Astropedic
Sidereal · Lahiri · Swiss Ephemeris

Vedic astrology
that shows its working.

A sidereal Jyotiṣa app for iPhone. It casts your chart from Swiss Ephemeris, reads it against 371 encoded rules from the classical texts, and shows you which rule produced which claim — so a reading is something you can argue with rather than something you have to take on faith.

See what it does The sources Free to cast your chart. No account needed to start.
The gochara transit chart, drawn in the same rāsi grid as the birth chart.
The birth chart: twelve houses with strength meters and dignity on every graha.
The life graph: every daśā period as one curve you can drag along.

Most astrology apps tell you what to think.

This one tells you where it got that. Every claim carries the rule that produced it and the text that rule came from, so you can follow the reasoning — or disagree with it.

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Every claim is cited

Tap any statement and you get the rule behind it and the text it came from — Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Phaladīpikā, Bhṛgu Sūtras, Uttara Kālāmṛta, B. V. Raman. No anonymous verdicts.

2

The maths is not a guess

Positions come from Swiss Ephemeris with the Lahiri ayanāṁśa. Ṣaḍbala, aṣṭakavarga, daśā and gochara are computed, not approximated — and the engine says out loud when a component is missing.

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You can see the working

Every house is read by the same eight checks, in order: what it signifies, who owns it, where that owner went, what it found there, who lives in it, whose sign the lord sits in, what is conjunct, and who is looking at it.

What you get

Birth chart, house by house

The rāsi kaṭṭam with strength meters, aspect lines and dignity on every graha. Tap a house for its verdict; tap a graha for its full reading.

Birth chart, house by house — screenshot from the Astropedic iPhone app.

One clear verdict per area of life

Twelve bhāvas, each reconciled into a single statement with what supports it and what strains it — and the rules that decided.

One clear verdict per area of life — screenshot from the Astropedic iPhone app.

The life graph

Every mahādaśā and antardaśā as one curve you can drag along, with the hard transits marked where they land.

The life graph — screenshot from the Astropedic iPhone app.

Transits, counted properly

Gochara from your natal Moon — not the lagna — against the classical transit tables, with Sade Sati, Kaṇṭaka, Aṣṭama Śani and Chandrāṣṭama named when they apply.

Transits, counted properly — screenshot from the Astropedic iPhone app.

Today, and why

A daily reading composed from today's actual transits, with the hours that help and the bands to avoid — and every part of the score shown separately so the total can be taken apart.

Today, and why — screenshot from the Astropedic iPhone app.

Gems and remedies, reasoned

Which stone, for which graha, and what it costs as well as what it lifts. Graded against your chart rather than your sun sign.

Gems and remedies, reasoned — screenshot from the Astropedic iPhone app.
Yogas and afflictions, with what cancels eachAṣṭakavarga (BAV and SAV)Ṣaḍbala, the classical six-fold strengthNavāṁśa and the divisional chartsNakṣatra, pāda and the birth symbolsMarriage matching — the eight kūṭas and Mangal doṣaMuhūrta, horā and the inauspicious bandsSāmudrika lakṣaṇa and hasta-sāmudrikaChakra and pranayama remedies timed to the chartAstrocartography

Read from the texts, not around them

The knowledge base is encoded rule by rule from the classical literature. Where the engine reasons for itself — because the texts are silent on a combination — the reading says so.

371encoded rules
5classical texts
8checks behind every house

Pricing

Everything in the app is free right now. Nothing is behind a paywall, and this page will say so for as long as that is true.

Basic

Free
no card, no account required

The whole chart, read properly. Everything you need to understand your own horoscope.

  • Depth — Prediction confidence, Kuta breakdown, Life graph refinements, Moonstone timing, Overall pressure meter, Palm line detail, Saved charts, Stone drawbacks, Transit date picker, Transit range
  • Graphs — Daily graph, Life graph
  • Main — Aspect arrows, Birth chart, Daily horoscope, Afflictions, Transit chart, House verdicts, Marriage match, Moon phase, Rāhu/Ketu aspects, Rahu & Ketu, Numerology, Birth symbols, Yogas, Aspect arrows, House readings, Planet strength meters, Moon phase on chart
  • Premium — Astrocartography, Karmic record, Life story, Prashna
  • Psychic — Ayurveda & Siddha, Body map, Chakra healing, Mantras, Nakshatra remedies, Palmistry, Pranayama, Samudrika, Sensitive zones
  • and 3 more

Prices in INR.

Questions

Is this sidereal or tropical?

Sidereal, with the Lahiri (Chitrapakṣa) ayanāṁśa — the standard for Jyotiṣa. Positions come from Swiss Ephemeris.

Do I need my exact birth time?

The closer the better. The ascendant moves about one degree every four minutes and changes sign roughly every two hours, so an hour's error can move every house.

Where do the interpretations come from?

371 encoded rules drawn from the classical texts, plus the engine's own reconciliation where the texts are silent. Every reading names its source, and rules the engine derived are labelled as derived.

Is my birth data sent anywhere?

Your birth details are stored on your device. They are sent to the server to be computed and are not retained — the only thing kept is a one-way hash used to count how many charts you have cast.

Is there a free tier?

Yes — and at the moment everything in the app is free. Paid tiers exist but nothing is gated behind them yet.

Does it predict the future?

No. It reads a chart against a tradition and says what that tradition holds. It is offered for reflection and study, not as advice — and never as medical, legal or financial advice.