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Three or four times a year Mercury appears to move backwards. Here is what Vedic astrology actually says about it — and the simple do's and don'ts.

Your Janma Nakshatra is one of the most personal points in your chart. Here's what the 27 lunar mansions are and why they matter for names, marriage and muhurat.

Sade Sati has a fearsome reputation, but it's better understood as Saturn's long lesson in patience and maturity. Here's what it is and how to work with it.

Why do good things cluster in some years and challenges in others? Vedic astrology's Dasha system maps the timing — here's how it works.

From naming to marriage, the Shodasha Samskaras mark life's key transitions. Here's an overview — and the ones with an auspicious-date tool on AstroNames.