Prashna (Horary) is the art of answering a single, pressing question from a chart cast for the moment the question is asked — no birth details required. In KP, the querent supplies a number between 1 and 249; that number fixes the Ascendant, and the planets are taken for the time and place of judgment. This page lays out the method and then walks a complete, reusable analysis template.
1. What Is a KP Horary?
A KP horary answers one question. The querent, holding the question firmly in mind, gives a number from 1 to 249. Each number corresponds to one line of the 249-part sub table, which fixes the exact degree of the Ascendant (Lagna). The remaining eleven cusps and all planetary positions are computed for the time and place of judgment. From that chart, the same KP machinery — CSL, significators, Ruling Planets, dasha and transit — delivers a yes/no and a timing.
2. First, Test the Strength of the Question
Prashna has one prerequisite that natal work does not: the question must be genuine and ripe. The chart should reflect that the matter truly weighs on the querent's mind — that the query carries real intensity. A KP horary always verifies this before predicting.
The Ascendant CSL and the Moon are the two mirrors of the querent's mind — the Lagna shows the person, the Moon shows the running thought.
3. The Cuspal Sub Lord Rule for the Matter
Once the question is confirmed genuine, the outcome rests on the CSL rule:
The same shape applies to every subject — only the house group changes (career → 2, 6, 10; children → 2, 5, 11; and so on). The CSL of the primary house must point back into the matter's own group.
4. Worked Example — The Analysis Template
The walkthrough below is a real horary reduced to its bones. Follow the same order for any question — only the house group and the numbers change.
Chart Details
| Horary Number | 33 |
| Question | When will the marriage take place? |
| Time & place of judgment | 06-03-2019, 12:17:46 PM, Warangal (18.00 N · 79.35 E) |
A > B > C— the lord chain: Sign lord > Star lord > Sub lord.- 3 (P) — positional: the planet occupies that house (a positional significator).
- Plain numbers after "having / signifies" — houses signified by ownership or by the four-fold significator rules.
- D-B-A-S — the Vimshottari joint period: Dasha – Bhukti – Antara – Sookshma.
The Ascendant Cuspal Sub Lord (or the Moon) must signify the query for it to be genuine.
- Ascendant Sub Lord: Saturn → signifies 9, 8, 1, 6, 10. It touches the matter's supporting houses — query confirmed.
- Moon → signifies 2, 10, 3 — the running mind is on the 2nd (family). The question is ripe.
7th cusp — Scorpio 15°40′00″ · Sub Lord: Jupiter (chain Ju > Me > Sa)
Reading the significator through the Sun as the working karaka:
- Sun — posited in the 4th house; owns the 10th.
- ↳ Star Lord Rahu — posited in the 9th house; acts as agent for the Moon (posited in the 3rd house).
- ↳ Sub Lord Venus — posited in the 3rd house; owns 1, 12, 8; connected with Moon & Ketu → 3 (P), 2, 4; agent of Saturn.
Net — Sun signifies: 4, 10, 9, 3, 1, 12, 8, 2, 3.
10th cusp — Leo 1°04′28″ · Sub Lord: Venus (chain Ve > Su > Me)
- Venus — 3 (P); owns 1, 12, 8. Connected with Moon & Ketu:
- Moon — 3 (P)
- Ketu — 3 (P), 2, 3, 4
- Star Lord Sun — 4 (P); owns 10.
- Sub Lord Mercury — 5 (P); owns 9, 11.
Net — Venus signifies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Positional (occupancy) significators carry extra weight in timing.
- In positional status: Ketu, Mars, Moon.
- Rahu also gains positional status through the Moon (it represents the Moon's placement).
- Positional set: Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Moon, Ketu.
| Source | Sign Lord | Star Lord | Sub Lord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lagna | Mercury | Mars | Mercury |
| Moon | Saturn | Sun | Rahu |
| Day | Saturn | ||
Common Ruling Planets: Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Sun, Rahu.
Collect the significators of each supporting house, then take the common set.
| House | Significators |
|---|---|
| 2 | Rahu, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars |
| 6 | Mars |
| 10 | Moon, Venus, Ketu, Sun |
Common significators: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Ketu, Rahu.
The planets that are both Ruling Planets and significators of the matter are the timing shortlist:
Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Sun, Rahu.
The joint Vimshottari period whose lords are all drawn from the shortlist points to the window:
| Level | Lord |
|---|---|
| Dasha | Sun |
| Bhukti | Rahu |
| Antara | Mars |
| Sookshma | Saturn |
Transit of the Sun / faster planets over the stars of the Ruling Planets seals the date:
Transit date: 03-09-2019.