Astro Jotish

Website: https://astrojyotish.info

Type of work: Design development, layout, CMS integration

Website development, creation of a unique design, integration into the CMS of a site on astrology.

Astro Jotish is built around a free Vedic birth chart that is calculated on the server and explained in full, so the form sits right on the first screen. It asks for a name, the date, the time and the place of birth; when the visitor starts typing a city, the latitude, longitude and the time zone in force on that date are filled in automatically. Instead of a person, the chart can be drawn up for an event - a company registration, a wedding or a move - which is why the form also has an event type.

The text under the form explains why the exact time matters: the ascendant, the house cusps and the navamsha shift with every few minutes. For people who do not know their time of birth, the site offers a rectification questionnaire that narrows the interval down from the events of their life.

The interpretation covers the main chart, divisional charts and the life periods (dashas), and the list "What a Jyotish birth chart reading reveals" sets clear expectations - from the areas of life that matter most to the qualities of an ideal partner. Calendar, date selection, consultations and charts of famous people complete the menu, and the interface works in English, Russian, Polish and German.

The calculations follow the Surya Siddhanta mode used by Jagannatha Hora, which we studied and re-implemented so that the positions of the planets, houses and signs are obtained on the site itself. A section on how Vedic astrology differs from Western astrology explains the sidereal zodiac and the ayanamsha of about 24 degrees, which is why a Vedic chart usually puts the Sun in the preceding sign.