Kanya lagna
Virgo Ascendant: The Twelve Houses and Their Lords
The houses here are whole signs. With Virgo rising, Virgo is the 1st house, Libra the 2nd, and so on round to Leo as the 12th; the lord of each house is the ruler of its sign. That makes Mercury the lagna lord, and it sets which graha holds which pair of houses for every Virgo-rising chart, before a single planet’s position is known.
| House | Sign | Lord | Also rules | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st lord | Virgo | Mercury | the 10th | kendra, trikona |
| 2nd lord | Libra | Venus | the 9th | — |
| 3rd lord | Scorpio | Mars | the 8th | upachaya |
| 4th lord | Sagittarius | Jupiter | the 7th | kendra |
| 5th lord | Capricorn | Saturn | the 6th | trikona |
| 6th lord | Aquarius | Saturn | the 5th | dusthana, upachaya |
| 7th lord | Pisces | Jupiter | the 4th | kendra |
| 8th lord | Aries | Mars | the 3rd | dusthana |
| 9th lord | Taurus | Venus | the 2nd | trikona |
| 10th lord | Gemini | Mercury | the 1st | kendra, upachaya |
| 11th lord | Cancer | Moon | — | upachaya |
| 12th lord | Leo | Sun | — | dusthana |
Which Graha Holds What for Virgo Ascendant
- Sun: the 12th.
- Moon: the 11th.
- Mars: the 3rd and 8th.
- Mercury: the 1st and 10th.
- Jupiter: the 4th and 7th.
- Venus: the 2nd and 9th.
- Saturn: the 5th and 6th.
For Virgo ascendant no graha holds a kendra and a trikona other than the 1st together. The three dusthanas, the 6th, 8th and 12th, are held by the Sun, Mars and Saturn. Rahu and Ketu lord no house in this scheme for any ascendant.
Each mahadasha read through these lordships is on its own page: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. For gemstones by this ascendant, see Virgo gemstones; to find your ascendant, the ascendant calculator; and for the difference between the rising sign and the Moon sign, rashi and lagna.