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Bhrigu Bindu Calculator Find your Bhrigu Bindu's sign, nakshatra and house

The Bhrigu Bindu, also called the Bhrigu point or destiny point, is the midpoint between the Moon and Rahu in your birth chart. Astrologers who use it read the sign, nakshatra and house it falls in, and watch slow planets such as Jupiter and Saturn crossing it when timing events.

Enter your birth details

Use the time from your birth certificate if you have it. The house of the Bhrigu Bindu is counted from your Lagna, which needs an accurate birth time.

What you will see

  • Your Bhrigu Bindu's sign and exact degree
  • Its nakshatra, pada and nakshatra lord
  • The house it falls in, counted from your Lagna
  • The calculation step by step, from your Moon and Rahu
  • Your birth chart with the Bhrigu Bindu marked

Local clock time at the place of birth.

Your birth details are used only to calculate this chart. They are not saved to an account or added to the page address.

What the calculator shows

Everything comes from one chart calculation, the same one the Lagna calculator uses.

Sign and degree

The sidereal sign the Bhrigu Bindu falls in, its exact degree and the planet that rules the sign.

Nakshatra and pada

The nakshatra the point falls in, the pada (quarter) within it and the nakshatra's ruling planet.

House from your Lagna

The house of your birth chart the Bhrigu Bindu occupies, counted with whole-sign houses from your Lagna.

Step-by-step working

The Moon's and Rahu's positions from your chart and every step from them to the Bhrigu Bindu, so you can check the arithmetic.

Chart with the point marked

Your Lagna chart in North Indian or South Indian style, with the Bhrigu Bindu shown as BB in its house.

Notes when it matters

If the point sits close to the edge of a sign or nakshatra, or another common method would place it differently, the result says so.

Why the birth time matters

The Moon moves about 13° a day and Rahu barely moves, so the Bhrigu Bindu moves at roughly half the Moon's speed: about 6.5° a day, or 1° every three to four hours. Its sign and nakshatra often stay the same across a few hours of birth time.

The house is different. It is counted from the Lagna, and the Lagna changes sign about every two hours, so a birth time that is off by an hour can move the Bhrigu Bindu into the next house. If the result shows a note about your Lagna, the house is the part to double-check.

How DKSCORE calculates the Bhrigu Bindu

Moon and Rahu from your chart

Both positions come from a sidereal chart with the Lahiri ayanamsa and the true Rahu, calculated for your date, time and place of birth.

Counted from Rahu to the Moon

Rahu's longitude is subtracted from the Moon's, adding 360° if the result is negative. Half of that arc is added to Rahu's longitude.

Twenty-seven equal nakshatras

The zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each, starting from Ashwini at 0° Mesha. Each nakshatra has four padas of 3°20′.

Whole-sign houses

The sign of your Lagna is the first house, the next sign the second, and so on. The Bhrigu Bindu's house is the house of its sign.

Learn what your Bhrigu Bindu means

For how the Bhrigu Bindu is read by house, sign and nakshatra, and how transits over it are used, read our in-depth article.

Read about the Bhrigu Bindu
FAQ

Bhrigu Bindu calculator: questions and answers

What is the Bhrigu Bindu in Vedic astrology?
The Bhrigu Bindu is the midpoint between the Moon and Rahu in a birth chart. It is also called the Bhrigu point or the destiny point. Astrologers who use it treat it as a sensitive point and read the sign, nakshatra and house it falls in.
How is the Bhrigu Bindu calculated?
Subtract Rahu's longitude from the Moon's longitude, adding 360° if the result is negative. Halve it and add the half to Rahu's longitude. For example, with the Moon at 305.6266° and Rahu at 293.1434°, the arc is 12.4832°, half of it is 6.2416°, and the Bhrigu Bindu is at 299.3850°, which is 29°23′06″ Makara. The calculator shows these steps with your own numbers.
Do I need my exact birth time?
Yes. The Bhrigu Bindu moves about 1° every three to four hours, so its sign and nakshatra are often the same over a few hours, but its house is counted from your Lagna, which changes sign about every two hours. Use the time on your birth certificate if you have it.
Which house is my Bhrigu Bindu in?
The calculator counts it from your Lagna with whole-sign houses: the house of the sign the Bhrigu Bindu falls in. The result shows the house number and marks the point as BB on your chart.
Why does another calculator show a different Bhrigu Bindu?
There are three common reasons. Some calculators take the shorter way round between the Moon and Rahu, which gives the exact opposite point whenever the Moon is more than 180° ahead of Rahu; DKSCORE counts from Rahu forward to the Moon, and the result tells you when the two methods differ. Some use the mean Rahu instead of the true Rahu, which can move the point by up to about 1°. And a different ayanamsa, birth time or time zone moves it as well.
What happens when Jupiter or Saturn crosses the Bhrigu Bindu?
Astrologers who use the Bhrigu Bindu watch slow planets passing over it, especially Jupiter and Saturn, and read those periods for the themes of the house it occupies. Jupiter comes back to the same point about every 12 years and Saturn about every 29.5 years. How a transit plays out depends on the whole chart, which is a question for an astrologer.
Is the Bhrigu Bindu the same as the destiny point?
Yes. Bhrigu Bindu, Bhrigu point and destiny point are names for the same point: the midpoint of the Moon and Rahu.
Are my birth details saved?
Your details are used only to calculate the result. They are not saved to an account or profile, and they are never added to the page address or sent to analytics.
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Have your Bhrigu Bindu read by a Vedic astrologer.

The Bhrigu Bindu is one point in your chart. An astrologer reads it together with your Lagna, Moon, dashas and transits.