RBSE VU Jyotish Shastra study plan

Define the core vocabulary of Jyotish in your own words: graha, rashi, bhava, nakshatra, lagna, ayanamsa, dasha, and gochara, and state which classical text each term is most associated with.

Outline the historical development of Jyotish from the Vedanga Jyotisha period through the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Brihat Jataka traditions, noting what each era contributed.

Classify all nine grahas by natural benefic/malefic status, gender, element, direction, and rulership of two rashis each (with Rahu and Ketu handled separately).

Build a friendship-enmity matrix for the seven classical grahas covering natural friends, neutral planets, and enemies, and explain the naisargika versus tatkalika (temporal) friendship distinction.

Memorize the planetary significations (karakatva) for each graha at the level of body part, relation, profession, and life area.

Draw the zodiac wheel from memory with all twelve rashis in correct order, marking element, modality, gender, and ruling planet for each.

Map the twelve bhavas to their significations, kendra/trikona/dusthana classification, and the karaka graha associated with each.

Explain the rashi-as-bhava versus rashi-as-sign distinction and how the whole-sign and equal-house systems differ in chart casting.

List all 27 nakshatras in order with pada boundaries in degrees, ruling planet, and deity, and identify which nakshatras fall entirely or partly in each rashi.

State the Vimshottari dasha lord sequence and the years allotted to each nakshatra lord.

Convert a given birth time and place into sidereal planetary longitudes by hand for the Sun and Moon, showing each arithmetic step.

Compute the ascendant from local sidereal time and latitude using the standard formula, and verify against a worked example.

Explain what ayanamsa is, distinguish Lahiri/Chitrapaksha from Raman and Krishnamurti, and calculate the ayanamsa correction for a stated year.

Construct a panchanga for a given date: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga, and karana, showing the arithmetic for at least three of the five limbs.

Identify the five types of solar and lunar months, the adhika masa rule, and how they affect festival dating.

Cast a complete North Indian style kundali from raw birth data, placing lagna, all nine grahas, and the rashi/bhava overlays correctly.

Interpret the lagna lord's placement, strength, and aspects for three different charts and write a two-paragraph reading for each.

Apply the rules of graha drishti (full and partial aspects) and rashi drishti to identify which houses each planet influences.

Assess planetary strength using sthana bala, dig bala, and cheshta bala qualitatively, and rank the grahas in one chart from strongest to weakest.

Identify the yogakaraka and the most afflicted planet in each of three charts and justify the reasoning from placement and aspect alone.

Compute the Vimshottari dasha balance at birth from the Moon's nakshatra position, showing the proportional arithmetic.

Build a mahadasha and antardasha (bhukti) timeline for one chart covering the first 40 years, with correct start and end dates.

Explain the antardasha sequence rule (each bhukti begins with the mahadasha lord and proceeds in dasha order) and apply it to derive three consecutive bhuktis.

Interpret how a bhukti lord's house placement, ownership, and relationship to the mahadasha lord modifies the period's results, using one chart as a worked case.

Revisit panchanga arithmetic and confirm your week 3 calculations now that dasha work has sharpened your degree arithmetic.

Define and detect the major raja yogas: dharma-karmadhipati yoga, gaja-kesari yoga, pancha-mahapurusha yogas, and the neecha-bhanga conditions.

Detect and assess the principal doshas: mangal dosha, kaal sarpa, sade sati, and grahan dosha, and state the classical cancellation conditions for each.

Explain the difference between a yoga formed by conjunction, by mutual aspect, and by exchange (parivartana), and find one example of each in the sample charts.

Write a combined interpretation for one chart that integrates lagna, a raja yoga, and a dosha into a coherent reading rather than a list of labels.

Distinguish genuine cancellation from wishful thinking by listing the specific textual conditions that must be met.

Apply the prasna method to three written questions, fixing the ascendant for the moment of the query and judging the outcome from the relevant bhava and its lord.

Select a muhurta for a marriage and for a property purchase, stating the tithi, nakshatra, vara, and lagna requirements that must be satisfied and which must be avoided.

Describe the main nimitta categories (omens) and explain how a jyotishi weighs them against the chart rather than in isolation.

Explain the Vastu-Jyotish correspondence: the mapping of directions to grahas, and how a graha's directional rulership is used in Vastu remedies.

Identify the eight directions with their ruling grahas and the Vastu deity associated with each, and note one practical remedy tied to each direction.

Compile a glossary of at least 60 Sanskrit Jyotish terms with devanagari, transliteration, and a precise English definition, drawn from the domains you have studied.

Attribute ten key concepts to their classical sources (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Brihat Jataka, Saravali, Phaladeepika, Jataka Parijata) and state what each text is authoritative for.

Re-derive from memory the Vimshottari balance, one panchanga limb, and one ayanamsa correction without notes.

Sit a timed 60-question mock covering all eleven domains weighted to the official percentages, and log every wrong answer with its correct reasoning.

Review the logged errors and re-study only the two weakest domains rather than re-reading everything.