A Candra Lagna chart, which is also an important tool used to analyze the horoscope, is a chart in which the Moon's house is treated as the first house of the horoscope and the enumeration of the other houses are made starting from that rāśi and continuing in sequence throughout the rest of the zodiac signs. Another important Lagna is the Janma Rāśi, which is the rāśi (or sign) in which the moon is found at birth. However, the Ascendant is not the only Lagna used in Jyotiṣa.

In this way, the Lagna does not only delineate the rising sign, but also all the other houses in the chart. This sign will be considered the first house of the horoscope, and the enumeration of the other houses follows in sequence through the rest of the signs of the zodiac. This is more specifically called the Udaya Lagna to differentiate it from charts in which other points are used to determine the first house of the horoscope (see below.) The Udaya Lagna is the most influential and important sign within the natal chart, and the characteristics of that sign will to some extent be impressed upon the personality of the person or event being born. The Most Effective Point (MEP) of the Ascendant - Lagna, is that point of the zodiacal belt that coincides with the position of the horizon at the time of birth, for a given place of birth. Lagna In Vedic Astrology Jyotiṣa, the Lagna which is rising on the eastern horizon at the time of one's birth.

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