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BPHS does not name 'Kaal Sarp'. We searched our library's BPHS (both volumes), Phaladīpikā, Sārāvalī, Bṛhat Jātaka, Jātaka Pārijāta and Horā Sāra for 'kala sarpa', 'kalasarpa' and 'काल सर्प': it is not there. Raman's books in our library do not use the name either. These texts do have a different yoga called 'Sarpa yoga'. It is one of the Nabhasa yogas (a Dala yoga): malefics occupying the kendras (1, 4, 7, 10); in BPHS, three kendras. It has nothing to do with planets lying between Rahu and Ketu. So 'Sarpa yoga' and 'Kaal Sarp' are two different things. 'Kaal Sarp' is a later classification. ePandit does not make it a reason for fear or for selling a remedy.

Calm check

Are all seven planets on one side of the Rahu–Ketu axis?

Full pattern

All seven planets lie between Rahu and Ketu on one side. Folk usage calls this 'Kaal Sarp'. It is a later classification, BPHS does not name it, and ePandit draws no conclusion about your life from it. The whole chart, the dasha and the transits matter far more.

Rahu: Kanya · house 9

Ketu: Meena · house 3

What tradition says

'Kaal Sarp' is a popular name for the pattern in which all seven planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn) lie between Rahu and Ketu, on one side. It is a later classification; Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (BPHS) does not name it. ePandit shows it only as a pattern, with no reading and no fear.

Rahu and Ketu are always opposite each other (180° apart), so they split the zodiac into two halves. ePandit looks at the degrees of the seven planets:
- All seven in one half: full pattern.
- Six on one side and one on the other, or a planet exactly on Rahu's or Ketu's degree (on the axis): partial pattern.
- Everything else: no pattern.

That is all. Popular books also give twelve names by Rahu's house (Ananta, Kulika and so on); ePandit does not show those names or their readings, because they are not found in our texts.

Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 35.8 (Maala and Sarpa yogas, Nabhasa)
BPHS (Santhanam) 35.8 (Maala and Sarpa yogas, Nabhasa)
Classical text · Sārāvalī (Chaturvedi tr.) 21.18 (Mālā and Sarpa, Nabhasa)
Sārāvalī (Chaturvedi tr.) 21.18 (Mālā and Sarpa, Nabhasa)
Classical text · Bṛhat Jātaka ch. XII (Nabhasa yogas: Sarpa)
Bṛhat Jātaka ch. XII (Nabhasa yogas: Sarpa)
Classical text · B. V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations, no. 106 (Sarpa Yoga)
B. V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations, no. 106 (Sarpa Yoga)

These sources are for 'Sarpa yoga' (Nabhasa), to show that it is a different yoga. No source for 'Kaal Sarp' was found in our library.

More about Kaal Sarp →

Is Kaal Sarp in BPHS?
No. BPHS does not have the name, and it was not found in Phaladīpikā, Sārāvalī, Bṛhat Jātaka, Jātaka Pārijāta or Horā Sāra in our library either. It is a later classification.
Then what is the 'Sarpa yoga' of the texts?
It is a Nabhasa yoga: malefics in the kendras. Rahu and Ketu play no part in it. The names are similar; the idea is different.
My chart shows the full pattern. Should I worry?
No. It only describes where the planets sit. ePandit reads nothing from it. For life questions, the whole chart, the running dasha and the transits matter far more.
Should I have a puja done?
That is entirely your wish. No puja is called necessary.
Why do different apps disagree?
Because there is no text-based rule for it. Some count a planet sitting on the axis, some do not; some include the lagna. ePandit states its rule plainly above.

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