How common is Bhadra Yoga?

In 20,000 randomly cast charts it appeared in 5.7%, about one chart in 17, and held in full in 1.1%.

Is Bhadra Yoga in the classical texts?

Its source is classical: stated in the foundational texts, such as Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Brihat Jataka. The rule as checked here comes from BPHS ch. 75 (Santhanam) / 77 (Sharma); Phaladeepika ch. 6; Brihat Jataka; Saravali.

What weakens Bhadra Yoga?

The planet’s Shadbala (sixfold strength) is below the minimum BPHS sets; the planet is combust, too close to the Sun; the planet is debilitated in the navamsa (D-9); the planet loses a planetary war; the planet is joined by the Sun or the Moon; the planet also rules the 6th, 8th or 12th house; the planet is joined by Rahu, Ketu, Saturn or Mars.

How do I know if I have Bhadra Yoga?

Cast your free kundli on this site. The reading lists every yoga and dosha found in your chart, why it applies, and anything that weakens or cancels it.

Yoga · Classical source

Bhadra Yoga

One of the five Pancha Mahapurusha yogas: Mercury in its own or exaltation sign, in a kendra.

Also written: Bhadra Mahapurusha Yoga

Type: Yoga
Planets: Mercury
Source tier: Classical
How common: 5.7% of charts
Source: BPHS ch. 75 (Santhanam) / 77 (Sharma); Phaladeepika ch. 6; Brihat Jataka; Saravali

How it forms

Mercury sits in its own sign or its sign of exaltation (Gemini or Virgo), and that sign is a kendra, the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house, counted from the ascendant.

BPHS adds that the planet must be strong. The engine reads that as Mercury’s Shadbala reaching the minimum BPHS sets; below it, the yoga is reported in a weaker form.

From the ascendantClassical
Mercury in a kendra from the ascendant. The classical form.
In 5.7% of charts
From the MoonLater classical
Mercury in a kendra from the Moon instead. Mantreswara’s extension in Phaladeepika, reported only when the ascendant form is absent.
In 3.8% of charts

What it gives

A quick, articulate, discriminating mind that learns languages, systems and trades faster than peers. Communication becomes a livelihood: writing, teaching, commerce, accounts, law or technology. Your counsel is sought by people in power. Scattered energy is the risk; discipline turns cleverness into lasting eminence.

What weakens it

Each of these makes the yoga weaker without removing it. The tag says how established the rule is.

The planet’s Shadbala (sixfold strength) is below the minimum BPHS setsClassical
The planet is combust, too close to the SunClassical
The planet is debilitated in the navamsa (D-9)Classical
The planet loses a planetary warClassical
The planet is joined by the Sun or the MoonLater classical
The planet also rules the 6th, 8th or 12th houseLater classical
The planet is joined by Rahu, Ketu, Saturn or MarsModern

How common is it?

We cast 20,000 charts with this site's engine, for random birth times and places between 1940 and 2010, and counted. Bhadra Yoga appeared in 5.7% of them: about one chart in 17. It held in full, with none of its weakening conditions, in 1.1%; in the rest it was present in a weaker form.

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