THE MYASTRO7 JOURNAL

Serious writing on Vedic practice.

Muhurta, jyotish, ritual and decision-making — explained plainly, by people who practise it.

105 essays · six subjects · written by named practitioners

Muhurta

What Is Muhurta, and Why Timing Matters

Muhurta is often reduced to "picking a lucky date." Here is what the practice actually considers.

Jyotish Anand Vyas · 2 min
Family

Interfaith Marriages and Vedic Ceremony

Can a Vedic vivah include a partner from another faith? A practitioner who conducts such weddings explains what is possible, and how to do it respectfully.

Acharya Suhas Kelkar · 3 min
Ritual

Namkaran: Naming a Child

Namkaran is often the first ceremony of a child's life. How the day is chosen, why the nakshatra may suggest a first syllable, and what the ritual involves.

Pandit Mahesh Joshi · 3 min
Muhurta

Kharmas and Chaturmas: Seasons of Waiting

Two recurring periods pause weddings and housewarmings in many families. What each is, when it falls, and why the tradition treats waiting as meaningful.

Pandit Rajendra Prasad Mishra · 3 min
Decision Guidance

Career Change: Where Timing Helps and Where It Doesn't

Your chart can describe a period that favours movement. It cannot tell you whether the new job is any good. How to use both kinds of knowledge.

Jyotish Meenal Joshi · 3 min
Jyotish

Navamsa: The Chart Within the Chart

The navamsa divides every sign into nine and is often called the fruit of the birth chart. What it shows about marriage, maturity and planetary strength.

Jyotish Anand Vyas · 3 min
Family

Planning a Wedding Across Two Family Traditions

A Punjabi groom, a Tamil bride, two sets of elders and one muhurat. How families can honour both traditions without turning the wedding into a contest.

Jyotish Nitin Bhargava · 3 min
Muhurta

Rahu Kaal Without the Fear

Rahu Kaal is a daily ninety-minute window many households avoid. Here is how it is worked out, what it is meant for, and why it is no reason for anxiety.

Jyotish Kavita Sharma · 3 min
Ritual

Bhoomi Pujan: Before You Build

Before the first trench is dug, families pause to honour the ground itself. What bhoomi pujan involves, and how it fits alongside engineering.

Pandit Arvind Mehta · 3 min
Vedic Knowledge

Ayurveda and Jyotish: Shared Roots

Both sciences think in rhythms, constitutions and time. Where they genuinely meet, where they part, and why neither replaces your doctor.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Family

Festivals as Family Anchors, From Diwali to Holi

The Hindu festival year gives families a rhythm of return. How to use the calendar from Diwali to Holi to hold a scattered family together.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Jyotish

What a Good Jyotishi Will Not Tell You

The surest sign of a careful astrologer is often what they decline to say. Seven things a responsible jyotishi will not tell you, and why that matters.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min

Read by subject

Muhurta 18 Timing, and what it can and cannot do. Jyotish 18 Reading a chart, without the jargon. Ritual 18 What happens, and why it is done that way. Vedic Knowledge 17 The ideas underneath the practice. Decision Guidance 18 Using guidance well — and knowing its limits. Family 16 Rituals and timing across generations.