CONCEPT OF UPACHAYA HOUSES

CONCEPT OF UPACHAYA HOUSES

VEDIC ASTROLOGY 
THE UPACHAYA HOUSES…… 3-6-10-11


All school of thought in Vedic Astrology consider/refer to 3,6,10 and 11 houses as UPACHAYA HOUSES from the
ascendant/karak house. These houses are responsible for the growth/expansion and are distinguishable by their
superiority. No previous available text explains the reason behind their selection except a generalised statement 
that its their observation.

The scope of study is limited to identifying the reason behind selection of these particular houses
as Upachaya Houses from the Ascendant/karak house.

Please refer to LESSON No:1 by Guru Krushana Ji, where it states that a total of 337 benefic points are distributed 
by all the planets relative to the Ascendant [karak house] and relative to its own position as well as
relative position of other planets in the chart. These are:


. Sun[48]

. Moon[49]

. Mars[39]

. Mercury[54]

. Venus[52]

. Jupiter[56], and

. Saturn [39]

We take the example of SUN which distributes 48 benefic points relative to the ascendant/karak
house,itself and relative to other planets.

. Ascendant/karak house: 3,4,6,10,11,12.

. SUN…………………………….: 1,2,4,7,8,9,10,11

. MOON ………………………..: 3,6,10,11

. MARS………………………….: 1,2,4,7,8,9,10,11

. MERCURY……………………: 3,5,6,9,10,11,12

. VENUS……………………….: 6,7,12

. JUPITER…………………….: 5,6,9,11

. SATURN……………………..: 1,2,4,7,8,9,10,11

We know planet position keeps on changing relative to each other and from chart to chart
therefore cannot have a constant behavior for our study of UPACHAYA HOUSES which are fixed as 3-6-10-11

However the distribution of benefic points relative to the ascendant/karak house is fixed and does
not change as this distribution is not dependent on the position of planets in a chart but rather it is
fixed to relative position from the ascendant/karak house. Therefore we will only study distribution
relative to the ascendant/karak house.

Planets will give benefic points in houses as listed below for all horoscopes.

. SUN……………:3,4,6,10,11,12

. MOON……….:3,6,10,11

. MARS…………:1,3,6,10,11

. MERCURY…..:1,2,4,6,8,10,11

. VENUS………..:1,2,3,4,5,8,9,11

. JUPITER………:1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11

. SATURN………:1,3,4,6,10,11

A total of 45 benefic points are distributed by all the planets as MAPPED BELOW:



House wise they are as listed below: [ House number/benefic points ]
1/5, 2/3, 3/5, 4/5, 5/2, 6/6, 7/1, 8/2,9/2, 10/6, 11/7, and 12/1.
In this distribution we observe that houses 1,3,6,10 and 11 have more bindus/benefic points and
stand above the rest these are named as ABCDE by Krushana Ji. THEREFORE FROM ANY
ASCENDANT/KARAK HOUSE 3,6,10,and 11 ARE THE UPACHAYA HOUSES.

TEACHINGS OF KRUSHANA JI 
LESSON NO 8 PAGE NO:53 [points 19,20,21,22]

1/19
Only Saturn can give zero in the 2nd,5th,7th,8th,9th and 12th house if it is situated in those houses 
[no other planet can have zero points in the place where it is situated]
EXPLANATION:
Saturn is the only planet which does not give a bindu to the house in which it is placed. In our 
above study we observe that no planet gives a bindu to Saturn in the 2nd,5th,7th,8th,9th,and 12th 
house relative to the ascendant/karak house. Therefore in any natal chart we may find Saturn 
giving a zero in the above mentioned houses if it is placed in these houses.

2/20 
Mars can give zero points for 2nd,4th,5th,7th,8th,9th,and 12th house only when it is not in those houses. 
EXPLANATION:
Mars can give zero in above houses when it is not placed in these houses [Mars itself does not give a 
bindu in these houses] and no other planet gives a bindu in the above houses relative to the 
ascendant/karak house. Therefore Mars can have a zero in these houses only.

3/21 
No planet can give zero points in the 11th house. 
EXPLANATION: 
All planets give a bindu in the 11th house as relative to the ascendant/karak house. Therefore it is 
not possible that any planet can give zero in the 11th house, [Here I remember that we in India 
often say “Even an insect under the stone is fed by the creator”.

4/22 
Only Venus can give zero bindu in the 10th house. 
EXPLANATION:
All planets except Venus give benefic point to the 10th house relative to the ascendant/karak house 
therefore only Venus can give zero in the 10th house.