Badhak Graha

Badhak Graha is a planet that causes impediments or obstacles or slows life’s progress during its Dasha or Mahadasha.

Badhak Graha for a person depends on that person’s Birth Ascendant.

If a person’s birth Ascendant is a Movable Sign i.e. Aries, Cancer, Libra & Capricorn then the Badhak Graha will be Lord of 11^th house.

If a person’s birth Ascendant is a Fixed Sign i.e. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio & Aquarius then the Badhak Graha will be Lord of 9^th house.

 If a person’s birth Ascendant is a Dual Sign i.e. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius & Pisces then the Badhak Graha will be Lord of 7^th house.

Although Badhak Graha causes impediments or obstacles or slows life’s progress but it’s necessary to study the Badhak planet’s auspiciousness or inauspiciousness in a person’s birth chart. At times Badhak Grahas are strong or auspicious or favourable in that case the gravity of impediments or obstacles may become less.

It’s necessary to be flexible while studying a Badhak Graha. For example for people born under Dual Ascendants, Lord of 7^th house is Badhak Graha. 7^th house is connected with partner or marriage but not all people born under dual signed Ascendant suffer in their partnership or marriage during the dasha or antar dasha of a Lord of 7^th house. Similarly for all people born under movable signed Ascendant Lord of 11^th house is Badhak Graha. 11^th house is connected with benefits or profits, but not all people born under movable Ascendant suffer losses all the time during the dasha or antar dasha of Lord of 11^th house. The same can be understood for people born under fixed Ascendants, Lord of 9^th house is Badhak Graha here. 9^th house is connected with short journeys, spirituality, fate, etc but not all suffer during their short journeys or in spirituality or suffer bad luck during the dasha or antardasha of Lord of 9^th house.

If a malefic planet is in conjunction or aspects the Badhak Graha in a person’s birth chart, or if the position of Badhak Graha is weak in a person’s birth chart then there is a strong possibility of him/her to suffer impediments or obstacles during the Dasha & Antar Dasha of the Badhak Graha as a malefic can spoil the Badhak Graha or make the Badhak Graha weak.

Birth Ascendant	Badhak Graha
Aries	Saturn (Lord of 11th house Aquarius Sign)
Taurus	Saturn (Lord of 9th house Capricorn Sign)
Gemini	Jupiter (Lord of 7th house Sagittarius Sign)
Cancer	Venus (Lord of 11th house Taurus Sign)
Leo	Mars (Lord of 9th house Aries Sign)
Virgo	Jupiter (Lord of 7th house Pisces Sign)
Libra	Sun (Lord of 11th house Leo Sign)
Scorpio	Moon (Lord of 9th house Cancer Sign)
Sagittarius	Mercury (Lord of 7th house Gemini Sign)
Capricorn	Mars (Lord of 11th house Scorpio Sign)
Aquarius	Venus (Lord of 9th house Libra Sign)
Pisces	Mercury (Lord of 7th house Virgo Sign)