Karaka Planets in Astrology by NirbanJyoti Das

This is the most important aspect of Jyotish/ astrology. Today, in the rise of software one can easily find out what is the Atma karaka or what is Amatya karaka but we must know the use of calculations so that we could found it manually . 

There are senven kind of karaka Planets - 

1. Atma karaka
2. Amatya karaka
3. Bhratru karaka
4. Matru karaka
5. Pitru Karaka
6. Gnati Karaka
7. Dara Karaka

Now follow a chart and find the following things - 

1. The planet with the highest degree is known as the AtmaKaraka. In short  we call it AK
2. Amatya Karaka is the planet with the 2nd highest degree. In Short we call it as AMK
3. A planet with the 3rd highest degree would be Bhratru karaka. In short we call it BK
4. The planet with the 4th highest degree shows the details about the mother. It is called Matru Karaka. In Short we call it MK.
5. The planet with a 5th highest degree is showing the details about the children. We call it Pitru karaka , in short we call it Pik
6. The planet with the 6th highest degree shows the hurdles in life. Gnati means hurdles or challenges. In Short we call it Gnati Karaka. In Short GK
7. The planet with the 7th highest degree will give the details about the spouse. We call it Dara karaka, in short DK

lets follow a chart as an example so you will understand the things easily.

EXAMPLE 1:

Native born in April 9, 2018 

Time - 1:32 Am

Place - Australia

Planetary positions are following( From J Hora app) - 

We can reach to following points form this - 

1. Moon have highest degree hence AK planet
2. Jupiter is 2nd highest planet and hence AMK planet
3. Sun is 3rd highest degree planet and hence Bhatru karaka
4. Mars have 4th Highest Degree is called Matru karaka
5. Venus have 5th highest degree hence it is Pitru karaka
6. Mercury here have 6th highest degree and hence it is Gnati karaka
7. Rahu have 7th highest degree and hence it is Darakaraka.

Now, what are the function of these houses, clearly written in classics and books. If anyone dont know functions of each karaka planet ask here I will let you know.