🙏Pitra Dosha Calculator

Ancestral karmic patterns read from the 9th house and the luminaries

Sun / Saturn + Rahu~10-15% of chartsActive remedies are considered effective

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What is Pitra Dosha?

Pitra Dosha describes a pattern where the 9th house — the house of father, ancestors and dharma — or the luminaries carry affliction from Rahu, Ketu, Saturn or Mars. Traditional readings frame it as unfinished ancestral obligation rather than personal fault, and the remedies are correspondingly about remembrance and service rather than penance.

How this page detects it

Five classical indicators are checked: Sun/Moon/Rahu in the 9th house, Ketu in the 4th, a luminary or node conjunct Mars or Saturn, two or more of Venus/Mercury/Rahu sharing the 2nd, 5th, 9th or 12th house, and the Sun or Moon conjunct a node. One indicator reads as mild, two moderate, three or more strong.

Remedies

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Pitru Paksha Shraddha

Perform Shraddha and Tarpan during Pitru Paksha, and offer food or donations on Amavasya — the most consistently prescribed remedy.

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Mantra

Chant the Gayatri Mantra and Pitru Gayatri regularly; Sunday Surya Arghya is also traditional.

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Behavioural

Serve elders and maintain family ties actively. Classical practice treats living relationships with elders as the working half of this remedy.

When does this dosha activate?

A dosha in the chart is not active all the time — it intensifies during specific Dasha windows.

Sun Mahadasha (6 years) · Rahu Antardasha · Saturn Antardasha

Pitra Dosha Calculator — FAQ

Does Pitra Dosha mean my ancestors are unhappy?

That is the popular framing, but classical texts describe it as a karmic pattern carried forward, not an active grievance. The remedies are acts of remembrance and service, which is why they focus on Shraddha and care for living elders.

Is Pitra Dosha the same as Kaal Sarp Dosha?

No. They can appear together because both involve Rahu, but Kaal Sarp is specifically about all seven planets being hemmed between Rahu and Ketu, while Pitra Dosha reads the 9th house and luminaries for ancestral affliction.