Yoga · Classical source
Sunapha, Anapha & Durdhara Yoga
Planets in the signs either side of the Moon: the support the mind draws on.
Also written: Sunapha Yoga, Anapha Yoga, Durdhara Yoga, Sunafa Yoga
- Type
- Yoga
- Planets
- The planets beside the Moon
- Source tier
- Classical
- How common
- 55.1% of charts
- Source
- BPHS ch. 37 (Santhanam) / 39 (Sharma); Brihat Jataka ch. 13; Phaladeepika ch. 6
How it forms
These three yogas ask what flanks the Moon: which planets sit in the sign after it (the 2nd from the Moon) and the sign before it (the 12th). Only the five true planets count, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. The Sun is excluded by the texts, and the engine leaves out Rahu and Ketu by default.
When neither side holds a planet, the result is the opposite condition, Kemadruma.
Sunapha YogaClassical
A planet in the 2nd from the Moon, none in the 12th.
Prosperity built by your own intelligence and effort, through whatever the planet in the 2nd from the Moon stands for.
In 22.1% of charts
Anapha YogaClassical
A planet in the 12th from the Moon, none in the 2nd.
Composure, dignity, good health and graceful spending, often with a reflective streak later in life.
In 22.4% of charts
Durdhara YogaClassical
Planets on both sides of the Moon, in the 2nd and the 12th.
A steady, well-resourced mind. Wealth, generosity and help arrive from several directions.
In 10.6% of charts
What it gives
Sunapha. Prosperity built by your own intelligence and effort, through whatever the planet in the 2nd from the Moon stands for.
Anapha. Composure, dignity, good health and graceful spending, often with a reflective streak later in life.
Durdhara. A steady, well-resourced mind. Wealth, generosity and help arrive from several directions.
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. Sunapha, Anapha & Durdhara Yoga appeared in 55.1% of them: about six charts in ten. It held in full, with none of its weakening conditions, in 55.1%.
A rule that appears in about six charts in ten 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 kundliRelated
- Kemadruma YogaA Moon with no planet on either side, common in form but almost always cancelled.
- Veshi, Vashi & Ubhayachari YogaPlanets in the signs either side of the Sun, the solar counterpart of the Moon’s Sunapha group.
- Gaja Kesari YogaJupiter in a kendra from the Moon: one of the best known yogas, and far more common than its fame suggests.