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

Choosing a Wedding Date: What a Muhurta Actually Weighs

A wedding muhurta is not a lucky number on a calendar. It is a set of careful checks on two charts, one sky and a family's real constraints.

Jyotish Nitin Bhargava · 3 min
Vedic Knowledge

The Lunar Months and Their Festivals

Why Janmashtami falls in Shravana for one family and Bhadrapada for another, and what the twelve lunar months actually measure.

Acharya Ramesh Shastri · 3 min
Family

Griha Pravesh for a Joint Family Home

When three generations move into one home, griha pravesh has to account for many charts, many hopes and one doorway. A practical guide from Pune.

Acharya Satish Kulkarni · 3 min
Ritual

Abridged and Full Rituals: What Gets Left Out

A two-hour puja and a two-day yajna can share a name. What changes when a rite is shortened, and how to shorten one honestly.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Vedic Knowledge

Sanskrit in Ritual: Why Translation Still Matters

The mantras stay in Sanskrit for good reasons. But the family sitting at the fire should still know what they are promising.

Pandit Rajendra Prasad Mishra · 3 min
Family

Grief Rituals: The First Thirteen Days

What happens in the days after a death in a Hindu family, from antim sanskar to the terahvin, explained gently for those who must carry it out.

Pandit Suresh Tripathi · 3 min
Muhurta

Choghadiya: Reading the Day in Eight Parts

Popular in Gujarat and Rajasthan, choghadiya offers a quick way to choose a good hour for everyday beginnings. How it works and where it stops being enough.

Pandit Naveen Trivedi · 3 min
Jyotish

Yogas in a Birth Chart: Patterns, Not Prophecies

Raja yoga, Gajakesari, Dhana yoga: the names sound grand. What chart yogas really are, how they are assessed, and why a named yoga is never a guarantee.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Ritual

Home Puja: A Simple Daily Practice

A lamp, a little water, a few minutes and a steady habit. How families have kept daily worship at home, and how to begin without overcomplicating it.

Pandit Rajendra Prasad Mishra · 3 min
Vedic Knowledge

Ekadashi: The Logic of a Fasting Day

Twice a month, many households fast on the eleventh lunar day. Here is what the observance asks, what it allows, and where common sense comes first.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Ritual

The Sixteen Samskaras

From before conception to the final rites, the sixteen samskaras mark the stages of a life. What each one is, and how families observe them today.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Vedic Knowledge

The Panchang as a Calendar for Living

Five elements, one day at a time. How the panchang works, what it was designed to do, and how to use it without letting it run your life.

Jyotish Anand Vyas · 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.