Karaka-Lagnas

The Karaka-Lagnas are very useful and highly predictive in its own way
as an additional argument and also in case the birthtime and the
Ascendent are unknown.

The principles behind this are very simple and follow the normal basic
rules of Hindu astrology. Information about it can be found in many
textbooks, and I have seen many examples of the application of Karaka-
Lagnas in Nadis like Saptarshi-Nadi and Suka-Nadi.

It works like this:

We have the 12 houses and each of them has got a lot of different
meanings. Then we have the Karakas, meaning the significators, and
each of them has also got a lot of different meanings. It is however
possible to combine the Karakas and the 12 houses in a special way.

It is well known that Jupiter is the karaka for children and that the 5th
house is the house of children. By combining these two things, we then
take the 5th house from Jupiter to indicate children. The natal sign
position of Jupiter then becomes the Karaka-Lagna and we look for
matters pertaining to children
in the 5th house from Jupiter.

In some Nadis it is stated as an argument for Putra-dosha, meaning

blemish regarding children, that Rahu is found in the 5th house from
Jupiter. In the same way there is Kuja-dosha, being bad for
marriage, if Mars is found in the 7th from Venus. The delination of the
different houses are done in the usual way.