A free, honest Mangal Dosha check. Enter your birth details and we'll see where Mars sits — from your Lagna, Moon and Venus — and read it gently, without fear.
Mangal Dosha — also called Manglik dosha, Kuja dosha or Chevvai dosham — is a placement of Mars (Mangal) in certain houses of your Vedic chart. A person is traditionally called Manglik when Mars sits in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house — counted from the Lagna (ascendant), and also checked from the Moon and from Venus.
Because Mars rules energy, courage and passion, these houses touch marriage, home and partnership — which is why the dosha is most talked about around matchmaking. But here is the honest part: Mangal Dosha is extremely common — by these rules, a large share of people are Manglik. It is not a curse, and it is not a verdict on your love life.
Classical astrology lists many ways the dosha is softened or cancelled — Manglik dosha bhang. The most common: if both partners are Manglik, the dosha cancels out; if Mars sits in its own sign (Aries or Scorpio) or is exalted (Capricorn); with age (many say the effect fades after ~28); and with the blessing of Jupiter or the Moon by aspect. This is why a real reading looks at the whole chart, never one factor alone.
Calculated with real astronomical positions (VSOP87 ephemeris) and the standard Lahiri ayanamsa. For reflection and guidance — held gently by Wooly. 🐑
You need your date, exact time and place of birth. The calculator above builds your Vedic chart from real astronomical positions and checks where Mars sits — from the Lagna, the Moon and Venus. Birth time matters: a few hours can move the ascendant and change the answer.
Mars in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house. Traditionally it is counted from the Lagna, and also checked from the Moon and from Venus, which is why some calculators disagree with each other.
Yes. Mangal Dosha, Manglik dosha, Kuja dosha and Chevvai dosham are regional names for the same placement of Mars. Mangal is the Sanskrit name for Mars, Kuja and Chevvai its Kannada/Telugu and Tamil equivalents.
Classical astrology lists several cancellations, called dosha bhang: both partners being Manglik cancels it out; Mars in its own sign (Aries or Scorpio) or exalted in Capricorn; an aspect from Jupiter or the Moon; and, many hold, the passing of about 28 years of age.
Yes — and it is extremely common, because by these rules a large share of people are Manglik. The dosha is one factor among many in a chart, not a verdict on a marriage. Read it as a note on temperament and timing, not a prohibition.
About this page. Vedic astrology (jyotiṣa) is a living tradition, practised today. We write about it from the outside, for cultural and historical interest: we do not teach it, we do not speak for any community, and we invite no one to take it up or leave it. Any errors or simplifications are ours — tell us if something reads as unfair.