How common is Pancha Mahapurusha Yoga?

In 20,000 randomly cast charts it appeared in 38.1%, about one chart in three, and held in full in 11.0%.

Is Pancha Mahapurusha 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 Pancha Mahapurusha 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 Pancha Mahapurusha 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

Pancha Mahapurusha Yoga

The five “great person” yogas: one of the five true planets in its own or exaltation sign, in a kendra.

Also written: Panch Mahapurush Yoga, Five Great Person Yogas

Type: Yoga
Planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn
Source tier: Classical
How common: 38.1% of charts
Source: BPHS ch. 75 (Santhanam) / 77 (Sharma); Phaladeepika ch. 6; Brihat Jataka; Saravali

How it forms

Each of the five true planets, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, forms a yoga of its own when it sits in its own sign or its sign of exaltation, and that sign is a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) from the ascendant.

The Sun and Moon form no Mahapurusha yoga, and neither do Rahu and Ketu, which own no sign. A chart can hold more than one.

Ruchaka YogaClassical
Mars in Aries, Scorpio or Capricorn, in a kendra.
In 7.5% of charts
Bhadra YogaClassical
Mercury in Gemini or Virgo, in a kendra.
In 5.7% of charts
Hamsa YogaClassical
Jupiter in Sagittarius, Pisces or Cancer, in a kendra.
In 8.3% of charts
Malavya YogaClassical
Venus in Taurus, Libra or Pisces, in a kendra.
In 9.1% of charts
Shasha YogaClassical
Saturn in Capricorn, Aquarius or Libra, in a kendra.
In 7.4% of charts

What it gives

Each of the five gives the character of its planet at its best: Mars’s courage, Mercury’s intellect, Jupiter’s judgement, Venus’s refinement, Saturn’s endurance. Each has its own page.

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. Pancha Mahapurusha Yoga appeared in 38.1% of them: about one chart in three. It held in full, with none of its weakening conditions, in 11.0%; in the rest it was present in a weaker form.

A rule that appears in about one chart in three cannot mark anyone out on its own. What matters is its strength, and whether anything in the chart cancels it, which is why the engine grades each one rather than simply reporting it.

Is it in your chart?

Your free kundli lists every yoga and dosha the engine finds, why each applies, and anything that weakens or cancels it.

Cast your kundli