-specific interpretation.
A Prashna chart is not the same as the KP Prashna 1-to-249 horary tool. Vedic Prashna derives the Lagna from the true question instant and geographic observer; the KP number tool fixes an Ascendant degree from the selected sector. This page also provides exact-instant Panchanga elements and a planetary Hora selected from the local sunrise-based schedule.
How to read the result
Record the actual date and clock time of the question and select the city. Check that its coordinates and timezone are correct; treating a local time as UTC shifts the question instant. Then read the Prashna Lagna and Lagna lord, the Moon sign and Nakshatra Pada, and the traditional weekday and Tithi context before inspecting any planet-house association.
Read the seven visible planets by Whole Sign house relative to the calculated Lagna. Moon sign and Nakshatra are separate from the house of the Moon: a chart reader should not mix these labels or assume the Lagna stays constant across nearby times. The active Hora is computed from local sunrise, sunset and the night cycle; for a pre-sunrise question, the applicable Hora may be part of the previous civil day’s night schedule.
Use the exposed facts as a chart foundation only. Traditional question judgments depend on the question type, house, karakas, Arudha, Nimitta and other schools and cannot be inferred from a single Tithi label. The current interface does not select a question-domain house automatically or produce a yes/no result.
Reproducible question-time reference: Hyderabad, 5 September 2026
The Prashna regression tests cast a question-time chart for Hyderabad at 17.385 degrees north and 78.4867 degrees east, timezone Asia/Kolkata, using 5 September 2026 at 10:00 UTC (15:30 IST). The engine must return twelve Whole Sign houses, all seven classical visible planets, a Lagna sign and lord, a Moon Nakshatra, a Tithi and an active planetary Hora. This checks structure and provenance, not an asserted outcome for a fictional question.
A second historical test uses 4 September 2026 at 22:30 UTC, which is 04:00 IST on 5 September. The calculation looks back to the preceding civil-day night Hora when necessary, so the hour is not mislabeled simply because the local calendar date has already changed. You can compare the method explanations to these test instants without supplying personal birth data.
Methodology and limits
The engine calculates an astronomical Ascendant and Lahiri sidereal Moon and visible-planet positions for the exact resolved instant. Whole Sign houses are counted cyclically from the rising sign. Panchanga factors use the existing instant engine; Hora uses the local daylight and nighttime division. The same input instant and location should reproduce the same chart.
No Rahu/Ketu positions, classical Prashna Marga validity tests, Arudha, Ashtamangala, lost-object or health rules, outcome synthesis or event timing verdicts are fabricated. This tool is for traditional educational chart context, not for deciding medical, financial, legal or personal emergencies.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need my birth date for Vedic Prashna?
No. This tool uses the exact question instant and observer location; birth-based Kundli is a separate calculator.
Why do question times before sunrise need special care?
The active planetary Hora can belong to the night schedule that began on the previous local civil date.
Is Vedic Prashna the same as KP Prashna?
No. This page derives a Lahiri Whole Sign question-time chart; KP Prashna also uses a selected 1–249 horary sector and Placidus cusps.
Does the chart give a yes or no answer?
No. It publishes calculated chart factors and declared limitations; validated predictive judgment rules are not implemented.